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- Donald Trump's defense team is expected to call an ex-FEC commissioner as a witness in his hush-money trial.
- Bradley Smith, a Republican election-law expert, is being paid $1,200 an hour.
- Smith was previously barred from testifying in the trial of fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried.
As Donald Trump's criminal hush-money trial nears the end, the former president's defense team plans to call at least one witness — an ex-commissioner of the Federal Election Commission who's getting a whopping $1,200 an hour.
Bradley Smith — a Republican campaign-finance-law expert who has served on the FEC as commissioner, vice chairman and chairman between 2000 and 2005 — is expected to testify in Trump's historic Manhattan trial on Monday.