Cohen STANDS HIS GROUND against GRILLING from Trump lawyer
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
- During the defense's questioning of Michael Cohen, Todd Blanche brought up a series of harassing phone calls Cohen had received from what turned out to be a 14-year-old. Harry reports on the significance of this series of questioning.
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This forgetfulness about one phone call is a complete nothing burger in the eyes of the jury
True true. People are acting like this 1 phone call was the only evidence shown and is the fabric that keeps the case together.
Shit I can't remember something from a month ago, let alone 8 years.
I guess how maybe they can only get Trump on 33 of the 34 counts.
Let's hope so. If there's a "mole" on the jury... .
Having been on more than one jury-- civil and criminal-- I can say they scare me.
When it was also plausible that he forgot the irrelevant detail ... and focussed on the call with Trump.
It is. Smacks of desperation from defence.
@@philipd8868you’re a pathetic beta male. Lol
The idea that Cohen set up Trump, but Trump made a dozen payments to him anyway is absurd.
And never disputed the payments either even after Cohen got arrested.
Then Trump turns around and reimburses him. Which by the very act incriminates Trump.
@@halbouma6720On top of that if they were simple legal payments there would have been no reason to gross them up to account for taxes.
Maybe he was blackmailed ;)
Exactly... MAGA and Trump are about one thing: Getting stupid Americans to believe absurdities.
The more Trump's lawyers lose it in front of the judge and jury the worse it goes for Trump and they don't even comprehend it. Smh
I agree - the drama hides a very thin argument that there wasn't enough time. And 1 minute 46 seconds is more than enough time to tell Trump the arrangement and get the okay, as well as telling Schiller that the 14-year-old emailer needs a 'hello' from the Secret Service.
Correct.
Besides the fact that it appears all the clowns marching in and out of court (during testimony) is pissing off the judge AND the jury.
@@Janpre2001 If I was on this jury, I'd be disgusted that Trump and his friends don't know how to behave in public, & don't think the rules apply to them.
We're behind you Michael Cohen. Trump is horrible
why he continues lying
So is Cohen.
It’s pretty much a given that criminals are liars and they surround themselves with liars.
What the defense has yet to do is refute the documentary evidence or the timeline of events.
It is a rare case that rises or falls on a single piece of evidence. I’m not convinced that the prosecution has made their case on the campaign violations but the records falsification and subsequent tax dodge seems on point and very on brand for Trump.
Not a lot of heroes here at this trial, but finishing well makes up for a lot of mistakes and bad steps. Hats off to Mr Cohen…now if he could just clean up his language this old lady would be a lot happier listening to him.
bahahaha Even CNN says your ridiculous sham trial is over Wing nut
If Cohen was lying, wouldn't the defense call Schiller as a witness?
Schiller doesn't want to get up on the stand and lie for DJT,(too risky) and the prosecution is worried he would do exactly that so they can't use him.
Trump ended up paying 420 thousand to keep this story quiet... And now the whole wide world knows it... 😂
True that..!
Karma has come knocking..👊
That he really does have a minute mushroom for his manhood.
You don't even need Cohen...the evidence is so overwhelming it is crazy...this case should be a slam dunk. The paper and documents tell the story. That is why Blanche was so flustered and frustrated and voice breaking. He made a big mistake with his career here. Disgrace! It doesn't matter if Cohen blames people in his life...or that he lies...those things do not negate the overwhelming evidence. The timeline, the docs, the checks, the tapes, and the other witnesses, esp. Pecker. The facts here you can not dispute. Blanche thinks he caught a liar in a lie was just performative for Trump. You can take Cohen away and you still have a rock solid case.
Well said
I agree. Hopefully the prosecution's summation will do a good job in focussing the jury on all of this.
Oh, for goodness sakes, the jury isn't stupid. They're human with minor lapses in memory, too. Mainstream media is a drama queen, yet they won't report in totality like you do.
Thanks, Harry. Love your show.
VOTE BLUE
Cohen at least grew a pair of balls and “threw in the towel”to make Stormy Daniels story real. We ALL KNOW trump will never tell the truth.
T---p doesn't have to, everyone else does...
The Documents don't Lie!
Correct.
Charge MAGA Rs with jury & witness tampering/intimidation
Aiding and providing comfort to insurrectionists
@@tennyceb Lock em up!
@@oapster7963 FDJ6T
the cosplay GOP "legislators" would seem to have been "caused by T" to harrass the case. 30 days per intstance for T to serve. They are all just there to be VP because within 14 months (max if Noem) they think they get the Potus slot.
