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susan hoffinger, very quickly using his own words against him. yesterday, robert costello saying from the witness stand, the email speaks for itself. today, susan hoffinger delivering it on the continued cross examination showing robert costello the emails where he admits he said something which was very important for the jury to hear. sleep well, you have friends in high places, robert costello testifying under oath that the friends in high places was president trump. and so the jury has left the impression, accordingly that what michael cohen said was the case, that costello was not actually the lawyer for michael cohen, costello was the lawyer for president trump and that is definitely an image that is going to be seared in the minds of the jury after they saw that email, and they had costello have to admit to it. >> katie, what was the judge, you said the there was no direct, i guess, exchange between the judge and costello, there certainly was yesterday a very direct exchange between the judge and costello. what was that like today? >> repor
susan hoffinger, very quickly using his own words against him. yesterday, robert costello saying from the witness stand, the email speaks for itself. today, susan hoffinger delivering it on the continued cross examination showing robert costello the emails where he admits he said something which was very important for the jury to hear. sleep well, you have friends in high places, robert costello testifying under oath that the friends in high places was president trump. and so the jury has left...
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susan hoffinger reminded the jury that michael cohen is not the defendant. are you actually on trial in this case, she guessed, cohen's answer "no." late today trump lawyer todd blanche move to dismiss the entire case, telling me they don't expect trump at this point to take the stand. they see too many potential
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. >> reporter: inside court and under questioning by prosecutor susan hoffinger, cohen testified about a 27 to an oval office meeting, where he and trump allegedly discussed his reimbursement for the $137,000 payment to stormy daniels. cohen, who took a picture during his visit, said trump knew the financial records would be cast as ordinary legal expenses. harbinger: if not for the campaign, mr. cohen, would you have paid that money for stormy daniels? >> nome xp 21 no, ma'am. harbinger: on whose direction and whose behalf did you commit those crimes? cohen: on behalf of mr. trump. >> whether they view him as a truth teller or just spitting another one of his lies is probably going to drive this verdict. >> reporter: cohen with the target of an fbi raid in 2018, part of investigation into the hush money payments. he said it left him despondent and angry, but trump, he testified, offered him reassurance. "don't worry, i'm the president of united states," cohen said trump told him. it was the last time they spoke. after making his statement, speaker johnson refused to take questions, bu
. >> reporter: inside court and under questioning by prosecutor susan hoffinger, cohen testified about a 27 to an oval office meeting, where he and trump allegedly discussed his reimbursement for the $137,000 payment to stormy daniels. cohen, who took a picture during his visit, said trump knew the financial records would be cast as ordinary legal expenses. harbinger: if not for the campaign, mr. cohen, would you have paid that money for stormy daniels? >> nome xp 21 no, ma'am....
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assistant district attorney susan hoffinger tried that yesterday on cross-examination, but costello could not do it, he could not read his own emails without constantly inserting new editorial comment on his own emails, so today susan hoffinger read the emails herself. can you please blow up the last paragraph, please, in yellow? then she read robert costello's email to his law partner. quote, our issue is to get cohen on the right page without giving him the appearance that we are following instructions from giuliani or the president. in my opinion this is the clear, correct strategy. that is not a strategy to help michael cohen. yesterday when the district attorney asked robert costello to interpret one of his emails, costello's answer was that the email, quote, speaks for itself. and so today, after reading that email that i just read to you, district attorney said, question, as you said yesterday, the email speaks for itself, correct? answer. sometimes. and it got worse for robert costello. district attorney hoffinger quoted another email to his partner about michael cohen. this is a
assistant district attorney susan hoffinger tried that yesterday on cross-examination, but costello could not do it, he could not read his own emails without constantly inserting new editorial comment on his own emails, so today susan hoffinger read the emails herself. can you please blow up the last paragraph, please, in yellow? then she read robert costello's email to his law partner. quote, our issue is to get cohen on the right page without giving him the appearance that we are following...
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i mean, he was brought into undermine michael cohen's credibility and prosecutor susan hoffinger spent the morning trying to undermine costello's and she asked him seemingly off the bat a somewhat innocuous question to set things up, asking costello if in that first meeting he had with michael cohen, if he had mentioned his connections to rudy giuliani, who was very close to trump, not yet on the legal team. and the costello had said that no, he hadn't. so then she brings up an email and shows it to him and says, you sent this email, correct? this is correct. i did say to mr. cohen that's correct. two days after meeting him? that's correct, yes. she said, i'm going to read this for the jury. i'm sure you saw the news that rudy is joining the trump legal team. i told you my relationship with rudy, which could be very, very useful for you. so confronting him with this to get him on the back foot suggests you did tell this to michael cohen in that first meeting. why are you not saying to the jury right now that you did this all this was a pattern that she used all day asking him questions
i mean, he was brought into undermine michael cohen's credibility and prosecutor susan hoffinger spent the morning trying to undermine costello's and she asked him seemingly off the bat a somewhat innocuous question to set things up, asking costello if in that first meeting he had with michael cohen, if he had mentioned his connections to rudy giuliani, who was very close to trump, not yet on the legal team. and the costello had said that no, he hadn't. so then she brings up an email and shows...
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susan hoffinger knows what she's doing. you will hear tomorrow at the end of what i will call the fact portion of his testimony, you will hear about all sorts of crimes. if she's smart, she will bring out that they're not all for donald trump. you want to pull the teeth on that. tomorrow, they will learn both from the prosecution a lot of bad acts, crimes he had committed including perjury. the -- there will be a lot of cross examination. that tape recording will be used to say he will do something behind donald trump's back. it will be a rough cross examination but that's part of the system. >> one of the challenges of this from the defense perspective is, whatever you think of michael cohen and whatever the defense wants the jury to think of michael cohen, donald trump hired him. donald trump kept him on for 10 years. donald trump made him a republican party official for a while, in fact. this guy is here because donald trump made the choice for him to be here. >> donald trump tested him from the first interaction they ha
susan hoffinger knows what she's doing. you will hear tomorrow at the end of what i will call the fact portion of his testimony, you will hear about all sorts of crimes. if she's smart, she will bring out that they're not all for donald trump. you want to pull the teeth on that. tomorrow, they will learn both from the prosecution a lot of bad acts, crimes he had committed including perjury. the -- there will be a lot of cross examination. that tape recording will be used to say he will do...
