Cohen the Destroyer? From Inside the Courtroom IV

Cohen the Destroyer? From Inside the Courtroom IV | Talking Feds Podcast

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26 күн бұрын

Lots happening out there, but NY v. Trump remains the main event, and this week we again bring you a roundtable of all new prominent commentators-and all first time @talkingfedspod guests-who have been in and around the court the whole trial. Katie Phang, Yasmin Vossoughian, and Ben Wittes join Harry to carefully assess where the trial stands with nearly all the evidence in and on the verge of closing arguments, with special focus on Cohen’s testimony, inc whether the defense drew blood on cross.
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@dennyworthington6641 24 күн бұрын

Three words will make America great again: GUILTY AS CHARGED

@surlechapeau 24 күн бұрын

Michael Cohen is the reason this case exists! He has brought the fight against tRump since seeing the light, and leaving the cult. Props to Mr. Cohen!!

@oldones59 24 күн бұрын

Your comment was empty hyperbole.

@carolinacooper7068 24 күн бұрын

@@oldones59Empty hyperbole or FACT?

@flugsven 24 күн бұрын

@@oldones59 Couldn't disagree more.

@Jan-zv7ze 24 күн бұрын

What a great panel! I'm a Cohen fan so crossing my fingers he gets JUSTICE for our country.

@audreywellham2413 24 күн бұрын

Great panel excellent forum! 🙏🏻🇺🇸⚖️💙🗽

@Tawas57 24 күн бұрын

Why would Schiller call Cohen on the 24th if not because the Defendent told him to call?

@GlenB1963 24 күн бұрын

Thanks Harry and friends. Best wishes to you all from Brisbane Queensland Australia 🇦🇺 ❤

@oapster7963 24 күн бұрын

Hey Glen, nice to see you my friend! Hope you and yours are doing well. 😊

@GlenB1963 24 күн бұрын

@oapster7963 and you too my friend. Happiness and good health to you.

@77thTrombone 24 күн бұрын

Australia! Australia! Australia! We love you! Amen

@locktrump45up 24 күн бұрын

Love that you included Ben Wittes, friend of Ukraine who has been detailing the Trump trials amazingly with Charlie Sykes and Tim Miller on The Bulwark

@heatherc2939 24 күн бұрын

What a trio Harry! But here is my chance to tell y'all Katie Phang is my absolutely favorite legal analyst and MSNBC Newscaster. Cohen is a good man.

@audreywellham2413 24 күн бұрын

Agree! Tremendous panel! Spent many of my years working with Katie’s Mom! Tremendous woman as well in her own field of specialty! Fabulous forum! 🙏🏻🇺🇸⚖️💙🗽🩺🗳️❕

@mrfuzztone 24 күн бұрын

Maybe Michael Cohen is doing well with Blanche questions because he just has to tell the truth. Cohen has been hanging out with good people lately. That probably helps Michael be a person who can keep his cool.

@howlalongwithspot6785 24 күн бұрын

This week showed just how little our press has learned. They've been wanting something to make this into a horse race. Blanche went all in screaming that Cohen was lying- obviously hoping Cohen would lose his cool but that didn't happen. Instead all our disgraceful entertainment oriented press went into the chicken little act. Special shout out to Ari Melbourn who let his personal dislike of Cohen influence his reporting. Disgraceful

@sbeckwit 24 күн бұрын

One of the best discussions of the case I've heard so far. Excellent panel. Thank you, Harry.

@jpkatz1435 24 күн бұрын

Harry & Co. THANKYOU.

@Trump-Khuilo-2024 24 күн бұрын

Go Harry!🇺🇲💙

@smoomanchew 24 күн бұрын

There 6 other calls with Trump and Cohen that have more substance. Trump guilty . Orange jumpsuit

@eh1702 24 күн бұрын

I’m already laughing before I click on this video. What a great title!

@NoSacredCowFla 24 күн бұрын

If it's Monday it's Talking Feds!

@oapster7963 24 күн бұрын

🇺🇸RIDIN W BIDEN 🇺🇸

@user-wy9vy7tn8e 24 күн бұрын

Hi Harry another Brisbane listener, following everything you say, so informative, thank you!

@qwadratix 24 күн бұрын

Now lets see if Trump can do as well as Cohen on the stand. 🤣

@oldones59 24 күн бұрын

Trump likely won't testify

@ceciliac2225 24 күн бұрын

Trump will incriminate and destroy himself if he testifies.

@carolinacooper7068 24 күн бұрын

Trump absolutely will not testify.

@druspork7737 24 күн бұрын

Huh, yet another Brisbane listener. Love your work, Harry.

