Trump lawyer Todd Blanche filed multiple objections to Michael Cohen’s cross, and the judge declined a request to talk about them in another disastrous moment for Trump .
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Blanche struggles
Despite repeated objections, the
The point seems to be that the district attorney disclosed the indictment to the New York Times before telling Cohen
Cohen was completely unmoved
who cares
OMG Blanche asked if all the ongoing objections could be addressed and discussed
Judge: (shaking his head calmly) No
smack down.
Blanche is not suitable for this
I don’t think it’s going to get any worse when Blanche starts crossing on Tuesday
Maybe it’s not worse, but it’s not much better either
He needs to appear vacillating and impose his will on Cohen, unsettle him and impress the jury
Did not happen
Eisen also posted that Branch finally gained some attention when she started airing portions of Cohen’s podcast, but that the issue of Cohen’s bias had been addressed directly by Cohen’s prosecutors, so no new content was covered.
Trump’s defense needed to undermine the credibility of McConnell’s testimony and take the former fixer out of the race, but they were unable to do so.
As a former lawyer and longtime Trump employee, Cohen likely knew what was coming and was well prepared.
No one knows what the jury was thinking, but Trump’s best chance of not being convicted may be in vain because his lawyers appear to be failing to provide help to Michael Cohen.
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