Prosecutors werent asking him questions and that he would say things that the grand jury would basically hurt the prosecutions case so they didnt ask him questions. I will say them anyway. The indictment came down. But dana, important point on that. Something he said along those lines hits me like a thud. I have always been puzzled why it is the way they structured this indictment was the grand jury narrowly indicts on the business records. No recitation in the jury indictment. At the same time bragg puts out a statement that is a statement of fact. Not a grand jury document, just braggs document and his big recitation about the theft of the election and all that stuff. I wonder if they didnt put usually the prosecutor puts the statement of fact in the grand jury, in the indictment as context for the charges. I wonder if bragg did that document separately because after costellos testimony he didnt think he would make his story fly with the grand jury. I think thats very possible. Bill okay. This is a guy, right, working in new york as the lawyer, right . So he meets with cohen. There is a Hotel On Park Avenue for our viewers at home called the regency. Michael cohen likes to go there a lot apparently. Thats where they met. And during that meeting, this is what costello describes as cohen making the call to move forward on the nda, according to Costello Trump was on the outside of this entire deal. Cohens matter, he wanted to manage it and fix it. Here is costello on that a moment ago. It was his idea to take care of the nda because he had been contacted by a lawyer of Stormy Daniels claiming that trump had sex with her. Cohen said i didnt believe the statement but it would be embarrassing to melania, Michael Cohens words, and i decided to fix it myself. Bill that rings true like hope hicks three weeks ago. I dont know why trumps team wouldnt want that in front of the jury. I think youre right about that. I also think its important we just make the Timeline Clearer for listeners so they understand this. Cohen negotiated the nondisclosure agreement in October Of 2016 prior to the election. His office gets raided by the f. B. I. In April Of 2018 and thats when costello comes into the picture as his lawyer. So when you hear him say what he was thinking that stormy was thinking and about melania and all that stuff, that is Costello Debriefing his client in 2018 about what he was doing in 2016 and what was going through his mind. Because i think some people are under the misimpression that costello is in the story like in 2016. He actually doesnt come into it until well after that. Dana thank you so much. We have another wonderful guest to bring in. Sean hannity. Thank you for being with us, sean. We had this interview with Robert Costello. He testified in front of congress yesterday. A lot of people might not have seen the congressional testimony. What did you take away from what he said to all of us just a moment ago . Dana, i can only great interview, watch you guys every day, love your show. It was devastating. What he is saying here, frankly, if they dont bring him in as a witness it would be insane. The grand jury issue is very telling and Andy Mccarthy and Jonathan Turleys and others analysis have been great. He is saying no, his motivation was melania. He is also saying i did this on my own. He is basically contradicting the whole story impeaching all of the testimony and frankly undermining the entire case of the prosecution from top to bottom here. The jury needs to hear from bob costello. They need to watch your interview, to be very frank with you. They need to watch his congressional testimony and hear his Opening Statement which was equally devastating to me. When you put together all of this and you look at Stormy Daniels, for example. There was a lot of salacious innuendo in her joking and demeanor and so on and so forth. Here is the problem. The biden donor judge allowed this to come up in this case. All of it is irrelevant. All of it is im material. None of it has anything to do with the rule of law or the charges at hand. All of this is based on Quote A Bookkeeping error that was a misdemeanor whose statute of limitations had passed and they try to upgrade this into a felony using this obscene and frankly unprecedented legal theory of theirs. None of the law has been explained to the jury in all of this. And i think Professor Dershowitz made a great case about this. The idea that Michael Cohen, for example, taped his client. Okay, in the case of bob costello. He is pointing out he waived Attorney Client privilege. Donald trump didnt waive Attorney Client privilege with Michael Cohen. Why would an attorney be taping their own client and then used in a court of law . Thats insanity to me. What dershowitz said they need to dive deep into the question of what were the conversations with the prosecutors and cohen like in the leadup to this trial . Because the Michael Cohen thats on the stand is obviously well prepared. If i had to guess it is only a guess i would say he probably spent, you know, hundreds and hundreds of hours preparing for his testimony. Now, they impeach that within seconds by just showing the real Michael Cohen on tiktok and on his podcast wanting trump in jail, you know, using every i dont know phrase that new yorkers often use that is not exactly flattering, dana, you can relate to that a little bit. And understand it. But so that was the real Michael Cohen. I think with the jury Michael Cohen is finished. I think Stormy Daniels did not come off as credible. Here is the problem. You have a judge that clearly is compromised and should have recused himself. He donated to biden. Issues over the work of his daughter come into play. Then you have, of course, he will give jury instructions. What are they going to be . All of this is going to be very instrumental. It is a city, venue where nine out of ten voters are registered democrats. Said from the beginning i dont think donald trump can get a fair trial in this venue. I dont think he can get a fair trial in d. C. Or i lived in georgia for four years. I dont think he can get a fair trial in fulton county, georgia. Not that i think these cases will make it to a courtroom. Bob costello is devastating. He needs to be called as a witness. The jury needs to hear from him. They need to have the law explained to them. This is a Bookkeeping Error upgraded to a felony . How did they come to this legal theory . If turley, mccarthy, jarret and dershowitz and every analyst on cnn cant tell you what donald trump is being charged with completely, that is a problem with our legal system. This goes to the heart of what