(NEW YORK) — Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen testified for about three hours Monday before a grand jury in New York that is hearing evidence of former President Donald Trump’s alleged role in a hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

Cohen’s attorney, Lanny Davis, declined to comment on the substance of the testimony but said Cohen will return Wednesday to finish answering questions.

“This is about accountability, the facts and the truth,” Davis said.

Cohen said he feels fine and noted that he has been living with the case for the last five years.

Cohen paid $130,000 to Daniels in the closing days of the 2016 campaign to keep her quiet about an affair she claimed to have had with Trump. The former president has denied the affair and his attorneys have framed the funds as an extortion payment.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office has been investigating whether Trump falsified business records when the Trump Organization allegedly reimbursed Cohen for the payment then recorded the reimbursement as a legal expense.

In recent weeks former Trump advisers Hope Hicks, Kellyanne Conway and several other witnesses have testified in the probe.

Cohen served prison time after he pleaded guilty to federal charges that included campaign finance violations related to the hush payment. Charging documents said Cohen acted at the behest of “Individual 1,” who he has identified as Trump.

The district attorney’s office recently informed Trump of his right to testify before the grand jury, sources previously told ABC News. New York law requires so-called “cross notice” so potential defendants are afforded a chance to tell the grand jury their side of the story, but the invitation is typically only extended if prosecutors are planning to move forward with an indictment.

Trump attorney Joe Tacopina told George Stephanopoulos Monday on ABC’s Good Morning America that the former president has “no plans” to participate in the probe.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has previously won the tax fraud convictions against Trump’s company and its former finance chief, Allen Weisselberg, but Trump himself has never been charged with a crime. The Trump Organization said it would appeal the conviction.

Trump has dismissed the Stormy Daniels investigation as a witch hunt and has insisted he did “absolutely nothing wrong.” His spokesman has called the possibility of an indictment in New York “simply insane.”

Trump is also awaiting charging decisions from two other entities. The district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, is investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state, and a special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland is investigating Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol and his handling of classified material.

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(DAVENPORT, Iowa) — Donald Trump is holding a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa, on Monday, just three days after Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis — widely expected to be the former president’s toughest opponent for the GOP nomination — filled a 300-person casino room in the same eastern river town.

It’s Trump’s first visit to the Hawkeye State since he announced his 2024 White House bid in November, but it’s hardly his first time in the critical early-nominating state. Now embarking on his third presidential bid, the Trump has over the past eight years hosted a number of rallies, and takes credit for moving the formerly reliable purple state to a “reliable MAGA stronghold.”

“President Trump’s America First Policies continue to resonate with the men and women of Eastern Iowa and will propel him to an overwhelming victory in the First-in-the-Nation Caucuses,” his campaign said in an email ahead of his stop.

On Friday, DeSantis, still undeclared, launched his first Iowa swing of the 2024 presidential cycle — followed by a Saturday visit in the early-voting state of Nevada and ahead of a scheduled New Hampshire stop, all while he’s privately indicated to allies he intends to launch his candidacy in May or possibly June, sources familiar with his plans told ABC News.

In Iowa, Trump will speak on his 2024 education platform, according to a source familiar with his speech, as well as make remarks on agriculture, energy and trade. His education-focused remarks may also mirror those of DeSantis, who has structured his governorship and impending run around the hot-button GOP issue.

On Friday in Davenport, DeSantis touted his stance on Florida education, which he said was based on “educating our kids not indoctrinating our kids.”

The governor pushed his sweeping conservative agenda that includes prohibiting higher education institutions from using any funding to support Diversity Equity Inclusion or Critical Race Theory.

“We’re also leading on ensuring that our school system is focusing on educating our kids not indoctrinating our kids,” DeSantis said.

“And also, university wide our whole system. The legislature is working on a redesign. We’re eliminating all of the DI bureaucracies. It’s discriminatory …”We will fight the woke in the legislature we will fight the woke in education. We will fight the woke and the businesses we will never ever surrender to the woke mob. Our state is where woke goes to die,” he said.

The topic is a winning issue with Iowa Republicans, as GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds has repeatedly touted her leadership among members of the GOP in the area of education. DeSantis sat down for conversation with during his Iowa sweep last week.

Reynolds was the first of a growing faction of Republican governors who have embraced school voucher programs, which critics warn could destroy their states’ public school systems.

As they lead in early Republican primary polls, Trump and DeSantis’ dueling events in Iowa could indicate their respective shows of force. Trump remains a frontrunner in the race among Iowans, though his lead over confirmed and expected challengers in polls has waned in recent months.

On Friday, just days ahead of Trump’s Monday visit, a a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll found that if former President Donald Trump were to be the Republican nominee again 74% of Iowa Republicans say they would likely vote for him in the 2024 general election — although the number of Iowans who say they would “definitely” vote for him has decreased by more than 20 percentage points since June 2021.

But the poll also found that Desantis’ favorability numbers were on par with Trump’s–just two points behind the former president.

But Trump’s laser-like focus on Iowa kicked off Monday ahead of his Davenport visit with an announcement of his Eastern Iowa leadership team, “demonstrating support from the most conservative and influential Republican leaders in a key region of the Hawkeye State,” his campaign email said.

The slate of legislative endorsees include Matthew Whitaker, the former acting attorney general under President Trump; Rod Blum, a former congressman from Iowa; and state Rep. Bobby Kaufmann, the son of Iowa GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann, among others.

Trump’s visit also comes as there are multiple criminal and civil investigations still actively probing his personal finances, his handling of classified information after leaving the White House, his namesake business, and his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

These investigations in several jurisdictions around the country are continuing to move forward, with numerous key developments unfolding in recent weeks.

ABC News’ Olivia Rubin, Rachel Scott, Katherine Faulders, John Santucci, Alex Mallin and Will Steakin contributed to this report.

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(WASHINGTON) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was discharged from the hospital on Monday after suffering a concussion from a Wednesday night fall, according to a statement from his communications director, David Popp.

He’ll now head to an inpatient rehabilitation facility for physical therapy, Popp said.

“At the advice of his physician, the next step will be a period of physical therapy at an inpatient rehabilitation facility before he returns home,” Popp said.

Popp said McConnell’s recovery from a concussion is “proceeding well.”

McConnell, who’s 81, also suffered a “minor rib fracture” during the fall on Wednesday, per the statement, an injury not previously revealed.

A McConnell aide said the senator is not expected back at work this week.

With regard to how long he might need to get therapy, the aide said, “That decision will be made by the Leader’s physicians and the therapists. It is very common to undergo physical therapy to regain strength after a hospital stay and this ranges anywhere from a week to two weeks.”

McConnell has walked with a limp after overcoming polio at a young age and suffered a fall in early August 2019, fracturing his shoulder.

He has served as Senate Republican leader since 2007 and became the longest-serving party leader in the history of the Senate earlier this year.

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