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and susan hoffinger moved on very quickly from that. >> yeah. and this is similar to how they tried to rehabilitate stormy daniels. they move through very quickly. they didn't try to match point for punch for punched with the defense. she made her point there and then very quickly moved on to the next issue. and so far this redirect is moving along swiftly, i expect that you'll probably wrapped up before launch. they believe this is the best way to rehabilitate their witnesses. don't get dragged down into weed's, just go back to the point, tried to rehabilitate and move on, but you can see everyone's getting restless. as you said, colon just let out this audible sayyed, trump is stretching in his chair, holding his arms up towards his head. and as our colleagues have reported, even the jury has been somewhat disengaged during the cross yeah. look, if todd blanche was occasions really meandering, although at times very, very effective. this redirect is it? i mean, this redirect is going point, point, point, point moving very quickly through it. o
and susan hoffinger moved on very quickly from that. >> yeah. and this is similar to how they tried to rehabilitate stormy daniels. they move through very quickly. they didn't try to match point for punch for punched with the defense. she made her point there and then very quickly moved on to the next issue. and so far this redirect is moving along swiftly, i expect that you'll probably wrapped up before launch. they believe this is the best way to rehabilitate their witnesses. don't get...
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it's the first time that i've noticed that in this trial again and again, susan hoffinger was trying to get cohen to talk to the jury and he started talking to the jury several times today, they put down their writing instruments and they just listened to him. and it felt to me like a conversation you'd never know where at least constantly reminding me you can't really the minds of the jury. i did bring my jury consultant with me which i haven't common with travel, susan susan necheles, i brought her one day because i wanted her insights on what this jury was thinking, but i do think that michael cohen had a little bit of a bond that was established over his examination with the jury. that is very dangerous for donald trump. todd blanche had to knock cohen afia had one shot at a first impression as my mother always said, you only get one chance at a first impression. >> he blew it what did your jury and consultants say to you she said that she did not think we were gonna get a hung jury in this case my very first cnn trial diary was about trump strategy one angry juror, why she climb
it's the first time that i've noticed that in this trial again and again, susan hoffinger was trying to get cohen to talk to the jury and he started talking to the jury several times today, they put down their writing instruments and they just listened to him. and it felt to me like a conversation you'd never know where at least constantly reminding me you can't really the minds of the jury. i did bring my jury consultant with me which i haven't common with travel, susan susan necheles, i...
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and then came susan hoffinger point by point. you had no doubt, no doubt. no, i didn't. no, i didn't. no doubt. and it was just so important because he was so certain. you can talk about multiple things at once. she brought that out. it was one question but it was such an important question. and again, i think that you -- as jurors you have to make it clear to them just how long 90 seconds can be. like if i was in that position, if i was the prosecutor during the summation, i would take a chunk of 90 seconds at some point and talk about here's all the things that he said they talked about during those 90 seconds. it would not take 90 seconds to get there. and just make it clear just how long that can be. i also thought that, you know, this attempt to say, well, he had a lot going on so he wouldn't remember, these are things you remember. there's significant details you will remember from eight years ago and then there are insignificant details from yesterday that you won't remember talking to somebody about. these mattered. >> you've been talk forget less than 60 seconds
and then came susan hoffinger point by point. you had no doubt, no doubt. no, i didn't. no, i didn't. no doubt. and it was just so important because he was so certain. you can talk about multiple things at once. she brought that out. it was one question but it was such an important question. and again, i think that you -- as jurors you have to make it clear to them just how long 90 seconds can be. like if i was in that position, if i was the prosecutor during the summation, i would take a chunk...
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susan hoffinger, the judge says, i'm going to allow it. yes. costello asks a judge before proceeding. sounds polite, but then castello begins talking about the email and hoffer once your objects again and the judge sustained this time costello said the call from cohen was one hour, 36 minutes, and 15 seconds over memorial day weekend. sounds like a lovely way to spend memorial day weekend. costello shakes his head slightly with an open palm gesture at the ruling or sean doesn't say anything about the gesture, but they asked castello to keep his answers it's narrow. asking whether he gave cohen legal advice on the 96 minute call without getting into details? yes. castello says beauvais shows the jury an email from june 7 and phone records. the call the call acid 46 minutes. the email from costello says that after you called me back, i left a message for rudy costello testifies after reading the email that gold directed him to call giuliani on his behalf, mr. cohen making constant object a complaints about rudy giuliani and what he was saying to
susan hoffinger, the judge says, i'm going to allow it. yes. costello asks a judge before proceeding. sounds polite, but then castello begins talking about the email and hoffer once your objects again and the judge sustained this time costello said the call from cohen was one hour, 36 minutes, and 15 seconds over memorial day weekend. sounds like a lovely way to spend memorial day weekend. costello shakes his head slightly with an open palm gesture at the ruling or sean doesn't say anything...
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the lawyer for the prosecution, susan hoffinger asked cohen, quote, what if anything did you think about the potential impact that might have on the campaign? catastrophic, cohen says, quote, horrible for the campaign. cohen testified that when he shared with his then-boss the fact that stormy's story had resurfaced with just weeks to go ahead of the 2016 presidential election donald trump said, quote, i thought you took care of this. i thought this was under control. that was trump. to which he followed up to cohen, quote, just take care of it. the ex-president told michael cohen to work with david pecker. from david pecker's testimony responded when it came to paying off stormy daniels by drawing a line in the sand and saying, quote, i am not a bank. leaving him berated by his boss, michael cohen, to figure out what he could do to take care of it at trump's direction. so michael cohen then testified that stormy daniels' lawyer, keith davidson, wanted an immediate wire transfer of the hush money to keep that stormy story out of the news. michael cohen was trying to push it beyond the el
the lawyer for the prosecution, susan hoffinger asked cohen, quote, what if anything did you think about the potential impact that might have on the campaign? catastrophic, cohen says, quote, horrible for the campaign. cohen testified that when he shared with his then-boss the fact that stormy's story had resurfaced with just weeks to go ahead of the 2016 presidential election donald trump said, quote, i thought you took care of this. i thought this was under control. that was trump. to which...
