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very different right now with bob costello. i just wonder your thoughts on that. >> you can imagine, though, neil, this is a jury that's been sitting there for hours. i've had jurors who say, i noticed your suit. i love your suit. it's amazing what they notice. and to your point, they're noticing everything. this is a very smart jury panel. you have a lot of professionals on that panel. they're very observant. you have two lawyers on that panel. so you know those two lawyers are looking at how every witness is being treated in that courtroom. whether it will have some effect, it might because a jury can sit there and say why is there so much objection. i can tell you as a defense attorney and a trial lawyer, i am very careful about my objections. when i object and object and object, the signal to the jury is what is that lawyer afraid of to come out of that witness. why are you constantly objecting. so there are some really smart jurors there. they may think along those lines. or the opposite could be that costello is not testi
very different right now with bob costello. i just wonder your thoughts on that. >> you can imagine, though, neil, this is a jury that's been sitting there for hours. i've had jurors who say, i noticed your suit. i love your suit. it's amazing what they notice. and to your point, they're noticing everything. this is a very smart jury panel. you have a lot of professionals on that panel. they're very observant. you have two lawyers on that panel. so you know those two lawyers are looking...
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and bob costello bob costello testimony, we need him. they're not weedy, but the defense needs him to be credible. >> yeah to undermined michael cohen, right? >> otherwise, it becomes a credibility contests like which one you going to believe and they've heard a lot more for michael cohen. this is just a rebuttal witness. >> let me let me just interrupt because we are really close to the end of this because hoffman's your says she has half an hour, maybe 45 minutes left this will be tomorrow. beauvais says they'll have redirect, but doesn't expect it to be long. it's probably ten, 15 minutes, i would guess. >> and beauvais says he doesn't expect they're going to be calling any witnesses after kala after costello, the judge says that, of course can change, but it based on the information that was just delivered in the courtroom it sounds as though there's a ban an hour left in in this witness, who will be the last witness, at which point what at which point? >> closing arguments because they said the closing arguments would be a week from
and bob costello bob costello testimony, we need him. they're not weedy, but the defense needs him to be credible. >> yeah to undermined michael cohen, right? >> otherwise, it becomes a credibility contests like which one you going to believe and they've heard a lot more for michael cohen. this is just a rebuttal witness. >> let me let me just interrupt because we are really close to the end of this because hoffman's your says she has half an hour, maybe 45 minutes left this...
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bob costello testified in front of our committee last week. you could tell he was telling the facts and the truth. he was michael cohen's lawyer. bob costello felt obligated to tell the truth because he saw what was happening in new york. bob costello took all these facts, all this information to the southern district of new york, and they said, there is no way we can -- there is no case, we can't prosecute. we can't call michael cohen as a witness. but brag decided to do just that. again, after president trump announced he was running for president. >> sean: you know, amazing because even cohen corroborated something that bob costello said to the committee and that was, he was telling everyone that, in fact, he did the whole stormi daniels deal himself. that would be called reasonable doubt, wouldn't that be reasonable doubt, if he told all these people exactly what they won't let bob costello testify to in the courtroom in new york? >> exactly right. plus bob costello when he was talking with his then client, he said, michael, if you have so
bob costello testified in front of our committee last week. you could tell he was telling the facts and the truth. he was michael cohen's lawyer. bob costello felt obligated to tell the truth because he saw what was happening in new york. bob costello took all these facts, all this information to the southern district of new york, and they said, there is no way we can -- there is no case, we can't prosecute. we can't call michael cohen as a witness. but brag decided to do just that. again,...
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and so what bob costello knows is that i mean, that's what bob costello was told and so what he's saying is basically what was meant for trump's ears. and if you really kinda break down what these so-called lies are that were brought out during the cross-examination a lot of them really have to do with just toeing the line for donald trump and lying for trump. >> that's a quick question about bob costello because i've heard him be described as michael cohen's lawyer. i think michael cohen said during testimony he was a legal adviser, never had a retainer, was never actually paid for. >> it is not as what isn't that a very dangerous line for a lawyer to walk because he's disclosing attorney. he's not attorney-client he's not because what happened is michael cohen went to hire him. >> yeah, he was not operon. i'm by rudy giuliani. that's been a false rumor. he actually, michael cohen has a long time really with jeff said tron, who is bob's partner. he went to citron who said, well, i'm not really a criminal lawyer may bring him bob they had several meetings. they were going through the bea
and so what bob costello knows is that i mean, that's what bob costello was told and so what he's saying is basically what was meant for trump's ears. and if you really kinda break down what these so-called lies are that were brought out during the cross-examination a lot of them really have to do with just toeing the line for donald trump and lying for trump. >> that's a quick question about bob costello because i've heard him be described as michael cohen's lawyer. i think michael cohen...
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i would even be voting against calling bob costello to the stand. it is tempting but risky. >> harris: we got a note from john roberts inside the court and want to playing a potential discrepancy with costello's testimony to congress and the timeline, mercedes is bob costello's testimony contains a surprising discrepancy. john roberts reporting from the courthouse. when trump's inner circle went to washington after the inauguration, michael cohen was left behind in new york. cohen stated he thought trump became president and he, michael cohen, could become attorney general of the united states. one of the many reasons why he was so angry with trump. but what do you make of this possible discrepancy. >> it goes back to what jonna said. when you are the defense you don't necessarily want to put too many people on that stand. if there is a discrepancy regarding bob costello we have to be very careful. fodder can be used against him especially if you are calling him to the stand. it has to be a careful decision. jonna, if i were defense i wouldn't put t
i would even be voting against calling bob costello to the stand. it is tempting but risky. >> harris: we got a note from john roberts inside the court and want to playing a potential discrepancy with costello's testimony to congress and the timeline, mercedes is bob costello's testimony contains a surprising discrepancy. john roberts reporting from the courthouse. when trump's inner circle went to washington after the inauguration, michael cohen was left behind in new york. cohen stated...
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the judge's treatment of bob costello was disgraceful. he was not allowed to tell his story, because it would be devastating and end this sham trial. this is not justice. he is correct. he let stormi daniel talk about ghosts and x mated stories, irrelevant to the case but the moment that rob costello talks about his interactions with michael cohen, their star witness and impeach his testimony, in regards to the nda and him saying over and over again that he did it on his own, well, the judge sought to limit costello's testimony, and threaten to kick him out of court. the judge also put strict limitations on another witness that is going to be used by the defence, bradley smith, the former fec commissioner and an expert on federal election crimes. now keep in mind, a critical part of the prosecution's case, against trump it is nebulous. this is a crime theory. he was never charged in any way shape, matter or form. neither identified, but he is prohibited bradley smith in testifying about the law, in a court of law, based on the legal statu
the judge's treatment of bob costello was disgraceful. he was not allowed to tell his story, because it would be devastating and end this sham trial. this is not justice. he is correct. he let stormi daniel talk about ghosts and x mated stories, irrelevant to the case but the moment that rob costello talks about his interactions with michael cohen, their star witness and impeach his testimony, in regards to the nda and him saying over and over again that he did it on his own, well, the judge...
