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weisselberg, this is ongoing in the most recent exchange, obviously before the jurors were dismissedrew copp that cohen's 35,000-dollar payments started in february because with a trust and movement going on was going to take a little bit of time. weisselberg then told going to send an invoice every month and write, "legal services rendered," and they'll get his check sent out. in this reading this verbatim from our buddhism is that a courtroom other trump get going the title of personal attorney to president, payment for that did not come up. coincidently new -- he was getting paid for the world by monetizing relationships and i'll review this one last line, this is apparently the last exchange inside the courtroom, cohen is aware, he says, that i would sooner agreement or written engagements layer had to be -- lawyer had to be filled out to formalize an official job title. when said this was not filled out because he knew there was -- there was going to be no compensation. andrew copp your reaction? >> see, this is very interesting, sandra. this is something that the payment scatte
weisselberg, this is ongoing in the most recent exchange, obviously before the jurors were dismissedrew copp that cohen's 35,000-dollar payments started in february because with a trust and movement going on was going to take a little bit of time. weisselberg then told going to send an invoice every month and write, "legal services rendered," and they'll get his check sent out. in this reading this verbatim from our buddhism is that a courtroom other trump get going the title of...
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but for example, the one where weisselberg says, please send me your retainer agreement, no retainer agreement was ever sent and that's because they likely have a private conversation. he needed to pay off at least two women with whom he had sexual encounters. >> we don't know how the jury is reacting, based on the people who are in there obviously, lisa. but when you hear things that make folks in the overflow room laugh, those of us who are on set reading it, chuckling, maybe to ourselves, one of the things, for example, that struck me is when todd blanche was talking about how stories were purchased all the time by david pecker and even if there was something wrong with it, he said, the idea that even sophisticated people like president trump and david pecker believed positive stories in the "national enquirer" could influence the 2016 election is preposterous, we were not talking about positive stories. that's not the reason there was a hush money agreement. the hush money agreement was obviously to quash a story. and you pointed out some factual misstatements that todd blanche m
but for example, the one where weisselberg says, please send me your retainer agreement, no retainer agreement was ever sent and that's because they likely have a private conversation. he needed to pay off at least two women with whom he had sexual encounters. >> we don't know how the jury is reacting, based on the people who are in there obviously, lisa. but when you hear things that make folks in the overflow room laugh, those of us who are on set reading it, chuckling, maybe to...
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document you're looking at involves handwritten notes from allen weisselberg.i see handwritten notes from someone and that person didn't testify, i wonder why i'm not hearing straight from the horses mouth. and there's a reason why you don't want me to hear directly from allen weisselberg. we talk about how juries come up with reasonable doubt. no one can tell you what that is. for people to start wondering if it's enough to turn the tide during jury deliberations.>> let's listen to this. >> i've heard people say what did he even do wrong? no one understands the crime. there's a falsification of business records within 10 to defraud by concealing another crime. and the other crime is campaign finance violations. the contribution by michael cohen exceeds the $2000 limit. and -- >> has the manhattan da met this burden? >> it's a loaded question. keep in mind what i said about reasonable doubt. first it's a question of you presented any evidence to substantiate the prosecution. the answer is yes. the question about whether you been persuasive is different. as a la
document you're looking at involves handwritten notes from allen weisselberg.i see handwritten notes from someone and that person didn't testify, i wonder why i'm not hearing straight from the horses mouth. and there's a reason why you don't want me to hear directly from allen weisselberg. we talk about how juries come up with reasonable doubt. no one can tell you what that is. for people to start wondering if it's enough to turn the tide during jury deliberations.>> let's listen to this....
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if i can get it to weisselberg, though you're a good step closer to that.nd i'm sorry. >> it's just going to say this also brings to mind the testimony during the i think hope hicks cross-examination and also the prosecution about what his potential motivations might be. and there was commentary about how he probably would not have done something like this out of the goodness of his heart or loyalty, et cetera. so there's some work here that the defense needs to do and helping people to understand what his motive may have been and how he handled this money is we take a step back, just looking at the kind of day that it has been. and who it has benefited. i do want to zero in on something that our kara scannell noted which was as they did just take a quick break in court, you had todd blanche, and donald trump walking back and she said side-by-side, which was something that she really hasn't seen regularly in this normally trump goes in front of his lawyers and todd blanche was laughing at something that was said between them. we also saw another moment wher
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you've got allen weisselberg at rikers. you've got others who've been indicted like mark meadows who are weight awaiting trial for a man who prided himself the surrounding himself with the very best people. this is kind of been a masterclass in showing, in fact, he did not important points indeed, guys, thank you very, very much. just ahead. michael cohen's former attorney standing by to join us live we'll get his reaction to cohen's admission under oath today that he stole money from the trump organization and later, cnn has an exclusive interview with a top prosecutor for the international criminal court on the decision to seek work. grimes warrants for the leaders of hamas and israel, including the israeli prime minister, benjamin. it's time fashion moves fast so we partner with verizon to take our operations the next level with a custom private 5g networks, we get more control with production efficiencies and greater agility. that's enterprise intelligence. >> it's your vision, it's your version. hi. >> a new group this
you've got allen weisselberg at rikers. you've got others who've been indicted like mark meadows who are weight awaiting trial for a man who prided himself the surrounding himself with the very best people. this is kind of been a masterclass in showing, in fact, he did not important points indeed, guys, thank you very, very much. just ahead. michael cohen's former attorney standing by to join us live we'll get his reaction to cohen's admission under oath today that he stole money from the trump...
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well, we don't have weisselberg here. trump didn't testify.only witness to that is trump -- i think it is a very important link between the defendant and the charges which is the -- it is hard to remember this with all the talk. but the charge in the case is falsification of business records with intent to defraud. >> bill: so in your experience, andy, when the jurors are deliberating, how often is it that a juror says we didn't hear from subject a or b or c? and in this case they could say or one person could say we never heard from weisselberg. >> yeah, and what happens usually with that situation, bill, is there is a standard jury instruction that is given that's called unavailable witnesses equally or uncalled witnesses equally available to both sides, which means the judge will tell the jury if this is the normal case, not that anything is normal about this, but that if a witness wasn't called, you can infer that if the government didn't call him, it could be because the testimony wouldn't have helped the government. or you could draw no
well, we don't have weisselberg here. trump didn't testify.only witness to that is trump -- i think it is a very important link between the defendant and the charges which is the -- it is hard to remember this with all the talk. but the charge in the case is falsification of business records with intent to defraud. >> bill: so in your experience, andy, when the jurors are deliberating, how often is it that a juror says we didn't hear from subject a or b or c? and in this case they could...
