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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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do you think todd blanche? she's doing a good job at undermining pick up michael cohen's credibility i think he's doing what i expected he would do. >> he's trying to say over and over again that cohen is a liar, that cohen has a motive to get trump and he's repeating that as a mantra over and over again that he's out for revenge. he wants to see cohen behind i'm sorry, trump behind bars. so it's not an unexpected cross-examination little bit disconnected. it's a little bit all over the place. it's been a little bit difficult to follow. but other than that, he's making the points you would expect them to make, all of which is helpful when he gets to summation, are you surprised and do you think it's wise for the prosecution to and their case with michael cohen given the givens when it comes to his credibility i think so. they wanted him to tie up all the loose ends to be the one who could say i was in the room with president trump. and this is what he said. so you needed that dramatic ending because because up
do you think todd blanche? she's doing a good job at undermining pick up michael cohen's credibility i think he's doing what i expected he would do. >> he's trying to say over and over again that cohen is a liar, that cohen has a motive to get trump and he's repeating that as a mantra over and over again that he's out for revenge. he wants to see cohen behind i'm sorry, trump behind bars. so it's not an unexpected cross-examination little bit disconnected. it's a little bit all over the...
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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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it took todd blanche a while to get there. he sort of meandering at first, but he really landed some serious punches, did some damage to michael cohen's credibility and i expect he will be very focused on doing the same over the next few hours. >> it also be key to sail the prosecution is to try to restore his credibility. michael cohen will be back on the witness stand any minute now, the big development that we got from inside the court this morning, first off, is the judge says he doesn't expect closing arguments to happen this week. that means no verdict. this week, you're watching cnn's special live coverage. stay right here with us sirens are going off and firing the 20 here i'm thinking language to die and i thought that was it earth with liev schreiber premieres june 2, id nine on cnn everywhere, but the seed, the seed is 11. >> now, i get it. you love your bike. we do too. >> that's why we're american. number one motorcycle insurer. the d have to wedge it and everything don't do that surmise me on my black the wolf wa
it took todd blanche a while to get there. he sort of meandering at first, but he really landed some serious punches, did some damage to michael cohen's credibility and i expect he will be very focused on doing the same over the next few hours. >> it also be key to sail the prosecution is to try to restore his credibility. michael cohen will be back on the witness stand any minute now, the big development that we got from inside the court this morning, first off, is the judge says he...
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todd blanche talking about the "access hollywood" tape. the government wants you to believe, says todd blanche, it was so catastrophic that it provided a motive for president trump to do something criminal. president trump did not react to the tape in any way that the government is suggesting. i want to get your take on that statement by todd blanche as someone who lived it. >> i'm curious what the prosecution will argue here. as somebody who was covering the campaign in the moment, the "access hollywood" tape, from the outside looking in and from conversations in the campaign and those in the rnc, that was catastrophic. donald trump's campaign thought it was over at that moment. there were a couple people who thought he could power through. steve bannon, maybe donald trump himself and a couple others. for the most part, the campaign went silent. the top aides were not to be found. the campaign team couldn't even reach these top aides. trump tower -- i went to trump tower after this tape came out. it was empty. there was nobody inside, sav
todd blanche talking about the "access hollywood" tape. the government wants you to believe, says todd blanche, it was so catastrophic that it provided a motive for president trump to do something criminal. president trump did not react to the tape in any way that the government is suggesting. i want to get your take on that statement by todd blanche as someone who lived it. >> i'm curious what the prosecution will argue here. as somebody who was covering the campaign in the...
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but if they ask them anything about his testimony, todd, i bet you, todd blanche will ask did you meet did you speak with anyone during the lunch break? that's a very common post lunch break question. i suspect the prosecutors are smart enough that they didn't talk to him about this just yet, the thing you say to your client, by the way, to the point elliott was making, if donald trump saying more more, say, i promise you, when i'm giving my closing next week or soon, i'm going to do a song and dance about this. this will be the centerpiece of my closing. save it to then if you go back to it now, all you can do is give cohen a chance to wriggle out, to come up with a different story? water it, down here, that the prosecution might want to when they get their chance to keep him on as long as possible, is they're not the same incentive for the defense to run out the clock, so to speak, to kind of keep cross-examining michael cohen so that this is the last thing people here. no, i think so. the problem is that that means an hour-and-a-half more of cross-examination where they may not have
but if they ask them anything about his testimony, todd, i bet you, todd blanche will ask did you meet did you speak with anyone during the lunch break? that's a very common post lunch break question. i suspect the prosecutors are smart enough that they didn't talk to him about this just yet, the thing you say to your client, by the way, to the point elliott was making, if donald trump saying more more, say, i promise you, when i'm giving my closing next week or soon, i'm going to do a song and...
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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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>> 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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todd blanche is continuing his closing arguments. just 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. >>
todd blanche is continuing his closing arguments. just 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....
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and as todd blanche predicted, that's a defense attorney. steinglass is telling the jury that cohen falsified the business records to open the bank account. what's the significance of this? if you think? >> opening a bank account? >> well, just the whole like, what does this prove that donald trump knew i mean, i think we've established pretty well that michael cohen set up these shell corporation, rights. and one of them paid stormy daniels 130 grand. but has the prosecution proved proven that donald trump knew about the shell corporations? >> okay. i will take the defense sayyed on this. >> okay in reason i say that is putting aside michael cohen just because he set up a bank account. >> gotta he luck that doesn't connect it to the brain of donald trump. donald trump may have known that michael cohen was negotiating something with keith davidson. >> but the he locked that could have been something robe when you tell people what he lot goes a home equity loan of a line of credit. okay. >> so this is when he puts out a second mortgage on his
and as todd blanche predicted, that's a defense attorney. steinglass is telling the jury that cohen falsified the business records to open the bank account. what's the significance of this? if you think? >> opening a bank account? >> well, just the whole like, what does this prove that donald trump knew i mean, i think we've established pretty well that michael cohen set up these shell corporation, rights. and one of them paid stormy daniels 130 grand. but has the prosecution proved...
