Fullscale invasion of rafah. Lets go out front and good evening. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. A crying little expletive. It got ugly in the Hush Money Case Today For Trump and right away, i mean, right off the bat. That was just one of the first leinz trumps defense attorney, Todd Blanche Confronted Star Witness Michael Cohen. The width as the crossexamination began this afternoon. So i was there watching as trumps former fixer went toetotoe with the trumps attorney. And as i said, it was literally i mean, basically the first line, trumps attorney todd blanche starts his questioning by confronting Michael Cohen and hes he whether he was pretending to be or truly angry, he came off so angry that he was shaking and he pulls up a video that Michael Cohen and posted on tiktok and he said you went on tiktok and you called Me A Crying Little Expletive, didnt you i mean, it was just so intense. Now, cohen responds. Sounds like something i would say. Trump leaned forward is blanche went o
Donald trumps lawyers trying to convince the jury that the x fixer is School Republicans joining forces white house all right, 6 00 a. M. Here in washington alive. Look at the white house on this misty wednesday morning here in washington. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us Donald Trumps defense team had months to prepare for this particular moment in history. There chance to crossexamine Michael Cohen to try to attack his character, tear down his credibility, and convinced 12 jurors that he cant be trusted or believed. Trumps former lawyer and fixer faced intense scrutiny on the stand on tuesday. The defense tried to paint him as bidder filled with rage and motivated by Revenge Cohen was confronted with a string of insults that he has leveled at the former president in recent years, including calling him a cheetodusted cartoon villain. And dictator di bag in direct examination from prosecutors earlier in the day, cohen testified in detail about th
Okay. Tonight in The Trump Trial, Michael Cohen wrapped donald trump gold by the defense and sometimes testy crossexaminati on. Trumps lawyers ccg on cohens pass lies at his recent attacks on the former president in hopes of discrediting the prosecutions star witness. This after a cone directly tied trump to the alleged false records scheme at the heart of this the middle case, saying it was all aimed at hiding the Stormy Daniels Hush Money Payment to protect his former boss. And his 2016 president ial campaign for the next hour, well take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel will break down all of todays most important developments and look ahead to whats next. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im wolf blitzer with a Special Report in this room, The Trump Trial today the crossexamination of Michael Cohen is off to a very fiery start with the case against donald trump, potentially hinging on whether jurors believed the former fixer. Lets get
Trumps buildings. Michael cohen, yes. And you have resolved that. Yes, sir. You were working with President Trumps son among other people. Yes. Blanche, there was construction going on at an apartment you had purchased for 5 million and that apartment was your primary residence for many years and you still live in that building with trumps name on it . Cohen, i do. Property in trump hotel that you rent out for 15,000 a month. Yes. Family members in trumps buildings. Michael cohen says in laws, parents. In 2000, we bought a block. Todd blanche, you first helped President Trump and his family resolve the board was trying to remove the trump name from the building. Yes, sir. Your practice at the time was an international banking, highend net worth protection. Letter of credit transactions. Yes, sir. And you were more in litigation or corporate. More corporate. Again, they continue on in this about the early 2000s, he saw himself as a bit of a deal maker. He started working then on other l
I truly hope this man ends up prison. Cohen says sounds right. Nicolle wallace will pick it up from here. Thank you as well. All of our guests that have joined us including duncan, we will see you back here on thursday afternoon when were going to do it all over again. Dont go anywhere. Deadline white house starts right now. Hi, everyone. We have a packed house. Its 4 00 in new york. After putting donald trump in the room where it happened, where that allegedly criminal scheme to hide hush money payments ahead of the 2016 president ial election was hatched, the expresident s former fixer Michael Cohen today closed the loop on the story that often sounds like it is straight out of a bad mafia movie. Cohen describing donald trump operating like a mob boss who became president of the United States using a back channel to keep cohen quiet and loyal and cohen describing going to prison and ultimately breaking with donald trump. The man he served for more than a decade. Happening right now,