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blanche, you blame your accountant cohen, correct? blanche, at times you blame the bank. cohen, correct. blanche, you blame federal prosecutors cohen? yes, sir. why don't you added judges and donald trump to which cohen also responded? yes. >> how do you think this landed with the jury? alyssa i'm not sure it landed. well, listen, michael cohen had some very human moment. i'm when they talked about his exchanges earlier with his daughter when he did kind of fess up to his past, lives and owned it the best thing that he should have done. i think has started the day doing was owning that he is unknown life there. he is previously perjured himself. but i think that is attitude shifted as the defense got more aggressive throughout the day. again, we're i'm hearing this through transcripts. so how it actually played in a courtroom for jury could be very different but he pretty much confirmed for the defense what's been building for weeks on end, which is he's a known liar who points the finger at other people i couldn't help thinking of that line that hope hicks had in her tes
blanche, you blame your accountant cohen, correct? blanche, at times you blame the bank. cohen, correct. blanche, you blame federal prosecutors cohen? yes, sir. why don't you added judges and donald trump to which cohen also responded? yes. >> how do you think this landed with the jury? alyssa i'm not sure it landed. well, listen, michael cohen had some very human moment. i'm when they talked about his exchanges earlier with his daughter when he did kind of fess up to his past, lives and...
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sidebar with the judge who asked blanche, blanche, why are you making this about yourself? the attorneys said he that he wasn't that he had a quote right to show the witnesses bias the judge sustained the objection. the trial got back underway, but it was wasn't long before blanche returned to cohen's propensity to mouth off on social media. blanche has cohen quote, and on that same tiktok. so again, on april 23, you referred to president trump when he left the courtroom, you said that he goes right into that little cage, which is where he belongs in and i'm going to clean up the language here. f caves like an animal. do you recall saying that blanche asked cohen, responded, quote, i recall saying that it's sort of set the tone for the rest of the hearing where the former president's attorney, a former federal prosecutor, tried to undermine cohen's credibility as well as his recall of conversations with the former president it wasn't the only drama either as allies of the former president, including house speaker mike johnson and several others who appeared to be in town fo
sidebar with the judge who asked blanche, blanche, why are you making this about yourself? the attorneys said he that he wasn't that he had a quote right to show the witnesses bias the judge sustained the objection. the trial got back underway, but it was wasn't long before blanche returned to cohen's propensity to mouth off on social media. blanche has cohen quote, and on that same tiktok. so again, on april 23, you referred to president trump when he left the courtroom, you said that he goes...
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. >> blanche but you know who i am, don't you? cohen? i do. blanche. as a matter of fact, on april 23. so after the trial started in this case, you went on tiktok and called me a crying little didn't you? cohen sounds like something i would say that immediately objection, your honor. the defense object it. pardon me. the prosecution objected here and the court said sustained, sustains the objection and calls them up that why the objection was lodged. there was because what michael cohen's views are of an attorney are irrelevant the defense attorney probably like keeps saying the defense very probably knew full well, that this was not an appropriate question. asked that the answer was not going to be admissible, but he wanted to get in front of the jury and also get under the witnesses skin. and he did. >> well, i should just note in the transcript, we now know what the judge said to todd blanche in that sidebar where he said, why are you making this all about yourself? >> also irrelevant. like what, what but in a witness thinks about an attorney person
. >> blanche but you know who i am, don't you? cohen? i do. blanche. as a matter of fact, on april 23. so after the trial started in this case, you went on tiktok and called me a crying little didn't you? cohen sounds like something i would say that immediately objection, your honor. the defense object it. pardon me. the prosecution objected here and the court said sustained, sustains the objection and calls them up that why the objection was lodged. there was because what michael cohen's...
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>> well, todd blanche can say that. if there's anything predictable about a criminal trial is it's unpredictable. you can't say we didn't know and it's our turn. there's always going to be wrinkles in a case. the people want the opportunity to respond. they have certain evidence that's relevant, and maybe they should have anticipated it, and maybe we shouldn't be having this conversation, but certainly they should have that opportunity, and i think they're going to get it. >> how much of a problem is this memorial day holiday weekend. this would be a prosecution witness on tuesday morning, and then you would have the defense going, and it's pushing it. there's no trial on wednesday and there's only half a day on thursday, and this is already delaying the closings until next tuesday. >> at least. >> could they do their charging hearing on wednesday when the jury is out? >> they could. they can certainly do that, even if there's going going to be testimony thursday morning, as you said, i know they can work thursday morni
>> well, todd blanche can say that. if there's anything predictable about a criminal trial is it's unpredictable. you can't say we didn't know and it's our turn. there's always going to be wrinkles in a case. the people want the opportunity to respond. they have certain evidence that's relevant, and maybe they should have anticipated it, and maybe we shouldn't be having this conversation, but certainly they should have that opportunity, and i think they're going to get it. >> how...
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blanche asked if the d.a.' asked cohen to stop talking about this case and cohen responded yes. and he come all of this while we are also getting word that cohen will be the last witness for the prosecution, this was just confirmed by the associated press moments ago before court resumed for the day this was for the team, the prosecutor told the judge that cohen would be the prosecution's last witness the disclosure during a sidebar conversation that was out of earshot of reporters but it was recorded in the official court transcript, and he. >> wow. boy, i would have thought they would want to put somebody somewhat uncontroversial if there is such a witness in this case and more likable than cohen to end with. you know, you always want to start strong, and strong, and the stuff that you know where the other side scores points you want that in the middle. but you don't want the jury, especially if there is no defense case, they will go into the deliberation room with michael cohen ringing in their ears. that is
blanche asked if the d.a.' asked cohen to stop talking about this case and cohen responded yes. and he come all of this while we are also getting word that cohen will be the last witness for the prosecution, this was just confirmed by the associated press moments ago before court resumed for the day this was for the team, the prosecutor told the judge that cohen would be the prosecution's last witness the disclosure during a sidebar conversation that was out of earshot of reporters but it was...
