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it's not just a michael cohen case. but he's really important and they are preparing him at length over days and days and days for what will be for sure a bruising cross-examination. >> what's interesting about michael cohen is that everything about him that they will throw at him as an attack is what michael cohen did in service of donald trump. >> yeah. that's right. >> it was a lie that michael cohen says he was instructed to tell and a jury will have to decide and sort that out on the credibility side. but everything they're going to attack him with is something that michael cohen went and served prison time for and again, didn't have the alleged sex. >> he was doing it for the boss man is basically what he will say. i think where he provides is such a dangerous witness against, dangerous testimony against donald trump is there's nothing more you can take from michael cohen. >> correct. >> he's that person who has had everything taken from him. so there's not a charge he hasn't been hit with. there's not a credibili
it's not just a michael cohen case. but he's really important and they are preparing him at length over days and days and days for what will be for sure a bruising cross-examination. >> what's interesting about michael cohen is that everything about him that they will throw at him as an attack is what michael cohen did in service of donald trump. >> yeah. that's right. >> it was a lie that michael cohen says he was instructed to tell and a jury will have to decide and sort...
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and of course by the gentleman you just saw, witness michael cohen. prosecutors say trump's motion to prevent cohen from testifying, quote, reads more like a press release than a legal filing. meanwhile, the ex-president filed yet another motion today as he lashes out at the case that bragg is building of election interference at its heart. his plans to use the infamous "access hollywood" tape as evidence and bragg's request for a gag order to protect witnesses, jurors, and the integrity of the case from trump's inflammatory rhetoric which prosecutors have laid out as well as the death threats that immediately follow from his most extreme supporters. or trump's alternate reality, what he calls, quote, supposed -- supposed threats and
and of course by the gentleman you just saw, witness michael cohen. prosecutors say trump's motion to prevent cohen from testifying, quote, reads more like a press release than a legal filing. meanwhile, the ex-president filed yet another motion today as he lashes out at the case that bragg is building of election interference at its heart. his plans to use the infamous "access hollywood" tape as evidence and bragg's request for a gag order to protect witnesses, jurors, and the...
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but michael cohen went to jail. michael chen doesn't benefit unless somebody else is staying quiet. it makes it clear why he's sow dangerous to donald trump, andrew weissmann. >> what you just said is exactly what you're going to hear in the opening and the closing from the experienced prosecutors trying this case who are the same team basically that tried the trump organization case where they got a conviction. i would add to your litany that when the defense says that michael cohen committed perjury by lying to congress, the prosecutor's going to say, yes, who did he do that for? he was lying about the moscow tower not for himself but for the then-president. so it's very easy to sort of set him up as somebody who committed his crimes, but for the defendant who's sitting right in front of them. i would just like to point out something about the motion to carry on something that lisa said which is there's something sort of very interesting -- the application to preclude michael cohen from testifying is a dead loser, and the defense team which is made up of very good lawyers, susan n
but michael cohen went to jail. michael chen doesn't benefit unless somebody else is staying quiet. it makes it clear why he's sow dangerous to donald trump, andrew weissmann. >> what you just said is exactly what you're going to hear in the opening and the closing from the experienced prosecutors trying this case who are the same team basically that tried the trump organization case where they got a conviction. i would add to your litany that when the defense says that michael cohen...
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cohen. at stake in today's hearing, whether trump would be able to delay accountability in this case as well as he hassaged to do in the federal documents case, but the judge did not buy what team trump was selling. the judge accusing trump's defense lawyers in bringing up the issue of delay in getting documents only to derail the trial. the judge asking why the attorneys didn't mention the issue in february. the judge said this, quote, why didn't you bring any of this to my attention? why didn't you tell the court or anyone in the courtroom at the time that you had made this request? that it was taking you a little longer than expected. also, quote, brought up todd blanche's past experience -- st - throughout this hearing, the judge tore into trump's attorneys. "washington post" says merchan told blanche the latest dispute read quote, a pattern where i read certain information, and then i hear your interpretation of that and it's different than mine. far from misconduct involving potential
cohen. at stake in today's hearing, whether trump would be able to delay accountability in this case as well as he hassaged to do in the federal documents case, but the judge did not buy what team trump was selling. the judge accusing trump's defense lawyers in bringing up the issue of delay in getting documents only to derail the trial. the judge asking why the attorneys didn't mention the issue in february. the judge said this, quote, why didn't you bring any of this to my attention? why...