conservatives have been arguing. The Department Of Justice under joe biden has weaponized. The idea that the third highest ranking official in Joe Bidens Justice Department left that prestigious role, number two behind Merrick Garland to go to new york to prosecute joe bidens opponent in in election . That should shock the conscience and soul of the nation. We arent a banana republic. We are a constitutional republic. The fact that law fare and weaponization of the law and we are supposed to believe in equal justice and equal application of our laws, that is not happening in this current state of america. Thats on the ballot in 172 days, guys. Bill thank you, sean, nice to have you on today. Dana who is counting . Bill mccarthy is still undefeated in his legal judgment so far. Turley saying they should make a motion to dismiss to the judge immediately after December Money testimony concludes. I cant see the judge doing that. A detective by the name of rosenberg told cohen about the indictment on donald trump. This is what the lawyer for donald trump is saying before it was unsealed. Cohen is asked about that and he says no, nos. He says no, sir continuing to say he learned about Donald Trumps indictment is from the New York Times article. Maybe they know something. Eric shawn may have an idea. Back to eric downtown. What have you got, eric . Good morning, bill. They are trying to find out exactly what Michael Cohen knew and when did he know it and how close was he to prosecutors. The top question he could ask him this morning. Mr. Cohen, did you lie to this jury when you said that donald trump arranged and financed the whole Stormy Daniels deal and that you believe Stormy Daniels . It could be the question asked of Michael Cohen now they have the stunning new revelation from Robert Costello as weve been reporting this morning. Cohen back on the stand during the Cross Examination. The claim from costello that cohen told him he didnt believe Stormy Daniels back in 2018 and that mr. Trump had nothing to do with this deal to keep him quiet. Costello appeared before the House Judiciary Subcommittee Yesterday and ripped cohens claims apart saying cohen admitted to him that trump did not know about the payments to the porn star and that cohen did this deal alone. In his written testimony he said this, quote, cohen decided while he didnt believe the allegation he thought the story would be embarrassing for trump and especially for melania and decided to take care of this himself. When asked if trump had any knowledge of this cohen told me no. The Trump Defense team could use costellos claims to try to impeach cohen and his credibility if its allowed. Cohen is facing a Cross Examination from todd blanche. He is trying to undermine cohens claims that he told the jury on monday. Well see if anything that costello claimed can be allowed and brought in. As far as mr. Costello testifying for the defense he said he hasnt been subpoenaed by the defense. The defense hasnt finalized its witness list. They may want an expert in the federal election system. The former president said he wants to testify. Of course, it is the Robert Costello claims that Michael Cohen told him a completely different story than he told the jury here on monday and tuesday. That is at the forefront of what people are talking about here. Well see if it is brought into the Cross Examination later this morning. Bill you have it, eric. Bring us up to date in a moment. Whats happening now is they are apparently Michael Cohen did hundreds of podcasts. Several times a week and the Defense Attorneys for trump want this portion entered and the prosecution objected. The judge overruled the prosecution. And the audio was just played in court from may 30th of 2023. About a year ago. The audio says this, quote, i want to thank the d. A. s office and its Fearless Leader Bragg for laying out payments and crimes. 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Before the break we were telling you about the questions whether or not cohen got a heads up about the indictment coming for donald trump. Apparently he says no, he did not. Last year cohen went on cnn and said the case was like david against goal goliath. He went on joy reid and blanche was asked if he remembered rosenberg commenting on the interview. He recalls ross en berg reaching out. The attorney for trump points out at the time the d. A. s office was telling cohen not to talk about the case and a series of other things. Confirms he never met bragg. Then played for the jury. I hope he ends up if prison. The audio we relayed to you. Blanche asked cohen if he said thinking about trump in otisville gave him joy. It sounds correct. Talks about other things. Blanche asked cohen if he played a role in the indictment. Cohen says i took some credit. Blanche asks if cohen recalled calling donald trump a dumb ass donald. He confirmed that as well. Thats where we are at the moment. Dana well, you are talking about me . Talking about you. Im talking about john yu joins us now. Robert costello talked about cohen writing this book revenge. His state of mind. This guy is saying i will lie, cheat, steal, do whatever i have to do. Im not going to jail. He did go to jail. Who do you think he blames for that . And why do you think he names his most recent book revenge . I mean, quite frankly he is using this to monetize himself because this is the only way this guy can make money right now. Selling books and tshirts and trinkets and being the ultimate antitrumper. Dana thats one of the reasons costello said ill raise my hand and Say Something here. People should know what the truth is. Your thoughts on all that as we sit here today and cohen is on the stand again. I watched that incredible interview just showed in its entirety with you and bill. I earlier thought maybe the defense might think about resting its case without putting on any witnesses. If they can really destroy cohens credibility right now during Cross Examination. But no matter what happens in the Cross Examination, after what i just heard from bob costello i think trump should put him on as a witness. The reason why is because it fits with what you are hearing in the cross exam now which doesnt make sense. I think what its doing is trying to show that cohen and the d. A. Really cooperated. This has all been stage managed. Cohens testimony and demeanor is not the way he really is. The reason costellos testimony is important a dying declaration. In evidence law. He heard what cohen was saying before he thought he was going to kill himself. In the law that is seen as the most credible statement. The most credible statements. If bob c