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now, the second piece of that smoking gun evidence is jeff mcconnie's notes, being allen weisselberg's director report. again, not on a random piece of paper, on trump organization stationary and clear handwriting deliberating what the payment scheme was going to be. and they had not only no answer for it, they acted as if they didn't exist. the very documents that josh steinglass told the jury were the two smoking guns in the case. as todd blanche was concerned they just never saw that. it never happened. it was like two different cases you were watching unfold before your eyes. >> they wept on and on, kristy about this retainer agreement was absolutely for legal services because would michael cohen have done everything for free at the same time they were contending michael cohen paid stormy daniels out of his own sort of pocket because he loved donald trump and wanted to stay in his good graces. >> right. it makes no sense whatsoever. and i think the way to deal with some of that would have been you just argued, yeah, donald trump didn't see it because the only way those documents ca
now, the second piece of that smoking gun evidence is jeff mcconnie's notes, being allen weisselberg's director report. again, not on a random piece of paper, on trump organization stationary and clear handwriting deliberating what the payment scheme was going to be. and they had not only no answer for it, they acted as if they didn't exist. the very documents that josh steinglass told the jury were the two smoking guns in the case. as todd blanche was concerned they just never saw that. it...
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then allen weisselberg and michael cohen go to speak to donald trump about it. we have not heard from allen weisselberg. he is over at rikers and has not been called. so we have michael cohen's word on that conversation with donald trump where he signed off on it. it is very important. they have to believe him on stuff for there is evidence that they put up on the screen that that may have happened. >> one is a tactical choice. the idea is the defense does not just mount the case and says you have not met your standard. i'm saying that happens fairly often. we don't even have to put someone on, because this case is insufficient. when you start to go down the road and go, we've got this guy. we will catch michael cohen lying and then it is like parts of the cross on michael cohen felt effective to me, but that is now not the last thing in their mind. it is now costello. >> there are other parts of the cross with michael cohen that never touched on the key meetings. the meeting between trump, allen weisselberg and michael cohen where they walked down the hall with
then allen weisselberg and michael cohen go to speak to donald trump about it. we have not heard from allen weisselberg. he is over at rikers and has not been called. so we have michael cohen's word on that conversation with donald trump where he signed off on it. it is very important. they have to believe him on stuff for there is evidence that they put up on the screen that that may have happened. >> one is a tactical choice. the idea is the defense does not just mount the case and says...
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they have alan weisselberg's writing on them. he may not testify but it doesn't matter because the documents are there. >> you are both talking about the documents and how the trump defense or the doubt they want to instill really runs into that brick wall. that is why the da has had momentum. joe was trump's lawyer in the new york case until he left. but when we did speak with him, we asked about that. if your defense is oh, this was money for a lawyer, your defense is no fraud because it was true, the problem is the money didn't stay with the lawyer. the money passed through the lawyer, went to stormy daniels so it is not money for a lawyer. and then to add insult to injury, he writes his plot on paper and says let's gross it up, let's lie. let's commit tax fraud. >> is stormy daniels a lawyer? >> i don't think she is a lawyer. i would think the lawyer is a lawyer. >> okay. >> so she is not a lawyer. and these payments were made. and they were according to federal filings, classified on the trump's side as legal services. that
they have alan weisselberg's writing on them. he may not testify but it doesn't matter because the documents are there. >> you are both talking about the documents and how the trump defense or the doubt they want to instill really runs into that brick wall. that is why the da has had momentum. joe was trump's lawyer in the new york case until he left. but when we did speak with him, we asked about that. if your defense is oh, this was money for a lawyer, your defense is no fraud because...
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the fact that otherwise were weisselberg is in prison is not the reason he's out available. the likely reason is he would probably take the fifth and what will happen at some point coming soon is there will be an inquiry made probably to allen weisselberg's lawyer by the judge, by the parties. would he take the fifth if the answer is yes, he takes the fifth that's it. he's unavailable to either side, won't hurt the prosecution. but if the answer is no, he's willing to come in and testify, then the prosecution has a problem because then the instruction to the jury will be you didn't hear from certain witnesses. you can assume the worst about what their testimony would have been. and by the way, there's no way the prosecution calls him in that instance because he would not help their case because we know who always sober against. so keep an eye on this. this is a looming problem for the problem that's accusers. >> and robert just before we go, i want you to look ahead to when the prosecution is done with colander witnesses, we believe michael cohen is the last one. do you beli
the fact that otherwise were weisselberg is in prison is not the reason he's out available. the likely reason is he would probably take the fifth and what will happen at some point coming soon is there will be an inquiry made probably to allen weisselberg's lawyer by the judge, by the parties. would he take the fifth if the answer is yes, he takes the fifth that's it. he's unavailable to either side, won't hurt the prosecution. but if the answer is no, he's willing to come in and testify, then...
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weisselberg's. did he have any understanding that those checks were for legal fees or were they for reimbursements? and we know from the weisselberg handwriting, as i've said to you before that document, the jury is going to look at and say, wait a minute, this is about the math stupid. he took four, 20 divided by 12 and got to $35,000 a month that he paid michael cohen. if the jury believes that he lied when he said they were legal fees and they were really reimbursements, it doesn't matter what kind of charges are, played or tack. michael cohen has to take. this is about evidence against the man was indicted, and it will be up to the jury to decide the $60,000, though that that he stole from the trump organization was part of the overall payment at issue in this whole case, the 420,000 dollar reimbursement, which allegedly included covering the payments to stormy daniels, how problematic lanny is that. >> but you just proved my point. do you notice in your sentence and in any sense in the weisselb
weisselberg's. did he have any understanding that those checks were for legal fees or were they for reimbursements? and we know from the weisselberg handwriting, as i've said to you before that document, the jury is going to look at and say, wait a minute, this is about the math stupid. he took four, 20 divided by 12 and got to $35,000 a month that he paid michael cohen. if the jury believes that he lied when he said they were legal fees and they were really reimbursements, it doesn't matter...
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going to say legal services rendered, paying you monthly, $35,000 a month per the math done by allen weisselberg on the first republic bank evidence admitted into testimony yesterday. now, we're getting to the crux, guys. i want to read for you a couple of parts of things that have happened so far this morning, talking about the checks and the invoices and the ledgers specifically. let's talk numbers for a moment, just to remind folks before i get into this, we got 34 counts here, right, under the original indictment, 12 counts when it comes to ledgers, 11 counts with invoices, 11 counts with checks. reminder, this is all about falsifying business records. it is not about paying off stormy daniels. it is not about allegedly having sex with stormy daniels in 2006, it is all about saying legal services rendered and falsifying those business records and repaying michael cohen. some exchanges here, guys, just to bring you up to date, what is happening inside the courtroom this morning, hoffinger saying, where do the discussion take place on february 8th of 2017? and he said, the conversation took pl
going to say legal services rendered, paying you monthly, $35,000 a month per the math done by allen weisselberg on the first republic bank evidence admitted into testimony yesterday. now, we're getting to the crux, guys. i want to read for you a couple of parts of things that have happened so far this morning, talking about the checks and the invoices and the ledgers specifically. let's talk numbers for a moment, just to remind folks before i get into this, we got 34 counts here, right, under...
