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trump promised he would then pay cohen back. here's our senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off from the courthouse tonight. >> do you have any messages for donald trump today? >> reporter: he once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump. but today, michael cohen heading to court to testify against his old boss as the prosecution's star witness. >> he's got no evidence and i'm innocent. >> reporter: inside, the two men who spent a decade attached at the hip didn't even look at each other. cohen telling the jury that as the 2016 campaign got under way, trump warned him, "be prepared. there's going to be a lot of women coming forward." the first, former "playboy" model karen mcdougal. when cohen informed trump that mcdougal was shopping her story of their alleged affair, he says trump responded, "she's really beautiful. make sure it doesn't get released." trump has denied the affair, but cohen testified that at trump's direction, "the national enquirer" bought mcdougal's story. the jury hearing this secre
trump promised he would then pay cohen back. here's our senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off from the courthouse tonight. >> do you have any messages for donald trump today? >> reporter: he once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump. but today, michael cohen heading to court to testify against his old boss as the prosecution's star witness. >> he's got no evidence and i'm innocent. >> reporter: inside, the two men who spent a decade...
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s office had repeatedly asked cohen to stop talking about this case and cohen responded yes. and he come all of this while we are also getting word that cohen will be the last witness for the prosecution, this was just confirmed by the associated press moments ago before court resumed for the day this was for the team, the prosecutor told the judge that cohen would be the prosecution's last witness the disclosure during a sidebar conversation that was out of earshot of reporters but it was recorded in the official court transcript, and he. >> wow. boy, i would have thought they would want to put somebody somewhat uncontroversial if there is such a witness in this case and more likable than cohen to end with. you know, you always want to start strong, and strong, and the stuff that you know where the other side scores points you want that in the middle. but you don't want the jury, especially if there is no defense case, they will go into the deliberation room with michael cohen ringing in their ears. that is a risky strategy for prosecutors. >> sandra: let me go back to the t
s office had repeatedly asked cohen to stop talking about this case and cohen responded yes. and he come all of this while we are also getting word that cohen will be the last witness for the prosecution, this was just confirmed by the associated press moments ago before court resumed for the day this was for the team, the prosecutor told the judge that cohen would be the prosecution's last witness the disclosure during a sidebar conversation that was out of earshot of reporters but it was...
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why does trump really employ cohen if he has all of these issues with cohen, and why would cohen make these payments without trump knowing, and that's something certainly that the government will argue. the other thing is, you know, you have all of the sort of side cross-examination. now we're hearing about robert costello, i don't know if what they're trying to do is set up some inconsistency, and they will then call costello to say something blatantly different or whether we will get into some attorney client privileged information, and that will be a legal issue because if cohen was trying to hire costello, and told him some confidential information, is that privileged. you have a lot of complicated factors here, and i hear what people are saying, why not focus on the nda, on the legal issues, we're not doing that. and then in addition to what anna said, and i agree with her completely, the jury instructions are critical in cases. sometimes jurors make up their minds after opening statements. other times they listen to those jury instructions, and that's critical in terms of what t
why does trump really employ cohen if he has all of these issues with cohen, and why would cohen make these payments without trump knowing, and that's something certainly that the government will argue. the other thing is, you know, you have all of the sort of side cross-examination. now we're hearing about robert costello, i don't know if what they're trying to do is set up some inconsistency, and they will then call costello to say something blatantly different or whether we will get into...
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michael cohen knows it's gonna be brutal and cross-examination of michael cohen is the trump defense, which is why todd blanche, the lead attorney here. he hasn't been doing very many of the cross-examinations of witnesses. he has been exclusively focused on this cross-examination. we can expect that this will go as long if not longer than the direct examination and it will be a multimedia presentation. many of the things cohen has said about trump can we'll be used against him, really jake, the greatest challenge for prosecutors or excuse me, for defense attorneys is just calling down all of the statements, all of the attacks that cohen has launched against the defendant in the past several years. really, most of his identity is attacking trump's defense attorneys are going to seize on that and try to paint him as a liar. sure. who was out for revenge, which is of course the name of one of his books. >> all right paula reid, thanks so much. let's bring in our panel we have with us victoria nurse who served his chief counsel for then vice president joe biden former trump payroll corpo
michael cohen knows it's gonna be brutal and cross-examination of michael cohen is the trump defense, which is why todd blanche, the lead attorney here. he hasn't been doing very many of the cross-examinations of witnesses. he has been exclusively focused on this cross-examination. we can expect that this will go as long if not longer than the direct examination and it will be a multimedia presentation. many of the things cohen has said about trump can we'll be used against him, really jake,...
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cohen, very. prosecutor, did you think someone on his side had leaked something like this to "the wall street journal"? cohen, yes. prosecutor, did you indicate to him that somebody might be very upset with him? cohen, i did. prosecutor, who did you indicate might be very upset with him? trump defense counsel, objection, leading. the judge, sustained. prosecutor, what, if anything, did you tell him about mr. trump during those calls? cohen, that he was really angry, and i truly hoped that we don't come back to find out that this is something that you guys did where -- where this is a major problem. michael cohen giving us a window into the type of work he did for donald trump. i wanted to get to that part of the transcript, catherine, because you were talking about what michael cohen was doing for donald trump, what type of relationship this was. >> it was -- and, again, i don't want to be offensive -- but it was servant-master. he did whatever trump told him to do. he wanted to please him basical
cohen, very. prosecutor, did you think someone on his side had leaked something like this to "the wall street journal"? cohen, yes. prosecutor, did you indicate to him that somebody might be very upset with him? cohen, i did. prosecutor, who did you indicate might be very upset with him? trump defense counsel, objection, leading. the judge, sustained. prosecutor, what, if anything, did you tell him about mr. trump during those calls? cohen, that he was really angry, and i truly hoped...
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cohen, yes. blanche, about how you were going to hold trump accountable. objection, sustained. cohen, yes. blanche there was a leak that an indictment had been leaked to the media. objection, that one's overruled. blanche, do you remember that prior to the unsealing of the indictment it was leaked that president trump had been indicted? cohen, yes. blanche, detective rosenberg confirmed to you that the "new york times" article article was accurate and that president trump had been indicted. objection, this one's sustained. blanche, did detective rosenberg confirm that it was done? cohen, i'm sorry, i don't understand your question. and they show, again, these text messages. blanche, your testimony in the text that you just read is detective rosenberg identifying a newspaper article. that's what it says, yes. blanche, detective rosenberg didn't tell you that they told "the new york times" before they told you? and cohen says i'm sorry, i don't understand your questioning. it's confusing. >> intere
cohen, yes. blanche, about how you were going to hold trump accountable. objection, sustained. cohen, yes. blanche there was a leak that an indictment had been leaked to the media. objection, that one's overruled. blanche, do you remember that prior to the unsealing of the indictment it was leaked that president trump had been indicted? cohen, yes. blanche, detective rosenberg confirmed to you that the "new york times" article article was accurate and that president trump had been...
