told the truth in front of tens of millions of people and face the consequences and went to prison and his and for 10 years you admitted that he lied. now he s being attacked by everyone , including panelists at cnn without a rebuttal, and at the very least, he deserves a defense on his credibility because he did tell the truth from july 2nd 2018 going forward . we need decided to speak truth to power. he suffered the pain and consequence of his crime. the same crime was instructed directed by donald trump, according to federal prosecutors , not me, not michael. federal prosecutors said he directed that crime. if michael did the time. how could donald trump not at least be subject to the same legal consequences invited you and michael on to rebut whatever it is that you believe is false. inaccurate information about him. so you re always and if you wanted to say, what is what you believe it is. now you have every right to is there something that you want to say?
real answer about michae cohen s credibility. let me give you a fact that is the best answer. the first is that michael cohe said before an obvious defense of millions in public, what did for donald trump and dirty deeds for ten years, i lied, i cheated and i did everything dirty for him. and then i decided, on july 2nd, 2018, to own what i did. i am ashamed of myself and now i want to speak trut to power and i want to put my family an my country first it is very rare for a witnes who has a lot of flaws, ha owned all that he has done inside from this point on will cooperate wit authorities. so seven congressional committees, grand jury testimony this is the real answer to credibility. what i hear you giving us i a forceful defense of mr cohen s credibility. so do you think, at this point it is unfounded for folks to question his credibility no. certainly not.
with his words right? he s referred to trump s evil deeds. do you think that he should not do that that that s gone too far. well this is the expression michael cohen used with me when he asked me to help him and i said, tell me what you did for the last 10 years. how can i possibly defend that when you worked for mr trump and all the things that i believe you did, and he used the expression i cannot defend the evil deeds i did for donald trump. so on july 2nd 2018 he became a new michael cohen. he decided to speak truth to power and take the consequences. he went to prison. in for the very same crimes that the southern district of new york federal prosecutors described as a threat to our democracy. it s not just a hush money sex crime. it is what the southern district class accusers under donald trump said he directed michael cohen to do these crimes. those were the dirty deeds. he paid the hush money on behalf of mr trump for
of doing his lies and dirty deeds, that s the way he lived for ten years. on july 2nd, 2018, he came out publicly and spoke truth to power. since then, he s been truthful. let me also remind you, donald trump s prosecutors, in the southern district of new york, on december 7th, 2018, published a memo to report, which they said, michael cohen admitted, meaning they have the evidence and he agreed, that donald trump, president of the united states, then, so they couldn t item, but before he was president, instructed michael cohen to pay the hush money. and that memo, they referred to him as the former president as an individual one in the memo. so, i have asked legal experts, journalists who have been covering this case for a while. particularly about that memo, i ve also asked about the
greatest respect for the detail, documentation, in many ways, do i deny the word documentation? that if this case goes forward, and that still it, this case is about documents, and indisputable facts. anyone who thinks it s a weak case, doesn t know what i know. so, mr. davies, i think that it is a fact that michael cohen has done a lot of television. we ve invited him here on this program, we hope to see him very soon. for a lot of folks, his appearances have generated concern. that he could jeopardize the case. first, do you agree with that assertion? secondly, how are you navigating that? so, i don t agree even slightly, this case is about facts. i start by saying, don t worry about michael cohen a. he s proven that since july 2nd, 2018. when he broke with mr. trump, in what he said, were ten years