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first of all, bob costello knows better than that. not only is he a lawyer, i'm proud are not prep, but he was at the southern district of new york many years, but kind of the criminal division, right? yeah. he knows what he's doing. i mean, you live in court, you know how outrageous that is? i think paula hit it on the head when she said this is a b level witness. i don't think he's scoring any substantial points that weren't already there. if you wanted to show michael cohen has contradicted himself. that was already in the record. and really to crystallize it, the choice that prosecutors had as we head into what's going to be a one-week off for the jury is do you send them into that week? last having heard michael cohen say, oh yeah, i stole $60,000 from the trump org or do you send them into the week off? having here her this chaotic mess from costello now important to note, the jury was not in the room for the worst of what happened yesterday, but they could they were definitely when the judge started shutting him down, i think i
first of all, bob costello knows better than that. not only is he a lawyer, i'm proud are not prep, but he was at the southern district of new york many years, but kind of the criminal division, right? yeah. he knows what he's doing. i mean, you live in court, you know how outrageous that is? i think paula hit it on the head when she said this is a b level witness. i don't think he's scoring any substantial points that weren't already there. if you wanted to show michael cohen has contradicted...
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it was bring up this issue of bob. >> bob costello, who was sort of kind of not really and actually donald trump is walking back into court right now just to note, he did not stop to say anything or addressed the cameras. >> he's going straight into the court, were expecting court to read zoom in just a couple of minutes and obviously, we will be getting those alerts on the left of your screen there prosecutors are also back in the courtroom, but bob costello, paula, is a figure who is looming a little bit over this. they got some questions in about him too. day about the relationship between him and michael cohen. i have to admit it's a little bit complicated and the big question for the defense is going to be do they open that can of worms when they have the opportunity to or did they do enough today to seen some doubts about michael cohen's account. >> so we've been following this for about a week now, midway through last week, vodka cell is absolutely not going to be called. i was told on multiple sources. then he testified before congress and kristen and i learned that the former pres
it was bring up this issue of bob. >> bob costello, who was sort of kind of not really and actually donald trump is walking back into court right now just to note, he did not stop to say anything or addressed the cameras. >> he's going straight into the court, were expecting court to read zoom in just a couple of minutes and obviously, we will be getting those alerts on the left of your screen there prosecutors are also back in the courtroom, but bob costello, paula, is a figure who...
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bob costello joins me now. welcome back to the program. good to see you. that's your word against his on the stand the other day. what do you say to the fact that he says that he was not being truthful with you in that conversation? >> first of all it's not my word against his. i was there with my law partner. second of all virtually everything michael cohen has said and i read his testimony least the part that relates to me, is a lie and i have documents to prove it. he claims that right there in the clip that you just put on the screen that we bought a retainer agreement. totally untrue. he didn't see retainer agreement for at least 6 or 7 days after that. and we have e-mails that corroborate that. michael cohen lies from the beginning to the end. now the important part was he asked to meet with us right after his home and his law office researched pursuant to a search warrant. >> to be clear he reached out to you. >> initially my law partner who knew him for 10 years were you heard about the search warrant sent him a note saying i'm sorry to hear you're
bob costello joins me now. welcome back to the program. good to see you. that's your word against his on the stand the other day. what do you say to the fact that he says that he was not being truthful with you in that conversation? >> first of all it's not my word against his. i was there with my law partner. second of all virtually everything michael cohen has said and i read his testimony least the part that relates to me, is a lie and i have documents to prove it. he claims that right...
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bob costello, a former michael cohen legal advisor about to resume testimony. at the end of court yesterday he and the judge did not see eye-to-eye. what will happen on day 20? i'm bill hemmer live in new york city. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." yeah, to say the judge was irritated. trey gowdy had thoughts about that which we'll share. let's get you this. the prosecution is about to resume its cross examination of robert costello. a lawyer who advised michael cohen back in 2018 when he was under federal investigation. the two had a falling out allegedly over outstanding legal bills. >> bill: those bills were high, too. costello is a former prosecutor turned defense lawyer. cohen told him he acted alone paying off stormy daniels. this is what costello said publicly. first in congress, then on our program last thursday. >> 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
bob costello, a former michael cohen legal advisor about to resume testimony. at the end of court yesterday he and the judge did not see eye-to-eye. what will happen on day 20? i'm bill hemmer live in new york city. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." yeah, to say the judge was irritated. trey gowdy had thoughts about that which we'll share. let's get you this. the prosecution is about to resume its cross examination of robert costello. a lawyer who...
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michael cohen didn't trust bob costello, so they gave them a version of events that he felt was safe, and even though it was not true, but he knew at the time, and that continued once michael cohen decided to cooperate. i think the defense had a rough morning. the true measure -- i apologize we are seeing trump surrogates move in all around us going back to the courthouse and also moving back to the protests park right behind us as we speak. the truth test of the defense will be today when we have our charging conference on the jury instructions. in large part, part of what we determine whether this case succeeds from the prosecution standpoint is whether they obtain jury instructions that allow the jury to understand what happened here in terms that are beneficial to the prosecution. i will give you one example. the statute that deals with the falsification of the business records will hold trump liable even he caused somebody to falsify them, and the definition of the word cause is an issue, and the jury has to have instructions on cause, and does that mean you told somebody or was
michael cohen didn't trust bob costello, so they gave them a version of events that he felt was safe, and even though it was not true, but he knew at the time, and that continued once michael cohen decided to cooperate. i think the defense had a rough morning. the true measure -- i apologize we are seeing trump surrogates move in all around us going back to the courthouse and also moving back to the protests park right behind us as we speak. the truth test of the defense will be today when we...
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the jury needs to hear from bob costello. they need to watch your interview, to be very frank with you. they need to watch his congressional testimony and hear his opening statement which was equally devastating to me. when you put together all of this and you look at stormy daniels, for example. there was a lot of salacious innuendo in her joking and demeanor and so on and so forth. here is the problem. the biden donor judge allowed this to come up in this case. all of it is irrelevant. all of it is im material. none of it has anything to do with the rule of law or the charges at hand. all of this is based on quote a bookkeeping error that was a misdemeanor whose statute of limitations had passed and they try to upgrade this into a felony using this obscene and frankly unprecedented legal theory of theirs. none of the law has been explained to the jury in all of this. and i think professor dershowitz made a great case about this. the idea that michael cohen, for example, taped his client. okay, in the case of bob costello. h
the jury needs to hear from bob costello. they need to watch your interview, to be very frank with you. they need to watch his congressional testimony and hear his opening statement which was equally devastating to me. when you put together all of this and you look at stormy daniels, for example. there was a lot of salacious innuendo in her joking and demeanor and so on and so forth. here is the problem. the biden donor judge allowed this to come up in this case. all of it is irrelevant. all of...
