Specifically those stills of a cspan video that proves donald trump and Keith Schiller were together, which has just been introduced into the redirection from cohen. So far, todd blanche has landed multiple punches against cohen. Including cohens admission that he stole Tens Of Thousands of dollars from the Trump Organization and the question about how many more witnesses were left and who might the defense call. Those are big questions. Vaughn hillyard is outside of the courthouse, along with Andrew Weissmann and Catherine Christian who are still with us as well. So, vaughn, its the top of the hour. I will let you top us off. Reporter were looking at the 3 00 p. M. Eastern hour, and Michael Cohen is still on the stand, and there were questions of whether Michael Cohen when we started the day would be off the stand by lunch hour. Thats not the case as there has been of course the back and forth over potential witnesses, the back and forth over the cspan clip from october 24th. A video
Jake tapper starts right now cnn Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and the prosecution has rested its case and now its Donald Trumps term his defense team has called a witness, Robert Costello and attorney. What one point advised Michael Cohen that stella has claimed in that cohens lied about him under oath during this trial. This comes after a shocking revelation on the stand earlier today, threatened to rock the prosecutions entire case under intense questioning. And by the defense, trumps former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, the star witness for the prosecution, admitted that he stole from the Trump Organization organization and were not its not talking lunch, money or funds taken from some transaction that has nothing to do with the charges against trump were talking we had 60,000, technically larceny that was part of the 420,000 payment made to cohen. That was allegedly falsified to reimbursement for Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels that payment are those p
Had it and she would tease me about going on way too long and filibustering so that she wouldnt get it exact thing. But you saw that we just had this connection that was so special and i am i am going to miss her dearly and shes going to leave a huge Hole In My Heart and i know in the heart parts of everyone here at cnn, so i want to thank you and everyone here for everything that youre doing for her and the family does two they are overwhelmed and over their moon about how you all have treated her here. She was really, really special woman and we loved her very much, maria. Thank you. Very much. And ill give you a hug after the show. Thank our deepest, deepest condolences to alice stewart, family. May she rest in peace and may your memory be a blessiessing Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now outfront. Next we begin with Breaking News, the face off and drama and the trump trial as the judge scolds the defense witness, it clears the courtroom. This is Michael Cohen makes a major admi
To those words and admit he has a financial stake in how Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial plays out. Tons of details and memorable moments in his testimony today including an Admission Cohen stole from the Trump Organization and that he paid one client with cash stuffed in a Brown Paper Bag. Just before the trial broke for the lunch break, the prosecution started its redirect by focusing on the Stormy Daniels payments and pushing back on the defenses suggestion they were correctly labeled as legal work cohen did for donald trump. The question now, did multiple days of crossexamination destroy cohens credibility in the eyes of the jury, and could that help Donald Trumps defense get the former president off the hook, or do they believe him . Do they believe hissy kwens . A key thing that was raised out of the earshot of the jury when they went to lunch, chris, this whole issue of the cspan clip that showed Keith Schiller and donald trump were on a stage in a rally when trump was leaving th
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