Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s flimsy case against former President Donald Trump rests on the testimony of its star witness, convicted liar Michael Cohen. But unsurprisingly, Cohen — and his allegations against Trump — fell apart on the witness stand under cross-examination by Trump’s defense team on Thursday.
Even CNN couldn’t help but admit it.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a star cooperating witness get his knees chopped out quite as clearly and dramatically as what just happened with Michael Cohen,” the network’s senior legal analyst Elie Honig said.
CNN: “I don’t think I’ve never seen a star cooperating witness get his knees chopped out quite as clearly and dramatically as what just happened with Michael Cohen.” pic.twitter.com/GUHxl9tdPT
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CNN’s Anderson Cooper called what Trump attorney “Todd Blanche did to Cohen” an “extraordinary cross-examination,” admitting “Cohen was cornered in what appeared to be a lie.”
Cohen lied to a Senate committee in 2017, pleaded guilty in 2018 to lying to Congress, and told the public he did not commit tax evasions “despite having told a federal judge, U.S. District Judge William Pauley, in court that he had,” Politico reported.
Federal prosecutors also expressed “substantial concerns about Cohen’s credibility as a witness” and “material false statements” he reportedly made to the FBI and prosecutors.
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CNN called Cohen’s performance under cross-examination by Trump’s defense team the former president’s “best day
