Okay, so we’ve now wrapped Week Five of the trial of former President Donald Trump in Manhattan for allegedly falsifying business records. (Court will not be in session on Friday, in part to allow for Trump to attend his son Barron’s high school graduation.)
The day began and ended with Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney, on the stand under cross-examination from defense attorney Todd Blanche. Descriptions of how well it went for the defense vary, depending on the source, but what appears to be a key moment in the trial came about as Blanche questioned Cohen regarding an October 24, 2016 phone call. Previously, Cohen testified that he had called Keith Schiller, Trump’s bodyguard, in order to speak with Trump regarding the deal with Stormy Daniels. However, as Blanche, using phone records, walked Cohen through the sequence of events, it became apparent that Cohen’s…
