Trump’s defense team fails to rattle Michael Cohen during cross-examination in hush money trial

Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News Correspondent, Susanne Craig, New York Times Investigative Reporter and Kristy Greenberg, former Federal Prosecutor join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the cross examination of star witness Michael Cohen and how after months of preparation Trump’s defense attorney’s including Todd Blanche appear to have done a disservice to their client with how they have come after Cohen in front of the jury.
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#Trump #MichaelCohen #DonaldTrump

[@JamesBach-hz1pc]

It’s super easy to stay clear when you are TELLING THE TRUTH💙💙💙

[@ldebrobander]

That's assuming the truth doesn't get you in trouble ...

[@christianmichael1970]

Todd Blanche should pay attention to Cohen and be taking notes, in a few short years he could be sitting where Cohen is now.

[@janejones8672]

Exactly

[@susieb7305]

Next to Speaker Johnson and JD Vance

[@LoseTheWorld-KeepYourSoul]

@christianmichael1970 If not months.

[@christianmichael1970]

@@LoseTheWorld-KeepYourSoul nice...nice

[@optimusprinceps3526]

🇵🇸 Biden 24 🇵🇸

[@janycebrown4071]

Right on Michael!

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

Right on? how about wrong on? My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@cascadiadesign]

When Trump tells you, "Don't worry - you're going to be OK" it's time to lawyer up.

[@tinakwan6485]

To quote Medias Touch, MAGA = make attorneys get attorneys 😂

[@suehowie152]

Trump won't be impressed with how this has gone today.

[@jamesdouthat3999]

@@tinakwan6485 lol quoting the limp wristed meides touch lol

[@frankdixon4112]

I’m still wondering how someone could FLIP on someone innocent…………..🙄 If tRump was innocent, why was he telling Cohen to hang in there and don’t FLIP?

[@LyonsM]

If anyone takes any of trumps advice “it’s time to lawyer up”.

[@BeverlyDobzynski]

Hang in there, Michael, they’re expecting you to fall apart But you’re made of stronger stuff than that you can do it. ❤❤

[@liberalshaveitallbackwards4667]

Bot

[@bojangles713]

Yeah he's made of stronger, pungent stuff ----->💩💩

[@cathygoodman1805]

Great comment!!! Beverly!!!!

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@sherryobar5750]

In Jesus' name amen 🙏

[@sandyd3686]

Cohen your doing amazing 👏 🤩 so proud of you 🥰 💛 hang in there 🧡 💪🎉 👊 GO MICHAEL 🎉

[@liberalshaveitallbackwards4667]

Bot

[@satisfactionguaranteed5355]

Give an example of what he does?

[@jamesdouthat3999]

dmb garden tool

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@gerade-aus]

I see that the Meidas Touch Network's reporting is making an impact on how this case is characterized by MSNBC. Earlier reporting from Elie Honig and Ari Melber had misleading videos regarding Cohen's cross examination. Ron Filipkowski's and Ben Meiselas' great work is truly appreciated.

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@amberackerson5916]

AGREE 100! MSNBC is being VERY MISLEADING!

[@joep5815]

Trump might as well just have a public defender, cause his lawyers always lose every case.

[@tedmaye5089]

This old man,he conned two,diaper slopped right on his shoe,with a knick-knack stormy whack,better than Capone,this old man came snoozing home"

[@user-gp1be9xp1w]

I'm happy Cohen made it through

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@pieway29]

Cohen has walked through emotional fire. Only a little further to go. Cohen has taken responsibility for his actions. He might not deserve a ticker-tape parade but he definitely deserves our thanks.

[@BrianSmith-lw1ru]

Very well put. Thanks

[@dm6187]

He's scum and you are scum for believing this lying opportunist making money off this trial. Dude is a serial perjurer.

[@terishulman900]

Just a little off your rocker I would say, all of his lies and changing of his story and you believe him now what a freaking joke

[@KaiserBlade]

Are you lying?

[@edpeterson2293]

😂😂 go ahead honey.... thank him like you mean it😍

[@nikolaisikes6245]

Unless maybe Blanche is tanking it on purpose cuz after working with trump on this case he'd also rather see him in jail lol

[@cjo1578]

Agreed.

[@janejones8672]

You know it's true

[@supersquirrel7546]

Many defense lawyers in this country defend their clients knowing 100% their clients are guilty. They still have to do their jobs and when they lose their cases, it's really no skin off their backs.

