'Huge mistake': Trump defense makes brutal error as jail fears get real

Mueller vet Andrew Weissmann joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber to discuss Robert Costello’s testimony in Donald Trump’s trial, which he says was a “huge mistake.” (Check out The Beat's playlist: msnbc.com/ari Connect with Ari Melber: / arimelber)
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#DonaldTrump #RobertCostello #hushmoney

[@failuretocommunicate]

Now Costello's testimony is the jury's last impression for the next week.

[@dannygranger123]

Yes remember what he said 2

[@ShannonJacobs0]

My theory is that Costello told him he could create a circus--and that is what the orange buffoon wanted before HE would testify. But the judge showed "No circus here" and only THEN did he finally decide to take the Fifth. By the way, I don't think the good lawyer was in on this scam. I bet it was Costello's idea.

[@heidiheaux7007]

So much to say in the hallway and on social media, but not under oath. Speaks volumes.

[@phampton16]

💯🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@Tad-For-Global-Peace]

Exactly! Well said

[@comptroller39]

Yes it does. He is full of it.

[@BornAgainCynic0086]

He said he would march too, what a blowhard.

[@garycooper7553]

Not really. Defendants rarely testify in criminal trials.

[@Tracco307]

The former President said, he will be testifying. Why wont he keep his word to the people?

[@lbccarpediem]

Because he's a liar. A pathological liar. He wouldn't know the truth if it slapped him in the face.

[@guynorth3277]

When has he ever, did you ever see any type of health care reform, infrastructure improvement, or a freaking wall built and paid for by the Mexican People?

[@reginaphalange7959]

Why would he start now?

[@Tracco307]

@@reginaphalange7959 Donald Trump is not White house, presidential material.

[@gibbogle]

Because he lies about everything. He's just a very bad person.

[@KittyS-gg5gd]

He CHOSE to be silent! He was NOT gagged or prevented from testifying!

[@ceejay0137]

And the judge made it absolutely clear to him that the gag order did not prevent him from testifying.

[@imrael496]

Why would he testify? The state needs to prove guilt.

[@giantpurplebrain]

@@imrael496 In theory he would testify to prove his innocence. In practise - he isn't innocent.

[@MrTwat72]

Not true

[@alexiswinter6948]

He chooses to be a blistering blowhard coward.

[@sullyh4040]

Heaven forbid he say anything about his "innocence" under oath

[@JohnnyRocknRoll]

I hope I eat my words, but Trump will never see the inside of a cell. Just hefty fines, which he will not pay and a reprimand. Because we currently live in a crazy stupid world these days.

[@gladlawson61]

He will appeal. So.... Even if he's guilty. It could take a long time

[@jeffanon1772]

Exactly... sadly, he'll pass away from old age long before he ever sees the inside of a cell.

[@BarneyHefner]

​@@gladlawson61and in the meantime his fundraising skyrockets and he keeps going up in the polls. Are we sure we want him convicted?

[@w.adammandelbaum1805]

If he gets probation if convicted, any fines must be paid as a condition of probation.

[@JohnnyRocknRoll]

@@gladlawson61 💯

[@hasonmorris4968]

Every case that involves trump should be televised, for the good of the country.

[@p.j.m.d.1948]

I heard on The Meidas Touch that the Georgia case will be televised.

[@mvelilla12]

@@p.j.m.d.1948tha’s correct, Georgia Law allow for that, but the US Judiciary don’t allow any type of filming or photography.

[@Theunsilentmajority]

Oh,absolutely. That way everyone sees the rigged injustice towards Donald Trump

[@HellboundAmerica]

Absolutely! So we can all see the sham of a trial.

[@BlueCastle752]

Not really because public opinion could sway the jury, so I agree it should be taped and then released after the verdict.

[@davidlangley1844]

What happened trump said he would testify and had every opportunity to do so but he blames the judge and Biden and the Dems

[@Runny117]

As everyone predicted. How boring.

[@haydenwilliams1577]

Crybaby Diaper Don is guilty of election interference.

[@kelperdude]

joes teleprompter speech had to be corrected 9 times. 🤣🤣🤣

[@robmaynard5524]

​@@kelperdudekeep deflecting for the orange coward.😂😂

[@mikekelley2877]

​@@kelperdudeget ready to cry those MAGA tears harder next week.

[@Sendu7]

He is constantly claiming that he is innocent, until he gets the opportunity to say it under oath.

