'Quite hard to follow': Todd Blanche grills Michael Cohen over credibility in cross-examination
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- Michael Cohen’s cross-examination resumed today as Trump Attorney Todd Blanche questions his credibility. Lawfare Legal Fellow and Courts Correspondent Anna Bower reports on what she saw from inside the Manhattan courthouse in former President Trump’s hush money trial.
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'Quite hard to follow': Todd Blanche grills Michael Cohen over credibility in cross-examination
#Trump #MichaelCohen #Trial
When mob bosses are convicted in courts of law, it usually happens because someone close to them flips. This is no different.
Michael Cohen recorded a phone call with Trump. Exactly how does Blanche think the jury will believe less if he rants on Cohen for half an hour?
Blanche grilling Michael Cohen's credibility over tRUMP's credibility issues is hilarious.
Your TDS is hilarious!
Yet only 1 of them is a convicted ex-con who got disbarred and jailed.
@@RocketScientist1 For now...
@@pockets2100 👈derp🤪
My thoughts exactly.
I'm not sure that break was enough time to effectively clean a dirty diaper
😂
We all know he lied,but the receipts speak for itself
The receipts don’t prove anything🤣 if they do please tell me how
the ones ex con Cohen's lawyer will provide when he testifies ?
those would make Cohen another perjury charge
@@Jon-eu2cp I Love Donald Trump because I have very Low IQ LOL
@@Jon-eu2cp Trump's signature is on the checks and another piece of evidence tells us for how much each check will made out for and also how many checks will be issued. Cohen just confirmed all that. Without receipts Cohen could be considered to be lying. You really need to watch some of Judge Judy's episodes. She always wants to see receipts.
Michael Cohen confess his crimes Donald Trump should do the same
Deloris…. How did English class work out for?
TRUMP ONLY KNOWS HOW TO DENY, DENY, DENY. Even when we have the receipts. The man baby will never be as courageous as Cohen.
What crimes? During this entire ordeal, I have heard of no crimes that Trump has committed.
@@lisariggs5688 I don’t know if she has trouble with English class, but she certainly has trouble as a lawyer.
Michael Cohen's former lawyer Robert Castello is on Fox News right now. Telling the truth about Michael Cohen.
The Orange Traitor is the one with credibility issues.
Like it being tax fraud, NOT hush money.
So tell us the crimes, both of them. I dare you.
No vaping or groping in the courtroom, only sleeping and passing gas.
Why bring up groping and vaping? Is Boebert there? 🤣
Thanks for the weather report.
😂🤣
Thanks for sharing what you do when you are in Court. So glad you shared.
They are still on "Cohen is a liar"? The defense and prosecution has said that this entire trial. I am sure the jury is getting really bored at this point. Stop torturing that poor jury. Just have DJT testify to clear everything up. 😂😂😂
That's Trumps decision to clear his name, so far he hasn't yet.
very simple solution... he has his chance to talk now...
@@sandiegotrafficlightstrain354 we are all waiting with bated breath for him to set this all straight.....sure....magahats are SO DIM!
Maybe you should watch Mr. Costello's testimony to Congress about how honest Mr. Cohen has been on the stand.
@@ericbrosofske6733 They would not want to do that-- just look at the "objectivity" of MSNBC's coverage.
Thank you Michael Cohen !!!
For being Judas all over again, sure thing.
you can visit Him in federal prison, after His lawyer testifies next
@@kennethpereyda5707 Robert Costello is wonderful. These folks are not even mentioning everything he said in the House Committee yesterday that blew Cohen out of the water. Of course not. They just stick with their lies no matter what.
How ironic that the credibility of a witness who chooses to testify against, probably the most prolifically proven liar in history, should be called into question for "untruths" told and poor decisions made in circumstances all in direct relation to said prolific liar.
To be fair according to an article I think on the Washingtontimes, Cohen's testimony contradicts stuff he talked about with his former lawyer in 2018. Don't know what that means and how credible this article is. Gonna be interesting how this plays out
Oh I'm confused so he's actually defending pres Biden,? I thought he was defending trump
Oh so testifying against the biggest liar in history,so he's testifying against the president, that doesn't seem like a good prosecution plan
@@musashi939 consider the source
Backwards. The anti-Trump forces are the bad guys.