JAIL FOR TRUMP
One 90 second phone call does NOT diminish Cohen's mountain of previous testimony. I'm disappointed in the news media's drama over this small point, I guess they feel they have to try to keep everyone on edge for their ratings! STOP! The jury will do their job and hopefully they'll find teflon don guilty! Thank you Harry for your calm reporting and analysis.
They want ratings. It all adds up to swing public opinion. Not good. We need more independent perspective. So glad we've got Harry and others like him.
At times, it feels like they want a hung jury. That way, they will say "I knew the case was weak". It's just ego for some news journalists, reporters and legal experts.
Stand tall Michael Cohen! Hold your head high and tell them the truth... Vote BLUE people.
🇺🇸RIDIN W BIDEN 🇺🇸
4 more years
Trump for prison 2024
Prison would be too kind. He deserves a special kind of incarceration.
For what .To visit all your Homey's Bro?
@@duncanmcgoo4891 If you could read, you'd know. You don't know.
Trump for prison because his company labeled payments to a lawyer as legal fees. We got him now.
The look of frustration on Todd Blanche's face. He knows he can't do what Trump wants which is not helping. Trump's case.
@paulgames
I bet Blanche is clutching his license with all his might. He might bring it to court, hoping he won't "lose" it. He represents a fool.
Katy Tur on MSNBC expressed surprise at Cohen sounding different in court to on his podcast. No shit!!! How I sound in a bar is very different to how I sounded chairing my staff meeting in GM!
Blue Collar is going blue. Yee yee!
I don't trust Katy Turr anymore. Something is up with that one.
filling up air time with annoying, self-important comments
She’s surprised? Did she just fall off the turnip truck? So disingenuous and BS . She knows better.
Another shithead report by someone trying to get attention.
Cohen, completely rehabilitated standing up to trump and speaking up for us and justice.💙💙💙
THANK YOU, HARRY!!!!! You are one of the few people I completely trust for information about this unending nightmare known as Donald Trump.
Blanch should realize when he looks at Cohen, he's looking at a reflection of his own future.
You are so right.
Hopefully all of these new gag violations will be considered in sentencing.
And I hope they pull in the fact tRump got these GOP MAGA Congress people to speak for him and essentially violate the order.
I hope they jurors use more critical thinking than you find in the media.
And I hope that you learn American English.
@@higgs923 ty grammar checker, I probably should have capitalized Media too huh? ce la vie
@@stormottr6059Don't worry about it😊 some people just like to think they are smart but with out class✨😊✨
@@jodywho6696it's called a Higgs Bozo 😂😂😂
9 years ago you had a 2 min call. What did you say at 48 seconds in?
Yeah. Totally valid line of questioning
Agreed
I concur. But it raises the question, why did he and the prosecution choose to be so specific about this phone call and its contents during direct?
Sometimes you note down what you said either contemporaneously or shortly thereafter. Particularly in the case of important details.
I dare anyone to remember a phone call they made 8 years ago amid dozens they made to a narcissistic a-hole under the stress MC was under. He was trying to save trumps ass and doing so by getting a HELOC on his own in a time crunch.
Is the defense calling any witnesses to the stand on behalf of the Trumpster?
Sounds like they won't. But remember that they don't have to prove that he's innocent: he just _is_ innocent, unless the prosecution convince the jury that there's no reasonable doubt that he's guilty.
when asked about certain insults, Cohen should have asked to repeat the question.
Costello's testimony to Congress destroys Cohen.
Michael, keep your cool.
It is truly amazing how many people will do things that are so detrimental to their own interests for a person like donald. A person that has no understanding how to be in the least bit grateful or appreciative, and could care less what happens to you. Believe me I know what I’m talking about. Thank God I came to my senses, it was at a high cost, but not as bad as it could have been. And I am forever grateful even at that cost.
For the love of God, lock this guy up and throw away the key.
Glad you escaped. It isn't easy.
If that is all it takes for Trump to win, there is no justice
Costello testimony to Congress destroys Cohen.
Why would prank phone calls from a kid be memorable especially during a time that Cohen was involved in the hush money scandal? Nobody would remember that.... conspiring with the presidential candidate trumps a teenager goofing off. Ffs, I sure hope the jury can see through that.
Yes, especially considering what Michael has gone through in the years since then. Losing his bar license, spending 13 months in jail. And he is expected to remember some teenager's prank phone calls?!