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and in fact, todd blanche says as much. what i would like to do is go through the time line of what you testified on monday in 2011 you came across a poll that suggested trump should run for president. cohen, that's correct. that poll was actually late 2010. yes, sir. at the time is it fair to say that the press regarded this as a stunt by president trump. yes, sir. for michael cohen, he was one of the most early supporters, convincers, at some point later in '16, i think it was, fundraisers of, and there goes the can of hair spray, fundraisers for donald trump. >> yeah, definitely. i mean, listen, donald trump had been flirting with this idea of running for office for a few decades, 2000 when he's being interviewed about what his platform would be. he was technically sort of running at the time, even though he never got to the official act of it. so 2011 is "national enquirer" poll where they sort of, you know, juice the respondents to try to get donald trump to wade in. cohen was by his side for decades and cohen looked u
and in fact, todd blanche says as much. what i would like to do is go through the time line of what you testified on monday in 2011 you came across a poll that suggested trump should run for president. cohen, that's correct. that poll was actually late 2010. yes, sir. at the time is it fair to say that the press regarded this as a stunt by president trump. yes, sir. for michael cohen, he was one of the most early supporters, convincers, at some point later in '16, i think it was, fundraisers...
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todd blanche hammering on the idea that the testimony of michael cohen is a part of a larger revenge tour , noting his comments on a podcast saying donald trump was about to get a taste of what i went through and i promise it will not be fun. michael cohen will return to the witness stand for more cross-examination on tuesday morning. joining me to break it on down is a legal analyst and cohost of the sisters-in-law podcast, and the author of the book, " attack from within." and we are joint by -- joined by anna. a number of jury trials, i have to start with that quote about gated and get out on the cross and how todd blanche has been e going for more than seven hours. can you remember what has landed in terms of a fatal blow at all through the cross- examination of michael atcohen >> yes, it seems that todd blanche has partaking in what ik call rookie mistakes . that is, going on too long, not having a specific plan, and asking one question too many. you know, as you suggested, the strategy of an effective cross- examination is to pick out a o few key areas of impeachment, contradic
todd blanche hammering on the idea that the testimony of michael cohen is a part of a larger revenge tour , noting his comments on a podcast saying donald trump was about to get a taste of what i went through and i promise it will not be fun. michael cohen will return to the witness stand for more cross-examination on tuesday morning. joining me to break it on down is a legal analyst and cohost of the sisters-in-law podcast, and the author of the book, " attack from within." and we...
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when you have todd blanche get up and say michael cohen is the mvp of lies. the greatest liar of all time. maybe he was the greatest lawyer of all time. when you hear that you are like, maybe you chuckle but that's all you've got? that's what it is. i take umbrage with the idea that this was too long. the prosecutor made it clear commons is only shot. if the jurisdiction in florida, fear the prosecution, you get the sandwich. prosecution, defense, prosecution rebuttal. you do not get that here. you get to fence to go first and then prosecution. you know steinglass had a prepared but he had to pivot based on what he heard or maybe he didn't hear during the defense closing argument. that's why think you saw it a little longer. you knew it was going to be meaty because he sought in the openings. lawrence, when he noted that 49 second reenactment, there's a power in being able to stand in front of a jury. i have done this in trials i've done before when timing is in dispute and there's no way you could i.d. the defendant, victim, because you only saw the defendan
when you have todd blanche get up and say michael cohen is the mvp of lies. the greatest liar of all time. maybe he was the greatest lawyer of all time. when you hear that you are like, maybe you chuckle but that's all you've got? that's what it is. i take umbrage with the idea that this was too long. the prosecutor made it clear commons is only shot. if the jurisdiction in florida, fear the prosecution, you get the sandwich. prosecution, defense, prosecution rebuttal. you do not get that here....
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so this is todd blanche questioning him. you've talked about extensively on mere culpa, his podcast, your desire to see that president trump get convicted in this case, correct? cohen sounds like something i would say todd buoyancy the defense attorney says, well, sir, i'm not asking you if it sounds too you like something you would say, i'm saying, did you have you regularly commented on your podcast that you want president trump to be convicted in this case, cohen? yes, probably. >> blanche. >> do you have any doubt cohen know so why did you just answer? >> yes. probably cohen because i don't specifically know if i use those words, but yes, i would like to see that. >> and blanche. and so yes. you want to see president trump convicted from this case, correct? cohen, i would like to see accountability. that's not it's not for me. it's for the jury and this court blanche i didn't ask what you wanted to see or not see about accountability. i said, do you want to see president trump convicted in this case? cohen that's what we
so this is todd blanche questioning him. you've talked about extensively on mere culpa, his podcast, your desire to see that president trump get convicted in this case, correct? cohen sounds like something i would say todd buoyancy the defense attorney says, well, sir, i'm not asking you if it sounds too you like something you would say, i'm saying, did you have you regularly commented on your podcast that you want president trump to be convicted in this case, cohen? yes, probably. >>...
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there was a woman named tricia todd who had gone missing. >> deborah: tricia todd is a single mom who's recently been divorced. her 2-year-old daughter faith had been left with her regular babysitter, denise toffanello. >> couldn't get in touch with her, couldn't get in touch with her. something's not right. >> the babysitter called me or chasity, my wife, and just said, "hey, no one's come and got the child." >> i said, "i have faith. i haven't been able to get in touch with your sister." i said, "what do you want me to do? tricia's just not answering her phone." >> i knew something was wrong right there, because tricia, wherever she was, if she had to crawl to get there, she would've picked up faith. >> deborah: so that's a major red flag for you? >> oh, yeah. >> we just stopped by the babysitter's house on the way home, picked up faith, had no idea what was going on. we were just in full speculation mode of, what in the world could cause this? like, what's going on? >> and then we called the police and told them she's a missing person. >> tricia's other brother, joshua, found her car
there was a woman named tricia todd who had gone missing. >> deborah: tricia todd is a single mom who's recently been divorced. her 2-year-old daughter faith had been left with her regular babysitter, denise toffanello. >> couldn't get in touch with her, couldn't get in touch with her. something's not right. >> the babysitter called me or chasity, my wife, and just said, "hey, no one's come and got the child." >> i said, "i have faith. i haven't been able...