[@izilladkilla]

​@@supersquirrel7546 It is if their client has a reputation for stiffing their lawyers. Blanche better hope he got paid in advance lol

[@mikejunior80]

If this is the best Todd Blanche has to offer in the way of a cross examination then this trial's already over.

[@jamesdouthat3999]

Yeah innocent

[@johnprosser5035]

I don’t think it’s against the law to hate Trump!!!

[@nygrl6102]

Not yet, but it will be if he's reelected!

[@917ross]

Not yet

[@thomasbullen5239]

I hate him because the sleazy MFer attempted to steal my vote and that's good enough for me.

[@bojangles713]

Nope it ain't also applies to your boy soooo--‐---> FJB

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

@@nygrl6102 Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :)

[@franklinjohn5067]

Trump, "The Boasting Bully, becomes a 'SHRINKING VIOLET '; While Michael Cohen, ":STINGS LIKE A BEE, and FLOATS LIKE A BUTTERFLY "

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

Cohen ain't no Ali. My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

👏👏👏 Cohen !!

[@jrgogol]

Stay cool Michael!! We are rooting for you!

[@Dont.Call.Me.Tall.]

They can't discredit the evidence so they have to try discrediting him by saying "he says mean things online". What a snowflake defense.

[@Dont.Call.Me.Tall.]

​@@thebilboshow168 the docs, checks, and emails.

[@elizabethbrauer1118]

@@thebilboshow168 🤣

[@Dont.Call.Me.Tall.]

@@thebilboshow168 "you don't pay someone 130 k for no reason there kiddo.

[@eclipse-sh1qmZ3mOtcua]

Reading the Court Transcript of this case will be interesting. The Business Fraud case was already very interesting.

[@lestatdelc]

@@thebilboshow168 Cohen was convicted by Trump's DOJ over the exact same criminal transactions Trump has been charged with and all Cohen's lies and crimes he was convicted of were in service to, and behalf of Trump.

[@WowbaggerTheInfinitelyProlonge]

I really wish you guys would stop giving Trump's defenders legal advice that might still be useful to them.

[@janetbeatrice9505]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

The truth will set Trump free. Watch and listen on Fox news Thursday night. My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@henrywestbrook9773]

Blanche can attack Cohen's credibility all he wants. It doesn't change all the corroborating evidence which proves Cohen is telling the truth. Pointing out that he committed other crimes doesn't make it less likely that he would have committed crimes for Trump, too. So good luck with that tactic.

[@charlesw9875]

They're too dumb to take the advice even if it came to their attention.

[@stephanechapdelaine]

@@janetbeatrice9505 a lot of us thought the same when hearing these comments

[@eleanorek.leslie9818]

Great job, Michael!! Get yourself a good, professional massage before their next go at you! White light covering you.🙏🙏

[@kenc7120]

$tormy gives good head, and neck massages too

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

Professional? My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@sc2455]

Overall I think the public currently finds Michael Cohen to have achieved enough redeeming qualities to believe him now.

[@kenc7120]

😂😂

[@claritapadilla7110]

👍

[@mikaelbiilmann6826]

Why? He said: those were interesting times and he didn’t regret working for Trump. 😮

[@TheMargarita1948]

I love it that he’s making trump uncomfortable. But I’m not quite over listening to Cohen speak (brag?) about threatening and terrorizing people to advance trump’s interest. More that 500 separate incidents, he said. I tried to picture what that would look like. I could not imagine any of the men I know doing that once in their lifetime. But once a week for TEN YEARS? Trump did not create that monster. But he recognized it and used it. That, I think, is trump’s special talent. He can see the evil in people, he knows how proud they are of that, and he capitalized on it. I am not a theist if any kind of. But mythology and folklore is of interest. Trump is Satan come to life.

[@supersquirrel7546]

These jurors are probably sharing your views and assessments too.

[@DogTheBounyHunterOrMTG.]

You can’t fix stupid, but the red hats make it easier to spot it.

[@andrewstevenson118]

Didn't Stephen Crane write a novel called "The Red Hat of Ignorance"?

[@ohotnitza]

And gold shoes

[@markr9193]

Bottom up Democrats the big Mike effect,

[@Koa-Anatolian]

Good one

[@eagle-eye29]

😂❤😂

[@SilentHill4Life]

Way to go, Mr. Cohen! You’ve got our support!

[@EG-hw8re]

You mean the guy that already served time. Holy cow you demons are as bad as the repubs

[@satisfactionguaranteed5355]

Yea ok!....a group of degenerates means alot

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@christiankamal7549]

Our? Please don't include me and many others. Thx

[@Stephanie-007]

The prosecution is to be applauded for pre-corroborating Cohen's testimony. All he had to do was tell the truth. Well done!

