Monday, May 20, 2024

What is the relevance to any element of any of the charges?


May 20, 2024, 3:39 p.m. ET


Jonah BromwichReporting from inside the courthouse

It sounds as if Emil Bove, one of the defense lawyers, will be the one to question Robert Costello, if he testifies. The prosecutors point out that Michael Cohen testified that he didn’t tell Costello the truth. But “there’s no mystery” about why Costello should testify, Bove argues: He will contradict Cohen’s recollections of conversations the two men had in 2018.