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that's where todd blanche is focusing his actual attacks. of course, everything that speaks to the intent, for example, the testimony of michael cohen, you will attack that as well to make the argument the facts are what they are, and you have to deal with that. as far as intent, which is what the jury has to look at to make a decision, that intent is going to be something they are going to hammer home as not something the prosecution is going to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. that will be their roadmap, if you will, to get to a hung jury. >> david pecker was the first witness the defense called, blanche said he submitted a declaration under the penalty of perjury saying the agreement was lawful. he's talking about a prosecution agreement pecker made in this case with the prosecutors. he told you he didn't keep anything from his lawyers when he talked about it, and you know he has a deal with the prosecutors in the case and they provide him with immunity. blanche goe on, the d.a. gave the terms and if mr. pecker gave false testimony the ag
that's where todd blanche is focusing his actual attacks. of course, everything that speaks to the intent, for example, the testimony of michael cohen, you will attack that as well to make the argument the facts are what they are, and you have to deal with that. as far as intent, which is what the jury has to look at to make a decision, that intent is going to be something they are going to hammer home as not something the prosecution is going to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. that will be...
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todd blanche said "that was a lie, you did not talk to president trump" and cohen responded "i'm not sure that's accurate" no cohen said he talked to trump through the head of security but texts between cohen and the shell or that they show cohen wanted to talk about harassing phone calls he was receiving. also questioning cohen about whether or not he wanted a position in trump's white house, cohen said he wanted to be considered for white house chief of staff, but he actually wanted to be the personal attorney to the president, this is important because bob costello, the layer you mentioned that he consulted with a 2018 says cohen took care of it by himself to secure it position the white house again here is costello on "america's newsroom" this morning. >> he said specifically, and i cross-examined him on this, this was my idea. it was his idea to take care of the nda because he had been contacted by a lawyer for stormy daniels who said she was going to claim that donald trump had sex with her. >> q and when several people have testified about how upset cohen was when he did not r
todd blanche said "that was a lie, you did not talk to president trump" and cohen responded "i'm not sure that's accurate" no cohen said he talked to trump through the head of security but texts between cohen and the shell or that they show cohen wanted to talk about harassing phone calls he was receiving. also questioning cohen about whether or not he wanted a position in trump's white house, cohen said he wanted to be considered for white house chief of staff, but he...
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chuck todd is here as well. nbc news chief political analyst, and so, chuck, i want to start with you. how do democrats in red states and republicans in blue states address this verdict? i was thinking, of course, immediately, not surprisingly for people like jon tester, critical to the democratic majority, so is sherrod brown in ohio, where trump remains very very popular. >> right. >> yeah, look, i think i have a basic thesis on this. whoever is talking about this is losing, right? whether you're trump, biden or a candidate down the ballot. voters expect you to look forward and to talk about their issues. you're talking about somebody else's issues. you're not talking about their issues. i will say this, i think it was -- i have been intrigued by the distinction of reactions of republican senate candidates. while they have universally condemned the verdict, there has been a distinction between those that are a bit more trump or maga, if you want to refer to that, might as well have been trump's language, and a
chuck todd is here as well. nbc news chief political analyst, and so, chuck, i want to start with you. how do democrats in red states and republicans in blue states address this verdict? i was thinking, of course, immediately, not surprisingly for people like jon tester, critical to the democratic majority, so is sherrod brown in ohio, where trump remains very very popular. >> right. >> yeah, look, i think i have a basic thesis on this. whoever is talking about this is losing,...
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todd blanche hasn't mentioned one of them. has he had a good day? as long as you count the day as 10 minutes but i will say theless of his day was effective because it was messy. the da did this chronologically. he just rambled all over different dates and that's a smart move. because it makes michael cohen's lying chaotic whereas in the da's version of it, you understood his profession was lying for donald trump in house for donald trump. whether it be to gossip magazines or for a political candidate. and then there comes a time where his lying for donald trump gets him indicted. and now you have him in this weird cross fire of his own lies. when you hear it in that biographical way it was told by the prosecution, it makes sense. it is chaotic lying. it was a smart move. >> the defense has not focused on i don't know why donald trump would be paying $35,000 a month in installments. and they haven't gotten to the essence of the charges. they have focused on the credibility issue and i was reminded of something the judge said about michael cohen's cr
todd blanche hasn't mentioned one of them. has he had a good day? as long as you count the day as 10 minutes but i will say theless of his day was effective because it was messy. the da did this chronologically. he just rambled all over different dates and that's a smart move. because it makes michael cohen's lying chaotic whereas in the da's version of it, you understood his profession was lying for donald trump in house for donald trump. whether it be to gossip magazines or for a political...
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the challenge, todd blanche is all over the place. he is all over the place and doesn't seem to be satisfying donald trump. >> what does muppettizing mean? >> flailing around like kermit the frog. it doesn't make sense. the prosecution to me has done a good job over all telling you a simple story. that micro managing donald trump, just give him $35,000, because there is a drop down menu that says the only way he with explain that is it is a reimbursement. not know any of that is happening and be completely unaware of it during a campaign to become president of the united states. that he nothing about it. and they have never really explained that other exhibit which i think is the most damning exhibit. how do you explain how the numbers are on that paper? >> there is no defense explanation for this. >> and they never tried and the thing that is shocking to me, as a defense attorney, they never even tried to explain that. >> there is this power point. they have handwritten notes and the power point slides which they didn't explain. you
the challenge, todd blanche is all over the place. he is all over the place and doesn't seem to be satisfying donald trump. >> what does muppettizing mean? >> flailing around like kermit the frog. it doesn't make sense. the prosecution to me has done a good job over all telling you a simple story. that micro managing donald trump, just give him $35,000, because there is a drop down menu that says the only way he with explain that is it is a reimbursement. not know any of that is...