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either he has more on them, like a weisselberg or their loyalty is just blind and again weisselberg,who, you know, are good with the boss and i'll deliver some information, but not too much. i don't want to hurt him. trump kind of appreciates that. then you get into everybody else who was in the orbit and have now swung out of it. and those are the folks particularly if they're women that donald trump seems to focus the greatest amount of ire on. those women who are telling his story. and they're telling his story through their eyes. he can't shape it. he can't remake it. he can't, you know, make them explain it a certain way. and so you see this time and time again in stormy daniels' case but also in how he dealt with women as president. particularly female reporters. so that's the consistent through line as i'm reading this trial, that sort of speaks to the character of the man and how he engages with women who seemingly and in most cases do, have more power than he does. >> you know, michael, there's a lot that's been made of this trial and because there are so many we get into th
either he has more on them, like a weisselberg or their loyalty is just blind and again weisselberg,who, you know, are good with the boss and i'll deliver some information, but not too much. i don't want to hurt him. trump kind of appreciates that. then you get into everybody else who was in the orbit and have now swung out of it. and those are the folks particularly if they're women that donald trump seems to focus the greatest amount of ire on. those women who are telling his story. and...
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i don't even know why he thinks that they would want to call weisselberg.hing he has to say or why would they sponsor him and suggest he's credible when they don't seem to noah it means. >> could the judge force weisselberg to testify? >> i'm not a lawyer. >> neither am i. he's not in a compelled process. i think he has to be there voluntarily in some sense. it's a very strange thing. i'm actually very curious to see how it all unfolds. >> we will see about weisselberg in the next few days. all eyes are on michael cohen tomorrow and the rest of this week. thank you very much for coming to the sunday show, coming back. >> a tight race for the u.s. senate seat in maryland could be one of the most expensive times. why she thinks she could win next week and when control of the senate will be at stake. nothing dims my light like a migraine. with nurtec odt, i found relief. the only migraine medication that helps treat and prevent, all in one. to those with migraine, i see you. for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura and the preventive treatment
i don't even know why he thinks that they would want to call weisselberg.hing he has to say or why would they sponsor him and suggest he's credible when they don't seem to noah it means. >> could the judge force weisselberg to testify? >> i'm not a lawyer. >> neither am i. he's not in a compelled process. i think he has to be there voluntarily in some sense. it's a very strange thing. i'm actually very curious to see how it all unfolds. >> we will see about weisselberg...
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, and -- >> michael cohen and allen weisselberg were sort of acting on their own. there's been pieces, you know, on various days that have really led jurors to think that, you know. michael cohen was just hell bent on revenge, and he was freelancing all of this, and he was aided by allen weisselberg. he's sort of a useful prop in that way. i don't think we're going see him. he's loomed large over this trial as keith schiller has. >> this whole trial is a big case study. closing arguments could happen as soon as monday afternoon, tuesday more likely, right? how are both sides preparing for that? >> i think they're going through all of their notes, obviously, and checking off where they made some good points. one of the things that i would advise the defense is make sure it's chronological. make sure you go through those points and it's not disorganized. i think the cross examinations so far have been a bit disorganized. as for the prosecution, they have to hit home the 34 counts, those invoices, the ledger, the checks, they have to hit home. here is all of the docum
, and -- >> michael cohen and allen weisselberg were sort of acting on their own. there's been pieces, you know, on various days that have really led jurors to think that, you know. michael cohen was just hell bent on revenge, and he was freelancing all of this, and he was aided by allen weisselberg. he's sort of a useful prop in that way. i don't think we're going see him. he's loomed large over this trial as keith schiller has. >> this whole trial is a big case study. closing...
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it's going to show the connections between allen weisselberg in donald trump, allen weisselberg and michael cohen. michael cohen and donald trump, michael all of these records are for that. but one other thing i just wanted to comment on what you were saying about susie wild in the courtroom. jurors notice things like who is in the room and who's not in the room, even if nobody talks about it. and it's going to be very interesting. they're also going to notice that trump's family by enlarge is not there as wife is not there. and what they make of it, who knows, but they will note it. and why would alvin bragg come in? >> so the deal it's interesting that that's something that people would think is strange. the de, a very regularly goes and walks around and cy vance was the same. we just walk around and it's you go to support your people. this is a high profile case. this is a lot of stress. it's a lot of work people don't go home and see their families when you're on trial and they get a lot of criticism to the especially trump says things are supporters say things and it's it's, it's just
it's going to show the connections between allen weisselberg in donald trump, allen weisselberg and michael cohen. michael cohen and donald trump, michael all of these records are for that. but one other thing i just wanted to comment on what you were saying about susie wild in the courtroom. jurors notice things like who is in the room and who's not in the room, even if nobody talks about it. and it's going to be very interesting. they're also going to notice that trump's family by enlarge is...
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reimbursing him for paying off stormy daniels, an arrangement developed by trump organization cfo allen weisselberg months earlier. i was sitting with president trump and he asked me if i was okay. he asked me if i needed money, and i said no, all good. he said because i can get a check. i said no, i'm okay. he said all right, make sure you deal with allen, cohen testifying. later saying he was frightened when the fbi raided his home and office in 2018, saying mr. trump told him, "don't worry, i'm the president of the united states. stay tough" which cohen took to mean don't flip. but cohen says he turned against mr. trump after consulting with his family. "my wife, my daughter, my son all said to me we're supposed to be your first loyalty." cohen has been disbarred and convicted of lying under oath. and tonight the defense zeroing in on his motives. trump attorney blanche asking cohen if he was motivated by fame. cohen suggesting that's not fair to say. blanche then quoting this excerpt from cohen's book, quote, i wanted it all, power, the good life, public acclaim, fame. "those are my words," coh
reimbursing him for paying off stormy daniels, an arrangement developed by trump organization cfo allen weisselberg months earlier. i was sitting with president trump and he asked me if i was okay. he asked me if i needed money, and i said no, all good. he said because i can get a check. i said no, i'm okay. he said all right, make sure you deal with allen, cohen testifying. later saying he was frightened when the fbi raided his home and office in 2018, saying mr. trump told him, "don't...
