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you saw what happened to a highly respected lawyer today , bob costello, wow. i have never seen anything like that. but remember this. we can't put in an expert witness. we are not allowed to put in an expert witness. nobody has ever heard of it before. election law is very complicated, actually. and we are not allowed to have an expert with because the judge wants to rule on it. he said, we don't need an expert witness. no, he needs help. either side will admit it, brad smith, on the very complex law, but we did nothing wrong, i will tell you that right now. he doesn't want him to testify. that's because he you will say we did nothing. travis -- once again, i can say that one, i have a gag order. this one goes into a whole big thing on the witness today. so i can't talk about it. but sexton, the exact same thing. tim pallatori who is a very good lawyer, cnn, ureter. it's not only going to credibility, it also goes to alvin bragg's office's credibility. how did they not get this ahead of time? how did they put something like this out? then he goes on to say thi
you saw what happened to a highly respected lawyer today , bob costello, wow. i have never seen anything like that. but remember this. we can't put in an expert witness. we are not allowed to put in an expert witness. nobody has ever heard of it before. election law is very complicated, actually. and we are not allowed to have an expert with because the judge wants to rule on it. he said, we don't need an expert witness. no, he needs help. either side will admit it, brad smith, on the very...
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for example, on fox we've been talking about bob with costello who was michael cohen's lawyer a few years ago 40 had some very interesting impeachment evidence on the credibility of michael cohen about how he's changed his story preetedly. but trump -- repeatedly. but trump might want to go directly, keep the defense very short and go directly to the secure so the jury will end watching the proceedings with michael cohen in their memories. if. neil: i think you lawyers call it don't overplay your hand. so there is a great expectations to bring on, like, a costello, even a brad smith, some of these names that have been mentioned, but you might risk losing a good thing or veering i down a different path. why is that when costello would seem on paper to be a pretty compelling witness, what he could say about cohen who never at the time he was representing him talked about anything nefarious with donald trump but did after the fact? that might be too tempting to pass up. why not? >> i always thought trial lawyers like craps more than poker. that's more like their game. [laughter] i think it m
for example, on fox we've been talking about bob with costello who was michael cohen's lawyer a few years ago 40 had some very interesting impeachment evidence on the credibility of michael cohen about how he's changed his story preetedly. but trump -- repeatedly. but trump might want to go directly, keep the defense very short and go directly to the secure so the jury will end watching the proceedings with michael cohen in their memories. if. neil: i think you lawyers call it don't overplay...
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meanwhile, bob costello is expected back on the stand for more cross-examination tomorrow. lester? >> all right. laura jarrett, thanks. >>> much of the world has been holding its collective breath in the hours since learning of the death of iran's president ebrahim raisi in a helicopter crash. keir simmons reports on a potentially destabilizing moment. >> reporter: tonight the wreckage of the fiery crash that killed iran's president and its foreign minister in a region already rocked by instability and war. tv crews reaching the remote scene today. the hard-line leader of america's long-standing adversary dead suddenly and, it seems, by accident. today in the streets of tehran men openly wept for president raisi, seen as the potential successor to iran's aging supreme leader. at some iranian embassies in the west opponents celebrated. the u.s. tonight says there are no signs of outside interference and saying iran's government reached out for help during the rescue efforts. >> ultimately largely for logistical reasons we weren't able to provide that assistance. >> reporter: raisi d
meanwhile, bob costello is expected back on the stand for more cross-examination tomorrow. lester? >> all right. laura jarrett, thanks. >>> much of the world has been holding its collective breath in the hours since learning of the death of iran's president ebrahim raisi in a helicopter crash. keir simmons reports on a potentially destabilizing moment. >> reporter: tonight the wreckage of the fiery crash that killed iran's president and its foreign minister in a region...
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if defense can get bob costello to say what he said yesterday, isn't this case officially over? >> well, i'm not sure it should have begun. i think the case is already over and i don't think it hinges on costello's testimony. what they have done is created a lot of noise and distraction for the american people, given you salacious stories. this is how they booked something at trump tower in the acco accounting department, whether they should have put legal expense. that's it. you want to show me that donald trump sitting in the white house had any idea about that or it was done incorrectly? both things i have not seen. it goes to credibility, which is important and i commend bob for what he's done and said, which is the truth. i believe without him, the case has not been proven, they are about to rest their case. i think michael cohen will be their last witness. we're on cross-examination today. thank you, bob, i think it is great. it is important for credibility purposes, i don't think they have proven a single thing to prove yet. >> carley: you are right, this case is simply a
if defense can get bob costello to say what he said yesterday, isn't this case officially over? >> well, i'm not sure it should have begun. i think the case is already over and i don't think it hinges on costello's testimony. what they have done is created a lot of noise and distraction for the american people, given you salacious stories. this is how they booked something at trump tower in the acco accounting department, whether they should have put legal expense. that's it. you want to...
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now we're moving forward with defense's case in chief we have bob costello, judge said today, that moving forward to the end of the week we can expect closing arguments to be next week, we can expect the case to last over the holiday weekend, into next week, but it seems like we're nearing the finish line. larry: great reporting thank you lydia hu, we appreciate it. we'll have more w with former prosecutor andy mcarte -- joe biden trying to buy the election by pumping green money that no one wants in to the swing states. that is a subject of tonight's riff. 3 biden bills for total of 15.4 billion dollars in government spending, mostly for green energy, being injected in states like arizona, pennsylvania, michigan and elsewhere, the biggest church from -- chunk from misnamed inflation reduction act. but a conduct side nationwide poll, a kudlow tipp poll over 1400 americans. shows, that 54% oppose the epa mandate for electric vehicles by 2032 that would ban gasoline powered cars, 54% oppose. then, when consumers are asked about having a choice, to drive gasoline powered cars if they want, s
now we're moving forward with defense's case in chief we have bob costello, judge said today, that moving forward to the end of the week we can expect closing arguments to be next week, we can expect the case to last over the holiday weekend, into next week, but it seems like we're nearing the finish line. larry: great reporting thank you lydia hu, we appreciate it. we'll have more w with former prosecutor andy mcarte -- joe biden trying to buy the election by pumping green money that no one...
