while he sat slumped at the defense table. they didn t get to hear stormy daniels testimony and they didn t get to watch the judge clear the courtroom in anger as he butted heads with a truculent witness. instead americans had to rely on the words of reporters who were in the room making notes and writing down things we saw and experienced. things that a transcript cannot capture. that was something to behold. i could hear people gasping. i was not sure we were going to get a place where we had any guilty verdicts let alone all 34 accounts. todd blanche said he was writing checks from the white house. this was as professional a jury as you could get. what you ve heard about it being the courtroom israel. his eyes have been closed most of the morning and i cannot say what s happening behind those islets. guilty repeated over and over. tonight we welcome you to this special msnbc event. prosecuting donald trump. witness to history. andrew weissmann and i will e
there in person, there were noticeable differences between michael cohen we ve gotten to know on cable news or through s podcast versus who we saw testifying. his demeanor and how he sounded. i almost did a double take when the defense played a clip of him from his podcast. when you heard his voice from the podcast, and you compare that to what you heard from the stand over the last day, and that contrast is something that can play well for the defense in summation to argue that there were two different michael cohen s. i want to ask you about that issue. how you thought his very polite , unflappable, even keeled demeanor solemn. in many ways that s what you