'It was incredibly stupid': Fmr. SDNY prosecutor on Trump defense witness’s blowup with judge
Jen Psaki is joined by legal experts Glenn Kirschner and Kristy Greenberg to break down the latest in Trump's criminal hush money case.
» Subscribe to MSNBC: / msnbc
Download our new MSNBC app for the latest breaking news and daily headlines at a glance: www.msnbc.com/information/dow...
Follow MSNBC Show Blogs
MaddowBlog: www.msnbc.com/maddowblog
ReidOut Blog: www.msnbc.com/reidoutblog
MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House, The ReidOut, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and Alex Wagner who brings her breadth of reporting experience to MSNBC primetime. Watch “Alex Wagner Tonight” Tuesday through Friday at 9pm Eastern.
Connect with MSNBC Online
Visit msnbc.com: www.msnbc.com/
Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter: link.msnbc.com/join/5ck/msnbc...
Find MSNBC on Facebook: / msnbc
Follow MSNBC on Twitter: / msnbc
Follow MSNBC on Instagram: / msnbc
#Trump #witness #hushmoney
Пікірлер: 639
Both Susan Necheles and Todd Blanche advised Trump NOT to put Costello on the stand. This is what happens when you let a 77 year old toddler run and control your case.
@TheMangoMussolini
24 күн бұрын
And you know this how? Oh, when you were in the strategy meetings with the attorneys.
@marthaguerra3359
24 күн бұрын
And you know that Trump was the one who wanted Costello there, were you privy to that conversation?
@jdocean1
24 күн бұрын
@@marthaguerra3359I was and he gave a direct order.
@user-xr8dq6ly7g
24 күн бұрын
@jdocean1 good one 👍 why does maga always talk like that? 😂😂😂 they're all lil baby gaslighters. They know donald is guilty, but still want him to get away with it all. That's creepy to good people
@josefeibl8230
24 күн бұрын
Well the case fell apart. Acquittal or mistrial?
Costello had to be trumps idea.
@blaster-zy7xx
24 күн бұрын
It was. Trumps attornies did not want to call him, but Trump insisted.
Glenn Kirschner is a great analyst. Always a pleasure to hear from him.
@user-lq2fb8ow4f
24 күн бұрын
You are not intelligent
@terryharker6726
24 күн бұрын
ƁOT Auto comment.
@elroythegreat1590
24 күн бұрын
Glenn could be a great addition to the ladies on the View.
@mdmace8690
23 күн бұрын
Kirschner is a hack. It’s gonna be entertaining when he has to walk back all his pablum.
@Nevertrump923
23 күн бұрын
@@elroythegreat1590stupid people should go back to trolling cnn..
The worst thing you can do is having a witness who tried to intimidate the presiding judge.
@MrDogonjon
21 күн бұрын
Judges are very sensitive to stink eye. Costello ruined the no defense case with offensive eyeballing..
@MJMcKenzie322
21 күн бұрын
Maybe the judge shouldn’t have let his bias show. He sustained the prosecutors just saying “objection” even without any reason for said objection. Not only that, these objections were raised before the lawyers even finished their sentences!
@allenmckinney2082
20 күн бұрын
@@MJMcKenzie322Keep fluffing sucker
@tmike_tc
20 күн бұрын
@@MJMcKenzie322 That’s what it is mj, ‘judicial bias’ against the orange traitor and his cult of misfit morality. His juvenile attempts to hide hush money payments to hookers while his third wife was home pregnant has NOTHING to do with the outcome of this trial. It is all about ‘judicial bias’ again. Riiiiiiight.
It was 100% stupid to get costello. Boo to defense lawyer. Never ever recommend Todd Blanche for any law cases.
@MeerkatADV
24 күн бұрын
I dont think it was blanches choice. I think it was trumps call.
@Peacemaker-er3tl
24 күн бұрын
It was fat Donny's idea
@macofalltrades6396
24 күн бұрын
Blanche probably has a sore elbow from all the facepalms.
@Don-md6wn
24 күн бұрын
@@MeerkatADV Yep, there's no way Trump's attorneys were stupid enough to put Costello on the stand without Trump demanding it. Trump's attorneys never asked a question of Cohen about the $130K, then they put this clown up as likely the only witness for their defense?
