George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Tuesday that former attorney Michael Cohen may have perjured himself in Monday’s testimony.
Cohen is former President Donald Trump’s former fixer who pleaded guilty in 2018 to lying to Congress. accused Charged with perjury by a federal judge, he took the stand Monday in a case centered on a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Turley said Cohen’s answer to why he secretly recorded a phone conversation with then-President-elect Trump was “shocking.” (Related article: Jonathan Turley says Michael Cohen’s testimony helped Trump because it showed he was following “instructions”)
“What struck me about yesterday was that I thought Michael Cohen had committed another perjury,” Turley told “America’s Newsroom” co-host Dana Perino. Told. “His one of his answers made no sense at all, in my opinion. He maintained the integrity of former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker and made sure he made money.” He said he recorded recordings of his client, former President Trump, in order to pay for the charges. First of all, it made no sense at all why he would do that, and Mr. Pecker himself was in contact with President Trump, which made no sense at all. ”
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“But it appears that Cohen was trying to find a reason to violate all professional standards of ethics by secretly recording his clients,” Turley continued. “So I was really surprised to hear that answer because no one, certainly not me, believed that he was recording it to benefit or influence David Pecker in any way. is.”
Mr. Cohen, who was sentenced to 36 months in prison on tax evasion charges in December 2018 and was also disbarred, was a key witness for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and Mr. He testified before a grand jury before securing Trump’s indictment. Business records for March 30, 2023.
Cohen was accused in December of filing a non-existent lawsuit created by Google Bard with a federal judge in an attempt to end his probation early.
Mr. Turley also pointed out that a recording of the call recorded in court Monday showed Mr. Cohen serving as Mr. Trump’s lawyer. (Related: Jonathan Turley explains how prosecutors may be using Michael Cohen to avoid quick defeat)
“Do you know what these conversations are like? It sounds a lot like a client being told by their lawyer what they’re going to do,” Turley said. “The lawyer is testifying against his client and saying, “I’d rather send him to prison for doing what I told him to do.”
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