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. >> cohen pointed to a trump tower meeting where he and former chief financial officer allen weisselbergwed a trump at this document with cohen's name by the top and $130,000 scribbled at the bottom. him it was there, cohen testified, that trump approved the plan to pay him in monthly installments. jurors also heard a trump and a cohen allegedly talking together in 2016 about a separate hush money payment made to former "playboy" playmate karen mcdougal, a recording cohen made without telling trump. >> i spoke to alan about it, when it comes time to financing -- >> what financing? >> we'll have to pay for this. >> one major challenge is getting the jury to believe michael cohen. he's a convicted felon who spent time in prison and admitted to lying to congress. >> the only way they could do that is really by allowing cohen to be himself on the stand and testify and come across as a person whose credible. and who may have lied in the past but telling the truth now. >> trump and a cohen barely looked at each other all day but there was one moment where cohen was asked to single out the defe
. >> cohen pointed to a trump tower meeting where he and former chief financial officer allen weisselbergwed a trump at this document with cohen's name by the top and $130,000 scribbled at the bottom. him it was there, cohen testified, that trump approved the plan to pay him in monthly installments. jurors also heard a trump and a cohen allegedly talking together in 2016 about a separate hush money payment made to former "playboy" playmate karen mcdougal, a recording cohen made...
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so right now we have very devastating evidence from weisselberg. >> john: are you sure he is not going to testify? >> i was told when it comes to mr. weisselberg. >> sandra: if we have something from turley that will begin an hour from now about the cross-examination he asked the question many of us are asking right how badly this cross-examination would be for michael cohen after lying to congress come up courts, banks, and everyone else he writes it will be bad is a reckoning of biblical proportions. can we get your last thought? >> i know he does tend to use matter for us like biblical proportions. in the ag trial it may have been nonbiblical but it was pretty severe by the trump attorney and cross-examination. what did the sitting judge right after that cross-examination that he found michael cohen credible. so whatever they sent him today if he answers calmly and directly the jury will get an impression that i believe judge and ron got. >> john: that's what we will be look forward to. >> thank you. spewing good to see you, thank you. day two of testimony for michael cohen in the n
so right now we have very devastating evidence from weisselberg. >> john: are you sure he is not going to testify? >> i was told when it comes to mr. weisselberg. >> sandra: if we have something from turley that will begin an hour from now about the cross-examination he asked the question many of us are asking right how badly this cross-examination would be for michael cohen after lying to congress come up courts, banks, and everyone else he writes it will be bad is a...
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you've got weisselberg who says he's fine where he set it up. he's told me what to do that kinda puts. him in. the empty chair, right? i mean, he he becomes the foil for the whole thing. so they can isolate berg cfo, the chief financial officer at the trump organization, do everything that was going on inside the trump radicalization. potentially it could be a very significant witness. we'll see if that happens, guys. thank you very, very much coming up. michael cohen's long working related patients should with donald trump crashed and burned. and how that could impact cohen's testimony against trump. that's coming up sturdy. we expect on monday plus there's more breaking news. we're following the biden administration releases a highly anticipated report on the israeli military's use of us weapons in gaza. the findings we'll share them with you when we come back every page piece of evidence tells a story how would really happen jesse l. martin, sunday's at night on cnn we put off heart into celebrating moms were local farmers, bakers, florist, a
you've got weisselberg who says he's fine where he set it up. he's told me what to do that kinda puts. him in. the empty chair, right? i mean, he he becomes the foil for the whole thing. so they can isolate berg cfo, the chief financial officer at the trump organization, do everything that was going on inside the trump radicalization. potentially it could be a very significant witness. we'll see if that happens, guys. thank you very, very much coming up. michael cohen's long working related...
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and we have allen weisselberg speaking with authenticated handwriting. and we don't eat michael cohen's testimony. >> well, but what about this phone call? i mean, did he lie to the did michael cohen lied to the jury about the phone call where he said that he told donald trump about stormy daniels, but actually the text messages show that he was concerned about a pranking teenager. >> well, first of all, the phone call has nothing to do with the document that says donald trump didn't eat less very relevant to whether or not donald trump knew because right now we're talking about allen weisselberg. another it is not relevant to the document that speaks for itself. >> i just gave you the math and they're not legal, but again, i mean, this is this is allen weisselberg. don't we do not have to show that donald trump knew about all of this for him to be the one that's on the hook for it, allen weisselberg is close to donald trump, the jury's going to have to infer that donald trump knew about that document, but we know that he wrote $35,000 a month checks, 12
and we have allen weisselberg speaking with authenticated handwriting. and we don't eat michael cohen's testimony. >> well, but what about this phone call? i mean, did he lie to the did michael cohen lied to the jury about the phone call where he said that he told donald trump about stormy daniels, but actually the text messages show that he was concerned about a pranking teenager. >> well, first of all, the phone call has nothing to do with the document that says donald trump...
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i think that's why weisselberg is such a big deal and it is absence from the trial is such a big deal. i think they've gotten to the part of yeah, there's some false business records, but this next step of did they falsify the record with the intent of committing another crime? i think that's where you put trump in the room where you need somebody to to backup what gold? and as current said, i mean, i think the the main weakness in the government's case is the connection of donald trump not to the payments, but to the creation of the false business records. i mean, we heard about how those records were knowledge if he had knowledge that it was being knowledge is not enough. he has to have caused it. now, he doesn't have to have done it himself. he doesn't have to have use the drop-down menu. he doesn't have to have put the words retainer on the on the check stub, but he has to have engaged in behavior that lead the people who did actually do the writing to have done that, but can you make the argument that his behavior if he slept for stormy daniels and he wanted to cover it up and he
i think that's why weisselberg is such a big deal and it is absence from the trial is such a big deal. i think they've gotten to the part of yeah, there's some false business records, but this next step of did they falsify the record with the intent of committing another crime? i think that's where you put trump in the room where you need somebody to to backup what gold? and as current said, i mean, i think the the main weakness in the government's case is the connection of donald trump not to...
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lastly, should you get allen weisselberg out of prison? should the cfo come out of prison and tell everybody what donald trump knew? he is in prison because he wouldn't say what prosecutors wanted. >> steve: right. and as e.m.t. just told us live here in new york, he said most probably the prosecution does not necessarily want him to testify so, stay stiewnsd it's going to be another exciting day. >> lawrence: we are to the end of this, basically, in a criminal trial. the defense doesn't have to say anything. once the prosecution presents their case this could be the end of it. of course they are going to challenge some stuff. this should being the end in theory and they haven't proved their case yet and they were manipulating all these different laws. we know about the conflicts with the judge perhaps with his daughter. you would think they would come up with something and we just haven't had that moment. >> ainsley: what's interesting watching all of this unfold and just like fareed said yesterday, he said he didn't expect it to go this
lastly, should you get allen weisselberg out of prison? should the cfo come out of prison and tell everybody what donald trump knew? he is in prison because he wouldn't say what prosecutors wanted. >> steve: right. and as e.m.t. just told us live here in new york, he said most probably the prosecution does not necessarily want him to testify so, stay stiewnsd it's going to be another exciting day. >> lawrence: we are to the end of this, basically, in a criminal trial. the defense...
