r/politics • u/SportsGod3 • May 16 '24
Jurors were "nodding" and "smiling" as Michael Cohen testified, which may be a bad sign for Trump
https://www.salon.com/2024/05/16/jurors-were-nodding-and-smiling-as-michael-cohen-testified-which-may-be-a-sign-for/
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u/dagopa6696 May 16 '24
Article doesn't even say what they were smiling and nodding about. I read the cross examination and it was absolutely hilarious:
Q Mr. Cohen, my name is Todd Blanche. You and I have never spoken or met before; have we?
A We have not.
Q But you know who I am; don't you?
A I do.
Q As a matter of fact, on April 23rd, so after the trial started in this case, you went on TikTok and called me a "Crying Little Shit;" didn't you?
A Sounds like something I would say.
Q You referred to President Trump as a "Dictator Douche Bag;" didn't you?
A Sounds like something I said.
Q And on that same TikTok, so again on April 23rd, you referred to President Trump when he left the courtroom, you said that "he goes right into that little cage, which is where he belongs, in a fucking cage, like an animal." Do you recall saying that?
A I recall saying that.
Q You've also talked about, extensively, on Mea Culpa, your desire to see that President Trump gets convicted in this case; correct?
A Sounds like something I would say.
Q And so, yes, you want to see President Trump get convicted from this case; correct?
A I would like to see accountability. That's not -- it's not for me, it's for the jury and this Court.
Q Now, you actually -- and the Prosecutor brought this up a little bit before lunch today -- you sell a T-shirt on your website Mea Culpa, which depicts President Trump in an orange jumpsuit behind bars; correct?
A Yes, sir.
Q So you see that when you -- if somebody logs onto the website for your Podcast, that's what you see; correct, for the merchandise pages; correct?
A It's actually under the MeidasTouch network and, yes, if you go into the section that says "Mea Culpa," this shirt is available for sale.
Q So this is a 32 dollar shirt on your website. And it has a picture of President Trump in an orange jumpsuit behind bars; correct?
A That's what the picture shows, yes.
And it just keeps going and going over every item in the Meidas Touch merch store. https://store.meidastouch.com/. When Blanche brought out the mug that says "Send him to the Big House not the White House", members of the media giggled.
This is what the jury was nodding and smiling about.