Lawyers are discussing admitting into evidence photo of Trump and Keith Schiller
Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger moved to discuss a call at 8:02 p.m. ET to Keith Schiller's phone, which was a big moment from Thursday during the defense's cross-examination of Michael Cohen.
Hoffinger is seeking to admit into evidence a photo of Trump and Schiller, when Trump attorney Todd Blanche objected.
The jury was excused to discuss the issue outside of their presence.
Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass said there are two photos taken on October 24 at 7:57 p.m. "which shows that they're together."
Blanche said he never asked or implied that Schiller wasn't with Trump. "What we argued and implied that the phone call that was made was to Keith Schiller about a completely different topic than what was testified to on direct," he said.
They're arguing over whether the photos are admissible.
More context: On Thursday, Blanche confronted Cohen with text messages he sent with Schiller – whom Cohen had said put Trump on the phone – which were unrelated to anything having to do with Trump or Daniels.
It was the most dramatic moment of the cross-examination of the key witness in the hush money case, and the clearest example yet of the defense’s effort to cast doubt on Cohen’s memory of phone calls and other significant interactions with Trump in 2016.
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