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this was todd blanche in the closing argument right near the end. he is the human embodiment of reasonable doubt. he lied to you repeatedly. he told the jury. he is biased and motivated, michael cohen is the goat, he is the greatest liar of all time. you cannot send someone to present based on the words of michael cohen. it seems this was the big bang at the end of his closing arguments. >> it was the big bang and the whole summation was how michael cohen was lying, how what he said made no sense, how the circumstances surrounding michael cohen's allegations were knocked down over and over again and all those little facts that don't make they had lines and terms of what we do but will make a big difference when the jury goes in and recognizes that we can't decide this based on michael cohen because we have this evidence that contradicts michael cohen. it was really an excellent summation and it was done in a modulated towns and i think he was very clear on where he was headed. >> john: that very last thing that sandra just alluded to that he has the
this was todd blanche in the closing argument right near the end. he is the human embodiment of reasonable doubt. he lied to you repeatedly. he told the jury. he is biased and motivated, michael cohen is the goat, he is the greatest liar of all time. you cannot send someone to present based on the words of michael cohen. it seems this was the big bang at the end of his closing arguments. >> it was the big bang and the whole summation was how michael cohen was lying, how what he said made...
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and those two issues were really not addressed by todd blanche. i'm not faulting him, i'm not sure what he could say, but he didn't address either of those two things. and that's where i think if you are actually thinking logically about what you heard, it left a big hole in the defense case. >> stylistically do you want to talk about that? we all know that when you're going to talk for hours, you need to be able to be the person who engages, the one consistent thing we read in the document he would raise his voice when he would call him a liar or make another disparaging remark, but did you find it -- did you find him to be compelling? >> that's a great question. so, one, there was actually a fair amount of sort of decorum in the courtroom until about the last half hour or so, where todd really focused on michael cohen, and understandably when he was
and those two issues were really not addressed by todd blanche. i'm not faulting him, i'm not sure what he could say, but he didn't address either of those two things. and that's where i think if you are actually thinking logically about what you heard, it left a big hole in the defense case. >> stylistically do you want to talk about that? we all know that when you're going to talk for hours, you need to be able to be the person who engages, the one consistent thing we read in the...
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trump presumably that's what todd blanche is suggesting. what would you call schiller? >> yeah i think cross-examinati on is sometimes a little bit like dentistry. you pick and pick and pick. and then when you find a hole, you drill i think that's what we saw todd do with that with that phone call on cross-examining michael cohen earlier today? i don't know who i would call, but i think that the prosecution's cases a week here, that a directed verdict is certainly warranted. i think the jury could decide it without a defense case at all i have a dental appointment next week and i wish you hadn't put that in my head. you're graded todd blanche, first day of cross-examination of michael cohen in a if you gave that an a, i can't imagine the grade you would give them today. >> was there any specific moment that you thought was the most effective for him well, i like to go back and read the transcripts at the end of every day so far i've just seen tweets coming out of the courthouse and the media coverage but it seems like with respect to that october 2016 phone call, he cau
trump presumably that's what todd blanche is suggesting. what would you call schiller? >> yeah i think cross-examinati on is sometimes a little bit like dentistry. you pick and pick and pick. and then when you find a hole, you drill i think that's what we saw todd do with that with that phone call on cross-examining michael cohen earlier today? i don't know who i would call, but i think that the prosecution's cases a week here, that a directed verdict is certainly warranted. i think the...
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or was he just kind of doing his todd blanche thing? >> the short answer is it didn't seem to land but nor did it seem to repel them. it goes to what i was saying at first. he was very sort of monotone and then he said per-jur-y! and that just led with his chin for when steinglass came up and said come on, this is an honest mistake. i think he overplayed that significantly. i didn't see the jury being either rapt or repelled. they just took it in. >> okay. so harry, i've got to let you go. they're yelling at me to let you get back in there. but i'm telling you something that might make everybody laugh. trump has -- what is this thing called? truthed? it's so ironic i can't even say it. he's communicated this. filibuster. he thinks steinglass is going on a long time. harry-u go back inside. we'll talk to you on the other side. what do we do? we're going to sneak in a break. everyone is staying with us. we're going to bring sue and andrew in on this conversation. there's much mor to get to with all of our friends on this dramatic day of c
or was he just kind of doing his todd blanche thing? >> the short answer is it didn't seem to land but nor did it seem to repel them. it goes to what i was saying at first. he was very sort of monotone and then he said per-jur-y! and that just led with his chin for when steinglass came up and said come on, this is an honest mistake. i think he overplayed that significantly. i didn't see the jury being either rapt or repelled. they just took it in. >> okay. so harry, i've got to let...
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suggested that point, ellie, how did you think todd blanche did today? >> well, i wasn't impressed with him with just based on the transcript and based on our feed, we had a cnn i thought he was a little bit all over the map and i'm interested in what you thought because we've been focused very much on what was michael cohen's demeanor? how did he play in the courtroom? >> what was blanche like? because i know him. i go back to the southern district of new york with him. he was a pretty mild personality, like all of us, you can get more more jacked up for the courtroom. what was he like after that sort of initial aggressive questioning? yeah. it was much more mild. >> i mean, it wasn't timid. it wasn't he wasn't afraid of cohen, but it was called it was he was clearly prepared. he'd clearly been practicing for this moment but he wasn't attacking cohen. >> it's interesting for the most part you've seen a lot of the trial up close. >> do you feel that there is an explanation for this $420,000? fleurs other than what the prosecution has said that money is f
suggested that point, ellie, how did you think todd blanche did today? >> well, i wasn't impressed with him with just based on the transcript and based on our feed, we had a cnn i thought he was a little bit all over the map and i'm interested in what you thought because we've been focused very much on what was michael cohen's demeanor? how did he play in the courtroom? >> what was blanche like? because i know him. i go back to the southern district of new york with him. he was a...