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. >> bob costello, if he ends up testifying for the defense, this is the really over. maria: that testimony was incredible. ing that'll do it for us. have a great day, everyone. mark tepper, trisha and todd, thanks for being here. "varney & company" picks it up now. stuart: good morning, everyone. all-time highs across the board, the valu
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. >> brian: bob costello. >> jonathan: if you're winning you rest, if you bring him in, it could confuse this matter for the jury. >> lawrence: jonathan, the former president may weigh into the courtroom. >> brian: he is leaving trump tower, right? >> ainsley: at the courthouse. >> lawrence: we will bring comments. you have not been in the courtroom that much and hard to get a feel based on the transcript, what do you think the defense is missing in this case when we come to final days? >> jonathan: i think defense has done a very good job. with someone like michael cohen, a pathological aversion to the truth. one strategy, keep him on the stand as long as possible to wait for him to spontaneously combust and that is what happened. they kept him on long enough, the call he testified he broke apart on the stand. they will try to rehabilitate and may come back and say, did you mean this call, to bring him back for the jury's trust. but some point, the risk, you have a new york jury being treated like chumps and some are going to realize that and go, don't play us like a mark. you have not
. >> brian: bob costello. >> jonathan: if you're winning you rest, if you bring him in, it could confuse this matter for the jury. >> lawrence: jonathan, the former president may weigh into the courtroom. >> brian: he is leaving trump tower, right? >> ainsley: at the courthouse. >> lawrence: we will bring comments. you have not been in the courtroom that much and hard to get a feel based on the transcript, what do you think the defense is missing in this case...
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having said that, bob costello and many think he should be and he comes out, outright and says he told me there's nothing about here and >> i swear to god, bob, i don't have anything on donald trump. i kept oncoming back that he knew this was the way out if he wanted it and had useful information. he didn't have truthful information and kept on saying during the same meeting, he'd pound his fist on the table and point his finger at jeff and myself and say, guys, i want you to know i'll do whatever the f i have to do. i will never spend one day in jail. well, he spent more than one day in jail, and he blames donald trump for that. jackie: the prosecution will rest with cohen and defense will have a opportunity and bring one expert on campaign finance and limited testimony there. should they bring costello? >> i think they should certainly explore it. i think that would be interesting testimony, and i think a number of other individuals should also testify to conversation with michael cohen that he's a serial liar and can't be trusted and i wonder if we'll even get to a defense case. the
having said that, bob costello and many think he should be and he comes out, outright and says he told me there's nothing about here and >> i swear to god, bob, i don't have anything on donald trump. i kept oncoming back that he knew this was the way out if he wanted it and had useful information. he didn't have truthful information and kept on saying during the same meeting, he'd pound his fist on the table and point his finger at jeff and myself and say, guys, i want you to know i'll do...
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. >> you saw what happened to a highly respected lawyer today, bob costello. wow. i've never seen anything like that. highly respected. >> stephen: "wow. wow, the only guy more respected than costello, maybe abbott. abbott and costello. highly respected crime-fighting duo. i remember they helped scooby doo to catch the wolfman. sadly, scientists have still never determined who's on first." trump also tried to downplay his crimes by weirdly reading printouts of things other people have said. like this quote from fox news analyst greg jarrett. >> greg jarrett just says, "where exactly is the crime? to quote a memorable line from "shakespeare in love," "i don't know. it's a mystery." [laughter] >> stephen: i swear to god, this trial is making me dumber. instead of quoting actual the shakespeare, he's quoting a guy quoting 1998's "shakespeare in love." "to quote the porn version of romeo and juliet, bone-eo and screw-liet: 'but hark what light through yonder buttcrack breaks? 'tis the pizza man. but how shall we pay him? uh-oh. i'm all out of ducats.'" now, back b
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it was bob costello who told steve bannon, you don't need to respond to the subpoena or go in and invoke the fifth. then he tried to say i relied on the advice of my council. where he said no, you can't do that and that is unreasonable where they upheld that ruling last week. >> and that is his way to prison? >> correct. that it might be coming to question. >> andrew, the whole michael cohen and stormy daniels thing was discovered this $130,000 by you in the mueller investigation. and here is it turning into the southern district of new york case. the first thing they want to know is how did that happen? and you have this former southern district prosecutor coming in, telling him right away, you know, trying to find out what you know about trump? this was not me digging. i stayed late for two years, one night. but it was there and then, you know, that we referred it. i said what he's doing and even his advice on what he says is like his
it was bob costello who told steve bannon, you don't need to respond to the subpoena or go in and invoke the fifth. then he tried to say i relied on the advice of my council. where he said no, you can't do that and that is unreasonable where they upheld that ruling last week. >> and that is his way to prison? >> correct. that it might be coming to question. >> andrew, the whole michael cohen and stormy daniels thing was discovered this $130,000 by you in the mueller...
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they have to get that extra piece and that's what they are asking about, not bob costello's testimony. neil: is still early. they are starting to move beginning. they are going back to the beginning, first witness and the second witness. the read anything into that, that they are going methodically from the very beginning or as a just happenstance? >> it could be. there. 20 could imply very long. >> i could be wrong. we are talking a week and 1/2 from now. neil: what causes a hung jury? >> only one. a good question could be, you could speculate and say the judge gave the read back about the corroboration the prosecution said command maybe 10 jurors are saying number 2, this is actually correct, follow procedure or 10 jurors saying i don't believe that, we have packer's testimony. neil: were the one juror, the henry fonda character from 12 angry men trying to get the other 11 to go along. that's the extent of my legal knowledge but what do you see happening? >> the one piece that informs me is not only are they asking for evidence from the prosecution, the strongest witness but also as
they have to get that extra piece and that's what they are asking about, not bob costello's testimony. neil: is still early. they are starting to move beginning. they are going back to the beginning, first witness and the second witness. the read anything into that, that they are going methodically from the very beginning or as a just happenstance? >> it could be. there. 20 could imply very long. >> i could be wrong. we are talking a week and 1/2 from now. neil: what causes a hung...
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even today, bob costello came across as a guide trying to cover it up. when you think of it like that, it suggests that he had all of these guys to clean up what he knew was wrong doing. if that is the idea, then you have already done 50% of the job. >> but he didn't sign his name and surrounded himself with hitmen. >> i would think that even further. as a prosecution we don't like michael cohen. who you going to get, he is henry hill or sammy the bull. that is what you want to do. you don't want them to date your daughter mary her sister. we are here about him telling what happened and telling it truthfully knowing full well, he was going to be ridiculed and torn down. >> do you think the prosecution made the case? >> the relevant decision-maker is the jury who has been in court every day listening to every word of testimony in reviewing every exhibit. it is difficult to predict what the jury will do. if you look at the task, proving that donald trump caused the falsification of records, campaign finance violations. the pieces are there. they brought in
even today, bob costello came across as a guide trying to cover it up. when you think of it like that, it suggests that he had all of these guys to clean up what he knew was wrong doing. if that is the idea, then you have already done 50% of the job. >> but he didn't sign his name and surrounded himself with hitmen. >> i would think that even further. as a prosecution we don't like michael cohen. who you going to get, he is henry hill or sammy the bull. that is what you want to do....