@cpk313 24 күн бұрын

First time I have listened to Ben and been relieved

@suecampbell4811 24 күн бұрын

This is the smartest hour of my week, and I love it. So what if a juror's family member suddenly becomes debt-free and a juror finds the defendant innocent? He just skates away. It is too much for me to consider - we are all focused on the richness of the testimonies and the evidence and the potential witnesses and redirects. What if he just skates? How are we going to get our stomachs out of our chests? I have hope that the jurors will use a critical view of the case and testimonies/evidence when considering the charges. I hope that the goodness and smartness of mankind goes beyond party affiliation. But, what if it doesn't? I guess we have to hope that voters take note of the case.

@jeremiahchamberlin4499 24 күн бұрын

Good to hear from someone who has been there every day of the trial. I like the preview of the closing arguments.

@denisegiannakis5667 24 күн бұрын

Greetings from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

@Ronald-hx6zn 24 күн бұрын

Thanks Harry and team for keeping "real"

@lnelson90004 24 күн бұрын

Great panel. Thank you.

@curiosity540 24 күн бұрын

Thank you for the interesting conversation Harry, Katie, Ben and Jasmin!

@teresajohansen2589 24 күн бұрын

My favorite MNSBC

@jackg.3187 24 күн бұрын

This was an excellent episode. I love all three of these commentators because they come to the topic with slightly different viewpoints and experiences so together they make a really comprehensive and friendly type of approach. With some guests, these topics can get kind of dry and boring but these three really kept it alive. They should have their own show together.

@janesheridan7967 24 күн бұрын

I don't consider this entertainment. That is exactly where media has gone wrong.

@llprice2000 24 күн бұрын

I greatly appreciate these discussions. They help me adjust expectations. And Philip Glass! What a great choice.

@joanpanzella1722 24 күн бұрын

What a roundtable! Wow! Thanks Harry! 👏🤓 ⚖️🗽🇺🇲

@karonmalingo5798 23 күн бұрын

Thank you, Harry, Katie, Ben, and Yasmin. Cheers.

@bangelucci5966 24 күн бұрын

My favourite time of week. Thanks Harry

@veronical.velardes3717 21 күн бұрын

COHEN YOU ROCK!! YOU DENIED NOTHING.!!!!

@lindahudock8638 24 күн бұрын

Excellent! Thank you!

@whitnk 24 күн бұрын

Fantastic panel, thanks!

@teresajohansen2589 24 күн бұрын

Talking Feds with Katie Phang and my other favorite people

@dalehargreaves966 24 күн бұрын

Thx Harry, Katie, Yasmin and Ben 🌿

@daily977 24 күн бұрын

Excellent guests! Much appreciated.

@sydneydennis4542 24 күн бұрын

Good job!!!❤❤💙💙

@susanschaffner4422 24 күн бұрын

Another good one, Harry.

@codeidentifier08 24 күн бұрын

Very well done.

@cathrinewilks6053 24 күн бұрын

Great discussion and insight.

@EricSmith-wt2qu 24 күн бұрын

This jury will be fair. This jury will convict on all misdemeanors and at least one felony.

@zugzwang2007 24 күн бұрын

If they find Trump guilty of any of the misdemeanours, the associated felonies will follow, unless they disbelieve the Pecker evidence. The difficulty with this case, evident in some of the lines advanced by the prosecution, is to connect Trump's election fixing activities with the records-falsification in an appropriate way. The risk is surely that the jury may have trouble crossing the bridge from the Trump-Pecker-Cohen conspiracy to an alleged Trump-Weisselberg-Cohen conspiracy. In fact, they might decide they can't quite believe in the latter, while being totally convinced of the former. In which case, they won't convict at all.

@zugzwang2007 23 күн бұрын

Addendum: In fact, they jury cannot convict on the misdemeanours as such, because they are time-barred. They only come before the jury as a bridge to felony.

@reneetoday3779 24 күн бұрын

Wow, really great panel! What a perfect group for this week!

@chappellroseholt5740 24 күн бұрын

Good morning from the beautiful SF Bay Area Once again, Harry, you and your pals hit the ball out of the park with a great conversation. Hope, hope, hope, yeah I know, hopium! Love ya! 🥰

@rip9987 24 күн бұрын

If guilty, revoke bond, and remand to the sheriff's department to await sentencing. Only acceptible process because that is what happens to every citizen convicted of felonies especially when there are multiple felony convictions. Lets see real and actual justice for once against this clown.

@marilyn8490 24 күн бұрын

Harry--you got the trifeca today! 3 guest with great depth of experience. Great show.