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what he did with bob costello. bob costello is muttering, wasn't appropriate either. >> but as far as whether costello was a mistake or not, because dello should have been and in some sense, and wall street journal reports, he scored some points. >> he should have been a dynamite witness, is a bright guy, former chief deputy chief criminal division, southern district, new york prosecutor. and the question of whether he represented michael cohen are not, i think is answered not just by the email exchange between them, but the fed's had michael cohen sign a privilege waiver with bob costello before it got bob costello met with the feds and so on. and what he said is i think a key for michael about michael cohen up, wrap it up without talking too much more. that is is that he told michael cohen at the time his motivation was the greatest at that point to turn over donald trump. if donald trump did anything wrong with respect to the stormy daniels thing. and he said over and over again, michael cohen said to him, bob,
what he did with bob costello. bob costello is muttering, wasn't appropriate either. >> but as far as whether costello was a mistake or not, because dello should have been and in some sense, and wall street journal reports, he scored some points. >> he should have been a dynamite witness, is a bright guy, former chief deputy chief criminal division, southern district, new york prosecutor. and the question of whether he represented michael cohen are not, i think is answered not just...
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no n, you're exactly right. >> bob costello testified in front of our committee last week. you could tell testifiont thas telling the facts and the truth. he presented it in a compelling way. he was michael cohen's lawyer, michael cohen, waive attorney-client privilege. cbob costello just feltligated obligated to tell the truth because he sawtell t what wasoo happening here in new york. by the way, bob costello took yol these thie facts, all this information to the southern district of new york, and they said, there's no way we can there's no case here. we can't prosecute. we can't call michaewetel cohen as a witness. he has no credibility. but alvin bragg change ad and decided to go ahead and do just that again aftet r president trump announced that he was running for president. >> you know, amazing you kno, ba even cohen corroborated something that bob costellte owas, to your committee, and that was he was telling everybody was te, in fact, he did the whole stormy deal. stormy daniels deal himself. that would be called reasonable doubt. thuldn't reasonable be reasonaf he
no n, you're exactly right. >> bob costello testified in front of our committee last week. you could tell testifiont thas telling the facts and the truth. he presented it in a compelling way. he was michael cohen's lawyer, michael cohen, waive attorney-client privilege. cbob costello just feltligated obligated to tell the truth because he sawtell t what wasoo happening here in new york. by the way, bob costello took yol these thie facts, all this information to the southern district of...
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from the first time he met bob costello, he thought the guy was off. michael cohen hadn't decided to cooperate yet. he was several months away from that decision. so it doesn't surprise me that in their initial meetings in particular that michael cohen told bob costello a version of events that's not consistent with that which he ultimately pled to and that which he has testified to in this case. the other thing i want to point out to you and our viewers. i read bob costello's testimony, and there's a part of the time line belied by documents in the case. he says michael cohen was sour that donald trump didn't give a white house job fitting of his stature, and made the payment to stormy daniels good graces. he paid on october 28th specifically. he didn't find out he wasn't going to the white house in a role he thought proper until much later on, december and january. that time line just doesn't hold up for bob costello's version of events. >> which by the way, cohen says it's not that he necessarily wanted to go to washington, he wanted to be asked and
from the first time he met bob costello, he thought the guy was off. michael cohen hadn't decided to cooperate yet. he was several months away from that decision. so it doesn't surprise me that in their initial meetings in particular that michael cohen told bob costello a version of events that's not consistent with that which he ultimately pled to and that which he has testified to in this case. the other thing i want to point out to you and our viewers. i read bob costello's testimony, and...
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also i thought it was pretty significant they read today bob costello's statement. bob castella coming out saying this is about his family. michael cohen knew it was about his family unscented nothing on donald trump. so that was in. are you better off now still bringing in bob castella who is the former advisor and attorney although unpaid to michael cohen. i think he is more than willing to come in. that's what you have to do. this is the key witness and they are destroying his credibility even after he said he had his revelation. >> john: brian, it is a phone call. talking to keith schuller about stormy daniels or a about a 14-year-old who kept calling us with prank calls? it may seem like a trivial item, but it is important from the standpoint. if todd blanche can't establish in the jury's mind that michael cohen was not truthful when he talked about that phone call, the jury gets an instruction from the judge when it goes to deliberate that says if you believe that michael cohen lied about anything on the stand you can discount his entire testimony. blanche wou
also i thought it was pretty significant they read today bob costello's statement. bob castella coming out saying this is about his family. michael cohen knew it was about his family unscented nothing on donald trump. so that was in. are you better off now still bringing in bob castella who is the former advisor and attorney although unpaid to michael cohen. i think he is more than willing to come in. that's what you have to do. this is the key witness and they are destroying his credibility...
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gregg, with this bob costello revel labor relations we knew . would would you do it? >> i think, brian, it is very tempting for the defense to call bob costello because can look into the faces of the jury and say this guy, michael cohen, he has been lying to you. he swore to me he kept trump in the dark about this stormy daniels payment, it was all his idea. he acted on his own. his client had nothing to do with it. the opposite of what cohen told the jury. and he also confessed to his then attorney that trump's only concern was protecting his wife, not the campaign. again, the opposite of cohen's testimony. it means that cohen has essentially been lying about the two pivotal legal issues in the case and prosecutors, they know it. they wanted him to lie. that is subbourning perjury. he will do anything by hook or crook mostly by crook, brian. >> lawrence: real quickly though, is there any risk to bringing him on the stand? us watching it and we are not lawyers, think this would be slam dunk testimony. >> yeah. but you never know. look, i learned hard way the first cas
gregg, with this bob costello revel labor relations we knew . would would you do it? >> i think, brian, it is very tempting for the defense to call bob costello because can look into the faces of the jury and say this guy, michael cohen, he has been lying to you. he swore to me he kept trump in the dark about this stormy daniels payment, it was all his idea. he acted on his own. his client had nothing to do with it. the opposite of what cohen told the jury. and he also confessed to his...
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we're talking about his conversation with bob costello his former adviser with cohen responding, "no, sir." here to react katy ter does ski. great to see you did the defense do well over the last two days taking down the credibility of michael cohen? >> absolutely for being such a prolific liar is he not a good liar. we heard he had to concede because they have evidence of that certainly i think at this point the jury is probably discounting anything that he has to say and most critically he never tied donald trump to cheese offenses the whole point of calling him in the first place. >> the call to tie donald trump. i remember this text message to call keith shirley his body man to have the conversation about stormy daniels. it turns out the ah ha moment so far it was not a diversification about stormy daniels, it was a conversation about the harassment of a 14-year-old that was harassing him and keith shirley wanted to get the fbi on it and keith shirley said yeah, we are going to go do that so it had nothing to do with that and michael cohen basically said i talked about the 14-year
we're talking about his conversation with bob costello his former adviser with cohen responding, "no, sir." here to react katy ter does ski. great to see you did the defense do well over the last two days taking down the credibility of michael cohen? >> absolutely for being such a prolific liar is he not a good liar. we heard he had to concede because they have evidence of that certainly i think at this point the jury is probably discounting anything that he has to say and most...
