Defense witness expected back on the stand at Trump trial after heated exchange with judge

The main witness in former President Donald Trump's defense is expected to return to the stand on Tuesday, one day after he got a harsh dressing down from the judge overseeing the trial.

The testimony by attorney Robert Costello is aimed at discrediting the prosecution's star witness, Michael Cohen, who wrapped up his own time on the stand Monday. Costello said he met and spoke with Cohen many times beginning in April 2018, after Cohen had his home and office searched by FBI agents.

Costello told jurors that Cohen told him Trump "knew nothing" about the $130,000 payment that Cohen made to the adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016. In exchange for the money, Daniels agreed to remain quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump years earlier. Cohen put up the money himself, and testified that Trump knew of a plan to falsely disguise the purpose of payments reimbursing him. Trump has pleaded not guilty and denies Daniels' claim.