Defense lawyers for Donald J. Trump are trying to poke holes in the story of Michael D. Cohen, who once was his lawyer and is now his nemesis. Mr. Cohen testified that his former boss was present at a meeting where a hush-money plan was devised.
  • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    7 months ago

    If you happen to be listening to MSNBC’s round-table discussion at the moment, the guy who is basically claiming Cohen has destroyed the case against Trump is one of Trump’s impeachment lawyers.

    Edit: And he is an absolute hack.

    • MrVilliam@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      7 months ago

      What a fucking dork. Like trump will snap his fingers and that ugly-Sonic looking motherfucker is gonna rip his shirt off and fight a witness or juror or whoever to the death. Just because you’re not good at intimidation doesn’t make it not intimidation. That shitstain will be a Florida Senator and then run for president, but for now he is a fugly, dorky, loser lapdog with credible accusations against him, and we need to point it out so that it’s remembered when it matters most.

      • Bdtrngl@lemmy.world
        5·
        7 months ago

        Is there a way to see them without having a log in? I get an overlay anytime I click anything.

        • fox2263@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          7 months ago

          I’m not sure to be honest, I rarely use it.

          You could always make a throwaway account for viewing.

  • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    31·
    7 months ago

    So I read the live updates throughout the day - and was then surprised to see headlines later claiming that Cohen’s “knees were cut out from under him.”

    From what I heard, the defense made a point that on a call where Cohen called Trump’s body guard to say the Stormy thing was taken care of, text messages before the call suggest that Cohen was calling to instead complain about a 14 year old that was prank calling Cohen.

    The defense also pointed out that Cohen was conservatively getting something like 20,000 calls a year. All in all, the point they were making seemed to be that Cohen couldn’t be sure about when the phone call took place and that the exact call he specified early likely was about something else.

    So how devastating is that to the prosecution’s case? In my mind, it sounds like a reasonable mistake. But is it crucial that they identify exactly at what point in time Cohen talked to Trump? I could see if this was a murder case and they were like “the victim was killed at 8:00, but your call at 8:02 was about something else so you’re lying!” But does the exact time and date of this call actually matter?

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2·
      7 months ago

      My confusion is to the whole “how could you possibly talk about two things in a minute and change?” And I’m just sitting here trying to remember the last time I talked to someone other than my mother on the phone for more than 30 seconds.

      • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        7 months ago

        True. I’m surprised he didn’t call him collect and say “It’sMichaelIpaidoffthatpornstaryoubangedsonothingtoworryabout”