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we've told you earlier, he called trump's lawyer, todd blanche to the bench. only four questions in terrain in the line of questioning after it started off, ten sleigh with an expletive joining us now with more on that balancing act to keep things in line. someone who's known judge merchan from one 15 years, former new york judge joel kahn visor so what you make of what happened there with the first cross-examinatio n question leading to an objection and a sidebar well cross-examination is the beating heart of the adversarial process. so as a judge, you're going to take a step back and let the lawyers do what they do. if they ask an absolutely irrelevant question or something that is just beyond the pale, it's your responsibility to stop it, whether it's question one question for question 400 and that is precisely what judge merchan did. so when a lawyer says to a witness on the stand, you said unkind things about me there's no relevance to that. the flip side of that is with respect to any witness who who has a bias toward the defendant in the case, that is f
we've told you earlier, he called trump's lawyer, todd blanche to the bench. only four questions in terrain in the line of questioning after it started off, ten sleigh with an expletive joining us now with more on that balancing act to keep things in line. someone who's known judge merchan from one 15 years, former new york judge joel kahn visor so what you make of what happened there with the first cross-examinatio n question leading to an objection and a sidebar well cross-examination is the...
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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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todd blanche comes back up. you were asked about a question about your life being turned upside down because you changed your view about trump. this is an objection, it's sustained. blanche, you were asked about the consequences of your conduct, lost your law license. is that president trump's fault. cohen says in part. coenhad, lost my law license because of the totality, including campaign finance violations, lying to congress. blanche, is one of the reasons you lost your law license because of tax crimes. asked and answered, objection sustained. blanche, convicted of a felony in new york so you automatically lost your law license. but you still blame president trump for that? cohen, correct. this is what blanche was trying to do early on in the cross-examination to say that michael cohen never takes responsibility for his own actions. he's always looking for a scapegoat, the judge. he's blaming donald trump for actions, he lost his law license not because of donald trump but because of tax crimes. >> his answ
todd blanche comes back up. you were asked about a question about your life being turned upside down because you changed your view about trump. this is an objection, it's sustained. blanche, you were asked about the consequences of your conduct, lost your law license. is that president trump's fault. cohen says in part. coenhad, lost my law license because of the totality, including campaign finance violations, lying to congress. blanche, is one of the reasons you lost your law license because...
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>> i think that moment you just described with todd blanche sort of coming straight out of the gates super aggressive at the beginning of cross very much stood out to me, especially because of i think it was well, if the judge the answer is no they're shawn shut it down quickly. and as we saw in the transcript, that sidebar, my sean said don't make this about you for that perspective no. but for the jury, i mean, i guess it did show that he was aggressive and his intention was to go after cohen, even if ultimately the rest of the cross are much of the rest of the cross was a little more toned down. >> you have a sense of what the reaction in the courtroom was or whether you're how the jurors seemed to interpret it throughout the jurors were quite engaged. they weren't sort of captivated the way but i think they were sometimes during the stormy daniels testimony, but they were engaged. they were taking notes. they seem to be taking it seriously. at times, i had a pretty good seat of like being able to see the jury today and blanche would be asking about some of cohen's social media ha
>> i think that moment you just described with todd blanche sort of coming straight out of the gates super aggressive at the beginning of cross very much stood out to me, especially because of i think it was well, if the judge the answer is no they're shawn shut it down quickly. and as we saw in the transcript, that sidebar, my sean said don't make this about you for that perspective no. but for the jury, i mean, i guess it did show that he was aggressive and his intention was to go after...
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>> i have so much sympathy for todd blanche. as an attorney, there are a lot of people who maybe see trial work or being on trial as exciting and raucous, and dramatic, i have to confess, i don't. i think it is soul crushing. todd blanche and his team, they're in trial all day, and when the trial ends, the work begins. they're going to be at the office preparing into the wee hours for they don't know what the next day, and the last thing you want when you're on trial is some client making your life more difficult for you by giving his uneducated opinion about how you're doing at your job. trump wants this mythical roy cohn figure, and lo and behold, he hasn't been able to find that figure, and i think because that myth really doesn't exist in the modern courthouse, when you go around a modern courthouse, you can find that lawyer who has a reputation for fighting on every point and making outrageous arguments. he's usually someone that barely has any clients and can only get court appointments. this is not somebody that's going t
>> i have so much sympathy for todd blanche. as an attorney, there are a lot of people who maybe see trial work or being on trial as exciting and raucous, and dramatic, i have to confess, i don't. i think it is soul crushing. todd blanche and his team, they're in trial all day, and when the trial ends, the work begins. they're going to be at the office preparing into the wee hours for they don't know what the next day, and the last thing you want when you're on trial is some client making...
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todd blanche says let me ask this in a different way. you were told to stay away and not communicate with him and his family. cohen, i was told not to speak to president trump but not his family. not that i couldn't see his kids. i just didn't. >> okay. this is totally misleading. when a criminal investigation occurs and i know this, both have done on the defense side and the prosecution side. the, everyone getting lawyered up. so president trump had lawyers. michael cohen had lawyers. all of those lawyers will say to their clients, do not speak. the principal should not speak to each other. it goes through counsel. oh, see, you were suddenly shunned is really wrong. that is not what goes on in a criminal investigation. no one's shunning each other. in fact, the fact that all of them have counsel and are being told don't speak to each other is in the interest of everyone in the conspiracy. it's standard practice. to make that a motive of oh, see, you were shunned outside of the group. that's not what happened. >> people in donald trump's
todd blanche says let me ask this in a different way. you were told to stay away and not communicate with him and his family. cohen, i was told not to speak to president trump but not his family. not that i couldn't see his kids. i just didn't. >> okay. this is totally misleading. when a criminal investigation occurs and i know this, both have done on the defense side and the prosecution side. the, everyone getting lawyered up. so president trump had lawyers. michael cohen had lawyers....
