Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche had multiple objections to his cross of Michael Cohen sustained, and the judge denied a request to talk about the objections in another disastrous moment for Trump.
Norm Eisen posted from inside the courtroom:
Blanche struggling
Multiple objections, all sustained
Point seems to be that DA told NYT about the indictment before they told Cohen
Cohen utterly unfazed
WHO CARES
OMG, Blanche asks if can approach and discuss all the objections sustained
Judge: (quietly, shaking head) no
Smackdown.
Blanche is not up for this
I did not think it could get worse that Tuesday’s start to cross for Blanche
Maybe its not worse, but it ain’t much better
He needed to come out swinging, impose his will on Cohen, rattle him & make impression on jury
Not happening
Eisen also posted that Blanche finally got some traction when he began playing parts of Cohen’s podcast, but the issue of Cohen’s bias was already addressed by the prosecution in Cohen’s direct, so there is no new ground being covered.
Trump’s defense needed to undermine the credibility of Michael Cohen’s testimony and get the former fixer off his game, but they have not been able to.
It is possible that Cohen, being a former lawyer and a longtime employee of Trump, knew exactly what was coming and was more than ready for it.
No one knows what the jury is thinking, but Trump’s best shot at not being convicted might be going down the drain as his lawyers seem to be failing to lay a glove on Michael Cohen.
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