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and the donald trump was very involved in it. >> so this is hoffinger, susan hoffinger. she is a prosecutor. >> did you call mr. trump before you went and set up the account to make a transfer, cohen? >> yes. hoffinger. what in substance did you discuss with him on these two calls cohen, i wanted to ensure that once again, he approved what i was doing because i required approval from him on all of this hoffinger would do have made the bet payment to stormy daniels without getting sign-off from mr. trump cohen know, hoffinger, why not cohen? because everything required mr. trump's sign-off on top of that, i wanted the money back. i'm going to start with, you. bill because i want you you to kind of dissect that from the perspective of your in donald trump's choose your the defense you're the defense attorney watching this moment, maybe watching the jury that the way that they took this in how critical was this moment? >> well, if you dissect that statement, dana, there's a lot of mumbo jumbo in there. he saying, on the one hand this was a crucial importance to donald trump
and the donald trump was very involved in it. >> so this is hoffinger, susan hoffinger. she is a prosecutor. >> did you call mr. trump before you went and set up the account to make a transfer, cohen? >> yes. hoffinger. what in substance did you discuss with him on these two calls cohen, i wanted to ensure that once again, he approved what i was doing because i required approval from him on all of this hoffinger would do have made the bet payment to stormy daniels without...
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she says, susan hoffinger says to stormy daniels, what did you notice he was wearing at the time when he came to greet you? yes, he was wearing silk or satin pajamas, like two peas pajamas that i immediately made fun of him for and said does mister hefner know that you still his pajamas? was that someone known for wearing pajamas out in public? it was sort of his signature uniform. he wore satin pajamas all the time. so for the get go, for her this is like an elaborate joke. i'm going to have dinner with this very famous businessman and maybe i'm going to cajole him into giving me business opportunities, but so, too, did the e. jean carroll story start when he says to her, hey, you are that advice lady. you are that business tycoon. a few minutes later they are throwing negligee's at one another. no, you try it on. a few minutes later e. jean carroll is cornered in a dressing room in an isolated department, testifying that she was sexually assaulted by donald trump in a way that she cannot get out of until she literally forced him off of her and ended up on the sidewalk outside, not k
she says, susan hoffinger says to stormy daniels, what did you notice he was wearing at the time when he came to greet you? yes, he was wearing silk or satin pajamas, like two peas pajamas that i immediately made fun of him for and said does mister hefner know that you still his pajamas? was that someone known for wearing pajamas out in public? it was sort of his signature uniform. he wore satin pajamas all the time. so for the get go, for her this is like an elaborate joke. i'm going to have...
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andrew, you were in the courtroom today, and you talked about susan hoffinger's cross. you said it was impressive. andrew weismann, you watched it as well. give us a description of what she did with bob costello, and why it was potentially so effective. >> well, she would -- let's start with, she was helped by the conduct of the witness. that was a gift to her. because -- >> give us a word. yesterday, it seemed belligerent. what was it today? >> it was -- the word that the judge used, contemptuous. speaking out in court, in reaction to the judge's rulings. he's a witness. he is not the judge. saying, i strike -- i'm going -- strike that. as the judge said, that's what the judge does, not the witness. reacting, saying, geez, rolling his eyes, staring down the judge. all of that is beyond the pale, let alone for a lawyer. this is -- i mean, who knows better. >> and today he seemed snippy and arrogant. >> yes. he also -- it will be interesting to see what some of the female jurors, and even male jurors, would have thought to what he said after he was chastised by the judge
andrew, you were in the courtroom today, and you talked about susan hoffinger's cross. you said it was impressive. andrew weismann, you watched it as well. give us a description of what she did with bob costello, and why it was potentially so effective. >> well, she would -- let's start with, she was helped by the conduct of the witness. that was a gift to her. because -- >> give us a word. yesterday, it seemed belligerent. what was it today? >> it was -- the word that the...
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when susan hoffinger took over, her redirect had a lot of pace. it was very punchy. she was basically saying, michael cohen, you were asked about this. explain what you meant. you were asked about this, explain what you meant. essentially trying to obviate any points that the defense might have been able to put on the board with this very aggressive cross-examination of michael cohen. so it's been a really interesting day. trump has definitely seemed to be asleep for parts of it, but awake for others and sending notes back and forth with his lawyer. the jury has been sort of on and off in terms of their attention, but i think mr. blanche, i think the best case for the defense is he's setting himself up for a brilliant summation. but whether or not the cross-examination is telling its own story i think is harder to say. >> rachel, i'm curious, i was in the overflow room. even though i have a dead-on view of donald trump, i don't see the jury. i have a dead-on view of michael cohen, but don't see the jury. i want to ask you a couple questions. one is, when michael cohe
when susan hoffinger took over, her redirect had a lot of pace. it was very punchy. she was basically saying, michael cohen, you were asked about this. explain what you meant. you were asked about this, explain what you meant. essentially trying to obviate any points that the defense might have been able to put on the board with this very aggressive cross-examination of michael cohen. so it's been a really interesting day. trump has definitely seemed to be asleep for parts of it, but awake for...
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and then obviously attorney susan hoffinger and witness michael cohen. again, these are interpretive might from my vantage point, donald trump spent his time and from every description i've heard, looking straight ahead, which is not in the direction of the jury as as as depicted in this. it is actually towards laughed like quanta towards that white screen behind judge thank you were in that courtroom recently. i was there last night eight weeks. they're half ago and these sketches are interpreted this, yes. from you. there's a huge visual block. when you're sitting at the defense table, we're facing the benches to say your left and you just can't say i would have to see if i really wanted to see like when weisselberg testified i got permission from judge merchan to sit closer to the jury because i just couldn't say, oh, there were some big cops in that room that service. all great guys all fantastic people. but not, but not transparent so in any case, emails between castellano cohen are being introduced into evidence right now. so this is a little part
and then obviously attorney susan hoffinger and witness michael cohen. again, these are interpretive might from my vantage point, donald trump spent his time and from every description i've heard, looking straight ahead, which is not in the direction of the jury as as as depicted in this. it is actually towards laughed like quanta towards that white screen behind judge thank you were in that courtroom recently. i was there last night eight weeks. they're half ago and these sketches are...
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here is how that testimony went on monday with assistant district attorney susan hoffinger about that phone call. question. let's take a look at the call on october 24 at 8:02 p.m. do you see that call? answer, yes, ma'am. question. was it 8:02 p.m.? answer. yes. question. do you know why you were reaching out to mr. schiller in the evening? >> yes. question. why? because i needed to speak to mister trump and i knew that keith, keith schiller was with him. question. why did you need to speak with mister trump? answer. to discuss the stormy daniels matter and the resolution of it. and did you have an understanding about whether during that conversation resolved that, you are moving forward to fund the deal? answer, yes. that was then under direct examination. today todd blanche revealed some text by michael cohen about an hour before his call to keith schiller's phone. those were to and from a phone number that had been making harassing phone calls to michael cohen and the person sending the text eventually apologized to michael cohen and claimed to be 14 years old. today, question. do
here is how that testimony went on monday with assistant district attorney susan hoffinger about that phone call. question. let's take a look at the call on october 24 at 8:02 p.m. do you see that call? answer, yes, ma'am. question. was it 8:02 p.m.? answer. yes. question. do you know why you were reaching out to mr. schiller in the evening? >> yes. question. why? because i needed to speak to mister trump and i knew that keith, keith schiller was with him. question. why did you need to...