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cohen? >> yes, ma'am. in order to accomplish the task cohen testifying when he received trump's praise, it was like i was on top of the world but that eventually came with a heavy price. and tom foreman is out front with more just over a year in prison, many months more under house arrest. if you want to know why michael cohen turned on i'll trump, start with the freedom that friendship costing prison takes your soul the time that you're away from your family your friends, your life he never get it back cohen suggest some of the worst days of his life were spent as a federal prison inmates in otis ville, new york, whereas he told out front he was stripped of virtually everything after admitting to tax fraud campaign finance violations and lying to congress to protect trump, you don't even own a toothbrush, you don't have a hair brush, you don't have soap, you don't have shampoo. >> all you have is what they give to you. one pair of socks, a pair of underwear, a pair of pants that generally don't fit once c
cohen? >> yes, ma'am. in order to accomplish the task cohen testifying when he received trump's praise, it was like i was on top of the world but that eventually came with a heavy price. and tom foreman is out front with more just over a year in prison, many months more under house arrest. if you want to know why michael cohen turned on i'll trump, start with the freedom that friendship costing prison takes your soul the time that you're away from your family your friends, your life he...
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cohen says okay. you describe them as a surrogate family. cohen says correct. what's he getting at here? the thing that's missing from the defense at the moment that they're trying to put in here is that trump didn't know about the false business records. the d.a.'s office has proven up the falsity of the records. we know that's false. it's a slam dunk case. they couldn't bring it. as a misdemeanor, the statute of limitations had passed. they had done a good job to conceal this conspiracy. what's missing is that trump knew about the false business records and they have a circumstantial case. what they're trying to do is show this is somebody who was loyal to trump. he was telling the truth at the time then when he didn't get a job in the administration, he got so upset and so dispond enter about not going to washington, d.c. and that does comport with what davidson said that he decided he was going to punish donald trump and basically free him for it. >> sounds like they're trying tooed that now. the first year donald trump was in office you went from seeing hi
cohen says okay. you describe them as a surrogate family. cohen says correct. what's he getting at here? the thing that's missing from the defense at the moment that they're trying to put in here is that trump didn't know about the false business records. the d.a.'s office has proven up the falsity of the records. we know that's false. it's a slam dunk case. they couldn't bring it. as a misdemeanor, the statute of limitations had passed. they had done a good job to conceal this conspiracy....
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yes, says cohen. it's once again this pattern of establishing a timeline, a day, a week of cohen's life. i presume it's going to go into details of possible contradictions there. >> there was one other major development this morning so far. even before the jury came in to hear this testimony, this cross-examination. let's go to yasmin vossoughian to give us more information on the timeline of this trial. yasmin. >> reporter: good morning, guys. good to talk to you this morning. we were expecting close arguments to begin tomorrow as merchan had said on thursday as we went into recess to prepare closing testimony on tuesday. although that is now being shifted to next monday. so preparing for -- actually i would say next tuesday after memorial day weekend. so preparing closing arguments to begin next tuesday after the memorial day weekend. essentially merchan didn't want that much distance between closing arguments and deliberations. if they had begun on tuesday or thursday, we would have gone into delib
yes, says cohen. it's once again this pattern of establishing a timeline, a day, a week of cohen's life. i presume it's going to go into details of possible contradictions there. >> there was one other major development this morning so far. even before the jury came in to hear this testimony, this cross-examination. let's go to yasmin vossoughian to give us more information on the timeline of this trial. yasmin. >> reporter: good morning, guys. good to talk to you this morning. we...
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"sure," cohen acknowledged. cohen confirming he recently said the former president belongs in a cage, like an animal. the defense trying to cast cohen as motivated to lie, that he previously fed prosecutors dirt on mr. trump to get out of prison early, and that now his financial livelihood, including media appearances and podcasts centers on trashing mr. trump. cohen acknowledging he has made more than $3 million off his books, "disloyal" and "revenge," and that he had been going on tiktok six days a week to slam his former employer. quote at that time i was knee-deep into the cult of donald trump. the defense getting cohen to admit he previously described himself as obsessed with mr. trump, insinuating he was jilted once pushed outside the orbit. the state's case largely depending on jurors believing cohen's word, as he is the only witness who said the former president knew his internal records were falsified to cover up cohen's payment of an adult film actress before the 2016 election. mr. trump has pleaded no
"sure," cohen acknowledged. cohen confirming he recently said the former president belongs in a cage, like an animal. the defense trying to cast cohen as motivated to lie, that he previously fed prosecutors dirt on mr. trump to get out of prison early, and that now his financial livelihood, including media appearances and podcasts centers on trashing mr. trump. cohen acknowledging he has made more than $3 million off his books, "disloyal" and "revenge," and that he...
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cohen. who sees his ego now was one of problems that drove him in a criminal direction with the egomaniacal and unrepentant donald trump. michael cohen on the witness stand today, in the courtroom, was unlike any version of michael cohen you have ever seen. he was not fighting back at the questions and being belligerent the way he was when he appeared on tv in 2016 is a campaign surrogate for donald trump. he was not sounding like the gangster he wanted to sound like when he was calling up reporters then and threatening them during the first trump presidential campaign. he was not making fun of donald trump or taunting donald trump, as he has done so frequently and recently on social media. it was not the emboldened michael cohen who has turned against donald trump and publicly attacks him. it was michael cohen, the lawyer. knowing how we witness should sound on the witness stand, calm, deliberate, careful, clear . sometimes vivid. as the six hours of testimony were on, michael cohen became
cohen. who sees his ego now was one of problems that drove him in a criminal direction with the egomaniacal and unrepentant donald trump. michael cohen on the witness stand today, in the courtroom, was unlike any version of michael cohen you have ever seen. he was not fighting back at the questions and being belligerent the way he was when he appeared on tv in 2016 is a campaign surrogate for donald trump. he was not sounding like the gangster he wanted to sound like when he was calling up...
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cohen's life, leaving michael cohen with more reason than most americans to hate donald trump. i will always protect mr. trump, said michael cohen in a statement to the media in the second year of donald trump's presidency that was introduced into evidence today and that was when michael cohen was, quote, knee-deep into the cult of donald trump. cult member michael cohen was stunned when the fbi knocked on his door to serve a search warrant in an investigation begun by our first guest tonight, former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann. michael cohen spoke to donald trump on the phone after the fbi raid and according to his testimony today, donald trump told him, quote, don't worry, everything is going to be fine. i am the president of the united states. that turned out to be the last time michael cohen spoke to his courtly -- his colt leader. michael cohen set i felt reassured. i had the president of the united states protecting me. then came the messages from donald trump. some direct communication and others indirect communications through others which michael cohen testifie
cohen's life, leaving michael cohen with more reason than most americans to hate donald trump. i will always protect mr. trump, said michael cohen in a statement to the media in the second year of donald trump's presidency that was introduced into evidence today and that was when michael cohen was, quote, knee-deep into the cult of donald trump. cult member michael cohen was stunned when the fbi knocked on his door to serve a search warrant in an investigation begun by our first guest tonight,...
