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michael cullen will be the last witness for the prosecution. as far as the defense goes, we still do not know which witnesses they will call, if any. the defense still does not know if it is going to call the only expert witness on its list, an excerpt on election law. but there is some that the defense may call a witness that is not on their list. close to rudy giuliani, dispatched in 2018 to try to keep michael cullen in line. so it seems that trump's defense is making decisions on the fly, including the biggest decision of all. today trump's attorneys told the court that they still do not know if donald trump will take the stand. joining me now are my great colleagues, rachel maddow, host of the rachel maddow show. and lawrence o'donnell, host of the last word with lawrence o'donnell. it's a pleasure to have you both. rachel, i know you followed the saga, as we all do. and i just wonder, the sort of conventional wisdom out there is that todd blanche had a better day than he has. i wonder what your assessment of the events is. >> i think your
michael cullen will be the last witness for the prosecution. as far as the defense goes, we still do not know which witnesses they will call, if any. the defense still does not know if it is going to call the only expert witness on its list, an excerpt on election law. but there is some that the defense may call a witness that is not on their list. close to rudy giuliani, dispatched in 2018 to try to keep michael cullen in line. so it seems that trump's defense is making decisions on the fly,...
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>> so, i think michael cullen, being the prosecution's last witness, he really laid out the story. and so, i would use his testimony to lay it out again but then continue to corroborate him throughout you heard this not just for michael cullen, you also heard, for example, the delaying of the payment to stormy daniels. why did that happen? you heard from michael cohen why that happened, because donald trump did not want to make the payment until after the election when it would not matter. but you also heard that from keith davidson. he understood the same thing to be true. and you saw that in fact the emails about all the excuses michael cohen came up with, and you show the emails. kind of weave through the evidence. use michael cullen to tell the story, but show all of the ways in which he has corroborated along the way as you take the jury through that narrative. >> andrew? >> i think, to follow up on what kristi is saying, i do think you sort of use a timeline . and you can use a powerpoint or a physical chart. if you are old like me, you may do it physically. you could issue a
>> so, i think michael cullen, being the prosecution's last witness, he really laid out the story. and so, i would use his testimony to lay it out again but then continue to corroborate him throughout you heard this not just for michael cullen, you also heard, for example, the delaying of the payment to stormy daniels. why did that happen? you heard from michael cohen why that happened, because donald trump did not want to make the payment until after the election when it would not...
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the week started with michael cullen. i would say this ended on defense, whether or not he is always truthful. >> that clip shows how this is the saga of michael cohen's and donald trump's relationship, this relationship that michael cohen wanted to hold so close and so dear that it blew up on him. this hush money scheme, his own role, and lying about it, sentenced to prison and now, he is trying to bring donald trump into the scheme with him with prosecutors behind him. the story that he's been telling, that he got in trouble for lying about, says he told the truth about it to congress. there are supposed to be real consequences for donald trump, and the question is, does he have enough credibility for the jury to believe that version of events so that he can pull trump down with him, essentially. >> you have been inside that office, you tried these cases and you've been a great expert for us. there is so much to talk about with bias in the world and the idea that you are only doing something for your political views but
the week started with michael cullen. i would say this ended on defense, whether or not he is always truthful. >> that clip shows how this is the saga of michael cohen's and donald trump's relationship, this relationship that michael cohen wanted to hold so close and so dear that it blew up on him. this hush money scheme, his own role, and lying about it, sentenced to prison and now, he is trying to bring donald trump into the scheme with him with prosecutors behind him. the story that...
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the problem with that is that michael cullen was corroborated by the documents. essentially, his direct examination was walking through the documents and explaining the documents, putting them into context, and there's really no other alternative explanation for what those documents show. >> anna, to george's point about michael cullen, a lot of the prosecution's case would seem to rest on cohen's testimony, but there is a scaffolding that they built around him. i do wonder, if you talk about three points of, let's say, vulnerability in cohen's testimony, it would seem to be, one, the fact that we didn't know he had stolen money from the trump organization . two, there seems to be some discrepancy about the calls he imagined with trump were in fact calls with trump. they were through his body man, keith schiller. and three, the sort of corroborating witness here is alan weisselberg, and we didn't hear from him. so we are reliant on cohen's testimony about his conversations with donald trump. you see those as the kind of points that the defense might best exploit
the problem with that is that michael cullen was corroborated by the documents. essentially, his direct examination was walking through the documents and explaining the documents, putting them into context, and there's really no other alternative explanation for what those documents show. >> anna, to george's point about michael cullen, a lot of the prosecution's case would seem to rest on cohen's testimony, but there is a scaffolding that they built around him. i do wonder, if you talk...