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here's the exchange between todd blanche, and michael cohen. blanche says, you, we're very much looking in the fall of 2019 for a way to get your sentence reduced correct. cohen says, yes, sir. and you had visitors who came to see you asked blanche cone says yes. do you know something? and one by the name of anthony scaramucci, cohen says, i do blanche, did he come visit you in october 2019 cohen? he came to visit. i don't know exactly when blanche and he commented and he said you were trying to figure out a way to get out of prison early, right? >> cohen? no response. blanche, you talk to him about that, right? cohen says sounds correct. what do you remember about that exchange? do you think it was relevant even for it to be brought up today? >> yeah. well, i understand why blanche did that. it's really not relevant. listen, you know, when your friends are in trouble, i think it's a very important lesson for everybody you run towards your friends when they're in trouble. you don't run away from your friends. and so i grew up in a neighborhood.
here's the exchange between todd blanche, and michael cohen. blanche says, you, we're very much looking in the fall of 2019 for a way to get your sentence reduced correct. cohen says, yes, sir. and you had visitors who came to see you asked blanche cone says yes. do you know something? and one by the name of anthony scaramucci, cohen says, i do blanche, did he come visit you in october 2019 cohen? he came to visit. i don't know exactly when blanche and he commented and he said you were trying...
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he's expecting questions he thinks cohen remembers, todd blanche is doing something i do too, when you don't get the answer you want, you reask the same question. you're more amazing, and stalling, racking your brain, wait a minute, i had this down as a yes and now he's giving me an i don't know. you ask the same question again, if nothing else, you bought yourself eight seconds to figure out where you're going to go next. you can see that in the transcript, when he asks the same question again, he was surprised with the answer michael cohen gave him. you can't write your questions in stone because you're dealing with someone who on every question is trying to throw it back in your face. you have to be able to do improv. i want to say thank you so much for joining us this morning. it's the top of the hour, and give a quick reset for viewers who may be joining us now. michael cohen back on the stand. day three of cross-examination. he has been testifying before jurors for about an hour and a half this morning and todd blanche asking questions that ultimately go to his credibility and wh
he's expecting questions he thinks cohen remembers, todd blanche is doing something i do too, when you don't get the answer you want, you reask the same question. you're more amazing, and stalling, racking your brain, wait a minute, i had this down as a yes and now he's giving me an i don't know. you ask the same question again, if nothing else, you bought yourself eight seconds to figure out where you're going to go next. you can see that in the transcript, when he asks the same question...
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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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he moved around from topic to topic so quickly that todd blanche decided that todd should apologize to the jurors who would decide donald trump's fate. he said, quote, sorry, we're jumping around so bit. he tried to use cohen's words against him. including cohen's fiery comments criticizing donald trump, things he said on his podcast, as well as michael cohen's admission that he lied to congress, to which michael cohen pointed out it was all in service of donald trump and done in coordination with an attorney for donald trump. todd blanche also tried to make cohen out to be disgruntled and angry about trump not taking him to the white house. it earned him the 24 objections from prosecutors, the vast majority of those were sustained by the judge. and through it all, cohen proved himself a very well-prepared and unflappable witness. during one tense moment, blanche did man to undermine one part of the testimony pfs. it was not significant to be you have discussed here. we checked our transcripts, but it was a piece of testimony from michael cohen on direct about a phone call cohen said w
he moved around from topic to topic so quickly that todd blanche decided that todd should apologize to the jurors who would decide donald trump's fate. he said, quote, sorry, we're jumping around so bit. he tried to use cohen's words against him. including cohen's fiery comments criticizing donald trump, things he said on his podcast, as well as michael cohen's admission that he lied to congress, to which michael cohen pointed out it was all in service of donald trump and done in coordination...
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todd blanche issues and objection. the judge overrules. that says you can answer cohen says no, ma'am. than half asked at whose direction and on whose behalf did you commit that crime and then cohen says, on behalf of mr. trump, i do wonder if that gets to the point you bring up michael, you talk about that in a second. i just want to very quickly say they also gotten the direct examination into the oval office visit, which is something caitlin been talking about for some time i'm more cohen says i was sitting with president trump and he asked me if i was okay in the oval office. he asked me if i needed money. i said no. all good. >> he said because i can get a check and i said no. >> i said i'm okay. he said, i'm all right. just make sure you deal with allen as an allen weisselberg and hoffinger asks, did he say anything about what would be forthcoming? cohen says, yes, it would be a check for january and february and then at that point in time, you had not yet being reimbursed for the payments you had made a stormy daniels cohen says, no
todd blanche issues and objection. the judge overrules. that says you can answer cohen says no, ma'am. than half asked at whose direction and on whose behalf did you commit that crime and then cohen says, on behalf of mr. trump, i do wonder if that gets to the point you bring up michael, you talk about that in a second. i just want to very quickly say they also gotten the direct examination into the oval office visit, which is something caitlin been talking about for some time i'm more cohen...