If I were the jury; "Cohen hates Trump for screwing him over? Ok, didn't we spend a while day on this already? And didn't that recording say the hate was "because of what trump DID TO MY FAMILY!" ?"
The thing is, in my opinion, that even if we disregard Cohen entirely, it's still unreasonable to think Trump the micromanager wouldn't want to know where his money went and wouldn't want to know a status on the Daniels story.
And the whole crime is about how Donald Judas Trump cooked his booked to avoid paying his fair share of taxes!! Just like Al Capone. And there are so many witnesses and receipts to prove it!! It's madness now. Get on the Stand Judas! IF you dare! You are a true coward and an assaulter of women!!
So what was crime one and crime two??? Apparently you think you know. So what are they???
And that a penny pincher who didn’t pay people for legitimate work done for him would pay such a large amount of money to Cohen for no reason.
@@tspain7355 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, which are felonies per New York's Penal Law §175.10.
The indictment is freely available online. If you know how to use youtube, you know how to use a search engine.
@@tspain7355 You already know, stop playing games
Todd Blanche is missing the mark and taking a long time to go nowhere!
Todd is spinning his wheels to nowhere.
Following Trump's wishes to embarrass Cohen is not a winning defense in the courtroom. 😬
"taking a long time"?
As opposed to 18 days of nothing burgers for lunch?😂😂
Pleasing Trump instead of a proper defense.
Todd is handcuffed because he KNOWS his client is a lying sack of garbage but trying in vain to say that every single witness is a liar. What a puke!
Cope much?@@sayhisnamewhickerfjb
All that follow or work for Trump are required to Lie... with trump , lying is part of the job and accepted norm.
Biden/Harris 2024🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
🤡🤡’s
I’m with you
why more crime waves
And the clown enters court whining that's it's not fair that he's been caught
Been caught,, what was he caught doing??
@@user-hn3hc3kc2g 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
No crimes. Fantasy.
Biden isn't on trial YET
Michael Cohen had the upper hand in his testimony. While the defence is incoherent Michael is cool and sensible. Bad day for the defence.
Trump and the Putin puppets getting together to make sure they all take their medications.
Vote 🍃💙🍃
Yet both China and Russia have endorsed Biden and you know that, but back with stupid Putin puppets.
He got out of there like speedy Gonzalez❗️ i’m not answering no questions today, sir😂
Jury is hopefully smart enough to see through the BS thrown across the room from all directions. Law Order and evidence will prevail.
Yes if they do Trump will be acquitted. It's not even close.
It's just a matter of time until this whole "discrediting a ex Trump lawyer as a Trump lawyer" thing repeats. It is all just a legal feedback loop.
Where is Rudy? Not at Trump's trial. 😂
Giuliani uncovered the evidence of Biden's influence peddling corruption back in 2019-2020. The dark side tried to trash Giuliani, claiming he was a Russian agent. The Dems panicked and decided to accuse Trump of trying to extort the President of Ukraine to manufacture dirt of Biden. Of course, no fabrication was needed. The Bidens' corruption was real.
don't need Him, Robert Costello will be enough to send the ex con back to prison-
' I have nothing on Trump ' - the ex con..... I don't recall saying that- the ex con
20 e-mails sent to Cohen's lawyer will show that he did say that over 20 times-
maybe the ex con now a disbarred lawyer who sell trinkets on TikTok can make lic, plates in prison, can I preorder one ?
Where's Melania? He did it for her so she should be head over heels with his love.
Mop up that orange stain on my American flag!
I think Michael Cohen will deserve a pardon from future president for saving democracy and a Medal of Freedom for freeing us all from this madness
If he hadn’t participated in this crime, we’d have 6 liberal justices on SCOTUS now.
I totally agree!
I don’t know. He is doing right by telling the truth now (proved by other testimonies and pieces of evidence in this trial) but he is a liar. Not really a good guy. He’s gone to jail already. Hopefully he will not have to be looked at for other trials.
@@pamrupnow905 I firmly disagree
Saving democracy? What ignorance. Biden was installed by election fraud. Our government has been hijacked.
Very old FDR vs. very old Mussolini and Gilead? Easy peasy.
Nappy nappy time.
The defense have to drag this out as long as possible. They have squat for defense after Cohen. The trial will be coming to a verdict.
