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the way michael cohen admitted that today. that is the new michael cohen. who sees his ego now was one of problems that drove him in a criminal direction with the egomaniacal and unrepentant donald trump. michael cohen on the witness stand today, in the courtroom, was unlike any version of michael cohen you have ever seen. he was not fighting back at the questions and being belligerent the way he was when he appeared on tv in 2016 is a campaign surrogate for donald trump. he was not sounding like the gangster he wanted to sound like when he was calling up reporters then and threatening them during the first trump presidential campaign. he was not making fun of donald trump or taunting donald trump, as he has done so frequently and recently on social media. it was not the emboldened michael cohen who has turned against donald trump and publicly attacks him. it was michael cohen, the lawyer. knowing how we witness should sound on the witness stand, calm, deliberate, careful, clear . sometimes vivid. as the six hours of testimony were on, michael cohen became
the way michael cohen admitted that today. that is the new michael cohen. who sees his ego now was one of problems that drove him in a criminal direction with the egomaniacal and unrepentant donald trump. michael cohen on the witness stand today, in the courtroom, was unlike any version of michael cohen you have ever seen. he was not fighting back at the questions and being belligerent the way he was when he appeared on tv in 2016 is a campaign surrogate for donald trump. he was not sounding...
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about michael cohen, michael cohen has this refrain, sounds like i said something like that. i checked the transcript. he said it sounds like something i would say about five times. to the crying little line you said at the beginning. it sounds like something i would say, said cohen. courtroom misogynist, sounds like something i would say. and that is the last one, you anticipated. it sounds correct, he said that 15 times. so that was just how much material cohen supplied. and just one more point about this, that line that started this cross-examination, cohen said that friday. that was the tiktok that got the judge very angry about it. >> right, that is the nutty part about michael cohen, but the nutty part did not come in except from past statements. adam klasfeld, the master of the transcripts. the speed reader. he is in the courtroom and we are sitting next to each other every day except today. we will take a quick break and we will be right back. i'll be honest. by the end of the day, my floors...yeesh. but who has the time to clean? that's why i love my swiffer wetjet.
about michael cohen, michael cohen has this refrain, sounds like i said something like that. i checked the transcript. he said it sounds like something i would say about five times. to the crying little line you said at the beginning. it sounds like something i would say, said cohen. courtroom misogynist, sounds like something i would say. and that is the last one, you anticipated. it sounds correct, he said that 15 times. so that was just how much material cohen supplied. and just one more...
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michael cohen -- i did. prosecutor -- what did you hear at that time in 2011 about what she did for work? cohen -- that she was an adult film star. prosecutor -- and this came up again, i think you mentioned, because it was an article on the dirty.com at the time? cohen -- correct. question -- and you worked with keith davidson to get that article taken down? answer, yes ma'am. question, in 2011 when you were engaged in getting the article taken down, did you have a conversation with mr. trump about stormy daniels? answer, yes. question, can you tell us the gist of that conversation? answer, after i received the information from dylan howard, i immediately went to mr. trump's office, knocked on the door, and said, boss, i got to speak to you. and i told him about the conversation, the sum and substance of the conversation that i just had with dylan howard. and i asked him, meaning i asked trump, if he knew who she was. he told me that he did. and i stated about the story that existed on the dirty.com, that t
michael cohen -- i did. prosecutor -- what did you hear at that time in 2011 about what she did for work? cohen -- that she was an adult film star. prosecutor -- and this came up again, i think you mentioned, because it was an article on the dirty.com at the time? cohen -- correct. question -- and you worked with keith davidson to get that article taken down? answer, yes ma'am. question, in 2011 when you were engaged in getting the article taken down, did you have a conversation with mr. trump...
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the defense has been attacking michael cohen's credibility. we know he has pleaded guilty to perjury and lying to congress. there are other questions about his character and credibility they will seek to poke at as they question him. host: how many days is michael cohen expected to be on the stand, and considering how donald trump reacted to stormy daniels's testimony what should we expect when michael cohen and donald trump are in the same room? guest: it could be a while. prosecutors say they have two witnesses left. they could possibly rested their case by the end of this week. there are three trial days this week. i suspect michael cohen will be on the stand for most of that. as far as reaction, we had a dress rehearsal for this moment in october when michael cohen testified at the civil trial involving donald trump where he was accused of inflating his wealth and the judge found he had done that and penalized him hundreds of millions of dollars. michael cohen testified in that case and trump had a very visceral courtroom. he maintained hi
the defense has been attacking michael cohen's credibility. we know he has pleaded guilty to perjury and lying to congress. there are other questions about his character and credibility they will seek to poke at as they question him. host: how many days is michael cohen expected to be on the stand, and considering how donald trump reacted to stormy daniels's testimony what should we expect when michael cohen and donald trump are in the same room? guest: it could be a while. prosecutors say they...
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that is what michael cohen wanted. donald trump's respect, admiration, his love, but then, he probably knew that donald trump is incapable of love and luckily for michael cohen, his family was capable of love, even after the horror they experience of an fbi raid in their family home. his wife and his daughter, in college, and his son, in high school, did an intervention. he testified that it was a conversation with his family that made him decide that it was time to escape the trump cult. " by that time in late august, what, of anything, had you decided about whether you would continue to live for president trump? >> i made the decision based on the conversation that i had with my family, i would not live for president trump any longer. >> if not for the campaign, would you have paid that money to stormy daniels? >> no, ma'am." michael cohen say the day he pleaded guilty was " the worst day of my life." donald trump issued a tweet that day, aimed at michael cohen . he told the jury that when he testified to congress ab
that is what michael cohen wanted. donald trump's respect, admiration, his love, but then, he probably knew that donald trump is incapable of love and luckily for michael cohen, his family was capable of love, even after the horror they experience of an fbi raid in their family home. his wife and his daughter, in college, and his son, in high school, did an intervention. he testified that it was a conversation with his family that made him decide that it was time to escape the trump cult....
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different michael cohen. i am trying to figure out what changed, who got to him, he has the same lawyer, his own personal lawyer now that he had then when he was a very messy witness. >> i think a couple of things. the amount of time the district attorney's office has invested in michael cohen has been significant and although i can't say for sure, and i don't have insight into what the new york attorney general's office did with him, my sense is that the d.a.s office has done a better job of putting their arms around michael cohen, owning him as their witness and ensuring he was well prepped for today's testimony. that might have been less true with the new york attorney general's office, particularly since in that case it was a far less important witness and that is even with the caveat that i know andrew has said several times and i agree with this to an extent, that michael cohen is not as critical here as most people think he is but is certainly in the ag's case, he was certainly a minimal figure in the
different michael cohen. i am trying to figure out what changed, who got to him, he has the same lawyer, his own personal lawyer now that he had then when he was a very messy witness. >> i think a couple of things. the amount of time the district attorney's office has invested in michael cohen has been significant and although i can't say for sure, and i don't have insight into what the new york attorney general's office did with him, my sense is that the d.a.s office has done a better...
