president donald trump s mar-a-lago home. how is robert costello, i was going to say corcoran, so many c names. robert costello, relevant? the idea is we expect him to attack cohen s credibility. you might wonder why is that necessary given that cohen pled guilty. the credibility issues there are basically well known at this point. they have been talking about it in court papers repeatedly. exactly. and you would think that the prosecution has laid that out for the grand jury, and cohen has probably already sort of previewed the issues of why his story has changed. it doesn t stop costello from providing that context for the jury, but the grand jury can decide what weight to give that if any at all, and so it s interesting to see why do it this late in the game. train may have left the station. is that at the request of donald trump s team?
trump amid questions about whether the former president is on the brink of being indicted. let s go right to our senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid, she s just outside the courthouse in manhattan. paula, a former legal adviser to trump s ex lawyer, michael cohen, wrapped up his appearance just a little while ago. give us the latest. reporter: that s right, wolf, that adviser, rob costello, and michael cohen left the courthouse a short time ago, though cohen was available to testify today, he was not called before the grand jury. he s already testified before them twice, and he was only going to testify today to rebut this adviser called by trump s team to attack cohen s credibility. the manhattan d.a. s investigation into trump s alleged role in hush money payments made to an adult film star ahead of the 2016 election is moving ahead full steam. i went in there today to tell these people the truth about who the real michael cohen is and
nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker as the details. reporter: michael cohen was supposed to part to prison. instead he was behind closed doors testifying again in front of congress. i m here to cooperate and will continue to cooperate. reporter: according to a source familiar with the matter cohen giving lawmakers new documents aimed at backing up his claim that the president s lawyers made changes to his previous testimony about that scrapped trump tower project in moscow. there were changes made, additions, jay sekulow for one. there were several changes made including how we would handle that message, the message, of course, being the length of time that the trump tower moscow stayed alives. reporter: nbc news has not reviewed the alleged documents. republicans have attack cohen s credibility. the president s attorney jay
accountability on racial justice that he has shown. but that is why you don t stop marching. you don t stop talking. you don t prejudge anything. but you don t stop it from proper judgment. that does it for me. thanks for watching. see you back here next saturday at 5:00 p.m. eastern. until then, keep the conversation going. like us on facebook.com/politics nation and follow us on twitter. up next, meet the press with chuck todd. this sunday, battle lines. michael cohen tells congress what he thinks of president trump. he s a racist. he is a con man and he is a cheat. and provides new areas for investigators to look at from jared and ivanka to mr. trump s tax returns. republicans attack cohen. you lied. he lies. you are a liar. liar, liar, pants on fire. and president trump tells a conservative conference what he thinks of all of the investigators. and all of a sudden they re
the president of the united states thus wrote a personal check for the payment of hush money as part of a criminal scheme to violate campaign finance laws. lso that was a $35,000 check. slightly larger. while democrats tried to get any new information that they could, republican lawmakers made their strategy clear very early in this hearing. attack cohen s credibility at every turn. how long did you work in the white house? i never worked in the white house. that s the point, isn t it, mr. cohen? no, sir. yes, sir. no, it s not, sir. you wanted to work in the white house. no, sir. you didn t get brought to the dance. you re a pathological liar. you don t know truth from falsehood. i m sorry. are you referring to me or the president? hey, this is my time. are you referring to me, sir, or the president? did the president or his