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. >> without a doubt, susan hoffinger went through this, say yes, say no. >> i'm not watching but i can hear the way michael cohen i know at least, the one i know how he would say it. i recall saying that. sounds like something i would say. >> so he's turning back to who he really is, which is a problem for the prosecution. >> we haven't had a lot to read from the jury. vaughn was saying the eyes of the jurors are intently going from blanche then to cohen and back to blanche. one has a slight grin. the rest are stoic. we've asked time after time for our folks in the courtroom, they have belied virtually no emotion. lisa, who's also there, cohen is already fighting things he should acknowledge like the fact prosecutors have asked him to stop talking about the case publicly. >> which catherine just said. >> but clearly, the jurors are watching this. what's going on in their head is anybody's guess. >> on cross-examination, you don't just own it. they did a very good job on direct of trying to deflate some of the issues that were going to come out. they knew that blanche was going to come
. >> without a doubt, susan hoffinger went through this, say yes, say no. >> i'm not watching but i can hear the way michael cohen i know at least, the one i know how he would say it. i recall saying that. sounds like something i would say. >> so he's turning back to who he really is, which is a problem for the prosecution. >> we haven't had a lot to read from the jury. vaughn was saying the eyes of the jurors are intently going from blanche then to cohen and back to...
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i know because i was with susan hoffinger for almost a year. all right. it's fully corroborated everything. although cohen is testifying pursuant to a subpoena, it says that's even if he's co-operative, he's testifying pursuant to a subpoena in the case of the congressional testimony, we decided until chairman cummings no subpoena. >> we under oath, but voluntarily trump looked up at cohen after he walked by the defense table. >> we're also told that when cohen. walked in. he is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, light pink tie. his face was facing forward, his eyes are darting around the gallery cohen right now is giving his family background. he's been married for going on 30 years. >> he says back in 2019 when michael cohen testified before congress he said that donald trump doesn't give firm instructions per say. he said mr. trump did not direct directly, told me to lie to congress in 2017. that's not how we operate. so he doesn't give you questions. he doesn't give you orders. he speaks in a code and i understand and the code because i've been around
i know because i was with susan hoffinger for almost a year. all right. it's fully corroborated everything. although cohen is testifying pursuant to a subpoena, it says that's even if he's co-operative, he's testifying pursuant to a subpoena in the case of the congressional testimony, we decided until chairman cummings no subpoena. >> we under oath, but voluntarily trump looked up at cohen after he walked by the defense table. >> we're also told that when cohen. walked in. he is...
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so this is susan hoffinger, the prosecutor saying questioning michael cohen when dylan howard and that's the editor in chief, national enquirer told you on the evening of october 8, 2016, that stormy daniels was out looking well her manager was out looking to sell her story. did you know who stormy daniels was at that time? michael cohen says, i did. hoffinger. how did you know who she was? >> cohen? >> because it was referenced back to the 2011 scenario that i dealt with previously with david pecker. the publisher of the national enquirer on i'm sorry. with keith davidson, stormy daniel's is attorney in order to have a story removed from the dirty.com that's a blog so hearing now, after the access hollywood tape release, that her story might come out again, what if anything, did you think about the potential impact that might have on the campaign, michael cohen says catastrophic, that is horrible for this campaign very interesting. >> i encourage khardori. what's the significance of this exchange? >> well, i mean it further as the prosecution's case for this hush money payment had been
so this is susan hoffinger, the prosecutor saying questioning michael cohen when dylan howard and that's the editor in chief, national enquirer told you on the evening of october 8, 2016, that stormy daniels was out looking well her manager was out looking to sell her story. did you know who stormy daniels was at that time? michael cohen says, i did. hoffinger. how did you know who she was? >> cohen? >> because it was referenced back to the 2011 scenario that i dealt with previously...
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he was not defensive susan hoffinger had planted the seed. she was careful to bring it out again, as we had discussed when you previously testified, i have a different views sitting in the courtroom that michael cohen, of course, has a checkered past. >> but we see convictions all the time with cooperators who have far worse histories, contract killers, mobsters, those who've peddled drugs to our kids. >> and yet, you get convictions the one thing that a witness has to do is tell the truth. michael cohen did his best including today, i thought it was good enough, nor did donald trump know what that $420,000 payment was four the essence of that $420,000 payment is that double essence is the doubling of the stormy daniels money. well, and donald trump, it's been shown over and over and over again and corroborated. trump knew exactly what it was. he knew exactly what it was michael cohen's credibility 30 because the other moment was about that phone call that happened were last week that the defense pulled out that also there was a prank caller
he was not defensive susan hoffinger had planted the seed. she was careful to bring it out again, as we had discussed when you previously testified, i have a different views sitting in the courtroom that michael cohen, of course, has a checkered past. >> but we see convictions all the time with cooperators who have far worse histories, contract killers, mobsters, those who've peddled drugs to our kids. >> and yet, you get convictions the one thing that a witness has to do is tell...
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. >> cohen is being questioned by susan hoffinger about this issue of trump needing to pay back david pecker because of the $150,000 deal that david pecker is now saying that was too much. i want to be personally reimbursed for that related to karen mcdougal's story, so cohen's talking about this with david pecker and he says david expressed to me that his relationship with trump goes back many, many years, and there's a file drawer, a locked drawer as he described it where files that relate to mr. trump existed, and at that point in time david was being considered for the position of ceo at time incorporated and one of the concerns that i had that i expressed to mr. trump, cohen says, was that if he goes there's a series of papers there that relate to you. hoffinger, was mr. trump concerned about that? cohen, yes. hoffinger, direct attention to september of 2016, did you record a convo with trump regarding purchasing karen mcdougal life rights. >> this is the only one i taped. >> why did you tape this one? so i could show it to david pecker. that way he could hear the conversation th
. >> cohen is being questioned by susan hoffinger about this issue of trump needing to pay back david pecker because of the $150,000 deal that david pecker is now saying that was too much. i want to be personally reimbursed for that related to karen mcdougal's story, so cohen's talking about this with david pecker and he says david expressed to me that his relationship with trump goes back many, many years, and there's a file drawer, a locked drawer as he described it where files that...
