'Not your usual cross-examination': Ex-Trump lawyer weighs in on Michael Cohen's testimony
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- Robert Ray, a former member of former President Trump's first impeachment legal team, joins our legal panel to share his thoughts on how he thinks the defense team is doing so far in Michael Cohen's cross-examination.
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'Not your usual cross-examination': Ex-Trump lawyer weighs in on Michael Cohen's testimony
#Trump #MichaelCohen #Trial
Check recent Frontline episode Ray was the ONLY one defending Trump Jan 6 actions
Frontline? 😅 Ok, then I will check the Enquirer
Yet they always ask Glenn kirschners and Joyce Vance’s opinion and they have never said one positive thing about trump.
This dude defended Trump in an impeachment that congress was never going to convict him of. It was over before it even started, and he gets to sit at the table...smh...
Seriously. Why does CNN bring these hacks on? Anyone who defended Trump in any case should never be consulted for their opinion. They are traitors to the country
Kamala is VP just because of her skin color
Noticed you skip the part where he lied in this case, and cohen has lied everywhere else.
Not sure what exactly you are referring to, but Trump was IMPEACHED (twice!) by Congress. It was the US Senate that declined to convict and remove him from office, due to Republican political corruption. Regardless, Trump was still impeached (twice!) by Congress and that stain will follow him forever throughout American history until the this planet is consumed by the sun.
Republicans talking about someone else lying?
Look in the mirror.
“Cohen has lied to literally every Branch of the Government.” - Cohen’s former lawyer.
Yes, they are and did you hear the whopper Joe Biden told the other day about inheriting an economy with an inflation rate of 9% when he became president. The economy was moving forward with an 8% rate of growth and a 1.4% rate of inflation at the end of the Trump presidency. Then there was a lie about joe driving a truck. Let’s not forget the lie Joe also told about Bidenomics. .
Biden or his sock puppet press secretary lie more the trump ever did! 9% inflation when Biden came. The border is secure. Cmon Man!
Cohen was caught on the phone he recorded himself saying he had nothing on Trump before he went to jail for purjury!!
Joe Biden lies all the time
HolyMoses. The documents alone are the proof. It is not complicated....
Proof of what? Do you not know what a persecution looks & sounds like?
@@MrBaker444 Biden using EXECUTIVE PRIVELEDGE to HIDE the RECORDING of Special Council HUR. Now where did i hear the word EXECUTIVE PRIVELEDGE Before?????????????????????????????????????????
This case doesn’t sound like a persecution, it sounds like justice.
@@DrakeSmith-tn6ijbe honest you want trump in jail. For the simple fact you don’t like him. You are willing to destroy the entire American Judiciary system. just for your pound of flesh.
What documents? Trump's taxes? Are you saying that Trump is guilty because he paid Stormy out of his personal money instead of campaign contributions? Because that's what the case is about. It's pretty bad for the prosecution when even MSNBC is showing that there wasn't a crime.
This guy needs to go sit down. Hes overtaking which is a sign he's up to no good and on Trump's side. There's "no class like low class" as the saying goes.
You prefer to live in an echo chamber, we get it bro.
Stop him, stop him, he’s not drinking our blue💙💙💙💙kool-aid! 😂
@@WinstonSmith24 Biden using EXECUTIVE PRIVELEDGE to HIDE the RECORDING of Special Council HUR. Now where did i hear the word EXECUTIVE PRIVELEDGE Before?????????????????????????????????????????
I’m 2:19 into this and that man STINKS of chump supporter! And he should go sit down SOMEWHERE ELSE!!
If we don't get a conviction in this case, JB is toast. Did you see CNN's latest job approval numbers today? OMG!!! Sinking fast.
None of these changes the papertrail
What a paper trail? The whole case is about trying to convict Trump because he paid Stormy out of his own pocket instead of from his campaign contributions. The only countries in the world that would try to get a conviction on something so ridiculous is 3rd world banana republics.
Who invited this guy?
Can't handle the truth
😂😂😂😂
Diarrhea of the mouth!!