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but he was so livid at blanche and blanche had no choice.mp at the end of his closing he basically -- they had to take whatever the prosecution wrote, and that's what they wrote. >> harry, one more question. we're still going. how's everybody holding up? >> yeah. so merchan, that was his final comment. he says, i've been watching the jury -- he's a really impressive judge. and they still seem to be in there. and that's my assessment as well. they flagged a little but then they've come back. i do think steinglass maybe wanted to go until tomorrow. there would be a strategic advantage. but basically, merchan has called his bluff, you could say, and we're going till 7:00. the jurors have arranged for child care and the like. and they seem to be hanging in there pretty well. >> and as -- >> one more thing -- >> go ahead. i was just going to say they came back. yeah, they're back. >> they're back. so maybe we'll be barred now, but i'll try to return so i can give you a report later. but i think they were somewhat more attentive to steinglass and
but he was so livid at blanche and blanche had no choice.mp at the end of his closing he basically -- they had to take whatever the prosecution wrote, and that's what they wrote. >> harry, one more question. we're still going. how's everybody holding up? >> yeah. so merchan, that was his final comment. he says, i've been watching the jury -- he's a really impressive judge. and they still seem to be in there. and that's my assessment as well. they flagged a little but then they've...
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blanche says we're not asking for your belief. this jury doesn't want to hear what you think happened, then there's an objection which is sustained huge. >> see, michael cohen getting caught. their good. can you go about this when michael cohen realizes that he's in trouble here with the first, the first page you rent this one here. when he says michael cohen realizes he's caught. now and he says, part of it was the 14 year-old first time he's ever said that on cross-examination, he's never mentioned the 14-year-old. this has never been in testimony and it didn't even seem like and what todd blanche later revealed is he wasn't briefed on the 14-year-old, the prosecutors to your point, they didn't catch it. here's part two of the retreat by michael cohen. and there was more than potentially just this potential i mean, why it's so dangerous for a prosecutor to try to rely on testimony from somebody that certainly from the federal government's perspective is not somebody they would ever have put on trial. this is dangerous stuff beca
blanche says we're not asking for your belief. this jury doesn't want to hear what you think happened, then there's an objection which is sustained huge. >> see, michael cohen getting caught. their good. can you go about this when michael cohen realizes that he's in trouble here with the first, the first page you rent this one here. when he says michael cohen realizes he's caught. now and he says, part of it was the 14 year-old first time he's ever said that on cross-examination, he's...
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and then blanche says, do you have any doubt? cohen says, no then blanche says so why did you answer? yes probably. cohen says because i don't specifically know if i use those words, but yes, i would like to see that blanche says, and so yes, you want to see president trump get convicted from this case, correct? cohen says, i would like to see accountability that's not it's not for me, it's for the jury and this court blanche says, i didn't ask what you wanted to see or not nazi about accountability. i said, do you want to see president trump convicted in this case? cohen says, that's what we just said. you're asking me if i want to see blanche says i'm just asking you to say yes or no. do you want president trump to get convicted in this case? michael cohen ultimately says sure. >> this is what we call pulling teeth i know it can seem like cohen had a couple witty rejoinders there, but i don't think what he rejoinders play well with juries. i would have if i was on the prosecution sayyed, i would have much preferred michael cohe
and then blanche says, do you have any doubt? cohen says, no then blanche says so why did you answer? yes probably. cohen says because i don't specifically know if i use those words, but yes, i would like to see that blanche says, and so yes, you want to see president trump get convicted from this case, correct? cohen says, i would like to see accountability that's not it's not for me, it's for the jury and this court blanche says, i didn't ask what you wanted to see or not nazi about...
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todd, blanche, and trump's tamiah. it witness disingenuous isn't just should the trump family believed that you liked them then, but not now, were you lying that answers i used to i don't know, but i just think that's it's another angle, but yeah, it's not there. >> or maybe when he discovered trump wasn't going to defend him, he turned cold, confirms he said in 2017 that he quote, missed president trump. that was then now is a very different story. indeed, make an important point, elie, how these flip-flopped over donald trump, trump was in the white house at that time. >> and of course, michael cohen didn't go to the white house with themselves, invited. he missed him and then he testified that he did and they have a lot of work either at that point. so he was a man without a home. >> all right. everybody standby. we're only starting are special coverage of this cross-examination very, very powerful. indeed, the defense has not asking michael cohen about his feelings toward donald trump when he worked for him as trum
todd, blanche, and trump's tamiah. it witness disingenuous isn't just should the trump family believed that you liked them then, but not now, were you lying that answers i used to i don't know, but i just think that's it's another angle, but yeah, it's not there. >> or maybe when he discovered trump wasn't going to defend him, he turned cold, confirms he said in 2017 that he quote, missed president trump. that was then now is a very different story. indeed, make an important point, elie,...
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blanche was certainly on notice. blanche said reference to prison. on notice, this was improper. mr. blanche misstated the law in new york to the jury. at best, it is california law and we request that it be stuck. merchan, i have a copy of the proposed instruction. todd blanche, your honor, the proposed jury instruction is fine. on the retainer agreement, we very much believe we have not misstated the law. our arguments were that the witnesses testified about their understanding. we request permission the brief on a potential instruction on that topic tonight. so they're getting into a number of things, but where is this going, catherine? >> two things. one, if you've tried enough cases as a prosecutor, you've always had at one point some defense attorney slip in the don't send my client to prison argument. what you do is what the prosecutors are doing. ask for an instruction. it's outrageous, oh, my gosh. i didn't lead a charmed life as a federal prosecutor. you're used to every once in a while that happening and the judge will give a firm instruction. punishment is not your co
blanche was certainly on notice. blanche said reference to prison. on notice, this was improper. mr. blanche misstated the law in new york to the jury. at best, it is california law and we request that it be stuck. merchan, i have a copy of the proposed instruction. todd blanche, your honor, the proposed jury instruction is fine. on the retainer agreement, we very much believe we have not misstated the law. our arguments were that the witnesses testified about their understanding. we request...
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cohen. >> sounds like something i woululd say blanche. you think you might have said, i truly hope that this man ends upn prison. is that exact? cohen sounds like my language on may a culpa. >> so that's the new version of yes. sounds like what i would actually say. well, cohen's plan, of course, is to keep calm and carry sorry on when he returns to stand on thursday, remember there's no court on wednesdays. >> but as mike tyson famously said, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth joining us. >> now, michael cohen's friend and former lawyer, lanny davis, he prep cohen for a 2019 congressional hearing. >> lanny. >> first of all, you and i spoke this early this morning on sirius xm, talking about what to expect. and at that time, you were pretty critical about the fact that you thought that it seemed like michael cohen was on the defense? he was not just the witness. he was the defendant and that they were going after him. they did just that well, they changed the subject to what the case is about the cases about whether o
cohen. >> sounds like something i woululd say blanche. you think you might have said, i truly hope that this man ends upn prison. is that exact? cohen sounds like my language on may a culpa. >> so that's the new version of yes. sounds like what i would actually say. well, cohen's plan, of course, is to keep calm and carry sorry on when he returns to stand on thursday, remember there's no court on wednesdays. >> but as mike tyson famously said, everyone has a plan until they...