Costello is going to testify for trump😮
Cohen says he lied when he pleaded guilty, and THAT usually means the person was looking for a lesser charge in the end-- no(??)(.)
Donnie's defense tricky questions couldn't slip up Cohen bc he worked for Donnie for years. Donnie should have pardoned Cohen.
Lock him up!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Tropicana Trump
Like a leaking bag of liquid hate
Gross but accurate I suppose
Boy o' Boy, I wish the defence would let Trump testify so we can all learn the 'Truth' about this case
We all want that, Dems and GOP alike
I don't think any of Cohen's Cross-examination matters to me and hopefully the Jury so far. I'm just amused at them making out that Cohen was a liar when the biggest liar ever is Trump. Cohen was loyal to Trump and did Trump's dirty work - Trump turned on him when he was done with him - therefore Cohen was in the right to finally end his loyalty to Trump and call TRUMP OUT FOR "HIS" CRIMES. Cohen is within his rights to want his REVENGE (something Trump always does). I pray the Jury finds Trump GUILTY on ALL CHARGES and places him in his ORANGE PRISON SUIT.... SOON!
ORANGE MAN NO GOOD!
The walls are closing in
(1/4 inch per year)
@@sayhisnamewhickerfjb Oh Hillary, yes.
At all
The defense is not attacking the documentation, because the documentation doesn't lie.
what documentation ?
@@kennethpereyda5707 Are you kidding me? You don't know? THE BUSINESS RECORDS. The whole reason for the trial. Besides, a fraud case will always include documents.
@@kennethpereyda5707 Would you like copies of the evidence? I have them.
@@harryprice6019 sure, do you have copies of Cohen's e-mails to His lawyer Robert Costello, He'll be the next witness. and he does have over 200 e-mails from the ex con Cohen stating clearly while His lawyer trying to talk Him out of suicide.. do you have anything on Trump.. ' I don't have anything on Trump " the ex con says over 20 times....GAME OVE
@@harryprice6019 business records are expired misdemeanor at worst.. those records ?
The documents are the EVIDENCE.
The defense calling Cohen a liar while defending a pathological liar truly is laughable.
I wish Cohen would response that he lied for Trump, to benefit Trump and to cover up for Trump.
He has, while on the stand, a couple of times!
MR. COHEN -- Aren't these receipts just a Jackson Pollack meant to smear my clients smudge?
A new correspondent? And she is stunning!
🇺🇸 Joe 2024 🇺🇸
"He waddle-shuffled back to his seat for a brief nap and to relieve his bowels. Real Men Wear Diapers!"
-:FOXY
No overflow pipe?
One More Face Plant and Joe will be History
orange turd bathroom break
Melania will gift Trump some special diapers on Father's Day. 😜
What is a woman, though?
I'll just skip this part.
I'm truly beginning to think Blanche is f**king this case up on purpose. Because he has a reputation as being a really competent lawyer. I think he's looking to get fired, simply to save himself. He can't live with what is happening right now. Here's hoping! We won't know until he writes his memoir, of course. I won't be buying his book.
Todd is having a hard time with this because he's looking straight into the eyes of his future. Cohen is what happens when you throw away your career for Trump.
Like to know over the years how many lawyers did Trump have 4 all his criminal actions
We must triump over the orange rat
I just don't get it, why is he not focusing on discrediting the evidence he has now produced?
Because it was acquired while Cohen was still Trump's acting attorney. You know what that means, yes? The evidence itself is tainted from Cohen's actions.
Because the evidence is DOCUMENTATION FROM TRUMP ENTERPRISES hard to refute a PAPER TRAIL your own client created Blanche is like a hamster on a hamster wheel going round and round and round. He has nothing to work with, but Trump is running the show not Blanche so he is looking like a fool..
Because he can't.
He's getting there. Just wait
@@adamlamparello8701 There is no 'there' to get to.
Trump on trial NOT Michael Cohen… he’s got his own stuff to own, they can’t ask questions to do with the case directly because they KNOW Trump is toast 😂😂😂
Lock him UP!!!!
Blanche has his back to defendant trump, so why can't he stick to a lawyerly, well-organied & coherent script. [If he indeed has one.] One hopes the Blanche defense team has taped their meetings & instruction from client trump for their own professional protection should trump lose. Who could trust trump not to appeal a conviction based on a result of bad legal representation?
