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Michael Cohen’s Testimony Is the New Hot Spot for VP Tryouts

“I think what they’re trying to show is that ‘I’m loyal. I’m here to support you, and you can rely on me,’” one GOP operative said of the visits to former President Donald Trump’s trial.

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Sen. J.D. Vance spoke to reporters outside former President Donald Trump’s trial on Monday. Stefan Jeremiah/AP

After mostly staying away from former President Trump’s criminal trial in New York, a gaggle of potential VP candidates and other allies have shown up to the testimony of Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen. And they’ve been quick to attack Cohen on Trump’s behalf.

“First of all, Michael Cohen is the prosecution’s star witness,” Sen. J.D. Vance told reporters outside the courthouse Monday, saying Cohen was a convicted felon. “Does any reasonable, sensible person believe anything that Michael Cohen says?”

Vance’s appearance at the courthouse Monday seemingly opened the gates for others to trek to NYC and denounce the case this week. Flanked by Rep. Cory Mills and fellow VP candidates Gov. Doug Burgum and Rep. Byron Donalds, Vivek Ramaswamy continued the attacks on Cohen on Tuesday, calling him a perjurer.