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todd blanche is continuing his closing arguments.now coming he hammered the point that unlike cohen's testimony in stormy daniels testimony, this was the trump organization bodyguard essentially. blanche emphatically says it was a lie about that charge conduct with stormy. it was a lie. michael cohen got caught red-handed. he said the call to the bodyguard was really about arresting calls from a 14-year-old. that remains to be seen too by exactly he was frightened of a 14-year-old prank. that is what is going on. we will keep you posted and keep tying into these developments as they occur. onto the democrats concerned. they seem to keep growing. according to politico, they are in the fold phone recount mode. the outlet, there is still a path to win this. they don't look like a campaign that is embarking on that path right now. the frame of this race is what is better? we lose that every day of the week and twice on sunday. that one is far from alone. a former client advisor is warming that democrats should be afraid. watch. >> there'
todd blanche is continuing his closing arguments.now coming he hammered the point that unlike cohen's testimony in stormy daniels testimony, this was the trump organization bodyguard essentially. blanche emphatically says it was a lie about that charge conduct with stormy. it was a lie. michael cohen got caught red-handed. he said the call to the bodyguard was really about arresting calls from a 14-year-old. that remains to be seen too by exactly he was frightened of a 14-year-old prank. that...
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blanche said there's a likelihood that the defense will rest today.xt update and the last update from the courtroom after that was not the prosecutor said don't blame us for not having the right witness here. we assumed you wouldn't rule against us. the former president and legal team then walked out of the courtroom. mark eiglarsh and mercedes colwin are here in studio with us and we will have them respond to what may be happening. mark. >> never is the answer to whether i would ever tell a prosecutor what my intentions are before they rest their case. sorry. they haven't been kind to me. i'm not going to help them out. and also, candidly, i would wait until they are done with their redirect trying to add and trying to get chicken salad and they will not and then after they rest, immediately after they rest i jump up very quickly, we rest too sending a message to the jury that we didn't have to call a single witness because they failed to meet their burden. >> john: the reason everyone walked out of court is judge mershon called a recess while they c
blanche said there's a likelihood that the defense will rest today.xt update and the last update from the courtroom after that was not the prosecutor said don't blame us for not having the right witness here. we assumed you wouldn't rule against us. the former president and legal team then walked out of the courtroom. mark eiglarsh and mercedes colwin are here in studio with us and we will have them respond to what may be happening. mark. >> never is the answer to whether i would ever...
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blanche's cross- examination.is with their security detail for the jury and the witnesses to see. the court, yes. i would advise that not happen. todd blanche, your honor, i have less than zero control over what is happening on anything or anyone that is behind me when i'm crossing a witness. i don't have any control over that. i mean, they are members of the public. to be clear, these lawmakers are not sitting in public seats. they are sitting in seats for donald trump's defense team. joining me now is adam schiff. member of the house judiciary committee. thank you for being here. i imagine you have some thoughts about your fellow house colleagues who have been trekking up to new york city to stand outside of the courtroom and weigh in on this trial. >> i have so many thoughts. let me start with the speaker. i have so say i was flabbergasted that he would make that pilgrimage. stand outside the courthouse and lie about what was going on inside the building. it is bad enough he lacks the self-respect that he feels
blanche's cross- examination.is with their security detail for the jury and the witnesses to see. the court, yes. i would advise that not happen. todd blanche, your honor, i have less than zero control over what is happening on anything or anyone that is behind me when i'm crossing a witness. i don't have any control over that. i mean, they are members of the public. to be clear, these lawmakers are not sitting in public seats. they are sitting in seats for donald trump's defense team. joining...
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"that was a lie," blanche fired back. "you did not talk to president trump that night. you can admit it." cohen kept his cool. "no, sir, i can't," he responded, "because i'm not sure that's accurate." trump's defense pointed out the call in question was 96 seconds, but cohen sticking to his story, insisting it covered both the prank phone calls he received and the hush money scheme. the defense did not get into the plan to pay off the porn star instead, the defense tried to chip away at cohen's credibility, painting him as a serial liar, angry, who turned on trump when he didn't get a white house job. cohen acknowledged he was "disappointed" he was never even considered for white house chief of staff, saying, "i would have liked to be considered, for ego purposes." but he repeatedly claimed he never actually wanted the job, preferring what he called a "hybrid" role outside government, telling the jury, "there was no shame in being personal attorney to the president of the united states." throughout his testimony, cohen has been calm and measured. today, trump's lawyers
"that was a lie," blanche fired back. "you did not talk to president trump that night. you can admit it." cohen kept his cool. "no, sir, i can't," he responded, "because i'm not sure that's accurate." trump's defense pointed out the call in question was 96 seconds, but cohen sticking to his story, insisting it covered both the prank phone calls he received and the hush money scheme. the defense did not get into the plan to pay off the porn star instead,...
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blanche. please have a seat. for someone who's been a prosecutor as long as you have a defense attorney as long as you be you know making a comment like that is wholly inappropriate. it's hard for me to imagine how that was accidental in any way. i will give a curative instruction. i will ask the people and see you at 2:00. prosecutor, mr. steinglass, thank you. and then lunch recess was taken. everyone goes away for lunch and this is what happens after lunch. the defense has finished. they have stopped their case. this is it. they're done. prosecutors are about to start their closing argument, and this is how it starts. the judge says let's get the jury please. sergeant says all rise, jury entering, jury enters. judge merchan says you may be seated. the clerk says case on trial continued, all jurors were present and properly seated. then the judge immediately says this. jurors, before we hear the people summation, there is an instruction i wanted to give you. during the defense summation, you heard mr. blanche a
blanche. please have a seat. for someone who's been a prosecutor as long as you have a defense attorney as long as you be you know making a comment like that is wholly inappropriate. it's hard for me to imagine how that was accidental in any way. i will give a curative instruction. i will ask the people and see you at 2:00. prosecutor, mr. steinglass, thank you. and then lunch recess was taken. everyone goes away for lunch and this is what happens after lunch. the defense has finished. they...
