Blanche in the White House: Do we really need a prosecutor? Why prosecutors shouldn’t prosecute the fake business records case?
Blanche spent a long time depicting Cohen as a publicity hound cashing in on his decision to flip on Trump. The person was guilty as charged. The decision to make sport of Trump in an orange jumpsuit during the trial, while angering both the defense and prosecution, doesn’t relate to the fake business records case. Cohen made it clear to the jury that he wasn’t responding in kind to Trump, a few of which they have seen more than once. The jury’s time was wasted by this waste.
After only two or three wins in his major-league career, Todd is like a pitcher assigned to start the 7th game of the World Series. Though a seasoned former federal prosecutor, he has little experience as a defense attorney — and it showed.
We are only a third of the way through the cross, but so far he is too pleasant and meandering for the character he is going to play.
A line of inquiry like this about Cohen and Stormy Daniels was informative and entertaining. When he quoted Cohen calling Trump a “boorish cartoon misogynist,” Cohen wielded the same mild and effective rejoinder he used twice earlier: “Sounds like something I would say.” My kids want to see me in that shirt.
The rhythm was not easy to find for Blanche. Cohen was asked if he had appeared on MSNBC shows. When Cohen said yes, Blanche had no follow-up.
His real problem is that he doesn’t have much to work with. Cohen had a very low-key cross during his testimony Monday and Tuesday.
Blanche has been handcuffed by a client who wanted to see Cohen’s insults and his own aired in court.
The court adjourned at around 4p.m. Tuesday, and Blanche started talking about why other prosecutors wouldn’t prosecute this case. That could be a blessing for him. He will need to hit Cohen with the bases loaded to get back in the game after all the runs the prosecution has scored.
Donald Trump‘s trial on felony hush-money corruption is historic: A Manhattan resident’s first encounter with the man’s “MAKE America Great Again” hat
“I’m just curious, you know?” This object of my fury for about eight years — we have the opportunity to see him,” Trippet said. “Every day that I haven’t had to work or whatever, I’ll try to come running over and see what’s going on because it’s just — it’s fascinating.”
Moni Mohan is a Manhattan resident. She wore her red, white and blue “Make America Great Again” hat and said she wanted to see and hear the trial for herself.
“I didn’t know him very well, so I started … slowly learning, and now I really strongly support him … because I really think his policy is good for the world and good for America,” Mohan said, noting that in 2016 she voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton. “America comes first, I really believe that. Every president should think about their country first.
The trial is historic. This is the first time a sitting or former president has been tried on criminal charges. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee is accused of 34 felony counts of faking business records in order to further crimes ahead of the 2016 election.
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Mandt from Los Angeles paid for a line sitter to be near the front of the line. Mandt was a producer on the O.J. Simpson trial.
Cauffman said that it was difficult to get to New York City from where he lives. I’ve followed the trial closely, but haven’t read any of the transcripts and have no idea what the mood is like. I want to have an idea of what it is like.
Several people paid for dedicated line-sitting services because of the chance to witness the proceedings firsthand. Cauffman paid more than $400 for line sitters after he and a friend took a four-hour train from Massachusetts.
“It’s history. Eileen said it was great to make sure to see things like this. “And I wanted to kind of see for myself how it … all works and how it’s going.”
There were other family members of Craig and Jessica Weinstein. Eileen Lucuski waited with her son Andrew at the front of the line when Andrew was home from college. They arrived downtown at 3 a.m.
The general public is welcome to watch but they are not allowed in. The line will usually start with a few people in front of the courtroom where Trump and the witnesses are, and then a few more in the overflow room, where the proceedings can be watched on TV. Some line standers say they start camping out at midnight, or even the night before. The courthouse doors usually open to the line about an hour and half before the 9:30 a.m. ET start of the trial weekdays except Wednesdays.
Source: These people waited hours to see the Trump hush-money trial up close. Here’s why
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“We always like to do the historical events,” Weinstein said. The last game at Yankee Stadium. Last game at Shea Stadium. We do anything that’s big. This is our thing.
Craig Weinstein and his daughter Jessica were among those in line on Monday — the first day of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s testimony — visiting from California for Mother’s Day. They arrived in downtown New York at about 5 a.m. Eating their oatmeal and fruit breakfast far back in the line, they hoped to at least make it into the overflow room to watch the proceedings.
I’m really upset because it sounds like this is going to be the only trial before the election. So something went wrong, in my opinion,” Weinstein said, describing herself as a “Rockefeller Republican.”
“I feel absolutely betrayed by the man … because I knew of him as being a New Yorker,” Topp said, adding that she didn’t like how Trump ran the government during his term. “I’m sorry, but Donald Trump has not been following the rules. I am hoping that New York City will show itself here.
After several weeks of testimony, on Monday jurors heard Cohen confirm two key details on the stand: Trump knew about the settlement negotiation with former adult actor Stormy Daniel to keep her allegations of an affair out of the press ahead of the 2016 election and that Trump directed Cohen to make a payment of $130,000 to her because of the election. When he’s cross examined, Trump’s lawyers will likely try to debunk Cohen’s testimony and resurface his own convictions for lying under oath.
Several former and current Trump employees testified that Trump received personal invoices and paid them with personal checks while he was in office.
Over and over, Cohen said that he lied and ran damage control in order to protect his then-boss, including after the news broke that a settlement had been made with Daniels.
Jurors have also heard from former National Enquirer publisher Pecker, who first testified to the details of the deals made to flag potentially damaging stories to Cohen and Trump. And jurors heard from Keith Davidson, the lawyer who negotiated the nondisclosure agreements and settlement payments for Daniels and former Playboy playmate Karen McDougal. McDougal is not expected to be called to testify.
Trump is accused of breaking campaign finance law for reimbursements to Cohen. Trump has pleaded not guilty, and he has denied the allegations of extramarital affairs.