Under oath. Cohen is the last prosecution witness and the question that remains this morning, what, if anything defense will trumps legal team mount . Nbcs Yasmin Vossoughian is outside that courthouse. I also want to bring in our legal panel, former u. S. Attorney and former senior fbi official Chuck Rosenberg, new York Law School professor and director of the schools criminal defense clinic. Ana coe min ski and criminal Defense Attorney and former federal prosecutor duncan levins. There was a little bit of uncertainty this morning in court, a long Bench Meeting before the Cross Examination got underway. Bring us up to speed on all of it. Reporter the last day week five of this trial, a 19minute Bench Meeting at the start of court before the jury was brought in. We dont know what they talked about. Once we get the partial transcript out this morning, were going to figure that out and let you know. A couple of things that have come out so far even just in the last 30 minutes or so, the
Right . You would have a pretty good sense of what he was going to be asked and a pretty good sense of how he was going to answer it. None of this goes perfectly from a prosecutors perspective. Danny will tell you, none of this goes perfectly from the Defense Attorneys perspective. This is why you have redirect. This is why you have final arguments, this is why as danny said earlier, you keep a list of defenses and some fall out along the way and some get better. As much as you plan, you have to be flexible. Is the prosecution happy with the cross . If i were the prosecutor here and they wanted to spent 3 1 2 days saying the same thing, my view would be let him have it. Keep doing it. I think at some point, jose, youre losing your jury. I take anas point, sometimes you lose your jury, but you never try to. My goal is to never lose my jury. And if youre saying the same thing over and over for days on end, i think youre losing your jury. There is an agony in a crossexamining of a witness
Hello and welcome. Donald trumps former lawyer is taking the stand at the former president s criminal trial in new york. Michael cohen is testifying about his role in what prosecutors say was a cover up of payments to hide an affair with the porn star Stormy Daniels. Mr trump denies falsifying Business Records to reimburse his then lawyer for the payment on the eve of the 2016 president ial election, when the story could have been politically damaging. Lets speak to our correspondent nada tawfik who is live for us in new york. This is a crucial day . Absolutely. Michael cohen this is a crucial day . Absolutely. Michael cohen is this is a crucial day . Absolutely. Michael cohen is the this is a crucial day . Absolutely. Michael cohen is the star this is a crucial day . Absolutely. | Michael Cohen is the star Witness For The Prosecution and the person whose reimbursement to Stormy Daniels underpins all the charges in this case. Michael cohen is on the stand right now and it so far he has
And theyre all coming . Those who are still with us, yes. Grandpa whats this . Your wings. Light em up gentlemen, its a beautiful. Day to fly. Preferred, better science, better results. I, Hanako Montgomery and tokyo and this is cnn just about 9 00 p. M. Here in new york. Fascinating day 14 of the trump hush money criminal trial. Now in the book Stormy Daniels ramped up two days on the stand. Manager thank to turn a portion of defense crossexamination aimed at undermining her credibility into some embarrassing moments for the former president at one point saying that if she were making up her story about sex with donald trump, quote, i would have written it to be a lot better today. Also Saw Testimony from a Trump Organization bookkeeper about how closely he monitors the checks he writes detailing the attack finishing he paid two amounts considerably smaller than 35,000 checks he wrote to Michael Cohen. The day ended with judge juan merchan and rejecting another trump motion for mistri
Crossexamination aimed at undermining her credibility into some embarrassing moments for the former president. At one point saying that if she were making up her story about sex with donald trump, quote, i would have written it to be a lot better today also saw testimony from Trump Organization bookkeeper about how closely he monitors the checks he writes detailing the attention he paid two amounts considerably smaller than 35,000 checks. He wrote two Michael Cohen the day ended with judge juan merchan and rejecting another trump motion for for mistrial and denying his request to modify the gag order. He is under so we can talk about Stormy Daniels and capping it all off. Stormy daniels tweet this evening saying this about the former president , quote, real men respond to testimony by being sworn in and taking the stand in court. Oh, wait never mind. Back of the panel joining us conservative lawyer george conway, who was in court today what were your takeaways on my takeaway. Was that