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trump attorney todd blanche asking? "sure," cohen acknowledged. cohen confirming he recently said the former president belongs in a cage, like an animal. the defense trying to cast cohen as motivated to lie, that he previously fed prosecutors dirt on mr. trump to get out of prison early, and that now his financial livelihood, including media appearances and podcasts centers on trashing mr. trump. cohen acknowledging he has made more than $3 million off his books, "disloyal" and "revenge," and that he had been going on tiktok six days a week to slam his former employer. quote at that time i was knee-deep into the cult of donald trump. the defense getting cohen to admit he previously described himself as obsessed with mr. trump, insinuating he was jilted once pushed outside the orbit. the state's case largely depending on jurors believing cohen's word, as he is the only witness who said the former president knew his internal records were falsified to cover up cohen's payment of an adult film actress before the 2016 election. mr. trump has pleaded no
trump attorney todd blanche asking? "sure," cohen acknowledged. cohen confirming he recently said the former president belongs in a cage, like an animal. the defense trying to cast cohen as motivated to lie, that he previously fed prosecutors dirt on mr. trump to get out of prison early, and that now his financial livelihood, including media appearances and podcasts centers on trashing mr. trump. cohen acknowledging he has made more than $3 million off his books, "disloyal"...
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if the jury focuses on that as todd blanche suggested, they could have reasonable doubt as to whetherpresident trump is guilty of based on the simple issues of the documents case which is what blanche was effectively reminding them through his closing remarks today. >> sandra: we are getting some updates out of the courtroom right now including one from our producer inside the room. they are getting the jury now so we do believe things will be back underway shortly. i will ask you what this means. i know it's probably hard for you to access at some the readouts we are getting but this one says the prosecution has provided the judge with a proposed curative instruction on blanche's comments. they also asked for an instruction on retainer agreements saying the defense misstated the law. the defense and objected to an instruction on the retainer agreement but not to blanche's comments on punishment. the judge will not give the instruction on retainer agreements from the bench. and that is when we are told they were bringing the jury into the courtroom. your thoughts on that and anything
if the jury focuses on that as todd blanche suggested, they could have reasonable doubt as to whetherpresident trump is guilty of based on the simple issues of the documents case which is what blanche was effectively reminding them through his closing remarks today. >> sandra: we are getting some updates out of the courtroom right now including one from our producer inside the room. they are getting the jury now so we do believe things will be back underway shortly. i will ask you what...
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president trump is innocent, blanche said.re is no crime, period. >> this is not a trial that should happen. it's a very sad day. this is a dark day in america. >> laura, let me ask you about the length of the prosecution's closing argument. it's a bit unusual. >> reporter: yeah, lester. it's rare to see closing arguments stretch on in a case like this. the prosecution going over four hours at this point. at times the jury appearing attentive, other times less so. but we do expect that this jury will finally
president trump is innocent, blanche said.re is no crime, period. >> this is not a trial that should happen. it's a very sad day. this is a dark day in america. >> laura, let me ask you about the length of the prosecution's closing argument. it's a bit unusual. >> reporter: yeah, lester. it's rare to see closing arguments stretch on in a case like this. the prosecution going over four hours at this point. at times the jury appearing attentive, other times less so. but we do...
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one, donald trump sully defense lawyer, todd blanche, had nothing. one of our guests, tim o'brien, predicted to me that the cross- examination would be terrible. he was right. todd blanche did not score a single relevant point against michael cohen. the other surprise was that michael cohen maintained his poise and reasonable tone that he established indirect examination by the prosecutor that few of us expected michael cohen to be able to maintain under the stress and challenges of cross-examination, but todd blanche presented no challenges. he tried to wake up the jury with his first question. my name is todd blanche. you have -- you and i have never spoken or met but you know who i am? answer, i do. question, as a matter of fact on april 23, after the trial started in this case, you went on tiktok and called me a crying little -- didn't you? answer, sounds like something i would say, but the jury already knew that michael cohen doesn't like donald trump, so it came as no surprise to them that michael cohen who already testified to being profane mi
one, donald trump sully defense lawyer, todd blanche, had nothing. one of our guests, tim o'brien, predicted to me that the cross- examination would be terrible. he was right. todd blanche did not score a single relevant point against michael cohen. the other surprise was that michael cohen maintained his poise and reasonable tone that he established indirect examination by the prosecutor that few of us expected michael cohen to be able to maintain under the stress and challenges of...
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todd blanche did not take the stand. todd blanche is not testifying. and as a result of which, you have to look to the evidence, which basically remains generally on contradicted that's basically the way they're going to attack it. i believe they went with the best thing they had going for them, but i certainly did not want to be todd blanche today getting up there and attacking the entirety of the state's case. that usually goes nowhere with the jury judge schwartz, what must the prosecution address in their summation after hearing the defense arguments i think they have to do what they want. >> i think the anticipate doing. they're going to have to go through their case step-by-step in some detail, but not over bearing detail and bring themselves to the point of now talking about michael cohen because they have to, they're going to have to basically say michael cohen is a known liar. michael cohen committed some offenses the question isn't what he did in the past. the question is, do you believe what he said when he was on the stand and all the corro
todd blanche did not take the stand. todd blanche is not testifying. and as a result of which, you have to look to the evidence, which basically remains generally on contradicted that's basically the way they're going to attack it. i believe they went with the best thing they had going for them, but i certainly did not want to be todd blanche today getting up there and attacking the entirety of the state's case. that usually goes nowhere with the jury judge schwartz, what must the prosecution...
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todd blanche knows it. >> he knows better. this was not inadvertent, this was not a mistake. he wanted this out there. it's the idea of playing up jury sympathy. you don't want this guy to go to jail for this. the thing of it is that the jury never gets to decide what the actual sentence is. the jury can determine guilt, is a fact finder, but it doesn't ultimately determine punishment, as the judge said today. that's his job, and it's an open question whether in the event of a conviction juan merchan is going to sentence donald trump to time in prison, but ultimately, it is not a consideration that the jury is supposed to take into account, and todd blanche, a former prosecutor, knows that. >> harry, it is not lost on me that todd blanche took that chance, probably because donald trump wanted him to, with even
todd blanche knows it. >> he knows better. this was not inadvertent, this was not a mistake. he wanted this out there. it's the idea of playing up jury sympathy. you don't want this guy to go to jail for this. the thing of it is that the jury never gets to decide what the actual sentence is. the jury can determine guilt, is a fact finder, but it doesn't ultimately determine punishment, as the judge said today. that's his job, and it's an open question whether in the event of a conviction...
