The presumptive Republican nominee’s lawyers made a long-shot bid for the dismissal of his first criminal trial before the jury has even been asked to deliberate.
And he implored Merchan not to hand jurors a case so reliant on testimony from Cohen, a confessed liar.
Key developmentsMonday’s court action at times threatened to spin out of control — in a way that only a Trump trial can.
“I know it may feel like you’re on trial here after cross-examination, but are you actually on trial?” she asked Cohen.
Courtroom chaosVeteran lawyers and court reporters said they’d never seen anything like the scene precipitated by defense witness Robert Costello.
Persons:
Donald Trump’s, Juan Merchan, Michael Cohen, sensationally, ’, Todd Blanche, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Merchan, Cohen, ” Blanche, ”, “, Blanche, he’d, ” Trump, Daniels, won’t, —, Matthew Colangelo, Colangelo, Keith Schiller, Susan Hoffinger, LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, Jake Tapper, they’d, Robert Costello, Costello, there’s, ” Merchan, ” Cordell, Tapper, Bob Costello, I’ve, Terri Austin, CNN’s Erin Burnett, we’ll
Organizations:
CNN, Republican, Trump, Republican Party, Trump Organization, “
Locations:
Merchan, Trump, Manhattan