Why the likelihood Trump takes the stand in his hush money trial is slim
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- Опубликовано: 11 май 2024
- Fmr. Sr. Member of Mueller Probe Andrew Weissmann and Special Correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter Lachlan Cartwright joins The Weekend. They discuss Donald Trump’s 2016 election interference case and Michael Cohen’s expected testimony.
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#Trump #HushMoney #MichaelCohen
Hey Trump, how about take a stand if you’re a real man, instead of talking BS?
He won't. They have no defense.
It is always a mistake to take the stand with todays trial procedures, expecially if you should not be in court to begin with...... Just ask a lawyer fool.
Donald Tell Your Truth ! Get on the stand.
I dare you. I Double Dare You
Be a Man
not a Coward. .
Trump is a COWARD. He is SCARED to face the prosecution. Trump knows he would fold, so he won't DARE testify.
That's asking a lot since dump will never change his spots no matter what. Coward is as coward does.
shout loudly you anti American , he should not as Judge are sold out to the Democrats
He will lie and lie and lie, creating his own story. A story he’s already created
Trump " I take the 5th".
He will never ever take the stand. NEVER!
Mr Weissmann's legal expertise is incredible. Thanks for having him school us on the complicated legal issues.
Michael Cohen is a true man, one who admits to his mistakes and doesn't blame others as he steps into redemption 👍👍
With you Michael speak your TRUTH !! Good luck 👍 💜 Accountability Time for Trump long OVERDUE!! 👊 JUSTICE ⚖️ MATTERS and must PREVAIL!! ✌️ 💪 💙
I find it admirable that he cares what his wife and kids think of him.
@@susanqtips again, a real man! Especially when compared to the repugnant nominee for the upcoming presidential election 😖
@@susanqtips If you ever read his book "Disloyal" he owes a lot to his wife and family for sticking by him all the years he worked for Trump - they knew Trump was dirty, and they constantly urged Michael to give up on working for Trump. Michael was constantly torn by this, but found all the power of being in the Trump inner circle too addicting. His wake-up came when he found himself sitting in a prison cell wondering why he took the hit for Trump, and Trump got off scott-free. Trump SHOULD fear Michael, because Michael knows where all the bodies are buried. Every last one.
pleassee take the stand Don, plleaasseeee
His lawyers would be guilty of malpractice if they put him on the stand, cross examination would destroy him
The whole world wants to hear that word salad
Trump is too much of a COWARD to take the stand in his own defense.
@@markfeland2285 The defendant has the final say on whether or not he testifies. If Trump wasn't such a COWARD, he could testify if he wants to. But he won't; Trump is to SCARED of the prosecution.
Dear mister President Trump, there is no need for you to take the stand, we the voters know you are innocent and a loving and faithful husband, who will fight to save democracy and the Rule of Law for us all. Vote Trump 2024.
When you are the world’s most prolific LIAR…..testifying would be automatic PERJURY…..and the guy who can not open his mouth without lying, is running for the biggest job on earth????
If he testifies, he would be handcuffed and arrested on his way to the defendant's table.
This is crazy he is allowed to run.
And unfortunately, he's driving the REST OF US CRAZY!
Saying’ I plead the fifth’ over a hundred times will tax his intellect.
Cohen can say WHATEVER HE WANTS! He is not on trial and NOT under a gag order!! 👍
lightwillprevail SO CAN TRUMP IF HE IS SWORN IN AND TESTIFIES UNDER OATH.
See that's how trials work genius. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@BunnEFartz A genius would know that Trump is too much of a weak chickenshit to take the stand.
Cohen is going to do GREAT on the stand. He will do fine under cross exam. Cohen knows how to deal with pressure and Trump.
@@BunnEFartzI’d love to see him testify
@@BunnEFartz Trump always loses.
If his testimony is like yesterday’s rally everyone is going to walk out.
Great point.
He won’t! His legal team won’t let him.
And that will be his excuse. He will blame his legal team for refusing to let him testify. He always has others to blame for his failures.
@@mcasenl so true😂
I have never held any sort of hope for the possibility that tRump would take the stand,so I’m not going to be disappointed when he doesn’t.
Prosecutors shouldn't be concerned. Michael has been waiting for this opportunity to pay Trump back since he tried to keep him in jail. I'm sure he has rehearsed mentally every possible cross examination question and their variations.