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that's cohen says. cohen says that that's her response. cohen testifies. i said, okay, but there's a story that's right now being shopped. trump said, make sure it doesn't get released. so cohen takes that to mean they needed to acquire the story, which is the catch and kill aspect of this former trump attorney tim parlatore, and former michael cohen attorney lanny davis are back here with us. trump still sitting back with his eyes closed in courtroom. again, we should remind people to parlatore paying hush money is not illegal in any sense. but would they are establishing here? a pattern that they hope to establish with stormy daniels. cohen says that he would communicate with pecker by phone, text, email, app. he confirms that when he said api means signal. so this this is relevant to the case of prosecutors are trying to make it is they're trying to cut down the ability to bring into john edwards style defense of oh, this was to protect milan is opposed to help the campaign. >> and it it is effective for that particular defense, maybe not necessarily fo
that's cohen says. cohen says that that's her response. cohen testifies. i said, okay, but there's a story that's right now being shopped. trump said, make sure it doesn't get released. so cohen takes that to mean they needed to acquire the story, which is the catch and kill aspect of this former trump attorney tim parlatore, and former michael cohen attorney lanny davis are back here with us. trump still sitting back with his eyes closed in courtroom. again, we should remind people to...
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cohen saying, "yes, sir." though cohen insisted he'd make more money if mr. trump were acquitted because cohen says "it gives me more to talk about in the future." cohen's credibility critical to the d.a.'s case as he's the only witness who has testified the former president had advance knowledge of the plan to pay stormy daniels and then approved a scheme to disguise how he paid cohen back. which mr. trump denies. >> there were no crimes. we did nothing wrong. and i want to get back to campaigning. i'm representing millions and millions -- hundreds of millions of people. >> reporter: cohen in an exchange with prosecutors today, "do you have any doubt mr. trump gave you the final sign-off for the payment before you went to the bank?" cohen replying "no doubt." >> and laura, the defense late today asked the judge to dismiss the case. where does that stand? >> reporter: yes, lester. the judge did not rule on that motion just yet but did not seem inclined to take this case out of the hands of the jury. meanwhile, bob costello is expected
cohen saying, "yes, sir." though cohen insisted he'd make more money if mr. trump were acquitted because cohen says "it gives me more to talk about in the future." cohen's credibility critical to the d.a.'s case as he's the only witness who has testified the former president had advance knowledge of the plan to pay stormy daniels and then approved a scheme to disguise how he paid cohen back. which mr. trump denies. >> there were no crimes. we did nothing wrong. and i...
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cohen? cohen says, i'm curious word the defense goes with this because again, they're going down a rabbit hole that they probably don't need to because they have a theory as to the at least according to them, the implausibility that cohen would have talked exclusively about stormy daniel's, despite the fact that he was texting about this fight with a 14-year-old in the minutes leading up to that? so why they revisited it, it's not clear. we'll just see where they go, but thought it was interesting and a jeff that todd blanche or the trump attorney also said today that the defense could rest their case today, later today, is it looking less and less likely? i assume it is? that donald trump himself might be called to testify. it absolutely is looking less likely. >> it was never very likely, but that was also hanging. it was always hanging over there as a possibility but this morning and the transcript that we got from earlier this morning that was flagged by our kara scannell, who's inside t
cohen? cohen says, i'm curious word the defense goes with this because again, they're going down a rabbit hole that they probably don't need to because they have a theory as to the at least according to them, the implausibility that cohen would have talked exclusively about stormy daniel's, despite the fact that he was texting about this fight with a 14-year-old in the minutes leading up to that? so why they revisited it, it's not clear. we'll just see where they go, but thought it was...
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cohen says trumdicted him to make the payment in the weeks before the 20 election and then cohen may be able to give insight into the actual charges in the case, which are that in getting reimbursed trump and his company logged the reimbursement payments as legal expenses, which prosecutors say as a way of covering up the cover-up, that they were not legitimate legal expenses, they were reimbursement for hush money payment. host: this is likely the make or break moment of this trial? guest: absolutely. so far we have heard a lot of testimony from other witnesses putting some pieces together, but it is michael cohen who can finish the puzzle. he is the person that prosecutors say was in a meeting with the national enquirer executive talking about being the eyes and ears of the trump campaign in 2016 to identify negative stories and alert cohen to take care of them, to bury them. you start apot in august 2015. i suecprosecutors are hoping michael cohen can fill in the blanks from then until the 2016 election when the payment was made. the reaction to that payment came in the wake of th
cohen says trumdicted him to make the payment in the weeks before the 20 election and then cohen may be able to give insight into the actual charges in the case, which are that in getting reimbursed trump and his company logged the reimbursement payments as legal expenses, which prosecutors say as a way of covering up the cover-up, that they were not legitimate legal expenses, they were reimbursement for hush money payment. host: this is likely the make or break moment of this trial? guest:...
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i don't think cohen would. cohen said, mr. trump did not want me to cooperate with the government or certainly not provide information or flip. hoffinger, if you had cooperated at that time, what would you have told them? then, objection, morning recess. the objections are flying now, danny. >> yeah, that one was speculative. a hypothetical. what would you have told them? finally, an objection. it makes sense. just a bit of in the courtroom color. i was in the courtroom on friday. maggie haberman has been name checked more than a few times in this case. >> she's been in the court, too. >> that's the end of the story. >> in the courtroom today. >> she was there friday, too. when she's name checked, it's not flattering. it's usually trump attacking her in some form of another. since the courtroom is full of a bunch of journalists who know each other, there's an audible whooshing sound as the rubber necking heads turn to look at maggie haberman when she gets attacked. it's got to be surreal to be sitting and covering a trial in w
i don't think cohen would. cohen said, mr. trump did not want me to cooperate with the government or certainly not provide information or flip. hoffinger, if you had cooperated at that time, what would you have told them? then, objection, morning recess. the objections are flying now, danny. >> yeah, that one was speculative. a hypothetical. what would you have told them? finally, an objection. it makes sense. just a bit of in the courtroom color. i was in the courtroom on friday. maggie...
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cohen, yes. blanche, you commented on political beat downs that you were meeting with the government in preparation with your testimony and you displayed a binder of materials that the d.a. gave you to study. cohen says yes, correct. blanche, you displayed a binder of materials the d.a. gave you to study. cohen says i recall that binder. publicly available documents. what publicly available documents? my elocution, cohen says. your guilty plea? cohen, yes, they gave it to my attorney. this is continuing. what's the goal of this, catherine? >> he's obsessed with revenge against donald trump. that's what they're saying. i mean, 200, everything is about trump. his whole life is about trump and getting revenge. that's what they're going to argue. six weeks ago right before the trial, he starts a tiktok about revenge. i'm waiting for them to bring out that he was wearing a t-shirt last week of trump behind bars. his bias, his hostility, his interest. >> you also talked about your desire for donald tru
cohen, yes. blanche, you commented on political beat downs that you were meeting with the government in preparation with your testimony and you displayed a binder of materials that the d.a. gave you to study. cohen says yes, correct. blanche, you displayed a binder of materials the d.a. gave you to study. cohen says i recall that binder. publicly available documents. what publicly available documents? my elocution, cohen says. your guilty plea? cohen, yes, they gave it to my attorney. this is...
