'It was devastating evidence’: Weissmann on Robert Costello’s testimony showing Trump's mob tactics

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  • Andrew Weissmann, former top prosecutor at the Justice Department and Susanne Craig, New York Times Investigative Reporter join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss the conclusion of Trump attorney Robert Costello’s testimony, which included a devastating cross-examination from the prosecution that both corroborated Michael Cohen’s testimony and showed the mob-like tactics on display between Trump and his employees during the height of the Stormy Daniels controversy.
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  • @sherlockhomo-ph4su
    @sherlockhomo-ph4su 23 дні тому +769

    I bet Trump got so mad when the courtroom laughed at his only witness.

    • @SweetJustice11
      @SweetJustice11 23 дні тому +25

      True

    • @sayhisnamewhickerfjb
      @sayhisnamewhickerfjb 23 дні тому +18

      Opposite actually. The reporter from NPR said everyone was chuckling under their breath except the judge and prosecutors. Everyone burst out laughing when they exited the courtroom.

    • @SledDog5678
      @SledDog5678 23 дні тому +36

      The courtroom?
      You mean the whole world!

    • @sherlockhomo-ph4su
      @sherlockhomo-ph4su 23 дні тому +17

      ​@@sayhisnamewhickerfjb how is that opposite?

    • @winstonsmith6607
      @winstonsmith6607 23 дні тому +7

      More proof that this is a show trial

  • @niclewis9610
    @niclewis9610 23 дні тому +1548

    I fully support Trump in 2024. For Prison and solitary confinement and that will Make America Great Again.

    • @SuperStoner86
      @SuperStoner86 23 дні тому

      Haa ha ha, Democrat Stooge!

    • @wjrasmussen666
      @wjrasmussen666 23 дні тому +66

      put him in supermax for his own safety.

    • @kevinpreston5590
      @kevinpreston5590 23 дні тому +15

      SInce Trumo has secert service protection, do you really think that New York State will build a special cell block for Trump?

    • @TSones23
      @TSones23 23 дні тому +27

      @@kevinpreston5590 with his golden toilet? Maybe not lol

    • @AustinPowerz817
      @AustinPowerz817 23 дні тому +52

      Lock him tf up!

  • @dennyworthington6641
    @dennyworthington6641 23 дні тому +433

    Three words will make America great again: GUILTY AS CHARGED

    • @funwithfood7451
      @funwithfood7451 23 дні тому +2

      Dennynothingworthington

    • @msmulligan
      @msmulligan 23 дні тому +13

      @@funwithfood7451 Ohhh, sweetie. Did he hurt your feefees?

    • @ThomasBeltz66
      @ThomasBeltz66 23 дні тому

      Guilty of what? They’ve been trying for eight years at great expense to the taxpayers and they still don’t have one single crime.
      Meanwhile, he keeps going up in the polls. And Biden keeps embarrassing himself.

    • @Laich-yi6nf
      @Laich-yi6nf 23 дні тому +2

      What is he charged with? The prosecution couldn't even say what crime he committed? They threw out three possibilities, but had no proof for any of them... All they have is falsifying business records. So, he should get a misdemeanor, but they didn't even charge him with that.

    • @dennyworthington6641
      @dennyworthington6641 23 дні тому +12

      @@Laich-yi6nf Prosecutor: Mr. Cohen, you were imprisoned for committing a number of crimes. Is that correct?
      Cohen: That's correct.
      Prosecutor: And what were those crimes?
      Cohen: Some were campaign finance violations committed in an effort to influence the 2016 election, the same crimes the defendant and my co-conspirator, Mr. Trump, is charged with.
      Prosecutor: No further questions Your Honor.

  • @Optimismcounts
    @Optimismcounts 23 дні тому +250

    Yet ANOTHER Attorney flushing his reputation down the toilet for Trump. It’s a beautiful thing…..

    • @pdoylemi
      @pdoylemi 22 дні тому

      It's truly amazing and shows how a cult mentality can make even very smart people do incredibly stupid things. As a lawyer, how can you look at the trail (dating back to Roy Coen) of lawyers who worked for Trump and have been sanctioned, face disbarment, have been disbarred, have been indicted, have been convicted, have been sued into poverty and say, "Hey! I want to get a piece of THAT!"

    • @user-fp3do5nn2h
      @user-fp3do5nn2h 22 дні тому +8

      😂🤣😂🤣🤣 Makes me wonder how they pass the Bar.. Blanche was supposed to be high ranking.. they had NYC most reputable cross-examination defense lawyer. Its baffling 🤣

    • @robot21093
      @robot21093 22 дні тому +9

      @@user-fp3do5nn2h Same story for ALL of them. They imagine the plum position they'll get if Trump is re-elected. Blanche -Attorney General, Cannon-Supreme Court. Sam Spade said it best "It's what dreams are made of."

    • @user-fp3do5nn2h
      @user-fp3do5nn2h 22 дні тому +8

      @@robot21093 I agree.. sad part is he throws them away when they no longer serve his purpose

    • @DeepStateCrackhead-jx3jn
      @DeepStateCrackhead-jx3jn 22 дні тому +8

      All of dumps Whitehouse associates are sitting in prison

  • @SybilleGrob
    @SybilleGrob 23 дні тому +703

    There is now proof that Costello never intended to truly represent his client, but only tried to forced himself on Cohen to serve somebody else’s interest. Isn’t that enough for disbarment?

    • @kosmosyche
      @kosmosyche 23 дні тому +73

      I hope so. Imagine you hire a lawyer to represent you in court and work in your best interests and meanwhile he is having talks with another party behind your back about how to make you a scapegoat and lose the case for you. Brr... Of course, as I understand, Cohen never really hired him, because he knew what he was up to and who he was really working for, but even the fact that Costello tried to persuade Cohen to hire him numerous times, knowing full well about a major conflict of interest is deeply unethical. I don't really know if it's possible to disbar him for that alone, but I think at least some investigation into his dealings is in order.

    • @jamesdouthat3999
      @jamesdouthat3999 23 дні тому

      you liar

    • @BunnEFartz
      @BunnEFartz 23 дні тому +22

      @SybilleGrob I'll take obstruction of justice. Seems rather obvious.