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one of the keys witnesses in that fraud trial, michael cohen will still le here. had cities shocks us, the former president calling the violence as patriots, who they're promising to free on day one if elected. we'll look at the ex-president's continued effort to normalize political violence. >>> and never-trump republicans are adding mike pence for former white house officials who say donald trump could be kept far away from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. all of those stories and more when "deadline: white house" continues, after this. e when "deadline: white house" continues, after this. a treatmr your chronic migraine - 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more - can be overwhelming. so, ask your doctor about botox®. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine before they even start. it's the #1 prescribed branded chronic migraine treatment. so far, more than 5 million botox® treatments have been given to over eight hundred and fifty thousand chronic migraine patients. effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection
one of the keys witnesses in that fraud trial, michael cohen will still le here. had cities shocks us, the former president calling the violence as patriots, who they're promising to free on day one if elected. we'll look at the ex-president's continued effort to normalize political violence. >>> and never-trump republicans are adding mike pence for former white house officials who say donald trump could be kept far away from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. all of those stories and more when...
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there's a recording that michael cohen made of donald trump telling him to go get allen weisselberg, the former cfo, to get a payment in order. there's evidence here, but it's still a very high bar. i have always thought this is one of the weaker cases that have come to trump's doorstep. but having said that, i don't think donald trump wants to be on trial again anywhere. he tried to make the last two with e. jean carroll and the new york a.g.'s case show trials for him to court his base and he got disastrous financial results. i don't know that he wants to go into another courtroom where he's going to be under oath. he's a horrible witness if he testifies. he lies. he exaggerates, he doesn't stay on script. he's a lawyer's worst nightmare on a witness stand. so i don't think he wants to do this, but he may have no choice. >> it strikes me, david jolly, you heard the former president on the trail referring to all of these cases, the georgia case, the new york case as local cases, as though they don't have national implications, when of course, when anything tied to trump has national
there's a recording that michael cohen made of donald trump telling him to go get allen weisselberg, the former cfo, to get a payment in order. there's evidence here, but it's still a very high bar. i have always thought this is one of the weaker cases that have come to trump's doorstep. but having said that, i don't think donald trump wants to be on trial again anywhere. he tried to make the last two with e. jean carroll and the new york a.g.'s case show trials for him to court his base and he...
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it is not just because of michael cohen. it is not just because of what trump said about one of the d.a. lawyers yesterday. trump took on judge's own daughter today. while she's not covered by this gag order and i agree that the lawyers in this case is going to be very good. i keep jokingly call it the battle of the susans, in the d.a. office, and i still ask myself who would take this case. who could take a case for someone in their social media communications threatens the daughter of a judge because of some loose association she has with the political party that you're opposing. that, to me, is a person that, well, trump is going to get great corruption, i don't know that i would make that same decision and certainly he has great lawyers here. but i keep struggling with who would -- >> the conduct. >> who would do that when your client is out there, not just attacking witnesses, not just attacking lawyers, but attacking the judge's own kid. these people have kids too. >> it is how he rolls. thank you for being here with u
it is not just because of michael cohen. it is not just because of what trump said about one of the d.a. lawyers yesterday. trump took on judge's own daughter today. while she's not covered by this gag order and i agree that the lawyers in this case is going to be very good. i keep jokingly call it the battle of the susans, in the d.a. office, and i still ask myself who would take this case. who could take a case for someone in their social media communications threatens the daughter of a judge...