[@TheBrothergreen]

He hasn't once claimed he was innocent. He's said the whole world is against him, biden, ag, doj, merchan, the jury, etc, etc. Everyone is lying, everybody is a political operative, blah, blah, blah. But to my knowledge, he has never actually said "I didn't pay cohen $420,000.00 as part of a scheme to buy the silence of stormy daniels from october 2016 to jan 2017 and then attempt to obscure those payments by reporting it as income instead of what it was."

[@betha8761]

Costello was the perfect mistake. Thanks DonCon.

[@KateLopez-ys3nd]

I just got home after being chased like an animal, and mercilessly hurt. Most of the people in the hotel are collaborators. There's a guy moping around the clock. In reality, he's not cleaning, he's dragging me... It's horrible that something like this is happening at a place where I'm supposed to be safe. I'm in the lion's den. They just can't wait to do away with my life.... May all the plans, and desires they have for me, the Miighy Hashem in His Great Justice Abundantly, in Avalanches blesses them with everything they want for me....

[@margaretdimick2096]

​@@KateLopez-ys3ndwhat?

[@dwighttipps414]

Was that Abbott an Costello?

[@crispinfornoff206]

Literally everyone outside of your echo chamber thinks this trial is a joke. But enjoy your echo chamber.

[@beefy1009]

Trump just wanted him because of his Congress testimony and he's clearly another Trump lacky hoping to impress dear cult leader 😂

[@garretttroke8800]

This is the first time he's been in front of a camera and not said anything, let alone anything stupid. I can just see his lawyers before he stepped outside, pleading with him, "For the love of God and all things holy, just keep your f**king mouth shut this one time."

[@HeidiSchwendeWSI]

Guilty should = jail. Period end of story.

[@USA-CANADA1480]

Could be wishful thinking.

[@mitchhills4747]

@@USA-CANADA1480 I think not. The way Trump has treated the whole process and personally attacked the Judge, JUSTICE is a-coming.

[@DrummerPainterDogNutPGH]

Costello was a terrible witness, but let's be clear, defendant Trump would have been much, much worse.

[@jd190d]

But trump testifying would have been a great thing for law students. They can read the transcript and try to figure out how often he violated the gag order, how often he answered questions he wasn't asked, how often he insulted the judge and his family, etc, etc. You could teach a whole law class off this one testimony.

[@302Diane]

@jd190d The gag order does not apply during testimony. Only when he runs his mouth outside of court.

[@guynorth3277]

@@302Diane ; According to drumpf it does!

[@mr.flibble3190]

@@guynorth3277 Are you surprised that Drumpf lied again? Or maybe I should say "still."

[@bonniebriggs3880]

😂I was so looking forward to that! Lol

[@JaredMerlin]

He's gunna throw a fit if they escort him out of the courtroom in handcuffs, taking him into custody. I would give almost anything to see that happen.

[@JuneCleaver-bk4ug]

I'd love to see that but his sentence will be held on a different day. But he definitely belongs in prison. The sooner the better.

[@FRITO.BANDITO]

You’d give almost anything to see this?? That’s pretty extreme…

[@TheBrothergreen]

I don't know if you have noticed, but there are no cameras in this courtroom.

[@billnroger]

Judge Merchan has been a miraculous representation of our Judicial System and how important it is to our democracy!

[@mitchhills4747]

And he will do his job until the end of this sorry debacle. Very good Judge. Let's hope he hands down a custodial sentence...

[@eclipsehorse8693]

this man just may have saved every single one of us! a true 'Flash Gordon' :)

[@russellcampbell9198]

Oh, I'm once again shocked. He never passed up an opportunity to speak - except when facts actually matter!!!

[@mikedavis6711]

As a Biden supporter, I'm saddened to say this case is all but over. Even the CNN panel says the prosecution simply had no case.

[@tmcge3325]

True....9% Inflation? why do you not look at joey biden?

[@Ludivine664]

Dream on, the crooked tRump knows very well that he can't talk without liing, and so he was just blowing air as well all know. He's nothing but a lying BUM.

[@eleanorek.leslie9818]

He's a coward and refuses to face reality! 😠

[@kelperdude]

Well, we all know the case isn't legit, so.....

