Trump's lawyers start questioning Michael Cohen in "hush money" trial

CAN BE LARRY HOGAN. >>> WELCOME TO "AMERICA DECIDES." I AM ED O'KEEFE. A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE CAMPAIGN IS TURNING OUT TO BE. DONALD TRUMP STAGED A BIT OF A SIDESHOW OUTSIDE OF THE MANHATTAN COURTHOUSE. MICHAEL COHEN ENDURED A 2nd DAY ON THE STAND. 1027 DETAILED HOW HE ARRANGED FOR PAYMENTS TO ADULT FILM ACTOR STORMY DANIELS AND BEGAN FACING CROSS-EXAMINATION BY THE PRESIDENT'S ATTORNEYS. THERE HOPING WHERE ATTENTION IS PAID TO A COURTHOUSE VISIT BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE MIKE JOHNSON, WHO SHUT UP OUTSIDE TO DEFEND THE FORMER PRESIDENT. SODA POTENTIAL RUNNING MITTS LIKE VIVEK RAMASWAMY , AND A HANDFUL OF REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN. THEN THERE IS PRESIDENT BIDEN WHO HERE TODAY IN WASHINGTON DID SOMETHING HE ONCE CRITICIZED DONALD TRUMP FOR DOING, HIKING TARIFFS ON CHINA. WHAT A DIFFERENCE FOUR YEARS MAKES AFTER A THOUGHTFUL AND STUDIED REVIEW POTENTIAL TARIFFS, THE PRESIDENT INNOCENCE BACKTRACKED ON HIS 2020 ATTACKS ON TRUMPET IS NOW EMBRACING BIPARTISAN CALLS TO GET TOUGHER ON AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE ADVERSARY. HE IS HOPING HIS MOVES BOLSTER HIS STANDING WITH VOTERS WHO BELIEVE HE HAS NOT DONE ENOUGH. >>> LET'S BEGIN WITH WHAT WENT ON INSIDE THE MANHATTAN CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE TODAY. FOR THAT WE TURN TO ERROL BARNETT. GOOD TO SEE YOU. WHAT DID WE HEAR FROM MICHAEL COHEN TODAY ON THE STAND CRACKS >> Reporter: GREAT TO SEE YOU. I WAS IN THE MAIN COURTROOM FOR MOST OF THE DAY, AND PROSECUTORS CONTINUED WITH WHAT WAS REALLY KEY TESTIMONY FROM COHEN, FINALLY GETTING TO THE BEDROCK OF THIS CASE, THE 34 FELONY COUNTS OF FALSIFIED BUSINESS RECORDS. THEY METHODICALLY WALKED THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ONE. WE'RE TALKING 11 CHECKS, 11 INVOICES, AND 12 SO-CALLED VOUCHERS OR LEDGERS FROM THE TRUMP SIDE THAT CONFIRM PAYMENTS WERE MADE TO COHEN IN 2017, EACH IN THE AMOUNT OF $35,000 WHICH WENT BEYOND THE $30,000 HE SAID HE PAID TO STORMY DANIELS AS PART OF THAT HUSH MONEY DEAL. THE PROSECUTION THEN WALKED THROUGH THE FBI RAID ON COHEN'S HOME AND OTHER PROPERTIES WHICH IS WHAT LED TO HIS ULTIMATE GUILTY PLEA AND WHEN HE EFFECTIVELY FLIPPED ON DONALD TRUMP. THE DEFENSE GOT THERE OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS-EXAMINE MICHAEL COHEN PICKETT STARTED WITH A SIMPLE QUESTION . WE NEVER MET AND YOU DON'T KNOW ME BUT ON TIKTOK YOU CALLED ME A CRYING LITTLE EXPLETIVE TO WHICH COHEN REPLIED IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING I WOULD SAY THEM AS THE PROSECUTION OBJECTED AND THE JUDGE SUSTAINED THE OBJECTION. THAT CHARACTERIZED THE ENTIRE AFTERNOON AS TRUMP'S DEFENSE TEAM TRIED TO CHARACTERIZE COHEN AS SOMEONE MOTIVATED BY MONEY, SOMEONE NOT LOYAL TO DONALD TRUMP, AND WHO COULD NOT BE TRUSTED. A REMARKABLE DAY IN THE COURTHOUSE.

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Keywords: Politics, Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, Crime, Trial, Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, America Decides Segments, U.S., CBS News

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Length: 2min 57sec (177 seconds)

Published: Tue May 14 2024