@@sayhisnamewhickerfjb DJT had an affair with an adult film star, and now sells bibles. That is the truth. He probably got kicked out of the bedroom for giving Melania Syph's.
can you tell he's a trumpet, the way he rolled in loud, offensive, and trying to make himself the smartest? 🙄
I think trump’s ex-lawyer has forgotten all the documents that back Cohen’s testimony.
He seemed very intelligent to me.
So they have documents. That proves nothing. There is no crime.
What documents? Where is the crime?
What documents? Trump's taxes? The whole case is about trying to convict Trump because he paid Stormy out of his own pocket instead of from his campaign contributions. The only countries in the world that would try to get a conviction on something so ridiculous is 3rd world banana republics.
You don't think
Not in this case because there's evidence to back up the witnesses story
Yep
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What crime? Trump isn't one that did the record keeping. If Cohen did it at Trump request, he's still the guilty party.
What evidence? Where is the crime?
@@planedude67 campaign finance laws prohibits you from hiding money that you pay out, Trump paid out a pornstar and covered it up and falsified the records during his campaign so that the voters would not see it that's a blatant crime
It doesn’t matter what he thinks. It matters what the JURY thinks.
That doesn't matter either. It can be Appealed.
@@joecancer6013 - The conviction can't be, but the sentence can.
@@MossyMozart Wrong. That's not what Appeals Courts are for. Trump gets to Appeal the verdict. Then if Trump loses the Appeal, Trump takes it to the Supreme Court.
If the judge is smart! He’ll make the decision!! He knows how bad this case looks,and IS,on his career!💯Enjoy November!!😂🎉💯
There are zero grounds for Trump to be acquitted.
Does Robert Ray know he's not still on retainer? I don't know any other analyst who's buying any of this.
The jurors agree with Robert Ray, especially the 2 lawyers.
the cult
@@sayhisnamewhickerfjb there's no evidence of that at this time.
It's like saying, OK you witness the crime, but isn't it true you have an outstanding parking ticket.
so far it's cohen's sworn testimony against... no one else's testimony. the jury can't just assume cohen is lying with zero witnesses contradicting him.
if prosecutors couldn't convict criminals using the testimony of co-conspirators in the crimes, all crime would be done using the buddy system.
Literally this.
But, you know, the cult.
Witnessed what crime?
Costello is making claims on fox about Cohen which sound unbelievable.
I doubt he will be put on the stand to repeat them.
None of Costello’s allegations are true.
Agreed
LOL! The TRUTH REALLY HURTS, AIN'T IT?
@@DrakeSmith-tn6ij ALL true!!!
@@QU1ET.0P1N10N if it was true it would be evidence.
Between Bob Costello and Michael Cohen, I believe Michael Cohen because there is a huge plethora of evidence that supports everything that Cohen has testified about.
Bob Costello is going to completely destroy the case😂
Bob Costello’s claims against Cohen are not going to destroy the case because there have been plenty of witnesses whose testimony supports Cohen’s testimony.
He was Trump’s liar for almost ten years, let’s not forget that 😂
"He lied in 2016". again every single person has said he has lied. This defense has not evolved at all. These jurors are being tortured in their with this looping comment.
He lied defending a man who can't open his mouth without lying and can't take the stand because of it. Madness all round!
And don't forget, he lied FOR and because of Donald Trump. Almost every single person or company that's dealt with Trump, it's ended badly for them.
Meaning, the star witness is not trustworthy. Only a biased jury would accept this.
Why put these muppets on? Cowen's testimony was seconded by other witnesses and evidence.
@djkongova < 57 Million government union/pension workers and their loyalty to the 9 Trillion Dollar Public Monopoly Daddy Paycheck.
Except that what he said isn't a crime. Mr. Bigg didn't even want to charge Trump until some staff members threatened to quit. The Feds didn't even prosecute for the crime that Mr. Bigg linked this to. Do you have any critical thinking skills?
Your star witness just blew up the case today!!😅😅😅😅😅 LIE LIE LIE
I wonder if Blanche is TRYING to get nailed with ineffective assistance?
How do you mean he is absolutely destroying this Michael Cohen and exposing all of his lies.