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for instance when todd blanche has been up at the lectern. another juror that is interesting, juror 2. i don't want to get too much into the jurors, but that is someone making eye contact or gazing in the direction of the defense team. is that indicative of sympathy toward the trump team? maybe, but maybe it is also like a t and before you deliver the final conviction. it's not clear, but there are at least two jurors who have been hyper- engaged throughout the trial and the evidence and i think that is interesting. >> susan, these are 12, ordinary, anonymous new yorkers. they go into a room disconnected from the world. has donald trump, who prides himself and his cohorts on bullying, has he ever been more powerless to these 12 anonymous new yorkers? >> well, remember, he doesn't need unanimity. he only needs one of these jurors to object and there is not going to be a conviction. in many ways it seems to me that, you know, his strategy is likely to be the strategy of many defendant's in a situation like this, which is to go for a hung jury.
for instance when todd blanche has been up at the lectern. another juror that is interesting, juror 2. i don't want to get too much into the jurors, but that is someone making eye contact or gazing in the direction of the defense team. is that indicative of sympathy toward the trump team? maybe, but maybe it is also like a t and before you deliver the final conviction. it's not clear, but there are at least two jurors who have been hyper- engaged throughout the trial and the evidence and i...
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trump attorney todd blanche asked for sentencing a date in late july. we should also note that george did not look at donald trump as they left the courtroom but every time i was in the courtroom, i assume you were in the courtroom to win we watched jurors come and go. i never saw jurors look at donald trump, i'm not sure if he did as well. trump is sitting at the defense table without moving. that's been the reporting now, all during this during the reading of the sentence, as the foreperson was reading, each guilty verdict said that he had a friend on his face, but that he was not moving jury of his peers. >> i should know that they will try to say, well, he would have never gotten a fair shake in new york, obviously, trump built his business in new york. he was defined as a new yorker, when he ran for president, even though he's a resident of florida, that's still how he's seen some of these jurors followed him on truth, social, some of them said they had no opinion of him at all. some of them, one of the jurors described them. she said she thought h
trump attorney todd blanche asked for sentencing a date in late july. we should also note that george did not look at donald trump as they left the courtroom but every time i was in the courtroom, i assume you were in the courtroom to win we watched jurors come and go. i never saw jurors look at donald trump, i'm not sure if he did as well. trump is sitting at the defense table without moving. that's been the reporting now, all during this during the reading of the sentence, as the foreperson...
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you might see todd blanche slow rolling it. just to get there because before that reason because they want because then there's gonna be some distance and there's gonna be a three-day weekend because there's no court on friday. michael cohen fades a little bit and then i don't know what the defense case is going to be. they say they're going to put on an expert witness. i don't know expert as to what i mean. they've created a situation where they're disputing that these were reimbursements, they're saying they were legit legal fees. that is the factual battleground. that the defense has established. so i don't know what experts but they say they might or did they say that they definitely he says that he had dissipated tablet, said twice he and his weight's going until the end of day on thursday, which means that our monday though, michael cohen would still technically be on the witness stand if the prosecution wants to do the redirect, the question is, is if they don't feel like todd blanche then all that effective. if the pros
you might see todd blanche slow rolling it. just to get there because before that reason because they want because then there's gonna be some distance and there's gonna be a three-day weekend because there's no court on friday. michael cohen fades a little bit and then i don't know what the defense case is going to be. they say they're going to put on an expert witness. i don't know expert as to what i mean. they've created a situation where they're disputing that these were reimbursements,...
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trump attorney todd blanche digging into a piece of cohen's testimony from earlier this week, where he said he informed mr. trump by phone in october 2016 that his payoff of stormy daniels would soon be handled. cohen originally told the jury he called mr. trump's bodyguard, keith schiller, who passed the phone to the former president. 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 th
trump attorney todd blanche digging into a piece of cohen's testimony from earlier this week, where he said he informed mr. trump by phone in october 2016 that his payoff of stormy daniels would soon be handled. cohen originally told the jury he called mr. trump's bodyguard, keith schiller, who passed the phone to the former president. 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...
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>> todd blanche is a lawyer's lawyer, a former federal prosecutor. he understands that his reputation hinges on a credible performance here. and, he has been widely panned, alex, by people who say he hasn't landed significant punches. hugo is making this really interesting point about the evidence and how things look. the reality is the lawyers don't get to argue the evidence to the jury while they are examining or cross-examining witnesses. that will all happen in closing statements. that is when we really really find if any of these things that todd blanche has tried, from creating this appearance of chaos, hoping that one or more jurors will be confused and perhaps refuse to find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, to the specific instances where he has questioned credibility of michael cohen and other pieces of the government's case. we will find out when we hear the closing argument whether any of that is going to have the potential to lead with one or more jurors. >> my director is going to put up this document, we want to look at it. it is people
>> todd blanche is a lawyer's lawyer, a former federal prosecutor. he understands that his reputation hinges on a credible performance here. and, he has been widely panned, alex, by people who say he hasn't landed significant punches. hugo is making this really interesting point about the evidence and how things look. the reality is the lawyers don't get to argue the evidence to the jury while they are examining or cross-examining witnesses. that will all happen in closing statements....
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how do you think todd blanche? it's and what does he need to do tomorrow i think todd's and outstanding attorney i think his conduct throughout this trial has been exemplary. i think what we're dealing with here as a witness who's made out of court statements that are utterly reprehensible about both president trump and members of his legal team, including todd blanche, and i think todd was within his rights in terms calling into question the witnesses credibility to ask the questions that he did. i think we're going to continue to see aggressive cross-examination when trial recommences tomorrow as we've seen with many of these witnesses. but overall, i give president trump's trial team and absolute a here i think we're heading frankly, for a directed verdict in any fair court in the country because the prosecution hasn't come close to meeting their burden on crucial elements of the crimes alleged. and i think that any fair jury would acquit rapidly and without much question. so we'll see how trial concludes. we'll
how do you think todd blanche? it's and what does he need to do tomorrow i think todd's and outstanding attorney i think his conduct throughout this trial has been exemplary. i think what we're dealing with here as a witness who's made out of court statements that are utterly reprehensible about both president trump and members of his legal team, including todd blanche, and i think todd was within his rights in terms calling into question the witnesses credibility to ask the questions that he...
