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The defense accused Michael Cohen of lying about a phone call Cohen testified he had with former President Donald Trump in October 2016 by reading texts between him and Trump's bodyguard on that date.

The former president's attorney accused key witness Michael Cohen of lying about making a phone call to Trump to discuss paying Stormy Daniels.

STORY: Donald Trump's lawyer on Thursday accused star witness Michael Cohen of lying at the former U.S. president's trial about a 2016 phone call about a $130,000 hush money payment to a porn star. Cohen, who was once Trump's trusted personal lawyer, claimed he spoke to his former boss about plans to buy Stormy Daniels' silence about what she claims is a 2006 sexual encounter with the then-reality TV star. Trump's attorney, Tod Blanche, said to Cohen, "that is a lie. You can admit it!" "No sir I can't, because I am not certain that is accurate," Cohen responded. The exchange followed several hours of questioning by Blanche designed to cast Trump's former fixer as a spiteful turncoat eager to see his former boss behind bars. Cohen testified he paid off Daniels, and that Trump reimbursed him, falsely logging the reimbursements as legal expenses. Trump is charged with illegally falsifying business records to hide the payments. The Manhattan district attorney alleges Trump wanted quash a sordid story that threatened his 2016 bid for the White House. TRUMP: "This trial is a scam, and it's a sham, and it shouldn't happen. Thank you very much." Trump has pleaded not guilty, denied the affair, and called the prosecution politically-motivated to hurt his presidential campaign. Donald Trump's lawyers sought to undermine Cohen's credibility on Thursday, highlighting his past record of lying, and his statements celebrating Trump's legal troubles. Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche played jurors audio clips of Cohen saying the case "fills me with delight" and that he felt "giddy with hope and laughter" imagining Trump and his family in prison. Cohen's testimony has been corroborated by other evidence, including handwritten notes outlining Cohen's reimbursements, and a surreptitious recording made by Cohen of Trump seeming to discuss a hush money payment made by the National Enquirer tabloid to another woman. Cohen is set to return to the witness stand next week.

Donald Trump's defense team is cross-examining Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney and fixer, at the former president's criminal "hush money" trial in New York. CBS News' Errol Barnett reports.

The Biden-Harris campaign has accepted an invitation by CBS News to participate in a vice presidential debate. The Trump campaign hasn't responded to the network's offer yet. CBS News last hosted a vice presidential debate in 2016.

Donald Trump's criminal trial continues Thursday with more testimony from the former president's former lawyer Michael Cohen. Cohen is the prosecution's last witness, with the defense still considering calling additional witnesses to the stand. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa has more.

ABC News’ Aaron Katersky reports on the latest developments in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial.

ABC News' Andrea Fujii explains how these debates will break with tradition.

President Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to come face-to-face for the first presidential debate of the year on June 27 in Atlanta. Nancy Cordes reports from the White House.

President Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to debate twice before the general election in November. CBS News campaign reporter Aaron Navarro reports.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will debate in June on CNN and in September on ABC News.

ABC News’ Aaron Katersky and John Santucci discuss the latest on former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial.

Prosecutors are unsure if former President Donald Trump will be called to the stand.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday challenged Donald Trump to participate in two 2024 presidential debates.