@claudiamoore7929
23 күн бұрын
@@MeerkatADVoh kind person thank you for being a real American and really speaking the truth don't stop posting I'm with you all the way I'll be looking for your replies meerkat
Glenn Kirschner for the new revamped Supreme Court.🇺🇸🇺🇸
@claudiamoore7929
23 күн бұрын
I fully believe that Mr Glenn kirschner should definitely have a seat on the Supreme Court
So glad the defense called Costello. How great is that lol Trump such a joke. Great reporting from Jen and Glenn
@user-ki5lc9eh3d
24 күн бұрын
@@reason6835 no. Testimony from what I've heard shows Trump guilty, as well as the evidence.
@xandercrews1517
24 күн бұрын
@@reason6835 just remove your comment. troll.
@Trump2PrisonOn34Counts
24 күн бұрын
@@reason6835 Das spedana Gospodin. Did Putin get you butter on your grocery shelves yet? I know the borscht is still out because Voice of America is reporting how badly you are failing.
@joannholmes8726
24 күн бұрын
Is he related to Frank Costello? I just watched "Lasky" on KZread movies.
@fiddlersthree8463
24 күн бұрын
@@sarasarah1810 You've posted this before, troll, and without any references then, either.
Rudy Giuliani used to be U.S. attorney for SDNY. Sometimes, SDNY produces Kristy Greenbergs and sometimes it produces duds like Costello.
@macofalltrades6396
24 күн бұрын
The difference between Kristy and Costello/Giuliani is that Kristy is a delicious meal, and the other two are a delicious meal - secondhand.
A deliberate effort to knowingly establish grounds for a mistrial is unconscionable and unethical.
Costello has been hanging around Rudy too long.
@billytheweasel
24 күн бұрын
MAGAs gotta MAGA.
@signalfire6
24 күн бұрын
RUDY has been hanging around Rudy too long.
@TA_Plus_Hemi
24 күн бұрын
Why weren't the Democrats trying to indict and imprison Trump back in 2008 or 2003 if he's such a big fraudster and always has been and everybody knows it and blah blah blah
@seabertotter4325
24 күн бұрын
@@signalfire6 Rudy's previous life as America's Mayor was carefully crafted and was always overblown. He was always a schnook.
@OSnoopySnoop1
24 күн бұрын
@@signalfire6RUDY IS A WET 🧠 BRAIN 🍻 DRUNK 😅😂🤣
Jen Psaki, Glenn Kirschner, and Kristy Greenberg, what a great team to analyse this trial! They're all so experienced and wise. I feel like my brain got bigger listening to them talk. It makes me feel better, knowing they're out there fighting for justice and democracy.
@marthaguerra3359
24 күн бұрын
You poor soul, you're blinded, they're lying to you, they aren't giving you the facts, there are several commentators, journslists on KZread who can give you the facts, then you can make an educated of what are the facts.
@josefeibl8230
24 күн бұрын
You believe liars?
@PacificForage
24 күн бұрын
@@josefeibl8230👈🏻 Triggered so much, has to comment and deflect against every negative comment made against his MAGAbillie cult leader.
@terryharker6726
24 күн бұрын
They are put together to brainwash .
@CarolEdmonds-pk7hr
23 күн бұрын
@@josefeibl8230no, but YOU do,🤡
Glenn is the very best person to interview. He is so very good at explaining situations and giving effective, understandable summary and scenarios! You will never hear him say "umm".
Trump should have also used Costello's partner, Bud Abbott.
@corriesmiley4315
20 күн бұрын
Very good!
Great interview. Glen is a gem 💎
Please forgive Robert Castello 🙏. He recently acquired the Orange Virus, which is an incurable disease. Symptoms include sleepiness, obesity, rudeness, habitual lying, disregard for the truth, narcissism, disregard for the rule of law and general detachment from reality. Pray for all those infected with the Orange Virus.
@KCmidwest-wm9jd
24 күн бұрын
Orange Virus. Brilliant!! I'm going to use that. I hope there is a vaccine!!!
@algernon5776
24 күн бұрын
@@KCmidwest-wm9jd No vaccine for this disease. Permanent brain 🧠 😪 disability.
@debleclerc1579
22 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂 omg hilarious and spot on!
@HeavyMetalMouse
22 күн бұрын
Sending "Thoughts and Prayers" >.>
@peterkerr4019
19 күн бұрын
He's been infected for years, I'm sure.