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todd, trims la er to off the gag order. todd, trims lawyer argued — to off the gag order. todd, trims lawyer argued exactly _ to off the gag order. todd, trims lawyer argued exactly what - to off the gag order. todd, trims lawyer argued exactly what you i to off the gag order. todd, trims - lawyer argued exactly what you said, that he should be able to respond publicly to stormy daniels but the 939 publicly to stormy daniels but the gag order prevents them from doing that but it's notjust about stormy daniels comments about the integrity of the entire case. he has voiced concern in the past gag order hearing and said today, witnesses using the gag order as a sort of more than the shield and we believe he is implying that stormy daniels but also michael cohen who has been quite vocal on social media but his thoughts on donald trump and also denying some of the prosecution that donald trump is in violation because what he said in response to michael: stop by looking at the other bit of housekeeping, the defence calling for a mistrial, but to the judge housekeeping, the defen
todd, trims la er to off the gag order. todd, trims lawyer argued — to off the gag order. todd, trims lawyer argued exactly _ to off the gag order. todd, trims lawyer argued exactly what - to off the gag order. todd, trims lawyer argued exactly what you i to off the gag order. todd, trims - lawyer argued exactly what you said, that he should be able to respond publicly to stormy daniels but the 939 publicly to stormy daniels but the gag order prevents them from doing that but it's notjust...
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todd blanches closing was very trump like in my view. like everything you think is wrong you're totally normal. everyone is working with the media to take money for those who've got bad stories about the candidates. everyone's doing this. he even said, retainer is just a word. right? >> the drop-down menu. >> so to me this reminded me of crooked joe and crooked hillary and corrupt joe, right? it's this message of like everyone is bad or corrupt. we all do this stuff. whether or not that will work on the jury is a question. a question no one knows the answer to. on the other side you have josh steinglass who's like i want to be in the study group so this was very methodical and meticulous. it was maybe too detailed. there had been moments that we were sitting in their and we were zoning in. >> were there moments where he looked insecure and let's skip this part? >> it felt like this. he said earlier in the day it was be 4 1/2 hours but it was of course longer. >> for hours and 40 minutes but he was on the top end of that. >> tell them abo
todd blanches closing was very trump like in my view. like everything you think is wrong you're totally normal. everyone is working with the media to take money for those who've got bad stories about the candidates. everyone's doing this. he even said, retainer is just a word. right? >> the drop-down menu. >> so to me this reminded me of crooked joe and crooked hillary and corrupt joe, right? it's this message of like everyone is bad or corrupt. we all do this stuff. whether or not...
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i think that todd blanche did not tell a narrative to the jurors. in a way that a good, i think, defense attorney or prosecutor is capable of doing. standing up in front and thematically walking them through a story that makes sense to them and undermines, in this instance, the prosecution's case. >> michael cohen's credibility issues are well-established, as are donald trump's. you have covered trump world for years. how did you view what we saw in court? >> that is a great question. this is the pitfall of resting a lot of your case or having her star witness be michael cohen, perhaps best known for the lies he told and many of them on behalf of donald trump. the problem for the jury, of course we don't know what they will do and how they will assess this information and there is a lot of other information that the jury has been given, corroborating material and evidence for david pecker and others as well as the documentation, but this is the pitfall. this was a good day for the defense and a bad day for the prosecution and i think it is the first
i think that todd blanche did not tell a narrative to the jurors. in a way that a good, i think, defense attorney or prosecutor is capable of doing. standing up in front and thematically walking them through a story that makes sense to them and undermines, in this instance, the prosecution's case. >> michael cohen's credibility issues are well-established, as are donald trump's. you have covered trump world for years. how did you view what we saw in court? >> that is a great...
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not going to happen. >> lawrence: todd, what happened? >> todd: from carl's to homes. actress riley key owe became the owner of presley mansion when her mother died in 2023. we all know that 14-acre tourist destination, elvis, mother brother all buried there. key owe actually had to file a complaint to block the potential sale of that company by a company company loaned money. lisa marie presley never borrowed money from the investments and never gave a deed of trust to the investment. she goes on to say any signature is a forgery. he will visz presley is enterprises in a statement can confirm these claims are fraudulent. there is no foreclosure sale. simply put the counter lawsuit that is filed is to stop the fraud. we will have to wait to see the results of today's hearing in less than three hours to determine if elvis presley's legendary estate can be sold at auction to the highest cash bidder tomorrow. my legal hat says the following they are not going to let the sale go through. they will enjoin it for the time being while there is a battle of the documents betwee
not going to happen. >> lawrence: todd, what happened? >> todd: from carl's to homes. actress riley key owe became the owner of presley mansion when her mother died in 2023. we all know that 14-acre tourist destination, elvis, mother brother all buried there. key owe actually had to file a complaint to block the potential sale of that company by a company company loaned money. lisa marie presley never borrowed money from the investments and never gave a deed of trust to the...
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todd blanche land, because we know about that call. because the fact that michael cohen had been telling texting keith schiller beforehand. this shows that schiller and trump were together at that time. prosecution wanted to enter this in here. the defense really wanted it out. >> we were hearing a little open from inside the courtroom about trump seeming pretty agitated as this was being worked out. and there was a prospect that they could have to the everyone would have to come back to court with the season span witness to stipulate to this basic question of fact, whether or not the video is what they say that it is. the defense ended up caving here. we wouldn't be talking about this having just been resolved if they didn't just decide to let it go. yeah. finally, they agreed to stipulate it's pretty clear that everybody is getting a little restless for the first time or colleagues are reporting inside and a few we're able to see this. >> but while you were in courted, the jury even getting restless earlier during cross the defendant
todd blanche land, because we know about that call. because the fact that michael cohen had been telling texting keith schiller beforehand. this shows that schiller and trump were together at that time. prosecution wanted to enter this in here. the defense really wanted it out. >> we were hearing a little open from inside the courtroom about trump seeming pretty agitated as this was being worked out. and there was a prospect that they could have to the everyone would have to come back to...