As the defense makes its case for a dismissal of the charges, Judge Juan Merchan jumps in to ask, “So you’re asking me to find Mr. Cohen not credible as a matter of law?”
“Yes,” says attorney Donald Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche.
“OK,” Merchan says.
“You want me to take it out of the jury’s hands and decide before it even gets to the jury, that as a matter of law, this person is so not worthy of belief?” Merchan asks again.
“We didn’t just catch him in a lie, your honor, he came in here with a history of lying,” Blanche responds.
“He testified and he lied under oath in this courtroom,” Blanche says, adding: “The consequences of that lie, if accepted, by the jury is a conviction.”
Merchan is skeptical.
“You said his lies are irrefutable,” he says to the attorney. “But you think he’s going to fool 12 New Yorkers?”
