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he owned them so the part of michael kahn that was the subject of cross examination demonstrated that part of him but he also said i now need to tell the truth and the direct words had something to do with helping him write these words, was for my country and my family but let me tell you why i think this is way too emphasized. i submit and i will prove to you if you give me 60 seconds, you don't need michael cohen's testimony for a jury to convict donald trump beyond a reasonable doubt. there are two issues for the jury to decide. issue one, what was the primary motivation of the hush money payment? does that motivation have anything to do with the campaign and politics, check that box as guilty and of course you heard hope hicks, david pecker and the attorney for stormy daniels think this was about the campaign, not about his wife. so check that box, no michael cohen testimony needed. the second one is a little bit more difficult to understand. his testimony when he called keith schiller and schiller hands the phone to donald trump, everybody knew the way michael anyone communicated
he owned them so the part of michael kahn that was the subject of cross examination demonstrated that part of him but he also said i now need to tell the truth and the direct words had something to do with helping him write these words, was for my country and my family but let me tell you why i think this is way too emphasized. i submit and i will prove to you if you give me 60 seconds, you don't need michael cohen's testimony for a jury to convict donald trump beyond a reasonable doubt. there...
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kahn's bank statement and then another financial officer in the trump shop put the whole thing in his handwriting on trump company stationery. that handwritten conspiracy called for michael cowinner to be paid for his payments to stormy daniels and the final handwriting presented to the jury's -- jury today were his signature on the checks to michael cohen. it did not really matter much what today's witness, jeffrey mccarney, told the jury but he did confirm that is allen weisselberg's handwriting on michael cohen's bank statement. question, do you recognize this document? asking, yes. this is the bank statement allen gave me to put in the files. >> i recognize the handwriting on the left side of the page but not the right side of the page. his handwriting do you recognize on the left side of the page. that's allen weisselberg. i've read his handwriting for about 35 years. >> the writing on the right side of the page is likely to turn out to be michael cohen's writing showing allen weisselberg why he was owed $50,000 more than the $130,000 he paid to stormy daniels. the $50,000 was fo
kahn's bank statement and then another financial officer in the trump shop put the whole thing in his handwriting on trump company stationery. that handwritten conspiracy called for michael cowinner to be paid for his payments to stormy daniels and the final handwriting presented to the jury's -- jury today were his signature on the checks to michael cohen. it did not really matter much what today's witness, jeffrey mccarney, told the jury but he did confirm that is allen weisselberg's...
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, michael's my journey and you'll have to ask michael kahn i, don't know all right. join me now, former federal prosecutor, andrew szarkowski with more on this we're actually looking at andrew desk siderio, who is here to talk about ai. i don't know if we have andrew truck ascii, andrew, are you in there? we have to andrew is there you are i apologize for the case of mistaken identity. i've are andrews who are here this morning let's start. as you are our lawyer with what we expect to see today from michael cohen, we expect that his testimony will continue some, but that they might start the cross examination today. what do you expect from that? >> well, what we heard yesterday was certainly salacious testimony about the details of how the non-disclosure agreement was reached, and michael cohen saying that donald trump was aware at every stage of the process, both while it was happening, as well as the scheme to pay michael cohen back for fronting the expenses but we haven't heard from michael cohen. is essentially the defense to a donald trump is saying out in the h
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cohen because he feels like michael kahn has been attacking him the whole time. >> right. and that he hasn't gotten to speak out against him how, does the defense approach this cross-examination? you said a little bit about it and when we're talking a little bit earlier, that they can go after him in certain ways, but what do you how do you think they're going to play this? >> they're going to attack him as they're gonna, they're gonna make the argument and they're going to ask him questions that will allude to he's a perjure, he's a liar. he had a vendetta. he wanted to get in the white house, couldn't get in the white house. he saw this is his way in and would do anything to get there, including make this deal fill in and be part of the business records still that took place and that donald trump had nothing to do what it is, how they're going to try to portray this. i think he's going to come out likely and say that the donald trump had everything to do with it. and it's really going to be left than a juries hands as to who they believe. so it's going to be all about at
cohen because he feels like michael kahn has been attacking him the whole time. >> right. and that he hasn't gotten to speak out against him how, does the defense approach this cross-examination? you said a little bit about it and when we're talking a little bit earlier, that they can go after him in certain ways, but what do you how do you think they're going to play this? >> they're going to attack him as they're gonna, they're gonna make the argument and they're going to ask him...