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hoffinger reminded the jury that michael cohen isn't the defendant. "are you actually on trial here in this case?" she asked. cohen's answer, "no." late today, trump lawyer todd blanche moved to dismiss the entire case, and sources close to trump's legal team tell me they don't expect trump at this point to take the stand. they see too many potential vulnerabilities should he ever get up there as a witness. norah. >> robert costa, thank you very much. >>> now to some breaking news out of the white house. president biden not holding back, sharply criticizing the request for an arrest warrant for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu from an international criminal court prosecutor. >> but let me be clear. contrary to allegations against israel made by the international court of justice, what's happening is not genocide. we reject that. [ applause ] >> cbs's imtiaz tyab has more now from east jerusalem. >> no foot soldier, no commander, no civilian leader, no one can act with impunity. >> reporter: the icc's chief prosecutor, karim khan, making it cl
hoffinger reminded the jury that michael cohen isn't the defendant. "are you actually on trial here in this case?" she asked. cohen's answer, "no." late today, trump lawyer todd blanche moved to dismiss the entire case, and sources close to trump's legal team tell me they don't expect trump at this point to take the stand. they see too many potential vulnerabilities should he ever get up there as a witness. norah. >> robert costa, thank you very much. >>> now...
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but i also think that susan hoffinger and the prosecution team did a spectacularly good job of a picture's worth a thousand words and there's keith schiller with donald trump at exactly the time that cohen is having this conversation. so i think that they fixed that in a very, very effective way. >> how do you expect the -- >> i'm sorry. >> how do you expect the summation's going to go for the d.a.? what do you think they're going to argue? what are they going to use? >> i think, you know, one of the things that gets lost, you know, as we sit for a week and watch michael cohen and watch him get beat up for two or three days by todd blanche is you have to remember that for the better part of two or three weeks this jury has heard repeatedly from trump insiders, people inside trump world who work for the trump organization, the accountant, the secretaries. you heard from hope hicks. and what did they tell the jury? it is a small family-run business where donald trump has a heavy thumb on everything that gets done, especially when it relates to money. and if there's no better corroboration fo
but i also think that susan hoffinger and the prosecution team did a spectacularly good job of a picture's worth a thousand words and there's keith schiller with donald trump at exactly the time that cohen is having this conversation. so i think that they fixed that in a very, very effective way. >> how do you expect the -- >> i'm sorry. >> how do you expect the summation's going to go for the d.a.? what do you think they're going to argue? what are they going to use? >>...
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. >> reporter: inside court and under questioning by prosecutor susan hoffinger, cohen testified about a 2017 oval office meeting where he and trump allegedly discussed his reimbursement for the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. cohen, who took a picture during his visit, said trump knew the financial records would be cast as ordinary legal expenses. hoffinger: if not for the campaign, mr. cohen, would you have paid that money to stormy daniels? cohen: no, ma'am. hoffinger: at whose direction and on whose behalf did you commit that crime? cohen: on behalf of mr. trump. >> whether the jury views michael cohen as a truth-teller or whether they view him as just spinning another one of his lies is probably going to drive this verdict. >> reporter: cohen was the target of an fbi raid in 2018, part of an investigation into the hush money payments. he said it left him despondent and angry. but trump, he testified, offered him reassurance. "don't worry, i'm the president of the united states," cohen said trump told him. it was the last time they spoke. after making his statement, speaker joh
. >> reporter: inside court and under questioning by prosecutor susan hoffinger, cohen testified about a 2017 oval office meeting where he and trump allegedly discussed his reimbursement for the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. cohen, who took a picture during his visit, said trump knew the financial records would be cast as ordinary legal expenses. hoffinger: if not for the campaign, mr. cohen, would you have paid that money to stormy daniels? cohen: no, ma'am. hoffinger: at whose...
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. >> susan hoffinger is doing the questioning of stormy daniels. there is a big team with the manhattan attorney general's office. do you think it is strategic to have a woman questioning stormy daniels through this sensitive part of testimony that is to come? >> i think in this stair scenar yes. sometimes you see more so on the defense, sometimes on the prosecution, if there is a sexual crime, sometimes you want a female prosecutor or female defense attorney to address the witness because there is more of a bond and you don't want to look like a guy being a bully and who has no concept of the issues that a woman would go through, which is understandable. so, you know, susan hoffinger, this is not her first time, not her first rodeo, she's been on both sides as a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney, so if anyone is fit for this type of questioning, it would be her. and to your point, seconds ago, you want to humanize that witness, you want the jury to like them and find them to be regular, no different than you, sometimes that's tears, even a
. >> susan hoffinger is doing the questioning of stormy daniels. there is a big team with the manhattan attorney general's office. do you think it is strategic to have a woman questioning stormy daniels through this sensitive part of testimony that is to come? >> i think in this stair scenar yes. sometimes you see more so on the defense, sometimes on the prosecution, if there is a sexual crime, sometimes you want a female prosecutor or female defense attorney to address the witness...
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hoffinger reminding the jury that he is not the defendant. "are you on trial in this case," she asked. cohen's answer, "no." late today, todd blanche moved to dismiss the entire case, and sources close to trump's legal team tell me they don't expect trump at this point to take the stand. they see too many potential vulnerabilities should he ever get up there as a witness. norah. >> norah: robert costa, thank you very much. well, tonight, the world is watching closely. what happens next in iran after the country's ultraconservative leader was killed in a helicopter crash? the state department tonight is calling him a brutal participant in the repression of the iranian people. and as cbs's charlie d'agata reports, who succeeds him has global consequence. >> reporter: in the dense fog at first light, iranian state media showed what was a crash site of a trail of twisted metal and debris. rescue teams pulled bodies from the wreckage all eight people killed when the chopper came down in remote mountainous terrain where president ebrahim raisi and
hoffinger reminding the jury that he is not the defendant. "are you on trial in this case," she asked. cohen's answer, "no." late today, todd blanche moved to dismiss the entire case, and sources close to trump's legal team tell me they don't expect trump at this point to take the stand. they see too many potential vulnerabilities should he ever get up there as a witness. norah. >> norah: robert costa, thank you very much. well, tonight, the world is watching closely....
