Republican party. Another Republican Party appointment to reflect the new trump era in the history of the Republican Party. Since then, he too has had to resign from the Republican Party after admitting to paying more than 1 million in hush money to a woman with whom he supposedly had an affair who told him he got her pregnant. Bizarrely or not, for that hush money effort, Elliott Broidy, e the former deputy finance chair of the Republican Party, appears to have used the exact same lawyers as Michael Cohen, who were involved in hush money deals designed to silence at least one woman during the campaign who said she had had an affair with donald trump. Elliott broidy has since been reported to be entangled in multiple investigations for illegal lobbying and influence peddling and money laundering. Nice. But wait, theres more. Because at the same time the national Republican Party last year got steve wynn as their finance chairman and Elliott Broidy as their deputy finance chairman, at t
on that in just a few minutes. i think that s still a pretty opaque issue and one that s ended up being really important for michael cohen s ultimate fate. but you should know, you should also know, because this really is a historic thing today, you should also know what happened when michael cohen himself stood up today, literally stood up, to make his case to the judge. because the way it went down is, after all the lawyers had said their piece, it was michael cohen face to face with the judge, michael cohen making his own case for himself. and then the judge, right then and there, immediately in response, telling him his fate. quote, the judge, mr. petrillo, does your client wish to address the court? mr. pell trillo, he does, your honor. the judge, fine. i ll hear from mr. cohen now. the defendant, michael cohen. your honor, stand here or to the podium? the judge, i think it would be best to take the podium.