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there is no valid presidential immunity defense as applied to trump's tweets about michael cohen, for example. in fact, the entire case is about personal acts. things that donald trump did to disguise the fact that he had engaged in campaign finance violations with michael cohen and others including the folks at the "national enquirer." there is nothing official about that. when you are acting in your capacity as a candidate and thereafter to cover up what you did as a candidate, that's inherently not official. and yet they are making this horribly specious argument and at the same time telling judge aileen cannon in florida that they need more time in her case. why? because they're going to trial on march 25th as they attempt to adjourn it. they are playing judges off of each other with a sort of casualness that's almost breathtaking. >> i guess, andrew, i've stopped asking why they do it because it's clear that it's working. will this work? >> i agree with you, this is one where -- you know, as defense counsel if there's like a 1% chance that something might work, assuming that you
there is no valid presidential immunity defense as applied to trump's tweets about michael cohen, for example. in fact, the entire case is about personal acts. things that donald trump did to disguise the fact that he had engaged in campaign finance violations with michael cohen and others including the folks at the "national enquirer." there is nothing official about that. when you are acting in your capacity as a candidate and thereafter to cover up what you did as a candidate,...
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it's about the conspiracy between michael cohen, donald trump, executives at american media and allen weisselberg among others to pay off stormy daniels in the wake of the disclosure of the "access hollywood" tape that almost completely derail and destroyed donald trump's candidacy in 2016. seems the d.a.'s office asked for a very wide swath of these materials last year. what they got they turned over to donald trump, they say, last june in these papers. however, without ever complaining about it trump then issued a subpoena of his own this last january and only in the last several days has he received these 104,000 pages that go to the core of their defense. that michael cohen is not to be believed, that he is a liar and that the facts as investigated by sdny will show they purposely did not testify donald trump not because he was sitting president because they couldn't support conviction on the same federal charges trump argued should preempt the case. >> trump asks sdny for these documents when? >> january 18th. after he asks sdny appears since march 4th he first got an initial tra
it's about the conspiracy between michael cohen, donald trump, executives at american media and allen weisselberg among others to pay off stormy daniels in the wake of the disclosure of the "access hollywood" tape that almost completely derail and destroyed donald trump's candidacy in 2016. seems the d.a.'s office asked for a very wide swath of these materials last year. what they got they turned over to donald trump, they say, last june in these papers. however, without ever...
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i had a conversation earlier today with michael cohen, who as we all know is a known witness in this upcoming case before judge merchan, and is a person covered by this existing gag order, right? we can talk about all the ways in which judge merchan and his daughter are not currently protected and michael cohen is. and michael cohen's point to me was, if you think that the gag order changes the universe in which i live as a witness and a known enemy of donald trump, you've got something else coming. i walk down the street every day in fear. i get death threats every day because i am a person known to be involved in this proceeding. and the fact that he can no longer speak out against me even if he abides by that order doesn't change the daily existence for me and my family. so not only do i want to say to john, i don't know what the answer is, but i will tell you that even further expanding the mechanisms we already have doesn't seem to be an answer for those people who are already protected because for them, the damage has already been done. and that's because the real threats here
i had a conversation earlier today with michael cohen, who as we all know is a known witness in this upcoming case before judge merchan, and is a person covered by this existing gag order, right? we can talk about all the ways in which judge merchan and his daughter are not currently protected and michael cohen is. and michael cohen's point to me was, if you think that the gag order changes the universe in which i live as a witness and a known enemy of donald trump, you've got something else...
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there's a part of this i also want to ask you about, andrew, which is in reference to what michael cohen, trump's former fixer had to say. let me play for you what he said yesterday and i'll get your reaction to it. >> what if hypothetically the money is coming from saudi arabia, from qatar? what if by chance it's coming through a back door channel of russia? it leaves a presidential candidate basically owing a foreign entity all at the expense of america's national security. this is no joke. >> let's say trump does come up with this money for the bond ahead of monday's deadline, andrew, will the american people get to see where it came from? will there be transparency? is that required, the visibility of where that money originated from? >> it is not required. and the same issue came up also in the e. jean carroll case when a bond was put up there. and so the issue of whether somebody is fronting the money to the former president, whether somebody, for instance, is cosigning a bond, now, there's who is he beholden to? whether it's a foreign person, whether it's an american person, doesn
there's a part of this i also want to ask you about, andrew, which is in reference to what michael cohen, trump's former fixer had to say. let me play for you what he said yesterday and i'll get your reaction to it. >> what if hypothetically the money is coming from saudi arabia, from qatar? what if by chance it's coming through a back door channel of russia? it leaves a presidential candidate basically owing a foreign entity all at the expense of america's national security. this is no...
