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testimony from michael cohen's guilty plea is allowed. prosecutors cannot imply that trump is guilty just because michael cohen was. the judge set a hearing for next week on the gag order against trump after prosecutors argued he violated that today. they are also asking the judge to find him $1000 for three social media post and to take them down another post could put him in jail. jury selection began. yes, because of the ordinary nature of this trial, this court and judge had to deal with a lot of extra motions and had to deal with extra potential jurors, but the lesson learned is that they did in fact, deal with all of it. the court system can do this. donald trump walked in, at his first day in criminal court and walked out and tomorrow will be back at 9:30 in the morning. after months, years of disappointments, delay tactics, the wheels of justice turn slowly sometimes, right? today, one of the most effective office gators of justice was brought to trial and will stay there until a verdict is reached . we are starting with preet bha
testimony from michael cohen's guilty plea is allowed. prosecutors cannot imply that trump is guilty just because michael cohen was. the judge set a hearing for next week on the gag order against trump after prosecutors argued he violated that today. they are also asking the judge to find him $1000 for three social media post and to take them down another post could put him in jail. jury selection began. yes, because of the ordinary nature of this trial, this court and judge had to deal with a...
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and in michael cohen this record. the president's former fix or lawyer michael cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations related to those payments in 2018. here is trump speaking to reporters on air force one earlier that dear over cohen and daniel's testimony will be key to the prosecution's case. other potential witnesses include karen mcdougal, the former model, whose claim of an affair with trump was also silenced. and former white house insiders like who picks and kelly and conway, before the prosecution can begin presenting its case. they and the defense must agree on 12 jurors who will just size the president's guilt or innocence. that process alone could take days or even weeks if found guilty, the former president could face jail time. the expected appeal would likely drag into next year after the election. kristin salumi al jazeera new york, the of the head of the international atomic energy agency as one of a possible nuclear disaster. and ukraine, giving an address to not a nation's f. l. going t
and in michael cohen this record. the president's former fix or lawyer michael cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations related to those payments in 2018. here is trump speaking to reporters on air force one earlier that dear over cohen and daniel's testimony will be key to the prosecution's case. other potential witnesses include karen mcdougal, the former model, whose claim of an affair with trump was also silenced. and former white house insiders like who picks and kelly and...
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allegedly violating his gag order with four social media posts attacking stormy daniels and michael cohen, both potential witnesses. prosecutors want the posts removed and trump to pay a fine. they've asked the judge to remind trump he could be jailed for further violations. the former president's defense claimed he was only responding to attacks, but the judge said he did not recall an exception to the gag order. >> the judge has set aside next tuesday for contempt of court arguments regarding a possible gag order violation. >>> still ahead, major layoffs are coming at tesla, how many workers could lose their jobs as the company's sales continue to slump. >>> and a california congressman has a new plan to deal with those seemingly constant rate hikes from pg&e. >>> plus oakland police were out in full force this weekend to deal with out of control sideshows, how they made sure participants didn't get away unpunished. >>> police are looking for the shooter who killed two women on a quiet street in downtown napa. the shooting on saturday night happened on riverside drive just after 8:00 p.
allegedly violating his gag order with four social media posts attacking stormy daniels and michael cohen, both potential witnesses. prosecutors want the posts removed and trump to pay a fine. they've asked the judge to remind trump he could be jailed for further violations. the former president's defense claimed he was only responding to attacks, but the judge said he did not recall an exception to the gag order. >> the judge has set aside next tuesday for contempt of court arguments...
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we're not asking people to not have any view of the former president or michael cohen. >> what we're asking is that people can put their personal views about these people aside and look at the facts presented to them. >> the process of picking 12 jurors and six alternates could take weeks. with the presumptive republican nominee for president's notoriety, trump faces 34 felony counts, alleging he falsified business records. they sent her on a $130,000 payment his former lawyer, michael cohen, made to adult film star stormy daniels to keep her from talking about an alleged affair with trump. ahead of the 2016 election, prosecutors say trump falsely logged repayments as legal fees. >> what the prosecution will have to show is that trump had the intent necessary, the intent to commit or conceal another crime, and i think that other crime will be federal campaign finance violations. >> it's an assault on america. and that's why i'm very proud to be here. this is an assault on our country. >> trump has pleaded not guilty and denied the affair. the trial itself is expected to last six week
we're not asking people to not have any view of the former president or michael cohen. >> what we're asking is that people can put their personal views about these people aside and look at the facts presented to them. >> the process of picking 12 jurors and six alternates could take weeks. with the presumptive republican nominee for president's notoriety, trump faces 34 felony counts, alleging he falsified business records. they sent her on a $130,000 payment his former lawyer,...
