During hours of bruising testimony in the Manhattan criminal trial of Donald Trump, his defense lawyer hounded Michael Cohen about his history of lying, criminal record and testimony that the defense called bogus.
The lawyer, Todd Blanche, sought to cast Trump’s former fixer as an unrepentant fabricator who had lied under oath to exact revenge.
In one moment of drama, Blanche suggested that Cohen had made up part of his testimony, expressing disbelief that Cohen could accurately recall years-old phone calls.
Directly accusing Cohen of lying, Blanche said, “You can admit it.”“No sir, I can’t,” Cohen responded.
He said that he could remember the calls because he had been talking about them for the past six years.
Persons:
Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, Todd Blanche, fabricator, Blanche, Cohen, —, Stormy Daniels, ” Cohen
Organizations:
White
Locations:
Manhattan