@dm-heart 24 күн бұрын

2:09 nice introduction. And fun to have new people in discussion with you. Great idea. Looking forward to hearing what y’all have to say.💡

@davidchapman5724 23 күн бұрын

Good job Mike. Your ad reads scare me. Your testimony is much calmer and convincing.

@UncleJunior52 24 күн бұрын

A verbal contract or a handshake agreement may be just as enforceable as a written contract or legal retainer .

@user-il8ip1kv4q 24 күн бұрын

Great episode Thank you all 💙💙💙💙👍👍👍👍💙💙💙💙

@rossunderwood6493 24 күн бұрын

GREETINGS FROM OZ

@charlesmarsh316 24 күн бұрын

Wow, great conversation! I very much appreciate the expertise and perspective given by all the participants.

@dm-heart 24 күн бұрын

10:10 I sure hope Benjamin is correct. Great choice of guest if he has been in the courtroom every day the whole time. 🎉

@kimberlywork2103 24 күн бұрын

Excellent panel!

@daily977 24 күн бұрын

thank god for Harry!

@eepsers1 24 күн бұрын

Super discussion with amazing panel!

@libbycollins9349 24 күн бұрын

Terrific, as usual! Thanks again.

@charlesdexterbrewer6586 24 күн бұрын

Cool Pun in the title.

@judytruitt6703 24 күн бұрын

Thanks Harry

@superslimj8013 24 күн бұрын

Great content, it's good to hear a range of opinions 👍🏽

@RunningRoosterFarm 24 күн бұрын

Thank you.

@brianjennings7644 24 күн бұрын

yayyy! A Spirited Debate!🤠

@fireypicnic 24 күн бұрын

whoa. Wittes in a tie?

@michaelsheffield6852 24 күн бұрын

Good work

@onlykarlhenning 24 күн бұрын

Great show!

@mary-smz 24 күн бұрын

Always great panels (like, wow!)

@hopsandbarley3 24 күн бұрын

Thanks!😊

@user-lz9wj4xs5j 24 күн бұрын

❤

@gaberilbaer15you63 24 күн бұрын

Harry you have a great group of people today 8

@frank23morales 24 күн бұрын

Thanks

@theh.o.p.e.channelwhoyouar7614 24 күн бұрын

Scary scary scary conclusions😡

@dm-heart 24 күн бұрын

24:13 could you please have conversations w/o swearing & profanity. Some of us listen to your podcast in households w/ children, etc. thx.

@gregorybacher2883 24 күн бұрын

Waiting for the case to be handed to the jury. Will he squirm out of this one as well?

@manuelhe46 24 күн бұрын

Unanimity among the jury in the biggest wildcard. That’s trumps only real hope and I can’t imagine he’s leaving it simply to hope.

@georgehugh3455 24 күн бұрын

Benjamin's a smart cookie.

@badkarma65- 24 күн бұрын

don't expect to much at the end of this, he'll get convicted on some charge but not enough to make it worth the time it took. Listening and paying attention for the next several months will be the difference come Novembers election. The Issues we're facing and who's working on um and who isn't, is going to decide the elections. Vote blue, it matters.

@daily977 24 күн бұрын

Go Mikcael! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@patrickgriffiths889 24 күн бұрын

Agree with the tempest in the teapot assessment. I imagine the jury deliberating going over all the elements. Will miss remembering one call be a problem? Nah. Not really.

@millrace32 24 күн бұрын

lordy, ben's got an impressive grasp of this

@jmtttk5 24 күн бұрын

Hi ya’ll, great show thank you. There’s one thing that keeps eating at me.? The multi level justice system we have in this country. What do I mean by that? Well this. One can be completely innocent, and still be convicted, and conversely, as is the case here. One can be completely guilty,and still be acquitted. So let’s see, possible reasons. More money is probably the biggest factor. It truly is,”All about the Bens”. Then you have, good lawyers,bad lawyers. Could someone explain. Handing out justice in an environment of injustice. One more thing. Is winning a case,regardless of guilt or innocence more important than actual facts? Damn. I guess I should have gone to law school. Naw, I think I’ll just stay being a student of the horse. Low pay,great benefits, mostly get to work outdoors. Points to ponder people.

@AlfCalson 24 күн бұрын

HARRY LITMAN KATIE PHANG YASMIN VOSSOUGHIAN BEN WITTES

@Hili24pur 24 күн бұрын

This panel is wonderful. Respect u Harry and all these guests ..My comment below was from a former show where u were both siding it . That was very disappointing

@onlykarlhenning 24 күн бұрын

At the risk of seeming to damn Ben Wittes with faint praise, he's a better lawyer than Habba Dabba Do!

