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costello? that is hoffinger saying it to robert costello. damning testimony, guys, to say the least, from robert costello for the defense and their choice to choose to bring him to the witness stand here. wondering if they're regretting that today. >> thank you, yasmin, so much to discuss. i want to welcome charles coleman also joining our legal panel, former new york prosecutor, just another thing i want to highlight from this cross examination, the prosecutor asking costello about email communications he had with michael cohen. hoffinger reads an email from costello sent to cohen that says michael, i just spoke to rudy giuliani and told him i was on your team. rudy was thrilled and said this could not be a better situation for the president or you. hoffinger, that was your email to michael cohen? costello, yes. hoffinger, email speaks for itself? costello, no, not quite. there were surrounding circumstances, but i would be delighted to tell you. hoffinger, sarcastically, no, that's all right, let's move on to the next one. so, here she is
costello? that is hoffinger saying it to robert costello. damning testimony, guys, to say the least, from robert costello for the defense and their choice to choose to bring him to the witness stand here. wondering if they're regretting that today. >> thank you, yasmin, so much to discuss. i want to welcome charles coleman also joining our legal panel, former new york prosecutor, just another thing i want to highlight from this cross examination, the prosecutor asking costello about email...
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and cohen earlier said that he lied to costello because he thought that costello might funnel information to trump. separately cohen testified he stole money from the trump administration, received hundreds of thousands of dollars from other clients for very limited legal work. he claims he did limited work for trump in 2017. trump says those payments are legitimate. cohen says they are reimbursement payments for the stormy daniels deal. our legal experts say trump testifying himself would be a bad move, considering how much judge marchand would allow during that questioning. and as you see video of former president trump speaking after court, which has been the case every single day so far. we are expecting that again at 4:30 after court ends for the day. >> neil: so it sounds like even with the extra witnesses and these unexpected developments, that 4:30 wrap-up is still on? >> for now we are expecting former president trump to speak at 4:30. that's the last timeline that we've been given. but we've also seen several times that court has extended past then. >> neil: thank you, my friend
and cohen earlier said that he lied to costello because he thought that costello might funnel information to trump. separately cohen testified he stole money from the trump administration, received hundreds of thousands of dollars from other clients for very limited legal work. he claims he did limited work for trump in 2017. trump says those payments are legitimate. cohen says they are reimbursement payments for the stormy daniels deal. our legal experts say trump testifying himself would be a...
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that's andrew costello, i'm sorry, robert costello. the defense has called him. he'll take the stand and emil bove will start the question in just a moment. vaughn hillyard, as we gear up on this, remind us what michael cohen has testified about robert costello. >> reporter: right. last week michael cohen testified about robert costello. this is what the jury has heard so far about this lawyer who helped michael cohen in the months after, in april 2018. michael cohen's home and a hotel were raided. as phones were taken and gone through, that he turned to him as sort of an outside counsel voice. what michael cohen said is that he was skeptical of robert costello's intentions, and particularly because robert costello had repeatedly told him that he was all but working as a back channel through his friend rudy giuliani to donald trump. and the way that michael cohen described it to the jury was that it was quote, all covert, all back channel, i spyish. there was a june e-mail entered into the record in which robert costello sent cohen an e-mail, rudy giuliani has co
that's andrew costello, i'm sorry, robert costello. the defense has called him. he'll take the stand and emil bove will start the question in just a moment. vaughn hillyard, as we gear up on this, remind us what michael cohen has testified about robert costello. >> reporter: right. last week michael cohen testified about robert costello. this is what the jury has heard so far about this lawyer who helped michael cohen in the months after, in april 2018. michael cohen's home and a hotel...
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cohen and costello. one of those phone calls lasted over an hour and a half. and earlier today cohen admitted during his cross-examination that he was well aware during those conversations that they were protected by his attorney/client privilege. and remember cohen also earlier said he lied to costello because he thought costello would funnel information to trump. cohen just left the courthouse about ten minutes ago. cohen also received hundreds of thousands of dollars from other clients for very limited work. that's something that he talked about on the stand today. he also claims he did very limited work for trump in 2017. now, trump maintains that all payments to cohen for legitimate legal expenses, while cohen claims they were reimbursements for payments made to stormy daniels. they plan to call brad smith to the stand. judge marchand is allowing limited testimony from him. the judge worried that brad smith might provide his opinion rather than just the laws and the interpretation of the laws, which
cohen and costello. one of those phone calls lasted over an hour and a half. and earlier today cohen admitted during his cross-examination that he was well aware during those conversations that they were protected by his attorney/client privilege. and remember cohen also earlier said he lied to costello because he thought costello would funnel information to trump. cohen just left the courthouse about ten minutes ago. cohen also received hundreds of thousands of dollars from other clients for...
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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 swear to god, bob, i don't have anything on donald trump. >> besides making that statement i swear to god i don't have anything on donald trump, he also said more times than that answer, guys, i want you to understand, i will do whatever the f i have to do, i will never spend a day in jail. >> dana: another bombshell moment yesterday. cohen admitted to stealing from the trump organization skimming tens of thousands of dollars after his holiday bonus was less than he thought it would be. team fox coverage, andy mccarthy was in court yesterday and get his analysis. let's go to eric shawn outside the courthouse. hi, eric. >> good morning, dana. he was the surprise witness who says michael cohen is full of it. that means,
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 swear to god, bob, i don't have anything on donald trump. >> besides making that statement i swear to god i don't have anything on donald trump, he also said more times than that...
