President. Im alex wagner here with my colleague, chris hayes, who was in the courtroom today, as former Trump Attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen took the stand for a second day in a row. Today the defense began its crossexamination, which did not start off that well. Here is Trump Attorney todd blanche. Mr. Cohen, my name is todd blanche. You and i have never spoken or met before have we . Michael cohen, we have not. Mr. Blanche, but you know who i am, dont you . Cohen, i do. Mr. Blanche, as a matter of fact, you went on tiktok and called me a crying little this is a euphemism here poop didnt you . Cohen, thats probably something i would say. Judge merchan called lawyers to a sidebar, the official Court Transcript tells us what went down. Here is the court. Judge mershon, why are you making us about yourself mark easter blanche, im not making this about myself your honor, i have a right to show this witnesss bias, and he has expressed bias about the lawyers, just on who he represents.
Todd blanche, was going to be terrible. And he actually believes that todd blanche is the worst of the three lawyers and now i have come to agree with that after watching today. My other guest is the person who actually found the 130,000 game going on and started the Criminal Investigation of Michael Cohen. And heres the thing, you know him. You all know Andrew Weissmann. That is who found the 130,000. He started everything that you are seeing in that courtroom. Incredible. The gift that keeps on giving, Andrew Weissmann. Coming up right here. Thank you. Thank you, both. We are going to take you inside the courtroom today for the next hour, but american political history demands that we begin with what happened outside the courthouse today when the Republican Party boldly and bravely rose up in spirited defense of adultery with porn stars, paying off porn stars to buy their silence and Hiding Payoffs To Porn Stars by republican candidates. The Republican Party did not specify whether b