    • @Reldan
      @Reldan 23 дні тому +32

      That's more than enough. Having a license to practice law is a privilege, not a right. There are ethical standards and rules you agree to follow, and if you don't follow them you can be disbarred. It's has nothing to do with committing crimes (although in most cases committing crimes is one of the many things you agree you won't do).

    • @StephanFitzgeraldTay
      @StephanFitzgeraldTay 23 дні тому +31

      @@kosmosyche Costello more than knew about the conflict of interest... he was instrumental in CREATING the conflict of interest

  • @PuahalaHawaii
    @PuahalaHawaii 23 дні тому +626

    Sounds like Costello should be disbarred.

    • @SteveStevens-sp7ly
      @SteveStevens-sp7ly 23 дні тому

      the man is guilty of lying under oath

    • @themaestro3034
      @themaestro3034 23 дні тому +31

      @@LivingtheDream67 until hes found guilty then you trump fluffers will continue to say he’s innocent.

    • @rorykeegan1895
      @rorykeegan1895 23 дні тому

      @@LivingtheDream67
      Really? You have to be a special kind of stupid to think Cohen paid off Stormy without talking to his boss and walking cheque book. Trump couldn't be more guilty and you couldn't be more silly.

    • @kevinpreston5590
      @kevinpreston5590 23 дні тому +2

      For what?

    • @kevinpreston5590
      @kevinpreston5590 23 дні тому +2

      @@themaestro3034 They have not articulated a crime

  • @Kathy-pr4wu
    @Kathy-pr4wu 23 дні тому +179

    THANK YOU FOX NEWS for all the encouragement and advice to the Trump team to put Bob Costello on the witness stand!!! You were a huge help to the prosecution, we appreciate you!!

    • @jjones1341
      @jjones1341 22 дні тому +6

      Perfect!!!

    • @PointofConnection
      @PointofConnection 22 дні тому

      Actually, you should thank MSNBC and the judge. MSNBC omits important evidence and thrashes reputable witnesses, and delivers the news with its objective in mind. And thank the judge for not having any cameras, as they don't want you to be a witness to how things really go on.

    • @darcyaucoin9314
      @darcyaucoin9314 22 дні тому +12

      They constantly help our side.
      They haven't learned that HATE never wins.

    • @glendaclark1799
      @glendaclark1799 22 дні тому +1

      😅😅😅!

    • @user-ge1nk8if2h
      @user-ge1nk8if2h 19 днів тому

      HILARIOUSLY WONDERFUL!!!!

  • @stockholm1752
    @stockholm1752 23 дні тому +177

    “It was so mob.”
    - Weismann on Costello’s testimony. 👍💙

    • @SeedFactoryProject
      @SeedFactoryProject 23 дні тому

      It's no wonder, since Trump is a mob boss. I mean that literally. The family business since his father's day has been laundering money for the mob, first the Italians, then the Russians. Trump's first lawyer, Roy Cohn, also represented mob bosses. Michael Cohen's uncle owned a nightclub, and the Russian mob had their office in the back of that club.

    • @user-hd6fc6hb7l
      @user-hd6fc6hb7l 23 дні тому +8

      Like the court scene in Godfather. "All i know is he was in the olive oil business"

    • @kirklamb3270
      @kirklamb3270 19 днів тому

      Weissman is a criminal in his own right. He should be facing a judge too!!

  • @danielschaeffer1294
    @danielschaeffer1294 23 дні тому +254

    Costello has only made the jury sympathize with Cohen.

    • @34and0
      @34and0 21 день тому +1

      And provided hard evidence why

  • @pma7373
    @pma7373 23 дні тому +248

    Costello saved Cohen, and has made him more credible.😂

    • @kokohead333
      @kokohead333 23 дні тому +8

      👍👍👍

    • @SeedFactoryProject
      @SeedFactoryProject 23 дні тому

      Trump pushed to have this witness, making it a butt and Costello routine, where Trump is the butt.

    • @Beau74
      @Beau74 23 дні тому +9

      Ain't that the truth

    • @pdoylemi
      @pdoylemi 23 дні тому +14

      What is really stupid is that if they had not put him on the stand, the prosecution could not have presented those damning texts!

    • @Beau74
      @Beau74 23 дні тому +13

      @@pdoylemi Yeah, which means that Trump was almost certainly the one who instructed that he be called.

  • @richardroberts3994
    @richardroberts3994 23 дні тому +264

    If senate republicans had voted according to facts the first time or second time this trial would not be an issue. Vote blue.

    • @restorefreespeech
      @restorefreespeech 23 дні тому +1

      Sounds like you're confusing facts and "truths" again.

    • @mzingone12
      @mzingone12 23 дні тому

      Inflation is here. Your spending programs are a failure. Your socialism has ruined us. The writing is on the wall. We will not stand idol anymore

    • @TruthMatters1202
      @TruthMatters1202 23 дні тому +5

      They missed their opportunity a long time ago. They knew he's a damned fool.

    • @TruthMatters1202
      @TruthMatters1202 23 дні тому +8

      @@restorefreespeech Facts are Facts. Are Facts not "True" for you?

    • @PointofConnection
      @PointofConnection 22 дні тому

      List of facts: MSNBC is only about promoting the democrats. MSNBC doesn't consider other options or is even open to them. MSNBC delivers its news by pandering to the importance of people. Supporters of MSNBC follow it because they don't want to admit they have been deceived.

  • @captainobvious254
    @captainobvious254 23 дні тому +142

    Andrew Weismann is the best legal analyst on TV.

    • @nanarodriguez1854
      @nanarodriguez1854 23 дні тому +7

      ❤❤❤❤

    • @kokohead333
      @kokohead333 23 дні тому +8

      💙💙💙💙

    • @mikkomfi8643
      @mikkomfi8643 23 дні тому +13

      Actually, there quite a few excellent legal analysts. In MSNBC Barbara McQuade, Joy Vance and Neil Katyal. My absolute personal favorite, however, Karen and difficult surename, who is in Meidas Touch and also in CNN. She is incredible.