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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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if you choose to believe costello. i view him as credible. >> dana: certainly. >> bill: he did work under the tutelage of rudy giuliani in new york and led him to cohen. at this stage in the trial you can't afford, perhaps, not to call him. >> i have agree. the other thing to keep in mind is that -- this goes based on what you are reading from the cross exam. it sounds like blanche and trump are trying to paint, i think, cohen as sometimes what is called a useful idiot. someone who wants fame and money. more powerful people will tell him what to do. he wanted a deal. so i think that story would then fit in very well with costello's testimony. with that testimony you get cohen before any of that happened. before he is trying to please people. before he is being used as a pawn. i think what costello shows us is the real cohen. now, the other thing you do want to worry about, though, you mentioned this, bill and dana, trump is going to want to testify, too. this is a smart trial tactic. trump's lawyers don't want him to t
if you choose to believe costello. i view him as credible. >> dana: certainly. >> bill: he did work under the tutelage of rudy giuliani in new york and led him to cohen. at this stage in the trial you can't afford, perhaps, not to call him. >> i have agree. the other thing to keep in mind is that -- this goes based on what you are reading from the cross exam. it sounds like blanche and trump are trying to paint, i think, cohen as sometimes what is called a useful idiot....
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costello. and when i was watching that yesterday, i was thinking this is exactly why some members of the trump team did want to put them on the stand? >> yeah, some members of that team having a big i told you so moment this morning, the concern was how he was going to perform on the stand now, his purpose for being there was to further undercut michael cohen's credibility. most importantly, to testify that michael cohen repeatedly told costello that he had no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by trump, and that was what he really was supposed to offer the defense, but instead, that kind of got lost in this spectacle. but to put it in the full context of the case does not the defendant. this is not michael cohen. this is a b list witness who instead of helping of the defense and a marginal way instead just created the most dramatic moment we've seen. so far. this is not going to make or break the case, but it does appear to be a forest error for the defense. >> they could have ended on michael co
costello. and when i was watching that yesterday, i was thinking this is exactly why some members of the trump team did want to put them on the stand? >> yeah, some members of that team having a big i told you so moment this morning, the concern was how he was going to perform on the stand now, his purpose for being there was to further undercut michael cohen's credibility. most importantly, to testify that michael cohen repeatedly told costello that he had no evidence of criminal...
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costello's words. the prosecutor also read an email, he writes to a legal partner the same day, quote come all the more reason for him to hire me, because of my connection to giuliani, which i mentioned to him in our meeting. so again, you mentioned giuliani in the first meeting. no. under oath. there are two emails here in which you are like, i mentioned giuliani. okay. and for the coming occasions, it is clear that costello continued to dangle his relationship with giuliani, and by extension, donald trump, over cohen's head. in another email, quote, i spoke with rudy, very positive, who i love, which i will say is sweet. adding, quote, there is never a doubt they are in our corner. rudy says this medication channel must be maintained,". he said tonight, we have friends in high places. ps, some positive comments about you from the white house. now, you might be thinking that the invocation of giuliani and trump repeatedly by this man does not definitively prove costello's intentions, but in a stunning
costello's words. the prosecutor also read an email, he writes to a legal partner the same day, quote come all the more reason for him to hire me, because of my connection to giuliani, which i mentioned to him in our meeting. so again, you mentioned giuliani in the first meeting. no. under oath. there are two emails here in which you are like, i mentioned giuliani. okay. and for the coming occasions, it is clear that costello continued to dangle his relationship with giuliani, and by extension,...
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addressing costello directly. “if you don't like my ruling, you don't give me side-eye and you don't roll your eyes. do you understand that?" costello glared at him. "are you staring me down?” the judge asked. and then, that dramatic move. judge merchan clearing the courtroom. sending everyone out into the hallway. when the trial resumed, costello back on the stand. prosecutors beginning their cross-examination. he'll be back on the stand tomorrow, but tonight, before court adjourned for the day, trump's lawyer asking judge merchan to dismiss the case. >> hopefully the motion to dismiss this trial will go through, because this trial is a disaster for our country. >> reporter: no immediate ruling from the judge. but when the defense argued the jury shouldn't even consider testimony from michael cohen, the judge was skeptical, say, "you think he's going to fool 12 new yorkers?" david, the defense is likely to rest its case tomorrow with no testimony from donald trump himself. closing arguments, jury
addressing costello directly. “if you don't like my ruling, you don't give me side-eye and you don't roll your eyes. do you understand that?" costello glared at him. "are you staring me down?” the judge asked. and then, that dramatic move. judge merchan clearing the courtroom. sending everyone out into the hallway. when the trial resumed, costello back on the stand. prosecutors beginning their cross-examination. he'll be back on the stand tomorrow, but tonight, before court...
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costello. >>> hi, everyone, welcome to monday. the people of the great state of nuclear reactor versus donald j. trump is entering a new chapter. the prosecution rested and team trump has started its defense. on the stand right now, attorney robert costello who according to michael cohen formed a back channel to donald trump himself in the year 2018. that's when michael cohen was the target of a federal criminal investigation. costello claiming that michael cohen told him trump did not know about the hush money payments to stormy daniels. cohen has testified on direct that he was still in protect trump mode at the time. that he didn't tell costello. the prosecution rested its case, though, just in the last hour after methodically brick by brick restating the elements of their criminal case against the ex-president. they sought to clean up some of the damage done by trump defense attorney todd blanche with an assist from their star witness, trump's ex-attorney, michael cohen. prosecutor susan ho
costello. >>> hi, everyone, welcome to monday. the people of the great state of nuclear reactor versus donald j. trump is entering a new chapter. the prosecution rested and team trump has started its defense. on the stand right now, attorney robert costello who according to michael cohen formed a back channel to donald trump himself in the year 2018. that's when michael cohen was the target of a federal criminal investigation. costello claiming that michael cohen told him trump did not...
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costello says no. she says, last week didn't you go to the house of representatives to testify about michael cohen? he answers, i was asked to testify, yes. prosecutor, and you went there to publicly vilify michael cohen while he was on the stand. hoffinger asked if costello knew that his comments against michael cohen would be publicized in the press. costello says, no, he didn't know, but it was reasonable to expect they would be. prosecutor, and it was an effort by you to intimidate michael cohen while he was testifying here? costello, intimidate michael cohen? prosecutor, yes, that's my question. answer, intimidate michael cohen, no. hoffinger, nothing further, your honor. she just entered into evidence something the jury other jies wouldn't have known which is last week while cohen was testifying in the courthouse this witness who was the only one who resulted the courthouse being cleared twice while on stand was threatening and intimidating the witness last week. >> it was a backfire. it was to s
costello says no. she says, last week didn't you go to the house of representatives to testify about michael cohen? he answers, i was asked to testify, yes. prosecutor, and you went there to publicly vilify michael cohen while he was on the stand. hoffinger asked if costello knew that his comments against michael cohen would be publicized in the press. costello says, no, he didn't know, but it was reasonable to expect they would be. prosecutor, and it was an effort by you to intimidate michael...
