Trump trial continues after key defense witness admonished by judge

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : The closest Blanche got was getting Cohen to effectively admit over-billing the Trump organization for reimbursement for a payment to a tech company called Red Finch to help make a poll about famous business figures more favorable to Donald Trump.
36% : Trump allegedly said: "I thought you had this under control?
33% : Cohen said he worried that Costello would tell Giuliani about their conversations, and that the former New York City mayor would then disclose this information to Trump.
23% : Costello claimed that during their first meeting, Cohen said he did not know about Trump doing anything illegal; the raid came in the wake of Cohen admitting that he had paid Daniels.
20% : Manhattan prosecutors allege that Trump plotted in summer 2015 with then fixer Cohen and former tabloid honcho David Pecker to keep any damaging information under wraps in an effort to protect his candidacy in the 2016 election.
20% : "I explained to Michael Cohen that this entire legal problem he was facing would be resolved by the end of the week if he had truthful information about Donald Trump and cooperated with the southern district of New York," Costello testified.
20% : Costello claimed that Cohen allegedly said: "I swear to God, Bob, I don't have anything on Donald Trump.
19% : Cohen's testimony is integral to prosecutors' argument that Trump was well aware that these repayments would be described in an illicit way.

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