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but so that was the real michael cohen. i think with the jury michael cohen is finished. i think stormy daniels did not come off as credible. here is the problem. you have a judge that clearly is compromised and should have recused himself. he donated to biden. issues over the work of his daughter come into play. then you have, of course, he will give jury instructions. what are they going to be? all of this is going to be very instrumental. it is a city, venue where nine out of ten voters are registered democrats. said from the beginning i don't think donald trump can get a fair trial in this venue. i don't think he can get a fair trial in d.c. or -- i lived in georgia for four years. i don't think he can get a fair trial in fulton county, georgia. not that i think these cases will make it to a courtroom. bob costello is devastating. he needs to be called as a witness. the jury needs to hear from him. they need to have the law explained to them. this is a bookkeeping error upgraded to a felony? how did they come to this legal theory? if turley, mccarthy, jarret and dersh
but so that was the real michael cohen. i think with the jury michael cohen is finished. i think stormy daniels did not come off as credible. here is the problem. you have a judge that clearly is compromised and should have recused himself. he donated to biden. issues over the work of his daughter come into play. then you have, of course, he will give jury instructions. what are they going to be? all of this is going to be very instrumental. it is a city, venue where nine out of ten voters are...
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cohen says no. cohen, mr. trump had an open-door policy. cohen, i would caulk right in. when you met with mr. trump at the trump org in his office did you generally record those meetings in your calendar? cohen, no man. did you feel you needed to keep him up to date? cohen, yes, it was actually required. kristen, what do you think they're trying to establish here with michael cohen? >> they're playing that foundation to show that cohen was not just a fixer but he was trump's right-hand man and that is why trump trusted him to conceal those hush money payments and even further, right, which is what the prosecution needs to prove, to conceal it, right? conceal it as reimbursement for legal expenses. why? so that he could have the higher edge with regard to the election. to hide that story, conceal it so that it didn't come out and mess up any reputational benefits that trump had with regards to the election. but it's showing that he is the fixer and the right-hand man shows that he can be trusted. then like charles said, pointing out all of the corroborative evidence throu
cohen says no. cohen, mr. trump had an open-door policy. cohen, i would caulk right in. when you met with mr. trump at the trump org in his office did you generally record those meetings in your calendar? cohen, no man. did you feel you needed to keep him up to date? cohen, yes, it was actually required. kristen, what do you think they're trying to establish here with michael cohen? >> they're playing that foundation to show that cohen was not just a fixer but he was trump's right-hand...
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"yes, sir," cohen says. the defense saying cohen is also not telling the full story about his desire or for a white house job, which mr. trump never offered him. "you were disappointed that after all the work you had done for president trump for 9 1/2 years, nobody, including president trump offered you a position in the white house?" blanche asked. "that's not accurate, cohen said. >> i think it was a very interesting day. it was a fascinating day. it shows what a scam this whole thing is. >> laura, let's circle back if we can for a moment. when the defense accused cohen of lying under oath on the phone call, is there any sense of impact? >> reporter: lester, the jury was paying very close attention to that entire engines ex-change.
"yes, sir," cohen says. the defense saying cohen is also not telling the full story about his desire or for a white house job, which mr. trump never offered him. "you were disappointed that after all the work you had done for president trump for 9 1/2 years, nobody, including president trump offered you a position in the white house?" blanche asked. "that's not accurate, cohen said. >> i think it was a very interesting day. it was a fascinating day. it shows what...
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cohen did for mr. cohen. his obligation as an attorney is to do things on behalf of his client. >> let's get back to the case here and what exactly the prosecution is trying to prove. i think it's always a good reminder because you can get lost in a lot of this testimony, and to remind us, chuck, what exactly is the prosecution trying to prove? >> two pieces. piece number one. 34 counts of falsifying books and records, ledgers and invoices that were kept by the trump organization. it is a misdemeanor under new york state law to make false business records. >> that's the reimbursement for the hush money. >> correct. part two. if you make those false records in order to commit some other crime and here it's alleged that the other crime would be a violation of state election law or federal election law or tax law, if those underlying false records, chris, are done for some other purpose and that misdemeanor can become a felony, the government would have to prove all of that, the underlying falsification and the
cohen did for mr. cohen. his obligation as an attorney is to do things on behalf of his client. >> let's get back to the case here and what exactly the prosecution is trying to prove. i think it's always a good reminder because you can get lost in a lot of this testimony, and to remind us, chuck, what exactly is the prosecution trying to prove? >> two pieces. piece number one. 34 counts of falsifying books and records, ledgers and invoices that were kept by the trump organization....
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cohen? yes. it's part of the merch store, the merchandise. >> think what we're seeing here is sort of as we've talked about, almost a methodical going through every single thing he's made profit off of. and i'm sure there'll be more they've used now the tiktok page. oh, is that monetised you getting money from that? oh, the t-shirt. did you get money for the t-shirt? the mugs, did you get money for the mugs and perhaps then they turned to statements? we'll start confronting him with each one. it's a tactic that's very common on cross-examination and more than anything else, has someone crossing someone just get yes or no answers make him say yes todd todd blanche. >> when cohen changed his views about trump and cohen responds and i'm quoting now, i guess it would be august of 2018, but this is going to be interesting because this is going to be trying to tell another version of or another aspect of the story that the prosecution got out of him, which was very much i couldn't do it anymore. my fam
cohen? yes. it's part of the merch store, the merchandise. >> think what we're seeing here is sort of as we've talked about, almost a methodical going through every single thing he's made profit off of. and i'm sure there'll be more they've used now the tiktok page. oh, is that monetised you getting money from that? oh, the t-shirt. did you get money for the t-shirt? the mugs, did you get money for the mugs and perhaps then they turned to statements? we'll start confronting him with each...
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cohen has testified. first year law students are salivating at the opportunity to cross-examine him. he will come off as a liar in the great liars in the country like even pinocchio. >> harris: to double back for a moment how would you utilize michael cohen in this case? obviously this is a guy who is willing to sur up tarpously to record his own client. who knows what he might say? >> that's it. there are two lawyers on this jury. the one thing that lawyers hold sacred is the duty of confidentiality. they will be particularly repulsed by mr. cohen. i think prosecutors do have to try to get all the bad news out there early, right? conspiracies crafted in hell don't have angels at witnesses. you have a lawyer, a member of the bar, a convicted liar. they have cataclysmic problems on their hands. >> harris: andrew brought this up. the case got shortened after stormy daniels took the stand. in fact, the notice that we got out of the trial on thursday was interesting the prosecution is no longer calling mcdoug
cohen has testified. first year law students are salivating at the opportunity to cross-examine him. he will come off as a liar in the great liars in the country like even pinocchio. >> harris: to double back for a moment how would you utilize michael cohen in this case? obviously this is a guy who is willing to sur up tarpously to record his own client. who knows what he might say? >> that's it. there are two lawyers on this jury. the one thing that lawyers hold sacred is the duty...
