Trump continues to sleep through trial
which might make an appeal problematic
Michael Cohen took the stand on Monday morning and Donald Trump slept through most of it.
And what little he did not snore through was devastating to him.
And let’s be frank and realist. Michael Cohen is a terrible witness to rely on. Convicted perjurers rarely are goom witnesses. Except that the Manhattan DAs have had every fact testfied to by Cohen appended to a note, email, letter, or invoice.
Trump’s trial team, in between taking time to wake him up, are heading into an abyss, in my opinion, once cross examination starts.
Why? At the heart of Michael Cohen’s perjuries was protecting Donald Trump.
Michael Cohen’s campaign finance violations, tax evasion, and bank fraud indictments were all linked to Donald Trump. Within a month of getting indicted, Rudy Guiliani announced that Cohen was no longer Trump’s personal attorney.1
Cohen also lied to 8 congressional committees for Donald Trump. Got slammed legally for that, too. It’s worth mentioning that the House and Senate were controlled by the GOP then.
In late 2018, Donald Trump, after throwing Michael Cohen under the bus, threatened Cohen’s family.
Michael Cohen’s testimony is backed up by scads of documents, his lies can be explained as “doing Donald Trump’s bidding”, and his animus against Trump is about getting stiffed on a bill.
More later today….
Michael Cohen was indicted in April 2018 and dropped as Trump’s personal attorney in May 2018.