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Hello!!! I heard somewhere a structure "help do something ", but I had thought that we should say "help TO do something". Can we use the first structure? For example : "I helped him do homework. Let's go out now!" Or only: "I helped him TO do homework. Let's go out now!"? Thank you so much!!!  

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Trump trial updates: Defense attempts to undermine Michael Cohen’s credibility, depicting him as a serial liar seeking vengeance

The former president’s lawyer and so-called fixer was back on the witness stand for a third day..

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Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen was grilled for a second day by Todd Blanche, Trump’s defense attorney. This is Yahoo News’ succinct update on the criminal and civil cases against Trump. Here are the latest developments.

🚨 What happened today

Michael Cohen , Donald Trump’s former lawyer and so-called fixer, was back on the witness stand Thursday for a second day of cross-examination by the defense, which is trying to undermine the credibility of the prosecution’s star witness.

Trump attorney Todd Blanche wanted to portray to the jury that Cohen has an axe to grind with Trump and started grilling him about insulting remarks he made about his former boss on his podcast and social media accounts, which Cohen confirmed.

The defense also tried to show that Cohen can't be trusted. In Blanche's line of questioning, he depicted Cohen as a serial liar, citing instances when he lied under oath, essentially arguing that if Cohen lied then, the jury has no reason to believe his testimony under oath now.

Perhaps one of the biggest moments of the day was when Blanche attempted to sow doubt about Cohen’s testimony regarding an October 2016 call Cohen made to Trump's former bodyguard Keith Schiller , to talk to Trump about the hush money payment. Message and call logs indicate that the short call was actually Cohen asking Schiller how to deal with a prank caller.

Remember: The prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump not only knew about the hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who alleges she had sex with Trump in 2006, but that he also directed them.

Trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of a larger scheme to disguise the payments to protect his presidential campaign ahead of the election. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges and denies having a sexual encounter with Daniels.

Mud-slinging and vengeance: The defense wants to show that Cohen — who once admired his former boss and sought his praise — now hates Trump and wants vengeance.

Blanche shared a Truth Social post that Trump posted in mid-March, in which he called Cohen a "convicted liar and felon, jailbird." According to NBC News , Cohen confirmed that he shot back at Trump in a post on X. "You called him 'Dumba** Donald'?" Blanche asked. "Sounds correct," Cohen replied.

During cross-examination Thursday, the defense also played a clip for the jury from Cohen's Mea Culpa podcast, in which he commented on Trump's criminal hush money trial.

"I truly f***ing hope that this man ends up in prison,” Cohen was heard saying in the podcast clip, according to CNN . "But revenge is a dish best served cold, and you better believe I want this man to go down and rot inside for what he did to my family.”

Cohen later acknowledged to Trump's attorney that he "took some credit" for Trump's indictment in the criminal hush money trial.

Defense says, liar, liar, pants on fire: The defense wants to undermine Cohen's credibility as a witness testifying against Trump, and highlighted the many instances of when he lied in years past, even under oath.

Trump’s attorney focused on Cohen's 2017 House Intelligence Committee testimony when he lied under oath during special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump's links to Russia.

"Was that oath that you took every single time, so going back to all the depositions, the same oath that you took Monday morning in this courtroom?" Blanche asked Cohen, according to CNN . "Yes, sir," Cohen replied. "The oath doesn't change, depending on the location, does it?" Blanche asked. "No," Cohen said.

"And each time you met with a federal agent you were told that if you made a false statement that that was a felony, a federal crime, correct?" Blanche asked. "Yes, sir" Cohen said.

Cohen was ultimately charged with perjury in 2018. He pleaded guilty and served time in federal prison.

The Oct. 24, 2016, call: Trump's defense attorney referred back to Cohen's testimony on Monday regarding a call he had with Keith Schiller, Trump’s then-bodyguard, on Oct. 24, 2016. Cohen previously testified that he called Schiller that evening so he could talk to Trump about moving forward with the Daniels hush money payment.

