It's hard to imagine them going out to deliberate next Thursday and then holding it until the Tuesday after Memorial Day

Ronda.

Take a little time.

I am too.

Like I said, you know, New Yorkers and I'm saying this is someone who has lived in Manhattan.

You have places to go, people to see, you're on the move like that.

We will never give up, we will never conceive that doesn't happen.

I object to you getting one.

And now if you don't mind, I'm going to go into the ice pops that's in for a long time.

Thank you very much.

Welcome to the Trump Trials sidebar from the Washington Post. I'm Libby Casey and I'm here in our

studio with Rhonda Colvin. James Holman. Tom Jackman.

Tom Jackman, criminal justice reporter, thrilled to have you here, Tom.

He's been in New York covering the trial.

And Tom and team, it all comes down to Michael Cohen.

And the cross-examination by Donald Trump's lawyers which is happening as we record right

now can Trump's team poke enough holes in Cohen's credibility to make the jurors doubt

his story and his story is that Donald Trump knew Cohen had paid off Stormy Daniels to stay quiet,

that Trump had told him just take care of it, that Cohen was reimbursed in payments disguised as

legal fees and that Trump knew all about it,

approve the scheme and signed the checks. On today's episode of sidebar, how it's going

for the prosecution and the defense. Also it's the place to see and more importantly be seen in New York City if you are a Republican.

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