As a key witness testified inside the Manhattan criminal courthouse on Tuesday morning, an increasingly familiar scene unfolded outside, as another in a parade of well-known visitors — this time Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House — stepped up to a microphone.
“This is a man who is clearly on a mission for personal revenge,” Mr. Johnson said, attacking the man on the stand, Michael D. Cohen, the former fixer to Donald J. Trump.
“He is someone who has a history of perjury.
In recent days, Trump allies have stepped up one after another as his proxies, although Mr. Trump used a different term.
“I do have a lot of surrogates,” he said in remarks before trial proceedings began on Tuesday, “and they are speaking very beautifully.”
Persons:
Mike Johnson, —, ” Mr, Johnson, Michael D, Cohen, Donald J, Trump’s, Trump, ”, “
Organizations:
Trump
Locations:
Manhattan