May 16, 2024, 1:02 p.m. ET


Jonah BromwichReporting from inside the courthouse

Todd Blanche, who is agitated, is seeking to set up a moment in which the jurors will have to choose whether to believe Cohen, who continues to say that during a relatively brief phone call, he both informed Trump's bodyguard of the teenage prankster and reported that the hush-money payment had been made to Stormy Daniels. It’s a really interesting moment, and that’s where we leave the trial for now. The jurors are excused for their lunch break.