Trump lawyers vie to discredit key witness Cohen at trial • FRANCE 24 English

will the jury believe Michael Cohen that is the key question after day 18 of Trump’s hush money trial here in New York and the third day with star witness Michael Cohen on the stand it looks as though this entire trial could hinge on whether or not the jury believe Trump’s former lawyer and fixer turned foe now during cross-examination Trump’s attorney Todd Blan repeatedly accused Cohen of lying he attacked his credibility relentlessly and insinuated that Cen was making all all up to get revenge on on Trump now Trump’s lawyer really focused in particular on an October 2016 phone call that Cohen said he had with Trump to discuss the Stormy Daniels matter Cohen had said that he called Trump’s bodyguards phone that day and spoke to Trump now blanch argued that Cohen was lying and that actually he’ called Trump’s bodyguard to complain about a 14-year-old boy who’d been prank calling him Trump’s lawyer argued that in a 1 minute 26 second long call there would not have been time for Cohen to ALS speak to Trump about the Stormy Daniels deal earlier on this week the prosecution used Cohen’s testimony backed up with evidence phone logs and documents to argue their case Trump’s accused of falsifying business records to reimburse Cohen for $130,000 Harsh money payment to former adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election and on Thursday uh Trump spoke yet again outside the courtroom calling the trial politically motivated he was joined in court by several members of the far right US House of Representatives Freedom caucus they echoed Trump’s complaint that the trial is rigged now whilst Cohen c certainly came across as a very slippery character in court it doesn’t mean that the jury’s going to believe that he’s lying about the key facts because what he said was corroborated by other Witnesses and by evidence so prosecutors may win this case against Trump but even if they do it’s unlikely that Trump will actually end up serving any jail time and he can still run for president even if he’s a convicted felon the trial will resume on Monday

Trump’s lawyer took cracks at key witness Michael Cohen during wide-ranging cross-examination Thursday (May17) , questioning his memory and poking at his credibility during the first criminal trial of a former US president. FRANCE 24’s Jessica Le Masurier tells is more.
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