Costello's behavior is gonna come back and bite him hard. He's attempting to lay the foundation for a mistrial. A "Hail Mary" of desperation. His egregious behavior in the courtroom speaks volumes regarding his character. Both the judge and jury won't forget that. I'm sure the 🍊 Traitor LOVED it. 🙄 Choosing to have a major attitude, like a rebellious teenager, with the judge presiding, is appalling, shameful, and very unprofessional. MAGA members have been "demanding" that Costello be put on the stand to "exonerate" their 🍊 savior. They got what they wished for and then some. 🤭
@TheMangoMussolini
24 күн бұрын
I guess you're trying to write a script for the TV movie, but in the real world of criminal courts, mistrials are very rare, and are not granted on whims, or minor slips. The only thing out of the ordinary in this exchange between Costello and Justice Merchan is that the witness just happens to be an experienced lawyer who should, and does, know better. But mistrial material? A snowball in Hades has a better chance.
@marthaguerra3359
24 күн бұрын
You have it all wrong, it was the judge who broke, he blew up lost his composure and threw everyone out of the court, what judge does that! Actually, Costello broke him, all he had to do was to make gestures and that was it. The jury got to see his behavior, didn't go well for him.
@macofalltrades6396
24 күн бұрын
Martha... Wow, are you ever exposing your ignorance. 1) This is Merchan's courtroom, not Costello's. Merchan has every right to enforce the standard of decorum he expects, and Costello is required to adhere to that standard unless he wants to be cited for contempt. 2) As an attorney, Costello is certainly aware of his behavioral obligations. The fact that the courtroom was cleared - which I believe is a first for this trial - speaks volumes about the level of misbehavior and disrespect evinced by Mr. Costello. 3) There are two attorneys on this jury. I can assure you that they both are aware both of the severity of Costello's transgressions and of his awareness of what he was doing. When Costello's testimony comes up during deliberations, their assessments of his credibility are likely to carry considerable sway - which will be both beneficial to Cohen as a witness and deleterious to Trump as a defendant. I know you don't understand how courtroom etiquette works - your cactus-like declaration reveals that - but your opinion, based on your factless observation, carries as little weight in the real world as Costello's testimony will with this jury - or his antics with this judge.
@gemanscombe4985
24 күн бұрын
@@macofalltrades6396 Truth, well expressed. Do keep at it.
@TheMangoMussolini
24 күн бұрын
@@marthaguerra3359 How's that fantasy reality working out for ya?
Costello is in trump's Pocket: Will LIE for trump.
@Jetty-hs6kx
24 күн бұрын
Cohen has ZERO credibility . Cohen is a convicted liar now, a thief
@billydoyle9984
24 күн бұрын
Do research he had the same testimony content years before there was this case, and is why Feds and Cy Vance dumped it, at least know what you are talking about.
@MeerkatADV
24 күн бұрын
And he very well may have gotten trump convicted.
@Trollzarefunny
24 күн бұрын
@@billydoyle9984 Ivan 😂ok you solved it 😂
@jtpalooki7757
24 күн бұрын
@@billydoyle9984RepeatFoxMuch?
Costello, another goofball!
@Jerry-tv4bg
24 күн бұрын
He totally destroyed the prosecution and you're top witness 😂
@lindalovatt5799
24 күн бұрын
@@Jerry-tv4bgyour comment is why maga are thought to live outside reality
@TT-qo9dv
24 күн бұрын
@@Jerry-tv4bg. Sure he did 😂
@billydoyle9984
24 күн бұрын
That's a Veteran in the SDNY for 51 years without violations,
@jaundice_japlin
24 күн бұрын
@@Jerry-tv4bg This isn't high school football, goober
So when does DT get Central Park 5 justice?
There is absolutely no question that putting Trump in prison is a step forward in the right direction for the criminal justice system in America.
@TA_Plus_Hemi
24 күн бұрын
Why didn't you all want to put him in prison in 2014 or 2009?
@rude1527
24 күн бұрын
Glad you're not smart enough to hold a law degree. We would be in trouble and half the state you live in would be locked away
@xandercrews1517
24 күн бұрын
@@TA_Plus_Hemi you all? who is you all? who cares. is that dude your daddy or something?
@lorhoff
24 күн бұрын
@@TA_Plus_HemiI did 🙋
@josephjones825
24 күн бұрын
Ducky Drake Smith used to be Beijing bot James Smith. Ducky Drake is his new laughably fake Chinese identity.
Costello drank the Trump Koolaid. Why are you surprised?