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cohen. most of the guys we know who looks and sounds like michael cohen don't have criminal records like michael cohen. they don't have a dark criminal past like michael cohen. most apartments, apartment buildings in new york have a guy or several guys like michael cohen, you can run into on the elevator at any moment and exchanged a cheerful greeting. the jury did not look perplexed by michael cohen. but, this jury is especially good at not giving away the slightest hint of what they are thinking. michael cohen, more than any other witness who has testified in that courtroom, delivered his testimony directly to the jury today. at all the right times when it could be effective, michael cohen physically turned toward the jury a little bit, turned his head and his eyes to them to deliver his answer directly to them, creating the effect of someone trying to help the jury understand. given the wild range of public behavior we have seen from michael cohen over the years, the prosecution could not
cohen. most of the guys we know who looks and sounds like michael cohen don't have criminal records like michael cohen. they don't have a dark criminal past like michael cohen. most apartments, apartment buildings in new york have a guy or several guys like michael cohen, you can run into on the elevator at any moment and exchanged a cheerful greeting. the jury did not look perplexed by michael cohen. but, this jury is especially good at not giving away the slightest hint of what they are...
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cohen. so far, todd blanche has landed multiple punches against cohen. >> including cohen's admission that he stole tens of thousands of dollars from the trump organization and the question about how many more witnesses were left and who might the defense call. >> those are big questions. vaughn hillyard is outside of the courthouse, along with andrew weissmann and catherine christian who are still with us as well. so, vaughn, it's the top of the hour. i will let you top us off. >> reporter: we're looking at the 3:00 p.m. eastern hour, and michael cohen is still on the stand, and there were questions of whether michael cohen when we started the day would be off the stand by lunch hour. that's not the case as there has been of course the back and forth over potential witnesses, the back and forth over the c-span clip from october 24th. a video clip that was filmed just six minutes before that october 24th, 8:06 p.m. phone call that michael cohen testified to, that he called keith schiller wit
cohen. so far, todd blanche has landed multiple punches against cohen. >> including cohen's admission that he stole tens of thousands of dollars from the trump organization and the question about how many more witnesses were left and who might the defense call. >> those are big questions. vaughn hillyard is outside of the courthouse, along with andrew weissmann and catherine christian who are still with us as well. so, vaughn, it's the top of the hour. i will let you top us off....
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cohen, no. of course those were -- >> the pseudonyms. >> that they testified to earlier. >> blanche, who came up with the names. he knew a peggy peterson. david dennison, i have no idea why. you testified that you lied on the account opening documents, saying it was going to be consultants and if you told the truth, they would say no, they would not do it. you were not interacting with ms. daniels, you were working through her lawyer, cohen, yes, sir. hoffinger asking to approach the bench. >> today we end at 4:00, and tomorrow is off. we could have mr. cohen coming back on monday to finish cross or start redirect. >> it feels like blanche understands where we are on the time clock. it's 3:37. and i imagine he wants to end the day with a bang the way he ended the lunch break with a bang. >> or drag it over. i don't know why he would. he told the judge he was going to end today. now, if it does end at 4:00, if the cross-examination, and there's going to be redirect, that's not going to happen unt
cohen, no. of course those were -- >> the pseudonyms. >> that they testified to earlier. >> blanche, who came up with the names. he knew a peggy peterson. david dennison, i have no idea why. you testified that you lied on the account opening documents, saying it was going to be consultants and if you told the truth, they would say no, they would not do it. you were not interacting with ms. daniels, you were working through her lawyer, cohen, yes, sir. hoffinger asking to...
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it was like watching michael cohen square off against the new michael cohen in some sense and then he couldn't help himself, that frequently in that trial, he literally answered questions to him as a witness with a response that only a lawyer is supposed to give in court. he would object himself and because he was not really represented by the ag's office and his counsel did not have a speaking role, there was no one to act for him and i think he felt exposed and unprotected and so that might be what accounts for some of the difference. that, and additional time. he learned from that experience and in drawing says in his ruling, not everybody finds michael cohen incredible but i'm going to side with him here but see that ruling as a warning to michael cohen. you're not always on the right side of people's dividing line about your credibility. >> and what he is doing on the witness stand does not come across as performance. i'm not saying it isn't, but it does not come across that way. it comes across as this is the way he is sitting here now talking about this. he is not a good actor.
it was like watching michael cohen square off against the new michael cohen in some sense and then he couldn't help himself, that frequently in that trial, he literally answered questions to him as a witness with a response that only a lawyer is supposed to give in court. he would object himself and because he was not really represented by the ag's office and his counsel did not have a speaking role, there was no one to act for him and i think he felt exposed and unprotected and so that might...
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that is what michael cohen wanted. donald trump's respect, admiration, his love, but then, he probably knew that donald trump is incapable of love and luckily for michael cohen, his family was capable of love, even after the horror they experience of an fbi raid in their family home. his wife and his daughter, in college, and his son, in high school, did an intervention. he testified that it was a conversation with his family that made him decide that it was time to escape the trump cult. " by that time in late august, what, of anything, had you decided about whether you would continue to live for president trump? >> i made the decision based on the conversation that i had with my family, i would not live for president trump any longer. >> if not for the campaign, would you have paid that money to stormy daniels? >> no, ma'am." michael cohen say the day he pleaded guilty was " the worst day of my life." donald trump issued a tweet that day, aimed at michael cohen . he told the jury that when he testified to congress ab
that is what michael cohen wanted. donald trump's respect, admiration, his love, but then, he probably knew that donald trump is incapable of love and luckily for michael cohen, his family was capable of love, even after the horror they experience of an fbi raid in their family home. his wife and his daughter, in college, and his son, in high school, did an intervention. he testified that it was a conversation with his family that made him decide that it was time to escape the trump cult....
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so i'm curious about the interaction between trump and cohen, but also between cohen and the jury. >> reporter: from where i am sitting, i can't see much interaction between trump and cohen. i can see them both individually. it's possible there's some -- some dynamic happening between them, but it sort of seems like they're each in their own little world. i don't sense a lot of eye contact or anything going on between the two of them. michael cohen, when he's being closely questioned by blanche and in a very different tone but also closely questioned by the prosecutor on redirect, he's focused intently, i think as you would have to be, on those questions because obviously in the case of todd blanche he's trying to trip him up. you have to make sure that doesn't happen. any time michael cohen has a little breathing room, an answer where he gets time to explain himself, he does direct his energy to the jury and they're watching him very closely. go ahead. >> i was wondering. when i was there last week, when the jury walked in, rachel, they never looked at donald trump. they would walk i
so i'm curious about the interaction between trump and cohen, but also between cohen and the jury. >> reporter: from where i am sitting, i can't see much interaction between trump and cohen. i can see them both individually. it's possible there's some -- some dynamic happening between them, but it sort of seems like they're each in their own little world. i don't sense a lot of eye contact or anything going on between the two of them. michael cohen, when he's being closely questioned by...
