Disaster

May 20, 2024, 4:35 p.m. ETJust NowJust now


Jonah BromwichReporting from inside the courthouse

Robert Costello is nitpicking at Susan Hoffinger as she questions him, correcting her mild misstatements, such as describing him as a former chief of a criminal division rather than deputy chief. He also takes issue with her use of the term “raid” when she refers to the F.B.I. executing a search warrant against Michael Cohen that year. And he just instructed her to talk into the microphone. There are five women on the jury.


May 20, 2024, 4:32 p.m. ET

Jonah BromwichReporting from inside the courthouse

Robert Costello’s contradictions from moment to moment are fairly clear here. He just said he wasn’t seeking Michael Cohen as a client. Now it’s clear that his own son knew that landing Cohen was a big deal.


May 20, 2024, 4:33 p.m. ET

Maggie HabermanReporting from inside the courthouse

Costello, readers will recall, was called by the defense to attack Cohen’s credibility. So far he is attacking his own.