Anderson Cooper remark jurors watching exchange ‘would think this guy’s [Cohen’s] making this up as he’s going along…’
An attorney representing Donald Trump dismantled former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen on cross-examination Thursday, undermining the previous testimony and credibility of the prosecution’s key star witness in the former president’s New York City “hush money” trial.
The devastating takedown of Cohen by Trump lawyer Todd Blanche was so brutal, it prompted the likes of CNN’s Anderson Cooper to remark that jurors watching the exchange “would think this guy’s [Cohen’s] making this up as he’s going along or he’s making this particular story up.”
Anderson Cooper was left stunned by Trump’s attorney’s cross examination of Michael Cohen
“It was incredible…lawyers want to build a box around the witness & slam it shut–that’s what Todd Blanche did to Cohen…it was an extraordinary cross…Cohen was cornered in…a lie” pic.twitter.com/WKnKCs8TkU
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) May 16, 2024
Likewise, CNN legal analyst Elie Honig agreed Cohen’s “knees” were “chopped out” by Blanche.
HEAR IT: “I don’t think I’ve never seen a star cooperating witness get his knees chopped out quite as clearly and dramatically as what just happened with Michael Cohen,” says CNN legal analyst. WATCH pic.twitter.com/2IV778YC1m
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) May 16, 2024
Elsewhere during cross-examination, Cohen, who was convicted of perjury in 2018, admitted to Trump’s legal team he’d been coerced to plead guilty to tax evasion charges and falsifying bank statements out of fear prosecutors would indict his wife.
JUST IN: Todd Blanche is once again laying in to Michael Cohen, showing how he made a deal with the prosecution and pled guilty even though he still claims he’s innocent.
Cohen says that the SDNY prosecutors threatened to indict his wife as well if he didn’t agree to their… pic.twitter.com/NgUEa3knuW
— 🇺🇸Travis🇺🇸 (@Travis_4_Trump) May 16, 2024
President Trump commented on Day 18 proceedings Thursday:
🚨President Trump’s Full Statement:
I think it was a very interesting day, it was a fascinating day and it shows what a SCAM this whole thing is… pic.twitter.com/E4XEGNFbBA
— AJ Huber (@Huberton) May 16, 2024
Several GOP reps also attended the trial in support of President Trump Thursday:
.@EliCrane_CEO: We all know why President Trump is here. They can’t beat him and everybody knows it.
He could have retired down to Florida and lived the American Dream. But he came back because he sees what’s happening in this country.
🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/m0PONpe574
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 16, 2024
Rep. @DHarshbargerTN1: If you ever wondered if there were two tiers of justice and if the American government was weaponized against its own citizens, you don’t have to wonder anymore.
What a price to be a Patriot, President Trump has paid. pic.twitter.com/iGMSD00OA7
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 16, 2024
Rep. @laurenboebert: The Radical Left wants President Trump to simply go away. If President Trump just went away, this would all go away as well.
I’ve got news for the Radical Left: President Trump isn’t going anywhere. He’s coming back for another 4 years pic.twitter.com/oMUsYZve0y
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 16, 2024
Rep. @michaelgwaltz: I’ve served all over the world—in Africa, the Middle East, in South America—and those are the types of countries where they weaponize the judicial system against their political opponents. pic.twitter.com/c4Se0sBQma
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 16, 2024
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) remarked, “If I started a story with a convicted felon and a hooker walk into a bar you would immediately know it’s a joke. That’s what we have here. A joke of a trial.”
Rep. Andy Ogles just ROASTED Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen:
“If I started a story with a convicted felon and a hooker walk into a bar you would immediately know it’s a joke. That’s what we have here. A joke of a trial.” pic.twitter.com/FD3P5y32Dh
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 16, 2024