CNN, too much repetitive talk by your reporter Bowers.
Lots of TDS TDS TDS
By the end of this VIDEO, they dang sure DIDN'T want the attention on them 'ey.
They think American People are plain stupid,lies thievery,false arrests, actually setting American people up and putting them in prison, censorship,NO SOULS ,
trump kicks butt and takes names.GET SOME.
I'm still trying to figure out how proving Cohen is capable of committing crimes is going to exonerate Trump from employing Cohen to commit crimes for him.
Look at the expressions on the faces of each character. Subliminal messaging at it's finest. thanks CNN.
This case is very simple Trump don’t have a defense all they can do is try to muddy up water. Period and try confuses the jury
they have to prove He is guilty not the other way around
😂Cohen testimonies are very damaging to Donald Trump.Soon Grifter Donald Trump will be convicted.Another week to go.
Booo, booo...
VIDEO. SPEAK.
Did the jury chip in to send the defendant a hemp necktie…?
I read that on the internet so it must be true.
Lawmakers correspondent? CNN...smh
Maga and Credible is an oxymoron.
There is not a single Maga person that should be given any respect.
Jury deliberation less than 4 hours.
Any bets?
So a lot of us want 45 to be held accountable what is wrong with wanting someone who has done criminal acts to be convicted ?
The hypocrisy at play. When you go after Biden, Hunter, Nancy, and Hillary Clinton for their crimes and convict them for treason we will gladly stand back and stop fighting. Otherwise we will stand with Trump on the basis of economic stability and no wars.
Three quick thoughts:
1. To paraphrase a philosopher whose name I can't recall at this moment...'The only unbiased 'men' are those who wear tombstones for hats.' Given this reality, it is fair to say that through centuries of court cases in the U.S.A., the testimony of millions of biased or even high-biased witnesses has been accepted by reasonably-minded, common-sense jurors.
2. Often, two seemingly supposedly competing situations can be true at the same time. Here, it is entirely possible that Cohen harbours extremely negative feelings regarding a boss which stiffed him in the past (Trump) AND, at the same time, Cohen (...with a newfound, post-incarceration respect for the justice system...) has still been able to tell the truth to the court as a sworn-in witness.
3. Given the preponderance of mutually corroborating documents, text messages, audio recordings, testimony from Cohen, and testimony from other witnesses, I would suggest that by the end of the day, the defence must very clearly demonstrate to the jury that Cohen has misrepresented the facts or our outright lied *during his testimony* .
His own lawyer will testify next- Robert Costello and it won't be pretty for the ex con ( his own lawyer will bury the ex con )
He has receipts - over 200 e-mails......... 20 of which Cohen clearly sates ' I have nothing on Trump '. so which Cohen will they believe the ex con or the ex con
JFC enough with the breathless coverage of this man's movements and repetitive gaslighting and lies. He's playing you media chumps like a fiddle
Orangeman bad! Orangeman not a conservative! Orangeman handing the election to Biden! Sad! 🤠
Sounds like he might be confusing he jury or putting them a to sleep.
Sounds like Todd is confused and had little sleep.
On the stand Cohen just said he was texted by "his daughter" that Trumo was walking all over him?! Lets get that text.....lets ask her how she knows this?
What good would that do?
Are you stupid? It's his daughter. He talks to his family every day. Text or no text it's irrelevant
How do you know it? Dead air! Believe anything, thats your motto.
Nice to see/hear captain clementine didn't embarrass him self at the mics..... today!
The 7 years of "we've got him now crowd". And NOTHING.
But "we've got him this time".
😂😂😂😂😂
Why not tell us what evidence prosecution objections related to - that prevented jury from hearing them? 🤔
This "evidence", of something that the statute of limitations has already expired on, was acquired while Cohen was still Trump's acting attorney. The "star witness" is the lead clown in this circus.
The statute of limitations on these charges has not expired.
The statute of limitations was paused due to the OLC guidelines a sitting president can't be indicted. Good try troll
@@jasonm1827 Both of you fools ignore entirely that the evidence was acquired in violation of attorney/client privilege.
And as for your claim? Let the law be manipulated so long as Trump goes to prison. That's the sentiment of your comment.