Blanche said in court that according to text message logs that evening, Cohen actually was contacting Schiller to ask about how he could deal with a 14-year-old prank caller. Schiller then asked to call him. According to the call logs, the conversation lasted less than two minutes.

Blanche is trying to undermine Cohen's credibility and testimony to show that the brief call Cohen made to Schiller on Oct. 24, 2016 could have been about dealing with a prank caller, and was not a detailed conversation with Trump about the hush money payment.

Trump's political posse: Throughout the hush money trial, Trump's allies have appeared at the Manhattan courthouse in a show of support for him. On Thursday, nearly a dozen Republican lawmakers showed up, including members of the House Oversight Committee, including Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, which postponed a vote on a contempt citation against Attorney General Merrick Garland so that they could attend Trump's trial.

Trump's gag order: Trump is looking to have New York's highest court weigh in on the gag order against him in the hush money trial. His attorneys filed a notice of appeal on Wednesday after a New York appeals court on Tuesday rejected Trump's request to overturn the gag order. Judge Juan Merchan has held Trump in contempt 10 times for violating the gag order and has threatened the former president with jail time for future violations.

🗓 What's next?

Court will not be in session on Friday, May 17, so that Trump can attend his son Barron's high school graduation. The defense will resume its cross-examination of Cohen on Monday. It's unclear if the defense will call any witnesses when the trial resumes next week, or whether Trump will testify in his own defense.

Trump speaks to the press after court

President Trump addressed the press alongside his lawyer Todd Blanche after court let out for the 18th day of trial.

Trump claimed the court was "rushing" for the trial to finish before the election in order to hurt his political campaign. He then called the trial "a scam."

"I just want to thank all the lawyers involved because they've been really working hard," Trump said. Referring to his opponents, he added, "They want me to spend my time and my money and I'm willing to do it because ultimately we have to fight for the Constitution."

Trump did not answer any questions from reporters.

Courts ends for the week

Judge Merchan stopped the proceedings for the day. The cross-examination of Cohen is not over; defense attorney Todd Blanche seemed to have been getting ready to move into a different line of questioning after asking Cohen about the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels.

There will be no court tomorrow, May 17, because Trump will be attending his son Barron's high school graduation.

Defense questions Cohen about the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels

After returning from break, defense lawyer Todd Blanche went into cross-examining Cohen about the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels.

Blanche continued to ask Cohen about his relationship with reporters and referred to Cohen's conversations with ABC News journalist John Santucci, who, at the time, was also interested in the Daniels story.

Blanche then pulled up the non-disclosure agreement Cohen used with Daniels and had Cohen confirm it was a "perfectly legal contract."

Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche: This NDA, its a perfectly legal contract, isn't it? Cohen: It is. Blanche: And Donald J. Trump never signed it, nor the side letter? Cohen: He did not. — Inner City Press (@innercitypress) May 16, 2024

📸 Big picture: The $130,000 hush money payment Cohen made to Daniels is at the center of the prosecution's criminal case against Trump, and any questions the defense can raise about it for the jury could be pivotal in its quest for an acquittal.

Court is back in session

After a 10-minute break, the court is back in session. Judge Merchan updated the room on next week's schedule, given an alternate juror has a 1:30 p.m. conflict on Thursday, and said the court plans to play it by ear instead of making a decision today.

Cohen admits it was unethical to secretly record his conversation with Trump

Under cross-examination, Cohen was pressed about the September 2016 conversation he secretly recorded of him and Trump discussing the hush money payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal.

The jury heard a tape of the recording earlier in the trial.

Trump's defense attorney Todd Blanche asked Cohen whether he knew it was unethical for a lawyer to record a conversation with their client.

Cohen agreed, adding that such a recording is permitted under the crime-fraud exception.

"Just so I understand, you surreptitiously recorded your client so you could play a privileged recorded communication between you and your client with a third party?"

"That's correct," Cohen replied.

Court takes afternoon recess

The court has been dismissed for the afternoon recess. Judge Merchan asked for a representative from each side to join him in the robing room to talk to a juror who said they had a conflict next Thursday afternoon, which could affect the court schedule.