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with robert costello. how much of the prosecution's case does that actually attack? do you really want to put on a witness? because once you do, the burden doesn't shift to the defense, but once you start putting on witnesses, spiritually, the burden kind of shifts in the sense that you must be trying to prove something. >> and it opens up different lines of questioning. >> that's the other fear. listen, there's this mythological criminal defense attorney who has the big chalk stripes and he's outrageous in course. the reality is most of us are really risk averse. that's why we don't call our clients. i often rest without calling any witnesses. you don't want to be the cautionary tale in the courthouse. you hear about steve, steve called a bunch of witnesses and the prosecution secured them, and he grasped defeat from the jaws of victory. he had that case won. none of us want to be that. as a result, we're in an industry that's very risk averse. you don't want to put on witnesses and start shifting the bur
with robert costello. how much of the prosecution's case does that actually attack? do you really want to put on a witness? because once you do, the burden doesn't shift to the defense, but once you start putting on witnesses, spiritually, the burden kind of shifts in the sense that you must be trying to prove something. >> and it opens up different lines of questioning. >> that's the other fear. listen, there's this mythological criminal defense attorney who has the big chalk...
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who is robert costello, right? he is telling the jury the shame bombshell claims he told to congress last week and told us, too, on our program. i think he was with martha as well. who is he? former legal advisor to michael cohen, from new york. he had a falling out partly due to alleged outstanding legal bills which there were many, formal federal prosecutor and defense lawyer. costello is on the stand yesterday saying michael cohen said numerous times that president trump knew nothing about those payments, that he did this on his own and he repeated that numerous times, okay? we reported on that many times. he has said that on television the last week many times. so here we go. go ahead. >> dana: what we can show you a little bit of that from costello. watch here. >> i probably came back to this subject ten or 20 times during the two-hour period. every time i brought it up, every time he answered i swear to god bob, i don't have anything on donald trump. i decided i have to make it known to both the defense and t
who is robert costello, right? he is telling the jury the shame bombshell claims he told to congress last week and told us, too, on our program. i think he was with martha as well. who is he? former legal advisor to michael cohen, from new york. he had a falling out partly due to alleged outstanding legal bills which there were many, formal federal prosecutor and defense lawyer. costello is on the stand yesterday saying michael cohen said numerous times that president trump knew nothing about...
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costello? answer, yes it does. it is clear that costello was interested to be not on the team of michael cohen, but the team of the man who costello thinks of as the most powerful man on the planet. the man sitting across the room from robert costello in the defendant's chair. robert costello left the witness stand in disgrace at 10:11 a.m. this morning after 42 minutes on the witness stand this morning, establishing absolutely nothing. for donald trump's defense against the criminal charges of falsifying new york business records in order to illegally help his 2016 presidential campaign. the judge then explained the scheduling dilemma he faced. he told the jury that he likes to keep the final arguments by the defense and prosecution together so that they are not separated by a day or a weekend and that he would need additional time to prepare his legal instructions for the jury, so he pointed out that because they were already scheduled not to meet wednesday of this week, that the earliest they could begin the law
costello? answer, yes it does. it is clear that costello was interested to be not on the team of michael cohen, but the team of the man who costello thinks of as the most powerful man on the planet. the man sitting across the room from robert costello in the defendant's chair. robert costello left the witness stand in disgrace at 10:11 a.m. this morning after 42 minutes on the witness stand this morning, establishing absolutely nothing. for donald trump's defense against the criminal charges of...
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in costello's words. the prosecutor also wrote -- also read an email costello wrote that said all the more reason to hire me because of my connection to giuliani, which i mentioned in our meeting. let me read two emails in which you mentioned him. okay. and further communication it is clear that costello continued to dangle his relationship with giuliani and, again, his relationship with donald trump. in another email he wrote i spoke with rudy, very positive. you are loved. adding, quote, there was never a doubt. adding this communication channel must be maintained. sleep well tonight, you have friends in high places. ps, i heard some very positive comments about you from the white house. you may be thinking that the indication repeatedly in emails by this man does not prove castillo's intentions, but in an example of something you don't want to put in writing, prosecutors read another email from costello to the same legal partner. i'm quoting again. our issue is to get cohen on the right page without gi
in costello's words. the prosecutor also wrote -- also read an email costello wrote that said all the more reason to hire me because of my connection to giuliani, which i mentioned in our meeting. let me read two emails in which you mentioned him. okay. and further communication it is clear that costello continued to dangle his relationship with giuliani and, again, his relationship with donald trump. in another email he wrote i spoke with rudy, very positive. you are loved. adding, quote,...
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costello. and this i told you so. but at the time i remember thinking that is an odd choice because what you have as a defense lawyer is the element of surprise. that's one of the few things you'll have. he won't prevent the grand jury from going forward. that seems highly unlikely. and so you are now laying out for the prosecution what this witness will say. i'm like well, they not only know what he says, but they have a year to prepare to cross examine him, and i was thinking there is no way they will call him because of that. sure enough they did and obviously the cross is still going on, so we can't make a final conclusion. we don't know how the jury will assess him. having said all of those caveats, your analysis of he is an exhibit to what michael cohen said seems clear. he's on paper doing what the jury could easily find to be sort of classic mob work, which is using a lawyer to find out whether someone is cooperating and report it back to the boss. he says that's not happen, and they could credit the written r
costello. and this i told you so. but at the time i remember thinking that is an odd choice because what you have as a defense lawyer is the element of surprise. that's one of the few things you'll have. he won't prevent the grand jury from going forward. that seems highly unlikely. and so you are now laying out for the prosecution what this witness will say. i'm like well, they not only know what he says, but they have a year to prepare to cross examine him, and i was thinking there is no way...