    • @radagastbrown9001
      @radagastbrown9001 23 дні тому

      He's been too kind to the cowardly and incompetent Merrick Garland.
      When we lose our country it will be because of men like Merrick Garland.

    • @zoeric1510
      @zoeric1510 23 дні тому +2

      He lost the Mueller investigation 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @AlonelyRetriever
    @AlonelyRetriever 23 дні тому +438

    Why is Trump allowed to threaten the DA and the Judge? Trump made a remark today " how their time will come" if he is convicted. That is a direct threat.

    • @timknight2834
      @timknight2834 23 дні тому +59

      Any other person would have been in jail weeks ago, trump has been given far too much leeway

    • @coreysjunk
      @coreysjunk 23 дні тому +32

      Judge "gag order" only applies to Jury, witnesses, and court staff as well as the family members of those persons. The judge and the DA WAIVED their involvement in the gag order, allowing Trump to bad talk them all he wants. That was their way of avoiding any such "suppression of 1st amendment rights" defenses that could be cited in an overturning of the conviction later on.

    • @Doodelz02
      @Doodelz02 23 дні тому +15

      Isn't Merrick Garland supposed to have a role in protecting the core of the legal system?

    • @SkepticalBrother
      @SkepticalBrother 23 дні тому +8

      Because he knows trumps comeuppance is right around the corner.

    • @Chris-Believes
      @Chris-Believes 23 дні тому

      Because the judge and Cohen are the ones on trial here.
      Cohen is a convicted liar and his testimony should not be considered or considered fruit of the poison tree.
      The judge should be (will be) disbarred for not allowing Trump's testimony, but allowing Stormy to slander Trump on the stand.
      He allowed here irrelevant (false) testimony to be entered into the record.
      Trump knows something you don't.......
      This is a sting operation and it's part of the swamp being drained.

  • @thefpvlife7785
    @thefpvlife7785 23 дні тому +752

    Thank you Mitch for allowing this to fester for years now making the Republican Party look like a lunatic party.

    • @tboyer86
      @tboyer86 23 дні тому +55

      To be fair, they haven't looked sane since Eisenhower

    • @MrMarkOlson
      @MrMarkOlson 23 дні тому +72

      Not lunatics, but traitors.

    • @MB5rider81
      @MB5rider81 23 дні тому +33

      "look like" 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣..

    • @brotherhiram5682
      @brotherhiram5682 23 дні тому +46

      Oh they've looked like a lunatic party since Reagan.

    • @socialalchmey9875
      @socialalchmey9875 23 дні тому

      both sides of the political aisle are corrupt with insider trading and special interest group payoffs. Both sides hate one man because he threatens their piggy bank. Trump. No wars under Trump. Trump was trying to stop hyper inflation, open borders, fall of the dollar for the great reset, and all the wars that would happen with the military industrial complex. While our economy is crashing, Joe Biden decides to spend trillions. Not the American people not on our infrastructure but on foreign soil so he can get kickbacks. We give 90 billion to Iran, 90 to Venezuela, 90 to Israel, and unlimited to Ukraine. He’s printing money while our economy fails.
      Our borders are wide open estimated 9 million people by the end of the year. UnDocumented. Biden has flyers for them to vote for him to keep the borders open in Spanish and it teaches step-by-step how to do it. It was put in, but you won’t hear it on the news because news is fake bought and paid for. It came out recently, the alphabet agencies, meet with representatives of the six companies that own all of the media a few times a week to go over the agenda. Most of the Internet, including UA-cam is curated for your consumption.
      We know both sides of the political aisle are corrupt, we know that media is told what to say so it’s basically corrupt Obama made propaganda completely legal and with it being online makes it much easier to control. The alphabet agencies are absolutely running wild with zero checks and balances … Anybody realizes they just use anger, hatred, outrage and they tell you exactly how they feel so you’ll feel the same way. This is a psychological operation and you’re all being rocked to sleep.
      Pay attention to who they all hate. It’s probably the one that stands against them the most. Over 10 years you’ve been told exactly who to have strong emotions towards.

  • @sle81
    @sle81 23 дні тому +244

    As I said yesterday, Costello should be thrown in jail for lying to the court.

    • @sle81
      @sle81 23 дні тому

      @@richardmills6669 cohen already went to jail - Trump is next!

    • @jacquesmassard9226
      @jacquesmassard9226 23 дні тому +6

      @@richardmills6669 that is why he was convicted for lying for trump

    • @mikemorgan8588
      @mikemorgan8588 23 дні тому +5

      What did he say that was a lie?

    • @artandarchitecture6399
      @artandarchitecture6399 23 дні тому +6

      ​@@zonian1966 He literally lied on the witness stand about the phonecall with Trump's bodyguard.😂

    • @artandarchitecture6399
      @artandarchitecture6399 23 дні тому +3

      ​@@jacquesmassard9226He lied about his taxes also, that had nothing to do with Trump.

  • @JanetTournour-op6we
    @JanetTournour-op6we 23 дні тому +54

    Thanks Costello from the prosecution and the American people!! Love your emails.

  • @adamarket
    @adamarket 23 дні тому +255

    If Costello was ostensibly trying to represent Cohen but misrepresenting his loyalties, isn't that grounds for further investigation of his ethics such as they are as a lawyer?

    • @jacquelinephillips1608
      @jacquelinephillips1608 23 дні тому

      Yes, Costello was trapping Cohen, just for FRUMP

    • @Korrin1
      @Korrin1 23 дні тому +18

      Yes.
      What’s come out here in court is a series of different ethical lapses by Costello.
      Conflicts, suborning, candour, and obligations towards a tribunal.

  • @IanMcGarrett
    @IanMcGarrett 23 дні тому +685

    Laura Ingraham was SO right. Bob Costello dealt the final blow... alas, it struck Donald.

    • @bobbykiriakidis9753
      @bobbykiriakidis9753 23 дні тому

      Laaura is a she~male

    • @iainherridge6253
      @iainherridge6253 23 дні тому +75

      The prosecution is lucky to have trump in their corner!