Michael Cohen's 3rd day of testimony, as seen through courtroom sketches

Since the trial is not being televised and news photographers are permitted only 45 seconds to take still photos prior to the start of each day, the only images from inside the courtroom during Michael Cohen's testimony are courtroom drawings, including those by noted sketch artist Jane Rosenberg.

One shows Cohen on the witness stand being cross-examined by Trump's defense attorney Todd Blanche while Judge Juan Merchan looks on and the former president listens with his eyes closed.

Another shows Merchan and lawyers from both sides during a sidebar as Trump sits at the defense table, again with his eyes closed.

Cohen describes his relationships with journalists

Trump lawyer Todd Blanche asked Cohen about the positive stories he planted in the press about himself and Trump leading up to the 2016 election.

Cohen claimed that reporters would either contact him or someone at the Trump Organization for comments on stories. Cohen alleged that he would collaborate with Trump to come up with a response because, if Trump didn't like the story, “it would cause him to blow up" at Cohen. According to CNN , Trump shook his head "no" in the courtroom while hearing the testimony.

Diving into his relationship with the press, Cohen claimed he had a "close relationship" with New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman and said he recorded around 40 phone calls with several journalists before the 2016 election. He testified that he did not tell the journalists he was recording the calls. New York is a "one-party consent" state , which means that you can legally record phone calls if you have permission from one of the parties.

📸 Big picture: Blanche is trying to argue that Cohen, considering his relationship with journalists, would give interviews and statements to the press without consulting Trump, which Cohen denied. By doing this, Blanche is attempting to convey to the jury that Cohen would make decisions independently of Trump — including the hush money payment to Daniels.

Court is back in session after a lunch break, and Michael Cohen is back on the stand.

What to remember about the October 2016 payout to Stormy Daniels

According to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's indictment against Trump , Cohen paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 through a shell company in exchange for her silence about an affair she claims she had with Trump in 2006.

Prosecutors claim that Daniels initially tried to sell her story about the affair to American Media Inc., the parent company of the National Enquirer, and AMI executives alerted Cohen.

During the first day of his testimony, Cohen alleged that he paid Daniels $130,000 days before the 2016 election under Trump's direction and with a promise for reimbursement . The prosecution claims that Trump then falsified business records to reimburse Cohen.

Trump has denied the allegations against him.

Why is the defense asking Cohen about a series of prank calls in 2016?

Before court broke for lunch, Todd Blanche went over call logs between Cohen and Trump's former bodyguard Keith Schiller.

Cohen testified earlier this week that he made a call to Schiller in October 2016 to speak to Trump and confirm the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.

Blanche questioned Cohen about a series of "harassment calls" Cohen claimed he received around the same time. Referring to text messages between Cohen and Schiller, Blanche pointed to a message exchange where Cohen said a 14-year-old prank-called him. In the message exchange, Schiller asked Cohen to call him.

According to the logs, the call Cohen made to Schiller was less than two minutes long. Blanche argued that the call was too short for Cohen to have both explained the prank call and shared confirmation about the hush money payment.

📸 Big picture: Blanche is trying to argue that the call Cohen claims was him informing Trump about the hush money payment to Daniels was actually about him dealing with a prank caller.

Court is taking its lunch break

Judge Merchan has called for a lunch break. When court resumes around 2 p.m. ET, Michael Cohen is expected back on the witness stand to face more cross-examination by the defense.

Cohen has so far testified for more than 10 hours over three days.

Cohen says he had a hard time getting Trump inauguration tickets

Under cross-examination by the defense, Cohen confirmed text messages with his daughter that showed he was having a hard time getting tickets for Trump's 2017 presidential inauguration.

📸 Big picture: Cohen insisted he was not "despondent" about not being offered a position in the Trump White House. The defense is using text exchanges with his family members to suggest he was.

Republican lawmakers criticize Cohen during morning break

During the morning break while speaking to reporters, Rep. Matt Gaetz called Cohen a liar "who committed these lies for his own benefit" and described the case against Trump as the “Mr. Potato Head of crimes, where they had to stick together a bunch of things that did not belong together.”