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attorneys also argued about how much the jury can be told about michael cohen's crimes i did it at the direction of in concert with and for the benefit of donald j. trump, the credibility of trump's former fixer who admitted he orchestrated the hush money payment to stormy daniels will be one of the most bad over elements of the case. trump for his part, entered very few words into the court record. he could sometimes be seen leaning back in his chair with his arms folded and his eyes appear to be closed for several minutes. when he was introduced as the defendant, trump turned around and gave the potential jurors a tight lift smirk once jury selection began, trump was active at times conferring with his lawyer and holding the questionnaire up to read as a judge question jurors prosecutors also ask the judge to find trump for social media posts attacking witnesses involved in the case, saying he violated a gag order. the judge scheduled a hearing for next week to settle that matter. the trial is expected to last six to eight weeks. it may be the only case against trump to face a jury f
attorneys also argued about how much the jury can be told about michael cohen's crimes i did it at the direction of in concert with and for the benefit of donald j. trump, the credibility of trump's former fixer who admitted he orchestrated the hush money payment to stormy daniels will be one of the most bad over elements of the case. trump for his part, entered very few words into the court record. he could sometimes be seen leaning back in his chair with his arms folded and his eyes appear to...
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it's a convicted felon, admitted liar, michael cohen. but the democrats think this case is marbury versus madison. >> how should we think about his moment in history? >> donald trump's people would like to trivialize and diminish the meaning of this trial but in fact it's perfectly emblematic of others out there. they're all about alec to interference and indifferent i shrug when ablation. it's a very serious case and i think the trump people will be shocked how tuned in america as to what is going on here. >> jesse: they don't even read their own poles kamaka new york times poll says three quarters of americans already are being attention. the people are paying attention are the ones watching the mainstream media, those anchors won't even tell you the case has been brought by democratic, and seen by demagogic donor judge. you know this because you watch fox maggie reedy do your own research. >>> but the media thinks you're just a poor dumb hillbilly, and you're jealous of those controlling the establishment of. >> socioeconomic disparit
it's a convicted felon, admitted liar, michael cohen. but the democrats think this case is marbury versus madison. >> how should we think about his moment in history? >> donald trump's people would like to trivialize and diminish the meaning of this trial but in fact it's perfectly emblematic of others out there. they're all about alec to interference and indifferent i shrug when ablation. it's a very serious case and i think the trump people will be shocked how tuned in america as...
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cohen was for business reasons. mr. trump faces 34 counts of fraud but denies any wrongdoing and denies having an affair with daniels. trump could face a maximum of four years and present -- in prison if convicted. mr. trump accused the judge and prosecutors of political motivations. >> i am not in georgia or florida or north carolina campaigning like i should be. it's perfect for the radical left democrats, that's exactly what they want. this is that election interference, that's all it's about. sumi: let's go right to our correspondent, who's been outside of the courthouse following the story all day. tell us more about what happened today with this first phase of jury selection? >> yeah, well, sumi, they say cases are won and lost on jury selection. what we had today was the first panel of potential jurors sworn in, 96 people. and really, you could see from reporters inside noting their expressions, how some were surprised to be part of this case against donald trump. one woman giggling, putting her hand over her mou
cohen was for business reasons. mr. trump faces 34 counts of fraud but denies any wrongdoing and denies having an affair with daniels. trump could face a maximum of four years and present -- in prison if convicted. mr. trump accused the judge and prosecutors of political motivations. >> i am not in georgia or florida or north carolina campaigning like i should be. it's perfect for the radical left democrats, that's exactly what they want. this is that election interference, that's all...
