"Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass noted it's not Cohen who is on trial, but Trump, the man for whom Cohen worked for a decade. "We didn’t choose Michael Cohen. We didn’t pick him up at the witness store. Mr. Trump chose Mr. Cohen for the same qualities his attorneys now urge you to reject,” Steinglass told the jury."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/closing-arguments-trump-hush-money-trial-rcna153749