'Rather angry': Yelling Trump unloads after Michael Cohen testimony

[Tom of Temecula]

Former President Donald Trump delivered one of his angriest post-trial day rants in Manhattan on Monday after his former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen — one of the most important witnesses for District Attorney Alvin Bragg — took the stand to testify about his own role in the alleged criminal scheme.

The former president has made several such speeches at the end of trial arguments, often followed immediately by crushing fact-checks that strip away his false claims — but on Monday he lost his cool more than usual. "The whole is laughing now at New York's weaponized legal system, watching this unfold," Trump thundered.

He went on to claim that the Federal Election Commission looked into the allegations and found, "There's absolutely no problem," with the payments. He then quoted a number of people sympathetic to his case, including right-leaning law professor Jonathan Turley and even Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), whom Trump quoted as saying the "objective is to keep Trump off the campaign trail, that's all they're trying to do, keep him off the campaign trail."

Trump also went after Judge Juan Merchan, once again accusing him of a conflict of interest due to his daughter's political activity — a point of contention that has previously gotten him held in contempt of court, although this time he took care not to go after Merchan's daughter directly. As he spoke, his raised his voice until he was yelling at those gathered outside the courtroom. "A rather angry defendant," remarked CNN's Jake Tapper as Trump walked away.



https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cohen-2668250052/

[underpants]

1. Lost his train of thought here

"The whole is laughing now at New York's weaponized legal system, watching this unfold," Trump thundered

[sl8]

14. He did say, "The whole world ..."

It was pretty clear, esp. for Trump. Not sure how Raw Story missed it.

At ~ 5:00 min. of the "after day 16" video.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?535601-101/president-trump-speaks-day-16-hush-money-trial-york

Now I need to go bleach my earholes.

[wnylib]

20. What is he trying to say when he keeps repeating that the judge is "conflicted"?

I don't think he understands the meaning of the word in the context that he uses it.

If someone is conflicted, they are uncertain about some choice or action to take, e.g. "Should I have a rich, delicious piece of chocolate cake or a healthier fruit dessert?"

I think he means that the judge has a conflict of interest, but he's not saying it very well.

[sl8]

21. I think that you are correct on both counts. nt

[ZonkerHarris]

22. in his defense he is an ignorant zit

[thomski64]

26. ..may i have some of the..

..chocolate cake from your analogy?

[COL Mustard]

15. I think the whole world...

Is laughing at x45, except for the MAGA crowd, which seems to be thinning by the day!

[thesquanderer]

17. He said "whole world," it's a poor transcription.

It's so common now for people to respond to quotes that aren't even genuine/accurate quotes.

"Never believe anything you read on the internet." --- Abraham Lincoln.

[mobeau69]

2. Stroke out traitor.

[Biophilic]

3. No, Donald, we aren't laughing.

We are holding our breaths, hoping against hope that justice is finally served.

[Lonestarblue]

4. Amen. I'm so tired of even seeing this corrupt traitor. He needs to be in jail for the rest of his miserable life.

[Biophilic]

6. I so agree. Nt

[Johonny]

5. Bill Barr sat on everything is not the same

As finding nothing wrong. Clearly Cohen got in hot water.

[usedtobedemgurl]

25. The kicker is if donnie truly thought nothing was wrong with what he did......

Why did he not pardon Cohen and call it a witch hunt back then? You mean nothing wrong ever happened but you let your fixer sit in jail? I don't ever recall hearing trumpy say how innocent Cohen was. Either he let an innocent man sit in jail or he is lying. I know the truth but even from maga's side, letting an innocent man sit in jail is a piece of shit thing to do. Which is it? Was Cohen innocent or guilty? If he was guilty, grumpy is too.

[Hassler]

7. The Drooling Don snoozes through his trial to

Save up energy so he can make it past his post trial rants.

[AllaN01Bear]

8. i saw what you did there. star ship troopers .

snork. trump , snork.

[Warpy]

9. Well, we knew he'd hardly be pleased by listening to Cohen tell any truth at all

How many more does Cohen have left?

[surfered]

10. He knows he's screwed and powerless to stop it.

[MyOwnPeace]

12. And THAT may be......

the sweetest part of it all!

Squirm and die, you evil son-of-a-bitch!!!!!!!

[Irish_Dem]

11. Cohen's testimony really got to him.

Good.

[ShazzieB]

23. And Cohen's testimony will continue tomirrow.

First, the prosecution has to finish their direct questioning. Then the defense gets to cross examine.

Based on how things went with Stormy, I expect cross will be messy. The defense must be getting desperate by now, and they'll fling as much poo as they can, because they haven't got anything else.

I think he'll hold up, and they'll end up looking ridiculous, again. But it won't be pretty!

[Irish_Dem]

24. Yes I agree.

I think Cohen will hold his own. He has waited too long for this moment to screw it up.
He is a trained lawyer, intelligent, has been speaking on TV for years, so is disciplined.
He is going to be fine.

That said, I suppose Cohen could lose it if sufficiently pushed but that is lower probability based
on his history.

I wonder if the defense attorneys have learned anything from their Stormy mistakes in cross examination?

One the one hand they don't want to replicate that but on the other hand Trump wants them to screw Cohen over. So we will see how far up Trump's ass they are.

Yes I agree, this cross examination has the potential to get very ugly.

[BaronChocula]

13. Here's a new cognitive test

Person
Orange
Court
Camera
Gibberish
Jail

[JoseBalow]

16. "A rather angry defendant"

[mn9driver]

18. Give him 3 or 4 nights in Rikers.

Please.

[republianmushroom]

19. Tsk, Tsk donnie.