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the michaelas cohen case was a federal case.ca when michael cohen pled guilty, the -- the u.s. attorney for the southern district of f new york the federal prosecutor running the office that was investigating cohen, that was prostating cohen, that was a u.s. attorney named jeffrey burr man. here is a lifelong republican. he was appointed by president trump. he worked on the trump campaign and the trump transition. but after jeff burman was fired from the trump administration, after he was fired at the u.s. attorney in sdny, he wrote a book about what happened to him in that job. and one of the things he described in detail was about the michael cohen case. according to jeffrey burman, who was running that u.s. attorneys office, after michael cohen pled guilty and was sentenced to three w years in prison for thi crime, president trump's appointees at the u.s. t department of justice in washington, the main justice, they started repeatedly reaching down into burman's office, into sdny to try to make the whole case m basically go away. this is from jeff burman's book. it's called
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payments to michael cohen were booked as legal retainer payments. whether that's an accurate or not is ultimately going to be a question. for the jury. i don't believe those were inaccurate recordings, and i also don't believe that trump personally made those recordings and that's another fact that's going to have to be developed as the trial goes on. trump's involvement. what do you know? michael cohen will testify they did, but can i do >> i'm somewhat limited in what i can say about michael cohen because of the gag order, the unconstitutional additional gag order that's been placed against us. well, the ga >> order just says trump c attack a witness, michael he >> that's correct. it says that we i can't speak about what his testimony might be or really get into a lot of details i would otherwise like to i will say though, and we've said this in legal pleadings that numerous previous courts have found michael cohen to be a perjurer and that's going to be a credibility question that's going to be placed squarely in front of the jury. >> play this r
payments to michael cohen were booked as legal retainer payments. whether that's an accurate or not is ultimately going to be a question. for the jury. i don't believe those were inaccurate recordings, and i also don't believe that trump personally made those recordings and that's another fact that's going to have to be developed as the trial goes on. trump's involvement. what do you know? michael cohen will testify they did, but can i do >> i'm somewhat limited in what i can say about...
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. >> we're not asking people to not have any view of the former president or michael cohen. what we're asking is that people can put their personal views about these people aside and look at the facts presented to them. >> the process of picking 12 jurors and six alternates could take weeks, with the presumptive republican nominee for president notoriety, trump faces 34 felony counts, alleging he falsified business records. they sent her on a $130,000 payment his former lawyer, michael cohen, made to adult film star stormy daniels to keep her from talking about an alleged affair with trump. ahead of the 2016 election, prosecutors say trump falsely logged repayments as legal fees. >> what the prosecution will have to show is that trump had the intent necessary the intent to commit or conceal another crime, and i think that other crime will be federal campaign finance violations. >> it's an assault on america. and that's why i'm very proud to be here. this is an assault on our country. >> trump has pleaded not guilty and denied the affair. the trial itself is expected to last
. >> we're not asking people to not have any view of the former president or michael cohen. what we're asking is that people can put their personal views about these people aside and look at the facts presented to them. >> the process of picking 12 jurors and six alternates could take weeks, with the presumptive republican nominee for president notoriety, trump faces 34 felony counts, alleging he falsified business records. they sent her on a $130,000 payment his former lawyer,...
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loser case, the statues of limitations has run and it was on the now debunked former attorney michael cohen. so what aren't some happening sean, let's talk about a key part of history here. president trump announced that he was running for office again, and sure enough, da bragg index. we just played bragg's footage, much like miss james you have spoken about, who are the politically motivated people, who come out and say i know trump well, i will do it again, i did the trump case, i did that case, listen, the judge that is hearing this, judge merchan, did the alan weiss and where case, on once, twice. you know who else judge merchan had, steve bannon's case. this is no coincidence, and the american people need to know and for the next six months lb loud and clear about what is going on here. this is political, it's election interference, your not even allowing a father, nevermind a former president, what her father attended his son's graduation? let out for guess, passover. observing the jews have a right to go and pray to who they want and observe passover and does jordan allow it. not fo
loser case, the statues of limitations has run and it was on the now debunked former attorney michael cohen. so what aren't some happening sean, let's talk about a key part of history here. president trump announced that he was running for office again, and sure enough, da bragg index. we just played bragg's footage, much like miss james you have spoken about, who are the politically motivated people, who come out and say i know trump well, i will do it again, i did the trump case, i did that...