    • @kenc7120
      @kenc7120 23 дні тому

      No proof that Trump committed a crime.

    • @timknight2834
      @timknight2834 23 дні тому +46

      I don’t agree, the last Nail was in the coffin last week, this week just added clamps to the lid as well as the nails

    • @bslat10
      @bslat10 23 дні тому +18

      @@timknight2834👍

  • @lukutsouthwell1696
    @lukutsouthwell1696 23 дні тому +31

    ‘Icing on the cake’ Costello’s rant greatly “assisted” in putting Trump BEHIND BARS! Period!👍👍

    • @charlesstockford6003
      @charlesstockford6003 4 дні тому

      Sadly I doubt Trump will go to jail. Probably a fine and probation. I'd lock him up for 25 years myself.

    • @jimdoe3288
      @jimdoe3288 14 годин тому +1

      @@charlesstockford6003 I would rather lock up people who helped lie about a laptop and a fake vaccine and a proxy war in Ukraine. 😂

    • @jimdoe3288
      @jimdoe3288 14 годин тому

      Fun fact a black rapper is suing a lady for breaking a NGA as she tried to sue him in court 😂

  • @swilliams1759
    @swilliams1759 23 дні тому +19

    Ha,ha...Laura Ingraham recommended Costello to testify...great job, Laura!

  • @user-qs6eu1bv1x
    @user-qs6eu1bv1x 23 дні тому +118

    Costello turned out to be a big NOTHING BURGER for the defense. He sure did help the prosecution though.

    • @bobbykiriakidis9753
      @bobbykiriakidis9753 23 дні тому +7

      I think it’s called pride before the fall. Awesome 👏

    • @isabelleboisvert9667
      @isabelleboisvert9667 23 дні тому +4

      I have this funny feeling that his defense lawyers might have done it on purpose. It feels that way. Looking at Todd blanche standing besides trump during his rangs with the media, he did not seem convincing at all that he was really willing to do anything and everything to defend him at all cost and if that is the case, thumbs up yo him 😂

    • @jeffwylie5899
      @jeffwylie5899 22 дні тому +2

      I hate the 'nothing burger'' reference. Baby Donny said that. Yuck!

  • @Blondie-cu8rw
    @Blondie-cu8rw 23 дні тому +134

    You know what bothers me the most? That some people believe that Don is the most powerful man on the planet! Give me a break! Seriously?

    • @TheBrothergreen
      @TheBrothergreen 23 дні тому

      Well, name someone else who could be caught red handed with thousands of top secret documents, lie about it to the fbi, and then get the charges blocked by both a randomly selected district court and the scotus.
      I don't think biden is that powerful. I don't think putin is that powerful.

    • @sugarfay175
      @sugarfay175 23 дні тому +1

      Jesus came in the form of a man. He’s the most powerful.

    • @thomasbullen5239
      @thomasbullen5239 23 дні тому +9

      Powerful when all he does is cry and whine? He never stops with his poor baby it's so unfair crap?

    • @davidsalo8397
      @davidsalo8397 23 дні тому

      Well, the chump does smell very powerful. How can anyone respect a man who lies with every breath? Nothing less than a coward.

    • @birdolla4441
      @birdolla4441 23 дні тому

      tRump was never the most powerful man on the planet he just stole the seat he sat in by lying to ...EVERYONE

  • @Dennis_510
    @Dennis_510 23 дні тому +16

    So the defense called one witness, and he was a complete disaster?

  • @KenS1267
    @KenS1267 23 дні тому +23

    No rational lawyer did this. This had to be Trump demanding this.

  • @stephenhenion8304
    @stephenhenion8304 23 дні тому +298

    How long will it take to read off the verdicts on 34 counts of GUILTY!!!

    • @MizzJazlynCrizztina
      @MizzJazlynCrizztina 23 дні тому +15

      That will be a looooonnng partay!!!

    • @sayhisnamewhickerfjb
      @sayhisnamewhickerfjb 23 дні тому +5

      Judge will take 3 minutes.
      Bragg will need 23 minutes to sound out the words.

    • @winstonsmith6607
      @winstonsmith6607 23 дні тому +5

      Hush money led to 3500 charges. Seems legit

    • @wjrasmussen666
      @wjrasmussen666 23 дні тому +5

      We have no idea what the jury is thinking.

    • @billgrandone3552
      @billgrandone3552 23 дні тому +9

      A long time but it will be literally the time of our lives.

  • @Educatedvoter
    @Educatedvoter 23 дні тому +118

    Anyone who supports Trump after all this needs a mental evaluation.

    • @funwithfood7451
      @funwithfood7451 23 дні тому +1

      So you’re an educated voter?¿

    • @JoeP44
      @JoeP44 23 дні тому

      @@funwithfood7451Anyone who is so delusional that they are defending Trump is claiming that all 20 witnesses for the prosecution lied and committed perjury and that the nearly two dozen documents written and signed by Trump’s OWN CFO, Weisselberg, were all “fake”. Thankfully these MAGAts are VASTLY outnumbered by sane, educated, law abiding Americans - which includes the jury.

    • @mzingone12
      @mzingone12 23 дні тому +1

      Because your guy is a knight in shining armor

    • @mzingone12
      @mzingone12 23 дні тому

      @@funwithfood7451these people all think they are elevated thinkers and the rest of us just play with children’s books or something. You’ll never meet a more self righteous person than a leftist.

    • @JoeP44
      @JoeP44 23 дні тому

      @@mzingone12You’re whining because your cult leader is being held accountable for the 88 felonies he has committed. Criminal actions always have consequences. Go cry some more.
      Despite your sadistic obsession with attacking the President with vile lies on public platforms he has been charged with ZERO crimes. Since you claim to have “proof” of all the “crimes” that Joe Biden has committed have you attorney file the case tomorrow with all the “evidence” you have accumulated. You won’t because it doesn’t exist! Stop embarrassing yourself.

  • @stockholm1752
    @stockholm1752 23 дні тому +32

    😡- “I’m testifying.”
    😲- THAT is a lie.

