Jeremy Herb

Happening now: Judge Juan Merchan was fined $9,000 Tuesday for multiple violations of the judge's gag order barring public discussion of witnesses in the case or the jury.

By Maureen Chowdhury, Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN

Judge Juan Merchan held another gag order hearing Thursday morning to consider the prosecution’s four additional allegations against former President Donald Trump in the hush money trial.

Attorney Emil Bove asks Keith Davidson whether Gina Rodriguez, Stormy Daniels' agent, wanted thedirty post taken down because they were seeking a more lucrative opportunity with another outlet.

The next witness is Douglas Daus, who works for the Manhattan district attorney's office and is a records custodian.

Michael Cohen had 39,745 contacts on one of his cell phones, Douglas Daus testified.

Keith Davidson, who negotiated both the Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal hush money agreements, is pushing back on prosecutor Joshua Steinglass' language in the latest series of questions.

Later on January 17, Michael Cohen texted Keith Davidson about Stormy Daniels:

CNN — Donald Trump's attorneys on Thursday sought to paint one of the witnesses at the heart of the hush money deal with Stormy Daniels as

The jury just heard a series of audio recordings submitted by the defense, including several that we've heard described in court previously today.