Copyright: Reuters/Jane Rosenberg
In the present day, Donald Trump’s attorneys will proceed their cross examination of Michael Cohen, the important thing witness within the case.
Their questioning on Tuesday targeted on impeaching Cohen’s character and credibility earlier than the jury.
Lawyer Todd Blanche dredged up Cohen’s prolific social media posts and podcast episodes the place he criticised Trump and known as him profane names.
Blanche entered into proof a T-shirt Cohen offered on his podcast net retailer, displaying Trump in a jail uniform and handcuffs.
Cohen principally saved his cool throughout questions that might have riled his mood, although he tried to hedge his responses to a number of the social media feedback he’d made about Trump.
However by the top of Tuesday, Blanche had but to grill Cohen on the damaging testimony he gave earlier – that Trump allegedly had data of the plan for Cohen to pay $130,000 to grownup movie star Stormy Daniels, and later falsely categorised the reimbursements to Cohen as authorized bills.
We could also be getting questions on this matter later at present, together with additional makes an attempt to persuade the jury that Cohen can’t be trusted.
