5m ago / 5:33 PM EDT
Trump says Cohen ‘totally discredited’
Trump bashed Cohen while leaving court and called his testimony “a disgrace.”
“The witness is totally discredited already, and they haven’t even started,” Trump said before incorrectly claiming that he’s the AG’s “only witness.”
“They used somebody that is a felon,” said Trump, who’s currently facing 91 felony charges himself in four separate indictments that he’s pleaded not guilty to. “He is a disgraced felon and that’s the way it’s coming out and I think you all see that. This trial should have never been brought,” he said.
8m ago / 5:31 PM EDT
Cohen says he lied during 2018 guilty plea
Habba homed in on Cohen’s earlier denial of some of the charges he pleaded guilty to in federal court in 2018, and asked if he lied to the judge in that case, William Pauley.
“Correct,” Cohen said.
She then pushed him on whether he lied under oath to Congress, one of the crimes Cohen pleaded guilty to. He acknowledged he had.
“Unlike your other plea hearing, you’re being honest with the judge this time, is that correct?” she asked. “Yes, that is correct,” Cohen said.
Habba asked if she was supposed to believe Cohen wouldn’t lie to her now and Cohen, a disbarred lawyer, said, “I object.”
51m ago / 4:48 PM EDT
Court is done for the day
Court is over for today. The judge tells Cohen not to talk to anybody about the trial or testimony.
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