[@dienomo]

Really?

[@52ponybike]

@@dienomo What, the concept of honesty is lost on you?

[@dienomo]

@@52ponybike No, it's lost on Cohen, and anyone that believes him.

[@ruelabad8564]

​@@dienomo😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CarolEdmonds-pk7hr]

@@dienomowell,obviously you don’t believe Cohen. That is your right. It means nothing more than that. Cohen owned the lies, and the sentence he received as a result of those lies. Nobody can ever take that away from him. Now it’s tRump’s turn to experience what Cohen did,in the context of protecting his “client “ from stories that were never published.

[@thirdeye3152]

What is wrong with trumpets?

[@genjii931]

Brain worms

[@andrewstevenson118]

You asking for a list?

[@Mankind_-]

Frontal lobe brain damage.

[@terrencekane8203]

Michael Cohen owned Todd Blanch. It was like Godzilla vs Bambi.

[@dm6187]

Blanche was Godzilla, SLOW-HEN was Bambi.

[@jaundice_japlin]

​@@dm6187 Everything trump touches goes to shyt goober

[@edpeterson2293]

Yea ok😂 and Ukraine is winning😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Surprise623er]

Did you watch a 3 second clip?

[@jamesdouthat3999]

no he didnt

[@jlocey87]

I'm very very impressed that Cohen redeemed himself... This is something that not one x45 supporter will NEVER EVER accomplish ... This includes Don the Conpornleon 💙🇺🇸💙

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

Cohen needs to redeem himself from being a liar to God and the people he lied and about. My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@dienomo]

There is no way you could say that with a straight face!

[@jamesdouthat3999]

How did he redeem himself

[@gladitude9]

Everyone constantly talks about Cohen controling himself, wondering if he’d errupt etc. He’s already been deposed and questioned in front of Congress, and he kept his cool throughout after so many repetitions of the same questions, they never got to him. He understands how to behave in court to attain the goal and that this is his chance. And he did just that.

[@LeahcimKennel]

Agreed and the one smart thing DJT lawyers are preventing him DJT from doing is taking the stand. If DJT did take the stand it would be game over.

[@DisaffectedLiberal]

How'd you get access to the court proceedings?

[@haroldmoore1412]

@@DisaffectedLiberalignorant troll don’t want to know the truth.

[@user-do6he5kd1g]

You guys are delusional. He is such a fool.

[@kornkat]

And he's not hiding anything. No reason to feel intimidated or nervous when you know you're doing the right thing and being completely honest.

[@BleachBlondeBadBuiltButch.]

Imagine the smell in the courtroom after 8 hours of trump pooping his diapers.😷

[@ThatGirl-ku5dq]

That’s why they keep it cool.

[@liberalshaveitallbackwards4667]

U are in a cult

[@user-zo4xt4hq8p]

He has a nanny to change and powder his behind.

[@davidphommavong6744]

😂

[@ardentynekent2099]

No ! : o. )

[@sharonthomas9357]

❤❤ Michael Cohen u doing great sir .......u got this

[@Gary-xm1gy]

Michael Cohen may not be a saint with his fair share of baggage, but he's keeping his composure and doing the right thing to help make sure that trump doesn't escape legal accountability for his crime's

[@liberalshaveitallbackwards4667]

What crimes?

[@stoopidpursun8140]

What crime's (crimes, for the literate people out there)

[@satisfactionguaranteed5355]

What are his crimes?

[@taroman7100]

Crimes? Ha you idiots havent seen crimes. What about the ones Biden and his ilk are committing by allowing the Third World to inhabit our cities draining their budgets, increasing crime, and I'm only getting started. Add to that he's has added more to national debt than any president in history. You all would hate Trump more than if the Chinese marched in!

[@Bill_the_curious]

@@stoopidpursun8140 you chose a really good personal name for tour account.

[@Peaceworld78]

Why is MSNBC helping Blanche? Let him tank. Good for all of us!

[@user-ns9zc5wx6i]

Yea, shut up.

[@AllThingsSoul]

MSNBC does that a lot. It's really not smart.

[@latarribell4152]

Nothing Blanche can do when his client is the real attorney, and Sandwich Spread listens to no one.

[@larmo5633]

Not helping, just reporting you idiots..

[@amberackerson5916]

Agree 100%!

[@peterjonas4971]

It's not fair to the actual mafia to compare trump, Inc. to them.

