"He should go to jail!" Michael Cohen tells Donald Trump's trial
The News Agents - USA
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4.3 • 719 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
If the adult porn director Stormy Daniels was the star witness of the Trump trial last week, this week it got even hotter. Trump's former fixer, friend and lawyer took the stand.
Except now, Michael Cohen is no friend of Trump. What's more, he's a convicted felon, a liar and a perjurer. Will his presence as a key witness help or hinder the prosecution?And does it matter that he's told a jury he'd like to see Trump jailed?
Later, why are 21 foreign born sailors still stuck on the cargo ship that collapsed the Baltimore bridge?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents USA Podcast is brought to you by HSBC, UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.7 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:13.3 | Trump is a con man. |
| 0:15.7 | He asked me to pay off an adult film star with whom he had an affair and to lie about it to his wife, which I did. |
| 0:24.6 | And lying to the First Lady is one of my biggest regrets because she is a kind, good person, |
| 0:32.6 | and I respect her greatly, and she did not deserve that. |
| 0:36.6 | And I'm giving the committee today a copy of the 150 respect her greatly and she did not deserve that. |
| 0:37.8 | And I'm giving the committee today a copy of the $130,000 wire transfer from me to Ms. |
| 0:45.9 | Clifford's attorney during the closing days of the presidential campaign that was demanded |
| 0:52.1 | by Ms. Clifford to maintain her silence about her affair with Mr. Trump. |
| 0:58.2 | That was Michael Cohen in February of 2019. |
| 1:02.2 | Five years ago, Michael Cohen was Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, |
| 1:08.7 | and he is now a convicted felon and perjurer. |
| 1:13.1 | But this week, he is the star witness for the prosecution in the trial that is trying to send |
| 1:22.1 | Donald Trump to jail over covering up hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. |
| 1:27.8 | Which means it is the most high risk star witness to have given his previous form. |
| 1:35.8 | But Michael Cohen has stood up in court and said, yeah, I did lie. |
| 1:40.6 | But I did it at the behest of Donald Trump and for Donald Trump. It has been electrifying. |
| 1:49.6 | Welcome to the Newsagents USA. |
| 1:57.1 | It's John. It's Emily. And we should explain a little bit about this Michael Cohen character |
| 2:02.1 | because he feels larger than life. He was an attorney, a reluctant attorney, who really wanted |
| 2:08.9 | to be a fixer, wanted to be the guy who just made Donald Trump's problems go away. And for years, |
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