MSNBC’s Ari Melber: Trump Legal Team ‘Landing Blows’ on Michael Cohen’s Credibility in Front of Jury

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MELBER: “As I think everyone knows by now, who has followed the trial, the question isn't has he changed his mind and retracted things. Both sides agree on that. That’s not in doubt. The question is, does this guy still lie? And if he does still lie about anything, little, medium or large, can you trust him? And the standard is not, 'Okay, do we have to be convinced that he lies about everything?' The standard for the jury and why Blanche is making some progress is, by the end of this, does the jury have reasonable doubt about Cohen telling the truth on elements of the crime? The other stuff won’t ultimately matter when they deliberate, it just accrues, but what we saw in that kind of dramatic back-and-forth that’s been described today, 'Well, but you did lie. And have you lied? And why do you sound like this? A podcast where you might sound allegedly unhinged,' all of that accrues to whether jurors go back and say, 'I doubt whether he’s telling the truth about an element of the crime,' for example, Trump’s criminal intent back in '16? So I think they are landing blows, Andrea."

(Via RealClearPolitics)