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not a chance, says cohen. hoffinger said, did he say way, recounting pecker's words, corroborating testimony, i didn't get my money back on the 150 grand even though that did not matter. i can't do it again, it could cost me my job. >> hoffinger, how did you leave things with howard on that call. make sure it's locked down. we're going to take care of it. hoffinger, who's going to take care of it. i was. are these screen shots of the messages between you and mr. pecker. cohen says yes. an exhibit that shows a list of calls between david pecker and michael cohen. do you see a flurry of calls between yourself and david pecker. cohen, i do. on why there were so many calls blames the app's signal. signal is terrible with keeping phone calls. they drop all the time. also factual. cohen says, yes, about the resolution of the stormy daniels matter. between michael cohen and keith davidson. what was the goal. to ensure that that occurs, i'm assuming the deal, so i can tell mr. trump the matter is under control. cohen,
not a chance, says cohen. hoffinger said, did he say way, recounting pecker's words, corroborating testimony, i didn't get my money back on the 150 grand even though that did not matter. i can't do it again, it could cost me my job. >> hoffinger, how did you leave things with howard on that call. make sure it's locked down. we're going to take care of it. hoffinger, who's going to take care of it. i was. are these screen shots of the messages between you and mr. pecker. cohen says yes. an...
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cohen replied. cohen said he was angry about getting a low annual bonus earlier in the trial cohen told prosecutors he requested the full reimbursement because that's what was owed and i didn't feel mr. trump deserve the benefit of the difference. on monday, cohen admitted it was wrong to have taken the money. cohen defended his character during testimony to congress in 2019, i understand i have lied but i am not a liar i have done bad things, but i am not a bad man after cross-examination concluded, prosecutors tried to clean up some of the damage done to cohen's credibility prosecutor susan hoffinger asks about repayments cohen received from trump for the $130,000 in hush money he provided to adult film star stormy daniels, which is the crux of the case. >> this is why i'm here because we called it a legal expense payment to a lawyer cohen testified that despite the 11 checks referring to a retainer agreement, he said no agreement existed because there was no legal work that i was to be paid for.
cohen replied. cohen said he was angry about getting a low annual bonus earlier in the trial cohen told prosecutors he requested the full reimbursement because that's what was owed and i didn't feel mr. trump deserve the benefit of the difference. on monday, cohen admitted it was wrong to have taken the money. cohen defended his character during testimony to congress in 2019, i understand i have lied but i am not a liar i have done bad things, but i am not a bad man after cross-examination...
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michael cohen is done. they are not, according to what we're learning right now, going to call any further messages including this c-span archivists we were hearing about. we are learning that the defense will be calling a witness, and the first witness -- we don't know if there's going to be more than him. it's andrew sitco, and he is a law clerk -- sorry, he is a paralegal. we're just getting this information from lydia who is there in the courtroom. defense witnesses call daniel sitco. todd blanch will handle the direct examination. there was a spreadsheet created with the calls between cohen and costello. but the question being considered today in the wall street journey today, if the trump team or the prosecution is worried about the 34 felony convictions and whether or not they have made their case, either side has the right to ask the judge if he will allow them to consider 34 misdemeanor charges. now, former state judge ethan greenberg says that would be a gamble. quote, if the jury considers only f
michael cohen is done. they are not, according to what we're learning right now, going to call any further messages including this c-span archivists we were hearing about. we are learning that the defense will be calling a witness, and the first witness -- we don't know if there's going to be more than him. it's andrew sitco, and he is a law clerk -- sorry, he is a paralegal. we're just getting this information from lydia who is there in the courtroom. defense witnesses call daniel sitco. todd...
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in cohen's telling of the story that cohen stays on the program, stays with the team cohen says, he never told costello about trump's involvement in the american media incorporated the tabloid empire payment to mcdougal or cohen's own payment to daniels? >> i didn't trust him. cohen says meaning bob costello and i was still remaining loyal to mr. trump trump and cohen is going to great lengths to describe this in his view, pressure campaign costello reaching out to him saying since you jumped off the phone rather abruptly, i did not get a chance to tell you that my friend, which is rudy giuliani, presumably billy, has communicated to me that he's meeting with his clients this evening. that would be donald trump and he added that if there's anything you want it to convey, you should tell me and my friend rudy giuliani will bring it up for discussion this evening hoffinger asks cohen why castula didn't just say giuliani and trump and sort of to be covert, cohen says it's all back channel. i spy ash. >> the lengthy email using cryptic messages about collins, stella's friend and his friends c
in cohen's telling of the story that cohen stays on the program, stays with the team cohen says, he never told costello about trump's involvement in the american media incorporated the tabloid empire payment to mcdougal or cohen's own payment to daniels? >> i didn't trust him. cohen says meaning bob costello and i was still remaining loyal to mr. trump trump and cohen is going to great lengths to describe this in his view, pressure campaign costello reaching out to him saying since you...
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cohen. the width as the cross-examination began this afternoon. so i was there watching as trump's former fixer went toe-to-toe with the trump's attorney. and as i said, it was literally i mean, basically the first line, trump's attorney todd blanche starts his questioning by confronting michael cohen and he's he whether he was pretending to be or truly angry, he came off so angry that he was shaking and he pulls up a video that michael cohen and posted on tiktok and he said you went on tiktok and you called me a crying little expletive, didn't you i mean, it was just so intense. now, cohen responds. sounds like something i would say. trump leaned forward is blanche went on to grill cohen about other profanity-laced posts and this sort of intersperse the entire afternoon. >> one of them was you refer to president trump when he left the courtroom, you said that quote, he goes right into that little cage which is where he belongs in an effing cage like an animal if you recall saying that, asks
cohen. the width as the cross-examination began this afternoon. so i was there watching as trump's former fixer went toe-to-toe with the trump's attorney. and as i said, it was literally i mean, basically the first line, trump's attorney todd blanche starts his questioning by confronting michael cohen and he's he whether he was pretending to be or truly angry, he came off so angry that he was shaking and he pulls up a video that michael cohen and posted on tiktok and he said you went on tiktok...