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according to michael cohen's testimony, donald trump told michael cohen "to take care of it." "did you ask him at that time whether he had had a sexual encounter with stormy daniels? did he enter you directly? answer, no ma'am. what did he say, did he say anything in response to that ? enter, no man. question, did he enter anything about what she looked like? he said she was a beautiful woman. donald trump repeatedly told michael cohen "just take care of it." we kept hearing that line today over and over again. according to michael cohen's testimony, donald trump said "this is a disaster, total disaster. women are going to eat me because this is really a disaster. women will hate me. guys may think it's cool but this will be a disaster for the campaign." that is what donald trump thought the stormy daniels story could be, a disaster for the campaign. michael cohen quoted donald trump saying "what i want you to do is just push it out as long as you can, just get past the election. if i win, it has no relevance. i would be president. if i lose, i don't even care. question, "did
according to michael cohen's testimony, donald trump told michael cohen "to take care of it." "did you ask him at that time whether he had had a sexual encounter with stormy daniels? did he enter you directly? answer, no ma'am. what did he say, did he say anything in response to that ? enter, no man. question, did he enter anything about what she looked like? he said she was a beautiful woman. donald trump repeatedly told michael cohen "just take care of it." we kept...
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michael cohen? correct. >> so i'm all over that and i spoke to allen weisselberg about it when it comes time for the financing, which will be donald trump. >> listen, what financing? michael cohen will have to pay him something. donald trump pay with cash. michael cohen? no, no, no, no, no. i got it. donald trump. check. so cohen is saying that the reason he mentioned weisselberg is because trump had previously directed him to speak with allen weisselberg, the cfo, about getting the matter handled he'd already knew based on conversation with david pecker, which is why he mentioned the number 1501 more thing out. wait, just wait for the defense to pants to pounce on. >> i'm all over that. and i got that essential part of their of their case, whether we like it or not, is going to be the fact that that michael cohen was acting as an independent actor and going rogue and so on. now, again, you hear donald trump's voice here that undermines that argument a little bit, but merely cohen saying again and a
michael cohen? correct. >> so i'm all over that and i spoke to allen weisselberg about it when it comes time for the financing, which will be donald trump. >> listen, what financing? michael cohen will have to pay him something. donald trump pay with cash. michael cohen? no, no, no, no, no. i got it. donald trump. check. so cohen is saying that the reason he mentioned weisselberg is because trump had previously directed him to speak with allen weisselberg, the cfo, about getting the...
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it was about michael cohen in which he talked about how michael cohen with a liar. so you can see why former president might want that internet designed to get trump's attention in a way, paula and christian stay with me. we're going to sneak in a quick break. we have much more of our special coverage of the trump hush money trial after a quick break okay? >> yeah. let me nice going though. nothing like a little confidence boost to help ease you back into the dating scene. that includes having a smile. you feel good about fortunately, aspen dental specializes and dentures and implants made just for you and with flexible financing, you don't need to sacrifice quality work for price that fits your budget at $0 down plus 0% interest. if payday a full 18 months, helping our patients, but their best mile for it. it's one more way. aspen dental is in your corner thinking i'm thinking about her honeymoon, about africa so far hotter air balloon ride, swim with elephants, weight three, four to safari, great question. >> like everything takes a little planning or what the min
it was about michael cohen in which he talked about how michael cohen with a liar. so you can see why former president might want that internet designed to get trump's attention in a way, paula and christian stay with me. we're going to sneak in a quick break. we have much more of our special coverage of the trump hush money trial after a quick break okay? >> yeah. let me nice going though. nothing like a little confidence boost to help ease you back into the dating scene. that includes...
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michael cohen said yes. you told other individuals throughout the period that donald trump knew nothing of these payments. michael cohen went on to say yes. you told maggie haberman on the record, that donald trump knew nothing of these payments. michael cohen said yes. you told a college friend that donald trump knew nothing of payments. michael cohen went on to say yes. bob costello, the friend of rudy giuliani, who donald trump, rudy giuliani and others were trying to convince michael cohen to retain as his attorney. he testified that he did not trust bob costello. he did not tell bob costello test because he never trusted him. there was an e-mail exchange between bob costello and michael cohen in which bob costello says i'm going to meet with my friend, rudy giuliani, kwhol -- who will then meet with his client, the president of the united states at the time. did you tell bob costello that donald trump had sex with stormy daniels. no, because i did not trust him. they're building this picture of michael
michael cohen said yes. you told other individuals throughout the period that donald trump knew nothing of these payments. michael cohen went on to say yes. you told maggie haberman on the record, that donald trump knew nothing of these payments. michael cohen said yes. you told a college friend that donald trump knew nothing of payments. michael cohen went on to say yes. bob costello, the friend of rudy giuliani, who donald trump, rudy giuliani and others were trying to convince michael cohen...
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they've heard michael cohen. i think one of the things that's going to be crucial and pivotal in this is the redirect. if i'm the prosecutor on the redirect, i'm only going to focus on the substantial parts, going to only focus on that meeting. yes, the cross has shown there's inability to remember certain things, doesn't recall certain meetings. what does he recall? he recalls the direct testimony where he informed donald trump about the story, the catch and kill. and the prosecution is going to want to highlight all of that, because that's really all they need. >> let's look at what's happening right now in this testimony. they're talking about october 26th and some kind of issue dealing with tiffany trump's situation. blanche asking, was fixing tiffany trump's situation important to you. cohen, it was important i take care of it but not personally important to me. blanche, that was something you spoke to president trump the next morning about. cohen, no, sir. blanche, there was still fallout from the ak sed ho
they've heard michael cohen. i think one of the things that's going to be crucial and pivotal in this is the redirect. if i'm the prosecutor on the redirect, i'm only going to focus on the substantial parts, going to only focus on that meeting. yes, the cross has shown there's inability to remember certain things, doesn't recall certain meetings. what does he recall? he recalls the direct testimony where he informed donald trump about the story, the catch and kill. and the prosecution is going...
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michael cohen, yes sir. todd blanche, and when he says cash, he's not talking about benjamin's and green dollar bills, right? he is talking about paying for something with cash, not financing, correct? michael cohen, no sir. leading off our discussion to find out what cash is, andrew weissmann. he is a msnbc legal analyst and co-author of the best-selling book, the trump indictments. also with us is adam klasfeld who was in the courtroom today with us. and lisa rubin, also with us in the courtroom. msnbc legal correspondent. we were all there. every minute of it. this thing about cash turned out to be interesting. it was an angle i have not thought of. what todd blanche meant was there are rich people like donald trump in new york and they talk about buying apartments for $5 million and they say it will pay cash, i'm not going to finance. we know that they mean a check when they use cash in that way. the way we have all heard the word in the audio tape was this was payoff cash. but todd blanche says no, no b
michael cohen, yes sir. todd blanche, and when he says cash, he's not talking about benjamin's and green dollar bills, right? he is talking about paying for something with cash, not financing, correct? michael cohen, no sir. leading off our discussion to find out what cash is, andrew weissmann. he is a msnbc legal analyst and co-author of the best-selling book, the trump indictments. also with us is adam klasfeld who was in the courtroom today with us. and lisa rubin, also with us in the...