All common sense has gone out the window. How else can we explain putting in a person with age related dementia in the most powerful position in the world. Someone who’s brought us wars, lower standard of living, crime, an invasion, and so on. To put hate ahead of your own self-interest is one thing. To put it ahead of your family, friends, and country is very disturbing. You yourself have to be demented and that's what hate creates.
The southern border is not being invaded right now.
@@DrakeSmith-tn6ij So you want the rest of us to ignore our own eyes and ears. You must be living in one serious bubble.
@@lgsprings5623 turn off fox. It’s literally mis/dis/malinformation.
Wow. Putin was working on setting up his war in the first and what he hoped was the second term of Trump, and yet you put it on Biden. Trump had told Putin that he was not interested in what he did, so Putin did. Trump had told the Israelis that they could do what they wanted by moving the embassy to Jerusalem. The Israelis did what they wanted to do, which was to take land. Hamas retaliated, but it is Biden's fault. Trump released prisoners, which created the collapse of the Afghan government, but it is Biden's fault. Trump let the remaining interest of Port Arthur, the United States's largest refiner, go to Aramco, the Saudi's national oil company with refining at 2014 levels while oil production is higher than ever, but it is Biden's fault for gasoline prices. Trump lowered the tax on the vice of greed for businesses with businesses making the largest profits ever, but it is Biden's fault. Crime has fallen 73% over 23 years with a spike in 2020, which is in Trump's term. It has been decreasing since, but it is Biden's fault. I call uno reverse.
The United States is not headed for disaster because we currently have a strong leader in Biden as our current president right now.
why do all the people on MSNBC/DNC dress the same- chorus line ?
This judge is conflicted. He will be under intense FBI and DOJ scrutiny very soon
Lol...
ok, comrade.
Oh and I forgot FJB
desperation from MSNBC/DNC
I believe Cohen when he said he was the one who paid Stormy out of his own pocket.😂😂
You believe what ever you are told to believe troll.
no he only said it over 20 times- ' I have nothing on Trump ' the ex con now a disbarred lawyer reduced to a trinket salesman on TikTok
Doj circus who called trump individual 1in a found cohen crime Justice 😂😂
Bet that sounded better in the original Russian.
@higgs923 Russia does have a similar Justice for a chosen few maybe so
@@garydavidson2367yeah idjit try remedial English. Trump was unindicted co conspirator individual number 1 because they couldn't indict a sitting president. Good try troll.
No good English write!
Russian bot or American fascist?
Like there's a difference!
Nice try, Comrade.
when are we going to get to the EVIDENCE ?? a lot of dancing around
Zero credibility.
Still waiting for the crime to be named.
Wrongful prosecution/persecution.
Watching the reporting before you comment will shorten your wait.
It has been named in the original indictment !
A otal of 34 times falsification of business records !
Did you not see the 11 checks with the signature of the 'Orange Turd' ?
Falsifying business records in the furtherance of election interference.
It's very obvious. Trump won an election he wasn't supposed to and then questioned an election we "fortified".
😂😂😂😂😂😂When a Trump-hating media hack is reporting on the Trumps defence team, you know its going to be a hogwash
😂😂😂😂😂
Isn’t it amazing that lawfare falls apart on simple cross examination?
Cohen didn’t fall apart on cross.
@@DrakeSmith-tn6ij likely committed perjury
Cohen's old lawyer just came out and said he lied, again. lol
yo, Cohen's might be going back to jail. lololol
Its over... Michael Cohen is going back to prison 😂
maybe Cohen can make lic plates in prison, can I preorder one
TRUMP2024 🇺🇸 ❤NEVER JB!
Not guilty
this will be a hung jury at worst and a complete not guilty at best
Based on what? Those are Donald Trump's signatures on the checks. He can't pretend the payments weren't made. He can't pretend he didn't know about them. He can't pretend he wasn't running for President at the time.
What if Trump gets convicted?
Bob Costello is going to destroy this case once and for all 🤔
It’s Costello who is going to be discredited, not Cohen.
Basically this guy can’t tell the truth!
Robert Costello remembers ' I have nothing on Trump ' He has the e-mails ex con sent to His own lawyer- maybe the ex con can remember then
So which Cohen are we to belive...... the ex con or the ex con
You are not following the trial.
ex con supported by a ex news
MSNBC doesn't see Michael Cohen as a liar, is beyond comprehension!
Another sham case that fell apart.
The case against Trump is not falling apart because it is not a sham case.