It was Barron making the calls. Lol
Lol @@georgebrutko6467
Yeah, he did not have to mention the kid. It was not relevant to the case.
How many phone calls did Cohen and Trump have over the month before and after that particular call? It's probably a gazillion. How can he remember exactly when and what the conversations were and when?
So without the calls (or the content of the calls) is there reasonable doubt that Donnie acted to stop Stormy’s story from affecting the election?
OK, but how many times in human history has a guy remortgaged his home to pay a porn star to not spill the beans about his boss? I would think that phone calls about that subject would be a little more memorable than average.
@@beeble2003 not necessarily every call about it, or the date or sequence or even where you were or where/how you connected each time, or where each call fits chronologically into the sum of all your communication.
I would be surprised if someone that busy could remember details of a phone call from six days ago, let alone six years.
My thoughts too
How many times in human history has a man remortgaged his home to pay off a porn star so she doesn't give interviews about sleeping with his boss? Calls on that subject would be a little more memorable than your common or garden phone call.
Blanche yelling "that's a lie" doesn't make it one. Blanche can't offer testimony.
Isn’t the jury insulted by the defense thinking they’re gullible enough to believe Trump didn’t know about this and he was only doing it to protect Melania? Sheesh.
They ought to be insulted. They've been presented with some pretty compelling evidence to the contrary and little to no evidence supporting the claim offered by the defense.
@@Batfan166
I’m not in the courtroom, but I’d be pretty shocked if they didn’t find something in over 30 counts. I know it only takes one, and it’s a reasonable doubt standard, but from the time Pecker took the stand it’s been going downhill for Trump heading for conviction.
@joko09010 He's going to be convicted. Todd Blanche blew it in his opening statement with the denials. It's as it should be. He deserves it.
Cohen was unflappable and did an excellent job during his testimony. Blanche scored 1 point for the defense on Thursday right before lunch.
Cohen hopefully you realize the support behind you God bless stay cool God speed ❤
@andrewfrazer
He did.
WOW, the defense gets in a lucky shot. With the amount of stuff Trump is wrapped up in one would have some memory confusion. Blanch overall sucked as a defense attorney.
It did sound like Blanche was trying with his yelling and attempts at humiliation to get Michael to lose his cool.
Yelling at the witness does not mean you are winning! It shows how weak you are!
Let's say it was a good moment for the defense
But, it was the only moment and does not negate the mountain of physical evidence of
previous testimony.
Absolutely. I don't think it was much😊
I’m so sick of legal pundits on the major networks. They do far more harm than good. I miss the days when news came on twice a day. 😏
ARI MELBER´s career is entering the bloodbath phase! So disappointing!
IKR?
I knew he would,he survived Trump
Go Harry!!
Harry does a better job wrapping up. Not recalling correctly on 1 call 8 years earlier in view of tons of corroborated documents and testimony doesn’t even count as glancing blow given errors Bland made that were sustained on objection
A phone call 8 years ago? I can't remember what I had for dinner last night, nevermind a phone call 8 years ago!
I stand with Michael. However, if he had not participated in this scheme we’d have 6 liberal justices in scotus now. Also, women would still have of their healthcare rights.
Michael was in a cult as he himself admitted on the stand, he deprogrammed himself, and now he's trying to help make things right. That's something we should all be proud of. Donald Trump is the real villain here for ordering the thing in the first place. That's what we need to remember here. Michael carried it out, but Trump ordered it.
When you put it like that...
But then again, Hillary was such a problematic candidate and half the electorate were screaming 'burn it all down' and would have voted for Trump regardless, and I'd say none of that is on Cohen.
I mean, who the hell would vote for Trump after the Hollywood Access tape came out?
@@512Squared MAGA women did.
Hillary had 2.5 million more votes than Trump.
It is an outrage that democracy is subverted by antiquated voting systems. States don’t vote, people vote. Make every vote count.
I'd love to see you & Glenn Kirschner do a collaboration & get into the people that won't allow reality to sink in.
They'll never get it. I still see them asking what the crime is.
Costello's testimony to Congress destroys Cohen.
Thank you Harry!
Good analysis Harry.
Go Michael! We have your back.
If I was a juror and heard this exchange of Cohen mixing up one call, that wouldn't have swayed me. The lawyer saying, that's a lie, and than saying the jury doesn't want to know what you think, would definitely put my back up against tRump and his lawyer.
Questions are not evidence.