Gaetz and others, including Reps. Anna Paulina Luna and Ralph Norman, criticized Judge Merchan's daughter, who formerly worked at a progressive consulting firm and is a Democratic fundraiser.

The criticisms, which echo what Sens. J.D. Vance and Rick Scott and Speaker Mike Johnson said earlier this week, are statements the court's gag order forbids Trump from saying himself.

Cohen acknowledges previous remarks that he wanted chief of staff role 'for ego purpose'

Trump attorney Todd Blanche asked Cohen about whether he wanted a job in the Trump White House, referencing Cohen's 2019 testimony that he didn't want one. However, witness Keith Davidson testified earlier in this trial that he thought Cohen was genuinely interested in the role.

Cohen insisted that he didn't seriously want the chief of staff role but wanted to be considered " for ego purpose ," which he said in court earlier this week.

Cohen previously testified that he knew he wasn't qualified for a White House chief of staff position, but he wanted to be considered for it because of his "ego." Blanche suggests this wasn't true. Cohen insists that it was. — Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) May 16, 2024

📸 Big picture: Blanche is trying to suggest that Cohen really wanted a White House role and is vindictive against Trump because he was never considered nor offered one. Blanche tried to suggest Cohen is downplaying his interest during testimony by referring to text messages Cohen exchanged with his daughter at the time of the election, once Trump won.

Cross-examination of Cohen continues as court returns from break

Court has resumed after a short break.

Judge Merchan announced that court will not be in session next Wednesday because the jurors will not be available. A sidebar with the judge earlier this morning may likely have been about scheduling issues and discussing whether the court could be in session next Wednesday, which is usually the day of the week the trial has a break.

Because of this, the New York Times suggests that the trial could continue past Memorial Day weekend.

Court is taking a break

The court is taking its midmorning break. When it resumes, Michael Cohen is expected to continue his testimony under cross-examination.

Trump will appeal gag order to New York state's highest court

Attorneys for Donald Trump have filed court documents indicating that they will ask New York's Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, to weigh in on the gag order that has been imposed on him during his hush money trial.

Earlier this week, a New York appeals court denied a motion by Trump's defense team to lift the gag order, which was issued by Judge Juan Merchan to prevent the former president from attacking witnesses and court employees or commenting on the jury.

Trump's attorneys submitted court filings on Wednesday indicating they will appeal. According to CNN, the Court of Appeals clerk's office said it had not received the Trump team's motion as of Thursday morning.

Blanche argues Cohen has history of shifting blame onto others for his actions

Trump defense attorney Todd Blanche's questioning is attempting to portray Cohen as someone who has committed crimes independent of his loyalty to Trump.

By going through the list of people Cohen admits to blaming over the years, Blanche aims to paint a pattern of how Cohen not only lies under oath but also regularly shifts responsibility off himself and onto others.

Q: By the way, you've blamed a lot of people over the years for the conduct that you were convicted of? A: I've blamed people, yes. You blamed your accountant? (Correct) Your bank? (Correct) Fed prosecutors? (Correct) The judge? (Correct) Trump? (Correct). — Tyler McBrien (@TylerMcBrien) May 16, 2024

Defense presses Cohen about his lies

Continuing with his cross-examination, Trump defense attorney Todd Blanche pressed Cohen about his previous lies under oath. In 2018, Cohen was charged with perjury for lying during testimony to the House Intelligence Committee.

"You lied under oath, correct?" Blanche asked

"Yes sir," Cohen replied.

Cohen also acknowledged he lied in his 2018 testimony to special counsel Robert Mueller.

📸 Big picture: The defense wants to portray Cohen as not only vengeful but also someone who has repeatedly lied under oath and could easily do so again. The prosecution tried to get out ahead, questioning Cohen prior to cross-examination about his lies to Congress and the special counsel.

Cohen's podcast response to Trump's indictment is played for the jury

During Thursday's cross-examination, Michael Cohen was asked about remarks he made on his Mea Culpa podcast reacting to Trump's indictment in the hush money case.