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i know you're going to talk about bob costello in a minute, but who would have thought another lawyer witness would all of a sudden make michael cohen look like the model of thoughtfulness and circumspection and decorum. now the story has become, bob costello, who, let's face it is aligned with trump and to the jurors will associate with donald trump, he played the fool in a way i have never seen a player lawyer play. hissing defendants do that understand that i've ever seen a lawyer behave that way. >> this is an important point. michael cohen is not a wallflower. we have all met him and spent time. sacristy, you are in the ring for the exchange, i believe, between judge mershon and robert costello at the end of the day. it was dramatic to read, he cleared the courtroom, a lot of language that i use with my children, is this really worth it for the defense? they were trying to get him to discredit cohen. at the end of the day, was it worth it, in your view? >> no. it was incredibly stupid, because any concerns that these jurors may have had about michael cohen's credibility i think g
i know you're going to talk about bob costello in a minute, but who would have thought another lawyer witness would all of a sudden make michael cohen look like the model of thoughtfulness and circumspection and decorum. now the story has become, bob costello, who, let's face it is aligned with trump and to the jurors will associate with donald trump, he played the fool in a way i have never seen a player lawyer play. hissing defendants do that understand that i've ever seen a lawyer behave...
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there was an e-mail exchange between bob costello and michael cohen in which bob costello says i'm going to meet with my friend, rudy giuliani, kwhol -- who will then meet with his client, the president of the united states at the time. did you tell bob costello that donald trump had sex with stormy daniels. no, because i did not trust him. they're building this picture of michael cohen in 2018 who repeatedly did not share information about donald trump knowing anything about these payments. he's getting all of this money, and he's denying that donald trump knew anything about the payments, building the crescendo, the end of the cross-examination, they will move to redirect from the prosecution, guys. >> thank you so much, yasmin, as we approach coming up on four past the hour. zana, and ms. demeros, a defense attorney. let's talk about what has been going on in the last half hour with this kind of focus on michael cohen's sources of income before, during and after trump becomes president and what he did for that income. and how that's now throwing on what this 400,000 plus payment was a
there was an e-mail exchange between bob costello and michael cohen in which bob costello says i'm going to meet with my friend, rudy giuliani, kwhol -- who will then meet with his client, the president of the united states at the time. did you tell bob costello that donald trump had sex with stormy daniels. no, because i did not trust him. they're building this picture of michael cohen in 2018 who repeatedly did not share information about donald trump knowing anything about these payments....
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someone we had on our show last week named bob costello. if you could get call for three up ready for us. i want to play this for you, paul. there has been no mention from the trump team that they would call him. he says bob costello said look, if i were them i would call me, i'm a reliable witness from last week when he was on newsroom. >> i kept on going back and suggesting to them listen, michael, if you have something truthful on donald trump, now is the time to cooperate. and he kept on saying over and over again, ten to 20 times, i swear to god, bob, i don't have anything against trump. >> dana: michael cohen on the stand today. bob costello, should he be in the batter's box? >> that's a dicey call, dana. i -- i take it seriously because this is a manhattan jury. at the end of the day. you see everything through a lens. you may feel like you have undermined the prosecutions case, we need to put on this one expert to give a general definition and then we will sail off into the sunset. if you have a bob costello in your quiver my opinio
someone we had on our show last week named bob costello. if you could get call for three up ready for us. i want to play this for you, paul. there has been no mention from the trump team that they would call him. he says bob costello said look, if i were them i would call me, i'm a reliable witness from last week when he was on newsroom. >> i kept on going back and suggesting to them listen, michael, if you have something truthful on donald trump, now is the time to cooperate. and he kept...
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. >> reporter: on the 20th day of this trial, former president lawyers after testimony from bob costello and after that, lawyers on both sides debated about the instructions given to the jury before they decide whether or not trump is guilty. >> there is no crime. this is such an embarrassment. a showing of the prosecution. the motion through this. there has been no evidence. >> reporter: the judge agreed to remind the jury that michael cohen's guilty plea to federal campaign finance law does not apply to trump's guilt and refused to remind the jury hush money payments are not a legal pair case i do with trump's lawyers on the key issue to the $130,000 payment to adult film actress stormy daniels in the jury instructions are expected to include this line. "if the payment would have been made even in absence of candidates he, payment should not be treated as contribution so if the jury thinks the trump is motivated by his brander family, bookkeeping charges could not be elevated to felonies and state as misdemeanors. on the sand today, he testified about the close relationship with rudy g
. >> reporter: on the 20th day of this trial, former president lawyers after testimony from bob costello and after that, lawyers on both sides debated about the instructions given to the jury before they decide whether or not trump is guilty. >> there is no crime. this is such an embarrassment. a showing of the prosecution. the motion through this. there has been no evidence. >> reporter: the judge agreed to remind the jury that michael cohen's guilty plea to federal campaign...
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i think actually to john's point about bob costello, one of the reasons i would opt to call him is he is a very likable guy who has made a career out of charming new york juries. in a case where every prosecution witness was or not every single one but the major ones were unsavory characters it might be to their advantage to put on somebody who actually would, i think, go over well with the jury. >> dana: while you are there, can you describe the scene outside? i understand there are month protests. i don't know if it's more or fewer than before. who are they supporting and chanting? >> there are people, dana, from both perspectives. the anti-trump people are here, pro-trump people are here. seems to me they've petered out a little bit and there seemed to be more energy before the trial day started. i don't know if they try to get a read of what's going on inside like we are. there was a little more energy, i would say, at around 9:00 or 9:30 than now. >> bill: stand by and john yu back to you in california. okay, so you will get the federal election law expert. before the jurors were
i think actually to john's point about bob costello, one of the reasons i would opt to call him is he is a very likable guy who has made a career out of charming new york juries. in a case where every prosecution witness was or not every single one but the major ones were unsavory characters it might be to their advantage to put on somebody who actually would, i think, go over well with the jury. >> dana: while you are there, can you describe the scene outside? i understand there are...
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and the reason why he did not trust bob costello. and so, as judge juan merchan apparently said at sidebar, the behavior ordered on contemptuous, a legal term. and i think not overly surprising given what we heard from the witness stand. >> his objective of course was to add to the effort to discredit your client, michael cohen. years ago, he waved his attorney-client cribbage when it came to robert costello. should he regret that? >> i don't think there were any blows that landed. i think michael testified exactly what the relationship was and why he stayed at arms length from bob costello. i think the jury saw that unfold today. so, no. i think michael has been nothing but forthright with the prosecution team. some of the so-called aha or gotcha moment, were given to the defense, care of michael cohen. he is the one who first disclosed this red finch payment you referenced in your opening. he disclosed that four years ago in his book. there was no gotcha moment. he was the one who turned over his phone voluntarily to the da's offic
and the reason why he did not trust bob costello. and so, as judge juan merchan apparently said at sidebar, the behavior ordered on contemptuous, a legal term. and i think not overly surprising given what we heard from the witness stand. >> his objective of course was to add to the effort to discredit your client, michael cohen. years ago, he waved his attorney-client cribbage when it came to robert costello. should he regret that? >> i don't think there were any blows that landed....
