Michael cohen testifying. I watched him inside the courtroom where cohen was speaking against his former boss just a few feet away. Defense started their Cross Examination. We have been reporting on that along with our colleagues here. How it has been going. Asanother pivotal day. Michael cohen back on the stand. Trumps former fixer Michael Cohen taking the anstand. It is a whole new game this afternoon. This is the moment we have been waiting for. The crossexamination. Will cohen keep his cool when trumps lawyers begin an intense crossexamination . It has been an explosive last hour of testimony. It is getting testy. Michael cohen is about 45 minutes now into todd blanches crossexamination. Donald trumps attorneys attempted to shred the credibility of the star witness. That is some of what went down. Prosecutors have you confirmed something new. Cohen is their last witness which means they are on track to rest their case here because there will just be this Cross Examination i told yo
Of the case takes the stand. Tonight, the Michael Cohen testimony begins. The guy we saw was credible and calm if not a little freaked out. Donald trumps former fixer testifies that the candidate himself let the conspiracy. The most repeated line of Michael Cohens testimony was, just take care of it. Just take care of it. This is a disaster. Women will hate me. He was not thinking of melania but all about the candidate. Rachel maddow recaps the testimony with lawrence odonnell, lisa rubin, susan craig, and katie phang who were inside the court has. Nicolle wallace, chris hayes, ari melber, jen psaki, and catherine christian. Special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins. Good evening and thank you for joining us for our msnbc prime time recap of the criminal trial of former President Trump. I am here along with my colleagues lawrence odonnell, katie phang, nicolle wallace, chris hayes. Todays proceedings, unexpectedly to me were like that helpful moment in the old Agatha Christie style bri
Starts now. Welcome, everyone. Its a special twohour edition of the beat. Im ari melber. This is the second day of convicted former trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifying. Inside the courtroom where cohen was speaking against his former boss and by the afternoon the defense started their crossexamination. Weve been reporting on that. Heres how its been going. Another pivotal day in Donald Trumps criminal trial in new york. The prosecutions star witness Michael Cohen back on the stand. Trumps former fixer Michael Cohen taking the stand for a second day of testimony. Its a whole new game this afternoon. This is the moment weve been waiting for, the crossexamination. The burning question, will cohen keep his cool when trumps lawyers begin an intense crossexamination. Its been an explosive last hour of testimony. Its getting testy. Michael cohen is 45 minutes now into todd blanches cross. Donald trumps attorneys attempted to shred the thats some of what down today. Prosecutors have confirme
but first, a moment in court the judge called outrageous and simply not allowed. good day. i m chris jansing alongside andrea mitchell and katy tur and they are back in the courtroom. the judge is now planning to issue a new instruction to the jury after trump s defense attorney made a remark that the jury, quote, cannot send someone to prison based on the words of michael cohen. the judge did not like that at all and blasted todd blanche for even raising the idea of trump going to prison. it s not in the jury s purview. and of course, you can t unring the bell and now we are all watching to just see how the prosecution tries to rebut the defense s portrayal of michael cohen as someone with an ax to grind and quote, the greatest liar of all time, that he called the gloat. vaughn hillyard is with us, danny, catherine christian. both are msnbc legal analysts. okay, they are already back, as we said. we have a little bit of color from inside the room. all the attorneys are