This is devastating for.
The prosecution star witness.
@@mvgamer9637no it's not. Cohen was Trumps fall guy. Trump was behind it all. If we don't know the truth, why did Cohen go to jail?? Trumps going to jail.
@@mvgamer9637 None of this is a revelation. He went to jail for perjury. He used to say how wonderful Trump was, Trump was innocent, nothing going on with Stormy Daniels - we know he can lie.
@@mvgamer9637I think you misremembered who is on trial. The documentary evidence and many other witnesses back up Cohen. The evidence for Trumps guilt is overwhelming. Sorry you don’t like that
@oystercatcher943 This case is falling apart it's predicated on the word of a convicted liar.
It's incredible but not credible. Even many in the mainstream left-wing media are starting to turn.
And saying yeah, this is weak.
That guy on the right can’t allow anyone else to have an opinion dude you’re not the only one on the panel
It's refreshing to hear the truth for a change.
@@mariegotti6492 from whom?
...please tell me the name of ONE living person that has NOT told a lie...???
Including you Robert Ray...!!!
Seriously? You are completely off. This is not usual defense. Just wait for verdict. You’ll see.
Like most Trump sycophants, when anyone challenges him, he talks louder and faster to try and drown them out.
He claims to know someone is going to testify for the defense, until he's asked how he knows.
Wishful thinking
I’m not quite believing this lawyer…
Of course you don't.
Stormy Daniels and Melania are having cocktails together and laughing at Lincoln Project ads!
Only a juror will decide whose guilty.
We aren't fooled.
This guy sure likes to talk...and ram his opinion down other's throats.
Typical republican
It's standard operating procedure for Trump cultists; they talk louder and faster the minute they're challenged on anything.
If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullsh*t.
Leftist tears
Truth burts!!😂Every single farce of a cas,is backfiring!!😂Enjoy November!!🎉🎉
@portiawilcox3120 it's funny how you think Trump cares about you. Well, sad actually, it's really sad.
Blanch has shot himself in the foot
And how will he whitewash the hard evidence?
Which is?
What evidence? Trump's taxes? The whole case is about trying to convict Trump because he paid Stormy out of his own pocket instead of from his campaign contributions. The only countries in the world that would try to get a conviction on something so ridiculous is 3rd world banana republics.
Blancher is another Liar..
“I have done this for a very long time” Robert is incorrect.
Wow. You always know who the trump supporter is
This is the first one I have ever seen on MSNBC.
FJB
Binary choice - democracy vs. a dystopian theocratic-dictatorship hellscape, led by a person more looney than Dr. Strangelove.
Everyone is an Expert
Right?
What is he talking about? Please explain. What is his point?
He essentially admitted to activities or elements of the crimes that he was guilty of within the charges and he “felt” and it was his “opinion”. He was going down either way. Sounds like he took his lessons from Trump, calling judge and prosecutors corrupt, witch hunt, selective prosecutions…
Decades as a prosecutor aren't worth anything if he's the kind of person who threatens defendants' families. He shouldn't regret, he should be shamed and silenced.
Sorry Bud you need to consider the environment he then was in.
What?
I can't follow what lawyer said about Robert Costello gonna try to rant about.
He says Cohen denies his guilt. He doesn’t. He admits he committed a crime, but he says he committed that crime at the behest of Trump. Very different. You’d think this guy would know that, which he does, but he’s running the usual interference for Trump.
This person completely ignores the fact that cohen is entirely corroborated by both the documentary evidence and other witnesses. If cohen pled guilty to crimes that he feels he didn’t commit, he can testify on re-direct that he did so to save his family grief and because he couldn’t afford to keep paying a team of lawyers to defend him against those charges. And he knew he was going to lose his law license/ livelihood. And the prosecutors told him they would also charge his wife with tax fraud if he didn’t accept the plea deal. That will resonate with the jury. The reality is that many defendants get pressured into accepting plea deals. That’s how prosecutors get people to plead guilty.
The looks on these commentators faces was shock and disbelief!
FJB!!
Fantastic Jooba Booba?
