by Jason Cohen at Daily Caller
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley on Friday characterized Michael Cohen, who is former President Donald Trump’s previous attorney, as a “bottom feeder” witness against him in his upcoming hush money trial.
The charges against Trump stem from an alleged $130,000 payment that Cohen, who pleaded guilty in 2018 to making false statements, tax evasion and other charges, sent to porn star Stormy Daniels to stay silent about an alleged affair with the former president. Trump’s trial will begin on Monday with jury selection and the former president is under a gag order that recently got expanded. (RELATED: Republican Reps File Criminal Complaint Against Michael Cohen For Comments He Made Under Oath)
Turley said Cohen is not a trustworthy witness and that the jury may have a negative response to his testimony.
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“These are fairly standard and predictable moves. The first one being that you have to destroy Michael Cohen’s credibility, but there’s not much there to destroy,” Turley said when host Brian Kilmeade asked about the former president’s potential defense strategy based on a Thursday Politico column. “I mean, this is the ultimate bottom feeder witness, where the question is whether the jury is going to recoil by the prosecutors putting him on the stand.”
The column outlines Trump’s strongest strategies for defense in the trial,…
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