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that man there, michael cullen, former lawyer to donald trump, he has been giving evidence from the witness box today. the absolute crucial star witness in this case. we will be with our correspondent in new york to get the very latest on that case. we will also get the latest on that development here that i brought in the last 20 minutes or so that a judge in belfast has a role the uk plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda shall not apply to northern ireland. our home editor will be giving us the very latest on the development. the solicitor involved in bringing this case in belfast describing it as a spanner in the works for the uk government and their plans. so we will get the latest from mark on the application is just a latest from mark on the application isjust a moment latest from mark on the application is just a moment or two. those are a couple of the main stories we will be looking at that first let's get the weather. we've seen a real mixture of weather across the country today, across parts of northern and eastern scotland and down the eastern side of england, there has been so
that man there, michael cullen, former lawyer to donald trump, he has been giving evidence from the witness box today. the absolute crucial star witness in this case. we will be with our correspondent in new york to get the very latest on that case. we will also get the latest on that development here that i brought in the last 20 minutes or so that a judge in belfast has a role the uk plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda shall not apply to northern ireland. our home editor will be giving us...
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it so important. >> this call is extremely important because michael cullen testified under oath and under penalty of perjury, we know he doesn't take it seriously given his history, he called keith schiller to speak with donald trump to speak about the stormy daniels case. it appears now from text messages and call logs, when you put them together, schiller actually told michael cole and to call him because michael cohen had been complaining about a 14-year-old who had been harassing him. he didn't know what to do he said could schiller stop it. so what schiller does is he said call me. so he called him and apparently they had this conversation about the 14 euro. those text messages were not given, they were not shown on direct. i don't know if they were even given to the defence. but if a witness went in knowing he would testify that this is a 1 minute 362nd phone call i had and it was about donald trump and stormy daniels, the text messages at the same time they are talking about this 14 role, it could be this subordination of perjury if they indeed did not give this and hand over
it so important. >> this call is extremely important because michael cullen testified under oath and under penalty of perjury, we know he doesn't take it seriously given his history, he called keith schiller to speak with donald trump to speak about the stormy daniels case. it appears now from text messages and call logs, when you put them together, schiller actually told michael cole and to call him because michael cohen had been complaining about a 14-year-old who had been harassing...
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i think michael cullen is tantamount to a flip code defendant. he is cooperating with the prosecution. he is going to be subpoenaed to show up. the point is he knows what happened in that room. in those rooms. he was a part of the conspiracy. he is saying this is what donald trump agreed to do with david pecker and me. how do you, if you are michael cohen's lawyer, how do you counsel him going into his testimony on monday knowing that the judge has actually said, as well, to the prosecution, tell mr. cohen and the other witnesses to please not talk about this case outside in public. >> this is the same advice i would give stormy daniels. just answer the question that is asked. on the outside of the courtroom a lot of people thought stormy daniels never answer your question yes or no, but instead fighting back on every single leading question. while that played well i think too many outside of the courtroom, when a witness does that, when a witness is combative with every single question on cross, they don't help anyone. they don't help themselves
i think michael cullen is tantamount to a flip code defendant. he is cooperating with the prosecution. he is going to be subpoenaed to show up. the point is he knows what happened in that room. in those rooms. he was a part of the conspiracy. he is saying this is what donald trump agreed to do with david pecker and me. how do you, if you are michael cohen's lawyer, how do you counsel him going into his testimony on monday knowing that the judge has actually said, as well, to the prosecution,...
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cullen. before trial began, prosecutors alleged michael cohen spoke to trump on the phone on october 26, 2016, shortly before opening a bank account for his shell company, essential consultants, llc, which was invented to funnel money to stormy daniels attorney at the time, keith davidson. call logs presented today show donald trump and michael cohen . they had two phone calls on the morning of october 26, 2016, hours before this bank account was created. prosecutors also got to the actual charges, 34 felony counts for falsifying business records and for the first time, the district attorney's office but each of the allegedly false records on display. 11 invoices, 12 vouchers, and 11 checks, all relating to the reimbursement of michael cohen. michael cohen is the key witness in donald trump's criminal trial. michael cohen did all of trump's dirty work before becoming his enemy. the testimony is problematic for prosecution because by his own admission, michael cohen has lied in court and has l
cullen. before trial began, prosecutors alleged michael cohen spoke to trump on the phone on october 26, 2016, shortly before opening a bank account for his shell company, essential consultants, llc, which was invented to funnel money to stormy daniels attorney at the time, keith davidson. call logs presented today show donald trump and michael cohen . they had two phone calls on the morning of october 26, 2016, hours before this bank account was created. prosecutors also got to the actual...