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cohen to call him immediately about the 14-year-old is allegedly -- that michael cohen says is harassing him. i don't know if we have vaughn hillyard with us. i hope we do. i'd love to get vaughn in on this because he was following the campaign at the time. we'll get him back later. i don't know if it's reasonable to say he would call only about the 14-year-old moments after he walked off stage. i think finding evidence of this might be difficult. jeremy, you say this is potentially something that the prosecution can argue the context and the reasonableness around this photo if they find it to be necessary in their closing arguments. >> not making the argument during direct or cross. that's not when you're making the argument. you may become argumentative. the argument itself, it's not plausible that call would have been made to discuss a 14-year-old is an argument to be made at summation. it's just another piece of evidence to say believe michael cohen because of this, this and this. >> this image we have on our screen is not the right one. keith schiller is this guy right now in the re
cohen to call him immediately about the 14-year-old is allegedly -- that michael cohen says is harassing him. i don't know if we have vaughn hillyard with us. i hope we do. i'd love to get vaughn in on this because he was following the campaign at the time. we'll get him back later. i don't know if it's reasonable to say he would call only about the 14-year-old moments after he walked off stage. i think finding evidence of this might be difficult. jeremy, you say this is potentially something...
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this guy, michael collins about michael cohen. he said earlier, i think in today's testimony from what we saw on the screen, he was hoping to monetize his role as the president's attorney i mean, i think blanche will have him on the stand for days and collins got an allergy to veracity. so it's going to be an interesting cross. >> one of the things that they're trying to establish here is that the money was actually he was paid in excess of $130,000 because it gets getting into the weeds a little bit but if they they did it as an untaxed expense reimbursement, then he would it would be less money than if he took it as income because reimbursements were not grossed up any in any case, they've already lost me, but that's why that's why i have an accountant. this all comes after cohen failed to pay stormy daniels by in the first agreed upon deadline? yeah. >> and what it looked like stormy daniel's might take her story somewhere else. cohen says, trump told him, quote he stated to me that he had spoken to some friends, some individua
this guy, michael collins about michael cohen. he said earlier, i think in today's testimony from what we saw on the screen, he was hoping to monetize his role as the president's attorney i mean, i think blanche will have him on the stand for days and collins got an allergy to veracity. so it's going to be an interesting cross. >> one of the things that they're trying to establish here is that the money was actually he was paid in excess of $130,000 because it gets getting into the weeds...
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cohen. >> what is michael cohen? what does he wanted more than anything in the war? for all per decades, the approval of donald chomping here to suggest that he's not even as important as stormy daniels and he won't even look at them. i'm a few things are likely to annoy michael cohen as much when you more than anyone that michael cohen is someone who actually does get under his skin. that is somebody who riles him up. he doesn't like talking about michael cohen at all because actually sitting in this courtroom staring at michael cohen, i'm not staring at me as his eyes closed those are reporting, but the fact that he has to listen to him, that is not comfortable for the former president. again, his lawyers i've asked him have begged him not to have any reaction to michael cohen because they believe that that will urge michael cohen on. and remember what they wanna do is actually get under michael cohen skin and hidden be the one reacting. >> yeah, right now, todd blanche is walking. michael cohen through positive st
cohen. >> what is michael cohen? what does he wanted more than anything in the war? for all per decades, the approval of donald chomping here to suggest that he's not even as important as stormy daniels and he won't even look at them. i'm a few things are likely to annoy michael cohen as much when you more than anyone that michael cohen is someone who actually does get under his skin. that is somebody who riles him up. he doesn't like talking about michael cohen at all because actually...
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michael cohen has the cross-examination of michael cohen has begun again. we will bring you the updates in just a moment. first, we are going to say bye to katherine christian, thank you very much. andrew weissmann, thank you as well. we will be right back. the rest of the gang is still here. don't go anywhere. (ella) fashion moves fast. setting trends is our business. we need to scale with customer demand... in real time. (jen) so we partner with verizon. their solution for us? a private 5g network. (ella) we now get more control of production, efficiencies, and greater agility. (marquis) with a custom private 5g network. our customers get what they want, when they want it. (jen) now we're even smarter and ready for what's next. (vo) achieve enterprise intelligence. it's your vision, it's your verizon. if advanced lung cancer has you searching for possibilities, discover a different first treatment. immunotherapies work with your immune system to attack cancer. but opdivo plus yervoy is the first combination of 2 immunotherapies for adults newly diagnosed
michael cohen has the cross-examination of michael cohen has begun again. we will bring you the updates in just a moment. first, we are going to say bye to katherine christian, thank you very much. andrew weissmann, thank you as well. we will be right back. the rest of the gang is still here. don't go anywhere. (ella) fashion moves fast. setting trends is our business. we need to scale with customer demand... in real time. (jen) so we partner with verizon. their solution for us? a private 5g...
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michael cohen, yes. some of the negative ones that i received from david or dylan, the two guys from "the national enquirer," hillary clinton wearing thick glasses, allegations she had a brain injury. ted cruz note co of his father with lee harvey oswald claiming that he was involved in the assassinaion of jfk. articles about marco rubio in the swimming pool with several men. that he was being a drug binge of some sort. ami would send over the cover story, i would show it to mr. trump and he knew david was loyal and on board and doing everything that he said he would do in the august meeting and he was actually doing it. but, again, here we are, i don't know, an hour, less than an hour into testimony. we're already here for the testimony we were told was going to take a couple of days. so here we are already in that 2015 trump tower meeting, we're setting up everything that's to follow that leads us to the heart of the case. this is not the heart of the case. >> right. >> but this sets this up, right? >>
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else to see, just michael cohen. again, that means they are not admitting this into evidence as of yet. so a lot going on, guys, just in the first 30 minutes of this day so far. >> yasmin, thanks, stay with us. and let's go to the document to give our viewers a sense of what kind of testimony is coming from michael cohen regarding jeremy rosenberg's texts. blanche asks those texts were around the time you testified before the grand jury. cohen, yes. blanche, about how you were going to hold trump accountable. objection, sustained. cohen, yes. blanche there was a leak that an indictment had been leaked to the media. objection, that one's overruled. blanche, do you remember that prior to the unsealing of the indictment it was leaked that president trump had been indicted? cohen, yes. blanche, detective rosenberg confirmed to you that the "new york times" article article was accurate and that president trump had been indicted. objection, this one's sustained. blanche, did detective rosenberg confirm that it was done? co
else to see, just michael cohen. again, that means they are not admitting this into evidence as of yet. so a lot going on, guys, just in the first 30 minutes of this day so far. >> yasmin, thanks, stay with us. and let's go to the document to give our viewers a sense of what kind of testimony is coming from michael cohen regarding jeremy rosenberg's texts. blanche asks those texts were around the time you testified before the grand jury. cohen, yes. blanche, about how you were going to...