Documents are evidence... Glenn Kirschner
@@jlocey87 Closing arguments will paint a clear picture, I'm certain.
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The defence doesn't need evidence, because they don't need to prove anything.
Thanks Harry, here's hoping that Dozing Donnie has a very bad Monday.
Thanks, Harry! Appreciate your explanation!!
Thank you, Harry.
I am so impressed with your coverage of this momentous moment in history. I didn't go to law school because I didn't want to be a lawyer, lol. I prefer your videos because you don't ask me to understand the process, you just describe the important facts.. It's always a treat to see you on TV, too.
You are doing an outstanding job and serving your country well!
Thanks Harry. You give hope.
Thanks Harry! Have a great weekend.
Great breakdown Harry. I value your opinion as much as anyone doing analysis on this trial. Keep up the good work.
Thank you Mr. Litman - well explained.
The know nothing media says all this is huge.... the intelligent lawyers are like, no this is nothing.
I hope Michael’s testimony does the little wannabe mob in. Thanks.
Sounds like much to do about nothing. 8:34
Thank you Harry✨🇺🇸✨💙✨
As always, great show !!
It’s outrageous
I feel like I’m having a nightmare
When will this bs end .
This is ridiculous! These people never fail to sink to a low level. Vote 💙💙💙👍🏻
As a juror I would be more suspicious of various witnesses testimony being perfectly aligned and in sync.
Thank you, as always, for your calm and reasoned explanations.
An even handed account by Litman, as opposed to the talking heads elsewhere. There is no way to know how a jury processes testimony from mere observation, particularly a relatively short trial like this. People (jurors) hear what they want to hear and see what they want to see.
Thank you
Harry Litman your services are invaluable. Thanks so much!
Thanks Harry! You're Awesome 😊
I think it’s a huge benefit to the prosecution that they have the weekend to prepare the re-direct. Blanche should have ended the cross then and there and force the prosecution to do the redirect under stress in front of a fatigued jury.
The prosecution can now prepare and the jury will come in fresh. Cohen will be well prepared and can contextualize why he lied and for whom he lied.
great points!
Thanks for the insights, Harry.
Amateur analysts on CNN and MSNBC pretending beyond a reasonable doubt requires perfection on the side of the prosecution.
I am a little concerned about how different people would define "reasonable" these days. 😐
@@reverbscherzo7850 The judge defines it when "charging" the jury (the final instructions to the jury before deliberation). Something like: ... not a hypothetical or fanciful doubt; but must be a doubt based in evidence, that the juror believes is a reasonable explanation...
Completely ridiculous. One call and there was more than one thing discussed
Thank you Harry
I’m proud of Cohen. It had to be extremely stressful. It’s only the first ever criminal trial of a US president! No big deal….
Thanks
Why isn’t Schiller a witness
My thought also
Thank you Mr. Litman for your detailed explanation.
Who the heck believes that Schiller is telling the truth??? This is so easily rehabilitated on redirect!
I am curious after texting about the kid, couldn't MC have stated please do something about it and tell DJT that everything is copectic with SD in 90 seconds? I know that I could.
Thank you, Harry. Other people are calling it a lie and it actually sounds like a mistake instead. People can just be nuts!
Thank you for putting this in proper perspective.
Harry is the best
HARRY LITMAN
Thank you for such an even-handed explanation of the different points of view.
Thank you for another great video & trial update!! I very much appreciate what you do!!
To watch CNN you’d think Weasel Trump successfully slithering away again… Keep it up, Harry!
The summation is the paper trail.
hey harry
Thanks Harry, as usual, just the info explained as simple as possible without being drawn out instead of trying to turn it into a 'show'. You are the news 'program' I always go to, when I'm really tired of all the gobbledygook with all the extra filler talk for the 'show'. Thanks!
Blanche is going to need new caps on his molars from all the jaw clenching
The best thing the prosecution can do Monday is make clear to the Jury that Cohen made hundreds or thousands of emails and calls eight years ago. No one should be expected to remember minute details of one particular event out of hundreds or thousands that long ago. The Jury must be given more details about this and related events in this timeframe and weigh its significance against other documented and related events.
Harry - this is the best analysis I have heard of this moment in the court. No emotion, no hyperbole, just the facts and then your opinion. From my opinion, I'm disappointed the prosecutors did not know of these texts or foresee how the defence would use them. They have gone to such lengths to corroborate the rest of his testimony.
They have trump on tape discussing the payment
Thank you so much Harry!
Definitely conflicting reports on Cohen's grilling.