Trump lawyer yells at Michael Cohen in cross-examination over call about Stormy Daniels

• A defense attorney for Donald Trump yelled at prosecution witness Michael Cohen during cross-examination in the former president's criminal hush money trial.
• Defense lawyer Todd Blanche questioned Cohen about an Oct. 24, 2016, call he made to Trump in which Cohen said he had gotten porn star Stormy Daniels to agree to avoid going public with her claim of having sex with Trump.
• Blanche demanded to know whether Cohen lied about that call.
• Cohen says the payment to Daniels was made to avoid damaging Trump's chances of winning the White House that year.

A defense attorney for Donald Trump yelled at prosecution witness Michael Cohen during cross-examination about a 2016 phone call at issue in the former president's criminal hush money trial.

Defense lawyer Todd Blanche questioned Cohen about an Oct. 24, 2016, call he made to Trump in which Cohen said he had gotten porn star Stormy Daniels to agree to avoid going public with her claim of having sex with Trump. Blanche demanded to know whether Cohen lied about that call.

Blanche confronted Cohen with text messages from that same day that suggested he was calling then-Trump Organization security chief Keith Schiller that night because of concerns about harassing text messages Cohen was receiving as Trump ran for president that year.

"I believe I also spoke to Mr. Trump about the Stormy Daniels matter," Cohen told Blanche in Manhattan Supreme Court.

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