[@heywoodplanes6651]

that costello clown was a gift to the prosecution. He literally defined the conduit between trump, rudy, and cohen. He CLARIFIED the crime. Perfect maga faceplant for trump - so so sweet

[@lindabishop1402]

💯 💯 💯 💯

[@felixn.6239]

Blind, cant you see is all a set up?? Cohen is a liar and a thieff, why is bragg not judging cohen??????

[@j.b.macadam6516]

Agreed!

[@matthewsynnott2371]

The gift that keeps on giving.

[@crispinfornoff206]

Cohen admitted to perjury and stealing on the stand. But keep being naive.

[@TheChonaman]

Legal coverage does not get any better than this. Air Melber. Andrrew Wiesman. I would add in Glenn Kirschner.

[@76ersALLDAY]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Shut up, Mike!

[@aaronteston2606]

I am so grateful for Mr Weissman’s explanation. Thank you , sir.

[@Lauren_1987]

Thanks for having Mr Weissman on your program. Two of my favorite lawyers who report the facts accurately. Facts matter.

[@RasRunnah]

Make trump irrelevant again!

[@mpc77769]

👍👍

[@priest21]

MTIR doesn't quite feel as catchy but I'm with ya

[@Jetty-hs6kx]

TDS 😂

[@vincentberner5606]

Best. Comment. Ever. You win the internet!

[@jimmyjames6487]

Then you wouldn't have a life

[@dianacastillo7647]

Time to Hold this Narcissistic Old Man' Accountable..!!!

[@stevenlight5006]

He will be president in a few months

[@GrandeHuevos69]

Trump too!

[@SamLopezI]

Time to recognize that trump is old and obese!

[@mitchhills4747]

@@GrandeHuevos69 I see what you did there but dream on....

[@tonymiller8330]

I agree biden be getting away with things for years

[@adamfowler3916]

People in Trump World are a desperate bunch of people.

[@advicemaster1365]

You're going to look awfully foolish come Nov. 4th....

[@timothypopik2288]

The lefts smell of desperation that there may be an election in November is palpable.

[@keyzervega]

Jail jail jail

[@Lauren_1987]

No, no. This is not a conversation. Costello was admonished by Judge Merchan letting him know he was in contempt.

[@aerialarboreal9005]

All I saw was a coward slinking away...

[@anthonymatthews3698]

Like a slug.

[@jamesvonborcke]

Fleeing from the Salt of Truth.

[@starfishsystems]

​@@jamesvonborcke Ooh, touché.

[@LivingtheDream67]

Like Norm Eisen. He ran to the side of a cop when confronted outside the court building.

[@Ghost-Mama]

🐍

[@justsaying3729]

As soon as he is questioned, he walks away but as long as people and the press are listening to his Rants, he's in heaven & goes on and on.

[@bobbykiriakidis9753]

A typical coward he is

[@Ghost-Mama]

He hates when he can’t lie and control the narrative.

[@DisaffectedLiberal]

@@bobbykiriakidis9753 isn't that what Joe does? He speaks, answers softball questions, and then scurries away when any pressing questions arises.

[@elizabethalexander6528]

Why he will never debate.

[@danielpupo7013]

​​@@DisaffectedLiberaldo any of you realize how all your criticisms are things Trump does? He would insult reporters from networks that opposed to him. He would call the women from CNN "nasty." In some cases he took the credentials from reporters and excluded them from news conferences. Such hypocrisy

[@cleanmyshorts1]

Does drumpy know the legal scholars are laughing their arses off???😅😅😅😅😅

[@mr-boo]

He doesn’t know what the term “legal” or “scholar” means. Somebody just whispered them in his ear and he is pretending to read them of a paper.

[@cleanmyshorts1]

@@mr-boo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I agree💯✌️❤️💪😎💪

[@irenegreen1867]

What’s the crime?

[@cleanmyshorts1]

@@irenegreen1867 he's breathing and that's criminal 😳 😂 😐 🤣 😔

[@johnschopp5622]

He will never spend a minute behind bars. No matter what he's ever done or will do. He's in the club. If it were you or me, we would've already been jailed for things he's done.

[@sueellenmcgoey6095]

Absolutely Pathetic what these guys get away with. Just like the Jan 6 people went to prison,but not the ringleader? I bet if he loses that trial he gets another get out of jail free card

[@LudwigBeefoven]

Ari should just let Andrew Weissmann speak. Weissmann speaks in clear terms. There is no need to paraphrase or make metaphors about what Weissmann is talking about. The audience is not stupid.

