Michael Cohen to testify at Trump fraud trial Tuesday with the former president expected in court

Michael Cohen plans to testify Tuesday at the Trump civil fraud trial in New York, Donald Trump's ex-attorney said, with the former president expected to attend.

"It appears that I will be reunited with my old client @realDonaldTrump when I testify this Tuesday, October 24th at the @NewYorkStateAG civil fraud trial. See you there!" Cohen posted on the social media site Threads.

Trump is expected to attend the trial on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to two sources close to the former president, who said the details were still being finalized.

Cohen was previously scheduled to testify this week but it was delayed after he cited a medical issue. Whenever he does appear, Cohen's testimony will be the latest in a series of high-profile public clashes between Trump and his onetime "fixer" over the past several years.

A longtime attorney of the former president before he occupied the Oval Office, Cohen had been one of Trump's closest allies, famously pledging years ago that he would "take a bullet" for his then-boss.

The relationship deteriorated after the start of Trump's presidency, and broke down fully in public view after Cohen released a recording in which he and Trump can be heard discussing how they would buy the rights to former Playboy model Karen McDougal's story about an alleged affair she had with Trump years earlier, which Trump denies.

Cohen later provided dramatic testimony to a House committee about Trump's involvement in the hush-money scheme involving both McDougal and adult-film star Stormy Daniels, who also alleges Trump had an affair with her. (Trump has also denied that affair.)