Michael Cohen will only tell the truth if there is no alternative: Jonathan Turley

>> WE APPRECIATE YOU AS ALWAYS BEING WITH US. JOINING US NOW IS FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR JONATHAN TURLEY LET'S GET YOUR OBSERVATIONS OF THE DAY. NOT EXACTLY THE MOST CREDIBLE WITNESS TO SAY THE LEAST WHEN THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THINGS IT DOES APPEAR COHEN MIGHT HAVE COMMITTED PERJURY AGAIN HIS EXPLANATION ON VARIOUS POINTS DO NOT STRIKE SOME OF US AS TRUE AS HE SURREPTITIOUSLY TAKE THE PRESIDENT WHICH IS LASTING AWAY ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS HE SAID HE WAS DOING IT TO HELP TRUMP AND KEEP DAVID PACKER HONEST. IT MAKES NO SENSE NOBODY CAN GET THEIR HEAD AROUND THAT. THAT WAS 1 OF A NUMBER OF MOMENTS WHERE YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE IMPRESSED WITH THIS GUY WAS REALLY SHOWN THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE THAT HE WILL ONLY TELL THE TRUTH IF HE IS NO ALTERNATIVE THEY THINK IS THE MOST AMAZING THING TODAY IS THE PROSECUTOR SAID THEY WOULD CLOSE THE CASE REST OF THEIR CASE AFTER COHEN'S TESTIMONY IS DONE THERE IS A PROBLEM THOUGH NOBODY HAS ESTABLISHED AN ELEMENT OF ANY CRIME. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT EVEN STATED OR EXPLAINED WHY LISTING THESE PAYMENTS AS LEGAL EXPENSES IS NOT CORRECT THEY HAVEN'T PUT ON ANY MATERIAL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THOSE ELEMENTS. MOST JUDGES WOULD BE INSULTED FOR PROSECUTORS TO SAY THAT'S A WRAP WITHOUT EVER MAKING A BASIS FOR A CASE SO THE JUDGE WILL HAVE THIS MOTION FOR THIS A VERDICT AND I THINK ANYBODY IN GOOD FAITH WOULD GRANT THE MOTION IF HE SENDS IT TO THE JURY IS SENDING A CASE TO A JURY WERE NO CRIME WAS STATED AND EVEN CORE FACTUAL ISSUES REMAIN VERY MUCH AND DO I STILL CANNOT FIGURE OUT NOT ONLY WHAT THE CRIME WAS BROUGHT THE MISDEMEANOR I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT'S ARGUING AS TO HOW THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DENOTED IT NOT FOR ILLEGAL FOR EXPENSE WHAT'S THE NOTATION THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT IN A LEDGER NONE OF US KNOW AS THAT'S WHAT THE CASES THEY EXPECT THE JUDGE TO DO THE SAME. >> Sean: I DON'T THINK THEY'D GO THUMB MOTION BUT AGREE WITH YOUR ANALYSIS AS RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T HAVE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AS YOU SAY HE DIDN'T MAKE THE CASE WE REST OR DO POINT OUT NO CRIME IS BEEN LAID OUT IN THE COURT NO EVIDENCE OF CRIME A LOT OF SALACIOUS MATERIAL MOVING FORWARD IN A LOT OF WORDS USED CONSPIRACY AND WHERE DID DONALD TRUMP, WHERE IS THE WHERE'S THE EVIDENCE HE COMMITTED THE CRIME BUT WOULD YOU DO AS THEY ARE CONFINED TO THE PARAMETERS ON THE CROSS IS ABLE TO A REDIRECT DEPENDING WHAT THEY USE THAT FOR I WOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS NOT TO DO IT WAS SUGGESTED AT THE END OF THE PROCEEDINGS TODAY IF THAT'S A LATE THURSDAY I WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE THE GOVERNMENT THE CHANCE TO GO OVER A LONG WEEKEND AND THEN DO A REDIRECT THAT'S A LASTING THEY REALLY SEE AS ITS WIN WERE YOU HAVE TO EITHER FINISH EARLY AS WE CAN GO A BIT LONG AS 1 WITNESSES COHEN'S PRAYER ATTORNEY THEY GAVE VERY DAMNING EVIDENCE AGAINST COHEN ANOTHER WOULD BE AN EXPERT WITNESS TO SAY THIS IS ILLEGAL FOR EXPENSE. PAYING IT WAS PUT MONEY TO SETTLE A DISPUTE IN A NDA MY INCLINATION RIGHT NOW WOULD BE TO PUT IT TO REST. THIS CASE IS GONE TO ME THEY DIDN'T STATE A BASIS FOR A CRIME THEY MIGHT FOR ALL THEIR JUDGEMENT OUT THE WINDOW MIGHT BE BLINDED BY WHO THE DEFENDANT IS AND I'M HOPING HE'S BETTER THAN THAT UNLESS THAT REDIRECT GOES BADLY. SO WANT TO GIVE A MODICUM OF FAITH TO HIM ALSO TO THE JURY RIGHT. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THEY AREN'T EQUALLY INSULTED BY WHAT WE SAW TODAY. >> Sean: I WISH I HAD THE CONFIDENCE YOU D

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Length: 5min 33sec (333 seconds)

Published: Wed May 15 2024