Epic because it hinges on the testimony of one dirty lawyer who lies so often he went to prison for it. A brandnew hour of a day in court which is inching us closer to a conclusion in the case of former President Donald Trump versus new york. The prosecutions star witness Michael Cohen on the stand, day three of withering Cross Examination by trumps defense team. He was trumps attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen. Now the lawyers for trump are pounding cohens credibility. And when his testimony ends, i will have one question, can the Prosecution Fix the fixer . Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. We were anticipating this week to be the final stretch in trumps new york criminal trial. His attorneys say they expect to wrap up their questioning today. Could be at any time. Then the prosecution can choose to ask cohen a second round of questions. He is their final witness. After that, if they choose to do that, the defense then presents its case. Former commanderinchief tal
Monday morning when crossexamined amination continues in the prosecution certainly has its work cut out for them. The lead with jake tapper starts right now these cnns Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Court has just ramped up for the de and Donald Trumps hush money coverup trial. It is a day you should remember because if if donald trump, the former president is acquitted the History Books may well point to Michael Cohens testimony today as the biggest reason cohens crossexamination will resume. Next week, were told after he endured hours of brutal questioning on The Stand Today, trumps Defense Attorney todd blanche laid out cohens past lies under oath, and then introduced evidence claiming that cohen has also lied in this trial under oath cohen previously testified on tuesday, i believe, about a key october 2016 phone call. He says he had with donald trump about the hush money reimbursement. But todd blanche today reveal Text Messages and a call log from that day tha
Situation room. The lead with jake tapper starts right now cnns Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We are following Breaking News out of Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up Trial in New York City were right, this i mean, it Michael Cohen is facing an incredibly aggressive crossexamination so far, trump attorney todd blanche has gotten cohen to confirm that he wants to see trump convicted in this case, that he makes money off of his antitrump social media posts and even sells merchandise showing trump in jail. Earlier today, prosecutors had cohen explained why he felt there was the Pressure Campaign to keep him from turning against trump. And how and why he eventually flipped from a loyal confidant to a cooperating witness. Prosecutors also tried to get ahead of the defense by having cohen admit to multiple lines. He has previously told including his plea of not guilty his plea of guilty to the tax charges the sent him to prison cohen also owned up to the fact that he lied
Michael cohen day two for him in the criminal trial of donald trump. The former president will be there. Expect him to make comments on his way in. Well bring it to you live. Big day and especially cross examination. Im bill hemmer. Tuesday. Dana im dana perino. This is americas newsroom. Bill you would love it, really. It is an extraordinary just to see the psychology of everything that goes on around you. This is a twostory drab courtroom. Dana was it freezing in there . Bill it was warm. You can see the 18 jurors. Six alternates and in addition to the 12. You sit there six, seven hours a day. I thought it was captivating and riveting. Cohens best moments was after the break. Spent 11 minutes staring right at the jurors for the first time. Most of the time he is looking at the prosecutor. Prosecutor wants him to talk to the jurors. For 11 minutes he was explaining what jobs were offered to him by way of rinse priebus at the white house after the election early january, preinauguratio
He lies about everything, including his golf gamtonight. E he can add up to 100 yards. Bidens presidency not up to par. It has been a rough few days for jack smith and fani willisd. The days of magical legal thinking are over and the cavalry is notof m are ove comi. The left waving the white flag on the trump trials is a joke. Its a disgraceis jok. Imagine, imagine that. Why are liberals so sad . Plus that says say made the ball. Its friday that Meansca Trump can finally escape the ice box and do some campaigning. Cape hes in wildwood, new jersey, tomorrow holding a rally at the beach. On saturday, we have a tremendous rally and how were all going to be there. Its in wildwood, new jersey, where theres going to be e a bg crowd and were going to be saying a lot. Johnny will be there askingas questions and youll see that on monday. Somehow the guy whos locked Upn Cour In Court for days, weeks, talking to more voters thas nhi biden. Trump warmed up for his rally outside of court today. Ral