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michael cohen might tell robert costello. robert costello's obvious contempt for the judge probably convinced most of the jurors that michael cohen was right about the contemptuous robert costello. we will consider all the evidence introduced at the trial today, including on michael cohen's cross- examination with andrew wiessman after this break, and we will show you how the defense, which claims donald trump's payments were not reimbursements, made the mistake of repeatedly, in effect, identifying those payments as reimbursements as part of their theory of the defense. that is next. commend agen. number one, because it's effective. does not require a prescription. and i've been taking it quite a while myself and i know it works. and i love it when the customers come back in and tell me, "david, that really works so good for me." makes my day. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. ♪ limu emu... ♪ and doug. (bell ringing) limu, someone needs to customize and save hundreds on car insurance with liberty mut
michael cohen might tell robert costello. robert costello's obvious contempt for the judge probably convinced most of the jurors that michael cohen was right about the contemptuous robert costello. we will consider all the evidence introduced at the trial today, including on michael cohen's cross- examination with andrew wiessman after this break, and we will show you how the defense, which claims donald trump's payments were not reimbursements, made the mistake of repeatedly, in effect,...
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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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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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they wanted robert costello, instead they got abbott and costello. they wanted costello to expose cohen's lies, but he's actually making cohen look good. and so the final question is, why did they call him? i think it is because, as has been reported, donald trump wanted him, he overrode his lawyers because trump, you know, he watches all these right wing shows and they were calling for costello to testify. now, mika, you know why joe tacopina quit the legal team, he didn't want the client to dictate his trial strategy and now you see why. >> what was the point, greg, of calling this witness? was there an actual point to it or literally is -- the only thought is that it was for donald trump and i'll add another question, when you started this segment, you said the prosecution put enough evidence down for a conviction. don't know what the jury is going to do. but how strong is the case overall? >> well, let me address first question first. when i said earlier the defense counsel has probably done the best he could with the cards he's been dealt, one v
they wanted robert costello, instead they got abbott and costello. they wanted costello to expose cohen's lies, but he's actually making cohen look good. and so the final question is, why did they call him? i think it is because, as has been reported, donald trump wanted him, he overrode his lawyers because trump, you know, he watches all these right wing shows and they were calling for costello to testify. now, mika, you know why joe tacopina quit the legal team, he didn't want the client to...
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why did they call costello? maybe because that's what the client wanted? maybe it was concern, though, as that dramatic moment yesterday when the government says, your honor, the prosecution rests, and if blanche had said, the defense rests, and i think they would have heard gasps from the jury. michael cohen, as the judge reminded us, is not on trial. ironically, i think he ended up bolstering cohen's credibility. cohen said he didn't hire costello because he didn't trust him, and now that looks like good judgment from cohen. >> yeah, shown by all the emails from yesterday and today. >> yeah, and how do both sides kind of reset themselves for what is to come next week? >> even though the jury is going home and going to take care of their personal lives, the government and the defense attorneys are going to be working. i mean, i was just telling rebecca during the break, i hated this part of the trial because the defense rests and you feel like you are done, and you have not slept well or eaten well and have not exercised, and now you have to do jury instr
why did they call costello? maybe because that's what the client wanted? maybe it was concern, though, as that dramatic moment yesterday when the government says, your honor, the prosecution rests, and if blanche had said, the defense rests, and i think they would have heard gasps from the jury. michael cohen, as the judge reminded us, is not on trial. ironically, i think he ended up bolstering cohen's credibility. cohen said he didn't hire costello because he didn't trust him, and now that...
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costello is a powerful witness obviously. he is the deputy chief of the criminal division at the southern district of new york and has got the chops. he is a major player in the new york legal seen. he was shocked and i don't play him. >> martha: you know, what does it tell you because there is a lot of speculation that this is the crescendo. what blanche is working towards today with cohen is to establish that cohen had motive, that he hated former president donald trump, and costello says he didn't have anything on him and said he would do anything not to go to jail. so those 2 things put together costello said he was telling me the truth when he said he had nothing untrue -- trump. he claimed he put the story together in order to make it sound like trump was part of this whole thing. but would he be doing interviews and going out there if he is the expert witness they are about to call, jonathan? >> he wouldn't be an expert witness he would be a fact witness. so unless they change what they've been saying to the court abou
costello is a powerful witness obviously. he is the deputy chief of the criminal division at the southern district of new york and has got the chops. he is a major player in the new york legal seen. he was shocked and i don't play him. >> martha: you know, what does it tell you because there is a lot of speculation that this is the crescendo. what blanche is working towards today with cohen is to establish that cohen had motive, that he hated former president donald trump, and costello...
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robert costello exasperated remarked, "geez." the judge, costello exasperated remarked, "geez." thejudge, angry costello exasperated remarked, "geez." the judge, angry about that, took time to remind him about proper court decorum — but then he got extremely angry, accusing robert costello of staring him down in his own court. he cleared the entire courtroom and told robert costello again how to properly behave. court resumed, but nonetheless that was the most striking moment of today and perhaps many key moments of the trial. now prosecutors will resumed their questioning of robert costello when court resumes on tuesday, and then next week, closing statements are scheduled, and the jury will soon get this case and decide donald trump ultimate fate. the high court in london has blocked the extradition of the wikileaks founder, julian assange, to the united states. it granted him permission to appeal against the order that he should stand trial for leaking military secrets that endangered lives. the court had previously sought assurances from washington that mr assange�*s fre
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costello can be called as a witness. >> lawrence: would you? >> judge jeanine: i would, i've heard costello, he is well respected and he made it clear that cohen would have said anything to get out of this. we know in addition to costello, once they lay the foundation, they can call costlello, they may choose not to. this will be different day from tuesday. tuesday was closing out the day to come in and do the hits. look, this guy, cohen, is architect of the whole scheme. what he wants is for everyone to believe that donald trump actually had his finger on the bookkeeping when we know from the prosecution's case from hope hicks and rona, donald trump would get a pile of checks like this and sign while he's on the phone and doesn't even look at it. checks are signed in 2017, how is this election interference after the election. no one has put donald trump anywhere near the bookkeeping in this case. in addition to destroying him on cross-examination, you have got an attorney who not only is the architect, he tape records his open own client. he i
costello can be called as a witness. >> lawrence: would you? >> judge jeanine: i would, i've heard costello, he is well respected and he made it clear that cohen would have said anything to get out of this. we know in addition to costello, once they lay the foundation, they can call costlello, they may choose not to. this will be different day from tuesday. tuesday was closing out the day to come in and do the hits. look, this guy, cohen, is architect of the whole scheme. what he...