[@markfeland2285]

🎯👍

[@alicehonestymanson1798]

No kidding. What disrespect.

[@amberackerson5916]

lol!

[@markbishop1138]

Is this why Trump wants to get back in office, just like a gangster.

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@dienomo]

Do gangsters want to get back in office? What part of China you from?

[@markbishop1138]

@@dienomo not the part you are in now.

[@seanLeprechaun]

Cohen's best defense to "you lied!" is, "Yes, I lied FOR Donald Trump. I'm done doing that."

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

We shall see after Thursday's cross examination .My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

So you're saying Cohen lied for Donald trump's cause and you think Trump is a dirt bag. So what's that make Cohen who would stoop so low as to lie for a dirt bag?

[@seanLeprechaun]

@@johnpaul-mp7zc Cohen is a dirtbag. But my point is that Cohen's lying under oath said more about his loyalty to Trump than it did about him being some kind of pathological liar. That honor belongs to Trump himself.

[@sebastian123N]

Who is paying for these Congressmen/women, Senators and Governors to travel to be at Trump’s trial? Not only that but shouldn’t they be at work doing their jobs? If they talk about spending and blame Democrats for not passing legislation I’m going to flip.

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@user-pi9wd6vz6f]

You mean like the Dems wasted our tax money on the Russia hoax that Hillary Clinton bought & paid for? Or the wasted money on the sham impeachments when they should’ve been doing their jobs? Or maybe the Jan 6 set up? They sure wasted a lot of our money on that sham. Democrats are the queens at the double standard..😆🤣😂

[@anitadees4223]

We, the taxpayers, are picking up the tab for that little junket.

[@suzanneball2442]

I had the same question.

[@SweetJustice11]

Taxpayers

[@stellawilson714]

Wonder when the current Trump attorneys will have to hire legal help. Everyone associated with Trump seems to be disgraced, and in some cases indicted, and losing their law licenses. Unlike Midas, everything Trump touches, turns to trash.

[@taroman7100]

BIDEN is the disgrace. You all would see America fall before you would give up power. Biden has burned the Constitution, destroyed the dollar and continues to muck up everything his admin. has touched. Hate Trump all you want but it will take a strong leader not a mush brain child sniffing loser to put us back on track.

[@sharonspencer7483]

That’s soooo true

[@utha2665]

A reverse-Midas, you could say.

[@socraticmethod8719]

The "mierdas touch"

[@LyonsM]

Very, very soon!!

[@goodmandawn]

The moral of the story is Don't do the crime if you can't do the time!

[@jamesdouthat3999]

What crime

[@BMrider75]

No real sympathy for Blanche ; after all, in his client trumpf, he's got himself the impossible task of defending the indefensible .

[@besmartvoteblue2702]

Yes, he was a good lawyer. Now he is unemployable and probably headed for jail in his own right, like the last nine lawyers associated with Von Shitzinpants.

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@suehowie152]

Trump ain't going to be happy..

[@lowellkelley7186]

So what's the crime that was committed since you seen to have found him guilty?

[@BMrider75]

@@lowellkelley7186 please don't be obtuse. Read the indictments, they're pretty clear. False accounting, campaign funding illegalities are what he'll be convicted of.

[@brucewilliams2106]

Lock him up before he does more damage

[@kenc7120]

Lock him up for what?

[@veganpotterthevegan]

​@@kenc7120 not watching huh?

[@eleanorek.leslie9818]

You living under a rock?? He's already caused enormous damage!!😡

[@taylorfox6436]

@@kenc7120 Fraud. Falsifying business records to hide his seedy affair with an adult film star from voters. Indictments spell it out very clearly.

[@danaconley1123]

​@kenc7120 have you been living under a rock or are you just STUPID?

[@JayTee2985]

It amazes me how Demented Don was planning not to reimburse Cohen for the hush money, but his advisors told him that it might be a bad idea if he wanted to keep Cohen quiet.

[@ardentynekent2099]

I am really, really glad than I'm not, nor will ever be, a criminal. Pretty horrible people. How do people who take office with a good heart, get so corrupted? I don't know. Seems the far-right is particularly suited to Trump's temperament.

[@kat19895]

Trump is pure evil, he has NO loyalty to anyone, not even his kids or any of the wives he’s had. He needs to disappear and never come back.

[@eofalassion]

He's cheap, that's why

[@redfan3977]

These were not reimbursements.

[@1stamendmentmedia464]

​@@redfan3977🤣🤣🤣

[@Aliens.Say.FDT.]

