Cnn Special Coverage or former President Trumps Hush Money Criminal Trial. Im Briana Keeler in washington with kaitlan collins, who is outside the courtroom. House in new york. And today trumps defense has pressed Michael Cohen, trumps former lawyer and fixer about his history of lying under oath in an attempt to discredit him the defense is also highlighted some of the various insults that he has logged against trump over the years, painting him as a man out for revenge after their relationship fell apart. At one point, the defense play this clip from cohens podcast in october of 20 he 20. Here it is truly hope that this man, ends up in prison. It wont bring back the year that i lost or the damage done to my family but revenge is a dish best served cold and you Better Believe i want this made to go down and rotten side for what he did to me and my family it only got crazier from there with cohens credibility clearly on the line, when trumps Defense Attorney here, todd blanche, is tryi
To a Special Edition of news night. Im abby phillip alongside laura coates right here and Donald Trumps lawyers tried to pan fry Michael Cohen on the Witness Stand Today and perhaps the most important day of testimony so far, eight oh, tonight, Donald Rumsfeld . Yes. That Donald Rumsfeld gives us all a lens to view whats left in the Hush Money Trial. The known knowns, unknown knowns, and unknown unknowns. So first the known knowns all those bad fats. So the prosecution took painstaking care to get in front of the jury so that they did not hear them for the first time and crossexamination, that cohen was a jerk, that he was a bully, that cohen was designated a thug, that Michael Cohen cashed in on Donald Trumps name all of them facts that the governments attorney put on the record to make the cross case a little bit less of a rough and tumble affair. Second, you havent the unknown knowns how the j. Will actually choose to react to everything theyve seen and heard from cohen. Well crosse
President trumps Hush Money Trial. He laid out tons of evidence during his testimony including tapes and emails and photos and calendar events. Impressive. One of trumps lawyers might win a case. Well, outside the court defending trump, he made a fraudian slip. Lets pray for our other side on this shameless prosecution. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, may 15th, along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of Way Too Early Jonathan Lemire. You know how long it took us to book him . Years to get stephanopoulos and longer to get Jonathan Lemire. He just wandered . He is a chief columnist. How do you like it . I love it. Dont give me a hard time. Ive been in this seat at least three and a half minutes. Three and a half minutes yeah. Early. Right, you were. Early. Yelling there is that. Im shocked. Im shocked that john couldnt modulate his voice. I usually do that on good morning america. Heilemann is here. Author of the book how the right lost its mind Charlie Sykes
Zero chance of being trumps running mate. But, i dont know, something tells me trump would fully support killing disobedient pets. Oh, my gosh. It keeps on going. It does. She keeps doubling down. Cleanup on aisle four. She knocks down aisle five. Yeah. Another possible running mate for donald trump makes headlines this morning. Were going to show you what senator tim scott of South Carolina had to say about accepting the results of this years election. More importantly, and more to the point, to show you where the Republican Party is in 2024, what he said about not or what he didnt say, actually, about accepting the will of the people. Its just disturbing, and i guess we should expect it at this point. I will continue to be shocked. Its a sign of trumps Republican Party, the autocratic bent theyve taken. Well show you that in a little bit. Also, well get you caught up on Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial, the criminal trial, which resumes later this morning in New York City. It comes aft
Cant we use them . Thats wow. One of the reasons why he has he just doesnt have Foreign Policy experts around him. Trump asked three times . In an hour briefing, why cant we use Nuclear Weapons . From wondering about the use of Nuclear Weapons to stealing war plans, to reportedly spilling secrets about Nuclear Submarines, donald trump has a long history of problematic behavior with classified intelligence. Well have more on that one reporting. Nuclear, nuclear intelligence, willie. This is, again that and his love of autocrats is a bad mix. Yeah. I mean, we all remember that disturbing time when we said he was ill fit, but, you know, this is a guy that has been reckless with intelligence from the very beginning. I mean, one of his first visitors in the white house, he had the Foreign Minister of russia and the Russian Ambassador to the United States. What did he do . He spilled classified secrets that we got from another country. Had no reporters in there, no u. S. Reporters there, but