The prosecution's star witness against Trump, Michael Cohen, is a chronic and habitual liar

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In one of the greatest legal thrillers in film history, "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957), the intrepid defense attorney confronts in court the prosecution’s star witness with her many lies.

Played by the legendary actor Charles Laughton, the renowned barrister utters two famous sentences that have been recited by real defense attorneys ever since: "The question is…were you lying then or are you lying now? Are you not a chronic and habitual liar!"

It is indisputable that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s star witness, Michael Cohen, is an incurable and prodigious liar. It may take a full day in the courtroom just to read aloud his endless falsehoods and fabrications.

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So, don’t be surprised if the insufferable Cohen is bedeviled with Laughton’s exact same words when he is cross-examined this week by lawyers for former President Donald Trump.

Cohen is a disgraced, disbarred, and convicted perjurer who resided in a federal prison for the incalculable number of lies he peddled for years. He lied to banks, and he lied to Congress. Undeterred, Cohen is still lying. He is the subject of even more pending perjury referrals to the Department of Justice.

For example, six months ago Cohen admitted that he lied under oath when he copped his original guilty plea. That prompted an incensed federal judge to denounced him recently as a "serial perjurer." Like Laughton, the judge said he wondered whether Cohen was lying then or lying now.

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Cohen is what is known as a Pinocchio witness. His nose is already so elongated