Welcome to primetime weekend. I am nicolle wallace. Lets get to the top stories. Did you know about the 130 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels . That will be the Name Of The Game on monday when the ex president s former attorney and fixer, the man who made the 130,00 hush money payment, Michael Cohen, takes the witness stand. It is the moment the criminal trial that President Donald Trump has been building toward. Michael cohen will be the star witness as the recipient of the reimbursement that President Donald Trump was indicted for. However, Michael Cohen is a star witness who comes with some baggage. A convicted felon himself, Michael Cohen has spent time in prison and has admitted to lying under oath, which is why we have seen the prosecution tackle this case in the way it has, methodically. They are Reverse Engineering all of the evidence, setting up the timeline and the documents and the fact pattern with other witnesses, corroborating every bit of Michael Cohens story before he e
Ended up getting indicted. Newly released Court Transcripts show his outbursts earned him a stern rebuke from judge juan merchan. Judge merchan saying to trumps attorney, todd blanchethis, i understand that your client is upset at this point, but he is cursing audibly, and he is shaking his head visually, and thats contemptuous and has the potential to intimidate the witness and the jury can see that. Trumps attorney, mr. Blanche, quote, i will talk to him. Judge mer shonn speaking to the court, so i am speaking at the bench because i dont want to embarrass him. Mr. Blanche, i will talk to him. The judge, you need to speak to him. I wont tolerate that. Mr. Blanche, i will talk to him. Now, one of the moments that inspired that and angered trump so much was Stormy Daniels description of part of their encounter in a hotel room in 2006. For reference heres how she described it on camera for 60 minutes in all its cringeworthy glory. It started off all about him, just talking about himself