Trump lawyers don’t rattle Michael Cohen and more hush money trial takeaways – The Washington Post
Defense lawyers didn’t quite rattle the prosecution’s star witness when they questioned him all day Thursday.
Donald Trump’s defense team spent all day hammering away at the credibility of witness Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney and fixer. They attempted to destroy his credibility. Bludgeon holes in his previous testimony. And portray him as a squirrelly man who had lied to the jury earlier this week.
None of this was unexpected. Cohen — who served prison time for multiple crimes, including lying to Congress in 2018 — is a less-than-ideal witness for prosecutors, but his account is critical to any conviction. So prosecutors spent their time with Cohen on the stand this week trying to build him up in the eyes of the jury. And today it was the defense’s turn to tear him down.