Boy o' Boy, I wish the defence would let Trump testify so we can all learn the 'Truth' about this case, after all he's on trial not Cohen
@marthaguerra3359
24 күн бұрын
The only crime that has been proven here is that Cohen stole mone from the Trump organization, he should be on trial not Trump cause they're still trying to find the crime
Stupid is as Stupid does......
@TA_Plus_Hemi
24 күн бұрын
Dmc motto aince their inception
@terryharker6726
24 күн бұрын
Like Democratic supporters voting for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
@Denny-mp9jc
24 күн бұрын
@@TA_Plus_HemiRNC
@tmike_tc
20 күн бұрын
@@terryharker6726 Soooooo many of us, we elected Sleepy Joe as President in 2020 by the largest margin in American history. After he loses yet another court case, (this one is a doozy!) the orange traitor is going to die in prison, penniless like he has earned.
It’s not always the press, the public, but one’s peers that nail the person.
The defense sank their case deeper than the Titanic with that clown.
Add Robert Costello to the growing Pantheon of Trump lawyers and syncophants who have had their reputations and fortunes destroyed because of their assiciation with the Orange Skel.
@cultureal9544
24 күн бұрын
Who else is thinking Costello my ex potential attorney is gonna need an Attorney soon for perjury in court?
@josefeibl8230
24 күн бұрын
Cohen has millions for spending time in the Federal government resort?
@CarolEdmonds-pk7hr
23 күн бұрын
@@cultureal9544Make Attorneys Get Attorneys in play, here.
@jennifershanks453
23 күн бұрын
It’s amazing that peeps keep lining up for it! I can’t understand it!
Costello made the Drumph Defence look bad.
The jury saw Costello's CONTEMPT for the judge, the court and the Law. Even though they did not hear Judge Mechan's dressing down of Costello, they will take Costello's arrogance into account in their decision, and it won't be in Trump's favor.
One thing about NYC is that no matter your upbringing or ethnicity, everyone there understands 'putz' to describe Costello.
Kirschner superstar!
Costello is throwing TFG under the bus.
Way to go Glenn.
COSTELLO JUST BEHAVED LIKE LOU COSTELLO IN COURT. CLOWNS.
@Michele-zn5yi
22 күн бұрын
Lou Costello was a great comedian.
Costello's the only witness the Orange Menace has ?!?!? 😂😅🤣😅🤣🤣
Love and respect to you both!
Where was Abbot?
@chadbusch8541
24 күн бұрын
No Where was shortstop
Costello put the final nail in Trump's coffin.
It was like Costello was channeling Trump.
Costello's performance was his audition to be Trump's Atty. Gen. if Trump should win in Nov. The courts will not stop Trump. Only we can by VOTING BLUE!!! 💙💙💙
You don’t need to be a lawyer to know how to be respectful.
Bob Costello should consider himself very lucky, as he could have been thrown into the slammer for Contempt of Court.
Excellent update Thank you all 💙💙💙👍👍👍💙💙💙
Bragg should send Costello a case of champagne.
@JohnYork-or5px
23 күн бұрын
Bragg should be worrying about fighting actual crime in NYC.
Love Glenn and Jen -get them a show together!
Merchan: "Sustained." Costello: "Jeez." Merchan: "Excuse me!?!" (In front of the jury!) Not a good look for the defense witness.
Always wonderful to hear Glenn's take on things. He really knows his stuff. Always a knowledgeable guest. Thanks, Jen!
Costello wish he could change the prosecutors strategy which has put forth so much evidence his anger shouldn't be toward the judge he just doing his job.
Thank you Glenn❤
The/defense's Witness fails to Discredit Cohen, Question 4 Costello; Where's Abbott??? LOL LOL
@DonoVideoProductions
24 күн бұрын
So, who was on first? Costello.
@Dragoninja
24 күн бұрын
@@DonoVideoProductions: LOL 😆👍
Do we really want to have a country fun by CLOWNS!?!
Where was Abbott? Who's on first?
I think this: Costello is who people like Trump hang out with--outrageous; Roger Stone--outrageous; Bill Barr--outrageous representing Trump instead of the USA...etc. On and on.
Lawyers being paid by the hour tend to drag things out
Trump's only witnesses have absolutely no probative value. He could have called Tom and Jerry for that matter.
@DanBeech-ht7sw
24 күн бұрын
The jury would have liked that
Costello would be the perfect AG for Trump. A bsolutely G hastly
Costello's appearance in court will certainly backfire. If the jury had Trump guilty on 24 counts, it's now 30.