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they brought bob costello and made his life to new york juries to undermine the credibility of michael cohen and for the prosecution to end its case, to have everything turn on michael cohen, a serial perjure and someone that judges called a serial liar, that's actually really good for the defense. so i think donald trump is getting his fair hearing in the courtroom despite all the obstacles and the bias of a prosecution and perhaps judge. stuart: sounds like a jury verdict of not guilty is what you're expecting. are you? >>en oturu law, he should be inept because i don't think the prosecution has actually proven the illegal elements of his crime and it diverted into dragging donald trump's character into the mud and having stormy daniels testify in length about things that are really irrelevant to a claim about book keeping and accounting and i think if i had to bet my own money, thank god i don't but if i had to, i'd bet a hung jury and bet the jury would not be able to come to unanimous verdict and it would all be wiped away and prosecution would have to decide whether to bring the
they brought bob costello and made his life to new york juries to undermine the credibility of michael cohen and for the prosecution to end its case, to have everything turn on michael cohen, a serial perjure and someone that judges called a serial liar, that's actually really good for the defense. so i think donald trump is getting his fair hearing in the courtroom despite all the obstacles and the bias of a prosecution and perhaps judge. stuart: sounds like a jury verdict of not guilty is...
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trump in an alleged crime, costello testifying cohen told him back then, i swear to god, bob, i don't have anything on donald trump. directly refuting his testimony that mr. trump directed him to pay off stormy daniels before the 2016 election. "michael cohen said numerous times that president trump knew nothing about those payments, and that he did this on his own." the judge sustaining prosecutions objections leading to a heated thing after muttering ridiculous and jeez. the judge at one point saying are you staring me down and clearing the courtroom. all of it after cohen earlier revealed he stole tens of thousands of dollars from his former client. cohen, who once said he would take a bullet for mr. trump, today admitted he duped his own boss into reimbursing him more money than owed. he gave a tech company $20,000 in a brown paper bag and pocketed the rest. tens of thousands of dollars more for himself. trump attorney todd blanch saying you stole from the trump organization, right? cohen answering, yes, sir. cohen saying he stole the money because he had not received a large enou
trump in an alleged crime, costello testifying cohen told him back then, i swear to god, bob, i don't have anything on donald trump. directly refuting his testimony that mr. trump directed him to pay off stormy daniels before the 2016 election. "michael cohen said numerous times that president trump knew nothing about those payments, and that he did this on his own." the judge sustaining prosecutions objections leading to a heated thing after muttering ridiculous and jeez. the judge...
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in order to credit bob costello story that michael cohen lied, you have to believe he was telling the truth to costello at some point in time, which means michael cohen tells the truth at points in time. so it is ridiculous for bob castillo to go, michael cohen is a liar, because his entire testimony is premised on michael cohen telling him the truth for some time. >> michael cohen, he is a liar, he is achieved, but the case will come down to the jury believing at least at some point he can tell the truth. it is not like he always lies. they have to believe him on certain points and those will be points that the government will say they have cooperation for. either they have interviews, i'm sorry, conversations to corroborate or they have documents. because michael cohen is the only person who can speak to the criminal disguise of the documents. he was at all the meetings. he has the through line. there has to be some believability on those meetings. we have the allen weisselberg document where everything is sort of cooked and here are how the payments are going to work. then allen we
in order to credit bob costello story that michael cohen lied, you have to believe he was telling the truth to costello at some point in time, which means michael cohen tells the truth at points in time. so it is ridiculous for bob castillo to go, michael cohen is a liar, because his entire testimony is premised on michael cohen telling him the truth for some time. >> michael cohen, he is a liar, he is achieved, but the case will come down to the jury believing at least at some point he...
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we heard it from bob costello. i have always been taught as a lawyer, there is a continuing duty of loyalty to your client. you might not recommend them, you cannot just get on tv and besmirch them. there is something that is a lawyer, i was stunned. when you have a client, you have that obligation to them. he is representing her. representing her interests and other lawyers should not be doing anything different. i was in court and the whole case here is that donald trump is accused of not wanting her story to come out. there was a cross examination of her and her testimony was not all that important to the case. this is if she was telling the truth or not, almost irrelevant. because the issue is, did you want that story out there or not? david pecker and hope hicks has damaging information to give to the jury. in many ways, what you saw was a continuation of the reason that he did not want to do that and have the story come out and is adamant in trying to prove that this did not happen and did not want people to
we heard it from bob costello. i have always been taught as a lawyer, there is a continuing duty of loyalty to your client. you might not recommend them, you cannot just get on tv and besmirch them. there is something that is a lawyer, i was stunned. when you have a client, you have that obligation to them. he is representing her. representing her interests and other lawyers should not be doing anything different. i was in court and the whole case here is that donald trump is accused of not...
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costello did. no rational argument that cohen's payment to stormy daniels would've been made were it not for the election is what the prosecution is saying. >> judge jeanine: the crazy part about all of this is the fact that no one is testifying donald trump was anywhere near the invoices or the checks or the vouchers here no one so how is there crime? >> the way the prosecution has put a bow on this in the last hour is to say you don't have to prove that trump did anything but just has to have the intent to defraud and had the intent to violate the federal election campaign act and the intent to do that. that doesn't make any sense or work for the rest of us because every time you think someone else thinks they've done something that you got them. >> judge jeanine: that's a basis for an appeal but i want to read this that the new york times reporting biting campaign social media team has said early discussions about whether to brand trump as a convicted felon and it's post- and also i understand t
costello did. no rational argument that cohen's payment to stormy daniels would've been made were it not for the election is what the prosecution is saying. >> judge jeanine: the crazy part about all of this is the fact that no one is testifying donald trump was anywhere near the invoices or the checks or the vouchers here no one so how is there crime? >> the way the prosecution has put a bow on this in the last hour is to say you don't have to prove that trump did anything but just...
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we saw this with the judge temper tantrum when it came to bob costello who had nothing bu testimony that would not only impeach michael cohen's testimony, but it would have also impeached the attorney general brag if it was ever allowed and because he spent an hour in a half on the phone prior to the grand jury indictment telling them about all the exculpatory information that existed that then bragg an his team had an obligation to bring forward to the grand jury. i'm looking at all of this and will tell you that it is a sad day. what we really watched yesterda was they gave this broad-- basically the prosecution could say anything they want. sturm he daniels can talk about dead people she can talk about salacious material, none of it relevant, none of that material but drone on and on. in the case of michael cohen, it's okay, the number of hours that the prosecution spent yesterday trying to rehabilitat somebody that you cannot ever rehabilitate convicted, admitte liar et cetera, and now thief. they spent all this time. it is kind of okay that he thought i'd. he felt that donald trump
we saw this with the judge temper tantrum when it came to bob costello who had nothing bu testimony that would not only impeach michael cohen's testimony, but it would have also impeached the attorney general brag if it was ever allowed and because he spent an hour in a half on the phone prior to the grand jury indictment telling them about all the exculpatory information that existed that then bragg an his team had an obligation to bring forward to the grand jury. i'm looking at all of this...
