Im Jesse Watters along with judge jeanine pirro, harold ford junior. Its 5 00 in New York City and this is the five. The fixer turned faux, Michael Cohen finally taking the stand at Alvin Braggs Hush Money Trial against donald trump. The radical da putting all his chips and the testimony of a disgrace, disbarred Serial Perjurer and convicted felon who was behind prison walls for 13 months. Today the jury got to hear from the man longing for trumps approval and affirmation and would do anything for it including taking out a Home Equity Line of credit to take care of the situation for his boss. And secretly recording donald trump without his knowledge. Is still no evidence of a crime yet. Trump still gags and unable to respond to his former attorney. He had this to say. Everybody saying there is no crime. He turned down the case and he could have been brought almost eight years ago, they bring it right in the middle of my president ial campaign. Theres no fraud here. Theres no crime here
Bill how was the weekend . Dana you . Bill excellent. Youve been waiting for this, right . Dana i read about it all weekend. Bill cohen is on stand. Prosecution is relying on cohen as their star witness. Questions over his credibility could make his testimony damaged goods in the eyes of the jury. Well soon find out. Former president said this before he went into court today. This trial is lagged. It is dishonest, a disgrace to new york and a disgrace to the country. I should be out campaigning now instead of sitting in a very cold courthouse all day long. This is a biden prosecution. It is election interference at a level that nobody in this country has ever seen before. Bill eric shawn brings us up to date outside the courthouse. 30 minutes in and how would you summarize it. We are, bill, good morning. The people call Michael Cohen. With those dramatic words the testimony of former President Trumps loyal fixer and lawyer on the stand now testifying against his former boss. The prosec
Trump about to come facetoface with an attorney who flipped and him as Michael Cohen takes the sand. Happy mother eggs day. Im bill hemmer. Dana we worked together for four years, you never do this to me. I dont anticipate you testifying against me. It is weird if you think about it. Im dana perino. This is americas newsroom, glad to be with you for another week. Today cohen is the star witness in braggs case against trump. He served a three Year Prison Sentence for charges relation to hunt Money Payment and lying to congress. Disbarred lawyer and known as Donald Trumps fixer. Bill cohen will be sitting feet away from his former boss as he testifies on the payments he made teep president s behest. A huge crowd in new jersey. Telling the crowd this whole thing is a sham. Ive come here from new york where im being enforced to endure a biden show trial. Carried out by Radical Democrat District Attorney and a highly conflicted judge. He is corrupt and highly conflicted. So conflicted there
So shady, Michael Cohen secretly recorded his client, donald trump. He has already been convicted of lying to congress and done prison. Yet the Michael Dean Cohen is the prosecutions star witness. In the new york versus trump trial. Cohen used to be trumps lawyer and personal fixer as he was called. Legal experts say his testimony could make or break this case. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Michael cohen says he was directed to falsify Business Records in order to conceal payments to sex film worker Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Those payments were in exchange for silence about her alleged affair with trump and while no witness this is perfect, we know that cohen is a special brand of liar like your pants are on fire. The judge in the case has refused to put a gag order on cohen, who posted several hours on tiktok cant stop talking about trump and the trial. The judge said maybe he could talk a little less this weekend. He sid that on friday. Yeah.
6 00 a. M. On the coast. Brian i buckle up i promise. Michael cohen take the stand today in bold in trumps new criminal trial. Even cnn says the case is politically motivated, i doubt the new york indictment would have been brought against a defendant whose name was not donald trump. Brian what . Gregg jarrett was standing by to preview. Those werent be your words but it was your column. Ainsley Jerry Seinfeld becomes the latest to deal with the agitators. [crowd boos] a Duke University student who was there will join us. Steve looks like some people missed a good show. And a pickleball jackpot, one player says he makes 2. 5 million bucks a year playing pickleball. Lawrence im in the wrong business. Steve stays out of the kitchen every other day. Brian he doesnt have a word robe deal. Steve he does. Lawrence fox friends starts right now. And, remember, mornings are better with friends. Steve well get to pickleball in a minute. First, we start with a fox news alert. A major testimony ex