That guy cannot shut up
He's a New Yorker isn't he? That's how you win an argument - never stop talking until everyone else gives up and stops. I think the orange turd is better at it though.
Leftist tears
I’m not sure which is more gut wrenching…..listening to Trump or his lawyers, past and present! I’d rather watch a train wreck in slow motion….in a loop!
PRETTY week argument, jury won't be moved with such overwhelming evidence.
Where'd they get this dude from? 🤨
He is a lawyer who seems to be telling the truth.
He's Donald Trump's ex-lawyer...has intimate knowledge of Trump's past business practices.
That help?
Where's Melania? How come she isn't in court standing beside her man at this crucial time in the trial?
With the pool boy
Poor Jill... Heard she had to clean up some of Joey's new "wall art" in his play room...
Seems Joey has taken up "finger painting", and he's NOT using paint....
Nobody cares, why do you????
@@sayhisnamelibsDJT24 Prove it, liar!!
If you spot it you got it, go wash your Cult hands @@sayhisnamelibsDJT24
My favorite part of the trial is all the Trump mini-me groupies supporting the Dear leader.
Stand by your Man.....Tammy Wynette
Trump is still toast vote wise vote smart vote Blue
VOTE BLUE!!!!!
....so my daughter can live in fear of men being allowed to use the ladies room while she's in there.
We trump lawyers only see it one way every time lol
Just because he was a prosecutor for a LONG time, doesn't mean he was a good one....obviously he wasn't.
Whitewater atty is talking out of tRumps butt 😂
It doesn't matter if Cohen lied before. The documents corroborate what he's saying now. Also, if Cohen was "framing" Trump, then Weisselberg would be guilty of that too, given his notes on said document.
Costello never represented Cohen
Yes he did, and he knows how slimy Cohen is.
Cohen’s sliminess is why Trump had hired him to be his fixer.
Bob Costello was an advisor to Michael Cohen
Love coming here for a good laugh, comments below man. Tds.
Doesn’t matter what the experts think at the end of the day the decision rest in the hands of the jury two of who are trained lawyers but the rest are not
I doubt that the jury sees it as Robert sees it 💯
💯
Wonder who this dude voted for? Can’t even begin to guess lol
diaper dementia donny is done for 😂
Your obviously not paying attention. To what is going on right now
@@mvgamer9637 Sleepy Diaper Don, what did you do to that diaper you have on? 💩💩💩
@@mvgamer9637 funny that you say that 😂
OMG that is soooo funny, Sloppy Joe crapped himself when he read it
@@kenc7120 Poor Jill... Heard she had to clean up some of Joey's new "wall art" in his play room...
Seems Joey has taken up "finger painting", and he's NOT using paint....
The witness has huge support by evidence and other witnesses. He's also said he pleaded guilty so his wife would not be charged. I don't blame him for that AT ALL, and I don't think the jury will blame Cohen either.
I don’t understand why the had Cowen there anyway, it’s messing the case
It will be lost on the jury because he fell on his sword to protect his family...that will endear the jury...it made me feel for Cohen.
Really, what did he just prove? Nothing!
The cross examination will be unusual when you have a biased judge that susatains every objection by the prosecution and wont let you question the witness about anything that undermines his testimony. 🤔🤔🤷♀️🤷♀️
Lock this guy up. Throw away the keys.
For what?
You want everyone to be imprisoned who disagrees with you?
@@mariegotti6492almost like he wants republicans to go to a camp. So they can think on their actions. What would you call a camp that allows you time to concentrate on your actions? There were these type places in the 40s my grandad told me about, but I can’t recall what they were. 😊
I love it when the msm brings an expert in who then tells them they are stupid.
Is msm the same as MSNBC?
Just curious...
He does protests to loudly...and behalf of Trump????? Now, who is 'too close to the edge?'
If I was asking the questions I would ask " Why did'nt you say NO? How many opportunities did you have to voluntarily refuse what you knew was an illegal act? He didnt want Trump to pay in cash because he wanted to ensure his reimbursement and also to show that he fronted his personal money as an opaque screen of accountability.