Anyone who can shut Donald up is a bloody miracle worker!

[@Mark.The.Ape.Cocenza]

Good luck on that nut perhaps a mask like Hannibal Lecter would do..

[@liberalshaveitallbackwards4667]

Or a fascist

[@liberalshaveitallbackwards4667]

​@Markco.The.Ape.Pocenza Why is Trump a nut? Is it because didn't start any wars?

[@ChloeChang.FDT.]

😂

[@TimMcNamara-sh2cg]

Touche!

[@scooter2377]

JAIL FOR DONNIE

[@davidsalo8397]

Donnie Demento will require a soundproof cell. The whining won't stop. Unless Bubba takes a turn with him.

[@Dan-xx5jq]

that is not what Vivek Ramaslimy said today. He is salvating at the mouth for the VP position!!

[@MrTrooper82]

For what?

[@asdfasdfasdf4746]

Good luck. It's been 8 years 😂

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@elmono3939]

Just don't understand why would somebody vote for Trump. And that is not a political statement...

[@devirama1]

They vote for him because he's convinced them that he is just like them. Maybe that's true.

[@nonewherelistens1906]

It is because they think they will get leprosy if they pull the Democratic lever.

[@DasScaramooch]

@@devirama1 The Irony being that in truth Trump despises them

[@taxicamel]

.......the BILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION. It would appear you really cannot fix "stupid". .

[@eagle-eye29]

It’s awesome to see Cohen get his revenge 😊

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

Wait till you see the revenge Thursday. My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@Spookycat689]

Le’turd O’range

[@therose5783]

Cohen WAS Trump’s fixer... Now he’s the prosecution fixer.

[@independentthinker8930]

You actually believe these liars???? No crime was determined. It's Cohens crime. He's a proven liar. His sleazy secret recording pretty much cleared Trump!

[@katblehm2119]

@@user-pi9wd6vz6f-at least Cohen came clean. Something your gawd tRump will NEVER do … … go ahead, keep supporting MAGA = MOSCOW AGENT GRIFTING AMERICANS

[@Fatdog-Dakind]

Trump has only done three things while in office: 1. $8 trillion Tax Break for the top 1% . 2. Took away women's right to abortion . 3. Removed the Ban on Military weapons and magazines .

[@LyonsM]

How ironic.

[@LyonsM]

@@user-pi9wd6vz6fexactly what did he lie about on the stand??

[@DogTheBounyHunterOrMTG.]

Bet Sleepy D is $h!tting his shorts today!! ODOR in the Court!!!

[@kenc7120]

Bet it all, both nickels.

[@bojangles713]

Hahaha no that's your boy Joe's MO 😂

No, that's smell coming from old Joe crappy pants, who showers with little girls

[@hitthegoat]

@@bojangles713seriously? That’s all you got?

[@edpeterson2293]

❤TRUMP 2024❤

[@niclewis9610]

"It was his fault, it was her fault, it was their fault" Defendant Trump 😫

[@paulgibbon5991]

"I didn't do it. If I did it, it wasn't that bad. If it was that bad, someone else did something bad, probably."

[@niclewis9610]

@@paulgibbon5991 😂💯🎯🎤

[@TwinGoats]

It’s NOT a crime.. nobody cares

[@terishulman900]

There is no crime, if you can name a statute and law that he broke you would be doing a better job than the State

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

@@terishulman900 Hi My fellow citizen We are in good shape. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :)

[@lindap.9163]

The defense has no case and they know it.

[@Z-Bart]

Proof of innocence? Is that what they're teaching at law school these days?

[@paulgibbon5991]

@@Z-Bart You still need to counter the evidence being presented which is proving the guilt of your client.

[@Z-Bart]

@@paulgibbon5991 My client? How is Trump my client?

[@user-qq5sr2ni9p]

Here is where ego gets hyped.. lawyer cross examines lawyer.. Stormy was the best lawyer up to now 😂

[@sakaikearse6128]

I really hope 45 takes the stand!

[@user-qq5sr2ni9p]

If he's as dumb as Alec Murdaugh ..he can proceed

[@markfeland2285]

That would be hilarious and highly unlikely

[@Pickn4Gold]

No way his attorneys let him, he'll just commit perjury and face more charges.

[@haroldmoore1412]

That ain’t happening and his ignorant supporters know he will lie.

[@brucewatson2697]

Not a chance in hail,he never takes the stand in any of his three hundred different cases civil or criminal. And when he has it’s I take the fifth over five hundred times. If he even tries taking the stand in this case, he will be charged with perjury guaranteed. Because he can’t say two sentences without lying in one of the sentences if not both.Facts!