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robert costello exasperated, mamad, geez, thejudge costello exasperated, mamad, geez, the judge angry about that took time to remind him about proper court decorum. but then he got extremely angry, accusing robert costello as staring him down in his own court. he cleared the entire courtroom and told robert costello... how to properly behave. court resume but nonetheless that was the most striking moment of today and perhaps many moments — key moments of the trial. let's talk about this more now. anne—marie mcavoy former assistant to new york attorney in new york... thank you both forjoining me. . former federal prosecutor kept crossing the line and answering questions that were a sustained objection. questions that were a sustained ob'ection. . , ., objection. that is a trick i . uess objection. that is a trick i guess that _ objection. that is a trick i guess that sometimes i objection. that is a trick i - guess that sometimes witnesses employ to try to get an answer evenif employ to try to get an answer even if they know it is going to be ultimately stricken from the record. on
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what is costello's motivation? it's his motivation to get cohen because we think cohen's motivation is to get from here if they need him i would like to seen neither of those witnesses. they don't need win more, they need to win period. they are in a good spot to do that without those terkel potential witnesses. >> sandra: i think we're learning more about this discussion that took place when they did reenter the courtroom i believe before the cross-examination began. after lunch we are told from our producer inside the courtroom that the prosecutor, john stamos, says the question when cohen learned the indictment was unsealed is improper and the court should clear up the matter. blanche then said he was not trying to do anything a detector "it was done" the judge said there was nothing improper about the questions and will give to the defense to clarify he is keeping the option open to give a limiting instruction. what can you tell us about this exchange? >> i am not quite sure what the potential issue is except t
what is costello's motivation? it's his motivation to get cohen because we think cohen's motivation is to get from here if they need him i would like to seen neither of those witnesses. they don't need win more, they need to win period. they are in a good spot to do that without those terkel potential witnesses. >> sandra: i think we're learning more about this discussion that took place when they did reenter the courtroom i believe before the cross-examination began. after lunch we are...
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then susan just filleted robert costello. you had to ask yourself, why did they put on robert costello as a defense witness? you know it was to say that supposedly michael cohen said to him that donald trump didn't know anything about it. that was when michael was still very much in the corner of the former president of the united states, then president of the united states. it was very clear from all of these emails that susan presented, one after another from him, all of these emails pressuring michael cohen to stay on the page, constantly pressuring him, we know you can sleep well tonight, you can rest well tonight, you have friends in high places. then when he resisted hiring costello, who was a friend of rudy giuliani, which made michael cohen immediately nervous that he was going to pass all of his information on to rudy giuliani and to donald trump, and he didn't hire him. that's what the testimony of the prosecution was. he claimed he had been retained, even though there was no retainer agreement. then over and over a
then susan just filleted robert costello. you had to ask yourself, why did they put on robert costello as a defense witness? you know it was to say that supposedly michael cohen said to him that donald trump didn't know anything about it. that was when michael was still very much in the corner of the former president of the united states, then president of the united states. it was very clear from all of these emails that susan presented, one after another from him, all of these emails...
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it was trump that put robert costello in touch l that put robert costello in touch with michael cohen, was it? well. with michael cohen, was it? well, rudy giuliani. _ with michael cohen, was it? well, rudy giuliani, who _ with michael cohen, was it? well, rudy giuliani, who of— with michael cohen, was it? well, rudy giuliani, who of course - with michael cohen, was it? -ii rudy giuliani, who of course went on to represent donald trump, he knows robert costello, what robert costello contends it was actually somebody else who knew michael cohen for over ten years and his firm and reach out to him if he needed the advice of robert costello, but nevertheless, robert costello understand said when he met with michael cohen, he told him" i swear to god, bob, i don't have anything on donald trump. what michael he said donald trump never knew about the statements, that was his testimony, but as questioning when broad, the prosecution objected to that line of questioning and the judge suspended because of his parameters that he sent out. robert costello said" geez, when the judge kept agreed
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costello only one of two witnesses called by the defense team. the testimony all told running just over 90 minutes. >> there is no crime. there is no crime. it's a kangaroo court. there has never been anything like this that i've ever seen. >> reporter: the judge working with both sides for hours today to hash out critical instructions jurors will receive next week to aid their deliberations on the 34 counts mr. trump faces for allegedly falsifying his business records. the outcome likely largely to come down whether jurors believe cohen, the only witness to testify that mr. trump directed the payoff to daniels and then disguised his reimbursements to cohen, all of which mr. trump denies. the defense spent three days grilling cohen, who has been convicted of lying under oath and was disbarred. if found guilty on the low-level felonies here, mr. trump faces anywhere from four
costello only one of two witnesses called by the defense team. the testimony all told running just over 90 minutes. >> there is no crime. there is no crime. it's a kangaroo court. there has never been anything like this that i've ever seen. >> reporter: the judge working with both sides for hours today to hash out critical instructions jurors will receive next week to aid their deliberations on the 34 counts mr. trump faces for allegedly falsifying his business records. the outcome...