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so that he will try to minimize the necessity for michael cohen's testimony, michael cohen's evidence and have the jury understand that the case was pretty much proven and then michael cohen just tied it all up. filled in some gaps. but everything that was critical that he said that is necessary to find mr. trump's guilt had already been corroborate and proven through other witnesses include exhibits, through allen weisselberg's notes on the actual documents that were actually the bank records that michael cohen had. the notes about how the repayment would be made. all of these things. so i think that is going to be very, very important for them. the defense on the other hand is going to hammer michael cohen's credibility and try to suggest that michael cohen was acting completely independently to the extent there was a conspiracy here, it was a conspiracy between michael cohen and david pecker and, you know, keith davidson, but not donald trump. >> the michael cohen acting
so that he will try to minimize the necessity for michael cohen's testimony, michael cohen's evidence and have the jury understand that the case was pretty much proven and then michael cohen just tied it all up. filled in some gaps. but everything that was critical that he said that is necessary to find mr. trump's guilt had already been corroborate and proven through other witnesses include exhibits, through allen weisselberg's notes on the actual documents that were actually the bank records...
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you saw both michael cohens. the guy who would lie for the boss and then the guy who would, yeah. >> you heard the other person because you heard him on the podcast. i know you guys got to go. suzanne craig and lisa rubin, thank you so much. we're following all of your notes and appreciate every bit of it, and talk to you later. jeremy, i want to ask you, you've got a body of documentary evidence that's been presented by this prosecution. i think all of our legal analysts, former defense and prosecutors have agreed. so how does that stack up against the drama of what the jury is seeing here with michael cohen. if they reject michael cohen in whole, because the litany of lies and then this moment where he's clearly testified under oath about a key conversation and now isn't sure it happened in that way. todd blanche cast a lot of doubt on that fact. so if they excuse him completely, do they go back to the paper, do jurors act -- >> i don't think they excuse him completely. a jury has a right to say that if i think
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michael cohen is no exception. he is grayer, thinner, quieter, and while merchon way was trying to find a take on this witness, and yet, the guy we saw this morning was credible and calm, if not a little freaked out and very nervous to be there this morning. >> lisa, you've seen him testifies in the other kay, the fraud case, so what's your expectation to when he's cross emphasize examined? >> if past is prologue, katy, i'm expecting michael cohen to keep a tighter lid on himself. you're right, in the last rodeo between these two people, michael cohen was also not the same, that was just a few months ago. he seems well prepared for this moment. whether he can continue to keep a lid on his temper, but also accept responsibility and give answers that are painful to him. for example, help said at one of point he loved thinks job at the trump organization. from the civil fraud trial, he wouldn't have giving that up that easily. >> suzanne craig, what is your your impressions in terms of the chain of evidence? >> he is
michael cohen is no exception. he is grayer, thinner, quieter, and while merchon way was trying to find a take on this witness, and yet, the guy we saw this morning was credible and calm, if not a little freaked out and very nervous to be there this morning. >> lisa, you've seen him testifies in the other kay, the fraud case, so what's your expectation to when he's cross emphasize examined? >> if past is prologue, katy, i'm expecting michael cohen to keep a tighter lid on himself....
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if there was anything negative i was to go to michael cohen so that michael cohen could buy it and make sure it didn't go anywhere. and that's important because this whole idea michael cohen went rogue on this, well, there's a meeting where donald trump knows michael cohen is going to get these stories, and, you know, that is all with this tacit approval there, that he's agreeing with -- he's buying into this agreement. so i think it's a really important piece of evidence for the state, and the fact they're so focused on it, that's among the first requests they've had for testimony, again, seems like a good sign. >> you know, yasmin, i feel like you're someone like me wrestles with your own role in all this. i feel when we look back we may have stumbled to have thrown away the other 21 witnesses and spent so many days talking about michael cohen and the one moment in three days in cross todd blanche seemed to have a gotcha nano second. what the jury is asking for are four things related seemingly to michael cohen's testimony perhaps what he said about the meeting, and if it syncs up to
if there was anything negative i was to go to michael cohen so that michael cohen could buy it and make sure it didn't go anywhere. and that's important because this whole idea michael cohen went rogue on this, well, there's a meeting where donald trump knows michael cohen is going to get these stories, and, you know, that is all with this tacit approval there, that he's agreeing with -- he's buying into this agreement. so i think it's a really important piece of evidence for the state, and the...
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cohen, michael cohen called himself a lawyer. michael cohen, a fixer, he only fixes things that he broke. we got all of this stuff, all of the ad hominem anything you could want about michael cohen we've already had. then they put it all in context. here's what he wants when he served donald trump, here's when he stopped serving donald trump, here is what he has done since, here are the since he has committed and the way he has atoned. it has all been out there in advance. for todd blanche to be out as donald trump's defense lawyer saying michael cohen, didn't you like to congress ? the jury must be sitting there yes, we heard the expiration for that already, we know what that is, why are you picking it up again? >> the thing that struck me today on that point, on the cross is i do think, i mean, there are plausible stories to tell here. for instance, right, and they are spending a lot of time on his podcast and the fact that there was a moment, all the different merchandise you sell on your website, your associated websites that
cohen, michael cohen called himself a lawyer. michael cohen, a fixer, he only fixes things that he broke. we got all of this stuff, all of the ad hominem anything you could want about michael cohen we've already had. then they put it all in context. here's what he wants when he served donald trump, here's when he stopped serving donald trump, here is what he has done since, here are the since he has committed and the way he has atoned. it has all been out there in advance. for todd blanche to...
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michael cohen. if you make this more about michael cohen and you hit on michael cohen to the point you don't lose the jury, then you make it about michael cohen. if you can distract, that's a win. don't trust him. don't like him. he has an agenda. >> jeremy, let me follow up on that. as a former prosecutor, you have someone -- he is known as former fixer, michael cohen. that's not a great title. but that's the way he is known as former fixer, michael cohen. there might be sympathy for him, he was in isolation, a federal judge said he was put in solitary confinement when he was incarcerated. what do you do as a prosecutor to try to restore the credibility or sympathy fafacto? >> where blanche went too far. you said you didn't want a pardon but then they asked for a pardon. the response was, i was in a nightmare. what point did you win? you humanized michael cohen. i'm living a nightmare. i did something wrong. i've been caught. i have to deal with this. that seems -- >> what is the strategy? it's har
michael cohen. if you make this more about michael cohen and you hit on michael cohen to the point you don't lose the jury, then you make it about michael cohen. if you can distract, that's a win. don't trust him. don't like him. he has an agenda. >> jeremy, let me follow up on that. as a former prosecutor, you have someone -- he is known as former fixer, michael cohen. that's not a great title. but that's the way he is known as former fixer, michael cohen. there might be sympathy for...
