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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
(1,290 posts)Irish_Dem
(55,272 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
(53,036 posts)Irish_Dem
(55,272 posts)After this ordeal they are going to need some serious help.
TomSlick
(11,547 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
(55,272 posts)I would not let these attorneys help me fill out a small claims court form.
The good professor nailed it.
TomSlick
(11,547 posts)Irish_Dem
(55,272 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
(11,547 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
(55,272 posts)practicing attorneys view his work as one of the legal bibles they keep at hand.
Even in the computer age.
et tu
(1,611 posts)ShazzieB
(17,846 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
(104,706 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
(45,449 posts)I added the uncensored version to the OP.
ancianita
(37,604 posts)ShazzieB
(17,846 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
(11,943 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
(23,789 posts)rubbersole
(7,871 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
(11,668 posts)him.
Shouldn't the cross be trying to prove Cohen a liar and not a truth teller?
Irish_Dem
(55,272 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,745 posts)Irish_Dem
(55,272 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
(29,811 posts)So they wouldn't know intelliigence if it bit them in the....
Irish_Dem
(55,272 posts)They are surrounded by yes men who only say what Trump wants to hear.
They cannot handle normal people.
ArkansasDemocrat1
(2,465 posts)Irish_Dem
(55,272 posts)Amazing.
The jury loved it.
senseandsensibility
(19,306 posts)coming across like his client, thin-skinned and someone who can dish it out but can't take it?
orange jar
(761 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
(102,047 posts)republianmushroom
(16,301 posts)Rob H.
(5,457 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
(23,644 posts)LymphocyteLover
(6,192 posts)Johonny
(21,520 posts)That's like legal 101.
Tom of Temecula
(1,632 posts)Cohen is hardly alone on that one.
Barry Markson
(280 posts)And just more fodder for an appeal of a conviction.
Traurigkeit
(1,290 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
(1,066 posts)ancianita
(37,604 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
(3,639 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
(37,604 posts)with this jury.
3Hotdogs
(13,089 posts)I would love to see the courtroom drawing of Anal Fistula's face on that one.
ancianita
(37,604 posts)ancianita
(37,604 posts)Blanche won't, though, because Marchan just struck the first "shit" reference from the court record.
SunSeeker
(53,001 posts)Pundits on MSNBC's Deadline White House are saying the word among the courtroom observers is that Blanche is bombing.
Oopsie Daisy
(3,897 posts)* yeah... Blanche is TOTALLY a "crying little shit."
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,469 posts)czarjak
(12,142 posts)Todd.
peppertree
(22,558 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.