  • @beaglesnlove580
    @beaglesnlove580 23 дні тому +60

    Literally everything he’s done is criminal. What a joke of a human being

    • @MrWascally
      @MrWascally 23 дні тому +1

      ' ..can a leopard change it's spots ? ...then may you also do good , that are accustomed to do evil .'

    • @KaiserBlade
      @KaiserBlade 17 днів тому

      How stupid does someone need to be to believe a man that never had a criminal charge in 77YEARS . SUDDENLY a week after he runs against dictator biden he COMMITTED 91 FELONIES.

  • @bonniebriggs3880
    @bonniebriggs3880 23 дні тому +55

    Watching this in court had to be the Best show ever! Not sure i would have been able not to laugh at these clowns. The jury has my respect for keeping it together. Its so ridiculous

  • @daydreamer0923
    @daydreamer0923 23 дні тому +122

    Save our Country from Trump.

    • @hushmoney2058
      @hushmoney2058 23 дні тому

      Save our Country Trump....

    • @HWCWTD
      @HWCWTD 23 дні тому +5

      ​@hushmoney2058 you want a national database of pregnant women?

    • @nancyking9033
      @nancyking9033 23 дні тому

      2 Wars Joe has to GO

    • @radagastbrown9001
      @radagastbrown9001 23 дні тому +2

      Better politicians start with better voters

    • @hushmoney2058
      @hushmoney2058 23 дні тому

      @@nancyking9033 Joe not Done yet more to come ...He let Russia have they pipeline to Finance the Ukraine War and gave 6 billion to Iran for the Hamas Attack on Israel ...Or just a Big Coincidences like Trumps Trials this close to the Election ...

  • @foxopolos9681
    @foxopolos9681 23 дні тому +40

    Trump ran the show just like a mob boss. The fixer was trying to hoodwink Cohen. WTH!

    • @SeedFactoryProject
      @SeedFactoryProject 23 дні тому

      That's because Trump IS a mob boss. His family business has always been laundering money for the Italian and Russian mobs, through real estate and casinos.

    • @robinhall214
      @robinhall214 14 днів тому +1

      That did it 😂😮😮

  • @user-ts9kl8go8j
    @user-ts9kl8go8j 23 дні тому +21

    Of course he didn't take the stand in his own defense like he said he would... He's a coward and a liar. He'd perjure himself with his first sentence.

    • @RAYGERVATO
      @RAYGERVATO 23 дні тому

      Trump lS, has been, and will always
      be a lying wuss! Big talker small on
      substance. Lie social not truth..aka
      hypocrisy social.

    • @darcyaucoin9314
      @darcyaucoin9314 22 дні тому

      Cause he's a buffoon!
      We all WISH for a debate!! Can't wait!!

  • @user-jy8mo5fi5q
    @user-jy8mo5fi5q 23 дні тому +84

    A witness for the defence totally destroyed by the prosecution

    • @michaeltyler4314
      @michaeltyler4314 23 дні тому +7

      Costello was a witness for the defense mostly destroyed by the HIMSELF !!

    • @charlesvorones3612
      @charlesvorones3612 23 дні тому

      Destroyed the prosecution? How?

    • @charlesvorones3612
      @charlesvorones3612 23 дні тому +2

      Sorry, i read too quickly... got it!

    • @CJ_YT96
      @CJ_YT96 23 дні тому +1

      Why is the judge sustaining questions when they haven't even been fully answered by the defendants lawyers? Sustained, sustained, sustained. It's a clown show masquerading as a trial.

    • @user-jy8mo5fi5q
      @user-jy8mo5fi5q 23 дні тому

      @@CJ_YT96 You obviously know nothing about law . It's either the question is totally irrelevant or contains here say. It applies to any trial. He could have been declared a hostile witness. The judge was very lenient and is not a clown show

  • @sharonthomas9357
    @sharonthomas9357 23 дні тому +35

    DA Bragg sir 👏👏 u put together a A team prosecutors on this trial brilliant!! All we see is them eating the defense witness for lunch

  • @brotherhiram5682
    @brotherhiram5682 23 дні тому +13

    The prosecution wanted the defense to bring up Costello. They knew exactly what he was going to say.

  • @candacerushing6882
    @candacerushing6882 23 дні тому +7

    One news outlet said that calling Costello was done at Trump’s insistence- the Defense attorneys didn’t want to. That makes sense- they knew better!

  • @cathywithac
    @cathywithac 23 дні тому +90

    The case is not over until the verdict is announced and he is sentenced.

    • @SybilleGrob
      @SybilleGrob 23 дні тому +10

      Yes. And he is in prison and not running around setting the world on fire while out on bail waiting dor appeal.

    • @coreysjunk
      @coreysjunk 23 дні тому +5

      The case isn't over until he runs out of appeals and actually serves jail time.

    • @cathywithac
      @cathywithac 23 дні тому +1

      @@coreysjunk Yes, I stand corrected.

    • @Moluccan56
      @Moluccan56 23 дні тому +2

      Best Christmas present ever!

    • @cathywithac
      @cathywithac 23 дні тому

      @@Moluccan56 Christmas 2024

  • @briester510
    @briester510 23 дні тому +58

    I'm sure Costello sees this as a badge of courage to the former guy.

    • @michaeltyler4314
      @michaeltyler4314 23 дні тому +6

      Costello sees this as a way of TOADYING to the The Former Guy.

  • @underflo43tky
    @underflo43tky 23 дні тому +13

    Could not act more guilty

  • @twistedcherrypop
    @twistedcherrypop 23 дні тому +7

    WEISSMAN being almost speechless at the start says it all LOL

  • @MizzJazlynCrizztina
    @MizzJazlynCrizztina 23 дні тому +129

    There is no question that there will be a unanimous verdict of guilty!

    • @mariyamwaniki
      @mariyamwaniki 23 дні тому +29

      I’m not holding my breath. He gets away with everything. It would be nice, tho

    • @34and0
      @34and0 23 дні тому +3

      ​@@user-jr5mg4tf3lStay tuned same time next week . Bring your kleenex

    • @concankid4202
      @concankid4202 23 дні тому +3

      Your a dreamer, but it's not your fault, you keep listening to these people who only tell you what you want to hear so they can make ad money.