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as katy read, once michael cohen turned, he was saying bad things about michael cohen. he is tweeting bad things about michael cohen. half an hour ago when he was trying to keep him in the fold, what they heard was trump's tweets saying, they are going out of their way to try to destroy michael cohen and his relationship with me in the hope he will flip. they said it's a drugged up loser who hates michael, a fine person with a wonderful family. those are the two sides of donald trump that they got to hear in his own words in just the period of literally minutes. >> absolutely. we are at this fascinating point where even though this is still the prosecution's witness, which means they are asking the questions to draw out what they think is the worst about this defendant, donald trump, as our panelists referenced, it's true they are trying to preview some of the other issues, get ahead of them. people understand that dynamic. if you have seen any episode of "law & order." we are starting to bleed into the mixed portrait of both of the men and their strained relationship.
as katy read, once michael cohen turned, he was saying bad things about michael cohen. he is tweeting bad things about michael cohen. half an hour ago when he was trying to keep him in the fold, what they heard was trump's tweets saying, they are going out of their way to try to destroy michael cohen and his relationship with me in the hope he will flip. they said it's a drugged up loser who hates michael, a fine person with a wonderful family. those are the two sides of donald trump that they...
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asked michael cohen, would you sometimes lie for trump and michael cohen said, yes, ma'am, i would. now, michael cohen took the jury through his early days with donald trump, how he first came to trump's attention, and he did things like renegotiating invoices, meaning refused to pay them for the most part dealing with media relations, calling people to try to get more favorable news coverage and then helping donald trump with his early on political ambitions. you hear michael cohen called the fixer. will this all is why now? there was a very important moment when donald trump decides he's going to run for president in 2015, and michael cohen testified that donald trump warranted at this point really important piece of testimony. donald trump said to michael cohen, according to cohen's testimony you know that when this comes out, meaning the announcement that he's running for office, just be prepared. there's going to be a lot of women coming forward and in the wake of that statement, there's this really important meeting, august 2015, and we heard about this before from prior witne
asked michael cohen, would you sometimes lie for trump and michael cohen said, yes, ma'am, i would. now, michael cohen took the jury through his early days with donald trump, how he first came to trump's attention, and he did things like renegotiating invoices, meaning refused to pay them for the most part dealing with media relations, calling people to try to get more favorable news coverage and then helping donald trump with his early on political ambitions. you hear michael cohen called the...
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why michael cohen was there. what really surprised me is when the cross started this afternoon, donald trump had this demeanor of where he was closing his eyes again for sustained periods of time. he wasn't always watching the witness stand, i believe only once or twice because he's seen kinda looking over because he has to lean over to actually see the witness and that's not the way anyone expected him to be engaged. i think, especially as it was his attorneys time to grill michael cohen when stormy daniels was getting crossed examined, he was paying quite close attention. it was not the same way today, which stood out to me given of course, his hatred for michael cohen is much higher even than stormy daniels, elie, how do you think todd blanche did? i mean, he is actually not an experienced trial attorney. well, he's experienced trial attorney on the prosecution, sayyed, but defending is very different. and by the way, prosecutors are not very experienced at cross plus examination. i'm just going to say candidl
why michael cohen was there. what really surprised me is when the cross started this afternoon, donald trump had this demeanor of where he was closing his eyes again for sustained periods of time. he wasn't always watching the witness stand, i believe only once or twice because he's seen kinda looking over because he has to lean over to actually see the witness and that's not the way anyone expected him to be engaged. i think, especially as it was his attorneys time to grill michael cohen when...
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and worked with michael cohen. i just think at the end of the day, the jury is going to reject it, much like they have shown. because they have supplied michael cohen's explanation for it. they don't need to supply weisselberg's explanation for it as well. they don't need both. >> we know donald trump didn't like to have things written down, and this is one of the ways in which writing something down with any level of specificity can prove to be very problematic. we want to go back out before we hit the top of the hour to yasmin vossoughian who's been following all of this today throughout the trial. put all of this in context. >> always following it, guys. following along as you are as well. a couple of things that are standing out to me. we know there was two phone calls made to donald trump on october 26th. that's an important day, besides being katy tur's birthday. one was a minute and a half long, one was three minutes long. the jury is thinking we have to rely on michael cohen's credibility to deduce what tha
and worked with michael cohen. i just think at the end of the day, the jury is going to reject it, much like they have shown. because they have supplied michael cohen's explanation for it. they don't need to supply weisselberg's explanation for it as well. they don't need both. >> we know donald trump didn't like to have things written down, and this is one of the ways in which writing something down with any level of specificity can prove to be very problematic. we want to go back out...
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we expect them to go at michael cohen. we expect them to make this about michael cohen. we state this enough. if the defense can move this away from falsifying business records and make it about a lying, thieving jerk who wants to see nothing more than the former president crushed, that's a win for them. when you throw in there a blackmailing sex worker, that's a double win. they have to be careful. if you do that too much, you are avoiding the real question is. this jury isn't stupid nor naive. these people know that a lot can happen in 90 seconds. >> this is a documents case. both sides acknowledged that. >> in a way, there's a smoking gun here, which is exhibit 35 and 36, which people have talked about. this is a document that's the letterhead and it's the note of weisselberg grossing up the figures. that proves on its face the business records -- the falsity of the business records. the part they are honing in on is whether donald trump caused those to be actually falsified. that is the weakest part of the prosecution's case. they are right to hone in on that as a ma
we expect them to go at michael cohen. we expect them to make this about michael cohen. we state this enough. if the defense can move this away from falsifying business records and make it about a lying, thieving jerk who wants to see nothing more than the former president crushed, that's a win for them. when you throw in there a blackmailing sex worker, that's a double win. they have to be careful. if you do that too much, you are avoiding the real question is. this jury isn't stupid nor...
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michael cohen says yes. hoffinger asks what did you mean by i can't tell you how many times he said i hate the fact that we did it. cohen says, i was referring to the payment to keith davidson that i made on behalf of mr. trump for stormy daniels. hoffinger says, who was the he, cohen says mr. trump. hoffinger, were you still being paid by mr. trump. cohen, yes, ma'am. and were you personal attorney for president trump, yes. defense asked you questions about how you profited. i do remember. putting aside the financial matters, how has telling the truth about donald trump affected your life? cohen says my life has been turned upside down, lost his law license, business, financial security, my family's happiness, he says. hoffinger, there have been certain attacks you have faced as a result, has it been painful to you and your family. cohen says very much so. then the prosecution rests, not rests but done with michael cohen. there's the recross. todd blanche comes back up. you were asked about a question about
michael cohen says yes. hoffinger asks what did you mean by i can't tell you how many times he said i hate the fact that we did it. cohen says, i was referring to the payment to keith davidson that i made on behalf of mr. trump for stormy daniels. hoffinger says, who was the he, cohen says mr. trump. hoffinger, were you still being paid by mr. trump. cohen, yes, ma'am. and were you personal attorney for president trump, yes. defense asked you questions about how you profited. i do remember....
