Coverage of Donald Trumps criminal trial, in a week that could be make or break as key witness Michael Cohen took the stand, and found himself on defense with trumps fate now hanging in the balance. The star would take the stand against donald j trump. Michael cohen is the star witness in the new york versus trump trial. The expresident came face toface with the man who used to do his dirty work who has now turned into the key witness. Everything required mr. Trumps sign off. Will he keep his cool when trumps lawyers begin what could be intense . The punches are building. I think that tuesday, there were bruises and today, there is blood. If i was a juror in this case watching that, i would say, this guys making it up as he goes. Is he . Weve heard different people, leaguer legal experts and other advertisers. Several times, covering this trial, including the key cross thursday. Michael did give the d. A. S what they wanted, including corroboration of what he says words realtime proof
And again that matters. Because the question being raised whether past the point of anger which hes allowed to feel and into something that involves a vendetta where the truth might be sacrificed. Or lied about that history. He said he did ask to be President Trumps personal attorney, but not a different rule of general counsel. It went on and on like this today, if you will. Ke this just like it did the other day. And so its possible or dilute the larger. Defense attorneys are trying to make, but that they are trying to raise. Its possible on the other hand, and i was watching Michael Cohen go through it, that the cuts can slowly eat away as the key witness to Donald Trumps State Of Mind. Another way to put this is without the other money guy, Allen Weisselberg, who is in jail can certainly make trump look bad here in the real world. Others can factor that in, the guys have been to jail twice now. Without the cfo they needed the other trump aid who knew about the state of his mind. In
Starts now. Welcome to this twohour the beat. Michael cohen is Donald Trumps selfdescribed fixer. As defendant he was rolling deep today. Trump not only arriving with Top Republican figures but also one of his own codefendants from a different one where hes charged. Jeffrey clark was in the courtroom. I saw him myself and briefly greeted him. It was in that courtroom that we continued that Group Coverage of the defenses, the witness, the lawyers. That was a few hours ago when i was in front of the new york criminal courthouse. I am, of course, a member of our whole wideranging Team Reporting on this historic trial for you. While the d. A. Has been on offense for weeks, with damning receipts, strong witnesses weve told you about. Todays continued heat on Michael Cohen is certainly slowing the prosecutors momentum in this trial. Trumps lawyers conducting a winding relentless crossexamination that has the d. A. s case wobbling. The worse news for the d. A. Is that the jury has now seen Mi