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hoffinger. and did he say anything about how it would be paid out as something cohen? yeah. it was like legal service for this rendered since i was then being given the title of personal attorney to the president than a little bit later, hoffinger asks, did mr. weisselberg's state in front of mr. trump that you were going to receive $420,000 over the course of 12 months, cohen? yes. >> hoffinger. and what, if anything, did mr. trump's say at the time cohen says he approved it and he also said this is going to be one heck of a ride in dc question from hoffinger. and did missile weisselberg say in front of mr. trump that those monthly payments would be, you know, like a retainer for legal they'll services michael cohen says, yes so why or coates is that the most critical testimony from the de well, because we're talking about 34 counts of falsified business records. >> the heart is not whether there was an affair, whether the allegations were true about either karen mcdougal are showing me daniel'
hoffinger. and did he say anything about how it would be paid out as something cohen? yeah. it was like legal service for this rendered since i was then being given the title of personal attorney to the president than a little bit later, hoffinger asks, did mr. weisselberg's state in front of mr. trump that you were going to receive $420,000 over the course of 12 months, cohen? yes. >> hoffinger. and what, if anything, did mr. trump's say at the time cohen says he approved it and he also...
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it's how often the prosecution susan hoffinger, the lawyer, either explicitly or implicitly connected his testimony to other evidence in the case, whether it's other testimony, other other documents just building this scaffolding so that if he gets attacked, it's not just his word now, obviously his word counts for a lot, especially in the conversations with trump. >> but other than that, you know, what the question i have and i assume we'll get to this later is just how are they going to attend? >> hi, kim, because they can't say he didn't know donald trump and the checks speak for themselves. he did pay stormy daniels. he did get checks from trump. what is they're going to say he's liar, he's terrible. but what is it that he lied about? why we had a defense attorney what, do, you attack him? >> everyone saying, oh, you know, today was a great day for the prosecution. if today was not a great day for the prosecution, alvin bragg has to go in there tomorrow and like dismiss the charges. i mean, today had to be a great day. oh, the first maybe maybe one of the there's so many ways to a
it's how often the prosecution susan hoffinger, the lawyer, either explicitly or implicitly connected his testimony to other evidence in the case, whether it's other testimony, other other documents just building this scaffolding so that if he gets attacked, it's not just his word now, obviously his word counts for a lot, especially in the conversations with trump. >> but other than that, you know, what the question i have and i assume we'll get to this later is just how are they going to...
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susan hoffinger reminded the jury that michael cohen is not the defendant. are you actually on trial in this case, she guessed, cohen's answer "no." late today trump lawyer todd blanche move to dismiss the entire case, telling me they don't expect trump at this point to take the stand. they see too many potential vulnerabilities. should he ever get up there as a witness. norah. >> norah: robert costa, thank you very much prayer tonight the world is watching closely, what happens next in iran after the country's ultraconservative leader was killed in a helicopter crash. the state department tonight is calling him a brutal participant in the repression of the iranian people. and as cbs's charlie d'agata reports, who succeeds him has global consequences. >> reporter: in the dense fog at first light, iranian state media showed what was the crash site, a trail of twisted metal and debris, rescue teams pulled bodies from the wreckage, all eight people killed when the chopper came down in remote mountainous terrain where ebrahim raisi and the foreign minister had b
susan hoffinger reminded the jury that michael cohen is not the defendant. are you actually on trial in this case, she guessed, cohen's answer "no." late today trump lawyer todd blanche move to dismiss the entire case, telling me they don't expect trump at this point to take the stand. they see too many potential vulnerabilities. should he ever get up there as a witness. norah. >> norah: robert costa, thank you very much prayer tonight the world is watching closely, what happens...
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prosecutor susan hoffinger asked, at his direction did you pay the money? cohen says, trump's. the prosecution's questioning ends with prosecutor susan hoffinger asking michael cohen if he has any greets working for trump, to which he responded, quote, i regret doing things for him that i should not have, lying, bullying people to effectuate the goal. i do not regret working for the trump organization. i expressed before, some very interesting and great times. to keep a loyalty and do the things he asked me to do, i violated my law compass and suffered the penalty, as has my family. a dramatic day of testimony from a former trump loyalist turned star witness for the prosecution that is very much still happening under way at this hour where we begin with our most favorite reporters and friends with us at the table for the hour, msnbc legal analyst andrew weissmann is here. just back from the courthouse. nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard is here. "new york times" investigative reporter susan craig joins us and former federal prosecutor and sdny deputy chief, msnbc legal anal
prosecutor susan hoffinger asked, at his direction did you pay the money? cohen says, trump's. the prosecution's questioning ends with prosecutor susan hoffinger asking michael cohen if he has any greets working for trump, to which he responded, quote, i regret doing things for him that i should not have, lying, bullying people to effectuate the goal. i do not regret working for the trump organization. i expressed before, some very interesting and great times. to keep a loyalty and do the...
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it's important to say this story is not true, however, at the time susan hoffinger, a story was circulated by a former doorman at trump tower. what was it about that there was a love child? cohen, i went to him immediately to advise limb that it was a story because it was a negative story for him and to get his direction and on what he wanted me to do. so, again, there you go, jeremy, where you have him saying i was the guy who brought him sometimes the bad news and he told me what it was that he wanted done. this wasn't somebody who just let me handle everything, he was in the know. >> there's multiple values to this story. one is that, again, it shows that intimacy we discussed before, but it also goes to donald trump saying i didn't have sex with this woman, i had no intimate relationship with this woman. it doesn't matter whether he did or didn't because the theory is the same, i'm trying to get rid of bad things, bad stories that are going to adversely impact my chances of getting elected. some of the minutia which may get brushed over, we earned michael cohen earned $525,000 i think
it's important to say this story is not true, however, at the time susan hoffinger, a story was circulated by a former doorman at trump tower. what was it about that there was a love child? cohen, i went to him immediately to advise limb that it was a story because it was a negative story for him and to get his direction and on what he wanted me to do. so, again, there you go, jeremy, where you have him saying i was the guy who brought him sometimes the bad news and he told me what it was that...
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susan hoffinger for the prosecution said, "if not for the campaign, mr cohen, would you "have paid that money?" "no, ma'am," he said. "at whose direction and on whose "behalf did you commit that crime?" "on behalf of mrtrump," he said. the star witness for the prosecution and donald trump's nemesis will be back on thursday to face more cross—examination. he will again be accused of lying to try and send his former boss to jail. sarah smith, bbc news, new york. the first report by investigators into the collapse of a bridge in the us city of baltimore says the ship that crashed into it had suffered multiple electrical blackouts before the collision. the dali lost power both before and then after leaving port. the report issued by the national transportation safety board is the first detailed look at what went wrong, although it says investigators are still exploring what caused the failures. our correspondent in washington, helena humphery, sent us this update. this is a preliminary investigation, it offers us that first glimpse into exactly what happened in the early hours of the morn
susan hoffinger for the prosecution said, "if not for the campaign, mr cohen, would you "have paid that money?" "no, ma'am," he said. "at whose direction and on whose "behalf did you commit that crime?" "on behalf of mrtrump," he said. the star witness for the prosecution and donald trump's nemesis will be back on thursday to face more cross—examination. he will again be accused of lying to try and send his former boss to jail. sarah smith,...
