Too, when you dont get the answer you want, you reask the same question. Youre more amazing, and stalling, racking your brain, wait a minute, i had this down as a yes and now hes giving me an i dont know. You ask the same question again, if nothing else, you bought yourself eight seconds to figure out where youre going to go next. You can see that in the transcript, when he asks the same question again, he was surprised with the answer Michael Cohen gave him. You cant write your questions in stone because youre dealing with someone who on every question is trying to throw it back in your face. You have to be able to do improv. I want to say thank you so much for joining us this morning. Its the top of the hour, and give a quick reset for viewers who may be joining us now. Michael cohen back on the stand. Day three of crossexamination. He has been testifying before jurors for about an hour and a half this morning and todd blanche asking questions that ultimately go to his credibility an
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
And katy tur pick up our special coverage, next. Our special coverage, next good day, im Andrea Mitchell in new york along with my colleague, katy tur. The prosecution is quickly wrapping up its case in the first Criminal Trial Of A Former american president. The state is gets its chance now to repair any damage done by the testimony of its star witness. Moments ago, the defense wrapped up with Michael Cohen after three days of crossexamination. It was a grueling three days. The Big Wild Card is donald trump himself. Will he live up to his promise to take the stand or put his defense team rest without presenting a single witness . Dramatically demonstrating their argument that the state has failed to meet the burden of proof. Judge merchan has set a new schedule this week guaranteeing the case will not go to the jury until after the long memorial day Holiday Weekend. He announced this morning that Closing Arguments will not take place until next tuesday he says because he does not want
Its not am here and then agnez, we are now entering the final phase of the first criminal trial of a former President Donald Trump is inside that courtroom there on the right side of your screen as the prosecution spinal and maybe most important witness, Michael Cohen is about to retake the stan moments ago, the judge we are warmer. Shawn, just informed the court that he does expect Closing Arguments will not happen this week, but he does expect them to happen next tuesday because there is no chance of a verdict this week come to see it as a special live cover. On Kaitlan Collins in new york. An object Saverin Washington in minutes testimony resumes with a third day of crossexamination from Michael Cohen, the former trump you would all fix her turn witness for the prosecution. Todd blanche trumps attorney will again ask the questions. The trump attorney landed several notable blows on cohen underlining seeming inconsistencies and cohens memory at one point, Blanche Accused Cohen of inv
Special coverage of Donald Trumps criminal hush money trial. The crossexamination of Michael Cohen already back under way this morning with the defense expected to wrap by mid morning followed by a likely redirect from the prosecution. After that we expect the defense to get its turn. Its still unclear at this point how extensive the defenses case will be, or will it be a defense at all . Joining us to discuss all that, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos, a Criminal Defense Attorney and kristin gibb bin fed din, along with former prosecute bernard villalona. Well head out to the courthouse in just a moment as we establish our contact with Yasmin Vossoughian on scene. We can take our viewers inside a little bit to whats happening with this crossexamination, a lot of discussion about what cohen was dealing with in his own Business Dealings during the time of the 2016 election, from his Taxi Medallion Business down to then dealing with david pecker. Theyre also talking about what was he d