“I truly f***ing hope that this man ends up in prison,” Cohen is heard saying in a clip from one of the podcasts played for the jury, according to reporters in the courtroom. “But revenge is a dish best served cold, and you better believe I want this man to go down and rot inside for what he did to my family.”

On another episode, before Trump was indicted, Cohen predicted the former president was “about to get a taste of what I went through, and I promise you it's not fun.”

Cohen later acknowledged to Blanche that he “took some credit” for Trump's indictment.

📸 Big picture: The defense wants to portray Cohen as a vindictive former employee motivated by vengeance.

Defense resumes cross-examination of Michael Cohen

After a lengthy sidebar with attorneys from both sides, the jury was called into the courtroom, and Michael Cohen — Trump's former lawyer and so-called fixer — returned to the witness stand for more cross-examination by the defense.

Trump's court entourage includes Reps. Gaetz and Boebert

The former president has had a steady stream of Republican lawmakers show up at court to support him during his hush money trial. According to the Trump campaign, nearly a dozen were with him in court Friday:

Rep. Mike Waltz of Florida

Rep. Bob Good of Virginia

Rep. Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee

Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida

Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona

Rep. Eli Crane of Arizona

Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina

Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado

Rep. Michael Cloud of Texas

Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida

Gaetz posted the above photo on X underneath a message for Trump: "Standing back and standing by, Mr. President."

📸 Big picture: That phrase echoes what Trump infamously said during a 2020 presidential debate while refusing to condemn the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group.

What Trump said when he arrived at the courthouse

Speaking to reporters after arriving at his hush money trial on Thursday, Trump offered a familiar litany of complaints, blasting President Biden, Judge Juan Merchan and the heightened security surrounding the Manhattan criminal courthouse.

"It's like Fort Knox," Trump said, as his Secret Service detail watched him speak. "You can't get within three blocks of this place if you're a civilian."

📸 Big picture: Trump had hoped for large groups of supporters to protest outside during his trial, but such demonstrations have not materialized.

What to expect in court today

Former President Donald Trump's hush money trial resumes in Manhattan criminal court at 9:30 a.m. ET.

Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and so-called fixer, is expected to be back on the witness stand for more cross-examination by the defense.

Trump's lawyers have sought to portray Cohen as a jilted former employee motivated by vengeance.

Cohen is the final witness for the prosecution, and it's unclear whether Trump will testify in his own defense.

Court will not be in session on Friday so that Trump can attend his son Barron’s high school graduation .

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By CNN's Kara Scannell, Lauren Del Valle and Jeremy Herb in the courthouse

Jury sees texts between Michael Cohen and teenager who he says harassed him over the phone

The jury is now seeing the text exchange Michael Cohen had with a 14-year-old who he says was harassing him by phone in 2016.

Cohen testified earlier that the teen had failed to block his number at one point, giving Cohen the ability to see who was calling him repeatedly.

The texts shown in court show Cohen telling the recipient that the number has been sent to the US Secret Service. The teen apologizes and says it wasn't them making the calls, and that their friend had told them to call.

"This number has just been sent to secret service for your ongoing and continuous harassing calls over the past 3 days," Cohen writes. "If you are a minor, I suggest you notify your parent or guardian."

"I DIDN'T DO IT," the other person texts back, adding "Im 14" and "Please don't."

Cohen wrote back for the teen's parent or guardian to contact him "before the secret service reaches out to them."

Why these messages are relevant: The defense has tried to show that Cohen's phone call to Donald Trump's bodyguard around this time was about helping Cohen deal with the harassment — not the Stormy Daniels payment, as Cohen has testified.

Cohen has said he spoke about both things with the bodyguard, Keith Schiller.

These messages were not displayed publicly before lunch because they needed to be redacted. Trump attorney Todd Blanche circled back to them now that they were redacted and accepted into evidence.