[@jssomewhere6740]

Michael it doesn't matter what happens in the end. You got to tell your story, and I like most know it's the truth.

[@satisfactionguaranteed5355]

Why didn't he tell his story to begin with?

[@terishulman900]

Where do you people come up with this stuff, "got to tell his story", just more lies, did you forget that just a few months ago when he was trying to end his probation the judge called him a serial liar.

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@jssomewhere6740]

@@terishulman900 how do you know were you there? How come you people are soooo stup!d? Are you going to cry cuz I think differently than you? I've got extra tissues I keep for the magas i encounter

[@anitadees4223]

@@terishulman900 Cohens testimony was thoroughly corroborated by documents and other witnesses before he even got on the stand. Anyone who is around Donald Trump very long becomes a liar like Trump is. Plenty of people with good reputations have been ruined by Trump. He's radioactive.

[@trendalaswart3885]

Great job Michael!

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@user-gt4qn8bv5o]

Hard to build a defense when your client is guilty and we all know Trump is guilty.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

Good thing there's really no need for an unbiased jury. Trump has created all this bias on his own due to nearly never doing anything legally.

[@zdwade]

No we don’t. Especially with the crap case the NYAG presented.

[@liberalshaveitallbackwards4667]

Spoken like the true fascist that you are

[@SinkrSwim]

​@@zdwade NY AG James has nothing to do with this case, maybe get a better source if that's the propaganda you've been fed.

[@user-ct1kh2if8j]

And the earth is flat​@@zdwade

[@mikepupillo2648]

Are the Republicans showing up to intimidate the jury's.

[@ldebrobander]

I think they will do whatever it takes at this point for a Republican to win the presidency....perhaps call in a favor for a position on Trump's cabinet if he wins? It is certainly not out of the goodness of their hearts. For what it's worth. Stay tuned in Novemer!

[@user-je8go1gp5g]

That was my first thought!!

[@tonytay4320]

Its to further Manipulate their BASE with Talking Points. Those who follow the trial REPUTABLE source know the truth.

[@menkros1]

Cohen has been preparing for this for years, Trump has forgotten the last few years

[@ardentynekent2099]

Jimmy Connors is the judge, you know! :: O )

[@ronlucius5034]

Bing bang boom bang bong man woman tv dinner lawyer jail ZOOM

[@dm6187]

Joe Bye-Dumb can't remember the last two Minutes.... But he does know his butt's been wiped 😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@SweetJustice11]

@@ardentynekent2099 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tinad7484]

If the commentator doesn't know the specifics on why Michael Cohen disagreed with the way his case was handled than she should not be so forceful in her belief that Michael was wrong.

[@Adair9800]

She is reckless in her comments.

[@laramontes1746]

I agree completely! Poor reporting on MSNBC" behalf.

[@amberackerson5916]

Agree with everything posted here. Man, MSNBC seems to have really changed!

[@johnprosser5035]

Stop doing the defences job for them and giving them tips lol

[@Anden1]

Vote all democrats 2024 - vote to secure democracy, womens rights and health care. Keep on voting blue Biden and Harris needs the Congress to secure change in supreme court and getting rid of the electoral college. 💙💙💙💙

[@romeodelossantos7669]

A Ghost wrote those checks 😂😂 that what the scholars would say. What crime? I’m President ! 😅

[@geezhud]

His penchant for lying was absolutely highlighted, leaving the jury with a last impression of his deceitful and hate filled psychosis.

[@anitadees4223]

Trump certainly has a penchant for lying. Cohen emulated that during the time he was enmeshed in the Trump cult. Every other cultist has gone the same route. It's getting to the point that if you see a Trump bumper sticker on a car, you know not to trust the driver to work at the cash register of your business.

[@Michele-zn5yi]

Every time I see Trump I think, how can he think he looks good. His hair isn't a normal color, never is his skin and yet there he is, smiling or whining, thinking he looks nice. Unbelievable.

[@My1reddog]

🤡👹

[@sheilaboston7051]

What did he say to Cohen about Melania finding out about Stormy? "I won't be on the market for long." 🤢🤢 I said to someone once that if donnie was the only man left on earth and I was the only woman, then I would have to let the human race die out!

[@howardj602]

The only things that are rattling in that courtroom are the marbles in Trump's head.

[@kcventures720]

I think he has a colony of worms in his brain.