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and allen weisselberg's right-hand man, mcconney, both of which seem to have this like a receipt of this for this, this, for this, this for this, these are the falsification allegations are built into this. the idea that donald trump was being stolen from within this document and no, certainly not nine i'll trump, but nobody would would sign off on something if they knew all the details in which they're actually being stolen from to how much do you think that undermines the case? because one of the things landed davis, michael cohen's former lawyer and friend had said on this very set last week forget michael cohen, look at the documents, will now we know the documents have falsehoods, not just the alleged falsehoods that the prosecution is alleging, but michael cohen falsehoods yeah. >> i think it's incredibly damaging. right. because this whole time we've been saying, as you said, look at the documents documents don't have a motive to lie, but there are lies now in these documents. i think the prosecution is really going to have to focus on the fact that the math kind of adds up, right
and allen weisselberg's right-hand man, mcconney, both of which seem to have this like a receipt of this for this, this, for this, this for this, these are the falsification allegations are built into this. the idea that donald trump was being stolen from within this document and no, certainly not nine i'll trump, but nobody would would sign off on something if they knew all the details in which they're actually being stolen from to how much do you think that undermines the case? because one of...
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look, he was kind of working in concert with different people, he understood from allen weisselberg thatas going to be a reimbursement to michael cohen, and donald trump knew that there would be a reimbursement, as well. there is a document, a very important document that donald trump signed, saying that michael cohen was going to be reimbursed for expenses in 2016. now, the burden of proof is not on the defense, but the defense had presented no theory when it put forth its case as to what those expenses were. and the expenses were between $100,000-$250,000. so if it of its not these checks never were for reimbursement in 2017, what were the other payments for? again, i think the evidence does come together really well that donald trump, in fact, knew that these payments of $35,000 checks each month were not for future legal expenses, but were for the reimbursements . >> kristi, do you ever binge watch those episodic shows like ozark where you have to catch up on the story? yeah? my question for you as a prosecutor is how will the d.a. take that approach, that everyone remembers, in the
look, he was kind of working in concert with different people, he understood from allen weisselberg thatas going to be a reimbursement to michael cohen, and donald trump knew that there would be a reimbursement, as well. there is a document, a very important document that donald trump signed, saying that michael cohen was going to be reimbursed for expenses in 2016. now, the burden of proof is not on the defense, but the defense had presented no theory when it put forth its case as to what...
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that means continue to arrange with allen weisselberg, the trump organization chief financial officer arranging getting the reimbursement for the money he paid off to stormy daniels. the president told him he would get paid right away for two payments that he already gave out, two payments, $35,000 each. a check for $70,000. he under direct examination by the prosecutor now just saying the invoices were not true. that's calling them legal expenses was false. that these were and the president knew that these were repayments to reimburse him for paying stormy daniels. that's the basis of part of the 34 counts of filing false business records that d.a. alvin bragg has brought against the former president. as for the rest of the day, yes, donald trump is the criminal defendant here. you will see michael cohen on trial. when it comes time for cross examination this afternoon you can bet todd blanch will rip into cohen, his lying in the past. lied under oath in the past and going to ask the jury if he lied under oath in the past, what's the fact that he is not -- how do you know he is not l
that means continue to arrange with allen weisselberg, the trump organization chief financial officer arranging getting the reimbursement for the money he paid off to stormy daniels. the president told him he would get paid right away for two payments that he already gave out, two payments, $35,000 each. a check for $70,000. he under direct examination by the prosecutor now just saying the invoices were not true. that's calling them legal expenses was false. that these were and the president...
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william: cohen says right after the meeting with weisselberg that he and weisselberg went into trump'sffice with that document, and cohen said it seemed to him like the two had already discussed the plan because trump seemed familiar with the details. but they went over all the details again, how cohen would get repaid in monthly payments plus a bonus, plus some money he owed to a technical services firm, and that in that process, cohen says trump clearly knew what was going on here at approved of the entire planet. this is the essence of the argument, that prosecutors alleged that they falsified these documents to pretend this was all legal fees to michael cohen, because they were trying to cover up that they were hush-money payments. amna: what about tomorrow? what should we expect? william: we are supposed to hear more from michael cohen. there is a more direct examination of him by the prosecutors, and did the cross-examination begins. you and i have discussed this is where michael cohen will get truly attacked. her member, he is a convicted felon. he has -- remember, he is a convi
william: cohen says right after the meeting with weisselberg that he and weisselberg went into trump'sffice with that document, and cohen said it seemed to him like the two had already discussed the plan because trump seemed familiar with the details. but they went over all the details again, how cohen would get repaid in monthly payments plus a bonus, plus some money he owed to a technical services firm, and that in that process, cohen says trump clearly knew what was going on here at approved...
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jessica: yes, because the prosecution's theory is that michael cohen and allen weisselberg went in top of the plan to get his sign off on the plan to conceal the payment to michael cohen through the disguise that they were for legal fees as opposed to reimbursement for the payment to stormy daniels and because donald trump signed off on the creation of these records to hide the payment, he caused the records, the false records, to be created and maintained in the files of the trump organization. that is the prosecution's theory of the case. william: the defense washed -- the defense theory of the case is that these were legal fees, and that they were plain and simple, nothing to justify here. they also argue you can't believe anything michael cohen says because he is a liar. that is separate. if they were to address this particular issue of trump's complicity or not in the falsification, what is their best line of attack? jessica: the best line of attack is to say that there is not sufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that trump was in fact involved in the scheme to
jessica: yes, because the prosecution's theory is that michael cohen and allen weisselberg went in top of the plan to get his sign off on the plan to conceal the payment to michael cohen through the disguise that they were for legal fees as opposed to reimbursement for the payment to stormy daniels and because donald trump signed off on the creation of these records to hide the payment, he caused the records, the false records, to be created and maintained in the files of the trump...
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why was allen weisselberg not been a witness in this case to date?g-time accountant, ran the trump organization for more than 40 years. >> well, i think if you listen to andy mccarthy, who you just had on. he gave a very good analysis. and that is we are presuming that allen weisselberg does not have any information that would be helpful to the district attorney. if they thought he had helpful information they would bring him from ryker's island to the courthouse and have him testify. the fact they haven't done that leads one to reasonably conclude that maybe weisselberg doesn't have information that helps him, rather it helps donald trump. i think andy mccarthy is 100% correct on that. >> dana: a couple of questions if you don't mind. here is one. if cohen did all of this on his own but the jury sees that donald trump signed the checks, does that kind of evidence go to the prosecution's point? >> i don't think so. listen, this is a prosecution for a false statement in a business record. frankly, none of this tawdry stuff should have been allowed in.
why was allen weisselberg not been a witness in this case to date?g-time accountant, ran the trump organization for more than 40 years. >> well, i think if you listen to andy mccarthy, who you just had on. he gave a very good analysis. and that is we are presuming that allen weisselberg does not have any information that would be helpful to the district attorney. if they thought he had helpful information they would bring him from ryker's island to the courthouse and have him testify. the...
