Michael Cohen testifies Trump didn't want him to "flip"

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

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🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, April 14, and reports on day two of Michael Cohen's testimony in Donald Trump's criminal trial. Lanny Davis, Rev. Al Sharpton, Joyce Vance and Molly Jong-Fast join. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome everyone. This is a special two-hour edition of the Beat. I'm
0:04.4	Ari Melbourne. We begin with another day of major testimony of
0:07.8	Trump's criminal trial. This is the second day of convicted former
0:12.2	Trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifying.
0:15.0	I watch him inside the courtroom where Cohen was speaking against his former boss arrayed just a few feet away.
0:21.0	And by the afternoon, afternoon defense started their cross examination
0:23.6	we've been reporting on that along with our colleagues here's how it's been going.
0:29.2	Another pivotal day in Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York.
0:33.6	The prosecution star witness, Michael Cohen, back on the stand.
0:37.7	Trump's former official Michael Cohen,
0:39.3	taking the stand for a second day of testimony.
0:41.6	It's a whole new game this afternoon.
0:44.1	This is the moment we've been waiting for,
0:46.7	the cross-examination.
0:48.1	Today's burning question, will Cohen keep his cool
0:50.9	when Trump's lawyers begin what could be an intense cross-examination.
0:54.5	It's been an explosive last hour of testimony.
0:57.6	It is getting testy.
0:58.9	Michael Cohen is about 45 minutes now into Todd Blanch's cross-examination.
1:03.7	Donald Trump's attorneys attempted to shred the credibility of the prosecutors' star
1:08.7	witness.
1:09.7	That is just some of how it went down today.
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