Maggie HabermanReporting from inside the courthouse
Todd Blanche is now asking Michael Cohen if he wanted a job in the Trump White House. Cohen testified to the House in 2019 that he didn’t want one. But other witnesses, like Keith Davidson, Stormy Daniels's former lawyer, have testified that Cohen was interested and sad he was being left behind. Blanche will try to frame this as another lie from Cohen.
[Yes. I don’t believe Cohen on that.]
May 16, 2024, 12:06 p.m. ET
Jonah BromwichReporting from inside the courthouse
“You really wanted to work in the White House, correct?” Blanche says, turning up the temperature. Cohen denies that he did: “No sir.” Blanche says that Cohen specifically wanted to be White House chief of staff, and Cohen again denies it.