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that one of the judges came down on costello. down blockingcurrentlye real exculpatory evidence. he did it to the grand jury. nocow, happening to this jury, both of these anti-trump democrats are completely, totally out of control. this is a political show trial. show it is destroyinge just the credibility of our entire justice system. ice it's shredding our sacred your sacred constitution. and in the process causing great damage to your constitutional republio yourc. h here now with reaction. eric trump, he was in the courtroom today. i'm sure there's a lot you have to say. i won't even ask a questio n, o pe but you were there. do you want to describeop to people what whata wa actually happened in there? >> because the media waskick >> jnd courtroom was empty, but you were there, sean, i've never seen anything like this. i've beeun, notn by my father'e almost the entire time i've been. i've spent many, many days in the front bee row of that co, and i've never seen anything like i saw today. and you would thinku thin that transpa
that one of the judges came down on costello. down blockingcurrentlye real exculpatory evidence. he did it to the grand jury. nocow, happening to this jury, both of these anti-trump democrats are completely, totally out of control. this is a political show trial. show it is destroyinge just the credibility of our entire justice system. ice it's shredding our sacred your sacred constitution. and in the process causing great damage to your constitutional republio yourc. h here now with reaction....
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costello says. and then i think depending even if we end this week a little bit early, he's going to give both sides a real opportunity to number one, make motions and number to really prepare their closing arguments in the case. >> how do you think jurors feel about this case getting dragged out a little bit longer with closing arguments happening next week well, i think they've been really attentive up until this point. i think they are a little bit tired especially because there's very long examination on michael cohen. but i think right now they sense that they're moving into the final stages. and especially the lawyers on this jury, really, i think are going to understand we're now in the final, so i think there's this anticipation. what ends up happening in the jury at this point is they are really formulating what do they think is the story of this case, taking both pieces from the prosecution's case and pieces from the defense's cross-examination so far in trying to create this this puzzle p
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scolded costello for his courtroom side eye. the judge says he will consider the defense's motion to dismiss the case. trump's team adamant now that the prosecution failed to prove a crime. here is the former president just a couple of hours ago. >> like to be on the campaign now but almost five weeks in court. they have no case. there is no crime. >> harris: senior correspondent eric shawn is outside the courthouse now with what happens next. eric. >> next this afternoon is the charging conference. that's when the judge -- the lawyers and judge discuss what they will tell the jury next week during closing arguments. the headline right now, testimony is over. former president donald trump did not take the stand in his own defense. that is his right to not do that. perhaps one reason the trump defense team decided not to put the former president on the stand is that they believe and are confident that manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has not proven his case. the last witness that this jury heard from was, as you said, robe
scolded costello for his courtroom side eye. the judge says he will consider the defense's motion to dismiss the case. trump's team adamant now that the prosecution failed to prove a crime. here is the former president just a couple of hours ago. >> like to be on the campaign now but almost five weeks in court. they have no case. there is no crime. >> harris: senior correspondent eric shawn is outside the courthouse now with what happens next. eric. >> next this afternoon is...
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they don't need to call robert costello. robert costello is a witness who michael cohen already testified on direct examination that he lied to because robert costello was going to talk to trump about whatever cohen said, so he's a witness that they really didn't need to call. to get off on this footing, particularly on their first and maybe their only witness, is just a misstep by the defense that was an unforced error. >> an unforced error probably because trump wanted them to do it. it seems like the defense, that seems to be the characterization every day, is they're waging a defense that probably if they had a more normal client, they wouldn't. they're just doing whatever trump wants and attacking the people he doesn't like. and sort of trying to belittle them on the stand. let's talk a little bit about this attempt to undermine cohen and literally try to accuse him essentially of perjury. there is this situation where michael cohen is trying to get to trump to get his money back. he's not getting the money back and he
they don't need to call robert costello. robert costello is a witness who michael cohen already testified on direct examination that he lied to because robert costello was going to talk to trump about whatever cohen said, so he's a witness that they really didn't need to call. to get off on this footing, particularly on their first and maybe their only witness, is just a misstep by the defense that was an unforced error. >> an unforced error probably because trump wanted them to do it. it...
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costello said he understood. judge merchan then clearing the jury from the room to admonish costello so he wouldn't prejudice the jury further while also taking control of the courtroom. the judge also was heard saying to costello, are you staring me down right now? this is the most heated moment we've seen in this high stakes trial. certainly, the judge deciding there was a line that had been crossed, crossed by this trump side witness. and it speaks to the way this defense witness was composing himself. he drew some tough headlines here on the first day of trump defense's team getting control. a heated exchange that could affect whether the jury views costello as credible. that combined with whatever else he says and how he acts. the jury will be weighing whether they believe his version of events in the context of all of this, including how he comes across in court. so what do we have? well, michael cohen is the central figure here. note that when it all is said and done, all the strategy and all the second gu
costello said he understood. judge merchan then clearing the jury from the room to admonish costello so he wouldn't prejudice the jury further while also taking control of the courtroom. the judge also was heard saying to costello, are you staring me down right now? this is the most heated moment we've seen in this high stakes trial. certainly, the judge deciding there was a line that had been crossed, crossed by this trump side witness. and it speaks to the way this defense witness was...
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trump trotted costello out to prove that if he never told costello that trump was involved in the falsification of records, then it never happened. cohen's version, however, is that costello was not only never his lawyer, but that he never trusted him. here is a key thing to remember as we are looking at today. one thing that sticks out is how desperately michael cohen wanted to be loved by donald trump. as a result of that, how faithful he was to him. when did it change? in the months after the raids in your home, office, hotel, did you have conversations with your family about the matter? yes. tell the jury about those conversations. cohen says, at the time, we didn't know what the southern district was looking at. quote, the conversations with my family was, what to do. we're in this unique situation. never experienced. my family, my wife, my daughter, my son said to me, why are you holding on to this loyalty? what are you doing? we're supposed to be your first loyalty. what decision did you make? that it was about time to listen to them. did you plead guilty in the southern district to a nu
trump trotted costello out to prove that if he never told costello that trump was involved in the falsification of records, then it never happened. cohen's version, however, is that costello was not only never his lawyer, but that he never trusted him. here is a key thing to remember as we are looking at today. one thing that sticks out is how desperately michael cohen wanted to be loved by donald trump. as a result of that, how faithful he was to him. when did it change? in the months after...