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so michael cohen michael cohen is now explaining his podcast. may a culpa he says he frequently discusses trump on the podcast, which he describes as being about news of the day. he wrote two books his first is disloyal, which is a memoir he says i wrote that while i was in prison, while you're in prison time management is very important. it helps the time go by quicker. his second book is revenge. he says it's about the weaponization of the justice department against a critic of the president so moments ago, we have a telling split screen in this wild election year, donald trump inside this manhattan courtroom president biden busy doing the business of being president and not on trial. let's get right to cnn's arlette saenz, who was at the white house. arlette, we just saw present now, biden delivering remarks on his jobs agenda, talking about american investment, tell us more. >> yeah, jake, president biden, just moments ago, announced that his administration would be imposing about $18 in tariffs on chinese imports over the next two years, it
so michael cohen michael cohen is now explaining his podcast. may a culpa he says he frequently discusses trump on the podcast, which he describes as being about news of the day. he wrote two books his first is disloyal, which is a memoir he says i wrote that while i was in prison, while you're in prison time management is very important. it helps the time go by quicker. his second book is revenge. he says it's about the weaponization of the justice department against a critic of the president...
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michael cohen pays himself. they want to string it out past the election then never pay her at all. >> right. >> but then, the question about his wife. aren't you worried about your wife what she will think. michael cohen is describing a conversation with donald trump which he is trying to elicit. is there a reason for us to suppress the story other than the campaign and trump effectively says, i don't care if he knows, i don't care if she's mad. how long do you think i'll be on the market for. not long. >> he's not the first one to testify about trump's sole interest with the campaign. and the only other person to have the conversation is the court of new york and they had the same testimony. directing michael cohen. the facts are not in dispute by the other investors that looked at this. no one who's come before this jury has testified to any motive other than the campaign. and the real crisis the thing that makes the stormy daniels payment different, in addition to the crimes that were committed in the fraudu
michael cohen pays himself. they want to string it out past the election then never pay her at all. >> right. >> but then, the question about his wife. aren't you worried about your wife what she will think. michael cohen is describing a conversation with donald trump which he is trying to elicit. is there a reason for us to suppress the story other than the campaign and trump effectively says, i don't care if he knows, i don't care if she's mad. how long do you think i'll be on the...
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because michael cohen was one of the public faces of the campaign, michael cohen was also being harassed by members of the public. specifically in the weeks before the election, michael cohen was getting prank phone calls from someone who claim today be a 14-year-old kid. on october 24th, 2016, cohen texted trump's body man keith schiller to report the prank caller to the secret service. which okay. trump's body man wrote back call me. which he did. the two men spoke for about a minute-and-a-half. now the problem for michael cohen here is he previously testified that minute-and-a- half phone call was actually a call where keith schiller gave his phone to donald trump and he updated trump about the stormy daniels conversation. todd blanche seized on that potential disparity to attack michael cohen. it was one of the few moments in the trial where todd blanche has expressed any emotion. here he is. that was a lie. you didn't talk to president trump, you talked to keith about the prank phone call. cohen, i'm not certain that is accurate. blanche, you were certain when you were under oath te
because michael cohen was one of the public faces of the campaign, michael cohen was also being harassed by members of the public. specifically in the weeks before the election, michael cohen was getting prank phone calls from someone who claim today be a 14-year-old kid. on october 24th, 2016, cohen texted trump's body man keith schiller to report the prank caller to the secret service. which okay. trump's body man wrote back call me. which he did. the two men spoke for about a...
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money's going back to michael cohen. so trying to focus on those let's do documents calling them the smoking guns in this case, that he is asking the jury to focus on. now he did spend a lot of time going into great detail about the catch and kill deals. the one involving the doorman at trump tower, karen mcdougal, the former playboy model, and stormy daniels, saying that michael cohen was involved in all these steps, but they don't the jury doesn't have to rely on cohen alone. we also pointing to the phone the recording that cohen made with his phone of him speaking with donald trump about the karen mcdougal repayment, trying to direct the jury in different directions of where they could look at some of this evidence that isn't michael cohen and that's because trump's team spent a good portion of their two-and-a-half hours focusing on michael cohen saying that he is the gloat the greatest liar of all time, pointing out different ways that they say that he has lied of the prosecutors saying that the reason why michael co
money's going back to michael cohen. so trying to focus on those let's do documents calling them the smoking guns in this case, that he is asking the jury to focus on. now he did spend a lot of time going into great detail about the catch and kill deals. the one involving the doorman at trump tower, karen mcdougal, the former playboy model, and stormy daniels, saying that michael cohen was involved in all these steps, but they don't the jury doesn't have to rely on cohen alone. we also pointing...
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trump probably knows everything about michael cohen. michael cohen has done time in jail. everybody knows who he is. everybody knows what faults he has. and you can use that on cross-examination. and let me just say this as a side note, i know we lost each other for a little bit. i saw basically the u.s. congress walking into the courtroom to be there for donald trump, not the whole u.s. congress, obviously, but we have the gag order that was just approved by the appellate court, and if trump is feeding any of these congressmen or senators information to talk about, that violates the gag order. and that's something that the judge will want to know and may have a hearing on it, and it could violate other gag orders in other cases that are pending now. and so that's a serious thing, and the court of appeals decision is something that has to be taken seriously. >> you know, jeffer you're talking about the fact that so many representatives of the house of representatives, people that ran against trump in this last primary season, are in there. yasmin, take us inside there. who
trump probably knows everything about michael cohen. michael cohen has done time in jail. everybody knows who he is. everybody knows what faults he has. and you can use that on cross-examination. and let me just say this as a side note, i know we lost each other for a little bit. i saw basically the u.s. congress walking into the courtroom to be there for donald trump, not the whole u.s. congress, obviously, but we have the gag order that was just approved by the appellate court, and if trump...
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michael cohen. and then you have stormy daniels, and here in riveting testimony today michael cohen saying that he was, in fact, told by donald trump to make her story go away. on october 8th 2016, he tells this jury he had a phone call with donald trump the day after the "access hollywood" tape dropped, the date before the presidential debate. on that phone call donald trump was frustrated to hear that stormy daniels was shopping around her story of her alleged affair with donald trump. and then though you have other phone calls over the interveing weeks in which michael cohen says that phone records show that the two men engage about the effort to not only have that story go away, but also attempt to have it go away after the 2016 election without having to actually pay stormy daniels that $130,000. but then you have michael cohen saying on october 28th he had a five-minute phone call with donald trump in which he told his boss, the man that he referred to as the boss or mr. trump, that the story
michael cohen. and then you have stormy daniels, and here in riveting testimony today michael cohen saying that he was, in fact, told by donald trump to make her story go away. on october 8th 2016, he tells this jury he had a phone call with donald trump the day after the "access hollywood" tape dropped, the date before the presidential debate. on that phone call donald trump was frustrated to hear that stormy daniels was shopping around her story of her alleged affair with donald...
