The last time the two New York tough guys were in the same room, one was the American president and the other was his loyal fixer.
Shortly after that encounter, one of the men, Michael D. Cohen, turned on the other, his former boss, Donald J. Trump.
In the five years since, Mr. Cohen has gone to prison and testified against Mr. Trump before Congress and a grand jury.
Mr. Trump, for his part, has been impeached twice, voted out of office and indicted four times.
Their reunion is now set for a stage that has become familiar to them both: a New York courtroom, where Mr. Cohen will take the stand as soon as Tuesday as a star witness against Mr. Trump in a civil fraud trial.
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