[@haydenwilliams1577]

Diaper Don promised he would testify. What a pathetic joke.

[@mikekelley2877]

I expected nothing less.

[@marilyngall]

Who actually thought he had the balls to testify?

[@meelvis939]

All bark and no bite! 😅

[@gibbogle]

Did you believe him?

[@quantumleaper]

This time he could run off to Scotland on his plane.

[@KimoBruddah-ki2oo]

Trump is like his base.....cowardly.

[@faye2592]

Mmm, I would have said stupid, but cowardly works, too.

[@AD-im5to]

Lock him up

[@stevenlight5006]

And a billionaire,

[@kb6378]

Bunch o' beavers

[@YZ250W1]

Donnie is the alpha Karen.

[@afry6400]

I don't know why anyone would think this had anything to do with Melania. She knew he cheated on his first wife with his second and his second with her. She was well aware he was not a faithful man from the start. She knew he whored around. What point would there be in trying to keep that from her if she already knew?

[@ScottishRoyal1]

She's just a foreign escort, she doesn't care or never cared Donnie is just a paycheck.

[@bucklejrjjbg8197]

Liberals have never accomplished anything that made this country better. Christian men won every victory that made this nation better, Glory to God!

[@Bonjour-World]

Waiting for him to say "my wife did it".

[@sueellenmcgoey6095]

😅😂😅

[@eddiebellamy7605]

I would have yelled out “Are you too much of a 🐱 to testify??”

[@markfeland2285]

👏👏👍

[@NikosZaidGomez]

Have faith. This is taking place in NYC, I have no doubts that multiple people have screamed some variation of that at him, as well as "flip ya life." I'm sure even the local rats stopped munching on strewn about pizza slices to flip off Trump.

[@aerialarboreal9005]

I would have been arrested!! lol

[@kelperdude]

There's no need to. The whole case has collapsed. 😃

[@Dan-xx5jq]

Don't say that about my Orange Jesus...I just bought one of his Bible for $69.

[@BlueJazzBoyNZ]

Sideshow Bob went Hog Wild For the Prosecution... DJT Such a Stable Genius

[@c.a.norwood34]

“Defendant Trump” still sounds SO good. 💙

[@750dollarman2]

And soon to be upgraded to convicted criminal Donald Trump

[@mrtaxi204]

Convict Trump sounds better and IS good. And the "cherry on top" his own lawyers betrayed him today by having their own witness TESTIFYING FOR PROSECUTOR

[@tigrrtom]

"Convict Trump" would sound better!

[@jenniferlastella210]

Not nearly as good as convict or inmate trump will. 😂

[@acordia91]

The current, correct title is Criminal Defendant. And djt looks like a peasant sitting in the Courtroom, definitively not a presidential look.

[@DorothyHale-t5g]

Deepest respect, admiration and appreciation to the jurors and Judge, who have attended this nightmare and are able to reach a just conclusion. I don't know how they can remove the images and impact after "the tumult and the shouting dies." (Kipling ) Thank you.

[@garypeters3295]

Can't wait to hear..." We find the defendant, Donald J. Trump, guilty..."

[@PhoenixPrime]

Ditto. The second I hear that, I'm baking a cake. 😂

[@tyy5557]

I'm going to throw a big party.

[@mariahewitt9787]

I have a bottle of Champagne at the Ready..

[@kelperdude]

Guilty of winning over the hearts of americans. 💙💗💙💗💙💗

[@vincekieffer4580]

​@@kelperdudeYou sound more pathetic every day.

[@michaelcaldwell9185]

Love your takes, as well as your Wisdom and Knowledge, both from a honest political standpoint, and attorney standards. Thanks for sound reporting Ari.💪🙏

[@stockholm1752]

😡-This is my defense 👉💩.

[@beststagepresence]

Classic mistake they should have had Abbot not Costello

[@ellao.2433]

He's a liar! But we knew that already! Lock him up!

[@marilyngall]

Too bad MAGA sycophants think he is god

[@LivingtheDream67]

Are you upset?

[@Jetty-hs6kx]

TDS 😂

[@cpr75]

@@Jetty-hs6kxthe only tds that exists is your terrorist defense syndrome.

[@mitchhills4747]

@oleladywho TDS is just a made-up silly name the MAGAS always use when they can't think of anything logical to add to the debate lol!