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biden michael cohen. i asked her about a during an interview i did with her for 60 minutes so you signed and released a statement. it said, i'm not denying this a fair because i was paid in hush money. i'm denying it because it never happened that's a lie yes if it was untruthful why did you sign it because they made it sound like i had no choice. yeah. no one was putting a gun to your head, not physical violence. now you thought that there would be some sort of legal repercussions if you didn't sign as a matter of fact, the exact sentence used was they can make your life hell in many different ways. they being i'm not exactly sure who they were. >> i believe it to be michael cohen join his now an exclusive interview, stormy daniels, attorney clark brewster. >> i want to get your impressions of michael cohen's testimony today and specifically, how it statements track with things you're your client has said, do you think that they have corroborated each other? >> you know, it's interesting. i've been storm
biden michael cohen. i asked her about a during an interview i did with her for 60 minutes so you signed and released a statement. it said, i'm not denying this a fair because i was paid in hush money. i'm denying it because it never happened that's a lie yes if it was untruthful why did you sign it because they made it sound like i had no choice. yeah. no one was putting a gun to your head, not physical violence. now you thought that there would be some sort of legal repercussions if you...
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to michael cohen at the. heart of this. i also think the other thing that todd blanche got into and i'm sure who get more into it. speaking of how much he made off of his books and after the post-presidency are not being in the white house, it's not clear how the jury will take that. it's not like trump as a normal defendant while we've talked about trump's wealth and how it's overstated. he is still a really wealthy person and it's not not clear that this jury of regular people is seeing michael cohen and stormy daniel's making money as this great sin against counting against them, given donald trump's wealth, john, one more did cohen say on the stand about trump's involvement with the payments? he said it was pretty direct and this was in the direct examination in the morning where susan hoffinger continue you'd what you did yesterday. >> we haven't exchange here about the payments to stormy daniels, which was ground they covered yesterday, hafez, your says why in fact, did you pay that money to stormy dani
to michael cohen at the. heart of this. i also think the other thing that todd blanche got into and i'm sure who get more into it. speaking of how much he made off of his books and after the post-presidency are not being in the white house, it's not clear how the jury will take that. it's not like trump as a normal defendant while we've talked about trump's wealth and how it's overstated. he is still a really wealthy person and it's not not clear that this jury of regular people is seeing...
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i've met michael cohen. i've been threatened personally by michael cohen he is in addition to all the other problems he has deeply unlikeable, deeply unlikable. >> but i think if you don't know them, you think well, here's one slimy dirty guy who worked for another slimy dirty guy. >> and they they deserved each other and worked together in tandem. >> and i think it's believable that this dirty guy was doing dirty stuff for this sturdy today, michael cohen on the witness stand was not that guy who you and i know. >> if you've ever does that guy, he didn't want to be perceived as that guy. >> he's that guy though cleaned up is key, but i'm saying from the perspective of actually watching him into this thing on witness stand, he really was softening himself up for the jury, making it seem do giving them the sob story version of it and it was to some extent effective and that had to have been part of the sensor as you guys know, this, in my mind, this was the equivalent of when you have the mug shot of the pers
i've met michael cohen. i've been threatened personally by michael cohen he is in addition to all the other problems he has deeply unlikeable, deeply unlikable. >> but i think if you don't know them, you think well, here's one slimy dirty guy who worked for another slimy dirty guy. >> and they they deserved each other and worked together in tandem. >> and i think it's believable that this dirty guy was doing dirty stuff for this sturdy today, michael cohen on the witness stand...
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last remaining defense is michael cohen's a liar and if you don't believe michael cohen, the whole case falls apart. don't even think about corroboration, just focus on michael cohen, and that's what they're going to do. that's why the prosecution is not going to end with michael cohen. he's a controversial witness. he has had prior felonies. he perjured himself previously to lie to protect donald trump. they want to protect michael cohen by creating this firewall, and they're doing that, but the defense is trying to breakthrough that firewall here. >> so now there's redirect, so i'm curious, yasmin, how the prosecution is trying to sort of tie a bow on this testimony of doug daus. >>. >> i think they're doing exactly what we expect them to do, asking this direct question from conroy, did you see any evidence of tampering or manipulation of data, rewhat is in evidence as people's exhibit 246, and daus said i did not, right? i think we have to also reiterate and keep in mindhere, and i believe carol talked about this at the top of the show, most time with these expert witnesses, ana, the
last remaining defense is michael cohen's a liar and if you don't believe michael cohen, the whole case falls apart. don't even think about corroboration, just focus on michael cohen, and that's what they're going to do. that's why the prosecution is not going to end with michael cohen. he's a controversial witness. he has had prior felonies. he perjured himself previously to lie to protect donald trump. they want to protect michael cohen by creating this firewall, and they're doing that, but...
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not michael cohen. fact two, the weisselberg document lists all the money that michael cohen was reimbursed, times two divided by 12, checks mr. trump wrote for $35,000. those are facts without michael cohen's testimony. i just gave you facts and you're interpreting, well, we need michael cohen. of course, michael cohen confirms those facts but everything he said, even if he has no credibility, has been corroborated. >> you keep talking about the weisselberg document, which i think is an important piece of evidence. certainly we have seen from the prosecution in this case, laying out the trump/cohen reimbursement plan. you called it the smoking gun. so what is the jury supposed to make of the fact that weisselberg didn't testify? >> well, that is up to the defense to explain, and i can't understand every tv show, i love your show, and i respect both of you so much, how come nobody has mentioned so far other than costello that donald trump said he would testify? i know he doesn't have to. i believe in th
not michael cohen. fact two, the weisselberg document lists all the money that michael cohen was reimbursed, times two divided by 12, checks mr. trump wrote for $35,000. those are facts without michael cohen's testimony. i just gave you facts and you're interpreting, well, we need michael cohen. of course, michael cohen confirms those facts but everything he said, even if he has no credibility, has been corroborated. >> you keep talking about the weisselberg document, which i think is an...
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michael cohen, michael cohen, michael cohen, michael cohen is seemingly on trial here as well. and they're wanting the jury to essentially see this entire case based upon michael cohen. one other man we have not talked a lot about guys that has been a major player in this case, manhattan d.a. alvin bragg. he's in the courtroom today. i'm told he's taking notes now throughout the closings, led by defense attorney todd blanche. the last time he was in the courtroom, and the only time that he has been in the courtroom throughout this entire six week trial is when someone from his office has in fact testified. the two times in fact they had a paralegal essentially testifying to gathering evidence, gathering social media evidence for donald trump. that is when d.a. alvin bragg was in the courtroom. otherwise, he's not been here and yet he's now in the first row, taking notes throughout this entire closing arguments, put forth by todd blanche. one other thing i think is important to mention as we talk about michael cohen being the focus of the defense's closing arguments is what i'm
michael cohen, michael cohen, michael cohen, michael cohen is seemingly on trial here as well. and they're wanting the jury to essentially see this entire case based upon michael cohen. one other man we have not talked a lot about guys that has been a major player in this case, manhattan d.a. alvin bragg. he's in the courtroom today. i'm told he's taking notes now throughout the closings, led by defense attorney todd blanche. the last time he was in the courtroom, and the only time that he has...
