Jake tapper starts right now cnn Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and the prosecution has rested its case and now its Donald Trumps term his defense team has called a witness, Robert Costello and attorney. What one point advised Michael Cohen that stella has claimed in that cohens lied about him under oath during this trial. This comes after a shocking revelation on the stand earlier today, threatened to rock the prosecutions entire case under intense questioning. And by the defense, trumps former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, the star witness for the prosecution, admitted that he stole from the Trump Organization organization and were not its not talking lunch, money or funds taken from some transaction that has nothing to do with the charges against trump were talking we had 60,000, technically larceny that was part of the 420,000 payment made to cohen. That was allegedly falsified to reimbursement for Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels that payment are those pain mints that make up the 420,000 thats thats the crime at the center of this trial. Whether they were falsified, even though the prosecuted prosecution had technically raised the issue of this 60,000 theft earlier in the trial, they didnt really spell it out clearly to the jury they certainly didnt explain that this was a crime in fact, cnn senior legal analyst elie honig points out that larceny over is 50,000 in new york is actually a class c felony, which is more serious. Then the charges trump is on trial for right now, being either a misdemeanor are the most a class e felony. Its prosecutors have to prove that trump himself falsified or directed the falsification of the business since records. But with cohens testimony, introducing theft into this alleged hush money coverup deal. The defense could now try to use this to raise reasonable doubt over whether donald trump truly knew the details of what but he was paying here. Lets go straight to cnns paula reid, who was outside the courthouse in manhattan and and paula, well talk about costello in a second. Hes on the hes on the stand right now making his displeasure known with some of the rulings. But explained to us exactly how cohens stole this money from the Trump Organization. He admitted doing this and why it could impact the prosecutions case well, he stole this money by line to Allen Weisselberg about what he should be reimbursed for. Their is a tech Company Called red finch. And he said that he had paid them 50,000 hello so when we thought at critical piece of evidence with Allen Weisselberg and cohen was sat down to sort of hash out how much he should be reimbursed. The hundred and 30,000 he paid stormy and yells plus this money for red finch. What cohen revealed on the stand is that he actually skimmed 60 of that. Lets take a look at how todd blanche elicited this from cohen on the stand. Here, blanche asked him, he said, so the 50,000 that you got back from red finch, you only actually paid the red finch owner 20,000, right . Cohen said, yes, sir. So you stole from the Trump Organization cohen said, yes, sir. You didnt just steal the 30,000 because it was grossed up it was 60,000 cohen said, yes, sir. A stunning moment because when he was originally questioned on direct examination by prosecutors, he did concede that hes skimmed some money off, but prosecutors failed to ask him jake just how much he skimmed off. You might assume as a few grand. But here getting him to confess that it was actually 60 of this and then when they had an opportunity to try to rehabilitate him on redirect. His defense was basically well, i felt that i was oh, this because i had been wronged in other ways. And the biggest problem for prosecutors is that the actual criminal charge here is falsifying Business Records. Theyre alleging that trump directed these Business Records to be falsified to cover up the Hush Money Payment, a problem is now you have a big percentage of the money cohen received from documents that he even said he falsified this invoices for also based on lots hi, is that he told the all the other person in this conspiracy. So this testimony, this was another punch that todd blanche managed to land on Michael Cohen, unclear what the jury will make of it though alright. Paula, lets walk through whats going on on the stand right now because it sounds rather intense. The defense has called Robert Costello as a witness. He was a lawyer who at one point had advised Michael Cohen in the last few weeks. He has been coming out and saying that Michael Cohen is lying about him on the stand. He testified before congress, before republicans in congress, and some of whats going on right now. Now is for instance costello said that he cohen told him ten to 12 times during their meeting. I swear to god, bob, i dont have anything on Donald Trumps, so thats he is there to impeach the credibility of my the goal cohen. But whats going on is that costello is really expressing disdain for judge merchans rulings stella shakes his head as if he was exasperated exasperated. When judge merchan sustained an objection from the prosecution about one of the answers at another time when the prosecution objected, merchan told the lawyers to approach the bench and costello could be heard saying on the microphone ridiculous saying ridiculous while the attorneys are at sidebar then in another time, there was another objection which was sustained. Costello, lets out a jesus thats my interpretation, but thats how one says such a thing when theyre frustrated merchan leans forward and says to the witness, mr. Costello sorry and then beauvais returns . No. No. And then and then at one point, the judge actually asks for the for the trial to take a minute. He tells the jury the leave the room. This is a pretty extreme thing to do, and he tells costello in arrays choice, jake, the judge has just clear the entire courtroom yeah. Where is it now . This has escalated to ease concern and the overflow is cut. Were not getting any more information. I mean, the fact that this has escalated to this extent, this is part of why there was disagreement within the trump world about whether they should call bob costello. The only reason he is being called is because the client insisted that he be called. There were people on trumps team that thought he would be too much of a but the judge has now reprimanded him for staring him down. Yeah. This is really taking a so yeah, thats what i was i was getting to that yeah. He told costello and arrays voice when he told the jury you to leave mr. Costello, your to remain seated. The jury leaves. Then costello, after another sustained. The objection. Costello roles is eyes lets out an audible sigh. Sayyed gland says that the judge the judge says, i want to discuss proper decorum in my courtroom. The judge says, you dont give me a sayyed, i and you dont roll your eye the judge says, when theres a witness on the stand, if you dont like my ruling, you