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cohen, yes. hoffinger, direct attention to september of 2016, did you record a convo with trump regarding purchasing karen mcdougal life rights. >> this is the only one i taped. >> why did you tape this one? so i could show it to david pecker. that way he could hear the conversation that he was going to be paying him back and i also wanted him to remain loyal to donald trump. >> this is key. this is critical. this shows that paper trail, and it also shows if you think about it, the pattern that cohen actually experienced when he wasn't getting paid back or he didn't receive the compensation necessary to pay stormy daniels. so i think what the prosecution is kind of doing is laying out this mirror to show this pattern because the pattern also links back to trump as well. is there an issue, though, if cohen's right now saying this was the one conversation i recorded. i think as a juror -- >> was mr. trump aware, no, ma'am. mr. trump wasn't aware. i'm left to question, why was this the only one he r
cohen, yes. hoffinger, direct attention to september of 2016, did you record a convo with trump regarding purchasing karen mcdougal life rights. >> this is the only one i taped. >> why did you tape this one? so i could show it to david pecker. that way he could hear the conversation that he was going to be paying him back and i also wanted him to remain loyal to donald trump. >> this is key. this is critical. this shows that paper trail, and it also shows if you think about...
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, according to cohen's account. cohen testified that he, like others, viewed the daniels' story as a catastrophic event. what, if anything did you think potential impact that the daniels' story might have on the campaign, and there you see it, cohen, catastrophic. as this was going on, trump, the defendant, at times was seen looking away. he had his eyes closed. at other times he was seen reacting with his head bowed, even looking somewhat concerned according to at least one sketch artist there. cohen paints a damning picture of his client. he says trump was not only in on everything but well aware of the cover-up of everything. he was in on the plan to pay it off and he was in on the cover-up. and he was in on the theory that cohen and pecker and other officials have conveyed that all of this would have an impact on the election. and that's central to the felony charge. the cover-up was only for the 2016 election, not for some other set of reasons. cohen walking the jury through the secret agreement with the enquir
, according to cohen's account. cohen testified that he, like others, viewed the daniels' story as a catastrophic event. what, if anything did you think potential impact that the daniels' story might have on the campaign, and there you see it, cohen, catastrophic. as this was going on, trump, the defendant, at times was seen looking away. he had his eyes closed. at other times he was seen reacting with his head bowed, even looking somewhat concerned according to at least one sketch artist...
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cohen says over the four-year period, blanche says, yes, cohen says it is. yes, sir. so three 0.4 million. that's a lot of money bravo. bravo to michael cohen. i'm doing something wrong with my books. that he shouldn't go on for donald. >> yeah. i guess end up in prison. >> nation and lying to congress, i guess, i guess. well, i guess all in all it's maybe not worth it government, right? but that's basically try the financial point. i think came through pretty strongly, which is this is michael cohen's livelihood. this this is what he does. he profits directly off this. and think there's a fair argument. he has a direct financial stake in the verdict because what happens if it's a guilty verdict michael coe, we'll do a tour. i'll probably have a heavier market for his book if it's a hung jury or not guilty watch how quickly the bottom falls out of the michael cohen trashing donald trump market. so he's got, he's got it goes to his bias in his credit it's just a lot of money to for a book. it's a lot of money might go. do you think the jury is going to register that ar
cohen says over the four-year period, blanche says, yes, cohen says it is. yes, sir. so three 0.4 million. that's a lot of money bravo. bravo to michael cohen. i'm doing something wrong with my books. that he shouldn't go on for donald. >> yeah. i guess end up in prison. >> nation and lying to congress, i guess, i guess. well, i guess all in all it's maybe not worth it government, right? but that's basically try the financial point. i think came through pretty strongly, which is...
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michael cohen pays himself. they want to string it out past the election then never pay her at all. >> right. >> but then, the question about his wife. aren't you worried about your wife what she will think. michael cohen is describing a conversation with donald trump which he is trying to elicit. is there a reason for us to suppress the story other than the campaign and trump effectively says, i don't care if he knows, i don't care if she's mad. how long do you think i'll be on the market for. not long. >> he's not the first one to testify about trump's sole interest with the campaign. and the only other person to have the conversation is the court of new york and they had the same testimony. directing michael cohen. the facts are not in dispute by the other investors that looked at this. no one who's come before this jury has testified to any motive other than the campaign. and the real crisis the thing that makes the stormy daniels payment different, in addition to the crimes that were committed in the fraudu
michael cohen pays himself. they want to string it out past the election then never pay her at all. >> right. >> but then, the question about his wife. aren't you worried about your wife what she will think. michael cohen is describing a conversation with donald trump which he is trying to elicit. is there a reason for us to suppress the story other than the campaign and trump effectively says, i don't care if he knows, i don't care if she's mad. how long do you think i'll be on the...
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cohen admits, that's correct. then he admitted he did exactly that with donald trump, and then to explain the reasoning was to share with a third party. this is not alleged to be a crime, but if you do that is a lawyer, you are breaking the very privilege you take an oath to uphold, which means as you can if you tell your lawyer something you don't keep it secret, they could stop representing you and take it to the literal grave. they don't tell anyone else or tell anyone else with a live recording which breaks the privilege. he did that to a member, even a friendly member of the media. he's putting it all the way out there. now, that could again, be part of what they believe is part of the course stuff. and, it's one of the hardest things for trump's side . this is the same thing i mentioned, the recording, so there is the ethical part which cuts against cohen. then there's what's on the tape in which cuts against donald trump, like it or not, when he seems to have a type of consciousness of guilt and wanting to
cohen admits, that's correct. then he admitted he did exactly that with donald trump, and then to explain the reasoning was to share with a third party. this is not alleged to be a crime, but if you do that is a lawyer, you are breaking the very privilege you take an oath to uphold, which means as you can if you tell your lawyer something you don't keep it secret, they could stop representing you and take it to the literal grave. they don't tell anyone else or tell anyone else with a live...
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michael cohen, yes sir. todd blanche, and when he says cash, he's not talking about benjamin's and green dollar bills, right? he is talking about paying for something with cash, not financing, correct? michael cohen, no sir. leading off our discussion to find out what cash is, andrew weissmann. he is a msnbc legal analyst and co-author of the best-selling book, the trump indictments. also with us is adam klasfeld who was in the courtroom today with us. and lisa rubin, also with us in the courtroom. msnbc legal correspondent. we were all there. every minute of it. this thing about cash turned out to be interesting. it was an angle i have not thought of. what todd blanche meant was there are rich people like donald trump in new york and they talk about buying apartments for $5 million and they say it will pay cash, i'm not going to finance. we know that they mean a check when they use cash in that way. the way we have all heard the word in the audio tape was this was payoff cash. but todd blanche says no, no b
michael cohen, yes sir. todd blanche, and when he says cash, he's not talking about benjamin's and green dollar bills, right? he is talking about paying for something with cash, not financing, correct? michael cohen, no sir. leading off our discussion to find out what cash is, andrew weissmann. he is a msnbc legal analyst and co-author of the best-selling book, the trump indictments. also with us is adam klasfeld who was in the courtroom today with us. and lisa rubin, also with us in the...
