We have a lot to get to tonight after another day of major testimony in Donald Trumps first criminal trial. Michael cohen, trumps former lawyer and fixer was back on the stand today, facing crosses emanation from Donald Trumps current lawyer, blanche. For anyone coming, mr. Cohen has been on the stand for more than 14 hours, with more to come on monday. And nearly all day today, todd blanche tried to undermine mr. Cohens credibility as a witness. Blanche spent half the morning recalling different episodes when Michael Cohen lied publicly. Lying to congress, lying in court, lying about whether or not he sought a part in. Essentially forcing cohen to admit repeatedly that he has been untruthful. Blanche also tried to paint cohen as something of a renegade, a man who spent the 2016 Election Cycle Casting out on his own, speaking to the press both publicly and privately without Donald Trumps consent or his supervision. Blanche tried to call into question Michael Collins memory , his abilit
And an important one. All right, we have a lot to get to tonight, after another day of major testimony in Donald Trumps first Criminal Trial. Michael cohen, was back on the stand today, Facing Cross Examination from todd blanche. For anyone who is county, mr. Cohen has been on the stand for more than 14 hours with more to come on monday. And nearly all day today todd blanche tried to undermine mr. Cohens credibility as a witness. Blanche spent half the morning recalling different episodes when Michael Cohen lied publicly, lying to congress, lying in court, lying about whether or not he sought a party, if it essentially forcing one to admit that he has been untruthful. Blanche also tried to paint as something as a renegade, a man who spent the 2016 Election Cycle Casting out on his own, speaking to the press both publicly and privately, without Donald Trumps consent, or his supervision. Blanche tried to call into question Michael Cohens memory, his ability to recall key moments in this
go ahead, emily. there is a bill being pushed through by latterly that will take out from the salary expenditures that taxpayers pay towards playing that harassment thing. i do think that s a little bit of a shell game. i want to point out, that everybody is talking about the specific intent and that viewers understand that yes, that s what separates a civil and criminal campaign finance violation charge. most important to me is the flynn situation. i think it s a hideous abuse of power to treat any of those kinds of conversations casually and that we can never overestimate the amount of weight the government brings with it every time they just sit down and ask, hey, how are you? for then come up for a comey, to blame it on the disorganized administration, i send a couple of guys over, is a horrible abuse of power regardless what happens with the judge reviewing
obviously the fec, i m not going to bore you with it because it is very granular. a lot of people that know a lot about campaign finance law do not believe this payment violated any law whatsoever. juan: what about the prosecutors? jesse: which prosecutors? juan: new york southern district. jesse: some prosecutors are trying to link the president s other crimes that cohen committed. the harassment thing i think the democrats are playing with fire. remember what happened with kavanaugh. there was so much injustice with kavanaugh and so much unfairness. it was so out-of-bounds but really activated the republican base. if the republicans going into 2020 see partisan prosecutors and maxine and her bandits going after this president and a lot of shadowy people within the government trying to take away a democratically elected president from our republic, people are
that s really, really smart. you brought up the fact that under jersey law people who make false allegations can t be charged. i m assuming they don t want to encourage people who suspect something bad is going on and turns out they are not. if somebody willfully makes up allegations, you should be able to charge them. i think that s right. it is probably a harassment thing. did you write that one down too? that s directly influencing my life right now. perfect. my lawyer is on the phone with every call i make. it is better that way. thanks, andy. is he still there? thanks. coming up, i need to sit