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the bank statement from cohen that he brought into allen weisselberg, right on the bank statement, weisselbergnd cohen calculated all the money that was owed to cohen. >> steinglass said i hate using powerpoint on closing. i always get in fights with co-counsel because i refused to use it the best defense is a simple one you maintain your credibility by conceding the points that don't matter and that way you can focus the jury on the points that do and if todd blanche had simply shortened it significantly and said, hey, this all this stuff doesn't matter. catch and kill doesn't matter. all that matters is the annotations on the checks, the drop-down menu of legal fees and by the way, mr. steinglass is probably going to bore you to tears for hours trying to prove things that were not really contesting and he's doing that to distract you from the main point, which is this legal fee drop-down menu that's the way that you win these cases. you tried to simplify it as much as possible and concede the points that don't matter. so the law firm of parlatore agnifilo, rozzi, dupre and hard you're hired
the bank statement from cohen that he brought into allen weisselberg, right on the bank statement, weisselbergnd cohen calculated all the money that was owed to cohen. >> steinglass said i hate using powerpoint on closing. i always get in fights with co-counsel because i refused to use it the best defense is a simple one you maintain your credibility by conceding the points that don't matter and that way you can focus the jury on the points that do and if todd blanche had simply shortened...
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allen weisselberg, maybe keith schiller. what is the judge going to tell the jury about the missing witness? sometimes judges tell juries, you can hold this against either side if you want. sometimes judges will tell juries you're going held that against neither side. so they're going to it's going to be very legalistic, but very, very important because what they're doing now is working out, arguing and hopefully to an extent, agreeing on how the judge will send the jury into the box. i just have to say i breathe a sigh of relief. now that is official. donald trump will not testify because i did say to dan bash on air under duress that if he testified, i would shave my head so what the papers what the clippers away. it wasn't coming out, it wasn't really other guess if ron said he was well, we are expecting mr. trump to come out and address the cameras momentarily, but bill brennan is a moment in history. >> this is a rather stark moment we have at present an end of the united states, a former president on criminal trial. th
allen weisselberg, maybe keith schiller. what is the judge going to tell the jury about the missing witness? sometimes judges tell juries, you can hold this against either side if you want. sometimes judges will tell juries you're going held that against neither side. so they're going to it's going to be very legalistic, but very, very important because what they're doing now is working out, arguing and hopefully to an extent, agreeing on how the judge will send the jury into the box. i just...
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. >> reporter: one of the witnesses we will not be hearing from is allen weisselberg. he is doing time it rikers for 4 perjury for the second time. an issue that was resented today outside of court was whether or not his severance agreement was going to be admissible. the severance agreement said that he gets paid out three different payments, but he is not allowed to disparage the trump organization, its directors, et cetera. more importantly, he cannot disparage donald trump here there was a back-and-forth with the prosecution about whether or not it would even make sense to subpoena him from rikers to have them come over and testify considering the agreement. the fact that weisselberg, who seems, not seems, excuse me. he is a critical part of the case. the fact that he is not testifying, do you think the introduction of this severance agreement would help close that loop for the prosecution? >> i think so. what they are intending to show is that the reason he cannot be here is because we cannot really trust what he has to say. and the idea that he is, i believe the
. >> reporter: one of the witnesses we will not be hearing from is allen weisselberg. he is doing time it rikers for 4 perjury for the second time. an issue that was resented today outside of court was whether or not his severance agreement was going to be admissible. the severance agreement said that he gets paid out three different payments, but he is not allowed to disparage the trump organization, its directors, et cetera. more importantly, he cannot disparage donald trump here there...
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they want to use that to basically explain to the jurors why allen weisselberg is not here. judge merchan telling them today, before you suggest to the jury that he's unavailable, you need to subpoena him first and bring him in to see if he'll take the fifth amendment. that's not something the prosecutors are likely to doment i don't think we'll ever hear from allen weisselberg, nor do i think we'll end up seeing the severance agreement play in this trial. >> lisa, i have been thinking a lot about the fact and i'm probably correct in saying that you have been -- you have spent more time in that courthouse than you have at home or anywhere else until the last couple of weeks. i mean, literally, i know, you are there all the time, so we that are outside, you know, have been going through what the testimony is from the distance of, you know, google docs and everything else. take us in today to what you saw, felt or heard that maybe we that are outside and are just reading what was going on in there didn't know. >> one thing i would want folks to know is that donald trump seemed
they want to use that to basically explain to the jurors why allen weisselberg is not here. judge merchan telling them today, before you suggest to the jury that he's unavailable, you need to subpoena him first and bring him in to see if he'll take the fifth amendment. that's not something the prosecutors are likely to doment i don't think we'll ever hear from allen weisselberg, nor do i think we'll end up seeing the severance agreement play in this trial. >> lisa, i have been thinking a...
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>> he tried to get weisselberg to pay for it.e said you make a lot more than i do, why can't you pay for this? everybody's trying to get somebody else to do it. >> that's not going to win or lose the case, but that's why -- did you ever catch -- when i was in court the other week i was watching for the jurors. some of them are mellow, stoic, some of them are like, not melodramatic, but they would react. >> i'm in the overflow room, so i don't get to see the jurors. i get to see everything else, but i don't get to see the jurors. >> well, in the room room, right, you see the jurors. and it's kind of like supreme court, i don't want to overreport it, but you do see a lean in. >> harry litman said during stormy daniels' testimony he saw zoors look like they were really struck by it. >> yeah. now, if molly's saying what harry said in our coverage, is that hearsay? >> sorry. >> i'll accept it for the truth of the matter. >> molly, that's just a really bad legal joke. >> it's really bad. >> but i'm not sorry. if there was a day to tell
>> he tried to get weisselberg to pay for it.e said you make a lot more than i do, why can't you pay for this? everybody's trying to get somebody else to do it. >> that's not going to win or lose the case, but that's why -- did you ever catch -- when i was in court the other week i was watching for the jurors. some of them are mellow, stoic, some of them are like, not melodramatic, but they would react. >> i'm in the overflow room, so i don't get to see the jurors. i get to...