    • @robertopalma9091
      @robertopalma9091 23 дні тому +1

      You sure

    • @rickwelch8464
      @rickwelch8464 23 дні тому

      Juror number 2 is a problem. Trumpers don't care about the rule of law and he is a full blown cult member so unless those other 11 can deprogram him we may be in for some disappointment.

  • @Kiyoti
    @Kiyoti 23 дні тому +75

    Nicole Wallace you are a very good show anchor...!!!

    • @MP-lq3xx
      @MP-lq3xx 23 дні тому +2

      wish she was in Congress or appointed office!

    • @michaeltyler4314
      @michaeltyler4314 23 дні тому +2

      YES!! She really is.....

    • @kevinreed928
      @kevinreed928 23 дні тому

      slow, lightweight, bush operative

    • @Kiyoti
      @Kiyoti 23 дні тому +2

      @@kevinreed928 ...if she is so....why is someone so quick and sharp as yourself clicking/watching such a "to you" an intelligence insulting YT video...???

    • @Trollzarefunny
      @Trollzarefunny 23 дні тому

      @@kevinreed928
      Lol
      GOLUBOIzzzzz hush

  • @user-gw5pp2ur4h
    @user-gw5pp2ur4h 23 дні тому +9

    I don't know that the defense rested their case so much as ran out of ridiculous, far fetched, dare I say lame excuses for their client's criminal behavior. Although watching Costello catching the eyes and ears of every single judge on the east coast was kinda fun and I did enjoy his snappy John Gotti overcoat. I don't care what the law or policy is...I want a photographer right in front of Trump's face when that verdict is read. As a victim in this case (a voter that was defrauded by the actions he's been charged with) I have a right to be present for the verdict announcement. We all do.

  • @badatheist9948
    @badatheist9948 23 дні тому +5

    Costello should be brought up on ethical charges

  • @LisaBuckham-ku9cl
    @LisaBuckham-ku9cl 23 дні тому +82

    andrew weismann is the absolute best of the best

    • @fifermcgee5971
      @fifermcgee5971 23 дні тому +9

      Calm and cool, just a pleasure to listen to.

    • @sugarfay175
      @sugarfay175 23 дні тому +4

      Absolutely. Love him n don’t know him

    • @radagastbrown9001
      @radagastbrown9001 23 дні тому +2

      He shouldn't be letting the cowardly and incompetent Merrick Garland off the hook.

    • @charlesvorones3612
      @charlesvorones3612 23 дні тому +2

      A sharp dude, no doubt; but i don't understand him saying Fani Willis should leave the Georgia-Just-find-me-11,780 votes! case, when dating a teammate is an utterly inconsequential and frivolous accusation, AND one of Trump's lawyers brought her husband onto the case, and doubled their family income.

    • @charlesvorones3612
      @charlesvorones3612 23 дні тому

      @@radagastbrown9001 Yes,...Garland's bending over backward to appear fair has allowed the real possibility of a fascist, white supremacist party coming to power.

  • @user-ky4dp6sk3h
    @user-ky4dp6sk3h 23 дні тому +57

    Costello got up there and committed perjury for Donald Trump.....how despicable......

    • @MrWascally
      @MrWascally 23 дні тому

      frump inc. employee requirement honest need not apply

  • @Mela_nine29
    @Mela_nine29 23 дні тому +10

    4:58 I live for Nicolle’s snark and Andrew Weissman’s polite assessments. What a duo ❤

  • @jamesdelb6885
    @jamesdelb6885 23 дні тому +13

    Costello, "Can I say something? Judge, "No!"

  • @joaquinvazquez1040
    @joaquinvazquez1040 23 дні тому +31

    Instructions...Give DT 110 Years hard labor. And that's for the 1st charge😂

  • @sharonthomas9357
    @sharonthomas9357 23 дні тому +37

    I'm giving jury two days if that guilty all 34 charges!.....this evidence is overwhelming

  • @BrandonLanczak
    @BrandonLanczak 23 дні тому +6

    “The emails speak for themselves” then a complete backtrack 😂

  • @maryviolasse4145
    @maryviolasse4145 23 дні тому +5

    When you decide to get your legal advice from Fox.......

  • @snowrose101
    @snowrose101 23 дні тому +48

    Lol! Aren't we lucky Merchan did NOT strike Costello's testimony!

  • @beststagepresence
    @beststagepresence 23 дні тому +148

    Only cowards and the guilty don't testify for a jury to hear their direct words. Perfect description of chump "A guilty coward"

    • @winstonsmith6607
      @winstonsmith6607 23 дні тому +2

      Who's chump?

    • @dm6187
      @dm6187 23 дні тому

      Why testify when the prosecution has no case? Make it make sense 😂😂😂. Then again your kind thinks a man can magically become a woman simply because he FEEEEEELLLSSS like one... 🐒🐒🤡🤡🤡 AGAIN, make it make sense.

    • @jeannehopkins7232
      @jeannehopkins7232 23 дні тому

      @@user-jr5mg4tf3l This trial isn't about his poll numbers, it's about finding him accountable for crimes.

    • @classifiedsincebirth
      @classifiedsincebirth 23 дні тому +2

      Nobody here agrees. Many people don't testify. Stop being silly

    • @Marvellous132
      @Marvellous132 23 дні тому

      ​@user-jr5mg4tf3l Maybe he should "say something" because...... he said he would. Once again, Trump the carnival barker promises something to his supporters and fails to deliver. Once again, he acts the strong man and but like the weak coward he is, throws Bob Costello in front of the train. But his little minions cheer while Trump pi$$es on them and tells them it's raining.

  • @judydyer
    @judydyer 23 дні тому +9

    Costello was trying to BE trump. pathetic.

  • @TheUllrichj
    @TheUllrichj 23 дні тому +4

    Can’t Costello be disbarred for his actions?

  • @weiyehlee
    @weiyehlee 23 дні тому +135

    How is Costello not disbarred or in jail?

    • @dawncarlson9131
      @dawncarlson9131 23 дні тому

      How about all former attorneys of Trumpass?

