Welcome to a special twohour edition of the beat. Im katie phang. Were nearing the end of the first Criminal Trial of a former u. S. President donald trump. Next week the case could be in the hand of the jury. Before that happens, Michael Cohen will be back on the Witness Stand Monday for a third day of cross examination by trumps defense attorney todd blanche. The defenses focus so far has been to try and portray the states key witness as a serial liar, someone who cannot be trusted and who is only out for revenge against his former boss. The word lie was used more than 60 times in court yesterday. Through what felt at times like A Meandering Cross Examination Blanche may have been able to poke a hole in cohens credibility as a witness during questioning about one of the phone calls from october 2016 that cohen testified earlier in the week he had made with trump, allegedly telling him the payoff to Stormy Daniels was being handled. Yesterday cohen admitted that he was having trouble
Documents case. Once upon a time that case was set to take off, may 20th. Less than two weeks from today. We have been waiting for judge cannon to set a trial date, since march. We got the news the judge has postponed that trial indefinitely. This means the onset donald trump ends up in a florida courtroom before the general election, those odds are slim to none, which is good news for the former president. But, less apparent good for the former president was the fact today donald trump was back in manhattan criminal court. Today was the 13 of the Hush Money Case against him, and it was by no means a normal day. Today, we got testimony from the central figure at the heart of this case, Adult Film Star, stephanie clifford, a. K. A. Stormy daniels. As far as the spectacle of this trial goes, today was a blockbuster. A lot of the testimony really sounded like it was ripped from the tabloids, which makes sense because the story at the center of this case is quite literally about tabloid sl
Here in new york day 13. And the trump hush money criminal trial. Now history, including the former president today facing the woman he denies having an a fair width and is buying her silence and tonight looking its Company Books to cover it up. Stormy daniels who testified in great detail today, so much of the defense move for a mistrial, which the judge, though displeased by some of it, did not grant, meaning the defense got their first chance to crossexamine her this afternoon managing and points to raise questions about her credibility, which in the end will be up to the jury to decide theres going to be more Cross Examination On Thursday at one point, judge merchan also ordered defense attorney todd blanche to speak to his client, donald trump, who he said was Audibly Cursing at points during Stormy Daniels testimony behavior, the judge called contemptuous. As for daniel, shell be back on the stand when the trial resumes thursday back with the panel right now, joining us cnn, lega
Criminal trial. Now, history, including the former president of today facing the woman he denies how i mean, Uh Fair Width and i was buying her silence and tonights cooking his Company Books to cover it up. Stormy daniels, who testified in great detail today so much of the defense move for a mistrial, which the judge, though displeased by some of it, did not grant meaning the defense got their first chance to crossexamine her this afternoon, managing and points to raise questions about her credibility, which in the end itll be, up to the jury to decide theres going to be more Cross Examination on thursday. At one point, judge, merchan also ordered defense attorney todd blanche to speak to his client. I dont trump who he said was Audibly Cursing at points during Stormy Daniels testimony behavior, the judge called contemptuous as for daniel, shell be back on the sam when the trial resumes thursday back in the panel right now, joining a cnn legal analysts, elie honig, normalizing who serv