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costello having quite a time on the stand with judge merchan and others. where do you think they go from here, and what are your expectations? >> so the trump defense is really simple. this is not a case about donald trump. this a case about michael cohen and his credibility. this is guy they're going to say has lied, lied repeatedly, lied to the point he had to go to jail, and you can't trust him. and the prosecution is going to say, hey, there's a lot of reasons to trust him now, but, "b," you don't have to trust him because there's all sorts of corroborating documentary evidence. and someone like trump who there's testimony that says he meticulously counted every cent going out of his accounts, the idea he would have tolerated his attorney spending hundreds of thousands of dollars without his permission is just so against the trump modus operandi as to make it unbelievable. so i think that's going to be the debate. remember in our system the jury all 12 of them have to find trump guilty in order for him to be convicted. if one person says he didn't do i
costello having quite a time on the stand with judge merchan and others. where do you think they go from here, and what are your expectations? >> so the trump defense is really simple. this is not a case about donald trump. this a case about michael cohen and his credibility. this is guy they're going to say has lied, lied repeatedly, lied to the point he had to go to jail, and you can't trust him. and the prosecution is going to say, hey, there's a lot of reasons to trust him now, but,...
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costello. robert casillas welcoming former deputy chief of the saw a shabby position i remember that the big position as chief of staff at the attorney general. i want to get right down to it, sir. you gave an interview earlier this morning. i have the text here with the bibillhemmer. i have gone through it and detail. i want to hone in on a few issues for a reason. you represented michael cohen during the period in which the fbi swat went into his properties to gather information and evidence, is that correct? >> we represent him after that. right after that >> he came to you? >> that is correct. see if what you got into privilege conversations with him i will get to that in a minute. the subject of donald trump came up and so forth and so on. can you concisely tell me what he told you about the nondisclosure agreement with stormy daniels and who is responsible for what? >> michael cohen set in reference to the nda the nondisclosure agreements which i pointed out to him were perfectly legal th
costello. robert casillas welcoming former deputy chief of the saw a shabby position i remember that the big position as chief of staff at the attorney general. i want to get right down to it, sir. you gave an interview earlier this morning. i have the text here with the bibillhemmer. i have gone through it and detail. i want to hone in on a few issues for a reason. you represented michael cohen during the period in which the fbi swat went into his properties to gather information and evidence,...
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so, it is sort of facially ridiculous, at some point, for bob costello to say, michael cohen is a liar because his testimony is premised on michael cohen telling him the truth one time. >> michael cohen is a liar and a cheat, but this case will come down to the jury believing, at least at some point, he can tell the truth. it is not like he always lives. >> correct. >> they have to believe him on certain points and that is something that the government will say they have corroboration for. they have interviews, but have conversations, where they have documents, because michael cohen for the criminal documents, he is the through line, there has to be some believability on those meetings that he has spoken to. we have that incredible ellen weissleberg document where everything is sort of cooked and here is how the payments are going to work. and then, ellen weissleberg, and michael cohen then go to speak to donald trump about it. we have not heard from ellen weissleberg. he is over at rikers, so we have michael cohen's word on that conversation with donald trump, where he signed off on i
so, it is sort of facially ridiculous, at some point, for bob costello to say, michael cohen is a liar because his testimony is premised on michael cohen telling him the truth one time. >> michael cohen is a liar and a cheat, but this case will come down to the jury believing, at least at some point, he can tell the truth. it is not like he always lives. >> correct. >> they have to believe him on certain points and that is something that the government will say they have...
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earlier yesterday, the cross examination of attorney bob costello concluded. you may recall he's the lawyer who advised michael cohen in 2018 and testified for the defense that cohen told him then that trump did not know of the payments to stormy daniels. that testimony flies in the face of what michael cohen testified in this trial. prosecutors on cross honed in on old e-mails involving costello suggesting costello was interested at the time in helping donald trump and rudy giuliani. the question for jurors, is whether they're wondering could costello testify now because he has interest in helping the form president in the trial. costello's testimony along with the accounts presented by michael cohen, stormy daniels and other witness withs that testified, deliberations are expected next week and a verdict could follow soon of after that. maria: what a few days, lydia, thank you. former president trump calling out president biden after learning that his administration authorized the use of deadly force during the fbi's 2022 raid on mar-a-lago during the classi
earlier yesterday, the cross examination of attorney bob costello concluded. you may recall he's the lawyer who advised michael cohen in 2018 and testified for the defense that cohen told him then that trump did not know of the payments to stormy daniels. that testimony flies in the face of what michael cohen testified in this trial. prosecutors on cross honed in on old e-mails involving costello suggesting costello was interested at the time in helping donald trump and rudy giuliani. the...
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we also heard that bob costello, what appeared on air all last week and testified before congress, provided him with legal advice and counsel. we knew that. it was helpful to hear michael cohen say that directly. that's what he did. that's important given what costello has been saying about him both last week and to a grand jury, that michael cohen told him that trump had nothing to do with the stormy daniels payment, which by the way cohen also testified again about today and we learned yet again that cohen told many people, many reporters and possibly even melania herself that donald trump had nothing to do with the stormy daniels payment. yet here we are. >> harris: what brought on cohen to say that he stole money from the trump organization? did he just volunteer that or how did they get to that? >> effective cross examination by donald trump's lawyer, todd blanche. it had to do specifically with reimbursement for expenses. part of this reimbursement plan included not just payment to stormy daniels but some other money that michael cohen had laid out for donald trump in the past includi
we also heard that bob costello, what appeared on air all last week and testified before congress, provided him with legal advice and counsel. we knew that. it was helpful to hear michael cohen say that directly. that's what he did. that's important given what costello has been saying about him both last week and to a grand jury, that michael cohen told him that trump had nothing to do with the stormy daniels payment, which by the way cohen also testified again about today and we learned yet...
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bob costello give unofficial advice to michael cohen testified what he was told during the first meeting back in 2018. now, normally, this is something protected under attorney/client privilege and cannot be revealed. but cohen previously waived thei privilege so costello let it rip.f speak with the way this works is if you have truthful information about donald trump, that is cley what they are looking for, i cae have all your legal problems sold by the end of the week.thin his response: i swear to god,ou bob i don't have t anything on donald trump. michael kim i want you to think careful about this. i came back to the subject ten or 20 times during the period. every time i brought it up, every time he answered, i swear to god -- excuse me, bob, i don't have anything oneppe donald trump. >> laura: ou ovet costello peppered cohen with questions over the payments to a stormy daniels, a key component of bragg's case against trump. >> that is why i decided to take care of this on my own. i went back to that several times.e anng you did this on your own?mp did donald trump have anything to d
bob costello give unofficial advice to michael cohen testified what he was told during the first meeting back in 2018. now, normally, this is something protected under attorney/client privilege and cannot be revealed. but cohen previously waived thei privilege so costello let it rip.f speak with the way this works is if you have truthful information about donald trump, that is cley what they are looking for, i cae have all your legal problems sold by the end of the week.thin his response: i...
