| In Trump Trial Michael
Cohen Says Boss Dissed Melania as
Blanche not Bove Preps Cross
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
100 CENTRE
ST
COURT,
May 13 – When Michael Cohen
took the stand in the Trump
Trial, his demeanor was
notably different than on his
TikToks and podcasts.
He emphasized,
Mr. Trump directed me to just
take care of this - meaning,
Karen McDougal and then Stormy
Daniels.
As to McDougal,
ultimately no payment to David
Pecker was needed; the sales
of the magazine with her on
the cover had made more money
than expected.
But on Stormy
Daniels, Cohen said his
instructions were to delay,
delay, delay.
He quoted
Trump that if he won the
election, no need to pay, and
if he lost, he wouldn't
care.
The prosecutor
asked if Cohen thought Trump
had been concerned about
Melania. Cohen pointedly said
that Trump snarked, How long
do you think I'd be on the
market?
In the
lead counsel's chair at
defense table, making a few
objections and thus thus
presumptively the one to cross
examine Cohen, was Todd
Blanche, and not Emil Bove
(who grilled Keith Davidson
about extortion) nor Susan
Necheles who grilled Stormy
Daniels.
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