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. >> reporter: inside court and under questioning by prosecutor susan hoffinger, cohen testified about a 2017 oval office meeting, where he and trump allegedly discussed his reimbursement for the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. cohen, who took a picture during his visit, said trump knew the financial records would be cast as ordinary legal expenses. hoffinger: "if not for the campaign, mr. cohen, would you have paid that money to stormy daniels?" cohen: "no, ma'am." hoffinger: "at whose direction and on whose behalf did you commit that crime?" cohen: "on behalf of mr. trump." >> whether the jury views michael cohen as a truth teller or whether they view him as just spinning another one of his lies is probably going to drive this verdict. >> reporter: cohen was the target of an fbi raid in 2018, part of an investigation into the hush money payments. he said it left him despondent and angry, but trump, he testified, offered him reassurance. "don't worry. i'm the president of the united states," cohen said trump told him. it was the last time they spoke. after making a statement, spea
. >> reporter: inside court and under questioning by prosecutor susan hoffinger, cohen testified about a 2017 oval office meeting, where he and trump allegedly discussed his reimbursement for the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. cohen, who took a picture during his visit, said trump knew the financial records would be cast as ordinary legal expenses. hoffinger: "if not for the campaign, mr. cohen, would you have paid that money to stormy daniels?" cohen: "no,...
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susan hoffinger for the prosecution said, "if not for the campaign, mr cohen, would you "have paid that money?" "no, ma'am," he said. "at whose direction and on whose "behalf did you commit that crime?" "on behalf of mrtrump," he said. the star witness for the prosecution and donald trump's nemesis will be back on thursday to face more cross—examination. he will again be accused of lying to try and send his former boss to jail. sarah smith, bbc news, new york. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. hospital leaders in england say there are continuing delays and concerns about funding of the official plan to build a0 new hospitals by 2030. nhs providers, who represent nhs trusts in england, says a year on from the government's renewed commitment to the plan some hospitals are still waiting for detailed blueprints and financial allocations. our health editor hugh pym reports. as hospitals like this one it is a story of delay and uncertainty. princess alexandra and essex was part of the original a0 hospital plan and the new building intended to be ready by this year but th
susan hoffinger for the prosecution said, "if not for the campaign, mr cohen, would you "have paid that money?" "no, ma'am," he said. "at whose direction and on whose "behalf did you commit that crime?" "on behalf of mrtrump," he said. the star witness for the prosecution and donald trump's nemesis will be back on thursday to face more cross—examination. he will again be accused of lying to try and send his former boss to jail. sarah smith,...
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you get questioned by the prosecutor across he get question by the defense then susan hoffinger, the prosecutor just did a redirect and now there's re-cross. i would not be doing re-cross if i was the defense lawyer here as soon as susan hoffinger finished her redirect, i would've said no further questions. get them off the stand. they were in the really deep in the weeds here elliott out significant is this photo of this this screenshot of this c-span video that was taking place. >> so just a few days, maybe a couple of weeks, if that before november 8, 2016, presidential election. well, if it's fascinating that there where we see this it's fascinating that there was so much back-and-forth about this photo. one because there's nothing that controversial about the photograph. its admissibility. so the parties could have agreed to need to get it is they actually did. number two, nothing really changes. the defense's central argument that that michael cohen spoke about something other than stormy daniel's spoke about this fight with his 14 years get whether donald trump was photographe
you get questioned by the prosecutor across he get question by the defense then susan hoffinger, the prosecutor just did a redirect and now there's re-cross. i would not be doing re-cross if i was the defense lawyer here as soon as susan hoffinger finished her redirect, i would've said no further questions. get them off the stand. they were in the really deep in the weeds here elliott out significant is this photo of this this screenshot of this c-span video that was taking place. >> so...
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he was shown each of those invoices and each of the checks by prosecutor susan hoffinger. many of them signed by donald trump himself. each of the check stubs said that this was for a legal retainer. this is the central allegation here, that these payments were not from legal work, and all of these records were knowingly falsified to hide the whole stormy daniels scheme. >> what about mr. trump's role in all of this, given he was being charged? what did michael cohen have to say? >> this is a central point to this. there was not that much new today on that front. yesterday, cohen reiterated trump knew of and approved the broad outlines of this repayment to michael cohen scheme. trump felt stormy daniels story getting out during the campaign would be devastating to him, and that he deputized michael cohen to deal with that. but there was no direct testimony today that directly linked trump to the exact detail of those financial payments. prosecutors will likely argue as the head of the trump organization, it is likely trump looked at every single bit of business, every doll
he was shown each of those invoices and each of the checks by prosecutor susan hoffinger. many of them signed by donald trump himself. each of the check stubs said that this was for a legal retainer. this is the central allegation here, that these payments were not from legal work, and all of these records were knowingly falsified to hide the whole stormy daniels scheme. >> what about mr. trump's role in all of this, given he was being charged? what did michael cohen have to say? >>...
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jurors listened intently today as prosecutor susan hoffinger confronted costello over an email in which he wrote his mission was to quote, get cohen on the right page without giving him the appearance that we are following instructions from giuliani or the president. >> we have a judge that's extremely, let's say, complicated, but let's also say conflicted. >> meanwhile, it's unclear how jurors are processing the entourage of republican politicians who come and sit behind trump in court each day. after jurors were released this morning, they filed out walking past the former president. none of them making eye contact. the five women and seven men will begin deliberations next week to see if prosecutors have proven their case. that trump falsified documents to cover up paying adult film actress stormy daniels $130,000 not to go public with information that would have affected the outcome of the 2016 election. trump denies any wrongdoing, including having ever had sex with daniels. legal experts say jury instructions are now the key to this case, as judge juan merchan decides how he'll ex
jurors listened intently today as prosecutor susan hoffinger confronted costello over an email in which he wrote his mission was to quote, get cohen on the right page without giving him the appearance that we are following instructions from giuliani or the president. >> we have a judge that's extremely, let's say, complicated, but let's also say conflicted. >> meanwhile, it's unclear how jurors are processing the entourage of republican politicians who come and sit behind trump in...
