Trump Trial: Could Michael Cohen testimony SINK case for prosecutors? Accused of LYING on the stand

National politics reporter Julia Manchester chats with legal expert Robert McWhirter about the week of testimony from former President Donald Trump’s ex-fixer Michael Cohen. What were the stand-out moments, and what does it mean for the former president? McWhirter also gives his take on the corruption trial for Senator Bob Menendez, Hunter Biden’s upcoming trial, the Supreme Court’s decision to preserve the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and what’s next for TikTok as a coalition of creators sue the federal government.

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[davidbybee]

So the question is if Michael would lie to defend trump why would he not lie to convict trump that’s not a jump. The bill mahrr tape 100% ruins stormie

[aaronwernz]

Just so you know, the person who they simply refer to as a “legal expert”, is a life long Democrat who ran for attorney general as a Democrat in Arizona just a couple of years ago. You would think that this information might have been disclosed, if informing the viewers was really the purpose of this segment. If your intention was to put your own political spin on what is going on in various political driven criminal cases, you would refer to him as simply a “legal expert”. If truth is what you are looking for, you might want to keep looking. My guess is, this post won’t last long before the people who monitor this comment section remove it, in order to preserve the fiction of their “journalistic integrity”. Sad.😔

[natedog]

I hate this commentator. What crime. It's not illegal to buy a story of a freaking lie. It's illegal to use campaign finances to do it which there has been no proof of.
There is literally no papers stating any of this this.

[JOHNGA]

Watch Michael Cohen's attorney, he was the NY state prosecutor for long Island, testify to Congress yesterday about what Michael Cohen really said, on YouTube

[henryamado]

Time for the Libs to open a GoFundMe to buy the jury

[dmp]

Where do they find all these partisan hacks?

[bubasmollett]

If Stormy committing perjury didn't sink the case, why would Cohen committing perjury be any different?

[herballycorrect]

FACTS: "The Trump hush money case is underway in New York. Of all legal cases against Trump, this one is the weakest and most absurd of all. It involves an alleged misdemeanor on which the statute of limitations has already expired, in conjunction with another alleged misdemeanor on which the statute of limitations has also expired, both part of an alleged election interference conspiracy that other courts have already said isn’t a crime. Got that? Also, the bookkeeping violation supposedly involving election interference took place after the election was already over. Even liberal legal scholars can’t find a crime here." --J. Rickards

[BetterTextLex]

This guy is a criminal defense trial attorney and he thinks Michael Cohen’s credibility or bias isn’t an issue? Wow. I’d love to know how many defense verdicts he’s obtained.

[SteveCarla]

Does it really matter when we all know he did it and he's admitted it on camera already?

[aea]

Wow what a deluded take...can't take this media serious anymore 🤣

[skyrocketcoast]

Mr Cohen did fine.
Lots of b.s on this channel

[calebchou]

Where did you guys find this guy? Such weak arguments… feel a lot less smart.

[livefree]

This dude is a hack. God's not going to play his word games with him on judgement Day he's going to be judged for everything he chooses to be his only hope is to turn from his wicked ways and sends the Jesus Christ before that judgement day hes going to face

[westonliesen]

This so-called legal expert's bias is so glaringly apparent that its hard salvage a even a sliver of value from his analysis.

[billydoyle]

But when a criminal case has this many questions, it is that amount of doubts, It has holes, each hole is a consecutive reasonable doubt.

[livefree]

The word of God is true.. the wicked who seek to set traps for others will fall into it themselves! when they seek to roll a stone upon another it's going to roll back upon them.


The wicked who have been using government to enrich themselves and the push and moral ideologies and agenda are going to reap consequences from God Hi mself

[doughoskins]

This guy seems to be saying the opposite of what other people (for and against trump) are saying about the testimonies.

[Jerry]

Do other countries get the Americans free speech freedom? and if so, Why? Other countries don't give America free speech in their country.

[IRONFOX-fyse]

The paper trial makes IQ45 guilty as charged.