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costello testified on capitol hill yesterday and sworn he had "nothing on trunk" and had that he took care of the stormy daniels payment himself. >> sandra: will the defense use this to their advantage in that courtroom? we have a team of legal and political experts with us throughout the next two hours. >> john: for us to go to senior correspondent eric shawn life stomach live outside the supreme court is going to the lunch break. eric? >> so far has not mentioned robert castillo but in the cross-examination has been trying to shred michael cohen's credibility and has been doing that by using cohen's own words against him. the former president's lawyer and fixer he was confronted in his cross-examination by the litany of lies he has admittedly told through the years. being told he has not only lied under oath before and not under oath repeatedly so that the jury should not believe anything he says about donald trump now. cohen has admitted he lied to a federal judge, lied to congress, lied to his bank when he opened a shell company, lied when he used his home equity loan to pay storm
costello testified on capitol hill yesterday and sworn he had "nothing on trunk" and had that he took care of the stormy daniels payment himself. >> sandra: will the defense use this to their advantage in that courtroom? we have a team of legal and political experts with us throughout the next two hours. >> john: for us to go to senior correspondent eric shawn life stomach live outside the supreme court is going to the lunch break. eric? >> so far has not mentioned...
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. >> dana: or if robert costello. our interview of the hour. harris faulkner takes you through the next hour. we'll see you here tomorrow. >> harris: breaking news and we'll have minute to minute coverage of the trial that's going on now. former president donald trump's new york criminal trial we have covered. at this moment michael cohen is back on the stand. another day of the defense's cross examination. cohen is the prosecution's star witness and we've learned he will be their final one. i mean, what would you say after whatever it is you would call what he has done on that stand? i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." team trump is laser focused on shredding cohen's credibility. shouldn't be too hard. he is a convicted liar and he has been profiting off of the former president's legal journey now. on tuesday michael cohen even admitted he wants to see trump convicted. a former legal advisor to cohen shredded his testimony and his character actually for the defense. he did their job for them. robert costello, who also work
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costs are like bob costello. he is someone who obviously thrills the right with the way that he attacks michael cohen's character. i'm sure he thrilled donald trump with his testimony last week in front of the house committee. but in a courthouse house that is not the tone and the demeanor. i mean, we talk all the time about how judge merchan is a very soft-spoken judge. he does not want people. he does not raise his voice. >> and the general conduct of council, prosecution and defense is even toned and measure an even when they are making objection or something like that unfold in this courthouse it's it's a sideshow let me the judge judge, i mean, what do you make? the judge handled it. well, you know my first comment would be just another de at office for judge merchan. >> i mean, i can't even imagine i would levitate out of my seat if i had a witness who is a lawyer an officer of the court, and knows better than to talk over me and give me the i when he sitting there, i think he handled it perfectly to warn h
costs are like bob costello. he is someone who obviously thrills the right with the way that he attacks michael cohen's character. i'm sure he thrilled donald trump with his testimony last week in front of the house committee. but in a courthouse house that is not the tone and the demeanor. i mean, we talk all the time about how judge merchan is a very soft-spoken judge. he does not want people. he does not raise his voice. >> and the general conduct of council, prosecution and defense is...
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we're ending with costello. merchan is going to give the instructions -- going to finish writing the instructions whatever that means later this week the jury will get them next week. this is a delay, duncan, right? there's several days during which a jury is like potentially marinating on things, and i wonder if you have a thought about who is at an advantage in that. >> its an unforeseeable scheduling issue. what the judge decided is he didn't want too much time and skenling issues this week with some of the jurors anyway. there's going to be some dead time later this week and then memorial day, and he made a decision to have a break now rather than try to muddle through this week and have a break for memorial day and get started on tuesday. i don't know it benefits one side or the other. probably it benefits both sides. the lawyers are going to be feverishly working until tuesday morning when they make these closing statements and they'll be working on both sides like crazy to hone these arguments. they'll be
we're ending with costello. merchan is going to give the instructions -- going to finish writing the instructions whatever that means later this week the jury will get them next week. this is a delay, duncan, right? there's several days during which a jury is like potentially marinating on things, and i wonder if you have a thought about who is at an advantage in that. >> its an unforeseeable scheduling issue. what the judge decided is he didn't want too much time and skenling issues this...
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merchan became so angry, he briefly cleared the courtroom and address costello now costello will be on the witness stand again tomorrow and trump's lawyers said, at this point, they don't anticipate calling any other witnesses a clear sign that former president donald trump will not be testifying in his own defense. and because of the holiday coming up and some time off, the judge said closing arguments in this case will be next tuesday. well which tuesday india cara, stay with us house. want to bring in our legal and political experts or care let's start the questioning with you though take us inside this heated moment between judge merchan and robert costello, the former legal advisor to michael cohen, as you noted and that forest you and the rest of the press and the jury for that matter out of the courtroom. tell us about that well, if it was an extraordinary moment robert costello was on the witness stand and trump's lawyers are asking questions of prosecutors had objective repeatedly in the judge was sustaining those objections that point costello was rolling his eyes and at one
merchan became so angry, he briefly cleared the courtroom and address costello now costello will be on the witness stand again tomorrow and trump's lawyers said, at this point, they don't anticipate calling any other witnesses a clear sign that former president donald trump will not be testifying in his own defense. and because of the holiday coming up and some time off, the judge said closing arguments in this case will be next tuesday. well which tuesday india cara, stay with us house. want...
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costello said michael, you know, we love you. and then he was basically working as an ambassador for rudy giuliani at that point as well. and it was a sort of bear hug they were trying to put around him. michael cohen was asked what he made out of that e-mail. i think they were worried i was going to flip. i didn't trust for a minute that any loved me or were looking out for my best interests. the testimony is he's looking out for donald trump's interests overall, and he's trying to pollute through his testimony the public's view of michael cohen's credibility. and michael cohen's own testimony yesterday, you know, he riddled with problems about his reliability, and whether or not he tells the truth. the reality is i think the amount of evidence the prosecution has put on to the public record now in this case transcends michael cohen as being the only person this case rests upon. his testimony has been corroborated by other witnesses including david pecker and hope hicks. there's a mountain of document tear evidence that corrobor
costello said michael, you know, we love you. and then he was basically working as an ambassador for rudy giuliani at that point as well. and it was a sort of bear hug they were trying to put around him. michael cohen was asked what he made out of that e-mail. i think they were worried i was going to flip. i didn't trust for a minute that any loved me or were looking out for my best interests. the testimony is he's looking out for donald trump's interests overall, and he's trying to pollute...
