May 28, 2024, 12:23 p.m. ET
Jonah Bromwich Reporting from inside the courthouse
Todd Blanche seizes on a piece of testimony from Michael Cohen, who told Stormy Daniels's lawyer in a recorded call that he cared about Trump and that he wasn’t going to play “penny wise, pound foolish.” This plays right into Blanche’s argument that Cohen was always prioritizing himself — and his wallet.
As if the quote weren’t helpful enough to the defense, Cohen followed it up on the recording with, “I’m sitting there and I’m saying to myself, ‘What about me?’”
Kate Christobek
May 28, 2024, 12:25 p.m. ET
Kate Christobek Reporting from inside the courthouse
Todd Blanche suggests that it made “perfect sense” for Michael Cohen to have made the payment without telling Trump, because he was hoping to get a fancy job at the White House if he won or better job at the Trump Organization if he lost.