The way the paralegal laid out all 34 felonies and matched Trump's signature to each was genius. That's how he will be convicted. Documents.
And don’t forget the recordings too
He will be convicted because he actually broke the law. The facts will convict him.
Isn't it sad that there is no honor in the Republican Congress?? They're STILL siding with him!
There is nothing illegal there though. It isn't illegal to pay for an NDA. The prosecution needs to prove that the designation of the payments to a lawyer was incorrect because they were not legal fees. Then they must prove that they were intentionally labeled as legal fees to cover up some underlining crime that the prosecution not only did not charge trump with but refuses to disclose what the crime was.
@@a-a-ron772 Have you not been following the case? Falsifying business records is a violation of New York penal law 175.10 . That's the crime. There has been documentary evidence produced that Michale Cohen laid out the money to buy Ms Daniel's silence by way of an NDA to hide information from the public before a presidential election and not declared (campign finance violation). The money was REIMBURSED to Michael cohen via a series of checks signed by Donald Trump to REIMBURSE him for the money laid out. There has been documentary evidence and witness testimony that money paid the Cohen was "grossed up" to cover tax deduction because it wasn't for "legal services" or work done, but money laid out on his behalf. If Trump just paid money to Ms Daniels for an NDA, there would be nothing illegal about it.
To reiterate, Michael Cohen went to prison for $280,000 worth of undeclared campaign finance donations ($130,000 & $150,000). Trump reimbursed Cohen for that money through allegedly illegal means.
Cohen needs to be impeccable in his delivery on the stand.
As for Trump, getting himself in trouble for perjury, if he took the stand which he won’t, I’ll believe that when I see it
For sane adults, there are only two options: 1) Somehow there is the most inconceivable and complex conspiracy to stop the worst possible spokesperson for unpopular policies, (but not stop the many other people advancing those policies) or 2) He is a serial con-man and the law is slowly, but finally, catching up.
Don has gotten away with crimes for over 50 years. But in the last 2 years, he has faced more legal contact than in the prior 50 years combined. Yep, his life his luck has finally run out! Karma has arrived, and it's been accumulating for 50 years! Yikes!
His supporters don't care that he isn't innocent, in fact it's one of the reasons they like him
still.in.shock here
Don will never take the stand in any of his criminal trials. We just need to sit tight to find each new excuse.
There is no crime. Do you little lawyers know what the crime is?
@@jorgebklyn1........ If trump is innocent then, let him tell us how that is, take the stand and take the oath. That is much better than whining in the street against Judges, lawyers and Jurors. Trump has no obligation to tell the truth if he is not under oath. We all know he lies to support his version of the story.
@@jorgebklyn1 The crime is election interference and falsifying company accounts. Pay attention! (Or if that's too hard for you just wait for the verdict)
@@jorgebklyn1 There ARE crimes here. Stop listening to Trump and Fox News. Read the court documents and the law before taking Trump at his word.
@@jorgebklyn1 OK then tell TRUMP to take the stand
Many Mothers🙋🇱🇷 will vote 🧢President Biden💙in 2024.
I'm an independent but have friends who are die hard Republicans. They are NOT voting for Trump. When I asked them if they plan to vote in November they said YES. I suspect they will be voting AGAINST Trump by casting a vote for Biden.
Blue is the color i see im my toilet flushing whooooooooooooooossssssss....Trump for 2024..............
After Trump bragged about sexually assaulting women, no person with a mother should vote for him!
I am taking 3 others with me to vote for President Biden.
Absolutely! Happy Mother’s Day!❤
I'm in it for Michael Cohen tomorrow. He's lived the trauma of Trump's abuse. I'll be in court next to him, as will many. I'm hoping for a bit of sass from him. Just not over the top. Hang in there, Michael. Many stand with you.
Sad to hear the other witnesses talk about how much Michael was trying to please Don. I remember him as an attack dog. Heard tapes of him threatening folks. See kids! Everyone can get redemption!!
@@lastjob2011 I grasp the pressure that Michael was under when he was in his crime phase. He's a family man. He wanted to be 'the man' for his family. Give him credit for turning his life around. Different from the orange t**d who is unable to turn his life around.
Dear mister President Trump, we the voters are sorry for the trauma and abuse you are suffering with these fake crimes cases against you. Please keep your chin up and we will all be voting Trump 2024, so that you can save democracy and the Rule of Law for us all. Thank You again.