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costello, a longtime trump ally who cohen testified offered to represent him after the fbi raided his home in hotel in 2018. meanwhile, outside of court, chaotic moments when the large political entourage with trump stepped out to speak. i'm alan wilson, i'm the attorney general for south carolina. protesters clashing some screaming, trying to drown out trump's surrogates. trump has pleaded not guilty to falsifying business records and has denied any sexual encounter with daniels. >> they have no case. they have no crime. it's covered in the book as legal expense. i had nothing to do with it. a bookkeeper put it down as a legal expense. >> with memorial day coming up, the judge says closing arguments will likely begin next tuesday. reena roy, abc news, new york. >> a legal victory for wikileaks founder julian assange today, a british court ruled assange can appeal the order that the that he be extradited to the u.s. on espionage charges. the ruling sets the stage for an appeals process likely to further drag out a years long legal saga. assange faces 18 felony counts over his website'
costello, a longtime trump ally who cohen testified offered to represent him after the fbi raided his home in hotel in 2018. meanwhile, outside of court, chaotic moments when the large political entourage with trump stepped out to speak. i'm alan wilson, i'm the attorney general for south carolina. protesters clashing some screaming, trying to drown out trump's surrogates. trump has pleaded not guilty to falsifying business records and has denied any sexual encounter with daniels. >> they...
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costello the former michael cohen legal advisor allegedlyl for makingad comments under his breath and costello says cohen is full of it and lighted on the stand but what trump knew about the payments and today prosecutors tried to poke holes in the testimony and speaking of the star witness michael cohens admitted he stole 60,000 from the trump organization the medi0 doesn't see that is a big deal. >> i watched michael interact with ain lot of people over the years he has this... he has the rough edges and all the lies and all of this but it's compelling at the same time you believe it works and all. >> that michael cohen of course has a checkered past but we seee convictions all the time s with cooperators who have far worse histories, a contract taylor -- killers and mobsters and yet you can get convictions. >> the defence probably thinksvt they racked up a big victory for themselves. pocketing 30 grand might be shady but it doesn't change the factual evidence of the case.us here's more as we breakable down all down was a good to be backrt in court week. >> it's good i gothe j a hea
costello the former michael cohen legal advisor allegedlyl for makingad comments under his breath and costello says cohen is full of it and lighted on the stand but what trump knew about the payments and today prosecutors tried to poke holes in the testimony and speaking of the star witness michael cohens admitted he stole 60,000 from the trump organization the medi0 doesn't see that is a big deal. >> i watched michael interact with ain lot of people over the years he has this... he has...
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trump's team rested their case after bob costello's testimony, he was the 2 22nd overall witness, the 2 opinioneddened for the -- 2nd for the defense. he testified about his close relationship with rudy giuliani and setting up a back channel the trump, he sent messages at miking cohen's request. trump did not testify himself in the trial. his son don jr. said today outside the courthouse, that would have made no sense with how unfair the trial has been. right now, david, the jury was sent home in the morning, and they'll be back on tuesday when we will have closing arguments, and then after that they'll be handed the instructions that were debated over today and deliberations will begin on wednesday of next week. we'll send it back to you with. david: wow, trial of the century. of this century anyway. nate, thank you very much for that, appreciate it. joining me now for reaction, former doj official francey hakes and former prosecutor portfolio prosecutor and senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation, cully stemson. cully, as we're near to the end of this trial, are we any closer
trump's team rested their case after bob costello's testimony, he was the 2 22nd overall witness, the 2 opinioneddened for the -- 2nd for the defense. he testified about his close relationship with rudy giuliani and setting up a back channel the trump, he sent messages at miking cohen's request. trump did not testify himself in the trial. his son don jr. said today outside the courthouse, that would have made no sense with how unfair the trial has been. right now, david, the jury was sent home...
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or the fact that he frankel he has made it pretty difficult for someone like bob costello to get through his testimony. and then on top of it letting the amount of superfluous information come in from stormy daniels. stuff that was not relevant at all and he has allowed into admission michael cohen's guilty plea to compound campaign things it puts a question market in people's minds over a. because of how this has gone i expected to be fairly contentious and really fighting in the context around the law is adequately explained once it goes there. >> john: i love way of occam's razor now we have uber's razor of how things may go. what do you think the testimony? >> the fact he has continued to testify under oath so he obviously knows the penalty if he were to lie under oath having now done it before a grand jury, congress, today here and he has spoken about this on tv as well, how much michael cohen told him that he had nothing on donald trump and he told them that at a time where he was very vulnerable. he was allegedly suicidal. robert costello was trying to find a way for him to get ou
or the fact that he frankel he has made it pretty difficult for someone like bob costello to get through his testimony. and then on top of it letting the amount of superfluous information come in from stormy daniels. stuff that was not relevant at all and he has allowed into admission michael cohen's guilty plea to compound campaign things it puts a question market in people's minds over a. because of how this has gone i expected to be fairly contentious and really fighting in the context...
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as i said we have bob costello. the judge said moments ago, earlier today, move forward through the end of this week we can expect closing arguments to be next week. larry, that tells us we can expect this case to last over the holiday weekend into next week. but it seems like we're nearing the finish line, larry. larry: wow, great reporting lydia. thank you ever so much we appreciate it. folks we'll have much more on this with former prosecutor andy mccarthy later in the show but first another topic, joe biden is trying to buy the election by pumping green money no one wants into the swing states. that's a subject of tonight's riff. three biden bills for a total of $15.4 billion in government spending, mostly for green energy being injected in states like arizona, pennsylvania, michigan and elsewhere. the biggest chunk comes from the misnamed inflation reduction act which really should simply be called the inflation act but a recently-conducted nationwide poll, a kudlow tpp poll of 1400 americans shows that 54% opp
as i said we have bob costello. the judge said moments ago, earlier today, move forward through the end of this week we can expect closing arguments to be next week. larry, that tells us we can expect this case to last over the holiday weekend into next week. but it seems like we're nearing the finish line, larry. larry: wow, great reporting lydia. thank you ever so much we appreciate it. folks we'll have much more on this with former prosecutor andy mccarthy later in the show but first another...