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kohn, michael's my attorney. >> and you'll have to ask michael kahn i, don't know well, he did not know about the payment to the porn star. >> he said and he did not know where michael cohen got the money to pay her. both realize now the question is, were the records of his reimbursements to cohen for said payoffs falsified. and was it on his orders today, the prosecution began trying to answer those questions john burman just got the trial transcript for more detail and about what was actually said in court. so what more did the bookkeeper, longtime trump organization employees say in her testimony about how trump sign the checks. >> well, he did sign them, which is important, i think and this is from dead tarasoff, as you said, the accountant there, this first exchange, you don't have because we just got it in, but the attorney, chris conway asked who could sign the checks for the dj t account in 2016 or 2017? answer. you're talking about mr. trump's personal account? yes. >> only mr. trump. she said, was that true back in 2016 and 2017? >> she answers, yes. if you know, the attorney
kohn, michael's my attorney. >> and you'll have to ask michael kahn i, don't know well, he did not know about the payment to the porn star. >> he said and he did not know where michael cohen got the money to pay her. both realize now the question is, were the records of his reimbursements to cohen for said payoffs falsified. and was it on his orders today, the prosecution began trying to answer those questions john burman just got the trial transcript for more detail and about what...
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kahn was testifying to really give the jury something else to look at it. >> it's not just michael cohen way. >> it's not just michael cohen's work because a lot of this this is cohen remembering a conversation he had with trump, but there's no other evidence of what that conversation was, except these call luck show that calls took place one that stood out to me right before michael cohen went to the bank to create the bank account for essential consultants. and then why are the $130,000? payment to keith davidson, stormy daniels, attorney? he called donald trump twice that morning at 8:30. we know he got to the bank at 10:00 a.m. and open the account and began this process. so we were seeing from the prosecutors getting to the credibility of cohen giving the jury something else to look at here, which were these color caitlin, you were there in the afternoon. what was that like? yeah. and the afternoon is really when they got to the heart of why we're sitting inside that courtroom, which is the negotiation of this deal. that was interesting to me. i'd never heard michael cohen say befor
kahn was testifying to really give the jury something else to look at it. >> it's not just michael cohen way. >> it's not just michael cohen's work because a lot of this this is cohen remembering a conversation he had with trump, but there's no other evidence of what that conversation was, except these call luck show that calls took place one that stood out to me right before michael cohen went to the bank to create the bank account for essential consultants. and then why are the...
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, there's no sort of invited response michael kahn can say whatever he wants, although i suspect the prosecutors are probably calling up his lawyer now and saying, would you please shut up like now but that shouldn't matter. the judge's only concerned about the people in front of him over whom he has authority and to make sure that they're not responding. trump will have an opportunity to trash everyone as you surely will, when this trial is over. so i wouldn't worry about his first amendment rights. >> i think marchand was somewhat sympathetic to the michael cohen issue because michael cohen has been beating the hell out of trump and there is a sense of fairness about the response, but that line about the jury, that's the thing that's worse than anything else trump has said, because that means he he has been looking into the jurors backgrounds. that means he has reached conclusions about them and hur honore. your honor, can correct me, but i think judges are especially concerned about jurors much more even than witnesses, especially public figures like already seen. a juror who was
, there's no sort of invited response michael kahn can say whatever he wants, although i suspect the prosecutors are probably calling up his lawyer now and saying, would you please shut up like now but that shouldn't matter. the judge's only concerned about the people in front of him over whom he has authority and to make sure that they're not responding. trump will have an opportunity to trash everyone as you surely will, when this trial is over. so i wouldn't worry about his first amendment...
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ask michael kahn i don't know journeys now with transcripts from cohen's testimony today seen as john berman. so we did just get the final installment of the transcript in it was at the very end of the day in this last section that perhaps the most important legal moment took place and it had to do when michael cohen testified about the payment plan and what trump knew, he described a meeting in trump tower in january of 2017 when trump was president elect at that point with allen weisselberg, michael cohen, and donald trump. michael cohen says, during the conversation, allen turned around and said to me, while we're talking about this, it was and what we're gonna do is we're going to pay you over 12 months. it was probably better if i get it in one lump sum. no, no, no, no, no. why don't you do it as over 12 months and it will be paid out to you monthly question from the prosecutor, susan hoffinger. and if he say anything about how it would be paid out as something cohen? yeah. it was like legal services rendered heard since i was then being given the title of personal attorney to th
ask michael kahn i don't know journeys now with transcripts from cohen's testimony today seen as john berman. so we did just get the final installment of the transcript in it was at the very end of the day in this last section that perhaps the most important legal moment took place and it had to do when michael cohen testified about the payment plan and what trump knew, he described a meeting in trump tower in january of 2017 when trump was president elect at that point with allen weisselberg,...
