Posted on 10/29/2023 10:21:29 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Testimony given by Michael Cohen against his former boss Donald Trump this week does not appear to be the slam dunk the corporate media thinks it was. Cohen was expected to corroborate accusations made by NY Attorney General Letitia James, alleging former President Trump instructed aides in the Trump Organization to produce false estimates for the value of his properties. Once on the stand and under oath, however, Cohen proved unable to corroborate in any meaningful way.
Cohen actually admitted he had never been instructed by Trump to inflate the former President’s finances or the value of Mar-a-Lago in an effort to defraud lenders.
Trump attorney Clifford Roberts directly asked Cohen, “Trump didn’t ask you to inflate the numbers on his personal statement, correct?” To which Cohen responded, “Correct.” Trump’s lawyers moved for an immediate and direct verdict, however far-left Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron denied the motion.
New York prosecutors also asked Cohen if Trump had directed him to produce fraudulent financial numbers. He responded: “Trump did not specifically say, ‘Michael, go inflate the numbers.'” Once again, former President Trump’s legal team asked Judge Engoron for an immediate verdict and were denied. Engoron said he did not consider Cohen to be a ‘key’ witness for the prosecution, adding, “No way, no how is this case is being dismissed. There is enough evidence in this case to fill this courtroom.”
Aside from denying the motion for an immediate verdict, Judge Engoron has also slapped Trump with $15,000 in fines this week, for breaching a “gag order” aimed at stopping the public from realizing the judge’s staff are far-left Democrat activists.
Despite Cohen being unable to corroborate the charges leveled by Letitia James, and the far-left judge’s refusal to issue an immediate verdict, the corporate media has tried to spin the testimony as a win for the New York prosecution. MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin told former John McCain advisor-turned-liberal-talk-show-host Nicole Wallace:
“Trump’s lawyers were not well prepared for what happened today. They knew they wanted to paint Michael Cohen as a liar, and they succeeded in that to some extent, but in terms of dismantling the core of his testimony, which was about Trump’s intent and participation, they didn’t even do that very well.”
It is unclear how Cohen admitting he was never asked by Trump to fraudulently alter financial information is any sort of win for New York’s Attorney General and her politically motivated prosecution of former President Trump.
Talking about fraud, did not the judge commit fraud on the court when he legally decreed that Mara-Lago was worth only $18,000,000? That was the main reason he declared Trump guilty.
So at this point, any inflation of property values were done solely by individuals without trumps knowledge or endorsement. Sounds like a not-guilty verdict to me. If found guilty, it will be overturned by appeals.
If anything, it was a slam dunk for team Trump.
This Cohen needs a Psychiatrist bigly, worse case I’ve seen Trump Derangement syndrome.
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>>>Engoron said he did not consider Cohen to be a ‘key’ witness for the prosecution, adding, “No way, no how is this case is being dismissed. There is enough evidence in this case to fill this courtroom.”
WOW WOW... and yet Cohen was an intimate witness.
Forget it, Jake. It’s New York.
This judge has already made up his mind though.
“If anything, it was a slam dunk for team Trump.“
You still don’t understand they are sending him to prison, likely to be kept incommunicado, until after the election?
i heard he got destroyed on cross examination...admitted Trump never told him to do anything but that he “SPEAKS IN CODE” so he knew what he really meant....unbelieveable..
No bias there at all, nope.
Cohen was the star witness, until he blew up on the stand.
Now, suddenly he is “not a key witness”.
It wasn’t a good day for the prosecution - their star witness testified Trump did nothing wrong.
‘so much evidence you coukd fill this courtroom’ sounds a bit pre-judging guilty no?
He’s a SCUUMMY, EVIL LEFTIST JEW who LIES FOR A LIVING....AND WANTS TO DESTROY AMERICA!
That judge is A NOTHER SCUMMY. EVIL LEFTIST JEW WHO LIES FOR A LIVING....AND WANTS AMERICA DESTROYED.
GOOD, DECENT JEWS MUST STAND UP TO THESE EVIL ONES.
I dunno - I think Krispy Kreme Christie has it even worse.
If you can’t believe a sneaky, lying turncoat defense lawyer is telling the truth then what has happened to trust?🦨/S
They know it wasn’t a slam-dunk testimony. They don’t care, and will run with the exact opposite, because that’s what the media does, ie., Russian collusion, Russian dossier, Russian disinformation (Hunter Biden laptop). They can’t possibly print the truth.
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