[@bojangles713]

And his 🥜🥜in your mouth 😉😅

[@painkillerjones6232]

Wow, what a cut-down!! Did you waste the whole day working on it? You'll love it when Trump easily wins 2024, and becomes your president again.😃

[@carolannehamilton-gill5675]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BettyBo-zg1ok]

​@@painkillerjones6232go take your antipsychotics

[@mrfuzztone]

Keep cool Michael Cohen. Doing good telling the truth. Yes, a 45 in prison shirt from the Meidas Touch store. Not a Michael Cohen store shirt.

[@amberackerson5916]

Exactly.

[@leosamuels758]

When will we have freedom from T trump

[@DrakeSmith-tn6ij]

It’s pretty clear that the prosecution has built and presented a very strong and compelling case for Trump to be convicted of the charges against him and for that conviction to be upheld on appeal.

[@myhell7993]

Lol like what charges? NDA...since when is that illegal? They. Have nothing but election interference

[@madddog692000]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

Do you just watch MSNBC? My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@commonsense6702]

I don't feel any sorrow for Michael, he made his bed and was well rewarded for conducting trump's demands even if they were in conflict with his conscience. I suspect he holds revengeful thoughts toward trump, why not, he was hung out to dry and became a fall guy. He's suffered the indignity of imprisonment on behalf of trump and now as a final step to his redemption and his family's recovery will tell the truth, no holds barred. Truth will prevail and trump will suffer in the long run.

[@Michellina19]

Dont be foolish.. they are shaking in their boots otherwise we wouldn't be in court 😂

[@merphul]

It's kinda crazy that this trial wouldn't be happening if Trump had gone through the 30 seconds to pardon Cohen.

[@anitadees4223]

Trump was SELLING those pardons and Cohen didn't have the 2 million dollar price. Rudy Giuliani has let it slip several times.

[@carmenpatriciacondefierro8387]

If, and only if, he won't go to jail, STRIP him from the POTUS title!!! 😮😮😮😮😮

[@brandanellis2953]

Not how that works

[@bojangles713]

Ain't gonna happen he can pardon himself 😉😅

[@EdwardoTapia-li1co]

How ? He’s gonna win again. No one wants Biden

[@ArachnerdGC]

@@bojangles713 I don't understand why that little loop-hole of a president being able to pardon him/herself hasn't been fixed during the past three and a half years. It's insane that presidential self-pardon is something that can happen.

[@bojangles713]

@@ArachnerdGC well I'm sure the current inept administration is trying to do just that in a last ditch effort to take down DJT.. Much to no avail

[@IAmSuzyQ]

Once again, Trump is playing the victim to circumstances he created. 🙄

[@supersquirrel7546]

Yeah but by now the only people who care about Donnie are the crazy MAGA. Independent voters and many religious voters have seen the full extent of Dirty Don's corruption, lies, cheating ways and criminality behind his entire life. Donnie didn't want Stormy's story to affect 2016 elections. Now, Stormy's story is going to affect 2024 elections. He got away with it once but never again.

[@MySpace662]

Trump was gaslighting while Cohen was testifying.

[@ushere5791]

no! PLEASE don't light tfg's gas!! :O

[@paulgibbon5991]

Well, he was producing gas...

[@KaiserBlade]

So you have no idea what Gaslighting means? Hilarious.

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@jaundice_japlin]

​@KaiserBlade Try harder goober. Buy a real men wear diapers shirt, they latest maga craze

[@johnbratmon6385]

Todd blanche could have done what was dicussed regarding Cohen's previous lies, but his testimony is corroborated for the most part by other witness testimony & documented proof...

[@stanleyhache1626]

That was the ingenuity of the Prosecution team.

[@dm6187]

Blanche absolutely destroyed the serial perjurer Cohen. Cohen got reamer like Wh*re-me Daniels. 😂😂😂 🤡🤡🤡. Is Cohen lying now or was he lying at the fraud trial he was convicted in back in 2018? BLACKS for TRUMP.

[@kingluithe1st]

The crime itself is based on this guys testimony because the only crime is intent.

[@kurtzFPV]

​@@kingluithe1stnot watching this closely, but doesn't it also have to do that the source of the money was campaign funds?

[@pamjones8007]

​@@kingluithe1stThat is not true. He'd lied about where the money came from. He falsified records

[@KnowTrentTimoy]

Cohen prepared for this, Not a surprise.

[@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.

[@stoopidpursun8140]

Bot --^

[@besmartvoteblue2702]

@@stoopidpursun8140 Cultist, unphuck your mind.