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for many years now, jonathan, i would anticipate that he may have told his defense, look, i saw bob costello, i've seen him a bunch on tv, he's fantastic, he's going to make the point for us, you absolutely have to put him up there. does that scenario seem plausible to you? >> i think it does seem plausible? this is the ultimate counter-puncher. you can always predict trump's moves. he does not walk away from a fight and does not let a blow land without returning one. the big issue is that team may be willing to take this risk, but my assumption is they're telling him, mr. president, please don't get on that stand. judge marchand closed any chance of trump testifying in that order he issued earlier. he's basically going to allow the prosecutors to get into anything they want. after that order, it would be an act of lunacy for trump to get on the stand. costello is not a guy who will wilt under cross-examination. >> martha: and as you point out, the judge made it clear that if the former president took the stand, he would allow all kinds of things that have not been the -- has been i
for many years now, jonathan, i would anticipate that he may have told his defense, look, i saw bob costello, i've seen him a bunch on tv, he's fantastic, he's going to make the point for us, you absolutely have to put him up there. does that scenario seem plausible to you? >> i think it does seem plausible? this is the ultimate counter-puncher. you can always predict trump's moves. he does not walk away from a fight and does not let a blow land without returning one. the big issue is...
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. >> one thing that is really striking with the clip you played for michael avinati and bob costello, the last defense witness, is i had always been taught as a lawyer that you have a continuing duty of loyalty to your client. there was something just as a lawyer that i am sort of stunned, he is representing her. and, he is not allowed to besmirch her and other lawyers should not be doing something different. the other thought i had, i was in court for stormy daniel's testimony. the whole case here is about that donald trump is accused of not wanting her story to come out. and, he had a cross-examination of her that was hammer and tongs. and, you know, her testimony wasn't even all that important to the case. this was just whether she was telling the truth or not was really almost, almost irrelevant. because the issue is did he want that story to be out there or not. but david pecker and hope hicks who had very damaging information to give to the jury, they had very light cross- examinations. so, in many ways, what you saw, he didn't want the story to come out. i think stormy daniels
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the judge clearing out the room and bob costello, former michael cohen legal advisor, allegedly making comments under his breath, rolling his eyes, and costello does cohen is full of it and light on the stand about what trump knew about mr. menendez payments. tried to poke holes in his story. speaking of bragg's star witness, michael cohen admitting he sold $60,000 from the trumpet organization. the media doesn't see that as a big deal, though. >> i have watched michael interact with a lot of people over the years. he has all those rough edges and all of the lies and all of this, but there is something compelled him at the same time, you kind of believe it, warts and all, that michael cohen, of course, has a checkered past, but we see convictions all the time, with cooperators who have far worse histories, contract killers, mobsters, and yet, you get convictions. >> the defense may think they racked up a big victory for themselves today. now pocketing $30,000 might be shady, but it doesn't change the facts of the case. >> dana: trey gowdy was inside the courtroom come he joins us at th
the judge clearing out the room and bob costello, former michael cohen legal advisor, allegedly making comments under his breath, rolling his eyes, and costello does cohen is full of it and light on the stand about what trump knew about mr. menendez payments. tried to poke holes in his story. speaking of bragg's star witness, michael cohen admitting he sold $60,000 from the trumpet organization. the media doesn't see that as a big deal, though. >> i have watched michael interact with a...
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bob costello would not be an expert witness, you would be a fact witness with respect to cohen. >> neil: let me ask you a bit about costello. he was michael cohen's first lawyer. essentially he spoke his mind and he is different with the way he was treated, this is him earlier. >> basically they only put in a small cherry pick group of females. are presented maybe 2 to 300 e-mails and text messages. i have been with me in chronological order. they put 2 or 3 into evidence p. i asked if they would put the rest into evidence and they said no. >> neil: if you are the prosecution fact you want to hear from that guy? if you are the defence do you want to hear from that guy? >> based on what he said yesterday and while bob solow said today that what his testimony would be would not be beneficial to the prosecution. i believe he said that the prosecution did not include all of the e-mails because they would have hurt the prosecution's case. and he is being very clear in saying i asked them to put these e-mails and cow they tried to say something about hearsay, there's a exception to the hearsa
bob costello would not be an expert witness, you would be a fact witness with respect to cohen. >> neil: let me ask you a bit about costello. he was michael cohen's first lawyer. essentially he spoke his mind and he is different with the way he was treated, this is him earlier. >> basically they only put in a small cherry pick group of females. are presented maybe 2 to 300 e-mails and text messages. i have been with me in chronological order. they put 2 or 3 into evidence p. i asked...
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bob costello is a dirt bag. say nothing less than that. the fact is, what i realized early on is that he was playing me through rudy. and i realized early on that what he was looking to do is to use me in order to gain or garner more connection with rudy, his friend, and rudy with donald. anything i would say to him would immediately go back to donald, and therefore the fear is that i would cooperate, they would know in advance. it was sending a mole into your house. and i realized it early on. so i always kept him at a distance, but i kept him close enough in order to see what was going on. because i didn't want to be out of the fold. i wanted to know what was going on for my own self. then i realized he was pushing for himself, for donald at my expense, and i was, like, this has to stop. why they put him on is because donald is a myopic thinker. again, when you have somebody like donald running his own strategy of defense, it is a flawed defense. they saw bob costello in congress, and donald liked the way that he acted, the way he attack
bob costello is a dirt bag. say nothing less than that. the fact is, what i realized early on is that he was playing me through rudy. and i realized early on that what he was looking to do is to use me in order to gain or garner more connection with rudy, his friend, and rudy with donald. anything i would say to him would immediately go back to donald, and therefore the fear is that i would cooperate, they would know in advance. it was sending a mole into your house. and i realized it early on....
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costello, sure it's worth doing. stuart: how about putting trump himself on the stand? >> he be crazy to testify because the entire dynamic would shift. it would become a trial about a referendum on him and take the jury's focus away from the many holes they have already poked in michael cohen's testimony. stuart: so a very limited number of witnesses for the defense. >> if at all. stuart: no testimony from trump at all. when can this thing be wrapped up? >> if it weren't for the scheduling they have these off days on wednesday and friday, i'd say the jury would have the case by the end of the day tomorrow but because we have off day wednesday, off day friday, i think the judge probably won't give the case to the jury until after the memorial day weekend. stuart: which is a shame because the jurors have to go and sit all the way through memorial day weekend. >> i think the jurors would much rather have this wrapped up but that's the schedule. stuart: so if they did get the case early you'd think maybe the jurors woul
costello, sure it's worth doing. stuart: how about putting trump himself on the stand? >> he be crazy to testify because the entire dynamic would shift. it would become a trial about a referendum on him and take the jury's focus away from the many holes they have already poked in michael cohen's testimony. stuart: so a very limited number of witnesses for the defense. >> if at all. stuart: no testimony from trump at all. when can this thing be wrapped up? >> if it weren't for...