@@MarkSmith-pb2ly Oh, dear. Someone seems to have consumed the koolaid.
@@lastjob2011 Michael Cohen is a con man.
Let’s all CHALLENGE him to testify as he kept saying this is no case, witch hunt etc!!! Go for it and stand up for your words! Outside looking in
President Trump, is handling the fake case like a Boss, I can't wait to see him fight the fight like a American hero, to save democracy and the rule of law. Vote Trump 2024. the savior of democracy.
Listen to what Weissman said.
It's best he NOT testify because he might whine and influence ONE JUROR! Don't tempt FATE!
You don't put someone on the stand who floats a lie out every time he exhales.
You sound scared. Cohen is going to bring info to the case that trump is terrified for people to hear. He paid for his crime. Trump is up next to pay for his crime. Trump has lied so much everyone has lots count. The orange turd is going to be FLUSHED.
You do if you want him to perjure himself
It's his right to be there, if he wants. No doubt the lawyers don't want it. Probably he won't do it, as Andrew says, but with the orange turd you never know. The demented guy may end up doing it.
During first 100 days in office, total lies told
Joe Biden 67
Donald Trump 511
Total for Trump 4 years 30,572.
All unique lies. Repeats were only counted once.
"The Antichrist shall cause deceit to prosper..." Daniel 8:23 NIV
Trump being cross-examined would be suicide for him. Lying at this stage of the game would be so far-fetched. The evidence is overwhelming thus far and the only way to get off the hook would be either a hung jury or a technical challenge concerning his direct involvement with the payment and announcement delay.
In the words of Kevin Costner as Jim Garrison to his jury in JFK movie "Nothing as long as you live will ever be more important. It's up to you."
In the words of mister President Trump, GFY.
@@MarkSmith-pb2ly you misspelled Drumpf 😂😂😂😂😂
@MarkSmith-pb2ly what is his defense? GFY!???? That'll work. 👌
@@markatkinson9963 popcorn 🍿?
The millisecond HAIR FUROR says " I Do so help me God " after being sworn in he'll be lying 🤔😂😂😂
I double dog dare you to take the stand, donald
I want to see that
Stormy was awesome on the stand. Let’s hope Cohen can be as steady & NOT TO GET INTIMIDATED during his testifying.
Kids across America are praying for a birthday bike and for Trump to take the stand.
I fully support Donald J Trump
For PRISON 2024 💯💯💯💯💯
Great one! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣! Luv it!
I believe Michael Cohen will be fine. He's an adult after all.❤😊
He's a loose cannon, but his attorney is EXCELLENT, and treats Cohen like a son!
Oh my gosh, these clowns!
Donald this is your perfect chance to show the whole world your totally perfect stable genius mind‼️. NO ONE CAN TESTIFY LIKE YOU ‼️ TESTIFY‼️ TESTIFY‼️ TESTIFY‼️
🤣🤣🤣🤣
What can the defense do? When you don't have a case pound on the table. Expect T Rump's defense to continue pounding on the table!!! 👍👍👍👌👌💩🤡🤡👹💩
SNL needs to look no further for material for sketches- here’s a cheat sheet--> 1. Lawyer Necklace 2. RFKs worm 3. Stormy weather
Get Real, he wont take the stand. He cant hide his lies on the stand
Yeah right!
The jury will appreciate a defendant who refuses to testify..
Mr. Weissmann's point about the trial turning in a whole different direction if Trump testifies hits the nail on the head. Right now, he has no responsibility to prove himself innocent. He didn't bring this case to court. The plaintiff has to prove he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Once he takes the stand, the only reason to do so would be to prove he is innocent. But there is no story of his innocence to present, just his assertion that he is, and that the prosecutors are bad people who don't like him. That is not a winning tactic if the jury was truly neutral going into the trial. It is an argument that Bart Simpson makes. "Mrs. Crabapple just doesn't like me. That's why she made me stay after school!"
I know, but it would be so much fun to watch
I'm hoping ex-president Donnie feels compelled to run his mouth, but we'll see.
I can't wait to see President Trump fight the fight like a American hero, to save democracy and the rule of law. Vote Trump 2024. the savior of democracy.
That person said you did. 😮That person said I did not. 😮😢 Only one so far has offered to be a witness. Oh but they tother one is not a witness - so do not dare call them a liar. 😅😅😅😅
Weissman's hardly ever off the screen. He's going to die a rich man.
