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Donald Trump returns to Manhattan for the third week of the hush money trial.
The former president will be sat in the courtroom while prosecutors carry on questioning Michael Cohen's former banker Gary Farro.
He testified on Friday that he helped Trump's disgraced former fixer open accounts, including the one used to pay porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000.
Trump is also facing a fine of up to $10,000 for contempt of court for violating the gag order in the case.
Judge Juan Merchan has scolded his social media activity and could rule as soon as Tuesday.
Follow DailyMail.com's coverage from our reporters in the courtroom.
Who is Gary Farro? The banker who helped Michal Cohen pay Stormy Daniels
Gary Farro was a senior managing director at First Republic Bank in 2016.
Michael Cohen allegedly wired hush money payments to Stormy Daniels, aka Stephanie Clifford, using the bank.
Someone at the bank reported the wire transaction as suspicious to the Treasury Department.
On October 26, 2016, an employee of the bank whose name is publicly redacted confirmed to Cohen his wire to Daniels' lawyer was successful.
First Republic Bank was seized and sold by regulators last year.
Biden mocks Trump's trial at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
President Joe Biden used his speech to a crowd of 2,600 at the Washington Hilton on Saturday to jab his rival.
The 81-year-old has been out campaigning while Trump has sat in a courtroom in Manhattan.
The president had a laugh at the case where his likely 2024 opponent is accused of paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up an alleged affair.
Biden said: 'I've had a great stretch since the State of the Union. Donald has had a tough few days lately — you might call it stormy weather.'
RECAP: Trump's longtime assistant and 'right hand' Rhona Graff testifies she had 'vague' memory of Stormy Daniels at Trump Tower
Donald Trump's longtime assistant told his hush money on Friday trial she recalled seeing porn star Stormy Daniels in the lobby on the 26th floor of Trump Tower before the 2016 election.
Rhona Graff, 64, who worked for Trump for 34 years until 2021, said she assumed Daniels was there to discuss being a contestant on The Apprentice.
Graff also confirmed she had entered contact details in the Trump Organization system for Daniels and Karen McDougal.
Daniels and McDougal, a former Playboy model, have both claimed they had affairs with Trump, which he has denied.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to buy the silence of Daniels.
Welcome to DailyMail.com's coverage of the third week of Donald Trump's hush money trial
Donald Trump returns to Manhattan for the third week of the hush money trial.
The former president will be sat in the courtroom while prosecutors carry on questioning Michael Cohen's former banker Gary Farro.
He testified on Friday that he helped Trump's disgraced former fixer open accounts, including the one used to pay porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000.
Trump is also facing a fine of up to $10,000 for contempt of court for violating the gag order in the case.
Judge Juan Merchan has scolded his social media activity and could rule as soon as Tuesday.
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