[@carlos16094]

On November 5, the American people will speak.

[@rogerout8875]

Irrelevant to his crimes

[@BarneyHefner]

As if anybody is going to remember this, Alito's flag, January 6th etc. Whatever happens a few days before the election is all we will care about. That's just America.

[@mitchhills4747]

@@rogerout8875 Not irrelevant. He will pay the price and it will be high.

[@eclipsehorse8693]

@@mitchhills4747 Washington, Georgia and Florida want a word with him next...

[@rogerout8875]

@@mitchhills4747 absolutely irrelevant to his criminal trial

[@u.s.family9279]

MSNBC 2 Brilliant Attorney's: Ari Melber, Esq & Andrew Weissmann, Esq. Excellent Legal Reporting. Best in Business.

[@patriot4826]

I've never once asked about my son's business dealings selling classified documents from my garage, this is weak!

[@jim2376]

Brilliantly irrelevant.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

This is my shocked face. Like he was ever actually going to testify.

[@odin5395]

We all knew he would not and his mouth keep saying he would. what a loser! Trump is done! He is the biggest joke of the century !

[@maggiemims5063]

At least they don't have to be unanimous!! That's great news for prosecution!!❤

[@MA-ri5he]

😂😂 Your assuming all 12 jurors will agree a crime was committed.

[@susiepoadster4642]

Great news indeed, we have to trust NY jurors to see the truth of what sleezebag con man tried to do to win the 2016 election. And we are just getting started. E Jean Carrol raper and defamation to the tune of $83m, NY business fraud judgement he cant pay and has to Tank a bond company. Been waiting for accountability from our Justice system looong time, but so thankful it’s arriving! 💙💙💙

[@mitchhills4747]

@@MA-ri5he You clearly weren't listening to the video. Listen again perhaps? Legal overview that the jury does NOT have to agree what secondary crime was committed, so long as they agree A CRIME was committed. Trump is toast.

[@MA-ri5he]

@@mitchhills4747 You clearly need to watch the video. He pointed out 3 potential categories but you 12 jurors to agree that it escalated to one of the 3.

[@danielmartens156]

Such a coward. 😮

[@kelperdude]

why bring joe into this?

[@robertbloomquist7354]

​@@kelperdudetroll dumazz

[@jamesvonborcke]

@@kelperdude Thank you for accepting Donald Christ as your personal Lord and Savior.

[@seanmccartney5177]

What do you mean

[@meelvis939]

@@kelperdude BDS: BIDEN DERANGEMENT SYNDROME 😅

[@jujusmom1508]

I appreciate Andrew and his commentary.

[@Ganiscol]

It's getting real for Mr. Shitzinpantz

[@mikekelley2877]

I can't wait until the jury reads Trump's guilty verdict next week.

[@guynorth3277]

I guess it could indeed come that soon!

[@gladlawson61]

I'll believe it when I see it.

[@micheleconner5083]

From your mouth to God's ear!🙏🙏🙏

[@LS-vo7hc]

Trump 2024🇺🇸💪🏻

[@chrisward4576]

@@gladlawson61 🤣🤣

[@Angie2343]

What a coward!

[@user-do6by2po2d]

DON SHEITZZIN HIS PANTS 👖. Goes to Prison 🔗 🚨 with SHEITZZIN his golf ⛳ pants 🩳 👈🏻 👍 🇺🇸

[@jerryjones2818]

I think Trump's lawyers put Costello on the stand not only to please Trump, but to show him what would happen if he testified.

[@Muttinchopsforever]

It's unanimous lock STINKY UP!!

[@longwhitecloud6655]

An innocent defendant has no concerns for his defense. A guilty defendant is scared shitless and looks it.

[@lindaharrell3916]

Told you so! GIVE ME MY MONEY!

[@Techpodshed]

I did nothing wrong but i don’t want testify

[@mikekelley2877]

I did nothing wrong, I want to delay delay delay delay delay delay and so on and so on. 😂😂😂

[@DisaffectedLiberal]

It's not like you would believe him even if he did testify, right?

[@cpr75]

@@DisaffectedLiberalthat’s for the jury to decide. He’s a coward.

[@tigrrtom]

@@DisaffectedLiberal After 30,000+ proven lies during his presidency, would you?

