Cohen’s Testimony CRUMBLES On Cross-Examination As Trump Lawyers Present Key Evidence

Defense attorneys for former President Donald Trump on Thursday unleashed a devastating cross-examination on Michael Cohen, burying him beneath his own previous remarks about his great disdain for his former boss.

Cohen, who returned for a third day of testimony in the former president’s hush money trial, faced a barrage of broadsides from defense lawyer Todd Blanche. On March 30th, 2023 during an interview with CNN, Cohen compared his fight with Trump to the biblical story of David vs. Goliath.

“And you actually said on March 30, so before the indictment was unsealed, that ‘You had Goliath on his back,’ didn’t you?” Blanche asked.

“Sounds correct,” Cohen says, CNN reports.

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In another instance, Cohen’s words were used against him when Blanche pulled an episode of his podcast where he stated Trump would “get a taste of what I went through” in criminal prosecution. “Picturing Donald Trump being led through the booking process … fills me with delight and sadness at the same time,” Cohen says, in the clip played for court. “What an embarrassment it is to the office of the presidency,” he adds with audible excitement in his voice, a stark contrast with his testimony in court, the outlet noted.

Further damning quotes were pulled as the defense sought to discredit Cohen beyond his infamous conviction for lying to Congress. In a podcast from October 23rd, 2020, Cohen states, “I truly f**king hope that this man ends up in prison.” He goes on to say, “But revenge is a dish best served cold and you better believe I want this man to go down and rot inside for what he did to my family.” Asked by Blanche if he took “credit” for Trump’s indictment, Cohen replied, “I took some credit, yes,” and restated his affirmation when asked again.

More insults were directed at Trump by Cohen, including some name-calling.

“You continued to call President Trump various names on your podcasts and when you’re even doing CNN interviews, correct?” Blanche asks. “Correct,” Cohen says. After President Trump criticized Cohen in a Truth Social post in March of 2023, Cohen shot back with another insult.

“You called him dumba** Donald?” Blanche asked. “Sounds correct,” Cohen confirms.

Nor could Cohen contain himself from commenting about the trial on TikTok where he has been criticized for allegedly monetizing his comments. Blanche highlighted one statement where Cohen admitted he had “mental excitement about the fact that this trial was starting” and noted a paralegal was monitoring his social media.

“That didn’t stop you, did it?” he asked.

Cohen said, “No, sir.”

Later, the defense shifted back to Cohen’s well-known lies under oath, asking if those oaths differed in any way from the one he took on the witness stand today.

“Was that oath that you took every single time, so going back to all the depositions, the same oath that you took Monday morning in this courtroom?” Blanche asks.

“Yes sir,” Cohen says.

“The oath doesn’t change, depending on the location, does it?” Blanche asks.

“No,” Cohen says.

“And each time you met with a federal agent you were told that if you made a false statement that that was a felony, a federal crime, correct” Blanche asks.

“Yes sir,” Cohen says.

Lies to the U.S. House Intelligence Committee were referenced which ultimately led to Cohen’s perjury charges in 2018.

“There were a couple of different lies?” Blanche asks. “That’s correct,” Cohen says. When asked about which lies he told during that previous testimony, Cohen admitted he couldn’t remember them all.

“What was the other lie?” Blanche asks. “I don’t recall. I think those were the two,” Cohen says, referencing a claim that he stopped the Trump Tower Moscow project talks in January 2016.

“You lied under oath, correct?” Blanche asks.

“Yes sir,” Cohen says.

“And you lied again when you met with the special counsel on August 7, (2018), correct?” Blanche asks.

“Correct,” Cohen says.

“You said you were accepting responsibility for those lies, for lying to Congress. But in fact, you repeatedly said — and even said this morning, and even this week — that the reason why you lied was because of your loyalty to President Trump,” Blanche says.

“I worked with a joint defense agreement and we crafted the two-page document in order to stay on message — the message we all knew Mr. Trump wanted, including Mr. Trump’s attorney at the time,” Cohen responds.

“So are you saying you’re accepting responsibility, or blaming the joint defense agreement?” Blanche followed up.

“Accepting responsibility, I read it and I submitted it to the committee,” Cohen said on the stand.

Cohen is the second star witness prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg have brought as they attempt to saddle Trump with convictions on 34 felony charges of creating fraudulent business documents. Legal observers on both the left and right have noted the weakness of Bragg’s case, including too much reliance on “circumstantial evidence” around a salacious sex scandal and a “catch and kill” strategy related to negative stories ahead of the 2016 presidential election, neither of which is a crime.

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