Cohen says he has no evidence that anybody in DA's office leaked the Trump indictment

Trump attorney Todd Blanche begins by asking Michael Cohen whether he has any evidence that "anyone at the DA improperly leaked or even leaked at all" the indictment before it was unsealed.

"No sir," Cohen says.

Blanche continues asking about the indictment and the judge asks the lawyers to briefly approach. He's back at the podium.

Blanche reminds Cohen that he went on TV that day.

"When you did those interviews, the indictment was unsealed by the court, correct?" Blanche asks.

"I had read through the New York Times article," Cohen says.

"By the time you went on CNN, it was public, correct?" Blanche asks.

"Yes," Cohen says.

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Michael Cohen is back on the stand. Trump attorney Todd Blanche is questioning him.

Judge says juror has an appointment next Thursday at 1:30 p.m. ET

Judge Juan Merchan just said a juror has told the court they have an appointment next Thursday at 1:30 p.m. ET.

Merchan is going to inquire further with that juror and said he'd take one attorney from each side with him during the break.

Prosecutors ask judge to clarify the record over questions about the unsealing of Trump indictment

Prosecutors are asking Judge Juan Merchan to clarify the record over the questions about the unsealing of the Trump indictment, arguing that attorney Todd Blanche's questions had suggested there was an impropriety with the district attorney's office over an apparent leaking of the indictment.

Merchan says he's going to give Blanche the chance to clean up the potential for misunderstanding by the jury before deciding whether he needs to give a curative instruction.

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Judge Juan Merchan is back on the bench and the court is in session.

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Donald Trump has entered the courtroom after a fist bump and a wave on his way in at 2:08 pm ET.

Cohen discusses logistics of hush money payment as defense calls in question key call. Catch up on the latest

From CNN's Christina Zdanowicz

Michael Cohen delved into the role he wanted to have working for Trump and how the logistics played out in the hush money payment. The cross-examination continued until the court lunch break.

Here are the highlights of his testimony:

Which White House role: Cohen reiterated he wanted to be considered for Trump’s chief of staff for “ego” purposes, as he testified earlier, but he said that wasn’t the position he wanted. He said he asked Trump for a personal attorney to the president role, adding that he had wanted a hybrid role with access to Trump but also outside the government.

Using AI to make fake legal cases: Cohen admitted to submitting fake legal cases , generated by AI, to support his application for early termination of supervised release. The defense confirmed Cohen had been disbarred and was no longer a lawyer at the time he provided his attorneys with the fake cases.

Hush money payment and key 2016 call: The defense asked Cohen about the logistics of the hush money payment at the center of the case and pressed him on a key phone conversation that directly linked Trump to Daniels’ deal. Here are some key points in the exchange between Cohen and the defense:

• Cohen had testified that he told Trump in a 2016 call that the Stormy Daniels hush money payment was funded, and the issue was resolved.
• Cohen said he was receiving multiple harassing phone calls from a 14-year-old around the same time he testified before the grand jury.
• The defense showed call logs and text messages to show Cohen was asking Trump’s former bodyguard Keith Schiller for help with harassment he was experiencing, as opposed to talking about the Stormy Daniels deal he testified about.
• On Monday, Cohen testified he called Schiller at 8:02 p.m. ET. Schiller was a conduit to speak with Trump and Cohen said he told Trump, using Schiller’s phone, that the Daniel deal was resolved and he was moving forward to fund the deal.
• However, in court today, Blanche showed a series of texts between Cohen and Schiller which showed Cohen wanted to speak to Schiller about a 14-year-old who was prank calling him, with no mention of Daniels.
• Cohen testified, "Part of it was the 14-year-old but I know that Keith was with Mr. Trump at the time and there was more potentially than this."
• Blanche challenged Cohen, "That was a lie, you did not talk to President Trump — you talked to Keith Schiller, you can admit it." Cohen calmly responded, "No sir, I don't know that it's accurate." Blanche, who paced back with forth with his arms flailing went after Cohen’s credibility, raising his voice to a high-pitched level as he continued to challenge him about the call.
• "A 1:36 phone call and you had enough time to update Schiller about all the problems you were having and also update President Trump about the status of the Stormy Daniels situation because you had to keep him informed," Blanche said.
• Cohen responded, maintaining his composure, "I always ran everything by the boss immediately and in this case, it would have been saying everything been taking care of, its been resolved.”
• Blanche then challenged Cohen to confirm that his trial testimony was based on the material prosecutors showed him in preparation for questioning, not his own recollection. "Yes, that refreshed my recollection," Cohen said.