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the prosecution does not want bob costello to speak, because he can destroy their case. because he has testified before a grand jury, and congress, and he has talked about it on tv, that cohen told him he had nothing on trump. and this is when he was suicidal. if there was ever a time to have something on donald trump to get him out of the mess he was in, it would have been then. and he said he didn't have anything and nothing to do with the stormi daniels case. but the prosecution would jump in, and he sustained a lot of them, it was frustrating for bob costello, and he started to show his frustration. and he started to mutter under his breath, "ridiculous," "g "geez." and then there was the staring contest. >> jesse: oh, wow. do you know when the case is over? >> it is spilling into next week. >> jesse: so we can chew on it, on memorial day. thank you. former federal prosecutor, katie trukeski is joining me now. donald trump gave you and your husband a shout out, saying you guys were esteemed legal eagles and thinks highly of you. he has probably seen you on this show.
the prosecution does not want bob costello to speak, because he can destroy their case. because he has testified before a grand jury, and congress, and he has talked about it on tv, that cohen told him he had nothing on trump. and this is when he was suicidal. if there was ever a time to have something on donald trump to get him out of the mess he was in, it would have been then. and he said he didn't have anything and nothing to do with the stormi daniels case. but the prosecution would jump...
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i'm starting with number eight here robert costello, bob costello, who offered, according to michael cohen, back channel community occasion to trump using rudy giuliani as a middleman. cohen is saying that castellows emails and outreach. were part of a pressure campaign to make sure that he stayed loyal to trump it yesterday, costello testified before the republican led house committee on the weaponization of the federal government and what he said yesterday may provide some insights into what he may say. if donald trump's defense team does call him as a witness, which paula reid is suggesting might happen. so let's run a little bit of what robert costello, what bob castello told the committee yesterday. under oath what he tries to do is he picks out cherry picks, shirt and emails or text messages and tries to make them look like something else. the story he told yesterday was that rudy giuliani and i wish somehow conspiring to try and keep him quiet to try and keep him from flipping that's the term we use in the trade for cooperating that's ridiculous and presumably, bob costello al
i'm starting with number eight here robert costello, bob costello, who offered, according to michael cohen, back channel community occasion to trump using rudy giuliani as a middleman. cohen is saying that castellows emails and outreach. were part of a pressure campaign to make sure that he stayed loyal to trump it yesterday, costello testified before the republican led house committee on the weaponization of the federal government and what he said yesterday may provide some insights into what...
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now, the judge's treatment of bob costello truly disgraceful. he would not allow him to tell his story, the same story. that he told congress, as he knows, will be devastating and end the sham trial. this is no t. he's correct. merchan, let stormy daniels testifcorrect.y. ghost's stories that were immaterial, irrelevant to the case. but the moment robert costello begins but t testify about histt interactions with michael cohen, their staior witness, pec and impeach his testimony as regard to the nda, and him saying over and over againand hi that, in fact, he did it on his own. well, judge, one merchan soughti to limit costello's testimony. thtimately and threatened to kick him out of court. judge merchan also putut strict limitations on another witness that is going to be usedg to b the defense, bradley smith, former fecth commissioner and aa expert on federal election crimes. now, keep in mind a critical part of the prosecution's caseim against donald trump. it is nebulous. this is a novel federal election crime theory. he was never charged in
now, the judge's treatment of bob costello truly disgraceful. he would not allow him to tell his story, the same story. that he told congress, as he knows, will be devastating and end the sham trial. this is no t. he's correct. merchan, let stormy daniels testifcorrect.y. ghost's stories that were immaterial, irrelevant to the case. but the moment robert costello begins but t testify about histt interactions with michael cohen, their staior witness, pec and impeach his testimony as regard to...
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third of all, they contradicted bob costello with his own emails. i found them to be not at all a credible witness and thinking back to all of the witnesses in this case, i think the total number was 22 different witnesses. i really think in my view, at least understood. maybe what other people think. i only think there was two witnesses that i found with substantial credibility issues, costello, as i just said, and of course, michael cohen, whether one fully believes him or not the guy has serious credibility issues. maybe stormy daniels, but i didn't find anything to outrageous about what she said, but i think the jury is going to be focused on really michael cohen, about above and beyond all of us because let's be real. bob costello was a terrible way to as you leave a bad taste in the jury's mouth. but michael cohen's testimony is 100 times more important to this case. then bob costello's testimony that got i won't even rehash it. we know he lied to everyone. he made a bunch of money off this turns out he stole from the trump org. so the questio
third of all, they contradicted bob costello with his own emails. i found them to be not at all a credible witness and thinking back to all of the witnesses in this case, i think the total number was 22 different witnesses. i really think in my view, at least understood. maybe what other people think. i only think there was two witnesses that i found with substantial credibility issues, costello, as i just said, and of course, michael cohen, whether one fully believes him or not the guy has...
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costello. wouldn't let him talk about the hundreds of emails he was sent from another gentleman that was sent. i can't give you the answer to your questions because i'm gagged by the judge. we have a very serious problem here. our country is going bad. remember, let me leave you with this. this is all because of joe biden and -- i don't think he is smart enough to think about it. the people that surround him in the office. they are smart, they are communist and smart and ruining our country. we will win this election. november 5th will be the most important day in the history of our country. we'll take back our country from these fascists and thugs destroying us with inflation and with everything they do, how stupid they are. allowing 15, 16, 17 million people into our country, totally unvetted and totally unchecked. we'll bring back our nation november 5th. the most important day in the history of our country. in the meantime this trial is rigged. thank you. [shouted questions]
costello. wouldn't let him talk about the hundreds of emails he was sent from another gentleman that was sent. i can't give you the answer to your questions because i'm gagged by the judge. we have a very serious problem here. our country is going bad. remember, let me leave you with this. this is all because of joe biden and -- i don't think he is smart enough to think about it. the people that surround him in the office. they are smart, they are communist and smart and ruining our country. we...