dont say jeez, you dont say strike it. Costello holds a long glare at the judge. Judge merchan says, are you staring me down . Then the judge says clear the courtroom theres yelling by Security Officers at the press to leave the video is cut. Courts security says nobody can come back in. Paula you have a jd, youve been covering court cases for quite some time. Have you ever seen anything like this no, this is unbelievable and i know bob costello quite well. Ive talked to him for for about a decade. The fact that he would allow this happen on the stand, it suggests in many ways that he is probably posturing for the defendant. Remember its the defendant that overrode his own Defense Attorneys. They said this is not a good idea. Do not put costello on the stand. He overrode them because he loved castellows performance in Congress Last week where he attacked not only only bob costello, but also this case. And the judge. So the fact that costello would conduct himself in a trial like this potentially jeopardize a case like this. I am actually pretty surprised but it validates the concerns that have been expressed by members of trumps defense team about why they did not want to call costello and also reminds us why when the defendant calls the shots and not the Defense Attorneys, you can have Something Like this happen. And paula i mean, bob Robert Costello. Bob costello, he is an attorney, right . I mean, he he knows how important it is more than the average joe on the street to show respect and definitely prince to a judges rulings. I mean, these are just objections that are being sustained. I was there last week or the week before and you know, i mean, a judge merchan sustained. Objection. Since from both the prosecution and the defense, i know the defense doesnt think hes fair, but as a general note, what i saw seemed in keeping with Courtroom Proceedings for him to do that thats thats knowing hostility. I mean, that is knowing animosity towards a judges ruling this is this is unbelievable that he wouldnt age in this kind of conduct force. The entire courtroom to be cleared. I reiterate theyve always been concerned about costello castellows, the only Defense Witness calls before the grand jury in this case. His testimony he said resonated with grand jury, but he didnt stave off an indictment. He was not expected to be called until late last sweet when trump said he had to be called, this is so over the top, undermining everything the defense has tried to do for their client over the past week or so its unclear what impact this is going to have on the case itself, but this is exactly why certain members of the defense team did not want to call him. But again, ive dealt with him for a decade. I am pretty shocked that this is the way that he behaving on the stand. Look, heres animus towards Michael Cohen. No doubt. He also has some ill will towards the judge. But the fact that he would engage in this kind of behavior if youre in a criminal courtroom and the historic case of this nature is truly shocking. Yeah. And members of the media and the people in the gallery are being allowed back into the courtroom. Let me get my parents well, the way in here and i apologize ahead of time, per usual for when i interrupt you to tell you whats going on inside the courtroom but first, let me start with Kaitlan Polantz who has been covering this now for quite some time im pretty surprised. What about you . Im pretty surprised, but take this is maintaining order in the court. I dont know. Im surprised about bob costello who was a member of the bar would would say jesus when a judge, it makes a ruling, he doesnt like and hes hes not hes not hes not the defendant hes a witness. Yeah. And staring at the judge, sighing, rolling his eyes. Thats clearly not the sort of behavior that you would expect out of a witness. And we cant say exactly why hes doing what hes doing, but he is quite an experienced attorney and he is in this circle of people around donald trump, whos been on the legal side of things more often then in this position as a witness, he was see bannons layer. He was really giuliani, his lawyer. He has been a lawyer in these cases for quite some time in this context, hes a Legal Adviser to Michael Cohen trying to put that fine point for the defense team that Michael Cohens the lying liar who lies . Yeah whether thats going to come across because of this level of disruption remains to be seen will be for the jury to decide, but at least adamson, what do you think . What do you make of it all . I mean, i am really shocked the only time ive ever seen a courtroom cleared is when theres an actual security concern somebody has yelled something threatening the defendant has got up and made movements toward the door. Thats when they clear a courtroom. So this was in extreme step, but one that was necessary because it is right. He costello was showing no decorum for the court, a complete disrespect for this judicial process. And you know what its undermines the defenses case because they need him to be more credible than Michael Cohen. But when assessing the credibility of a witness, which the judge will instruct demeanor is one of the things that the jury can take into account when assessing the credibility and think about the debian or weve just seen thats a Tim Parlatore. What do you what do you make of this . All . Because i have to say bob costello elderly gentleman walks in, has a a good story to tell about why Michael Cohen either light then are as lying now, one of the other, why, why do this . Speculate for me . Oh, i was good because i dont have a good answer. But you dont know, but its formed speculative. Me. Look, in full disclosure. Bob is a friend of mine. Yeah. Ive known him for a while. Did you expect this . No. Okay. No. Bob is the former head of the Criminal Division in the Southern District of of new york, us attorneys office. Hes very experienced criminal lawyer. I know that he has been frustrated generally with the process. I know that when he went before the grand jury, he was very frustrated that frustrated with what . With the District Attorney and the way that they presented the case where they wouldnt ask him the questions or let him testify about certain and things and he brought a lot of the emails and they refused to submit them to the jury. So maybe this is some of that frustration boiling over i was certainly you dont want to have this kind of behavior in front of the jury. I will tell you that much of what were seeing right now is after the jury will last and one thing i was thinking before before this is the volume of objections coming from the prosecutors office. It struck me that it could have a negative impact of the jury of saying, oh, this is something they really dont want us to hear, must be something some there, there. Yeah, i dont know if bob may be if this increases that are neutralizes, were going to squeeze it the quick break shan. 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