CNN's Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle, Jeremy Herb, and Lauren Dolan contributed reporting to this post.

Cohen's testimony about October 2016 call with Trump and Schiller gets to core of case, CNN analyst says

From CNN's Maureen Chowdhury

Michael Cohen's testimony about an October 2016 call with Keith Schiller and Donald Trump gets at the core of the case and could potentially be problematic for prosecutors, CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said.

"Michael Cohen on his direct testimony said, 'I had this phone call in late October of 2016, I called Keith Schiller and he patched me through to Trump, I don't remember if he put me on speaker but I was speaking to the two of them and I told them then that Stormy Daniels had been paid and the matter was resolved.' Right? We've been asking, 'When are they going to go with the core?' This is the core of the case," Honig explained.

He added that Trump's attorney Todd Blanche then raised two points regarding this testimony.

First, the texts leading up to the call that day show that Cohen texted Schiller nothing about Daniels, but about instead about a 14-year-old who was harassing him.

Second, Cohen never mentioned in previous testimony that this call was about Daniels, including a prior grand jury testimony and extensive statements he's given to the district attorney.

"If that's a the case, it's a big problem," Honig said.

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Prosecution rests in Trump hush money trial

Prosecutors rested their case Monday in Donald Trump’s trial on charges of falsifying business records, and defense attorneys began questioning their own witnesses ahead of closing arguments expected next week.

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• Trial testimony could wrap up today
• Merchan says the Trump trial will be dark for most of the week

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Robert Costello, Defense Witness in Trump Trial, Is Scolded by Judge

Mr. Costello tried to cast Michael D. Cohen, the witness at the heart of the prosecution’s case, as a liar, but the judge lost his patience with the witness.

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• May 20, 2024 Updated 5:32 p.m. ET

After the prosecution rested its case against Donald J. Trump on Monday, the defense began a simple mission: destroy the credibility of the prosecution’s star witness, Michael D. Cohen.

That tactic may not have paid off as expected, as the judge in the case almost immediately lost his patience with the defense’s witness, Robert J. Costello, a lawyer and fixture in New York’s legal world who once advised Mr. Cohen.

Shortly after Mr. Cohen took the stand on Monday, prosecutors objected to a series of questions. When the judge sided with the prosecution, Mr. Costello muttered “jeez,” registering his dismay and irking the judge, Juan M. Merchan. Mr. Costello tried to walk back his remark, mumbling under his breath that he wanted to “strike” it from the record.

The testimony continued, but after a few more objections, Justice Merchan again grew frustrated with the witness. He dismissed the jury, and excoriated him: “If you don’t like my ruling, you don't say, ‘jeez,’ and you don’t say, ‘strike it,’ because I’m the only one who can strike testimony in court,” he said, adding: “Are you staring me down?”

He then cleared the courtroom, dismissing reporters while allowing a group of Mr. Trump’s supporters to remain. It was not clear what took place in the courtroom before testimony resumed after a short break.

Mr. Costello has been around the New York legal world for decades and prides himself on not taking flack from anyone, including, apparently, the judge in this case.

In 2018, Mr. Costello acted as Mr. Cohen’s back channel to Mr. Trump’s legal team. This role — which came by dint of Mr. Costello’s close ties to Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer at the time, Rudolph W. Giuliani — was mostly informal. Mr. Cohen never officially retained Mr. Costello or paid him a cent.

When questioning Mr. Cohen last week, the prosecution spotlighted his communications with Mr. Costello. Their emails and calls, Mr. Cohen said, left him with the impression that Mr. Costello was doing Mr. Trump’s bidding, delivering implicit instructions to, in the former fixer’s words, “stay in the fold, don’t flip, don’t speak.”