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the person they are probably thinking about is allen weisselberg for one of the reasons sue said. there's a key meeting in january of 2017 that's memorialized on a paper that features allen weisselberg's handwriting on one side, and donald trump on the other side. the meeting they take to trump, the only person who testified about that is michael cohen. >> they only have heard from one person in the meeting. a lightning round here, ladies, what you're watching for in closing arguments, i'm watching for how much does the prosecution and defense call each other out on opening statements. the jury has been paying closely attention since day one. fiercely taking nets. the defense put themselves in a serious corner by saying there was nothing illegal that went on here. it wasn't like there was a mistake made on the general ledger, it was just an accident. they have committed themselves to one particular position and they made really bad promises to the jury about what the evidence was going to show and to all of our collective point, that was never done. and so i want to hear in closin
the person they are probably thinking about is allen weisselberg for one of the reasons sue said. there's a key meeting in january of 2017 that's memorialized on a paper that features allen weisselberg's handwriting on one side, and donald trump on the other side. the meeting they take to trump, the only person who testified about that is michael cohen. >> they only have heard from one person in the meeting. a lightning round here, ladies, what you're watching for in closing arguments,...
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it's allen weisselberg.sselberg. >> let's move on away from that. >> you called it. it's been a long day. >> the moment you saw the document. >> absolutely. but also to sue's point, that it's on the $130,000 wire payment. >> it's written on the sheet. >> and that is exactly what michael cohen had said, which was that he was asked to bring with him proof that the wire had been made. so to believe the defense argument it's like scratch paper he just happened to have. it's ludicrous. >> he was doodling on. >> the nicest thing anyone said about allen weisselberg was to mistake him for andrew weissman. you're the only a.w. in my brain. jim heaphy, claire mccaskill, tim o'brien, andrew weissmann, susan craig, thank you all so much. for going through the last hour and 40 minutes with us. we're so grateful. it's ongoing. don't go anywhere. we're going to continue to follow the developments inside the courtroom. but when we come back a stunning warning from one of america's preeminent historians. why ken burns broke
it's allen weisselberg.sselberg. >> let's move on away from that. >> you called it. it's been a long day. >> the moment you saw the document. >> absolutely. but also to sue's point, that it's on the $130,000 wire payment. >> it's written on the sheet. >> and that is exactly what michael cohen had said, which was that he was asked to bring with him proof that the wire had been made. so to believe the defense argument it's like scratch paper he just happened to...
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by weisselberg one of them is written by my weisselberg's right-hand man. both of them are pretty much in agreement as to the alleged scheme that the prosecution and michael cohen are saying happened, that the trump team is denying happened. >> that's important because again, before michael cohen got on the stand the jurors would have been privy already to the evidence and documents humans to support corroboration for the reasons we've all been articulating because of what's called baggage and michael cohen brings in terms of his credibility and his lies, they had to pre corroborate a lot of things that the jury would have. the rep repetition of. i've seen these documents. here's the amount of money, but now they're here repetition about the fact that he's a liar. >> all right, let's go back to the trial. all right. now, because inside court, todd blanche is trying to get at the point that michael cohen has tried to be a cooperating witness, but it has never happened. blanche asks cohen if he wanted to be released early from prison because of his cooperatio
by weisselberg one of them is written by my weisselberg's right-hand man. both of them are pretty much in agreement as to the alleged scheme that the prosecution and michael cohen are saying happened, that the trump team is denying happened. >> that's important because again, before michael cohen got on the stand the jurors would have been privy already to the evidence and documents humans to support corroboration for the reasons we've all been articulating because of what's called...
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it was donald, allen weisselberg and myself, three convicts, could you imagine? what do you think it was about your strategy, and you were on with us last night with your lawyer -- what was the strategy of telling the whole story? you didn't just come in there and start whacking at donald trump. you told a story that i don't know if everyone in the american media was heard, about really when you were offered the job, you told the story you didn't go back to your old office. you just started right away. you didn't offer the sort of -- the political hits that sometimes people get on shows like this. you told a fuller story. and i wonder what you think is value was of that in terms of the jury. >> so i think alvin bragg, susan hoffinger and josh steinglass, i think they laid out the strategy for a conviction brilliantly. absolutely brilliant. do you know how many pundits even on your show came back, michael cohen is going to go in the middle. there's 20 witnesses, he'll be right the eighth, ninth. >> we didn't say that. >> other nbc shows and other channels as well.
it was donald, allen weisselberg and myself, three convicts, could you imagine? what do you think it was about your strategy, and you were on with us last night with your lawyer -- what was the strategy of telling the whole story? you didn't just come in there and start whacking at donald trump. you told a story that i don't know if everyone in the american media was heard, about really when you were offered the job, you told the story you didn't go back to your old office. you just started...
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yes. >> and what and substance did you discuss with weisselberg and the different options well that i the opening of the company all set up. >> now it just needed to be funded to which weisselberg turned and said, can we get ami to pay it? i said no they've already expressed to me they're not paying it. they said we need to come up with a way of how to fund it. i said, we need to do it immediately at some point. >> did you have a conversation with mr. trump about the fact that you are willing to pay for it, at least initially yes. allen and i spoke to mr. trump. >> we expressed to him that i was going to front the money for it to which he was appreciative and good good. >> did you have a sense from mr. trump that you would end up being out the money or you would get actually paid back he stated about it. don't worry about it. you will get the money back. >> would you have ever paid for the nda for stormy daniel's on your own without an understanding that you would get paid back? >> no why not it's $130,000. i was doing everything that i could end more in order to to protect my boss, w
yes. >> and what and substance did you discuss with weisselberg and the different options well that i the opening of the company all set up. >> now it just needed to be funded to which weisselberg turned and said, can we get ami to pay it? i said no they've already expressed to me they're not paying it. they said we need to come up with a way of how to fund it. i said, we need to do it immediately at some point. >> did you have a conversation with mr. trump about the fact that...
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of course, they weren't legal expenses, but don't forget weisselberg's handwritten notes that proved they were not legal expenses. they were trued up and divided by 12, had nothing to do with legal expenses. >> you having about last seconds, lanny, that might that allen weisselberg's handwriting alone is enough to convict a witness to convict the defendant. pardon me? and i just think the notion that your points while your points are well taken, but the notion that documents are sufficient is simply not, not, not something i can agree with. i thank the documents are incredibly they'd only lie is my again, you can't cross-examine documents and the dog is incredible. we persuades me, particularly that allen weisselberg one, but the person who was in the room is probably the most compelling piece of evidence you can have. and how much the jury trust that person will determine whether it rises or flight. i gotta say this. i have convicted people would just documents by the way, i'm sure tax cases but what's a unique about this case is, you have documents common sense, you have documents
of course, they weren't legal expenses, but don't forget weisselberg's handwritten notes that proved they were not legal expenses. they were trued up and divided by 12, had nothing to do with legal expenses. >> you having about last seconds, lanny, that might that allen weisselberg's handwriting alone is enough to convict a witness to convict the defendant. pardon me? and i just think the notion that your points while your points are well taken, but the notion that documents are...