Old news. This is not new. There was a charge about Karen that he claims he did not commit. He tried to get the consequences changed and the judge ruled no because he either lied before or now. He already faced the consequences for that.
Oh wait a guy who investigated Whitewater thinks this is going great for the defense. Cuz he isnt biased at all right??? G t f o w that guy
Bob costello coming to testify against cohen 😂😂😂😂😂
I think that in re-direct Cohen will be given a chance to explain more about his reasons for previous lies.
I believe the court already knows that.
"I cant comment on the trial since it is related to the 2024 election." Karine Jean Pierre
This guy is also a former Prosecutor in the Clinton Whitewater NONSENSE DEBACLE, NOOOO WONDER !!
It looks like this person already resolve the verdict before the jurors. His out of his mind
He made perfect sense to me.
Sounds like Mr. Ray may be trying to make the short list for AG if Trump gets elected.
Gotta keep the boss happy on TV.
Trump enablers everywhere...
Yes we are everywhere. We only want to get rid of the two tiered system of justice. Trump did not commit any crimes.
Good! The way it should be. We're the sane ones.
You lefties are crazy!!
Costello is a Liar
Cohen went to jail for lying.
Let's give Michael Friday Saturday Sunday to get prepared to lie again Monday . What a clown...
Spin doctors.
He's been thrown a bone from Donny. Remember Trumps on trial not cohen
It's a wonder he's even allowed to continue to practice.
Is that your unbiased opinion?
People, this is NOT A NORMAL situation. No one is taking into account the effects of narcissistic abuse. Cohen is showing all the signs of mortification due to narcissistic abuse. All the forcing him to admit that he's a liar (which he did at the perceived behest of his former boss, individual 1) he's in a state of mortification. The fact that he seems unfazed and orderly (not himself), gets confused, and the biggest yet (denial) which is mirroring Trump, he's internally wounded. Not enough people understand how triggering the 'actual day of testimony is' for the abuse victim. Trump hasn't stared at anyone testifying. He's staring at COHEN. THE PROSECUTOR will lose control of their spectacular case simply because no one ever thinks about the mental health of a person. All the blustered speech from Cohen is normal for abuse victims who try and really believe that they're in control. They often talk about revenge, but definitely in a deflated sense. Trump is the biggest liar in America, allegedly. Still, Cohen is the one who is suffering. He's really devastated by Trump. He feels shame at the highest degree and sadly, no one is knowledgeable enough to know how to help and defend the broken man on the witness stand. I speak from a personal perspective and from personal experience.
If Cohen has said he lied then why the extended cross examination?
Because they're running the case to please Trump. He's the lead lawyer.
Use some common sense.
This guy is sick...want to talk alone!
Enough with the “perjury” nonsense. Why give air time to Trump flacks? It’s disgusting.
so these guys are defending the Rump, will they get a check for this? I heard DT never pays his bills!
It's not unusual for mob trials.
One thing this dude missed is the prosecutor DID threaten his wife this will come up on redirect. I have heard Micheal several times say this… pretty sure the redirect will cover it too
I watched this Movie from MSNBC before. It was Mueller who was the Hero taking down Trump. Get Trump is a franchise like Fast and Furious
“Cohen believed he was charged with a crime he didn’t commit”
Ou, that’s a big one.
But he was found guilty, charged by the law and did the time. What he said is simply his personal opinion, an opinion he stated under oath.
Cohen disputed the tax evasion. He disputes that he was never audited
Shut him uo. It's obvious he's in the DJT camp. He's not following the trial according to the rule of law!!
Why bring a Trump lawyer on the show? ...waste of time.
Robert Ray, bigging up Blanche cross examination
Problem is that Cohen admission about being untruthful in his plea allocation was something which emerged in the NYAG trial where Engoron nevertheless accepted Cohen’s testimony
Robert Ray is full of bs in his praise of Blanche. And moreover displays his scant knowledge of the material Blanche was handed pre-trial.
Terrible commentary in deed- from Ray
This is what happens when a liar surrounds himself with liars.
Cohen is no better than Trump.
The question should be who did he lie for? Not just to protect himself.