[@scottstaggs7234]

The bots should be outed

[@bathory5026]

Mindless...

[@crazycarlsadventures5983]

Dictator 😂

[@Philobiblion]

I wish Nicole wouldn't interrupt when the panelists are trying to make a point. Otherwise, great reporting and opinion.

[@ardentynekent2099]

In fairness, there's someone 2 feet away giving her time cues that she has to hit, or master control will fade to black.

[@wilapblkhistory8310]

Lock ⛓️🔒 trumpie ⬆️ UP 🇺🇸

[@stoopidpursun8140]

"Lock him up!" / 🤡

[@ShadoeHaze]

It's so nice that you guys get on here and talk about what a danger our democracy is in, and how you're sooooooooo glad that FINALLY Trump will be facing some accountability, and then have guests on that give the defense team pointers on how they should be doing their job better. I'M TALKING TO YOU, WOMAN IN RED, who'd name I don't care to learn.

[@travisolander4749]

Which came first? The courtroom smell or don’s diaper?

[@danaconley1123]

Donalds' diaper

[@andrewstevenson118]

Don't be gross.

[@paulgibbon5991]

When Trump gaslights you, he provides his own gas.

[@AlanaLewis007]

And also trump goes after everybody what is she talking about

[@dlcs1406]

I love that Michael used the word "cult" in reference to Donald Trump

[@trendalaswart3885]

Trump should have to pay Cohen ten times what Cohen suffered.

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@user-mg1bd5rx8u]

I think they have got you Donald - get ready for jail.

[@veronical.velardes3717]

RIGHT ON..MICHAEL 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@JaymeeAngell222]

Of course they aren't gonna rattle Michael Cohen hes a solid legit figure in this country doing right by this country.

[@davidlangley1844]

Guilty guilty guilty of the charges

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Won’t be voting for Trump, a stain on the USA

[@johnpaul-mp7zc]

Do you just watch MSNBC? My fellow citizen to be rational you need to watch an equal amount of time watching Fox news with MSNBC news to make a rational choice. Does anybody who is working for MSNBC or a follower of MSNBC understand Michael Cohen had PLEADED GUILTY TO PERJURY when he was being tried? What that makes him is a unreliable witness! This will destroy Michael Cohen's testimony. The Defense will bring this out to the Jurors Thursday. during cross examination :) Michael Cohen is a convicted lier. truth

[@theowl3756]

Todd Blanche asked Michael Cohen if they ever met? And then asks how could you make such negative statement about me in the media? The response from Michael Cohen should have been very direct and simple: Just like you, I have represented Trump and I know that I was not a good person when I was representing a despicable character like Trump.

[@cvega3804]

Come on people we can do it again we need 🇺🇸🗽STOP Donald Trump oh we going to be sorry later

[@adrianchavez7183]

Last time I checked when u pay someone for services it's a mutual agreement.. what are we even arguing about?

[@lisamariebarker6816]

Lol! Mama Nicolle was looking at that chick at the end like, You just said misleading and misinformed crap on my show lady?

[@dstarrii9784]

LOL I think Kristy greenberg would have been a better attorney for Trump than Blanch!

[@amberackerson5916]

What is up w Ari, hes been referring to trump as “president” and tonight said how Cohen was selling “merch” (the t-shirt of trump behind bars). That tee is sold by Meidas Touch, not Cohen. And then this negative screed against cohen when Cohen did amazingly well. Then went on to say how good Blanche is … Todd Blanche was AWFUL!

[@mikaelbiilmann6826]

Cohen described it perfectly: Trump acting like a mob boss. The problem was Trump just left him for himself in jail! 😂

[@conniewojahn6445]

Mr. Cohen is a solid witness, credible, well spoken, and he knows where all of diaper don's bodies are buried. The NY prosecutors processing this trial appear to know how to use his demeaner and his testimony to prove their case. Hopefully, this combination will convince the jury to convict diaper don of the charges.

[@bobsholness1947]

Mike Johnson and the other flunkeys outside the courthouse remind me of Charlie Manson's girls doing the same thing back in 1970.

[@sidneysisk225]

Bob: Thank God for people like you! Smart!

[@Carlospjr]

TRUMP MAGA = Making Attorneys Get Attorneys!

[@zynathera8140]

Doesn’t matter what Cohen thinks of Trump. What matters is what he did for FOR trump previously.

[@TheWhiteDenzel]

This is like the Whole Mueller Investigation again

[@supersquirrel7546]

Except this time no interference and obstruction of justice from Bill Barr.