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understand bob costello wouldn't let him talk about all of the hundreds of emails that were sent by a gentleman and another gentleman who i can't mention because i'm gagged. every time i speak to you. yes, we simple questions have not allowed to give you the answer because of a gag by miscarriage but we have a very, very serious problem. i mean, i country's going bad. >> and remember and let me just leave you with this. >> this is all because of joe biden, is and i not even thing gets him. i don't that you're smart enough to think about it, but some people that's around him in the office, this marked their fascist at communist with this their running our country but we're going to win this election november 5 is going to be the most important day in the history of our country. we're going to take back our country these fascists and these thugs that are destroying us with inflation and with everything they do how stupid they are allowing 15, 16 17 million people into our country. totally unvetted, totally, and check, we're going to bring back our nation november 5th. remember, most imp
understand bob costello wouldn't let him talk about all of the hundreds of emails that were sent by a gentleman and another gentleman who i can't mention because i'm gagged. every time i speak to you. yes, we simple questions have not allowed to give you the answer because of a gag by miscarriage but we have a very, very serious problem. i mean, i country's going bad. >> and remember and let me just leave you with this. >> this is all because of joe biden, is and i not even thing...
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under pressure and it was bob costello who is behaving like a brat in there. >> really have like a few seconds left but catherine, everyone thinks it's over now but there's a lot more that's going to happen here. sentencing, potential appeal. >> d.a. bragg is very circumspect. this is not over. there has to be sentencing and there is also going to be an appeal, so he will be very, you know, not saying a lot of things. you can anticipate mr. blanche said he's filing a motion. that could only be a motion to set aside the verdict. it will be denied and then there will be sentencing mammals. donald trump will be sentenced and then he will file an appeal. it depends how fast he perfects that appeal whether or not it will be heard. >> i mean, what you are telling me is there is a lot to come. >> and he's got to sit down with a probation officer and show he is contrite. that won't happen. >> that is a key moment to watch, which i suspect you're going to still need to be caffeinated to be informing our audience for many weeks to come. i am so grateful. this is full circle for us. thank you all
under pressure and it was bob costello who is behaving like a brat in there. >> really have like a few seconds left but catherine, everyone thinks it's over now but there's a lot more that's going to happen here. sentencing, potential appeal. >> d.a. bragg is very circumspect. this is not over. there has to be sentencing and there is also going to be an appeal, so he will be very, you know, not saying a lot of things. you can anticipate mr. blanche said he's filing a motion. that...
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on the defense case, bob costello, and we all got to read a series of emails, some of which you were on and some were happening behind your back. which i think the jury was led to believe and probably concluded that this was this huge effort that was undertaken by him, by rudy giuliani and by defendant trump to keep you from cooperating so you would not flip. i was wondering if you would take us back to that time as to what was it within you that you did not go with bob costello and really kind of end up breaking with trump world and seeing this was not the road being orchestrated for you. it was not where you wanted to be. >> it is a great question, andrew. from the very first meeting i had with him and citroen, all they wanted me to do was sign a retainer agreement and all they were interested in doing, all bob costello was interested in doing, was promoting himself and his relationship with rudy giuliani. i never trusted rudy. i saw him try to manipulate the game when he was trying to get more involved in the trump sphere. every time that bob costello would mention rudy giuliani,
on the defense case, bob costello, and we all got to read a series of emails, some of which you were on and some were happening behind your back. which i think the jury was led to believe and probably concluded that this was this huge effort that was undertaken by him, by rudy giuliani and by defendant trump to keep you from cooperating so you would not flip. i was wondering if you would take us back to that time as to what was it within you that you did not go with bob costello and really kind...
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the jury is not going to miss all of the signs and signals from bob costello. and i can only believe that donald trump directed his defense attorneys to put costello on the stand, because as i say, it was an enormous strategic blunder. >> john, there's two groups of people i want ask you about. first is the jury. next week, this group of people after a long, complex trial where they had to sit through long testimony with lots of conflict, they are going to have to make a historic decision. what kind of burden is on these 12 ordinary americans? >> it is enormous. and it is part of a tradition that stretches back 13th- century. it is the common law, it is magna carta, it is that defendants are given the right to be tried, and that juries render these verdicts. i'm glad i'm not there. but i think if you believe in the system, for all of its imperfections, then the system moves on. and unfolds. >> i love the you always qualify that. if you believe in the system with all of its imperfections. >> it is, right? it's an imperfect system. as winston churchill said, it i
the jury is not going to miss all of the signs and signals from bob costello. and i can only believe that donald trump directed his defense attorneys to put costello on the stand, because as i say, it was an enormous strategic blunder. >> john, there's two groups of people i want ask you about. first is the jury. next week, this group of people after a long, complex trial where they had to sit through long testimony with lots of conflict, they are going to have to make a historic...
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today in court we'll hear more from bob costello, i would say for even a couple hours. then a charging conversference. the lawyers get with the judge and talk about how the jury is going to be instructed on the law and it can get testy. it is critical, especially given the election law expert cannot come in and testify. there is context the jury will not be able to hear. >> ainsley: people want to hear from the election commissioner or whatever his title is because he was saying it is unethical to give to a candidate like this judge did, he gave money to biden. >> i think because he's concerned he is going to go off script and talk about things not related to his job title. he needs to, if a candidate pays for something personally, that is not a campaign contribution and donald trump paid for that compensation for legal nda personally. >> steve: hour and 11 minutes it starts. >> ainsley: carley is somewhere here. >> carley: upstairs, that is right, borrowing janice's weather stand. one person is dead and 30 hurt after singapore airline flight experienced turbulence goin
today in court we'll hear more from bob costello, i would say for even a couple hours. then a charging conversference. the lawyers get with the judge and talk about how the jury is going to be instructed on the law and it can get testy. it is critical, especially given the election law expert cannot come in and testify. there is context the jury will not be able to hear. >> ainsley: people want to hear from the election commissioner or whatever his title is because he was saying it is...
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. >> brian: i've been watching bob costello talk, i'll have him on in a couple hours. from what you know now, would you call bob costello, if you were on the defense team? >> tricky question, i think bob costello has been effective in court of public opinion. the question a lawyer always asks himself, is it worth it to put somebody else on the stand when it could open them up to other questions that could undercut the case in some way. costello made some compelling points on tv and before congress and before a grand jury last year, he testified cohen told him multiple times he had nothing on donald trump and that don had nothing to do with the stormy daniels payment, which by the way, came out yesterday because as we know and reiterated, michael cohen sent multiple statements to reporters insisting trump had nothing to do with the stormy daniels payment. now we have to believe that was a lie. one more point on that issue he was a serial secret recorder of all phone conversations. almost 100 phone recordings from reporters to donald trump. he's something else. >> lawren
. >> brian: i've been watching bob costello talk, i'll have him on in a couple hours. from what you know now, would you call bob costello, if you were on the defense team? >> tricky question, i think bob costello has been effective in court of public opinion. the question a lawyer always asks himself, is it worth it to put somebody else on the stand when it could open them up to other questions that could undercut the case in some way. costello made some compelling points on tv and...