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the thing to remember cohen testified that he lied to costello. the thing is, when costello speaks, you know, cohen could have said i don't remember what i told him or asomething lo long those lines cohen said he lied to costello. costello gets into the witness chair with a presumption that he is telling the truth because the other guy already admitted to lying to him. i think that's helpful for the defense. >> bret: all right. so, you know, in totality, when you see all these been presented so far getting close to underlying crime was or saying the business records that trump directly said you had to list the business records that way? the big thing is bret, there is other crime. argument some of the business are falsified. whether you can pend that on trump. they have very broad law in new york that he could have caused someone else to do it. so they may have an argument on falsification, at least with son-in-law things, especially the invoices, but, on the other crime, there is not a shred of evidence that trump was even thinking about the camp
the thing to remember cohen testified that he lied to costello. the thing is, when costello speaks, you know, cohen could have said i don't remember what i told him or asomething lo long those lines cohen said he lied to costello. costello gets into the witness chair with a presumption that he is telling the truth because the other guy already admitted to lying to him. i think that's helpful for the defense. >> bret: all right. so, you know, in totality, when you see all these been...
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cohen replied costello? >> we'll be back on the stand tomorrow morning and then both sides have said they will be done with their case, which suggests the former president does not intend to take the stand, then the jury will be dismissed for a whole week before coming back to here closings and then begin this historic deliberations. erin all paula, thank you very much. and our experts were all here with me now. >> all right. so i want to talk about a couple of crucial moments in the court. but first, just the drama terry, the defense, they only have one very quick witness and then costello and we're what was it like how did he act in all my years of practice, over 30 plus, i've never seen a moment like this the witness said, jeez, and ridiculous and response to some of the objections that were being sustained. and the first thing that judge said and this was in front of the jury was excuse me. excuse me. >> and everybody fell quiet because i've never heard the judge say anything like that that's when he exc
cohen replied costello? >> we'll be back on the stand tomorrow morning and then both sides have said they will be done with their case, which suggests the former president does not intend to take the stand, then the jury will be dismissed for a whole week before coming back to here closings and then begin this historic deliberations. erin all paula, thank you very much. and our experts were all here with me now. >> all right. so i want to talk about a couple of crucial moments in...
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costello is not a witness here. the former president is not under a gag order when it comes to costello. certainly his attorney could bring it up later today. quite a day to see about the robert costello claims about what michael cohen told him. >> dana: robert costello is our guest after this next guest we have on set with us. >> bill: kayleigh mcenany, co-host of "outnumbered." we had a poll, a lot of numbers came out last night. let's go through them. this relates to the debate and we asked whether or not it is important to the american people and what we found. trump and biden debate, number one, thank you. extremely important to american voters. if you include rfk it's split, 23, 26, 29. what happened in one of the debates back in 2020. roll it. >> i'm not going to answer the question. >> why not answer that question? >> the question is. >> radical left. >> would you shut up, man? that was a productive segment, wasn't it? keep yapping, man. look. it is hard to get any word in with this clown, excuse me, this pe
costello is not a witness here. the former president is not under a gag order when it comes to costello. certainly his attorney could bring it up later today. quite a day to see about the robert costello claims about what michael cohen told him. >> dana: robert costello is our guest after this next guest we have on set with us. >> bill: kayleigh mcenany, co-host of "outnumbered." we had a poll, a lot of numbers came out last night. let's go through them. this relates to...
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costello's performance may be remembered, too. the trump election interference hush money trial is where we start. we've all been living together and what's been happening as we come on the air. today is the first day to exhale and kind of process what was happening and i have to say, every day, what we had sort of prepared to read and present to our viewers based on what happened, was not what we and covering because something twisted, something turned, something happened in a way no one expected it to. >> i was going to say i've never done a trial where something unexpected doesn't happen, you can prepare all you want, and something, some piece of evidence, something takes on a life of its own. the other thing, and i used to prepare witnesses this way when i had witnesses like michael cohen is i would say to them, look, no one can prepare you for everything. it's just not possible, something is going to be presented, and this is what you need to know. no matter what it is, just remember, just think in your head, think about what
costello's performance may be remembered, too. the trump election interference hush money trial is where we start. we've all been living together and what's been happening as we come on the air. today is the first day to exhale and kind of process what was happening and i have to say, every day, what we had sort of prepared to read and present to our viewers based on what happened, was not what we and covering because something twisted, something turned, something happened in a way no one...
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yesterday, costello was loudly sighing. lisa, ridiculous at one point, he said jeez after judge merchan sustained objections from the prosecution, judge machina that he admonished costello and said, okay, so when there's a witness on the stand, if you don't like by ruling, you don't say, jeez. okay. and then you don't say strike it because i'm the only one that can strike testimony in the courtroom. do you understand that? costello said i understand. the judge said okay. and then if you don't like my ruling, you don't give me side. i don't roll your eyes. do you understand that? you understand that because stella says, i understand that. i understand what you're saying. the judge said, okay. thank you. let's get the jury back. wait. are you staring me down right now? costello know i'm just wondering how marsha and clear the courtroom, please. clear the courtroom. >> and then whatever happened after that, we don't know what's costello a good witness for the defense to end on. i mean, to moments like that stick with the jury
yesterday, costello was loudly sighing. lisa, ridiculous at one point, he said jeez after judge merchan sustained objections from the prosecution, judge machina that he admonished costello and said, okay, so when there's a witness on the stand, if you don't like by ruling, you don't say, jeez. okay. and then you don't say strike it because i'm the only one that can strike testimony in the courtroom. do you understand that? costello said i understand. the judge said okay. and then if you don't...