The prosecution and defense rested yesterday, meaning, to no one’s shock, that Donald Trump did not testify.
Trump had said he would, but it would have been judicial malpractice for his lawyers to expose him to a hundred different lines of interrogation.
Michael Cohen went into the hush money trial with a well-established reputation as a convicted liar.
We all knew he would be hammered on cross-examination for lying on behalf of Trump, lying to Congress, lying to investigators and lying to the press. That was baked into the equation...
Continue reading...Trump had said he would, but it would have been judicial malpractice for his lawyers to expose him to a hundred different lines of interrogation.
Michael Cohen went into the hush money trial with a well-established reputation as a convicted liar.
We all knew he would be hammered on cross-examination for lying on behalf of Trump, lying to Congress, lying to investigators and lying to the press. That was baked into the equation...