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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter]https://twitter.com/alx/status/1638661265697701888[/twitter][/quote]

This is one of the reasons the SDNY case is doomed. Michael Cohen is the star witness. He's already been convicted for perjury and he is known to shift his statements and testimony.

The GA case seems like less of a long shot.  [/quote]

How do you know Cohen is his star witness?  Seems unlikely.  Trump sent Costello in to the GJ specifically to discredit Cohen and Bragg didn’t bother to call Cohen back as rebuttal.  [/quote]

How can he rebut when Costello has documents to prove that Cohen is lying?

Perhaps this is the reason the GJ meeting yesterday was canceled.  We will see what happens today. [/quote]

Do you seriously think Bragg was unaware that Cohen initially lied for Trump?  This FEC letter isn’t some new revelation.  You’re assuming that experienced prosecutors somehow overlooked lots of publicly know evidence.  They undoubtedly have other witnesses and documents.  [/quote]

NP. It’s not about Bragg knowing. It’s about the public knowing. [/quote]

Huh?  That makes no sense.  Bragg doesn’t have to reveal his evidence in public until trial.  [/quote]

So, you think he should be withholding exculpatory evidence from the Grand Jury?  Because, that is what he is doing.  [/quote]

How do you know he didn't provide this to the GJ?  Do you have the GJ record?[/quote]

According to Costello, who testified this past Monday, the information he provided was new to the GJ and he had to finagle the evidence into his testimony because the prosecutor was avoiding it.

[twitter]https://twitter.com/alx/status/1637946183275479041[/twitter]

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Link to the documents that were supposedly withheld?[/quote]

Seems the docs were irrelevant and didn't include this FEC letter.

"The emails, which Costello said he handed over to Manhattan prosecutors this week, show the former federal prosecutor has given a consistent account of his dealings with Cohen over the years but do not appear to include any kind of smoking gun pertaining to the hush money probe.

After he testified before the grand jury Monday, Costello told reporters that prosecutors “cherry-picked six emails” from the 321 he said he had turned over to the DA's office. “Of course they took them out of context,” said Costello, who portrayed Cohen as a liar in his testimony. “You need to see each and every email,” he continued, adding, “There must be 100 instances in those documents of him lying to us.”

The bulk of the emails, however, are not exchanges between Costello and Cohen; instead, many are messages Costello sent to Cohen that went unanswered, as well as messages from Costello and other lawyers complaining that Cohen was not returning their calls or emails or forwarding one another and Cohen news stories about his case.

Among the exchanges in which Cohen engaged with Costello are messages showing he appearing to string Costello and his firm along, reassuring them he wanted them on his legal team while repeatedly postponing signing a retainer agreement. No agreement was ever signed, and Cohen denied in later emails that he’d told Costello he wanted him on his legal team, despite earlier emails to the contrary.

In the emails, Cohen also denied to Costello reports that he was going to “flip” on Trump — which he later did. He pleaded guilty in 2018 to criminal charges that included arranging hush money payments on Trump's behalf, including the one being investigated by the DA, and lying to Congress.

The only message that appeared to be directly relevant to the Manhattan DA's case was from December 2018, when Costello emailed a colleague saying Cohen had once told him “he had nothing on The President.”"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-news-ny-grand-jury-indictment-live-updates-rcna76028[/quote]

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