Decade doing trumps dirty work. Credibility issues are why the prosecution used the 20 witnesses who proceeded cohen to basically corroborate his story before they even put him on the stand. It is also why trumps defense team has singlemindedly sought to state their case on discrediting him. Even in cases that might not be read crucial to rebutting the prosecution. For that reason the defense may think they racked up a victory for themselves today because during the crossexamination this morning, cohen admitted that he stole from the trump organization. In addition to the reimbursement for the hush money for stormie daniels, cohen was also given 50,000. That money was supposed to be a repayment for what cohen spent to hire a tech from to rig an online poll on trumps behalf. We dont have time to get into that detail. But as cohen said on the stand, he only paid trump 20,000 and kept the rest for himself. Asked point blank today whether he stole from the trump organization, cohen said, y
Is youre not the subject of this. I mean it was just a search of every possible location hes connected to. He says youre not the subject to this and what do you know about donald trump . And then there is a ton of documents to suggest whats going on where hes trying to find out information. Then he says this could all go away in one week if you just give information, which we know that didnt happen. I mean to your point that he gives bad advice. And that is true that he said that. Thats not what happened. It didnt go away in one week. We have to leave it there. Thank you very much. We kept talking during the commercial break. Well try to post the commercial conversations online. The 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts now. Tonight, dramatic moments as the defense will begin their case. Why the judge cleared the courtroom during the clash with the first witness. Plus, irans hard line president is confirmed dead in a helicopter crash. What it means in a region that is already on edge.