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michael kahn was not on trial here. he's not even the typical cooperator who who has a beef to work off, who has a sentence is that he wants reduced. he has served his time. so understood that he has some baggage. i've never i've been involved in hundreds of trials. i've never had a cooperating witness who didn't before we go, do you think that robert costello, who was brought on by the defense extensively to undermine michael cohen's credibility, did more to undermine your client? >> or maybe his own credibility look, it sounds like he was asked a very simple, basic question and he answered and then that was immediately dispelled on cross-examination. >> so i think this whole notion that he was sent in by trump and that he was back channeling with rudy giuliani and trump he said no, even though he had the receipts, he had seen the emails he himself had sent the emails. so i thought it was just a strange gambit and i thought it i certainly thought it backfired. my certainly thought it bolstered michael's testimony that
michael kahn was not on trial here. he's not even the typical cooperator who who has a beef to work off, who has a sentence is that he wants reduced. he has served his time. so understood that he has some baggage. i've never i've been involved in hundreds of trials. i've never had a cooperating witness who didn't before we go, do you think that robert costello, who was brought on by the defense extensively to undermine michael cohen's credibility, did more to undermine your client? >> or...
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i think on cross it's all about how you don't trust michael kahn. you don't like michael cohen? michael cohen he thought was a liar that they're just going to use it's the prosecution's witness to make their own case. i mean, that's how they they don't have to put on a defense and they don't have to put any witnesses on, but when you can use the prosecution's witnesses to get all the facts out that you want you've got them all right there. i mean, the cross is clear what they're going to do because you can't deny that this is right before the election. you can't deny that these were false business records, right? you can't deny that the payments were for made. can follow the money. but what they can do is distance donald trump from it and say, this is all about michael cohen. michael cohen was the one who wanted to do this and the only thing tying trump to this or michael cohen's words. and you can't trust michael cohen. he is a convicted liar. he nobody trusted him. nobody liked me, lied here. i mean, that that's what you're going to see the defense is going to be here because
i think on cross it's all about how you don't trust michael kahn. you don't like michael cohen? michael cohen he thought was a liar that they're just going to use it's the prosecution's witness to make their own case. i mean, that's how they they don't have to put on a defense and they don't have to put any witnesses on, but when you can use the prosecution's witnesses to get all the facts out that you want you've got them all right there. i mean, the cross is clear what they're going to do...
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things like ami, working with michael kahn to catch and kill these karen mcdougal and stormie mcdaniel stories in the planting of negative stories against donald trump's opponents and positive stories in favor of donald trump. that's something no one is disputing in the case, the access hollywood tape is not in dispute. the fact that michael cohen was discussing the karen mcdougal payment with donald trump, that's on the recording. they cannot dispute that the recording says what it says and that the payments to stormy daniels were delayed, that michael cohen made those payments after having to take out a home equity line of credit on his house and then setting up the shell company to do it, that whole secret mechanism is not in dispute. the fact that donald trump signed nine of the checks to michael cohen and that there were invoices attached to those checks, not in dispute. they are, i think, going to point out all of the tweets after the fbi raided michael cohen before saying don't flip and then after he made comments that donald trump directed about the payments and for the financi
things like ami, working with michael kahn to catch and kill these karen mcdougal and stormie mcdaniel stories in the planting of negative stories against donald trump's opponents and positive stories in favor of donald trump. that's something no one is disputing in the case, the access hollywood tape is not in dispute. the fact that michael cohen was discussing the karen mcdougal payment with donald trump, that's on the recording. they cannot dispute that the recording says what it says and...
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michael kahn said he was a london for his daughter's birthday, wedding anniversary when he became aware of the access hollywood tape is the first man mentioned. we've heard of the access hollywood tape so far today with michael cohen, adam, i'm wondering what you make of how michael cohen has done so far well, i mean, so far it's the easy part, right? >> so far so good. no cross-examination look, i shared the skepticism about the story of recording his client to share with pecker an attorney wouldn't do that, right? you're waving privilege by sharing this conversation with a third party. and i agree with you, it would have made sense from to say i was protecting myself down the road taking, it a step further, if i'm the defense attorneys, i'm listening to that tape and i'm hearing i'm all over this. i got this and then couple that with his recording it for himself. and i'm building that to make the case that michael cohen just went off and did whatever michael cohen did donald trump. no evidence that donald trump knew about it. then i would couple that with the fact they're not calling
michael kahn said he was a london for his daughter's birthday, wedding anniversary when he became aware of the access hollywood tape is the first man mentioned. we've heard of the access hollywood tape so far today with michael cohen, adam, i'm wondering what you make of how michael cohen has done so far well, i mean, so far it's the easy part, right? >> so far so good. no cross-examination look, i shared the skepticism about the story of recording his client to share with pecker an...