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. >>> and you saw what happened to a highly respected lawyer today, bob costello, wow. i've never seen anything like that. highly respected. but remember this we can't put in an expert witness. we're not allowed to put in an expert witness. nobody's ever heard of it before. >> that's donald trump yet again making false claims, this time doing so yesterday after testimony wrapped up in his hush money trial. the judge cleared the jury out of the courtroom because of the lawyer trump just referenced. we'll have expert legal analysis on that very contentious moment straight ahead. >>> meanwhile, rudy giuliani and other trump allies accused of election interference in arizona are due in court today. we'll explain that case and how prosecutors tracked down the former mayor of new york city. >>> also ahead an update on campaign cash of president biden and donald trump as the rnc ramps up funding to overcome the former president's legal bills. >>> good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this tuesday, may 21st. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. an
. >>> and you saw what happened to a highly respected lawyer today, bob costello, wow. i've never seen anything like that. highly respected. but remember this we can't put in an expert witness. we're not allowed to put in an expert witness. nobody's ever heard of it before. >> that's donald trump yet again making false claims, this time doing so yesterday after testimony wrapped up in his hush money trial. the judge cleared the jury out of the courtroom because of the lawyer...
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he was talking about bob costello, a confidant of donald trump, who claims that cohen told him he knew nothing about it. so do you think trump's defense should bring an additional witness to tie this up, or do you believe it -- leave it where this is? >> i'd leave it. cross tell costello was, for a time, cohen's attorney. the attorney-client privilege has been waived by cohen which is stupid, but that's cohen. and, you know, cross tell hoe has the ability -- costello has the ability to annihilate the credibility of his former client. but, look, i learned a long time ago in my first case when you're winning, sit down, shut up, don't call any more witnesses because you never if know on cross-examination where with that witness might get annihilated on cross-examination. so i, frankly, wouldn't do it. pete: interesting. real quick, that's what you think. what do you think the trump team will do? do you think -- do you have any indication that this will extend into a longer defense? >> look, i have no indication, but it's a very skilled defense team. i think they would agree with me. don't
he was talking about bob costello, a confidant of donald trump, who claims that cohen told him he knew nothing about it. so do you think trump's defense should bring an additional witness to tie this up, or do you believe it -- leave it where this is? >> i'd leave it. cross tell costello was, for a time, cohen's attorney. the attorney-client privilege has been waived by cohen which is stupid, but that's cohen. and, you know, cross tell hoe has the ability -- costello has the ability to...
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. >> bob costello, if he ends up testifying for the defense, this is the really over. maria: that testimony was incredible. ing that'll do it for us. have a great day, everyone. mark tepper, trisha and todd, thanks for being here. "varney & company" picks it up now. stuart: good morning, everyone. all-time highs across the board, the value of all publicly-traded stocks has gone up by $10 trillion in the last 122 months. that is a wealth creation machine like no other, and there's no pullback this morning. the dow can, it's getting close to 40,000, real close actually, it's going to be not much change to start the day. same with the s&p and the nasdaq is up a point. a tiny bit of green after yesterday's record closes. as for interest rates, well, they're staying at lower levels. we'll start with the 10-year treasury, you're down to 4.35% this morning and the 2-career, that's a long way below 5%, 4.77 right now. bitcoin on the upside today, $66,000. gold holding around $2300, 2400, 2383, to be precise. oil still below $80 a barrel, $79.34. no change for gas. regular, $3.
. >> bob costello, if he ends up testifying for the defense, this is the really over. maria: that testimony was incredible. ing that'll do it for us. have a great day, everyone. mark tepper, trisha and todd, thanks for being here. "varney & company" picks it up now. stuart: good morning, everyone. all-time highs across the board, the value of all publicly-traded stocks has gone up by $10 trillion in the last 122 months. that is a wealth creation machine like no other, and...
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the fact of the problem here is that the people running things for him, like bob costello and so forth, were a little too cute and so ultimately the buffer they were supposed to be, proves to be not a buffer at all, but pretty transparent. >> stormy daniels' attorney said yesterday on cnn she wore a bulletproof vest, her home address has been publicized in right wing media. i wonder what you've done in the past or your thoughts are how you protect witnesses in high-profile cases like this? >> we have the witness protection program in mob cases where we send people away. security is always a tremendous issue, particularly, you know, depending on what case is. something like this where you have somebody who has, you know, a gag order because they are out there essentially implicitly -- others to intimidate witnesses that's a really concern. it's an unfortunate theme in this case, but it's there and real and needs to be, you know, vigilantly pursued and protected against. >> clearly the -- there's no remedy for the loophole trump seems to have exploited to have all of his political allies
the fact of the problem here is that the people running things for him, like bob costello and so forth, were a little too cute and so ultimately the buffer they were supposed to be, proves to be not a buffer at all, but pretty transparent. >> stormy daniels' attorney said yesterday on cnn she wore a bulletproof vest, her home address has been publicized in right wing media. i wonder what you've done in the past or your thoughts are how you protect witnesses in high-profile cases like...
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you saw it in black and white that was orchestrated by that man and it was carried out by bob costello and rudy giuliani and what was the goal? to have michael cohen never take the stand. you do not do that if you are innocent. you do not do that if you are not worried about michael cohen. they will use that to show consciousness of guilt and to rehabilitate michael kahn to say they knew exactly that he had the goods. >> is that case stronger with the defense having put him on? >> absolutely. this was a huge mistake. i know some of the defense lawyers can't imagine this was their choice, that they are too good to be thinking. >> so then it looks like malpractice but maybe trump forced them into it as a client, you're saying. demanded it. >> exactly, the same way listening to donald trump say i wish i could've testified, just to be clear, it is his choice. it's not the lawyers choice. >> adding a layer to what you know, they are good enough to know this is a mess they didn't want. again, the defendant has these rights. i've emphasized that. i mean it fairly. in this case he may have exe
you saw it in black and white that was orchestrated by that man and it was carried out by bob costello and rudy giuliani and what was the goal? to have michael cohen never take the stand. you do not do that if you are innocent. you do not do that if you are not worried about michael cohen. they will use that to show consciousness of guilt and to rehabilitate michael kahn to say they knew exactly that he had the goods. >> is that case stronger with the defense having put him on? >>...