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, who's a conspirator and that document has weisselberg signature that to me is the whole case because that's the foundation of the false invoices and the intent. and you connect it to keep any elections that event secret. >> yeah, that's the whole case. >> everyone stick around former trump white house communications director anthony scared mode. she is going to join us next. his take on michael cohen is expected testimony will ask him about the rule willing the could put steve bannon closer to serving time behind bars plus the shady money behind some of the most powerful parts of politics. there's a lot of that these days. i'm going to talk to the authors of a new tell all book about shading money next how we'd really having with jesse you, martin. >> sunday's at night on cnn. with armor all a little bit of this protects you from a lot of that armor, all west work more clean by $20, get five back through may 31st looking the hotels.com asked to find your perfect somewhere. if advanced lung cancer has you searching for possibilities, discover a different first treatment. immunotherapi
, who's a conspirator and that document has weisselberg signature that to me is the whole case because that's the foundation of the false invoices and the intent. and you connect it to keep any elections that event secret. >> yeah, that's the whole case. >> everyone stick around former trump white house communications director anthony scared mode. she is going to join us next. his take on michael cohen is expected testimony will ask him about the rule willing the could put steve...
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weisselberg were available and truthful and cooperative. apparently none of those things are true. the government would have to be very careful about immunizing someone like him and probably thinks that they have other ways to prove the documents at issue in this case, the assistant bookkeeper, rebecca manochio is one such way. this is what they need to prove. stormy daniels was important for some context and little else, and again, i agree completely with renato. i thought the cross examination of stormy daniels was a long walk through dry sand, if anything it only enabled her to tell her story over and over and over and may have made her more sympathetic to the jury. >> but, chuck, i know it's hard to imagine how these jurors are responding. we're not seeing them, and those of us not in the courtroom are not seeing the reactions, but how attentive to bookkeeping and these kinds of very dry, you know, this dry testimony from a witness who was a junior bookkeeper sending checks through fedex to the white house, how hard is it to establish the importance of that to the jurors who ha
weisselberg were available and truthful and cooperative. apparently none of those things are true. the government would have to be very careful about immunizing someone like him and probably thinks that they have other ways to prove the documents at issue in this case, the assistant bookkeeper, rebecca manochio is one such way. this is what they need to prove. stormy daniels was important for some context and little else, and again, i agree completely with renato. i thought the cross...
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how would that work yeah. >> look, allen weisselberg's name has come up a bunch in this trial from other witnesses. prosecutors allege she's a part of this conspiracy, right. so they need it's a close the loop on why jurors are not hearing test him, testify, and they essentially want to bring forward an argument and this is something that they made without the jurors in the room to the judge basically, a severance agreement that weisselberg has with the trump organization. now, the defendant said what that is highly prejudicial should not be allowed, but before the just said, he'll make because decision, he says, listen to the prosecution even asked about one weisselberg wants to. that's to buy. and the prosecution said no. so essentially, the judge said, well, let's bring them in without the jurors here. let's see if he wants to testify or withheld bleed. the fifth. and based on that, then i'll make a decision on whether or not that agreement can be put forth. two jurors. so we'll see where that lands. but that was certainly asked again, quick note, jake, we are expecting according the
how would that work yeah. >> look, allen weisselberg's name has come up a bunch in this trial from other witnesses. prosecutors allege she's a part of this conspiracy, right. so they need it's a close the loop on why jurors are not hearing test him, testify, and they essentially want to bring forward an argument and this is something that they made without the jurors in the room to the judge basically, a severance agreement that weisselberg has with the trump organization. now, the...
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i expect michael cohen will say, well, actually, allen weisselberg also was there. then we've got that elephant in the room about what the judge is going to instruct the jury is to hit absent from this procedure, what happens then? >> i think. >> they'll get what's called an unavailable witness charged. the judge will say allen weisselberg is unavailable. he can't be called by either side. you are not to speculate why that is, and you're not to hold it against either side that he's not here. >> is there a risk or how would you ask the question to michael cohen about a couple of the meetings that he has testified to war. he says donald trump new and ordered him to pay stormy daniel's new and ordered him or was knowledgeable of the falsified documents scheme. i mean, how do you ask those questions? >> well, very skeptically, of course, first, you say that you were there, you say this, but you've said a lot of things that aren't true and right. who else backs up that you were there talking? think about that. who else, what else is there that basically corroborates you
i expect michael cohen will say, well, actually, allen weisselberg also was there. then we've got that elephant in the room about what the judge is going to instruct the jury is to hit absent from this procedure, what happens then? >> i think. >> they'll get what's called an unavailable witness charged. the judge will say allen weisselberg is unavailable. he can't be called by either side. you are not to speculate why that is, and you're not to hold it against either side that he's...
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you're allen weisselberg, your michael cohen. the theme always had to be that michael cohen was operating rogue. and if donald trump had some knowledge on some level, it's not enough to hold him criminally responsible. that's a major theme of the defense's, and i think arguably i think anyone would admit in an area -- in a prosecution case that has a lot of good things going for it, this is the area that they really need to shore up. and part of that is attributable to donald trump's business policy of not creating a paper trail anywhere he goes. of not sending emails, which by the way he's right, a lot of people get convicted by saying dumb things on emails, text messages, social media is a huge one. donald trump realized that decades before other people did, and now because of that it's created some insulation for him, and something the prosecution in this case has to overcome. >> i wanted to ask a question a moment ago, and we have a little bit of color from inside the overflow room that gets the answer which is, it sounds lik
you're allen weisselberg, your michael cohen. the theme always had to be that michael cohen was operating rogue. and if donald trump had some knowledge on some level, it's not enough to hold him criminally responsible. that's a major theme of the defense's, and i think arguably i think anyone would admit in an area -- in a prosecution case that has a lot of good things going for it, this is the area that they really need to shore up. and part of that is attributable to donald trump's business...
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coming to testify. >> all right, because weisselberg was sort of the middleman as far as we've been told based on witness testimony so far. cohen's going to be taking the stand after we've heard over and over again prosecution talking to witnesses and already kind of getting out in front on credibility issues. then we've also heard the defense attorneys in their cross examination attacking cohen through, you know, the current testimony we've already had. how does that impact his own testimony? >> so michael cohen's not going to know what happened in the courtroom, so his testimony is sort of independent from these witnesses, in his head, right? but the prosecution has done here is sort of laid this foundation brick by brick of corroborating michael cohen's testimony even before he takes the stand. he has a lot of baggage. there's no question about that. the defense team is going to have fun with this. there is a lot to do there on cross examination, and so the prosecution just really wants to buttress him as much as possible before he testifies. >> you said he wouldn't know what's a
coming to testify. >> all right, because weisselberg was sort of the middleman as far as we've been told based on witness testimony so far. cohen's going to be taking the stand after we've heard over and over again prosecution talking to witnesses and already kind of getting out in front on credibility issues. then we've also heard the defense attorneys in their cross examination attacking cohen through, you know, the current testimony we've already had. how does that impact his own...