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. >> reporter: good evening and after testimony from key witnesses, michael cohen and bob costello, a request for the judge dismissing this case arguing the prosecutors did not prove trump falsified business records or did anything illegal to influence the 2016 presidential election judge reserved his decision but trump did not hold back while leaving court tonight. >> totally the motion to dismiss this child will go through because this trial was a disaster for our country and a disaster for new york state. >> take a look at this as trump posted on truth social tonight "would not allow or expert to testify and has anything like this happen before? election interference". the judge would only allow limited testimonies from him and because of that, trump's lawyer said today that bob costello may in fact be their final witness and apparently the court was cleared and schooled a costello telling him to stop reacting to his rulings and costello appeared frustrated by constant objections. costello consulted back with cohen in 2018 and cohen told him trump had nothing to do with the stormy
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>> i wouldn't bring bob costello. i bring keith schilling. he's on the phone call. have him say there was absolutely zero discussion of the stormy daniels deal. that seals the deal and closing arguments. there's not a shred of evidence trays as we approach closing argument of trump being involved in this. >> trace: he has let cohen and david packer explained that they believe that the nda violated federal law, especially given that bragg has no authority to enforce federal law and marchant has no expertise in it. shouldn't the jury here from one person who knows something about subject federal law. no federal crime, nobody has talked about and that's where they are charging. >> all they've proved is there was a payment to stormy daniels which is legal and an nda was executed and that's legal. everything you've heard today up until now is legal. cohen blewett when he admitted that trump told him to go figure it out. that's one of the most important parts of the abscess... >> the firearms were going off in the courthouse today. >>> that's how you stick the landing rig
>> i wouldn't bring bob costello. i bring keith schilling. he's on the phone call. have him say there was absolutely zero discussion of the stormy daniels deal. that seals the deal and closing arguments. there's not a shred of evidence trays as we approach closing argument of trump being involved in this. >> trace: he has let cohen and david packer explained that they believe that the nda violated federal law, especially given that bragg has no authority to enforce federal law and...
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17 hours and maybe find his testimony damaging, but he was pretty calm, cool, collected bob costello is on there for 30 minutes and the judge has to clear the courtroom. >> judge, have you ever have you ever had a clear courtroom? i mean, how remarkable is that that that happened? >> it is remarkable. i have cleared a courtroom, but under very different circumstances, gang members in the audience throwing gang signs and threatening signs at a witness i cleared the courtroom and there was some arrests as a result, but it is very rare. and this was the situation where he needed to do it. he had a witness who is acting contemptuously. he had a witness who was clearly not following the rules decorum was the word that he used. what that was completely being obliterated. i think he did the right thing. i liked the way he didn't let you didn't give them an inch and he's on notice. that's the rule in new york. the law in new york is you need to give a witness notice. a person, defendant, a witness, anyone, a lawyer notice before being able to be to actually hold them in contempt. he's worn.
17 hours and maybe find his testimony damaging, but he was pretty calm, cool, collected bob costello is on there for 30 minutes and the judge has to clear the courtroom. >> judge, have you ever have you ever had a clear courtroom? i mean, how remarkable is that that that happened? >> it is remarkable. i have cleared a courtroom, but under very different circumstances, gang members in the audience throwing gang signs and threatening signs at a witness i cleared the courtroom and...
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bob costello was confronted with email after email after email and he was denying what was in the emails. denying there was a backchannel. there's an email that says it. denying he was trying to giver the appearance he wasn't paying attention to rudy and donald trump. email says he was. at one point he's saying donald trump is the most powerful man on the planet and my guy's an a-hole. that's not what -- he denied it. again, it was in black and white. so i felt like if we're trying to set this up as a credibility battle between michael cohen and bob costello, costello comes out the loser there. >> we're running over on time. since you are here with us in person, you've represented donald trump, do you have a view of what the most likely outcome in the case is? we could find out >> i really think in my heart of hearts it's going to be a hung jury. i can't believe all 12 jurors, even a manhattan jury, and that's a tough forum for this defendant, i can't believe all 12 jurors can get past cohen. >> do you have an expectation? >> based on what i saw today, i feel like the prosecution will ge
bob costello was confronted with email after email after email and he was denying what was in the emails. denying there was a backchannel. there's an email that says it. denying he was trying to giver the appearance he wasn't paying attention to rudy and donald trump. email says he was. at one point he's saying donald trump is the most powerful man on the planet and my guy's an a-hole. that's not what -- he denied it. again, it was in black and white. so i felt like if we're trying to set this...
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what was going on for bob costello yesterday and today? >> what i understand is the prosecution just kept interrupting. which is a tactic. if you don't want the jury to hear a flow of sentence or thought keep interrupting. try to throw him off his game and interrupt so the jury has to -- it is difficult following some of this testimony. these are not attorneys. these are regular great people. >> harris: a couple are on the jury. yes, we have two on the jury attorneys. >> the rest of the jurors are not. so it is a hard to follow. you want to have a focus. they were trying to throw off that focus. >> harris: then the judge helped them. he seemed to help them by making their point for them and cutting him off at one point. that was to -- yesterday was a whole circus. >> so we have a judge who we know his daughter fundraises for the democrats. can you ask me why he didn't step off this case before this even began? you have a judge who has interest in the prosecution winning. we have a judge who has interest in pushing the defense to its limits
what was going on for bob costello yesterday and today? >> what i understand is the prosecution just kept interrupting. which is a tactic. if you don't want the jury to hear a flow of sentence or thought keep interrupting. try to throw him off his game and interrupt so the jury has to -- it is difficult following some of this testimony. these are not attorneys. these are regular great people. >> harris: a couple are on the jury. yes, we have two on the jury attorneys. >> the...
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but he really came unhinged with bob costello after he was trying to initially keep him from testifying but it was so limited in his testifying that it was frustrating to the judge when bob started sharing information on michael cohen, what michael cohen said to him, the judge became irate, the judge really started rolling his eyes at bob and then not only did he get the jurors to be removed from the courtroom, then he just went in on bob and then all of a sudden he said i want the whole courtroom cleared, not just as you mentioned the reporters. everybody was cleared out except the lawyers and the defendant. it was an unhinged judge. he's obviously very upset at the president. he doesn't want the president to get a fair trial. he's trying to put the president in jail, honestly. maria: well, look, he said, and i'm reading a quote here from the reporters in the room as well, they said he said and then if you don't leak my ruling, you don't give my side eye and you don't roll your eyes, he told costello and he asked him, are you staring me down right now. what's with the stare-down? what
but he really came unhinged with bob costello after he was trying to initially keep him from testifying but it was so limited in his testifying that it was frustrating to the judge when bob started sharing information on michael cohen, what michael cohen said to him, the judge became irate, the judge really started rolling his eyes at bob and then not only did he get the jurors to be removed from the courtroom, then he just went in on bob and then all of a sudden he said i want the whole...
