Seymour Flops
Diamond Member
I don't think they can, in cross-examination. If I understand it correctly (and I may not), they are only allowed to cross-examine Cohen about things he said during the direct examination.
Since he provided no evidence of any crimes committed by Trump, they cannot ask about crimes.
I guess the best question would be, "why are you wasting our time?"
Cohen did tell the jury that Trump lives rent-free in his head.
The upshot of the questioning was that Cohen was making a living off attacking Trump after he lost his law license following his 2018 guilty plea to charges including campaign finance violations linked to the hush money scheme.
Cohen tried to put another spin on it. Asked what his goal was of putting out a TikTok nearly every night, he said: “Build an audience, to create a community, to really vent because I have a difficult time sleeping, so I found an outlet.”
I'm sure everyone on the jury knows a couple of people like that.
Whatever happened to that "Books by Crooks" laws? I could have sworn that after Watergate, and the Son of Sam, they passed laws preventing criminals like Cohen from proffiting from book deals.
He admitted to being a liar, including when under oath. That said, what was the point of putting him under oath again? Just let him sit down and start slinging the bull.
Cohen explained that he lied on Trump’s behalf to Congress in 2017 during the Russia investigation, and that he was “misleading” when he told the Federal Election Commission about the $130,000 payment to Daniels in a 2018 letter.
But Trump made him do it!
Since he provided no evidence of any crimes committed by Trump, they cannot ask about crimes.
I guess the best question would be, "why are you wasting our time?"
Cohen did tell the jury that Trump lives rent-free in his head.
The upshot of the questioning was that Cohen was making a living off attacking Trump after he lost his law license following his 2018 guilty plea to charges including campaign finance violations linked to the hush money scheme.
Cohen tried to put another spin on it. Asked what his goal was of putting out a TikTok nearly every night, he said: “Build an audience, to create a community, to really vent because I have a difficult time sleeping, so I found an outlet.”
I'm sure everyone on the jury knows a couple of people like that.
Whatever happened to that "Books by Crooks" laws? I could have sworn that after Watergate, and the Son of Sam, they passed laws preventing criminals like Cohen from proffiting from book deals.
He admitted to being a liar, including when under oath. That said, what was the point of putting him under oath again? Just let him sit down and start slinging the bull.
Cohen explained that he lied on Trump’s behalf to Congress in 2017 during the Russia investigation, and that he was “misleading” when he told the Federal Election Commission about the $130,000 payment to Daniels in a 2018 letter.
But Trump made him do it!