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it is the todd blanche moment on the phone call that you identified as happening at 8:02 and todd blanche insisted to you based on text messages that were part of the record before that that when you got keith schiller on the phone and asked to speak to donald trump about the stormy daniels payoff, that in fact you were calling him about harassing phone calls and phone treatment you were suffering at the time and surely you spent that whole time talking to keith schiller about the harassing phone calls and/or testimony changed. you talked about it to keith schiller and then to donald trump and there were legal analysts on other networks who were saying that was it, that was the knockout punch. michael cohen is destroyed. i'm not talking about fox. your credibility was supposed to be destroyed in one question and answer and i am wondering for those of us out here, what was it like sitting in the witness stand, in the witness box when you saw how that was landing? did it feel like it was landing like a knockout punch or something that you had to try to repair? >> not even close. when the qu
it is the todd blanche moment on the phone call that you identified as happening at 8:02 and todd blanche insisted to you based on text messages that were part of the record before that that when you got keith schiller on the phone and asked to speak to donald trump about the stormy daniels payoff, that in fact you were calling him about harassing phone calls and phone treatment you were suffering at the time and surely you spent that whole time talking to keith schiller about the harassing...
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i don't care what todd blanche says. it means nothing to me. i don't care what don, ivanka, eric, don jr., it doesn't matter to me what any of them say about me. i know who i am, and i knew what i needed to do. so in this specific case, it was a very -- and i had said it, it was a very foolish strategy. and he's not really known as a defense attorney. i think it's only his second defense trial. not a good strategy, and proof positive of that is the 34-count verdict. >> the defense counsel we're talking about todd blanche did an interview on another cable news network this evening. i'll let you guess which one. and he said in that interview that every decision in the case, every substantive decision in the case is one that he made together with trump. >> makes sense. >> well, i was going to ask you if you see trump's fingerprints on some of the decisions that you're describing here. >> absolutely. the term gloat, it's a donald trump fourth grade, playground, bullying type of tactic. what's that? >> don't you have an acronym for todd? >> i did. i
i don't care what todd blanche says. it means nothing to me. i don't care what don, ivanka, eric, don jr., it doesn't matter to me what any of them say about me. i know who i am, and i knew what i needed to do. so in this specific case, it was a very -- and i had said it, it was a very foolish strategy. and he's not really known as a defense attorney. i think it's only his second defense trial. not a good strategy, and proof positive of that is the 34-count verdict. >> the defense counsel...
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blanche pushing cohen about mr. trump's reaction the first time the former president learned of daniels shopping her story. blanche asking, "the first thing that president trump said to you is that his family wouldn't like very much." cohen saying, "that's true." the self-described former trump fixer turned foe maintaining his composure on the stand when pressed at length about his criminal history. cohen has been convicted of lying under oath and disbarred. the defense arguing he has a motivation to lie now and a history of doing it. quote, you lied under oath, correct, blanche asking him? "yes, sir," cohen says. the defense saying cohen is also not telling the full story about his desire or for a white house job, which mr. trump never offered him. "you were disappointed that after all the work you had done for president trump for 9 1/2 years, nobody, including president trump offered you a position in the white house?" blanche asked. "that's not accurate, cohen said. >> i think it was a very interesting day. it wa
blanche pushing cohen about mr. trump's reaction the first time the former president learned of daniels shopping her story. blanche asking, "the first thing that president trump said to you is that his family wouldn't like very much." cohen saying, "that's true." the self-described former trump fixer turned foe maintaining his composure on the stand when pressed at length about his criminal history. cohen has been convicted of lying under oath and disbarred. the defense...
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looking at blanche and then also looking down at the monitor that's where the evidence pops up and blanche was referencing snippets of testimony, who's also pulling up some emails and other records you saw jurors looking back and winter has had a like, half smile in her face all day. another jurors lips have been first and this these expressions have carried through to both. now when the prosecutor, joshua steinglass is getting his closing argument, he's been going on for a couple of hours now started out kind of meandering, trying to rebut specific statements that todd blanche had made in his closing, and then he switched to the narrative of this story. 40 taking the jury painstakingly through the evidence in this case, the text messages, the phone calls, all of these catch-and-kill deals. he just got to the storm hey, daniel still when i left and he's still have some way to go to get to the alleged falsification of the documents in this case and during his closing arguments trump is more he's looking more ahead. he has leaned in to look at the monitor in front of him, to look at some of
looking at blanche and then also looking down at the monitor that's where the evidence pops up and blanche was referencing snippets of testimony, who's also pulling up some emails and other records you saw jurors looking back and winter has had a like, half smile in her face all day. another jurors lips have been first and this these expressions have carried through to both. now when the prosecutor, joshua steinglass is getting his closing argument, he's been going on for a couple of hours now...
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blanche today raising his voice, saying, that was a lie.wing the jury never before seen text messages suggesting the call was for another purpose entirely. cohen had reached out for help dealing with a 14-year-old prank caller and schiller texted back telling cohen to call him. the call lasted just 97 seconds. the clear implication, the phone was never passed to mr. trump. cohen appearing blindsided . blanche grilling him. that was a lie. you did not talk to president trump. you talked to keith schiller. you can admit it. cohen responding i don't know that it is accurate and adding, i believe i also spoke to mr. trump about the stormy daniels matter. blanche shooting back, we are not asking what you believe. cohen's credibility is key to the states case as he is the only one who testified the former president had advanced knowledge of the plan to pay off daniels to protect his campaign and signed off on a scheme to pay cohen back, falsifying business records to disguise reimbursements. mr. trump has pleaded not guilty as his defense attorne
blanche today raising his voice, saying, that was a lie.wing the jury never before seen text messages suggesting the call was for another purpose entirely. cohen had reached out for help dealing with a 14-year-old prank caller and schiller texted back telling cohen to call him. the call lasted just 97 seconds. the clear implication, the phone was never passed to mr. trump. cohen appearing blindsided . blanche grilling him. that was a lie. you did not talk to president trump. you talked to keith...
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todd blanche had a pretty big reaction. he dropped his jaw and went -- he opened his eyes and went -- and he made a movement with his head. so i wonder if that was, as you heard, his version of stretching it out or to put steinglass into this position. daniel, i know this is a purely speculative question, but in your experience, what would you guess if you were forced to, how would you -- how long will the jury have this case? how long will they be deliberating? what is your expectation? >> i think if they get the case tomorrow, whether they finish tonight or tomorrow morning with the summation, they will get the case on wednesday. i think this jury is going to be extremely careful and deliberate. i could see it goes into early next week. >> you're killing us. >> on the other hand, if they get this case tomorrow, before the lunch break, i think that we will have a verdict before tri. i think they will want to be done with this case. they do not want to have it going into another week. they will want to be done by the weeken
todd blanche had a pretty big reaction. he dropped his jaw and went -- he opened his eyes and went -- and he made a movement with his head. so i wonder if that was, as you heard, his version of stretching it out or to put steinglass into this position. daniel, i know this is a purely speculative question, but in your experience, what would you guess if you were forced to, how would you -- how long will the jury have this case? how long will they be deliberating? what is your expectation?...