Curious....screen time pays by the on air second?
His words are gold. He has tremendous value and shares it generously, may he reap what he sows...
How? It's just a panel show and his appearances are quite short. He's not Marlon Brando in Superman being paid a million bucks for eight minutes of screen time. Come back down to Earth.
@@andrewlockett4569 Has anyone ever told you that perhaps you take things a little too literally?
Vote blue in roevember 💙💙💙🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷💙🙏
Guilty people dont take the stand
If he takes the stand, I will eat my hat.
The "if" is not heavy. Disagree 1000000%. Michael Cohen has got this!
''I wish her well.''
tRUMP ''wishing well'' Ghislaine Maxwell
Why take the stand we haven't heard a crime yet!
Please take the stand Don the con!
90,000 "outsiders" were at Trump's rally to tell him a NJ congresswoman said "he's not welcome"😂😂😂
Source: I made it up
Source: I made it up
That’s a lie
So it’s up to 90,000 now. Maga Math.😂😂
@@haroldmoore1412 We are talking about people who cannot even count to ten on their fingers because they blew a couple off at the shooting range.
The other pay-off is important. The playboy model.
oh i hope say...the late night shows will explode!
The defense is really going to try to bail Cohennto a cross
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He can’t help but lie so no, he won’t be taking the stand.
Anyone else here hoping Melania is the final witness??!!!!🤣
Cohen will be fantastic he always is. My bet is on old girl the one he had the longest relationship with and who visited Trump Towers. I honestly will be shocked if is still married after her testimony. Media has been sleeping on her. Karen McDougal
She is not being called.
Symone flushes 6 times.
Cross examination is rarely or ever a silver bullet, from my experience. Just because a defendant robs four banks does not mean the defendant robbed the fifth bank. If Cohen sticks to his evidence and it is corroborated by other evidence (which it is) he will be believed by the jury. If Trump is convicted in New York, he will be found guilty by an unanimous jury beyond reasonable doubt. A jury that has sat though all the evidence and heard it first hand. That is how the justice system works. A criminal trial is a very different animal to an election and the guilt or innocence of Trump of the charges he is facing should not and never be determined by the voters in an election.
Please let him testify 🤣🤣
Id really like to hear from President Trump in this trial. Please take the stand and tell us under oath everything you're saying out of the courtroom
Sure thing, but dumpy IS NOT the President. He's a citizen and has no formal affiliation with Government whatsoever. He's essentially the American version of putin, someone who gained office under false pretenses and who should never be allowed within cooee of the seat of Federal power ever again. A federal penetentiary? Yeah that fits.
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959 ‧ Comedy/Black-and-white
Point?
Black and white? 😊
The British persuade the United Nations to partition the island (to save costs, this is accomplished by little more than painting a white line across the island with a cricket pitch marking trolley)
Doesn't Trump's reluctance to take the stand effectively admit that he knows he's lying??
Redemption for Michael Cohen. Yes. KARMA ALREADY PUNISHED COHEN FOR ALL HIS PAST ACTIONS FOR HIS EX BOSS whom was hired because his last name sounded like Roy Kohn's.
Happy Mothers Day Ivanka tRUMP
Stephanie Clifford
Not sure parading your witness on international news is doing well for his credibility is the thing. I mean none of this should be blasted on the news, till its actually news. Im definitely not a trump groupie but in the interest of justice all parties to any case should handle their business in the courts. And till a verdict is made. Only report what is happening in said court room. Otherwise it sets up appeal opportunities that should not exist do to prejudices
So because he's the ex-President, it has to be BEYOND beyond a reasonable doubt .. is this a new legal standard? Sounds to me like two systems of justice.
Ex president has no bearing on the judgement. If it does then American law is worse than we imagined😢
More likely ZERO
Zero or munus zero
The good side ...trump takes the stand , the down side we go till november to get a straight answere.
trump for prison 💙💙💯💯💯🙏
If Bragg bumped up these business filing misdemeanors to felonies because the were committed to hide another crime, wouldn't you first need to find him guilty of that crime?
Clearly not, and you would assume the very experienced DAs office in New York knows this and all the requirements for bringing charges under relevant state legislation. Your statement is one really only proffered by those who don't have sufficient knowledge of indictment and their application to specific crimes.
