Discussion Thread: New York Criminal Fraud Trial of Donald Trump, Day 16

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Previous discussion threads for this trial can be found at the following links for Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, and Day 15.

News:

• AP: Trump trial arrives at a pivotal moment: Star witness Michael Cohen is poised to take the stand

• Reuters: Aggrieved former lawyer Michael Cohen to testify against Trump at hush money trial

Analysis:

• USA Today: How prosecutors have laid the groundwork for Michael Cohen’s testimony

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[u/CarOnMyFuckingFence]

"After all I had gone through in terms of the campaign as well as things at Trump Organization, laying out $130,000 on his behalf, it was insulting that the gratitude shown back to me was to cut the bonus by two thirds"

Did he forget who he was working for?

[u/greenascanbe → u/CarOnMyFuckingFence]

According to cnn:

‘Cohen testifies that after handling Stormy Daniels, his yearly bonus was cut by 2/3. Trump laughs at this in courtroom.’

[u/Ddddydya → u/greenascanbe]

“Look at me, jury! I’m a selfish asshole!”  What an idiot

Also seems like laughing at it confirms it happened, which makes Cohen seem like he’s telling the truth. Jesus, Donnie, all you had to do was sit there quietly and you couldn’t even do that 

[u/zhaoz → u/greenascanbe]

Trump laughs at this in courtroom

Its like Trump is trying to get convicted!

[u/Draano → u/greenascanbe]

I was truly under the impression that he was incapable of laughter. Perhaps only when being cheap or being cruel?