But Mr. Costello, a former federal prosecutor turned defense lawyer, disputes that characterization, and Mr. Cohen’s testimony opened the door for the defense to call him to tell the other side of the story.

After the unexpected break on Monday, Mr. Costello testified that he treated Mr. Cohen as a client and had only his interests at heart. He said he did not concern himself with Mr. Trump’s interests at that time. Prosecutors began cross-examining him before the jury was dismissed for the day just after 4:30 p.m.

Mr. Cohen, who pleaded guilty to federal charges in 2018, served more than a year behind bars. His crimes included orchestrating a hush-money payment to a porn star in the final days of the 2016 campaign, a deal at the center of the current state case against the former president. Mr. Cohen paid off the woman, Stormy Daniels, to silence her story of a sexual encounter with Mr. Trump.

The Cohen and Costello relationship began in the chaotic spring of 2018, after the F.B.I. searched Mr. Cohen’s home and office as part of the sprawling investigation.

They met through Jeffrey Citron, who was Mr. Costello’s law partner and Mr. Cohen’s acquaintance. Mr. Citron asked Mr. Cohen over email whether he wanted to connect with Mr. Costello and obtain “his insight into your situation, it would be my pleasure to arrange.” Mr. Cohen jumped at the offer: “I do. Can you connect me to him?”

When Mr. Trump hired Mr. Giuliani, Mr. Costello alerted Mr. Cohen to the potential upside: “I told you my relationship with Rudy which could be very very useful for you,” he wrote in an email. Mr. Cohen replied: “Great news.”

The records show that Mr. Costello pursued the relationship with Mr. Cohen.

As Mr. Costello lost patience, he wrote to Mr. Cohen complaining that he had “failed to communicate with me despite several text messages and emails.”

Mr. Costello also appeared to make a veiled reference to fear in Mr. Trump’s orbit that Mr. Cohen was poised to cooperate with prosecutors, writing: “We have continued our dialogue and need to bring you up to date concerning serious concerns on the part of our friends.”

Mr. Cohen was noncommittal. “When the right time comes, and now is not the right time, we will advance our conversations regarding this issue.”

But Mr. Cohen kept the channel open. For example, he sent Mr. Costello an article with the headline “Trump’s campaign to discredit Michael Cohen is already underway,” and added: “They are again on a bad path.”

And when Mr. Cohen’s relationship with Mr. Trump soured in summer 2018, he asked Mr. Costello to use Mr. Giuliani as a conduit for his assurances that he would remain loyal to Mr. Trump, according to Mr. Costello.

After Mr. Costello relayed the message, he told Mr. Cohen in an email that he had “conveyed all of your expressed concerns” to Mr. Giuliani “for transmission to his client” — the president. Mr. Cohen replied, thanking him.

Mr. Costello has said he was merely relaying messages from Mr. Trump’s legal team, including Mr. Giuliani, a former New York mayor. (Mr. Costello later represented Mr. Giuliani in criminal and congressional investigations.)

In one email to Mr. Cohen, Mr. Costello wrote, “Sleep well tonight, you have friends in high places.”

But in the end, no one remained friends, and much of the tension stemmed from money.

Mr. Costello and Mr. Cohen had a falling out, partly over unpaid legal bills. Last year, Mr. Costello testified before the grand jury that ultimately indicted Mr. Trump, seeking to undercut Mr. Cohen’s credibility.

Mr. Costello also sued Mr. Giuliani over delinquent bills.

And when Mr. Trump stopped paying Mr. Cohen’s legal fees, their relationship imploded as well. Mr. Cohen vowed to turn on Mr. Trump, a promise he is now fulfilling on the stand.

Ben Protess is an investigative reporter at The Times, writing about public corruption. He has been covering the various criminal investigations into former President Trump and his allies. More about Ben Protess

Matthew Haag writes about the intersection of real estate and politics in the New York region. He has been a journalist for two decades. More about Matthew Haag

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