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blanche had his work cut out for him.single count, not even the michael cohen invoices. why was susan necheles not leading this? >> well, you know, about 18 months ago, sue and i represented the trump payroll corporation and a related entity in that courtroom with judge merchan, and at least two of the prosecutors, and we were 0 for 17. you know, they were 0 for 34 yesterday. sometimes the evidence and the facts or the jurors, just, you know, can't see it either way, so to speak. doesn't mean you're not doing a good job. i agree with everything joyce said, in a criminal case, the defendant gets to make two choices, plead guilty or not guilty, testify or don't testify. that doesn't mean you just ignore the client. you certainly out of respect listen to the client, factor it in. but i think the lawyer has to run the show. i think that's what happened here, and i haven't worked with mr. blanche, i worked closely with sue necheles, she's a tremendous lawyer. i'm sure there was a lot of collaboration. for whatever reason, mr.
blanche had his work cut out for him.single count, not even the michael cohen invoices. why was susan necheles not leading this? >> well, you know, about 18 months ago, sue and i represented the trump payroll corporation and a related entity in that courtroom with judge merchan, and at least two of the prosecutors, and we were 0 for 17. you know, they were 0 for 34 yesterday. sometimes the evidence and the facts or the jurors, just, you know, can't see it either way, so to speak. doesn't...
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todd blanche has not ruled that out. it's a matter of looking at what else they may try to present to michael cohen before he leaves the stand. we're not going to have a decision by this jury by memorial day which as soon as this morning we thought could have been possible. >> vaughn, do you think there's a likelihood of donald trump taking the stand? >> reporter: i think danny cevallos has been the other one with me here taking the bet on -- i could see him in a situation deciding to do so. for three reasons specifically. number one, donald trump believes he's the smartest man in any room, he's smarter than any military general that he had while serving in the white house. donald trump also likes to be his own spokesperson, as you have heard multiple individuals testify over the course of just this trial alone. also, if you go back to the e. jean carroll trials, there's the first trial where he was found to have sexually abused e. jean carroll. he chose not to testify. for the months that followed after that there was r
todd blanche has not ruled that out. it's a matter of looking at what else they may try to present to michael cohen before he leaves the stand. we're not going to have a decision by this jury by memorial day which as soon as this morning we thought could have been possible. >> vaughn, do you think there's a likelihood of donald trump taking the stand? >> reporter: i think danny cevallos has been the other one with me here taking the bet on -- i could see him in a situation deciding...
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blanche? we will try to answer that tonight and more, but we need to start with what happened in the last few moments. the summation from the prosecution literally ended in the last five minutes. we do not have an official transcript at this point. i will read to you from our reporters updates about what has happened about the way the prosecution concluded. forgive me for this not being word for word perfect, but this is the best we've got. joshua steinglass is the prosecutor giving the closing argument. he says, quote, listen carefully to the judge's instructions. it is a crime to willfully create inaccurate tax forms. the defendant had an incentive to keep the conspiracy quiet and, postelection, and effort to conceal the same conspiracy and prevent the catch and kill scheme from going public. he had every reason to continue to conceal his election fraud and at the end of 2017 he already announced his intention to run again. any of the things i mentioned is enough for you to conclude that the
blanche? we will try to answer that tonight and more, but we need to start with what happened in the last few moments. the summation from the prosecution literally ended in the last five minutes. we do not have an official transcript at this point. i will read to you from our reporters updates about what has happened about the way the prosecution concluded. forgive me for this not being word for word perfect, but this is the best we've got. joshua steinglass is the prosecutor giving the closing...
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blanche now says, how is keeping a false story from the voters? criminal referencing the other story with the fake story about the kid that trump had that wasn't it's not a true story. he said that's not a catch and kill, your honore, and certainly not criminal catch and kill anyway that's still going on there. i don't know anybody who thinks a judge merchan is going to just dismiss dismiss the charges. but blanche is saying there's no the way that the court should let this case go to the jury, relying on mr. cohen's testimony, and without mr. cohen, there is no case. well, what do you make of that? i know it's standard procedure for the defense attorney to say this. but what do you think of the case? he's making here that there's no way that the judge should let this even go to the jury based on mr. cohen right i disagree that this is a routine that all defense attorneys do. >> this is really what we call the directed verdict saying, judge, all of the evidence is in now and they have not they the prosecution have not proved each element of the of
blanche now says, how is keeping a false story from the voters? criminal referencing the other story with the fake story about the kid that trump had that wasn't it's not a true story. he said that's not a catch and kill, your honore, and certainly not criminal catch and kill anyway that's still going on there. i don't know anybody who thinks a judge merchan is going to just dismiss dismiss the charges. but blanche is saying there's no the way that the court should let this case go to the jury,...
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blanche says cohen was talking about cash.ber cohen was surreptitiously recording his own client and cohen says hello to someone and it was cohen lying painting his version and no evidence of trump talking about a duffel bag full of $150,000. >> that's right. we don't hear any recording that actually establishes the elements to be able to prove this crime for the prosecution. there is more questions than answers. why this attorney would be recording his own client is something that would probably undermine his own credibility with this jury. >> harris: i will have to jump in. forgive me. we have breaking news here. another trump legal case. federal judge cannon rejected a special counsel jack smith's request for a gag order against donald trump in the classified documents case saying that prosecutors' request was wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy. the judge in the case. this is breaking. you have a situation, lee zeldin, where trump can barely say anything. alludes to it every time he talks about the case.
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i think todd blanche is not a great defense attorney.e trump world through boris epshteyn who came into the trump world through eric trump and you have this series of c- players who get donald trump here and he gives him a lot of responsibility they maybe would not have otherwise earned and i think there were other people sitting at trump's defense table who were much more capable than todd blanche and i think he had a horrible first day of cross. i think he recovered today, but what he went through today was an assault on michael cohen's credibility and i think he established that michael cohen is a serial liar, just like donald trump's. >> okay, but that is the thing. michael cohen was a liar for 10 years at the direction, at the behest of donald trump. like if they wrote a job description, be my thug, mahesh money, my liar, my fixer. that was the job. >> lied to the media if there is a bad story in the works. if i've got business people or business competitors in my way, help me undermine them. if i funded a political foot race and th
i think todd blanche is not a great defense attorney.e trump world through boris epshteyn who came into the trump world through eric trump and you have this series of c- players who get donald trump here and he gives him a lot of responsibility they maybe would not have otherwise earned and i think there were other people sitting at trump's defense table who were much more capable than todd blanche and i think he had a horrible first day of cross. i think he recovered today, but what he went...