    • @timknight2834
      @timknight2834 23 дні тому +7

      Give it time time, there will be an investigation after this

    • @dalecash2236
      @dalecash2236 23 дні тому

      Same reason Cohen's not. They scratch the backs of the people in power.

    • @nonya.bizness
      @nonya.bizness 23 дні тому

      another trump lawyer chewed up and spit out, presumably into jail and disbarrment.

    • @willmont8258
      @willmont8258 23 дні тому

      For what reason?

  • @chuckeelhart1746
    @chuckeelhart1746 23 дні тому +102

    I testify . I tell the truth… except even that’s a lie!

    • @jnagarya519
      @jnagarya519 23 дні тому

      The truth is that Trump is a liar who surrounds himself with liars.

  • @MrBENTON78
    @MrBENTON78 23 дні тому +43

    Costello needs disbarred.

    • @willmont8258
      @willmont8258 23 дні тому

      For what reason? Because he destroyed Cohen's testimony?

    • @mr.flibble3190
      @mr.flibble3190 23 дні тому +1

      @@willmont8258 There is a difference between "destroying" and "verifying." Consult a dictionary.

    • @willmont8258
      @willmont8258 23 дні тому

      @@mr.flibble3190 Costello proved Cohen was lying. And there is still no crime here.

    • @willmont8258
      @willmont8258 23 дні тому

      @@mr.flibble3190 And what did Costello verify of Cohen's testimony? That Cohen's testimony shows no crime? Even Cohen can't say what the crime was.

    • @willmont8258
      @willmont8258 23 дні тому

      @@mr.flibble3190 I notice how your side can never explain the crime, and that is why all your side does is spin.

  • @mrkgrmn3
    @mrkgrmn3 23 дні тому +6

    Yeah, let's put a mob lawyer on the stand as our only defense witness. That blonde chick on Fox thinks it'll work.

  • @larryhuston8433
    @larryhuston8433 23 дні тому +75

    Even as criminals, Dolt45 hires only the best
    in reality, he hires only the most incompetent

  • @MizzJazlynCrizztina
    @MizzJazlynCrizztina 23 дні тому +112

    Michael Cohen destroyed lying Robert Costello!😂

  • @tommoore1821
    @tommoore1821 23 дні тому +4

    What a despicable human. Where are all the people with extensive military training that must see the need to limit this threat

  • @NIGHTSTAR-dr1zq
    @NIGHTSTAR-dr1zq 23 дні тому +6

    Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves. George Washington

    • @MrWascally
      @MrWascally 23 дні тому +2

      his farewell address is a timely and relevant reminder to put/keep country over party u mentioned a few of the many that he did

  • @savr4est
    @savr4est 23 дні тому +11

    I hope the jury is protected from any interference over the long weekend.

    • @charleskramer7062
      @charleskramer7062 23 дні тому

      I would not be surprised if they get “visits” of some sort from Trump agents. Of course, all deniable.

    • @charleskramer7062
      @charleskramer7062 23 дні тому

      I would not be surprised if they get “visits” of some sort from Trump agents. Of course, all deniable.

  • @baribach8701
    @baribach8701 23 дні тому +26

    Robert Costello birds of a feather flock together

  • @matthewhuszarik4173
    @matthewhuszarik4173 23 дні тому +3

    This Castello needs to be disbarred and brought up on charges.

  • @patrickmundy1966
    @patrickmundy1966 23 дні тому +2

    Great reporting and Nicolle, I'm glad you're laughing about this! The repugs are so moronic.

  • @andrestewart7010
    @andrestewart7010 23 дні тому +33

    The people are laughing at Diaper Don.....

  • @marka5069
    @marka5069 23 дні тому +45

    GUILTY AS CHARGED.

  • @Holyspokes
    @Holyspokes 23 дні тому +4

    Said he would testify in his other case against Carrol and didn’t testify there either.

  • @michaelbarnhart2593
    @michaelbarnhart2593 23 дні тому +11

    I really, really hope that a juror has not been planted to create a hung jury.
    We have been surprised beyond words many times up to this point.

    • @MD-qz1wx
      @MD-qz1wx 23 дні тому

      Well. A hung jury is a mistrial. The DA would just have to re-file and try again.

  • @NikosZaidGomez
    @NikosZaidGomez 23 дні тому +52

    Wait, wait, wait, they got that email from Costello? As a dumb lay-person, now that is what I'd call damning.

    • @fishybusinessco.8398
      @fishybusinessco.8398 23 дні тому +1

      To me it sounds like he threatened him like you better not flip. How could you do this to your former boss?

  • @linneab8317
    @linneab8317 23 дні тому +22

    45: Bob! You used EMAILS???? You know how much I hate EMAILS!!!

  • @valentino4411
    @valentino4411 23 дні тому +11

    Ironically, Costello behaving after being scolded by judge & not getting kicked out of court allowed Prosecution to use him as a weapon against DJT.

  • @Chesterton7
    @Chesterton7 23 дні тому +2

    Excellent reporting on this strange landmark trial. Thank you.

  • @robmiller6890
    @robmiller6890 23 дні тому +79

    I notice Trumps defence team gave no evidence that this was a politically motivated lawsuit

    • @ArtyFactual_Intelligence
      @ArtyFactual_Intelligence 23 дні тому +21

      Because there isn't any.
      It's a campaign slogan ONLY.

    • @liberalshaveitallbackwards4667
      @liberalshaveitallbackwards4667 23 дні тому

      I hope Trump starts throwing Democrats in jail next year, you know, cuz it's not political at all.
      According to your logic. lol

    • @Therealtruthsocial
      @Therealtruthsocial 23 дні тому

      As a matter of fact they didn't explain what the money was for. Does anyone believe Stormy Daniel's was given 130 thousand for nothing? Trump paid 420 thousand dollars in legal fees and didn't inquire what it was for?

    • @Datboy1991
      @Datboy1991 23 дні тому +7

      They did make a motion to get Merchan taken off the case, but it was very weak and not based in facts or law, so it inevitably failed

    • @TheBrothergreen
      @TheBrothergreen 23 дні тому +9

      Also no expert witnesses to say there was no crime or whatever their defense is.

