Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer and a key witness in his hush money trial, has quite a few detractors in the New York courtroom.
Prosecutors have been contributing to skepticism about their star witness by highlighting personality flaws and his alleged wrongdoing. Those prosecutors, jurors, and even the judge in the case have criticized Cohen’s actions. It may not make sense that prosecutors are using him as a critical cog in a machine that aims to convict Trump on 34 felony counts and could be undermining the former attorney’s credibility at the same time.
But it’s intentional.
Prosecutors are hoping the jury dislikes Cohen enough to reflect those feelings as a “boomerang” effect against Trump, who once called him a “very talented lawyer.”
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