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blanche talking now.he admitted half the stories "national enquirer" buys they don't publish, that's meaningful. half the stories. i missed that testimony from a few weeks ago. he is bringing it back now today, kerri. >> i think there are a few reasons he is making that point. one, catching and kill schemes are not illegal. two, it was a common practice for mr. pecker. three, mr. pecker testified on the stand that positive stories about donald trump did very well. 80% of people wanted donald trump to be president who read the "national enquirer." the reason that matters is because it was a mutually beneficial relationship. pecker wanted to help trump out, yes, but also helping pecker out. good stories about trump and the lack of bad ones only helped business. this was a money-making opportunity for him and that's the reason i think blanche continues to discuss this throughout his closing argument >> dana: we know you have other things to get to. let's get to paul mauro. >> it came across on shrill, unhing
blanche talking now.he admitted half the stories "national enquirer" buys they don't publish, that's meaningful. half the stories. i missed that testimony from a few weeks ago. he is bringing it back now today, kerri. >> i think there are a few reasons he is making that point. one, catching and kill schemes are not illegal. two, it was a common practice for mr. pecker. three, mr. pecker testified on the stand that positive stories about donald trump did very well. 80% of people...
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blanche isn't ruling out trump testifying.e a scenario where you actually see this happening? >> good morning, ana, and thanks for having me. you know, i've been trying criminal cases for about 35 years around this country, and i can tell you regardless of whom the defendant is, it is the absolute last decision that is made in a trial. prosecution puts its case on. the defense will then argue at the conclusion of the prosecution's case that it should be dismissed, and it doesn't even meet a prima fascia, a very low burden. most of those motions are denied. then if the defense -- and the defense has no obligation, ana, they can sit there and do the cross word puzzle during this trial. but if the defense decides to call any witnesses, say they called one or ten witnesses, at the end of that trail of witnesses, it would be the decision-making time for the defendant, and my prediction is that in this particular case, the defendant will not testify. >> if he did, though, how would you prepare him? what types of questions would you
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blanche raising his voice thursday saying, that was a lie. the jury then shown never before seen text messages, suggesting a completely different explanation for the october call, that schiller was helping cohen cope with a teenage prankster at the same time, blanche returning to a log showing the call in question lasted less than two minutes. cohen appearing caught off guard, saying, i believe i also spoke to president trump and told him everything regarding the stormy daniels matter. blanche, shooting back, we are not asking what you believe. this jury does not want to hear what you think happened. cohen then later saying, i don't recall telephone calls on a specific date going back to 2016. >> fascinating day. >> reporter: nearly all the cross exam this week focused on cohen's credibility as he is the one who paid stormy daniels $130,000 on the eve of the 2016 election. and the only witness who has testified, the former president directed cohen to do it to protect the campaign, which mr. trump denies. cohen's motive for lying about that no
blanche raising his voice thursday saying, that was a lie. the jury then shown never before seen text messages, suggesting a completely different explanation for the october call, that schiller was helping cohen cope with a teenage prankster at the same time, blanche returning to a log showing the call in question lasted less than two minutes. cohen appearing caught off guard, saying, i believe i also spoke to president trump and told him everything regarding the stormy daniels matter. blanche,...
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this is something todd blanche -- an argument that todd blanche has been making all morning that michael cohen is kind of inviting, does not need protections from this gag order as other potential witnesses feasibly do because of the fact that he is so public about this fight on tiktok, on social media, on cable news as well. however, judge juan merchan asks one simple question, which i think is really interesting. he says, did he violate the gag order? that's all i want to know and blanche says absolutely positively not, but going back to what you said earlier which is what are the violations of this gag order, it is talking about the jury, and it is talking about potential witnesses. both of which he has done on these potential violations. >> okay, yasmin, keep us posted. so katie, what does the judge do about the michael cohen tiktok videos and this idea that because -- >> i was like cohen's -- >> does he need to be protected if he's out there continuing to talk and saying things that are inflammatory, i guess his lawyer, trump's lawyer's arguing that cohen doesn't need protection. >>
this is something todd blanche -- an argument that todd blanche has been making all morning that michael cohen is kind of inviting, does not need protections from this gag order as other potential witnesses feasibly do because of the fact that he is so public about this fight on tiktok, on social media, on cable news as well. however, judge juan merchan asks one simple question, which i think is really interesting. he says, did he violate the gag order? that's all i want to know and blanche...
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as trump attorney todd blanche? yes, sir, cohen said.hael cohen has admitted to stealing from the trump organization, doesn't matter for the case? >> it may matter a lot to some jurors and it may matter not at all to others. michael cohen is such a proven liar that why would it surprise us that he is also a thief? >> reporter: cohen defended his action saying that he was angry his bonus was cut and felt like he was owed the money. "i almost felt like it was help help he said." and link to the hush money payments made to star stormy daniels that are at the heart of the case. trump has been charged with falsifying business records to conceal the transactions. speak with a marked at legal. >> reporter: blanche marked him as someone who'd used trump's name to help himself. discussing a tv show about himself called "the fixer." i have fix things, but i am no longer your fixer, mr. trump. >> reporter: with the defense repeatedly calling cohen's credibility into question. susan hoffinger reminded the jury that michael cohen is not the defendant
as trump attorney todd blanche? yes, sir, cohen said.hael cohen has admitted to stealing from the trump organization, doesn't matter for the case? >> it may matter a lot to some jurors and it may matter not at all to others. michael cohen is such a proven liar that why would it surprise us that he is also a thief? >> reporter: cohen defended his action saying that he was angry his bonus was cut and felt like he was owed the money. "i almost felt like it was help help he...
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blanche. who has been a prosecutor as long as you have, someone who has been an attorney as long as you have knows that is highly inappropriate and he will issue a curative instruction to the jury. did you hear that judge? >> i didn't hear it to be honest with you. i'm stunned sitting here and i was in there. but that's very simple. you give a charge to the jury and you say would either this sentence may be or whatever my options may be are not your concern as i have told you from the beginning. you've decided what the facts are. i give you the law and you make a decision based on the facts and the law. so there is no need the guy is very thin-skinned, this merchan i know we did have a breakdown over it but here's what i thought was so incredibly strong this morning. todd blanche spoke in very simple language and addressed everything he possibly could in his summation to the jury. it was simple, it was not histrionic, it was not over the top. some people if you have a child abuse case or an ou
blanche. who has been a prosecutor as long as you have, someone who has been an attorney as long as you have knows that is highly inappropriate and he will issue a curative instruction to the jury. did you hear that judge? >> i didn't hear it to be honest with you. i'm stunned sitting here and i was in there. but that's very simple. you give a charge to the jury and you say would either this sentence may be or whatever my options may be are not your concern as i have told you from the...