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cohen he didn't have the means to make this statement so it had to be michael cohen. the jury might think that allen weisselberg did have the money but he didn't want to be included in this. there will be discussion about what is wrongful, but legal, and what is actually a crime. from that perspective, the defense is making a big mistake and i think it is, from trump himself, by not getting the jury focused on these technical issues, and instead, denying everything and allowing this more sordid story to take front and center stage. christian: good to talk with you, thank you for coming on the program. guest: thank you. christian: around the world and across the u.k., you're watching bbc news. for our u.k. viewers, let's focus on stories making headlines here today. an inquiry looking into the traumatic childbirth experience some women face as called for a major overhaul of maternity and postnatal care in england. the report stated that all too often, for care was tolerated as normal it recommends more recruitment and training to ensure a safe level of staffing. the go
cohen he didn't have the means to make this statement so it had to be michael cohen. the jury might think that allen weisselberg did have the money but he didn't want to be included in this. there will be discussion about what is wrongful, but legal, and what is actually a crime. from that perspective, the defense is making a big mistake and i think it is, from trump himself, by not getting the jury focused on these technical issues, and instead, denying everything and allowing this more sordid...
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that was michael agatha christie cohen today. so, for example, why did michael cohen make the hush money payments to stormy daniels from his home equity line of credit rather than from his bank account? we learned today it's because that account was paperless. no statements related to that home equity line of credit are going to be mailed to his house. michael cohen's wife was never going to see some inextricable hundred $30,000 payment on a statement and question him as to what he was up to. now we know. also, why when the reimbursement was made to michael: for him paying for stormy daniels, why did that include not just the stormy daniels reimbursement but a bunch of money for a bunch of other things? well, we learned today that this was going to be the last money michael cohen ever received from the trump organization. in these payments they included everything he was owed. they were zeroing him out, he was leaving the company. why was he doing that? because if michael cohen was still a trump organization employee like he had
that was michael agatha christie cohen today. so, for example, why did michael cohen make the hush money payments to stormy daniels from his home equity line of credit rather than from his bank account? we learned today it's because that account was paperless. no statements related to that home equity line of credit are going to be mailed to his house. michael cohen's wife was never going to see some inextricable hundred $30,000 payment on a statement and question him as to what he was up to....
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you don't need michael cohen? yeah. david pecker you add hope hicks everybody knew that the money being paid to stormy daniels was for the campaign. it wasn't to protect him from being embarrassed in front of his wife. that's what the testimony has been so far and the second most important part of the climb is did donald trump lie when he said there were legal fees? well, there a hot document, meaning a document that's very powerful and the handwriting verified to be allen weisselberg, in which he has three categories of money that michael spent on behalf of donald trump won was $130,000 written down in his handwriting times two and the three categories to edit up to $420,000 divided by let me just do it because we've gone this is all very clear. but michael cohen sorry michael cohen is clearly important to the prosecution i mean, he's a critical witness for the prosecution in order. i mean, he's really the only one who can speak to whether donald trump was aware of how this stuff was going to be build the full nature o
you don't need michael cohen? yeah. david pecker you add hope hicks everybody knew that the money being paid to stormy daniels was for the campaign. it wasn't to protect him from being embarrassed in front of his wife. that's what the testimony has been so far and the second most important part of the climb is did donald trump lie when he said there were legal fees? well, there a hot document, meaning a document that's very powerful and the handwriting verified to be allen weisselberg, in which...
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cohen $30,000 payment what am i we have to ask michael cohen, michael's my attorney. and you'll have to ask i don't know georgetown 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 it's and it had to do with 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 did he say anything about how it would be paid out as something cohen? yea
cohen $30,000 payment what am i we have to ask michael cohen, michael's my attorney. and you'll have to ask i don't know georgetown 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 it's and it had to do with michael cohen testified about the payment plan and what trump knew. he described a meeting in trump...
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michael cohen is my lawyer. i have been asking him about fixing problems ultimately, michael cohen was the fixer. i'm thinking ahead, if you will, in terms of how this all fits with respect to different arguments. we've established that michael cohen was the person who donald trump went to in order to solve problems and fix things, and so something like this in terms of the difference between, hey, pay them cash, and then michael cohen says, oh, i don't think you should do that, i don't think it's a good idea. the check coming out and a check coming from the white house explicably, it speaks to what donald trump has tried to advance from the very beginning, which is i didn't conceive this scheme. this wasn't my idea. these were things that my attorney told me to do so why would i know that they were illegal. and so the prosecution is going to have to continue to wade through this and deal with that, but then also refocus the jury on the notion that you were trying to make sure that the impact on the election was
michael cohen is my lawyer. i have been asking him about fixing problems ultimately, michael cohen was the fixer. i'm thinking ahead, if you will, in terms of how this all fits with respect to different arguments. we've established that michael cohen was the person who donald trump went to in order to solve problems and fix things, and so something like this in terms of the difference between, hey, pay them cash, and then michael cohen says, oh, i don't think you should do that, i don't think...
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michael cohen set to take the witness stand on monday. remember, donald trump is charged with falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to stormy daniels, but don't film actress. all to influence the 2016 election michael cohen is the key piece for prosecutors to make this case. it is michael cohen who would likely provide the testimony that donald trump somehow knew or was connected to the falsification of documents. he will take the stand on monday, as i said, this will be a a dramatic moment. cnn's kristen holmes live outside the court with this new information. also christen, it does begs the question, what will we see today in this trial? >> so first we'll talk about michael cohen because this is something that we know both prosecution and the defense have been preparing for. we have been watching the prosecution lay out their case brick by brick, but that missing piece his time, donald trump, to those payments and knowledge of donald trump and it appears that michael cohen is going to be that missing link. he will
michael cohen set to take the witness stand on monday. remember, donald trump is charged with falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to stormy daniels, but don't film actress. all to influence the 2016 election michael cohen is the key piece for prosecutors to make this case. it is michael cohen who would likely provide the testimony that donald trump somehow knew or was connected to the falsification of documents. he will take the stand on monday, as i said, this will be a...
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michael cohen, not to. the attorney, what did you understand him to be saying to you in terms of, if you really want things to happen, if if you want to make things known, you should let me know. what did you understand that to be about? michael cohen, again, him, rudy's friend being a back channel. back channel to who? to the president via rudy giuliani. so rudy was representing trump in the mueller investigation. this time mr. costello it's like i feel like the genera of movies is so etc. seemed. it's like a bad mob movie, but we had a sense from the outside this was happening because basted on the things trump was saying in interviews and twitter. it's amazing to hear it in cohen's testimony. >> it's flat out obstruction. and the only thing that surprised me is cohen said this made him feel better. when i read it, i was thinking of de niro saying you g down there, there's so the coats for you and he knows he's going to get whacked. it seems so clearly through costello, michael cohen said costello was sle
michael cohen, not to. the attorney, what did you understand him to be saying to you in terms of, if you really want things to happen, if if you want to make things known, you should let me know. what did you understand that to be about? michael cohen, again, him, rudy's friend being a back channel. back channel to who? to the president via rudy giuliani. so rudy was representing trump in the mueller investigation. this time mr. costello it's like i feel like the genera of movies is so etc....