  • @tomadon
    @tomadon 23 дні тому +60

    He's betting on appeals to let him off the hook.

    • @MD-qz1wx
      @MD-qz1wx 23 дні тому +3

      Fortunately, in criminal trials, the convicted person remains incarcerated until during the appeals process.

    • @birdolla4441
      @birdolla4441 23 дні тому

      No ...He is betting on appeals to drag it out for years and years ..Like he has historically in all his court cases.
      The people he owes have gone bankrupt before anything gets fully settled, he will do the same in this case

    • @tomadon
      @tomadon 23 дні тому

      @birdolla4441 That's a silly move, considering he's going up against the state.

    • @mikemorgan8588
      @mikemorgan8588 23 дні тому

      Any fool should be able to see this trial as election interference and politically motivated judicial abuse of court.

    • @pedigreeann
      @pedigreeann 23 дні тому

      @@birdolla4441 All his other trials have been CIVIL trials. This is a CRIMINAL trial. Totally different.

  • @flexxrader6500
    @flexxrader6500 23 дні тому +2

    A lot of people go to prison for less than what he is doing. Why can’t he go to prison too?

  • @shamanbeartwo3819
    @shamanbeartwo3819 23 дні тому +7

    Your honor, I request a mistrial because my defense attorney put up a prosecution witness in my defense!

    • @devcarter1654
      @devcarter1654 23 дні тому

      Trump's lawyer probably tried to beg him not to have Costello as a witness.

  • @temiloluwa1135
    @temiloluwa1135 23 дні тому +44

    Hail Mary.....the Trump's "own witness" turned out to be "the star witness" for the Prosecution. Easy huh 🙆🤷🤷

    • @thelmadeguzman5252
      @thelmadeguzman5252 23 дні тому +2

      🙏🙏🙏thanks God! Save democracy!🙏🙏🙏

    • @gammaron
      @gammaron 23 дні тому

      Yep, gotta love it! 👌

  • @erikpeterson25
    @erikpeterson25 23 дні тому +16

    Exactly like a mob case ......extra court security when the day started 😊

  • @ChrisM-tn3hx
    @ChrisM-tn3hx 23 дні тому +1

    I predict a very fast deliberation once it's in the hands of the jury.

  • @billygoat520
    @billygoat520 23 дні тому +3

    This trial has put on display how two faced many lawyers are. I can't imagine living in that milieu where money means the most and morals the least. This profession hides behind a facade of having a high ethical standard.

  • @temiloluwa1135
    @temiloluwa1135 23 дні тому +17

    a guilty mind will never take the stand....🤷

  • @user-vy5nd2fe9o
    @user-vy5nd2fe9o 23 дні тому +17

    The TRUTH!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @tonykorper6715
    @tonykorper6715 23 дні тому +2

    Makem All Go Away

  • @melvinperry3570
    @melvinperry3570 23 дні тому +3

    Whattttttt ! Diaper Don didn’t take the stand … I am totally shocked 😳

    • @Badgersj
      @Badgersj 23 дні тому

      I'm SO disappointed! Had the beer and snacks ready for the show!

  • @quacks2much
    @quacks2much 23 дні тому +17

    The trial is not over until the jury comes back with a verdict.

    • @hushmoney2058
      @hushmoney2058 23 дні тому

      Not for the Dems ..

    • @ericvanjames8395
      @ericvanjames8395 23 дні тому

      True.

    • @pedigreeann
      @pedigreeann 23 дні тому

      And we haven't had the summations from both sides, then the instructions to the jury. Trial not over.

    • @Graybeard689
      @Graybeard689 19 днів тому

      Unfortunately MAGA will not accept any disagreeable outcome in trials or elections

  • @MizzJazlynCrizztina
    @MizzJazlynCrizztina 23 дні тому +21

    The last scurry as panic takes over.

  • @vernonengbino6186
    @vernonengbino6186 23 дні тому +2

    Revoke Costello's law license and fine him for his outbursts.

  • @Eyeball_Heroin
    @Eyeball_Heroin 23 дні тому +1

    What a nice consolation prize Costello gifted the American people, great digging and possession prosecutors. 🥳🇺🇸🙌🏼😎😉

  • @chiboy7874
    @chiboy7874 23 дні тому +36

    He’s full of it 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

    • @daveh2404
      @daveh2404 23 дні тому +2

      Its a solid diaper. I feel bad for the observers in there having to deal with the funky smell. 🤢🤮

  • @peterjeffery8495
    @peterjeffery8495 23 дні тому +7

    Is the defense actively working to tank their own case? I can see Attorney Todd Blanche spending the rest of his career writing Wills and handling Real Estate transactions.

    • @patsyfuttere2625
      @patsyfuttere2625 23 дні тому +3

      Who would hire him? He's a real joke now, based on his current clientele.

    • @marieogara1036
      @marieogara1036 23 дні тому +1

      trump is already looking for appeal lawyers. Blanche will continue to represent the numerous brigands in that orbit.

  • @bernandoturner4840
    @bernandoturner4840 23 дні тому +3

    🚔🚔🚔🚔🚔👈🏾Waiting on Ruuuuuump's Verdict..😄

  • @cryhavoc8461
    @cryhavoc8461 23 дні тому +4

    So Trump and his defence's strategy is the equivalent of a Your Mom insult? Wow!

  • @marcypeterson4245
    @marcypeterson4245 23 дні тому +6

    I love your trio power team, and Vaughn from the court side!

  • @davidwhite8045
    @davidwhite8045 23 дні тому +28

    At some point the talking point will change to Penalty and Jail time, unfortunately many people are in jail for the same crimes, it’s very difficult to change the rules for the Grifter.

    • @Teeveepicksures
      @Teeveepicksures 23 дні тому +1

      Ive asked a few seasoned lawyers who are convinced he's getting at most a fine.

  • @Lechaim11
    @Lechaim11 23 дні тому +1

    Hoffinger! Take a bow! Brilliant stuff!

  • @kaisign1405
    @kaisign1405 23 дні тому +1

    Costello has buried his head in the sand,will never see any people again