“Ripped to shreds”

“The mere appearance of bias”

Deadline: White House - “Clear the courtroom”

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Andrew Weissmann, Susanne Craig, Donny Deutsch, Vaughn Hillyard, Yasmin Vossoughian, Kristy Greenberg, Tim O’Brien, Jeremy Saland, and George Stephanopoulos.

“Clear the courtroom”

Hi everyone welcome to Monday 4 o'clock in New York the people of the great state of New York versus Donald J. Trump is right now entering a brand new chapter. The prosecution has arrested its case and team Trump has started its defense on the stand right now.

Attorney Robert Costello, who according to Michael Cohen

formed a back channel to Donald Trump himself

Costello claiming that Michael Cohen told him,

Trump did not know about the hush money payments to Stormy Daniels.

Cohen has testified on direct that he was still in protect Trump

mode at the time that he didn't tell Costello. The prosecution rested its case

though just in the last hour after methodically brick by brick restating the elements of their

criminal case against the ex president. They sought to clean up some of the damage

done by Trump defense attorney Todd Blanche with an assist from their star witness,

Trump's ex-attorney Michael Cohen, prosecutor Susan Hoffinger bringing the case

back to its basics. As the New York Times reports, quote,

are you actually on trial here in this case?

Through her questions, Hoffinger made an obvious point

that the defense was seeking to make Michael Cohen look like a criminal.

But ultimately the jurors aren't here to judge Cohen's criminality, they're here to judge

Trump. Hoffinger also reminding the jury that Michael Cohen already pleaded guilty

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0:00.0	Hi everyone welcome to Monday 4 o'clock in New York the people of the great state of New York versus Donald J. Trump is right now entering a brand new chapter. The prosecution has arrested its case and team Trump has started its defense on the stand right now.
0:23.1	Attorney Robert Costello, who according to Michael Cohen
0:26.1	formed a back channel to Donald Trump himself
0:28.8	in the year 2018.
0:30.2	That's when Michael Cohen was the target
0:32.4	of a federal criminal investigation.
0:34.6	Costello claiming that Michael Cohen told him,
0:37.2	Trump did not know about the hush money payments to Stormy Daniels.
0:40.5	Cohen has testified on direct that he was still in protect Trump
0:44.7	mode at the time that he didn't tell Costello. The prosecution rested its case
0:49.4	though just in the last hour after methodically brick by brick restating the elements of their
0:55.0	criminal case against the ex president. They sought to clean up some of the damage
0:59.2	done by Trump defense attorney Todd Blanche with an assist from their star witness,
1:04.3	Trump's ex-attorney Michael Cohen, prosecutor Susan Hoffinger bringing the case
1:09.2	back to its basics. As the New York Times reports, quote,
1:12.6	are you actually on trial here in this case?
1:15.0	Hoffinger asked Michael Cohen.
1:16.9	No, he said.
1:18.1	Through her questions, Hoffinger made an obvious point
1:21.4	that the defense was seeking to make Michael Cohen look like a criminal.
1:24.9	But ultimately the jurors aren't here to judge Cohen's criminality, they're here to judge
1:30.0	Trump. Hoffinger also reminding the jury that Michael Cohen already pleaded guilty
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“Clear the courtroom”

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