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now it's the defense's attorney with trump's lawyers calling bob costello who testified about consultant work with co-en in 2018. costello told the jury michael cohen said numerous times that president trump knew nothing about the payment to stormy daniels. earlier cohen acknowledged he knew during those conversations his attorney-client privilege prevented costello from sharing any information with president trump. but cohen previously told the jury he lied to costello because of that fear can hen admitted to stealing $60,000. red cinch for helping improve trump's position in a poll. when asked by trump attorney todd blanche, quote, you did steal from the trump organization based upon the expected reimbursement from fed fish cohen spawned with the affirmative yes, sir. >> this is a witch-hunt. this is crooked joe biden worst president in the history of our country by far, by far to damage his political opponent. >> while serving as trump's personal attorney, cohen received hundreds of thousands of dollars from other clients. one of them communicated with cohen only six times. this suppo
now it's the defense's attorney with trump's lawyers calling bob costello who testified about consultant work with co-en in 2018. costello told the jury michael cohen said numerous times that president trump knew nothing about the payment to stormy daniels. earlier cohen acknowledged he knew during those conversations his attorney-client privilege prevented costello from sharing any information with president trump. but cohen previously told the jury he lied to costello because of that fear can...
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we might see if it that could include bobs costello. maria: what a turn of events. even the left media admitted that michael cohen's testimony in the hush money trial is just not believable. watch this. >> michael cohen was cornered in what appeared to be a lie, i think to many in the room, and had to adjust suddenly his memory that he had just testified to on tuesday. having just witnessed that piece of cross examination, do you have doubts that that conversation happened the way michael cohen testified? >> absolutely. >> the punches are building. i think cumulatively there were bruises and today there's blood. these are moments the jury will remember and they are instilling or adding possible doubts about michael cohen's long-term credibility. >> the absence of evidence and particularly the absence of critical phone calls at least recordings of them could help the defense when they argue that you can't trust mr. cohen p. >> with this as a star witness, would you have brought this case? >> probably not. maria: what a star witness. a convicted liar. krysia, your tho
we might see if it that could include bobs costello. maria: what a turn of events. even the left media admitted that michael cohen's testimony in the hush money trial is just not believable. watch this. >> michael cohen was cornered in what appeared to be a lie, i think to many in the room, and had to adjust suddenly his memory that he had just testified to on tuesday. having just witnessed that piece of cross examination, do you have doubts that that conversation happened the way michael...
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at least be as tough on michael cohen as you were on the lawyer, bob costello. i don't care if the strike zone or high or loan. give me the same strike zone. i didn't see it the last two days. i will agree there is no responsibility for the defense to put up a case whatsoever. but if they do, the jury is going to judge them just like they do prosecution witnesses and i think costello had the potential to help the defense but his demeanor was so off putting he wound up not. >> bill: do you fly delta? he has more baggage. >> any generic witness you know there will be vigorous cross examination. costello we all knew his ego will get up there and battle with everybody. you don't call him. you don't go one step forward, two steps back. >> bill: trey, thank you very much. mark, thank you for being here. >> dana: we'll be right back with more analysis as the defense rests and we now wait eight days for the jury to get together. cheese. [door creaks open] [ominous music] (♪) [ding] meanwhile, at a vrbo... when other vacation rentals are just for likes, try one you'll
at least be as tough on michael cohen as you were on the lawyer, bob costello. i don't care if the strike zone or high or loan. give me the same strike zone. i didn't see it the last two days. i will agree there is no responsibility for the defense to put up a case whatsoever. but if they do, the jury is going to judge them just like they do prosecution witnesses and i think costello had the potential to help the defense but his demeanor was so off putting he wound up not. >> bill: do you...
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michael cohen accused bob costello of doing something wrong he said it wasn't true. completely not true. he waived the attorney-client privilege. that's how bob costello was able to testify before the committee yesterday. >> lawrence: senator, you sent over a resolution -- i'm sorry, cents over some documents that said listen i need all these documents and audio to be turned over between president biden ann his interview with the special counsel. you sent over a subpoena, i'm sorry. >> right. >> lawrence: they decided not comply with that so you guys are going to hold him in contempt. >> remember what robert hur said. he said joe biden met the elements of the crime. he knowingly kept classified information. he knowingly disclosed classified information. robert hur pointed out the reasons he did so. he said on page 231 of the report joe biden had a number of reasons to -- motivations for ignoring classified procedures because he was writing a book. a book for which he got paid $8 million in an advance. so he had an $8 million motive. he met the elements of the crime.
michael cohen accused bob costello of doing something wrong he said it wasn't true. completely not true. he waived the attorney-client privilege. that's how bob costello was able to testify before the committee yesterday. >> lawrence: senator, you sent over a resolution -- i'm sorry, cents over some documents that said listen i need all these documents and audio to be turned over between president biden ann his interview with the special counsel. you sent over a subpoena, i'm sorry....
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. >> brian: any citing of bob costello around man in his 60's? >> not yet. you got to wonder why isn't the defense calling him based on his claims but we will see if they do. >> steve: all right. so they're starting things early. we will see the former president earlier. we may take him during our show. eric, thank you very much. bring in fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett has been following all this stuff. gregg, it sounds like being michael cohen is going to wrap things up probably today on the witness stand. and then it becomes one of the most important parts and if you would sneak a little to this. the judge is going to give the jury instructions. and essentially he is going to say okay, you heard a bunch of stuff. this is what you got to decide. how important are those instructions? >> oh, they are absolutely critical and in a case like this, that has never been brought before, you know, both sides are going to have to craft their own jury instructions and for the defense, i think they're going to want what is called a default instruction which says i
. >> brian: any citing of bob costello around man in his 60's? >> not yet. you got to wonder why isn't the defense calling him based on his claims but we will see if they do. >> steve: all right. so they're starting things early. we will see the former president earlier. we may take him during our show. eric, thank you very much. bring in fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett has been following all this stuff. gregg, it sounds like being michael cohen is going to wrap things up...
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you got to see that with bob costello, a fine man, i've never seen anything like it. neither has anyone in the courthouse. he demanded the courthouse be the good news is most of the people in the courthouse for the media. anyone that was in the media come if you are fr, anger. he was crazed. the reason bob costello acted a little bit upset, which i think he has the right to, was that every question he was being asked was being objected to by the other side and sustained by# the judge. sustained, sustained. he did it many times. he but i was sitting there saying -- and these were basic questions. i never saw anybody treated that way by a judge. i've been treated very badly by two other judges because it is all the same thing. it all comes down to the white house and crooked joe biden, the worst president in the history of our country. the worst president in the history of our country. the most incompetent. he is the dumbest president we've ever had. president. the most dishonest president we have ever he is a manchurian candidate. look at thee treats china and russia a
you got to see that with bob costello, a fine man, i've never seen anything like it. neither has anyone in the courthouse. he demanded the courthouse be the good news is most of the people in the courthouse for the media. anyone that was in the media come if you are fr, anger. he was crazed. the reason bob costello acted a little bit upset, which i think he has the right to, was that every question he was being asked was being objected to by the other side and sustained by# the judge....