Law, Power, and Justice

12:16 PM Thursday

Cohen Cross (Second Day)

• This seems to be turning into a disaster.  Commentators can’t believe that the Prosecution didn’t deal with this very issue since it tripped Cohen up earlier during the civil case.
• They’ve gotten his goat, it appears.
• CNN commentators smell blood (Cohen’s) in the water.
• Cohen said before Congress that he would never accept a pardon from Trump, but he admitted on the stand that he would have.
• Palatore (former Trump lawyer).  Giuliani told Cohen that he wasn’t getting a pardon and not to bring it up again.
• (Note: Rob Costello comes off like a mobster.  They may well call him, because he is willing to lie, repeatedly, like any mobster.)
• Honig: The theory of the defense is that Cohen will lie in any situation where it is to his benefit.  Now and in the past.
• Cohen is not the defendant in this case.
• Blanche moving to the scum Robert Costello.  Costello spoke with him after the FBI raided Cohen’s home.  Costello “testified” before this ridiculous committee on Capital Hill yesterday. 
• Costello testifying: “flipping” “that’s the term we use in the trade for cooperating.”  (Note: What trade? The Mob trade?)
• Costello briefly represented Cohen and repeatedly asked Cohen if he had anything on Trump  that he could use to cooperate.  (Note: Does this seem like a mob operation or what?  He wasn’t there to help Cohen, he was there to see if Cohen had damaging information on Trump, i.e., whether they needed to have someone kill him.)
• (Note: Of course Cohen told Costello he didn’t have any incriminating information on Trump.  Cohen already testified that he didn’t trust Costello, and thought Costello told Giuliani everything and Giuliani told Trump).
• Costello testified in front of the grand jury.
• March 5, 2019 claims in front of Congress he would never accept a pardon and talks about intimidation, even of his family.
• Cohen testified that Costello was mistrusted was “sketchy.”  This came out on direct.  (Costello was saying Cohen had friends in high places and didn’t need to flip.)
• Costello represented Giuliani.  He has not been paid for this work even though Costello and Giuliani went to Mara-Shit-Go to beg for money.
• Donald Trump perks up in court and looks at the witness when he smells blood.  (Note: That should tell you everything you need to know about this bastard.)