Than liebermann at the pentagon and this cnn welcome to cnn and Special Coverage. If former President Trumps Hush Money Criminal Trial, im wolf blitzer in washington, along with abby phillip. Whos just outside the courthouse in new york today, Michael Cohen, trumps former were fixer and lawyer is back on the Witness Stand. Prosecutors appear to have some work to do during their redirect of cohen after he made a purely stunning admission during crossexamination . Today, defense attorney todd blanche was able to get cohen to admit to stealing Tens Of Thousands of dollars from the Trump Organization. Abby, you were inside court today . Playing, how it all went down thats right. Wolf, earlier in the trial during the direct examination, cohen had actually said this, that he had pocketed monday money from the Trump Organization. That was meant for a technology company. But today, while he was being pressed by the defense attorney Todd Blanche Cohen agreed that it was essentially plants said,
Welcome to prime time we can, i am nicolle wallace. Lets get right to the weeks top stories. Donald trump would never keep the Fifth Amendment. If youre innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment . Now he is on trial for Hiding Hush Money payments to a star. But he wont take the stand. Donald, why wont you testify . After all, you believe only guilty cowards to the fifth. Fifth amendment, Fifth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, horrible. Horrible. Please take the stand, donald. Or admit you are a coward. It is a big Open Question at this point, will he or wont he . Will donald trump take the stand in his defense in his own Criminal Trial . The jury good to hear from the man at the center of all of it, the defendant directly. We have seen the expresident take the stand or go under oath for very short periods of time in previous trials and it has got not gone very well for him. In november of last year he testified in the Civil Fraud Trial against him and his businesses, where he flung a
People taking in the actual facts and discussing it as a country and we will see what the jury decides. Keep it locked right here on msnbc. Tonight on all in the thing that was effective was the repetition over and over and over that Michael Cohen is a liar. Michael cohen back on the stand and under fire. Once he connected up to the text, i thought we are in for something here. It casts doubt on the veracity of a ton of his testimony. The expresident s former fixer runs into trouble under cross as the latest round of republican sycophants swooping. There are things that we can say that President Trump is unjustly not allowed to say. Tonight how the courtroom became a campaign stop. Why are we here is a good question to ask. Is trumps entourage skips the line while members of the public wait out in the cold. Ive been here more than nine hours. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. I am Alisa Menendez in for chris hayes. Day 18 of Donald Trumps criminal trial in manha
Before you shot. When i saw the clip and they were showing the gravel pit. Someone was outside the gravel pit with a camera, looking into the gravel pit as she was taking aim. A gravel pit photographer. The executioner photographer. Here we are. Thank you, have a good weekend, my friend. There were a lot of memorable moments from the 2016 president ial campaign, a whole lot. One moment that really stands out after all this time is this one. To be clear, mr. Trump had no Financial Relationships with any Russian Oligarchs . Thats what he said. That is obviously what our position is. Donald trumps then Campaign Manager, Paul Manafort, completely rattled by a straightforward question about ties to Russian Oligarchs. It turns out he had a good reason to be rattled. In the weeks that followed that interview, the New York Times published a series of Bombshell Reports definitively showing that prior to joining the Campaign Paul manafort had earned millions in secret Cash Payments advising Russ
Good afternoon, and good to be with you. Im jose diazbalart in for katy tur. Court has wrapped in new york city. It was a day of routine appearances from a slate of custodial and lesser known witnesses, all setting up the major testimony we expect to be hearing on monday from the other man at the center of this hush money case, Michael Cohen. Multiple sources tell nbc news Donald Trumps former fixer is expected to take the stand for several days. What todays testimony about cohens Phone Records could tell us about the prosecutions strategy next week and what cohens appearance signals about the overall timing of this trial. Could he be the final person we hear from . Or could donald trump himself take the stand later as he has suggested he could do. The prosecution knows when it might rest. We have a whole lot to cover. I want to get right into it. Joining us now, is nbc news Legal Correspondent lisa rubin who was inside the courtroom today. Senior judge and professor at Florida Interna