@paulneal8039 24 күн бұрын

A balanced and good discussion of the issues. Thank you. Can’t listen to the Ari Melbers and CNNs anymore

@magginicshiomoin9810 24 күн бұрын

CNN lost creditability when they hosted the Drumpf interview last year, plus they have that dangerous Maggie Haberman commenting😂regularly , she's dangerous 😳

@marilyngray-jones1567 24 күн бұрын

Thank you for your commentaries. How do you think the jury is reacting to Donald Trump sleeping through so much of the testimony?

@manuelhe46 24 күн бұрын

Wittes would be a great defense lawyer

@matbroomfield 24 күн бұрын

Cohen is definitely no hero, but if he brings Trump down, I'll take it.

@johncahill3644 24 күн бұрын

I know what you really meant, but it’s worth pointing out that Cohen actually is the very definition of a “hero”. His Heroes Journey from Trump acolyte to truth-teller meant a lot of personal pain and self-awareness, both public and private. Not any easy road.

@matbroomfield 24 күн бұрын

@@johncahill3644 He has made a "heroes journey." He's a vindictive grifter out for revenge and an income to replace what he lost as a lawyer with his legal licence. He's wasn't a truth teller then, when speaking before the committee, or now and he's been PROVEN to be a repeated liar in EVERY legal appearance.

@peterford9369 24 күн бұрын

I definitely would have hoped, the home team would have pressed Cohen to, be cool. And to not get confrontational. Because he is a lawyer. So he should realize, you'll get more kudos, from the jury by being firm but calm.

@Hili24pur 24 күн бұрын

I bet they had people w many different views In Germany in the 30s . I’m Jewish and democrat and people like me are sick of the both siding all the info. It doesn’t make u unbiased, it makes u a helpmate to people who are happy to tear down our fight towards saving democracy. Seriously if it makes u feel better about yourself, fool yourself. But in this time of serious crisis both siding would be giving air to hitler in the 30s . We need to stand and fight tooth and nail and cannot allow any tiny inference that pushes anyone towards the traitorous republicans . No more both siding anywhere in the media . It doesn’t make you fair , it makes you complicit.

@jamesgreenler8225 24 күн бұрын

Within a book called Urantia (1943 1946 ) a search for the word dictator in the oapers regarding the evolution of human government you will find a list of 12 primary things to avoid if we are to retain our freedom. Control by ambitious and cleaver would be dictators is on the list. Pretty sure it's #6. #1 is unsurpation of power by either the legislative or executive branches. Everything on the list is in play , were supposed to avoid them in order to promote the things that constitute true human happiness. We've had the list since the early 1940s. Jeeeeez Dangerous Cabals such as Qanon are also mentioned in the Urantia book.

@ventsyv 24 күн бұрын

Btw, Scotch is not made in "Ireland and the US" - it's made in Scotland.

@locktrump45up 24 күн бұрын

I haven't been hearing Katie's doom and gloom on MSNBC, outside of Ari Melber who's usually fantastic but has been overstating the defense's attempts at reasonable doubt as reasonable doubt since day 1 of the Cohen cross. Barbara McQuade, Vaughn Hilliard, Andrew Weissman, Lawrence O'Donnell, etc. have been acknowledging day 2 of Cohen's cross was an improvement for Blanche but doesn't change the dominance the prosecution had for the entire rest of the trial.

@oystercatcher943 24 күн бұрын

Apparently Ari has beef with Cohen (from Meidas Touch Network). I agree Ari is usually good so there is an explanation in this case

@user-ox9ku7fq5q 24 күн бұрын

👍

@ralphhardie7492 24 күн бұрын

A $15 lapel microphone can make all the difference. Bad audio makes life difficult. Good information but not great delivery.

@jpkatz1435 24 күн бұрын

ALL audio clear to me, check YOUR audio settings.

@catbranchman01 24 күн бұрын

It’s crystal clear for me

@ventsyv 24 күн бұрын

Defence should have argued that it was Cohen's idea to structure the payment that way and argue Trump replied on the advice of his trusted attorney who turned out to be a crook.

@joeybleu66 24 күн бұрын

david pecker bleu up the trump dolt defense. when he plays dumb and says he did not know giving someone gifts and not paying taxes is wrong. of course trump knew it is wrong to do that. david pecker, who has known the "man" for decades says trump is a hands on, detail oriented micro manager. we the people can see him micro managing his lawyers. as soon as the press says no one is showing up trump the detail oriented micro manager has his crew show up to supporting him while subverting the gag order.