At this point EVERYTHING Cohen says is open to doubt.

May 16, 2024, 12:48 p.m. ET2 minutes ago2 minutes ago


Jonah BromwichReporting from inside the courthouse

Todd Blanche has initiated a long sequence of questioning about whether Michael Cohen received harassing phone calls from a 14-year-old prankster in October 2016. He appears to be hoping to suggest an alternative reason for Michael Cohen's call to Keith Schiller, Trump’s bodyguard.

Cohen had testified he made that call to inform Trump of the hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels. Blanche seems to want to suggest to jurors that Cohen lied about the call's purpose.


May 16, 2024, 12:48 p.m. ET2 minutes ago2 minutes ago


Jonah BromwichReporting from inside the courthouse

As expected, Blanche has now suggested that Cohen was not, in fact, reporting the hush money payment to Trump but instead, simply reporting that he was being pranked by a teenager.


May 16, 2024, 12:37 p.m. ET13 minutes ago13 minutes ago


Jonah BromwichReporting from inside the courthouse

Todd Blanche has brought up a phone call that Michael Cohen talked about during direct testimony, when he spoke to Trump over Trump’s bodyguard’s cellphone. Cohen said that during this conversation, he told Trump that the payment to Stormy Daniels had been made. Blanche is trying to cast doubt on that account, saying it was the first time that Cohen had discussed this call.