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we know that he had discussions with michael cohen, who is another key witness in the case, about how to structure this payment so that it didn't look like what it was. and he's been -- allen weisselberg has been an uncooperative witness. so i think if they couldn't get him to cooperate, they want to discredit him. >> allen weisselberg is going to rikers twice over the hush money alleged crimes, and allen weisselberg's crimes are crimes that aren't just alleged, crimes for which he's been convicted. it's such a remarkable contrast to the way trump world looks at this one. oh, not that big of a deal. >> let's just pull the lens back. who was allen weisselberg? he is the long-time chief financial officer of the trump organization. he has pleaded guilty -- before today he pleaded guilty to a decades-long tax conspiracy, and it's not just him. the trump organization was convicted of just that. so that's the backdrop to -- to what we're talking about with respect to donald trump. we have the chief financial officer engaging in, by his own words and admission, this crime, and a jury has alr
we know that he had discussions with michael cohen, who is another key witness in the case, about how to structure this payment so that it didn't look like what it was. and he's been -- allen weisselberg has been an uncooperative witness. so i think if they couldn't get him to cooperate, they want to discredit him. >> allen weisselberg is going to rikers twice over the hush money alleged crimes, and allen weisselberg's crimes are crimes that aren't just alleged, crimes for which he's been...
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and, you know, our mutual friend michael cohen did go to jail. throw him back in for writing a book. >> going to jail again, they'll come after him again. by the way, i'm afraid. you know, i've been one of the most outspoken guys, you know, it's interesting, somebody said to me, are you afraid if he gets reelected? and i hadn't thought about it and like he's going to come after joe and me, might come after you. this is what people are not comprehending. here's the campaign the democrats need to run, and i've been thinking about this a lot. there are four people that need to step forward. kelly, mattis. mcmaster and milley and there needs to be a general campaign where these generals who have worked with him need to turn to the american public and turn to the camera and say you don't understand how scary this can be. we really can go over a cliff here, these people patriots need to start to stand up because that's who america listens to, the right campaign, with those four guys, and you continue to put the message out, you're going to lose control
and, you know, our mutual friend michael cohen did go to jail. throw him back in for writing a book. >> going to jail again, they'll come after him again. by the way, i'm afraid. you know, i've been one of the most outspoken guys, you know, it's interesting, somebody said to me, are you afraid if he gets reelected? and i hadn't thought about it and like he's going to come after joe and me, might come after you. this is what people are not comprehending. here's the campaign the democrats...
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cohen. judge merchant has already scheduled a hearing on march 25th, the day the trial was supposed to start. we'll stay on top of that. coming up next for us, with donald trump on the ballot and his election lies looming larger than ever. misinformation and disinformation is threaten to care our democracy apart. we'll talk to barbara about that great new book of hers. >>> later, what is the future of the alliance that his underpinned america's security for decades. should trump make a return to the white house, a former nato official would saw trump tangling with our closest allies is up next. we have a quick break. don't go anywhere. next we have a quick break. don't go anywhere. but just ok isn't ok. and i was done settling. if you still have symptoms after a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq is different and may help. rinvoq is a once-daily pill that can rapidly relieve joint pain, stiffness, and swelling in ra and psa. relieve fatigue for some... and stop joint damage. and in ps
cohen. judge merchant has already scheduled a hearing on march 25th, the day the trial was supposed to start. we'll stay on top of that. coming up next for us, with donald trump on the ballot and his election lies looming larger than ever. misinformation and disinformation is threaten to care our democracy apart. we'll talk to barbara about that great new book of hers. >>> later, what is the future of the alliance that his underpinned america's security for decades. should trump make a...