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here's attorney bob costello on capitol hill today. >> i said, michael, the way this works is if you have truthful information about donald trump, that's clearly what they're looking f i can have all your legal problems solved by the end of the week. his response, i swear to god, bob, i don't have anything on donald trump. >> reporter: so cohen testified yesterday that he didn't tell costello the truth about trump because he didn't trust costello. he worried whatever he told him would get back to trump. cohen now claims trump directly participated in a scheme to pay adult film actress stormy daniels $130,000 to influence the 2016 election. but costello says cohen wanted to be trump's attorney general or white house chief of staff, and he may have acted alone to gain favor adding, quote, procuring this nda would be a way to ingratiate himself with donald trump and save embarrassment for melania because he knew that donald trump was very concerned about not doing anything to embarrass melania. cohen is the prosecution's final witness. after he's done testifying, trump's lawyers are. ca
here's attorney bob costello on capitol hill today. >> i said, michael, the way this works is if you have truthful information about donald trump, that's clearly what they're looking f i can have all your legal problems solved by the end of the week. his response, i swear to god, bob, i don't have anything on donald trump. >> reporter: so cohen testified yesterday that he didn't tell costello the truth about trump because he didn't trust costello. he worried whatever he told him...
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so tell me this, did bob costello and his testimony which was often interrupted by the prosecution and with the judge, didn't help in any way the defense? >> the content could have, that's why summation matters because that is when the lawyers get to remind the jury, it can it be a big and long break so you need to remind them that michael cohen said 20 times, and my mother says i don't like it but i'm coding some going s, michael cohen said i swear to god, that donald trump did nothing wrong. that is really the most important part of this testimony. the downside is in his demeanor was off-putting. so either he is on coachable or unflappable, or they didn't prep him i guess if they tried to, but they don't usually make really good witnesses as a lawyer, there was -- people equate importance with todd, where did the lawyer spend the time? there was a nanosecond spent on the i swear to god donald trump did nothing wrong if i had something on him i tell you, there was a ton of time spent on their relationship with rudy giuliani and efforts to ingratiate himself with the former president,
so tell me this, did bob costello and his testimony which was often interrupted by the prosecution and with the judge, didn't help in any way the defense? >> the content could have, that's why summation matters because that is when the lawyers get to remind the jury, it can it be a big and long break so you need to remind them that michael cohen said 20 times, and my mother says i don't like it but i'm coding some going s, michael cohen said i swear to god, that donald trump did nothing...
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here's bob costello on capitol hill today. >> i said, michael, the way this works is, if you have truthful information about donald trump, that's clearly what they are looking for, i can have all your legal problems solved by the end of the week. his response, i swear to god, bob, i don't have anything on donald trump. >> so cohen testified yesterday that he didn't tell costello the truth about trump because he didn't trust costello and he worried whatever he told him would get back to trump. cohen now claims to be ate directly participated in a scheme to pay adult film actress stormy daniels $130,000 to influence the 2016 election, but costello says cohen wanted to be trump's attorney general or white house chief of staff and he may have acted alone to gain favor, adding, "procuring this nda would be a way to ingratiate himself with donald trump and save embarrassment for melania because he knew donald trump was very concerned about not doing anything to embarrass melania." cohen is the prosecution's final witness. after he has done testifying, trump's lawyers are considering calling expe
here's bob costello on capitol hill today. >> i said, michael, the way this works is, if you have truthful information about donald trump, that's clearly what they are looking for, i can have all your legal problems solved by the end of the week. his response, i swear to god, bob, i don't have anything on donald trump. >> so cohen testified yesterday that he didn't tell costello the truth about trump because he didn't trust costello and he worried whatever he told him would get back...
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, i don't have anything i know what an donald trump an obvious lie if he said that the costello was so angered the judge by muttering things like, ridiculous and staring at the judge that he said, you do not give me side i and you don't roll your eyes and he was so upset that he clear the courtroom in a bit of a debacle for the defense pretty closing arguments are tuesday but that media fixated on this question, what was the crime here and did the d.a. alvin bragg come close to proving it. and i am howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. howard: a headline interview with north dakota governor and contender doug burka part in could not be further apart on hush money trial. >> you look at fox and they say oh well if michael cohen is a liar michael cohen is a thief and then you turn and you say to nbc and they say well, lying makes you more believable and is not ceiling homages rebalancing the bonus that you thought you were out about that he's actually been bending over backwards going to be fair to the defense of the defense cannot stand him. >> unfortunately for bragg is our witness has be
, i don't have anything i know what an donald trump an obvious lie if he said that the costello was so angered the judge by muttering things like, ridiculous and staring at the judge that he said, you do not give me side i and you don't roll your eyes and he was so upset that he clear the courtroom in a bit of a debacle for the defense pretty closing arguments are tuesday but that media fixated on this question, what was the crime here and did the d.a. alvin bragg come close to proving it. and...
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costello, notwithstanding. >> well, as you know, i was a prosecutor for five and-a-half years, tried cases and i he tried cases as a defense lawyer after that and my experience is if you have a good feeling that the government has not proven its case, you don't put your witness on the stand and really you do not present a defense because again, they have the burden. the burden has to be beyond a reasonable doubt. i cannot believe that a jury is going to find beyond a reasonable doubt solely on michael cohen's testimony because he is such a poor witness, has been so torn apart with his being all over on these issues and then obviously you just referenced the testimony of michael cohen's former lawyer in front of congress yesterday that laid bare that michael cohen at the time he met with the lawyer who -- he's waived that attorney/client privilege. he said that donald trump did nothing wrong and did not commit these crimes or anything near it. so it is, todd, to your point, i think just completely ridiculous and if the judge is fair, he's going to issue you a directed verdict because
costello, notwithstanding. >> well, as you know, i was a prosecutor for five and-a-half years, tried cases and i he tried cases as a defense lawyer after that and my experience is if you have a good feeling that the government has not proven its case, you don't put your witness on the stand and really you do not present a defense because again, they have the burden. the burden has to be beyond a reasonable doubt. i cannot believe that a jury is going to find beyond a reasonable doubt...
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one possibility continues to be that the defense attorneys may call attorney bob costello. who we know at one point offered advice to michael cohen after his apartment and office were rated back in 2018. i say this because today todd blanchche the defense attorney t cohen to admit that conversations with costello he understood to be covered by the attorney-client privilege. that's important because if he takes the stand, he would likely say that cohen told him that trump did not have knowledge of the stormy daniels nondisclosure agreement. and if he believed the communications were subject to the attorney-client privilege, it's more of a reason to believe that cohen is being honest with costello at the time during those conversations in 2018. so we will have to see if he is a witness that will be called. another possibility is defense expert witness brad smith for it he's a former election commissioner and he is expected to testify or would testify i should say to refute the prosecution's contention that payments to stormy daniels wert federal election campaign violations.
one possibility continues to be that the defense attorneys may call attorney bob costello. who we know at one point offered advice to michael cohen after his apartment and office were rated back in 2018. i say this because today todd blanchche the defense attorney t cohen to admit that conversations with costello he understood to be covered by the attorney-client privilege. that's important because if he takes the stand, he would likely say that cohen told him that trump did not have knowledge...