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and through cohen. we saw that today because they began by trying to deal with this. the trump lawyers have tried to put cohen's credibility on the trial. the prosecutors had about i would argue three main ways to deal with this. first, another reference to that common sense we were talking about. consider the utterly damning testimony of david pecker. meaning they're arguing other witnesses back up cohen. so this case and these alleged facts don't rise and fall on just him. second, they made a less legal and more practical argument and it's one that any trump observer knows. you do not need a law degree. the people around trump who now have yet again become legal witnesses to trump's actions, they're dodgy and sketchy and sometimes outright criminal and the prosecutor argued, that's not a bug, that's a feature. it's because trump picked them. here's the quote, we didn't pick michael cohen up at the witness store. no. trump picked him. now that doesn't cancel out all of cohen's issues but it is their ef
and through cohen. we saw that today because they began by trying to deal with this. the trump lawyers have tried to put cohen's credibility on the trial. the prosecutors had about i would argue three main ways to deal with this. first, another reference to that common sense we were talking about. consider the utterly damning testimony of david pecker. meaning they're arguing other witnesses back up cohen. so this case and these alleged facts don't rise and fall on just him. second, they made a...
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does cohen do that? reporter: yes, there were some really interesting testimony earlier, where persecutors were essentially trying to elicit testimony that showed donald trump to efforts to conceal the kind of nature of what he was doing. i mean, michael cohen talked about how donald trump never wanted a paper trail, how he refused to put things in emails because he made comments to michael cohen that that is how persecutors of gotten people in the past. in a secret audio recording where donald trump and michael cohen are heard discussing a yment to the former playboy model karen mcdougal, we hear trump saying to "pay in cash," michael cohen in his testimony saying, that was to make sure there was no paper trail. and saying that allen weisselberg said that the reason the company couldn't make that payment was they didn't want any link from donald trump to that payment, that that would defeat the purpose of trying to silence her. so at every step, prosecutors are trying to establish with michael cohen tes
does cohen do that? reporter: yes, there were some really interesting testimony earlier, where persecutors were essentially trying to elicit testimony that showed donald trump to efforts to conceal the kind of nature of what he was doing. i mean, michael cohen talked about how donald trump never wanted a paper trail, how he refused to put things in emails because he made comments to michael cohen that that is how persecutors of gotten people in the past. in a secret audio recording where donald...
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cohen says no, ma'am. than hoffinger asked at who's direction and on whose behalf did you commit that crime? >> and then cohen says on behalf of mr. trump, i do wonder if that gets to the point you bring up michael, you're talk about that in a second. >> i just want to very quickly say they also gotten the direct examination into the oval office visit, which is something caitlin been talking about for some time, or cohen says i was sitting with president trump and he asked me if i was okay in the oval office. he asked me if i needed money. i said no. all good. he said because i can get a check and i said no. i said i'm okay. he said. all right, just make sure you deal with allen as an allen weisselberg and hoffinger asks, did he say anything about what would be forthcoming to you? cohen says yes, it will be a check for january and february, and then at that point in time, you had not yet been reimbursed for the payments you had made history daniels cohen says, no, ma'am. >> this is a perfect example of wha
cohen says no, ma'am. than hoffinger asked at who's direction and on whose behalf did you commit that crime? >> and then cohen says on behalf of mr. trump, i do wonder if that gets to the point you bring up michael, you're talk about that in a second. >> i just want to very quickly say they also gotten the direct examination into the oval office visit, which is something caitlin been talking about for some time, or cohen says i was sitting with president trump and he asked me if i...
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biden michael cohen. i asked her about a during an interview i did with her for 60 minutes so you signed and released a statement. it said, i'm not denying this a fair because i was paid in hush money. i'm denying it because it never happened that's a lie yes if it was untruthful why did you sign it because they made it sound like i had no choice. yeah. no one was putting a gun to your head, not physical violence. now you thought that there would be some sort of legal repercussions if you didn't sign as a matter of fact, the exact sentence used was they can make your life hell in many different ways. they being i'm not exactly sure who they were. >> i believe it to be michael cohen join his now an exclusive interview, stormy daniels, attorney clark brewster. >> i want to get your impressions of michael cohen's testimony today and specifically, how it statements track with things you're your client has said, do you think that they have corroborated each other? >> you know, it's interesting. i've been storm
biden michael cohen. i asked her about a during an interview i did with her for 60 minutes so you signed and released a statement. it said, i'm not denying this a fair because i was paid in hush money. i'm denying it because it never happened that's a lie yes if it was untruthful why did you sign it because they made it sound like i had no choice. yeah. no one was putting a gun to your head, not physical violence. now you thought that there would be some sort of legal repercussions if you...
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michael cohen. if you make this more about michael cohen and you hit on michael cohen to the point you don't lose the jury, then you make it about michael cohen. if you can distract, that's a win. don't trust him. don't like him. he has an agenda. >> jeremy, let me follow up on that. as a former prosecutor, you have someone -- he is known as former fixer, michael cohen. that's not a great title. but that's the way he is known as former fixer, michael cohen. there might be sympathy for him, he was in isolation, a federal judge said he was put in solitary confinement when he was incarcerated. what do you do as a prosecutor to try to restore the credibility or sympathy fafacto? >> where blanche went too far. you said you didn't want a pardon but then they asked for a pardon. the response was, i was in a nightmare. what point did you win? you humanized michael cohen. i'm living a nightmare. i did something wrong. i've been caught. i have to deal with this. that seems -- >> what is the strategy? it's har
michael cohen. if you make this more about michael cohen and you hit on michael cohen to the point you don't lose the jury, then you make it about michael cohen. if you can distract, that's a win. don't trust him. don't like him. he has an agenda. >> jeremy, let me follow up on that. as a former prosecutor, you have someone -- he is known as former fixer, michael cohen. that's not a great title. but that's the way he is known as former fixer, michael cohen. there might be sympathy for...
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did he knocked michael cohen out? no. cohen stood his ground. he said in there, will you say you lied? i did not lie. and cohen was much stronger in the afternoon the prosecution was ahead on points. it's a closer case now, they needed a knockout punch. they what would a knock out to be, if not, that would tell me what would be your series of lies. and it would be shall make you need checking michael cohen would be getting him to retrench. he didn't back off his point and your norm, no one's listening would you, norm eisen send a man to prison take away his liberty based on the testimony of michael cohen this is not bow yes or no. >> unlike unlike the witnesses on the stand, i don't have to accept that your yes or no insistence. are they this is not about hope this testimony, as we have jury sloan. they get. to decide vast amount of operation for michael cohen. >> one bad answer is not going to sink because the case and let me let me agree with for a sec i'm. going to agree with norm for a second. it's a way past 90 seconds. there is substantial
did he knocked michael cohen out? no. cohen stood his ground. he said in there, will you say you lied? i did not lie. and cohen was much stronger in the afternoon the prosecution was ahead on points. it's a closer case now, they needed a knockout punch. they what would a knock out to be, if not, that would tell me what would be your series of lies. and it would be shall make you need checking michael cohen would be getting him to retrench. he didn't back off his point and your norm, no one's...