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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCohen cross examination: " Two jurors looked at each other and grinned."
Blanche starts by focusing on name callinghttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-hush-money-trial-day-17-michael-cohen-live-updates-rcna151899/rcrd41680?canonicalCard=true
Adam Edelman and Gary Grumbach
Mr. Cohen, my name is Todd Blanche, Blanche said. But, he added, You went on TikTok and called me a crying little s---.
Sounds like something I would say, Cohen said.
The prosecution immediately objected, which the judge agreed with and asked that the question be stricken.
Two jurors looked at each other and grinned.
Uncsnsored version from
"Sounds like something I would say," Cohen spits back.
Traurigkeit
(823 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,872 posts)As depicted in those pictures with him standing outside the courthouse next to Trump.
I think he looks like he wants to jump off a bridge.
His family needs to do a wellness check.
LiberalFighter
(51,958 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,872 posts)After this ordeal they are going to need some serious help.
TomSlick
(11,212 posts)Win or lose, they will be darlings of the GOP. They will have their choice of clients.
Lawyers often finding themselves representing clients they don't like. In the words of Professor Prosser:
Irish_Dem
(49,872 posts)I would not let these attorneys help me fill out a small claims court form.
The good professor nailed it.
TomSlick
(11,212 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,872 posts)I looked him up in wiki.
Brilliant, witty, sophisticated.
Made a significant contribution to his profession.
His description of life in the trenches for an attorney is accurate, sad, and funny
at the same time.
I would love to have been a student in his class.
TomSlick
(11,212 posts)Legal research is all done on computers now. Nevertheless, I will have a current edition of Prosser and Keaton as long as I practice law.
Irish_Dem
(49,872 posts)practicing attorneys view his work as one of the legal bibles they keep at hand.
Even in the computer age.
et tu
(1,094 posts)ShazzieB
(16,849 posts)Fortunately, he's in Manhattan, so he has plenty to choose from: Brooklyn Bridge, Queensborough Bridge,
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the list goes on and on.
hlthe2b
(102,850 posts)the comment toward Blanche--who has not exactly endeared himself to anyone in this trial. It has to be obvious to the jury that the judge has slapped him down repeatedly so...
My guess only...
emulatorloo
(44,326 posts)I added the uncensored version to the OP.
ancianita
(36,386 posts)ShazzieB
(16,849 posts)When I read that, my first thought was, "Oh, looks like at least some of the jurors have pegged Blanche as a jerk."
Tree Lady
(11,598 posts)eating lunch together and talking about family, work, not the case.
I have been on a few juries. One lady brought us homemade tamales for lunch.
gab13by13
(21,858 posts)rubbersole
(6,838 posts)Trying to 'hold out' after the humiliation tsf has suffered from the evidence and 1st hand testimony...plus there are two lawyers on the jury. Maybe I'm dreaming, but I wouldn't want to be a juror saying "I'm just not sure.."
dem4decades
(11,368 posts)him.
Shouldn't the cross be trying to prove Cohen a liar and not a truth teller?
Irish_Dem
(49,872 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,427 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,872 posts)Gave her the set up lines so she could mow them down.
Trump's attorneys think everyone is stupid.
They don't know how to handle people who are smarter than they are.
ananda
(28,981 posts)So they wouldn't know intelliigence if it bit them in the....
Irish_Dem
(49,872 posts)They are surrounded by yes men who only say what Trump wants to hear.
They cannot handle normal people.
ArkansasDemocrat1
(1,432 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,872 posts)Amazing.
The jury loved it.
senseandsensibility
(17,433 posts)coming across like his client, thin-skinned and someone who can dish it out but can't take it?
orange jar
(160 posts)Reads to me like some of the jury doesn't take Blanche seriously (nor should they). Good. Hopefully he loses his credibility among the other jurors.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,511 posts)republianmushroom
(14,383 posts)Rob H.
(5,377 posts)Somehow I don't think Cohen is that impressed with Blanche.
"Yes, probably," Cohen says.
"Do you have any doubt?" Blanche responds.
"No," Cohen says.
Asked why he answered it that way, Cohen says, "Because I dont specifically know if I used those words but yes I would like to see that."
"Do you want to see President Trump convicted in this case?" Blanche asks.
"Sure," Cohen says.
Blanche follows up and asks him to answer the question "yes" or "no."
Cohen responds, "Sure."
littlemissmartypants
(23,104 posts)LymphocyteLover
(5,706 posts)Johonny
(21,144 posts)That's like legal 101.
Tom of Temecula
(1,443 posts)Cohen is hardly alone on that one.
Barry Markson
(280 posts)And just more fodder for an appeal of a conviction.
Traurigkeit
(823 posts)Supreme Court of the State of New York
NYCourts.gov
Appellate Division, First Judicial Department
Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Presiding Justice
Susanna Molina Rojas, Clerk of the Court
Ping Tung
(899 posts)ancianita
(36,386 posts)Now court is adjourned for the day.
But in the last minutes of cross, Blanche seemed to be scattershot in portraying the contradictory and lying behavior of Cohen around Trump, attempting to discredit even Cohen's honesty.
A boorish cartoon misogynist
A Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain
And the statement: I truly fucking hope this man ends up in prison"
Blanche then played a recording of Cohens Mea Culpa podcast through headphones on the witness stand. The clip has not yet been played in open court.
When Blanche questioned Cohen about the clip, prosecutors objected, but Justice Merchan overruled the objection. In response to the objection, Blanche said: Sorry for speaking.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/05/14/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/more-of-cohens-trump-comments-00157973
viva la
(3,427 posts)Telling the jury what a monster Trump is.
"Do you admit that you called Mr. Trump the mushroom of the month?"
"Yeah. And I also called him the onion-skinned artichoke. And--"
I mean, what exactly do they expect the jury to get out of this? I suppose it's that these witnesses are biased? I don't think that's the most likely response.
ancianita
(36,386 posts)with this jury.
3Hotdogs
(12,586 posts)I would love to see the courtroom drawing of Anal Fistula's face on that one.
ancianita
(36,386 posts)ancianita
(36,386 posts)Blanche won't, though, because Marchan just struck the first "shit" reference from the court record.
SunSeeker
(52,041 posts)Pundits on MSNBC's Deadline White House are saying the word among the courtroom observers is that Blanche is bombing.
Oopsie Daisy
(3,028 posts)* yeah... Blanche is TOTALLY a "crying little shit."
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,138 posts)czarjak
(11,454 posts)Todd.
peppertree
(21,927 posts)I grew up in Mi'ssippi - where the smiling backstab was more common.
When they slithered toward you, and oozed out an "Oh, hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!" - you knew something was up.