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prosecutor susan hoffinger walked daniels through the facts on redirect and asked, on balance has your publicly telling the truth about trump been positive or negative for your life? daniels replied with a single word, negative. after daniels left the stand, jurors heard from two archival witnesses to read evidence into the record including an executive from harpercollins, the company that published the 2008 how to book, think big, make it happen in business and life. she read several excerpts including a telling one. i just can't stomach disloyalty. i put the people who are loyal to me on a high pedestal and take care of them very well. talking about someone who disappointed him, trump said this woman was very disloyal and now i go out of my way to make her life miserable. he added, my motto is always get even. when somebody screws you, screw them back. that is great writing, isn't it? trump's lawyers moved again for a mistrial, saying stormy daniels' testimony was so insignificant that the case could not stand. judge merchan disagreed, saying once again that if the defense did not li
prosecutor susan hoffinger walked daniels through the facts on redirect and asked, on balance has your publicly telling the truth about trump been positive or negative for your life? daniels replied with a single word, negative. after daniels left the stand, jurors heard from two archival witnesses to read evidence into the record including an executive from harpercollins, the company that published the 2008 how to book, think big, make it happen in business and life. she read several excerpts...
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susan hoffinger performed one of the most masterful cross examines i have ever seen and effective today. as lawrence just noted to you, she played off of something he said yesterday, that the email speaks for itself, which is something lawyers say and not witnesses. but then she continued to return to it as a trope when he fought her characterization of things, and instead of forcing something from him, she would say, the email speaks for itself, and that was fun to watch. and not only did he testify yesterday that michael cohen was his client, and the person he was interested in was michael cohen, and today there was an email shown in which it says tune in to cnn and see how they are playing it up. this is during a period of time in which they thought michael cohen might flip, and there were those in the former president's world almost antagonizing him to do so. he has to know this and he continues to slow play us and the president as if his interest and the president's -- meaning donald trump's interests, are aligned and are not always in conjunction of cohen, and castillo was portray
susan hoffinger performed one of the most masterful cross examines i have ever seen and effective today. as lawrence just noted to you, she played off of something he said yesterday, that the email speaks for itself, which is something lawyers say and not witnesses. but then she continued to return to it as a trope when he fought her characterization of things, and instead of forcing something from him, she would say, the email speaks for itself, and that was fun to watch. and not only did he...
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that is the main battle over what happened and today prosecutor susan hoffinger asked, quote, you discussed with cohen at the very first meeting how connect did you were with giuliani, correct? he responded, that's not true. hoffinger then read an email that stated, and we quote here, i'm sure you saw the news that rudy is joining the trump legal team. i told you that my relationship with rudy could be very useful to you. 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
that is the main battle over what happened and today prosecutor susan hoffinger asked, quote, you discussed with cohen at the very first meeting how connect did you were with giuliani, correct? he responded, that's not true. hoffinger then read an email that stated, and we quote here, i'm sure you saw the news that rudy is joining the trump legal team. i told you that my relationship with rudy could be very useful to you. in costello's words. the prosecutor also wrote -- also read an email...
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prosecutor susan hoffinger tried to restore cohen's credibility outside the courthouse. a raucous environment with at least 14 of trump supporters who were in the courtroom. counter-protesters can be heard behind them. >> i wanted this country to understand that prosecutors around the country are calling this sham trial exactly what it is a sham trial. >> prosecutors accused donald trump of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to stormy daniels. but trump says his books are in order. >> it's not marked down as construction. it's not marked down as sheetrock and cinderblock. it's marked down as legal expense. you have a lawyer, you pay him a legal expense. >> again, that was michelle ross reporting. it remains to be seen whether mr. trump himself will testify in his own defense before the trial began. the former president said he planned to do so, but his attorney told the judge last week it was no longer certain. >> hunter biden is pressing for a delay in his federal gun case. he is asking an appeals court to pause the delaware trial, scheduled to
prosecutor susan hoffinger tried to restore cohen's credibility outside the courthouse. a raucous environment with at least 14 of trump supporters who were in the courtroom. counter-protesters can be heard behind them. >> i wanted this country to understand that prosecutors around the country are calling this sham trial exactly what it is a sham trial. >> prosecutors accused donald trump of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to stormy daniels. but trump...
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. >> susan hoffinger went through the different times that michael cohen has lied, his legal troubles, the fact he has been disbarred. >> and under cross-examination from the defense. >> he is obsessed with revenge against donald trump, that's what they're saying. >> as donald trump roles and with a full entourage including the speaker of the house. >> president trump is a friend and i wanted to be here to support him. >> tonight, chris hayes and alex wagner break down what happened inside and outside the courtroom with rachel maddow, katie phang and msnbc political experts, when special coverage of trump on trial begins right now. >> good evening from new york, i am chris hayes, along with alex wagner. thank you for joining us for our special coverage of day 17 of donald trump's criminal trial. we will be joined by rachel maddow and lawrence o'donnell in a minute to break down what we heard from the most pivotal witness in the case, michael cohen, today. in my case the experience was first-hand as i watched cohen testify live in the courthouse and the big question today, because cros
. >> susan hoffinger went through the different times that michael cohen has lied, his legal troubles, the fact he has been disbarred. >> and under cross-examination from the defense. >> he is obsessed with revenge against donald trump, that's what they're saying. >> as donald trump roles and with a full entourage including the speaker of the house. >> president trump is a friend and i wanted to be here to support him. >> tonight, chris hayes and alex wagner...
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hoffinger of stormy, where he went sustained. and he employed them as to why they weren't making objections. i think this is a judge that is very cautious about a record that will viewed on appeal as being correct and in accordance with the law, and i believe he's gone out of his way to communicate with both sides and give them at least cues on what he expects. my perception was this is a very good looking it bright young professional looking jury, and from my perspective, they have a lot of respect. this judge was conducting this court. it was very impressive. >> so we're back into the time line, the whole time line beginning in 2011. and in fact, todd blanche says as much. what i would like to do is go through the time line of what you testified on monday in 2011 you came across a poll that suggested trump should run for president. cohen, that's correct. that poll was actually late 2010. yes, sir. at the time is it fair to say that the press regarded this as a stunt by president trump. yes, sir. for michael cohen, he was one of
hoffinger of stormy, where he went sustained. and he employed them as to why they weren't making objections. i think this is a judge that is very cautious about a record that will viewed on appeal as being correct and in accordance with the law, and i believe he's gone out of his way to communicate with both sides and give them at least cues on what he expects. my perception was this is a very good looking it bright young professional looking jury, and from my perspective, they have a lot of...