[@GreenBeanGreenBean]

Considering how much he constantly lies..... nope

[@jamesgould7583]

You know there will be appeals and take years for accountability.🥴

[@bubbawilliams]

Needs to be in prison during appeal, no more rich people perks

[@mitchhills4747]

But IF he's found guilty, he will immediately be taken down, pending sentence and then he will inevitably get a custodial sentence, so any appeal will need to be FROM PRISON. Cohen served 3 years for a lesser offence, so the Judge can't really hand down just a fine, as Trump was the instigator.

[@reynaldoveneracion650]

DJT Defence Rest and so does Nap Time, but NEVER a REAL Jail Time

[@mitchhills4747]

Watch this space!

[@michaelgroff1433]

come on jail time!!

[@1985malibuexpress]

He walked away because he's a coward & a liar.

[@Bonjour-World]

Everyone knew that the cowardly Corporal Bones Spurs was not going to testify.

[@ritagreene8376]

We all knew. That's his style, a big mouth and weak actions

[@dalecox5928]

@@ritagreene8376 Don't honor McBonespurs with the rank of Corporal. Real corporals, actually serve their country in uniform, when their country called on them to do their duty. Trump wimped out when his father cooked up those phony bone spurs scam with a paid for doctor, so Trump could hide from doing his duty.

[@Victoria-c4n]

♥️♥️♥️ Andrew Weissmann ♥️♥️♥️

[@byteresistor]

The coward was never going to testify. He's full of hot air.

[@mitchhills4747]

Which he expels onto others most of the time.

[@beanetricemcdaniel6853]

He was NEVER GOING TO TESTIFY!

[@sueellenmcgoey6095]

Yep don't want a perjury charge added

[@acordia91]

Just like failed djt promised to release his tax returns as all previous U.S. Presidents- he never had any intention to release them, ever.

[@tomg6498]

Weak and pathetic end game for trump.

[@phampton16]

💯🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@phampton16]

I thought he wanted to speak 💯💯🇺🇸💯💯💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@rongrover3383]

Jail ‼️ Prison Life plus 13 yrs in Federal penitentiary ‼️ Make America Honest again ‼️🇺🇸🏛️⚖️

[@shannon4830]

Shocker that he isn't going to testify 😂

[@phampton16]

💯🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@annalieff-saxby568]

He won't "debate" (talk over) Biden, either.

[@advicemaster1365]

So naive.

[@geraldduenas2391]

Beware the innocent man that won’t profess it under oath.

[@kathyrama4570]

He was too scared to testify. He knows he cannot talk and not lie.

[@pc4mlc451]

He's smart not to.

[@BlaacHollow]

He can stand up to Hillary which according to GENERALS, is the bravest thing they ever witnessed, but standing up for yourself and tesitfying? Where is that bravery now?

[@MA-ri5he]

😂 Like Biden giving a press conference.

[@karenmoore6451]

Trump didn’t stand up to Hillary, he is a bully and when he can’t intimidate and bully, he lies!

[@Jyard]

Bravery? Mr. "bone spurs"?

[@AugieRockero]

@@MA-ri5helike yomomma giving me a ...❤️❤️❤️💋💋

[@quantumleaper]

Bravery to Hillary and genuflect to Putin? It's always an unnamed person (General), you realize.

[@angeldelcourt6882]

He gives all Orangutans a bad name.

[@tammyterry7297]

He's an orange shitgibbon not an orangutan....orangutans are adorable

[@eclipsehorse8693]

@@tammyterry7297 thank god he hasn't stared throwing his own feces by now...

[@Techpodshed]

Biggest con criminal in American business history 😅

[@roadwarrior6039]

Are you referring to 10% kid sniffing sitting in a diaper Joey😂😂

[@marywallace4086]

​@@roadwarrior6039Pathetic effort.

[@roadwarrior6039]

@@marywallace4086 are you talking about the erectionist 🤣🤣

[@strombouts]

​@@roadwarrior6039how does T's lil mushroom taste troll.

[@user-ln3bd9gz5v]

Make it appeal proof!

[@lindablue7494]

I love when 2 brilliant lawyers talk law. It's fascinating.

[@Nadinetherescuehound]

Welcome to the rest of your life 45.

[@Sturmavk]

He’s charged with misdemeanors that the Feds refused to prosecute because the Feds knows the charges are big fat nothingburgers 😂. Keep TDS’ing

[@utopianna]

Has Andrew got a cot there at MSNBC? Are you guys feeding him? Please take care of Andrew.

