Prosecutors against former President Donald Trump claim they have a new recording, along with another witness, according to a Friday report.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg shared the information after the information was shared with Trump's lawyers.
The Manhattan DA's office has informed attorneys for Donald Trump that the evidence in their hush money case against the former president includes an audio recording of him and a witness, a court filing made public Friday showshttps://t.co/6uMBQVsx7Z
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) May 27, 2023
"The filing does not identify the witness or say when the recording was made or when Trump's lawyers were made aware of it. NBC News has reached out to attorneys and a spokesperson for Trump for a response," NBC-6 reported.
"A key witness in the case, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, previously released a secretly taped audio recording of a discussion he had with Trump about the hush money payments in 2016. It's unclear if the recording referred to in the court filing is the same one," it added.
NEW: The evidence in the fraud case against former Pres. Trump includes a 2016 recording of Trump and a witness, thought to be Michael Cohen, that @ABC News previously reported contained a discussion of hush money. https://t.co/KpCSSwynTg
— ABC News (@ABC) May 27, 2023
"Trump last month pled not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in what prosecutors say was a 'scheme' to boost his 2016 election chances by using hush money payments to suppress damaging information from two women who claimed to have had long-denied affairs with Trump," ABC News reported.
"Although the name of the witness was not disclosed in the Automatic Discovery Form that was made public on Friday, ABC News reported that the person was Cohen when it reported on the secret recording in 2018," it continued.
Prosecutors in Trump's Manhattan criminal case apparently have a recording of a witness to back up their allegations that he falsified business records for payments made as part of a "hush money" scheme. https://t.co/70o55picK6
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) May 27, 2023
Trump is currently under orders not to discuss the details of his video hearing last week in the case.
"[Judge Juan] Merchan told Trump that if he violates the order he can be sanctioned or fined, 'up to a finding of contempt, which is punishable,'" CBS News reported.
"Trial in the case is scheduled to begin March 25, 2024," it added.
The news of the recording and new witness adds to concerns Trump may face during the March hearing.
The hearing also occurs near the time of key Republican primaries as he seeks his comeback bid for the White House.