Y’all, skip anything CNN has to say. Jen Psaki is the best. Glenn, too. None of the other channels seem to know that Trump is the Defendant, not Michael Cohen.
@TA_Plus_Hemi
24 күн бұрын
You do realize the defense has the ability to prove lack of character in the witness just as much as the prosecution do to the defense witnesses? You realize that, right Yevgeny?
@johnniequinn3215
24 күн бұрын
@@TA_Plus_HemiYou don't prove lack of character by relying on the character of that same witness.
"what is and what was... ", love listening to GlennK
A few years ago I got interested in high school and college track and field. It is interesting how a trial is like a long distance track race, once you understand the tactics of both.
Putting Costello on the stand was an act of Trump desperation after his attorneys weren't able to destroy Cohen with days of cross examination.
The jury may believe Cohen is a bad guy. But he was a bad guy before the trial, working for Donald Trump. It adds credibility to the prosecution's case that Cohen knows Trump's mind and motivation, and is giving good evidence!
A little disappointed Costello was the defenses' only witness. I was hoping they'd bring in the tiny car filled with little people in clown costumes.
If Trump can get members of Congress to violate his gag order for him why shouldn't he be able to find someone to commit perjury so he doesn't have to?
This wasn't ever stupid and whatever rewards will always go to your adversary
Costello is no Elvis, thanks be jayus.
We may have a verdict by the end of next week.
Darn! Follow up witness was to be Abbott
It seems like they are doing this on purpose. Why would they do this?
@paulnewman2000
24 күн бұрын
It is on purpose. They are trying for a mistrial, it's their only hope to avoid a guilty verdict.
50+ years as a lawyer? Castello acted like a clown.
Remember America, in drumps vision of the country you can be the wrong kind of white man or woman and the wrong kind of wealthy. If you think either is a shield against maga fascism, YOU ARE MISTAKEN! Stay focused America and vote blue 💙 🇺🇸 💪
It's like watching a Mob movie..
This is not a perfect comparison but very wry. It was, on the witness stand, like Al Capone versus Father Flanagan.
Costello is everything the trump lawyers said Cohen was.
The spin is dizzying.
He’s going to appeal any verdicts anyways. This mofo will continually get away with it.
Abbott and Costello
I remember when Jen Psaki became WH press secretary. What a contrast to her lying predecessors. She did an excellent job, just like her successor. The office of the WH press secretary got its dignity back.
He was sent there to disrupt and distract which he did. I agree it appears to have backfired.
"Prosecutors deal with what is and what was, defense attorneys deal in [...] misdirection." And that's why no innocent person has ever been prosecuted, naturally.
Kristy had time to take a shower?
He wants a job with Trump
The last prosecution witness tried to answer calmly and admitted what he has been convicted for and has paid his dues for with years in prison. The last defense witness tried to stare down the judge and influence the jury with gestures and mumbled profanities. I rest my case.
Prosecutors make poor defense lawyers, he’s right about that. It has to do with cross-examinations skills, which the defense develops in the course of a career, much more than the prosecution. But his idea “prosecutors deal in facts, defense lawyers deal in what might be” is prosecutor-BS. Come on Glenn, ever hear of an innocent defendant? Mistaken identity? Wrongful convictions?
Bob Costello, wow... maybe everyone who takes the stand should be drug tested, everyone.
This make Rump Abbott?
Someone in Trump's orbit was stupid? Shocking.
WHO or WHAT is trump??(???? !
Costello did a Giuliani.
I haven't heard any reporting about Trump's reaction during the other thug's testimony. Was he smirking? Impassive? Looking triumphant? Sleeping?
Pink tie, peacock. . Human peacocks have a purpose.
Costello has Trumpitis.
I like that tie.
@jtpalooki7757
24 күн бұрын
I think he has a thing for Jen😉…..
If trump-taint had a smell Blanche and Necheles would clear the court like their witness did.
After 11 objections in the first 7 minuets of testimony, and 10 being sustained. Costello knew what the whole thing was going to be like. A joke.
They might have been fishing for an over-reaction on the part of the judge, gambling because they have little to lose
The defense calls Mike Pence.
The loser is setting up a mistrial scenario by disqualifying the judge himself in the future.
Sounds like Costello behaved similar to how Trump would have.....like a couple of 7th grade boys.
Come now. Costello put on this little theatrical presentation at the order, direct or indirect order of Donald Trump, not because Trump's lawyers told him to. It's no skin off of Costello's back.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