It wasn't until after a decade in the fold, after his family pleaded with him, after the FBI raided his office, apartment and hotel room, Michael Cohen testified Tuesday, that he finally decided to turn on Donald Trump.That decision led to a 2018 guilty plea to federal charges involving a payment to the porn actor Stormy Daniels to bury her story of an alleged sexual encounter with Trump and to other, unrelated crimes. And it's that insider knowledge of shady deals that pushed Manhattan prosecutors to make Cohen the star witness in their case against Trump about that same payment, which they say was an illegal effort to influence the 2016 presidential election. Under questioning this week, Cohen has described the nuts-and-bolts of how the scheme worked.바카라 게임 웹사이트�To keep the loyalty and to do the things that he had asked me to do, I violated my moral compass, and I suffered the penalty, as has my family," Cohen said Tuesday.There바카라 게임 웹사이트�s been no witness-stand bombast or fireworks so far from Cohen, a man who was defined for years by his braggadocio as Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s problem-zapper. Instead, his testimony about purposefully mislabeled checks, false receipts and blind loyalty, however dry it was, placed Trump at the center of the scheme and underscored the foundational argument of the case 바카라 게임 웹사이트� that it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s not about the spectacle of what Trump was paying for, but rather his effort to illegally cover up those payments.A shocking moment did come, but it was courtesy of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who appeared at the courthouse with Trump and who used his powerful bully pulpit to turn his political party against the rule of law by declaring the Manhattan criminal trial illegitimate. He and other GOP lawmakers are serving as surrogates while Trump himself remains barred by a gag order in the case following an appeals court ruling Tuesday.Video below: Speaker Mike Johnson lends support to Trump outside hush money trial바카라 게임 웹사이트�I do have a lot of surrogates, and they바카라 게임 웹사이트�re speaking very beautifully,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Trump said before court as the group gathered in the background. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�And they come ... from all over Washington. And they바카라 게임 웹사이트�re highly respected, and they think this is the greatest scam they바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve ever seen.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The Republican presidential nominee has pleaded not guilty and denies that any of the encounters took place.Cohen has testified in detail about how the former president was linked to all aspects of the hush money scheme, and prosecutors believe Cohen바카라 게임 웹사이트�s insider knowledge is critical to their case. But their reliance on a witness with such a checkered past 바카라 게임 웹사이트� he was disbarred, went to prison and separately pleaded guilty to lying about a Moscow real estate project on Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s behalf 바카라 게임 웹사이트� could backfire, especially as Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s attorneys cross-examine him.Defense lawyer Todd Blanche spent no time Tuesday asking about the allegations at the center of the trial. He instead worked to portray Cohen as a Trump-obsessed media hound, intimating that Cohen leaked self-serving information about himself.Amid rapid-fire objections from prosecutors, Blanche probed Cohen바카라 게임 웹사이트�s hyperfocus on Trump, quizzing him about various social media posts and comments he's made. Cohen was asked to listen through headphones to a snippet of his podcast, as was Trump while sitting at the defense table.Cohen was asked by Blanche if he recalled an October 2020 podcast episode in which he said Trump needs to wear handcuffs and that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�people will not be satisfied until this man is sitting inside a cell.바카라 게임 웹사이트� The line of questioning was designed to persuade jurors that Cohen was driven by personal animus to hold Trump accountable."I wouldn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t put it past me,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Cohen testified."Is it fair to say you바카라 게임 웹사이트�re motivated by fame?바카라 게임 웹사이트� Blanche asked.바카라 게임 웹사이트�No sir, I don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t think that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s fair to say,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Cohen said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m motivated by many things.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Cohen will be the prosecution's last witness. Trump's defense will begin after Cohen, though it's not clear whether his attorneys will call any witnesses or if Trump will testify in his own defense.Jurors have already heard how Trump and others in his orbit were reeling after the leak just a few weeks before the 2016 election of an 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Access Hollywood바카라 게임 웹사이트� tape in which he bragged about grabbing women by the genitals without their permission. The publication of the tape hastened the payments to Daniels, according to testimony.Cohen testified that Trump was constantly apprised of the behind-the-scenes efforts to bury stories feared to be harmful to the campaign. And after paying out $130,000 to Daniels in order to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter, Trump promised to reimburse him.Jurors followed along as Hoffinger, in a methodical and clinical fashion, walked Cohen through that reimbursement process. It was an attempt to show what prosecutors say was a lengthy deception to mask the true purpose of the payments.As jurors were shown business records and other paperwork, Cohen explained their purpose and reiterated again and again that the payments were reimbursements for the hush money 바카라 게임 웹사이트� they weren바카라 게임 웹사이트�t for legal services he provided or for a retainer.It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s an important distinction, because prosecutors allege that the Trump records falsely described the purpose of the payments as legal expenses. These records form the basis of 34 felony counts charging Trump with falsifying business records. All told, Cohen was paid $420,000, with funds drawn from a Trump personal account.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Were the descriptions on this check stub false?바카라 게임 웹사이트� Hoffinger asked.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Yes,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Cohen said.바카라 게임 웹사이트�And again, there was no retainer agreement,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Hoffinger asked.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Correct,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Cohen replied.But prosecutors also spent time working to blunt the potential credibility issues, painting Cohen as a longtime Trump loyalist who committed crimes on behalf of the former president. On the witness stand, Cohen described in detail the April 2018 raid that marked the beginning of the end of his time being devoted to Trump.바카라 게임 웹사이트�How to describe your life being turned upside-down. Concerned. Despondent. Angry,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Cohen told the jury.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Were you frightened?바카라 게임 웹사이트� Hoffinger asked.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Yes, ma바카라 게임 웹사이트�am,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said.But he was heartened by a phone call from Trump that he said gave him reassurance and convinced him to remain 바카라 게임 웹사이트�in the camp.바카라 게임 웹사이트�He said to me, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t worry. I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m the president of the United States. There바카라 게임 웹사이트�s nothing here. Everything바카라 게임 웹사이트�s going to be OK. Stay tough. You바카라 게임 웹사이트�re going to be OK,바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트� Cohen testified.Cohen told jurors that he 바카라 게임 웹사이트�felt reassured because I had the president of the United States protecting me ... And so I remained in the camp.바카라 게임 웹사이트�It was his wife and family who finally made him see how sticking by Trump was detrimental.바카라 게임 웹사이트�What are you doing? We바카라 게임 웹사이트�re supposed to be your first loyalty,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Cohen testified. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It was about time to listen to them,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said.The men were once so close that Cohen boasted that he would 바카라 게임 웹사이트�take a bullet바카라 게임 웹사이트� for Trump. But as their relationship soured, Cohen became one of Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s most vocal critics. The two have, over the years, traded vicious barbs. During their last courtroom faceoff in October during Trump's civil fraud trial, Trump walked out of the courtroom after his lawyer finished questioning Cohen.Throughout Cohen바카라 게임 웹사이트�s testimony Tuesday, Trump reclined in his chair with his eyes closed and his head tilted to the side. He shifted from time to time, occasionally leaning forward and opening his eyes, making a comment to his attorney before returning to his recline. Even some of the topics that have animated him the most as he campaigns didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t stir his attention.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Mr. Cohen, do you have any regrets about your past work for Donald Trump?바카라 게임 웹사이트� Hoffinger asked.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I do,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Cohen said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I regret doing things for him that I should not have. Lying. Bullying people to effectuate a goal. I don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t regret working for the Trump Organization. As I expressed before, I had some very interesting, great times."___Long reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Jill Colvin in New York and Lisa Mascaro in Washington contributed to this report.