[@BunnEFartz]

@utopianna 👈When you don't have anything intelligent to say... you're this guy.

[@micheleconner5083]

😂😂😂 I hope they are taking care of him, too.

[@skye67]

Love Ari. Love Weissmann. Respect to excellent legal scholars.

[@ziziroberts8041]

The defense had no documentation and one lousy witness.

[@macofalltrades6396]

The real disaster of Costello's testimony is twofold: first, his behavior was bad enough that it prompted the judge to clear the courtroom for the purpose of reaming him out. There are two attorneys on the jury; it seems likely that when Costello's testimony is reviewed during deliberation, it won't be in a favorable light. Costello only succeeded in making Cohen look better, if only by comparison. More importantly - by failing to offer any reasonable counter to Cohen's testimony, the defense has ensured that his statements are not contested. Given the content of that testimony, this is a huge risk by Blanche et al. They seem to have fallen back on a defense that claims the prosecution has failed to make its case. Personally, I suspect that in the face of the documentary evidence coupled with the testimony throughout, Trump is likely to be found guilty on most or all of the charges against him. But it gets worse. The tactics used by the defense in admission of evidence were designed to bog down the trial. Unfortunately, those tactics are going to make it very difficult to appeal a guilty verdict.

[@iananono9083]

@macofalltrades- Thank you for your insightful assessment! Sounds like you are an attorney, or in the legal field. You give me even more hope that Trump may indeed be found guilty. If so, won’t there be rejoicing in the streets? Thanks again for speaking up!

[@Kat-ex8nl]

The state has and is bending over backwards for this criminal.

[@janjablonsky]

Ready? Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen, in the key of G.

[@ducha74]

A person who has non-stop been lying to people, repeatedly violated gag order from a judge, then refused to do the most important thing to prove his innocence, ie testify in front of juries...that would question his innocence from whatever angle we look at the court case !

[@andrestamour9110]

In Nov 2024 vote bleu all the way down the line including Joe Biden , make America great again, a vote for Kennedy is a vote for Trump. Save your country from a dictator like Trump

[@user-wq5ws1qs7x]

Biden is mentally incapable. I find it sad the democrats don’t have someone else. If Trump makes it to the election he will win because the democrats are selfish by running man who they can control. The man cannot put together a sentence. If they ran someone else the democrats would win.

[@Louis42_7]

Typical Coward move...and are we surprised that he chumped out from taking the stand?...nope.

[@MrShamus07]

Lock him up!

[@michaelkirk9870]

Ari & Andrew, thank you. Excellent commentary!

[@opaladwyl]

Why so many pens in 1 coffee cup? I’m seriously asking for my own mental health…

[@EGKaram]

Try not to give the Trump team ideas.

[@mackenziedarwin2077]

At the beginning of his trial, he acted tough and told the world that he would testify. Then, like usual he wimped out when the time came for him to act like a man.

[@Wilko11]

Guilty as sin 👿

[@EnglishStoryShared]

Plenty to say in the hallway and on social media, but nothing under oath. That speaks volumes.

[@dawnjones3148]

Trump won’t answer any difficult question!

[@kevinlindsey6862]

I.q.45😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😊😊😊

[@jenniferrollison4377]

he never answers any questions, just lies and obfuscation.

[@dannygranger123]

He doesn't have 2. 2 what whst was crime shld been on tv

[@giantpurplebrain]

does 'man, woman, camera, tv' count as difficult?

[@vallejomach6721]

He can't answer simple questions. It's quite amazing, looking in from overseas at this orange clown for a few weeks now, and I have not yet seen him say anything a normal politician running for office would typically say. No talk about actual policies or any substantiation with any facts or figures...just hate and fear-mongering rhetoric, propaganda that would make the Kremlin blush and the most ridiculous nonsense and lies.

[@Carolynj]

Finally Trump makes a smart decision. Took long enough. I suspect that he would have looked more guilty than he already does.

[@jenniferrollison4377]

He chose costello as his only witness. He looks even guiltier than before and he looked plenty guilty then.

[@tarellb]

the footage of him walking out like that will age like wine

[@itsjustme8947]

More like milk.....

[@state503]

What, no lies about how he’s not allowed to testify??

[@chaslam1945]

Like he really cared about his wife and family

[@ritagreene8376]

Sure all long as he is with someone else