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blanche asking, "do you have a financial interest in the outcome of this case?" cohen saying, "yes, sir." though cohen insisted he'd make more money if mr. trump were acquitted because cohen says "it gives me more to talk about in the future." cohen's credibility critical to the d.a.'s case as he's the only witness who has testified the former president had advance knowledge of the plan to pay stormy daniels and then approved a scheme to disguise how he paid cohen back. which mr. trump denies. >> there were no crimes. we did nothing wrong. and i want to get back to campaigning. i'm representing millions and millions -- hundreds of millions of people. >> reporter: cohen in an exchange with prosecutors today, "do you have any doubt mr. trump gave you the final sign-off for the payment before you went to the bank?" cohen replying "no doubt." >> and laura, the defense late today asked the judge to dismiss the case. where does that stand? >> reporter: yes, lester. the judge did not rule on that motion just yet but did not seem inclined to take this case out of the han
blanche asking, "do you have a financial interest in the outcome of this case?" cohen saying, "yes, sir." though cohen insisted he'd make more money if mr. trump were acquitted because cohen says "it gives me more to talk about in the future." cohen's credibility critical to the d.a.'s case as he's the only witness who has testified the former president had advance knowledge of the plan to pay stormy daniels and then approved a scheme to disguise how he paid cohen...
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todd blanche said, this is what one of the things that blanche said directly about michael cohen he's literally like an mvp of liars. he lies constantly is lied to congress. he lied to prosecutors. he lied to his family, his business associates. he lied to his bosses. he lives to reporters. he likes to federal judges a little bit later, he said, it's like what people, when they talk about with athletes like michael jordan as the goat, tiger woods is the goat, tom brady as the goat exactly. its are the greatest of all time, the best among their peers, michael cohen is the gloat. he's literally the greatest liar of all time. and then the prosecutor, josh steinglass later said, we didn't choose michael cohen to be our witness. we didn't pick him up at the witness store. the defendant chose michael cohen to be his fixed sir, because he was willing to lie and cheat on mr. trump's behalf in this case, there is literally a mountain of evidence corroborating testimony that tends to connect the defendant to this crime from pecker to hicks, to the defendant's own employees, to the documents tha
todd blanche said, this is what one of the things that blanche said directly about michael cohen he's literally like an mvp of liars. he lies constantly is lied to congress. he lied to prosecutors. he lied to his family, his business associates. he lied to his bosses. he lives to reporters. he likes to federal judges a little bit later, he said, it's like what people, when they talk about with athletes like michael jordan as the goat, tiger woods is the goat, tom brady as the goat exactly. its...
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blanche arguing he told you he spoke to president trump. that was a lie and he got caught red handed. that is perjury. blanche striking at the heart of the 34 low-level felony counts trump faces for allegedly falsifying business records. arguing none of the invoices, vouchers, or checks were false. saying the legal retainer language was not criminal or sinister, but generated by accounting software at the trump organization and there was nothing wrong with it. president trump is innocent, blanche said. there is no crime. >> it is a very sad day. this is a dark day in america. >> it is a sad day. court starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow. judge merchan will give the jury instructions for about an hour. think of that. 60 minutes after they have been in the courtroom for weeks, listening to closing arguments for hours, tomorrow they get instructions for another 60 minutes and then it goes to the jury. with that let's get smarter with the help of our panel tonight. political investigations reporter for the guardian, he has been in the courtro
blanche arguing he told you he spoke to president trump. that was a lie and he got caught red handed. that is perjury. blanche striking at the heart of the 34 low-level felony counts trump faces for allegedly falsifying business records. arguing none of the invoices, vouchers, or checks were false. saying the legal retainer language was not criminal or sinister, but generated by accounting software at the trump organization and there was nothing wrong with it. president trump is innocent,...
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i think that's the point probably todd blanche is making. he's laying down that record in the event there's an appeal. i don't disagree with the judge's determination that the nuclear option should be exercised. but it's a warning about the danger of bringing in testimony that in large measure is collateral. the principle purpose of her testimony should have been limited to one issue and that's concealment. that's it. >> robert, thank you so much for coming on the program. we want to go back in to court and vaughn hillyard, it's interesting because they've got an e-mail now that they're showing again between keith davidson and michael cohen. but this is one we've seen before, right? so in this context, why are we looking at this now? >> reporter: because stormy daniels is testifying here to the jury that she was the one who was leading the approval of the arrangements with michael cohen through her attorney, keith davidson. on october 11th, a deal was struck for $130,000 to go from michael cohen to trump, but then on october 14th, the day th
i think that's the point probably todd blanche is making. he's laying down that record in the event there's an appeal. i don't disagree with the judge's determination that the nuclear option should be exercised. but it's a warning about the danger of bringing in testimony that in large measure is collateral. the principle purpose of her testimony should have been limited to one issue and that's concealment. that's it. >> robert, thank you so much for coming on the program. we want to go...
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blanche says all payments made to cohen really get -- blanche also reminded the jury about former trump aide for pigs testimony where hague said worried about his family and his wife hoffinger and the stormy daniels story resurface which is important because during jury instruction last week judge merchan said that if the jury found that the smacks other than politics that it cannot be considered a campaign contribution. trace? >> trace: nate foy live outside the courthouse. must bring in fox news on the anchor and chief legal correspondent shannon breen, she's been inside the courtroom today, now she's outside. some others are inside. in one of those who is now inside is trey gowdy and he dusted the following, "if you are wondering about the definition of the word speculation we just got it." going on to say, "the prosecution said trump will likely not have won of doreen di nino story not been suppressed." tracing, "stupid me that it might have been a number of times hillary clinton visited wisconsin or maybe her e-mails." to receive kind of pattern forming inside for closing arguments
blanche says all payments made to cohen really get -- blanche also reminded the jury about former trump aide for pigs testimony where hague said worried about his family and his wife hoffinger and the stormy daniels story resurface which is important because during jury instruction last week judge merchan said that if the jury found that the smacks other than politics that it cannot be considered a campaign contribution. trace? >> trace: nate foy live outside the courthouse. must bring in...