with lester holt.
>> good evening and
welcome.
the gloves came off
today in the criminal
trial of donald trump
as the defense got its
chance to question
former trump lawyer
and fixer michael
cohen.
trump attorney todd
blanche confronting
cohen with his history
of lies, peppering him
with questions
designed to expose
potential holes in his
credibility, painting
him as a disgruntled
former employee bent
on revenge.
cohen is a key witness
against the former
president, who has
testified that mr.
trump directed him to
buy the silence of
adult film actress
stormy daniels about
an alleged affair and
was in on a scheme to
disguise the payments
as legal expenses.
mr. trump has denied
an affair and pleaded
not guilty to charges
of falsifying business
records.
under
cross-examination,
cohen pressed about
his relationship with
mr. trump.
asked if he was
obsessed with donald
trump, cohen
responding "i admired
him."
laura jarrett on one
of the most dramatic
days in the trial so
far.
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