@@andrewlockett4569 Just like Colorado trying to take Trump off the ballot for insurrection without being charged for insurrection. How did that work out? This is the same. Bragg assumes the payments were made to hide another crime without the other crime being prosecuted. You really need to look at Due Process in the constitution and use your own brain. We don’t convict people in this country by accusation alone Natasha.
trump had big big crowds 2020 and still lost crowds dont mean nothing its just as many crowd number that not supporting trump💙💯🙏💙🇱🇷🇱🇷
I wonder if Trump can resist the urge to denigrate Cohen. Will he take the stand or defy the gag order? He'll do at least one of these. Zero impulse control.
I’ll bet Trump is too cowardly to testify.
Why would he testify, we still haven't heard the crime?
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Thankyou for the Democrat Prayer!!!
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DO YOU NEED TO SEE A SHRINK?!
I CAN HELP.
Overwrought. Too fond of one's own voice.
@@globalafrican2853 My traumas are indelible, in the hippocampus!
Fool
Trump is so arrogant I actually could see him getting on the stand and saying all his stupid stuff
I love these hosts. All gems. Great start to the weekend mornings.
how about getting hunter biden to take a stand?
It's either, he is guilty of charges against him. Or his conspiracy theories about EVERYONE ELSE conspiring and making up lies about him, on such a HUGE scale (nevermind all that, anyone with half a brain knows he is in the wrong)
Trump will plead the fifth 500 times.
Sleepy Don is afraid to take the witness stand.
I wonder if trumpty will be able to control himself while Cohen is testifying . . . 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 of course he won't 🤣🤣
You and CNN need to grow some
@user-ir4wp2iv9f You need to finally graduate from the first grade. How many times have I proven you are a liar now? At least dozens right?
He will when TRUMPS fly.
What's the chance Trump will take the stand? About as likely as Haiti will create a program to put a man on Mars by Bastille Day 2024.
If I was on the jury of this first trial, I would ask the judge if we could find Benedict Donald: Not Guilty by reason of mental incompetence. That way he couldn't fight the verdict and it would stick.
Being mentally incompetent now is irrelevant to his state of mind at the time the crime was done. So, no.
@@marshwetland3808 He has been incompetent for more than 10 years.
@@LogicAndReason2025 I dk what you mean by incompetent, but it's not in a way that would get him out of a conviction.
Crispy orange chicken
Annoying orange, danger Cheeto, mango Mussolini, combover Caligula
Oh no! The dude will tank the case against the orange man! He is a delusional liar! God help us!
@globalafrican2853 When is donald trump going to testify under oath? 🤣🤣🤣
We need a good laugh. Please play a Mary tRumpf video or Hillary Clinton reading her "victory" speech.
Try not to be so Soft on the Fella will ya,he's not one of us...
Go fascist blue
I THOUGHT THE BURDEON OF PROOF FALLS ON THE ACCUSER...
IF THERE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT IN A FEW DAYS
You're throwing around legal terms like you know what they mean. "Probable cause" is for warrants and arrests, nothing to do with trials and convictions.
As for the time, most cases, even simple ones take more than a few days. This one has been drawn out longer than normal because Trump's lawyers have challenged every bit of evidence, even the stuff for which there is hard proof. That is why you have a technical expert testifying that the phone records are what they are and someone else testifying about how they compared the signatures on checks to Trumps and proved that they were his signatures. All this is just delaying tactics that sensible lawyers do not do.
"Happy Mother's Day, Melania!!!" --- Stormy Daniels.
''Hope Hicks honey bunch, you remind me of my daughter, Ivanka.''
Donald tRUMP
Almost 100,000 people showed up to Trump's rally and Joe Biden got like 10 people to show up Joe's done it's over with you might as well start crying now
Check your count!
@@LiseBazisyour fear is showing
Poor Bobo Derps. You believe the lie that there was 100,000 people there? You sad, sad cultist!
During the rally did Trump explain how he would handle the economy and inflation?
So far Trump only talks about tax cuts and tariffs.
Drill for oil and not print more money. @@TenthCrane2788
MSNBC stop:
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Wow. Over 80,000 at the Trump rally in NJ last night. Let’s go Brandon. 🇺🇸
It was more like 8 thousand
@@williamjohns5403
And half of them walked out during his speech.
@@williamjohns5403You literally have to deny reality 🤣🤣🤦♂️
The Betas will protest. Oops, one’s arrived already - welcome, Billy Boy!
NYPD estimate 100,000. Cry harder, William