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kahn that's one of the kind unique aspects of the new york state criminal system where they cut it out amongst each check being a separate count in the federal system, it just be a single kind of wire fraud and it'd be the entire thing and the jury can say yes, guilty of wire fraud, not guilty. a four, 20 just guilty of one the fifth. >> but let me just ask you if donald trump if with the benefit of hindsight, if donald trump had just paid michael, let's us just assume what michael cohen is saying is true. okay. for the sake of this argument if donald. trump just written him a check for $150,000, right? $130,000 for stormy daniel's $20,000 for red venture. let's to save and $50,000 because he doesn't know. he doesn't know michael cohen's fleecing from them. so writes a check for $180,000 as a repayment michael cohen wouldn't have had to pay taxes on it. it would have been less money right? correct. there would is expense reimbursement doesn't that make the argument that donald trump knew because why on earth would he spent so much more money doesn't that make it more credible because f
kahn that's one of the kind unique aspects of the new york state criminal system where they cut it out amongst each check being a separate count in the federal system, it just be a single kind of wire fraud and it'd be the entire thing and the jury can say yes, guilty of wire fraud, not guilty. a four, 20 just guilty of one the fifth. >> but let me just ask you if donald trump if with the benefit of hindsight, if donald trump had just paid michael, let's us just assume what michael cohen...
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kahn was doing legal work for him and there was a retainer that's really fastening. so you believe that juries have already made up their minds will closing argument help do you think it does? >> it it doesn't change any minds and just sort of helps them bolster the the conclusions they've already made. anything i think you're probably solidifies the positions of the jurors have no look, we do not know. >> again, we don't know the political makeup of the jury. i think that is the absolute super factor here. so i think jurors are viewed during this evidence through whatever political lens that they walked into jury selection with these closing arguments are going to solidify their positions because if there's going to be a look either the jurors are all going to be aligned and we're going to have a very quick verdict or there's gonna be some dispute. it might be across political leinz. and you're using these summations form your jurors to arm your juris to give them the arguments, to give them the evidence. so that they can fight for you in that jury room if there's a
kahn was doing legal work for him and there was a retainer that's really fastening. so you believe that juries have already made up their minds will closing argument help do you think it does? >> it it doesn't change any minds and just sort of helps them bolster the the conclusions they've already made. anything i think you're probably solidifies the positions of the jurors have no look, we do not know. >> again, we don't know the political makeup of the jury. i think that is the...
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cohen, donald trump, pick michael kahn what they're noting right now that trump did ultimately pick reince priebus to be chief of staff and cohen clarifies, quote that i wasn't considered. >> yes, sir you know, it's funny what you said, just their ron about how you don't want to talk about what's actually at the heart of this because that was actually exactly what we heard from trump's allies when stormy daniels was on the stand and was making all of these allegations in great detail. about her sexual encounter that she alleges happened with donald trump is they were saying, well, this isn't documents case that's not even about why we're here in the courtroom and you're saying maybe that is them using that to their advantage, talking about things, whether michael cohen got a job, we're not in the white house, isn't actually relevant to what ultimately is here at the heart of this, which is falsifying business records but you're saying that they just want to talk about that instead of focusing on those allegations well, that's right. >> and honestly it's not hard to understand why th
cohen, donald trump, pick michael kahn what they're noting right now that trump did ultimately pick reince priebus to be chief of staff and cohen clarifies, quote that i wasn't considered. >> yes, sir you know, it's funny what you said, just their ron about how you don't want to talk about what's actually at the heart of this because that was actually exactly what we heard from trump's allies when stormy daniels was on the stand and was making all of these allegations in great detail....
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if you're, is it offense, you want to show that michael cohen had some other motivation? for making sure this was not going to get into the world. he wanted to benefit somehow from trump being an office, and he wanted to get an attaboy in the pat on the back if she can connect the dots of the prosecution that suggests this was a terrifying moment of the fallback is hollywood and to have one more claim be like that straw on the camel's back that would have been problematic. and again, that's where you have from your angles coming in saying, i've got this, i need to get paid for it. so this is all going to be part of their master plan of summing it all up in the timing of but you're so right, paulette, we are almost one 11 days in and the jury is it's probably finally we now going okay. somebody who's right in the circle, who knows him really well, who has been in every room where it happened. finally, we're hearing from her and we also have dej dayana kessel here with us and former under former new york supreme court judge retired, former new york or new york supreme court
if you're, is it offense, you want to show that michael cohen had some other motivation? for making sure this was not going to get into the world. he wanted to benefit somehow from trump being an office, and he wanted to get an attaboy in the pat on the back if she can connect the dots of the prosecution that suggests this was a terrifying moment of the fallback is hollywood and to have one more claim be like that straw on the camel's back that would have been problematic. and again, that's...