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it is also true that two days later there is indisputably calls between michael cullen and donald trump. i expect on redirect we will hear a lot from prosecution about that, that michael cullen certainly notify donald trump and spoke with him for some longer period of time as he was finalizing it. the broader implication that blanche was trying to draw, if you can't trust michael cohen about this phone call, can you really trust any of his testimony about the conversations he had with donald trump at the time? after all, this was nearly 8 years ago. is it nearly the case that michael cohen's recollection is not organic, but rather the construction of multiple prep sessions among prep sessions from security that the manhattan das office who have constructed a memory in michael cohen did not organically exist about a conversation that never happened, and others as well. >> you know, i have expressed at times skepticism about this case even being brought. i will say though, yesterday, when commentators were talking about how this is some perry mason line, i said, no it is not. a juror is n
it is also true that two days later there is indisputably calls between michael cullen and donald trump. i expect on redirect we will hear a lot from prosecution about that, that michael cullen certainly notify donald trump and spoke with him for some longer period of time as he was finalizing it. the broader implication that blanche was trying to draw, if you can't trust michael cohen about this phone call, can you really trust any of his testimony about the conversations he had with donald...
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what impact they have fought have been a michael cullen today i will say todd blanche was masterful today. >> i think that's absolutely correct. i was criticizing cohen when he represented trump. he and i go way back. not particularly fond of each other. people kept saying lucky is being coached and wrapped. never quite believed that, i never believed he could retain his composure that's what everyone is telling them to do but he is a pathological liar. that's his m.o. before they return to that nature and we saw that where he appears to made up a key phone call i'll just say that's 1 i told trump and it really resulted in a spectacular explosion in the middle of court because it wasn't just a call that was the call. the question now is for the jury whether there hate for donald trump's greater than there hate -- hated for being treated like chimes. at some point them to be insulted by what they are witnessing. new yorkers don't like to get played usually, they certainly don't go around selling brooklyn bridge to others that's usually reserved for tourists. at some point this jury is goin
what impact they have fought have been a michael cullen today i will say todd blanche was masterful today. >> i think that's absolutely correct. i was criticizing cohen when he represented trump. he and i go way back. not particularly fond of each other. people kept saying lucky is being coached and wrapped. never quite believed that, i never believed he could retain his composure that's what everyone is telling them to do but he is a pathological liar. that's his m.o. before they return...
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did michael cullen do this on his own? and donald trump never knew? she made it clear, of course he knew and she has a direct statement from him as well as his pointed out, her concern that there is no way that michael would not have told him because he would have wanted credit and is not the kind of guy who would have done this on his own, which he -- what she didn't say was that he was like oh my god, what did you do, he said it was in his interest to do that. finally, we are going to see this week the end result of what she is saying, which is that he reimbursed that hundred $30,000 and i want to make clear, he is on record, in a civil case, saying that he reimbursed michael cohen for hush money payments, so this remains in the case as something on paper. you really can see the end of this case coming up fast and furious with the d.a. closing out on the actual reimbursement scheme, which is something that cannot really be denied, credibly, by donald trump steen. >> andrew kicked us off on the legal why. ashley, you cover the trump team and you know
did michael cullen do this on his own? and donald trump never knew? she made it clear, of course he knew and she has a direct statement from him as well as his pointed out, her concern that there is no way that michael would not have told him because he would have wanted credit and is not the kind of guy who would have done this on his own, which he -- what she didn't say was that he was like oh my god, what did you do, he said it was in his interest to do that. finally, we are going to see...
