Defense Paints Cohen As Man Who Hates Trump, Is Bent On Revenge

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In the New York hush money cover up trial, Donald Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche began his confrontation with Michael Cohen on Tuesday by throwing the former fixer’s language back in his face. For roughly two hours, Blanche began a cross-examination to try to discredit Cohen’s allegations against Trump. Over two days, Cohen has detailed the hush money scheme involving adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election, walked the jury through the $130,000 he paid at Trump’s direction and described his fallout with the former president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.1	Lanny Davis is here with us in studio. Does he think Cohen can withstand what's
0:38.6	coming for him on the stand? And we've got Anthony Scaramucci who will join us later in this hour. His name was invoked in court today and we'll ask him about that moment and the political cavalry that Donald Trump has called in.
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0:59.4	The question also is, is Michael Cohen motivated by redemption or revenge?
1:04.2	That's a choice a jury is going to have to answer
1:06.6	and be presented with.
1:08.2	The prosecution is asking the jurors
1:09.7	to look past all, and I mean all of Cohen's many lies and misdeeds and to believe that
1:15.6	their star witness when he says that Trump not only directed him to keep an
1:19.9	alleged sex scandal quiet but also knew of a bogus plan to disguise payments to reimburse him.
1:26.2	Cohen reference of February 2017 White House Oval Office meeting, and this photo, the jury
1:31.4	was told, was taken right afterward.
1:34.0	From the transcript, Cohen says, quote,
1:36.0	so I was sitting with President Trump
1:38.0	and he asked me if I was okay.
1:40.0	He asked me if I needed money,
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