Cohen says he ‘felt absolutely nothing’ when facing Trump at New York fraud trial

Former legal professional Michael Cohen mentioned he “felt nothing” when he got here face-to-face together with his former boss.

Cohen, in an interview with CNN that aired Friday, prompt he was considerably fearful about how he would really feel when he noticed former President Trump whereas testifying within the New York civil fraud trial.

“I used to be confused on how I used to be going to be,” he advised host Erin Burnett. “And really, I felt nothing. It was so bizarre that right here I’m, sitting immediately throughout from Donald Trump, and I felt completely nothing.”

“After which immediately over his left shoulder was his son, Eric, who additionally I maintained a relationship with,” the Trump’s former fixer added. “And I felt completely nothing. I checked out him, and I mentioned to myself, boy, what a sad-looking, pathetic, deflated particular person.”

Cohen is the star witness in New York Legal professional Normal Letitia James’s (D) case accusing Trump’s firm of partaking in a long time of fraud by falsely inflating and deflating the worth of its property to obtain decrease taxes and higher insurance coverage protection.

His previous disclosures on Trump’s funds is what led to the investigation, James has mentioned.

The previous president and legal professional had not seen one another in particular person for fairly a while. When Cohen entered the courtroom on Tuesday, Trump didn’t even have a look at him.

As the previous legal professional testified, the previous president turned extra aggravated, shaking his head and throwing his palms within the air. His authorized group additionally steadily objected to Cohen’s solutions.

Trump accused Cohen of mendacity “like a canine on the stand” on Wednesday, and continued these assaults on Thursday.

“The Legal professional Normal case towards me in New York State simply misplaced its STAR witness, SleazeBag former legal professional Michael Cohen (he was disbarred for mendacity, and extra!), who admitted to mendacity on this case and clearly acknowledged that I did nothing fallacious,” he wrote Fact Social.

“The unhinged Choose, a extremely political and totally biased Trump Hater, refused to dismiss this HOAX of a case, and has misplaced all CREDIBILITY,” Trumo continued, including “He ought to be ashamed of himself for having dominated towards me earlier than the trial even began.”

Trump’s feedback come after Cohen was confronted together with his 2019 testimony in regards to the former president and his enterprise practices that appeared to contradict testimony he gave earlier this week.

In his remarks, Cohen mentioned Trump didn’t direct him to inflate his internet value. Earlier this week, he mentioned in any other case.

Trump is anticipated to take the stand within the fraud trial starting Nov. 6.