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there are records here in trump is indicted for 34 counts, 11 checks to michael cullen. 11 invoices from:, 12 entries in the general ledger and i think andrew is exactly right. what possible reason would allen weisselberg have to double the amount of money? i mean, this defense by donald trump makes just about as much sense as his covid policy. it just doesn't fly, and so i think if you are sitting there on the jury and listening to this testimony, yes, some of it is really dry and arcane but at the end of the day, this is the kind of testimony that is going to sink donald trump. >> adam, one thing both of these pieces of paper do is corroborate michael cohen's story of how he made the payment because here is one piece of paper that actually his bank statement shows to make the payment, then you have weiselberg's notes from how to pay him back for this payment, including to take care of his tax liability that would come with it but michael cohen could not possibly have known that jeff mcconney separately created this document as an -- in his own handwriting. this guy never spoke to micha
there are records here in trump is indicted for 34 counts, 11 checks to michael cullen. 11 invoices from:, 12 entries in the general ledger and i think andrew is exactly right. what possible reason would allen weisselberg have to double the amount of money? i mean, this defense by donald trump makes just about as much sense as his covid policy. it just doesn't fly, and so i think if you are sitting there on the jury and listening to this testimony, yes, some of it is really dry and arcane but...
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if michael cullen was so bad at his job, trump would never have kept him around and because of the effectiveness of him dealing with the cheapness of donald trump, donald trump kept michael cohen and that is a reason why -- donald trump never wanted a good attorney, he wanted a flawed attorney. he saw that in michael cohen. he tested michael cohen with that bill from his original law firm and when he stiffed michael cohen's original law firm and cohen jumped at the opportunity, donald trump said here's my new boy. >> they are saying donald trump would not pay $400,000 unless he offered it. >> the defense is going to be cohen weiselberg went rogue of this pennypinching thing is going to come up because the defenses, i think their main thing is going to be those two went rogue and he didn't see it. >> much more to come in our coverage of the trump criminal trial today in new york including what happened when michael cohen asked donald trump directly about what happened with stormy daniels. the answer: says he got, which the defense is not going to like and not going to want to explain, and more wh
if michael cullen was so bad at his job, trump would never have kept him around and because of the effectiveness of him dealing with the cheapness of donald trump, donald trump kept michael cohen and that is a reason why -- donald trump never wanted a good attorney, he wanted a flawed attorney. he saw that in michael cohen. he tested michael cohen with that bill from his original law firm and when he stiffed michael cohen's original law firm and cohen jumped at the opportunity, donald trump...
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cohan, cullen for raising money on tickets up by slamming his former boss on e social media site. they said at this tweet saying "keep messing with me and i won't send you any money for your commissary" it shows a donald trump doll and orange jumpsuit for prison, get your hands on that present action figure, grabbed his now before they all escape. before david to finish his direct examination, he is not undergoing cross by the former president's lawyer, and he just brought up the fact that he says michael cohen felt when he want to washington he would be made into a white house chief of staff or the attorney general of the united states. back to you. >> emily: thank you so much, david baycol at new york versus donald trump, at trial at search of an imaginary car and what dou say? >> david: well, i used to work with one of brad's former prosecutors at the d.a. of manhattan for 30 years, he was a lifelong democrat and his father was a lifelong democrat, and we had personal political differences but we worked together on a number of cases. we were together on bbci and a number of ver
cohan, cullen for raising money on tickets up by slamming his former boss on e social media site. they said at this tweet saying "keep messing with me and i won't send you any money for your commissary" it shows a donald trump doll and orange jumpsuit for prison, get your hands on that present action figure, grabbed his now before they all escape. before david to finish his direct examination, he is not undergoing cross by the former president's lawyer, and he just brought up the fact...
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trump or michael cullen, his attorney, to have them pay for your story? >> daniel said no. her motivation was not money, she does wanted to get her story out publicly. her story drove the ex- president and legal team to call for a mistrial. a request that was denied by judge. this is how we start our with our dear friend and colleague, rachel maddow. i did some of the stuff that makes your ears flashed in the last hour. i want to start with you with what was objected to and what. all of the defenses objections but they were not about the stuff he is in trouble for legally. this compressed. between access hollywood and election day and now the testimony is on the record unchallenged by trump's defense team. why? >> it is really interesting because the distance between the specific crime that is alleged and what the prosecution needs to prove in order to establish that beyond a reasonable doubt, the distance between that and what the defense seems is being described in court, i am assuming there being driven by their client. what is important to him. i am not sure that anybod
trump or michael cullen, his attorney, to have them pay for your story? >> daniel said no. her motivation was not money, she does wanted to get her story out publicly. her story drove the ex- president and legal team to call for a mistrial. a request that was denied by judge. this is how we start our with our dear friend and colleague, rachel maddow. i did some of the stuff that makes your ears flashed in the last hour. i want to start with you with what was objected to and what. all of...