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the defendant claimed that he was paying michael cohen for legal services performed in 2017. >> this simply was not true. >> before the trial, trump addressed reporters outside the courtroom, echoing claims that the trial is, quote, election interference. the trial is expected to be in session four days a week for about six weeks. >> the driver of a stolen pickup truck has been arraigned on murder and other charges in connection with a deadly crash on interstate 580. that crash happened last month in oakland, and authorities say 35 year old patrick sheckles was arraigned from his hospital bed thursday. investigators say sheckles and another man were involved in a burglary at a tobacco store in el cerrito that was captured on surveillance video. they say sheckles was driving the stolen truck the wrong way on the freeway after the break in, when he struck another vehicle head on. the driver of that vehicle was killed, and the driver of a third vehicle involved in the crash suffered serious injuries. the other person charged in the case, 56 year old andre alberti, was arraigned today in
the defendant claimed that he was paying michael cohen for legal services performed in 2017. >> this simply was not true. >> before the trial, trump addressed reporters outside the courtroom, echoing claims that the trial is, quote, election interference. the trial is expected to be in session four days a week for about six weeks. >> the driver of a stolen pickup truck has been arraigned on murder and other charges in connection with a deadly crash on interstate 580. that...
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over the weekend, at a rally, donald trump went after one of the key witnesses, michael cohen, his former lawyer. prosecutors argue that trump is violating the gag order and the judge may want to issue penalties, perhaps $1000 per violation, whether that is a social media posting or something he says in front of a camera. the judge says in about 10 days he will hold a hearing to go over the allegations. geoff: there was additional debate today over what testimony the jury should be able to hear. what was decided? >> the jury will not hear anything about the dozens of women who allege donald trump sexually harassed or sexually assaulted them over the years. prosecutors wanted to introduce that and the judge said no, that was hearsay and gossip and he wouldn't allow that. the jury will hear a good deal of testimony about what is known as his catch and kill scheme, and that is the mechanism where the publisher of the national enquirer and michael cohen and allegedly donald trump built a system so if people came forward during the 2016 campaign and made allegations about donald trump, they wo
over the weekend, at a rally, donald trump went after one of the key witnesses, michael cohen, his former lawyer. prosecutors argue that trump is violating the gag order and the judge may want to issue penalties, perhaps $1000 per violation, whether that is a social media posting or something he says in front of a camera. the judge says in about 10 days he will hold a hearing to go over the allegations. geoff: there was additional debate today over what testimony the jury should be able to...
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allegedly violating his gag order in recent social media posts attacking stormy daniels and michael cohen, both potential witnesses. the judge will hear arguments for that next week. much more coverage of the criminal trial coming up on tonight's cbs evening news. >>> plus today marks an anniversary for a trailblazer in baseball. here's norah o'donnell. >> 77 years ago today jackie robinson blazed the trail for black players in the mlb. tonight for our heart of america, meet the coach who is honoring robinson's legacy and getting young students into the game tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> saw a lot of clouds to start today, but sunshine did break through. temperatures warmed up to pretty much normal for mid-april, but the warming trend is just starting to kick in coming up in the first alert forecast. norman, bad news... i never graduated from med school. what? but the good news is... xfinity mobile just got even better! now, you can automatically connect to wifi speeds up to a gig on the go. plus, buy one unlimited line and get one free for a year. i gotta get this deal... that's l
allegedly violating his gag order in recent social media posts attacking stormy daniels and michael cohen, both potential witnesses. the judge will hear arguments for that next week. much more coverage of the criminal trial coming up on tonight's cbs evening news. >>> plus today marks an anniversary for a trailblazer in baseball. here's norah o'donnell. >> 77 years ago today jackie robinson blazed the trail for black players in the mlb. tonight for our heart of america, meet the...
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the former president later reimbursing cohen through a series of checks, allegedly doctoring his company's internal records to cover it all up. >> that payment was to hide damaging information from the voting public. the participant scheme was illegal. >> reporter: the judge ruling prosecutors cannot play the "access hollywood" tape at trial but can introduce what he said. mr. trump's team expected to highlight how the previous d.a. and federal prosecutors declined to press charges in this case, while mr. trump lambastes the case as a democratic conspiracy to hurt his reelection chances. >> this is a persecution like never before. nobody has ever seen anything like it. and again, it's a case that should have never been brought. it's an assault on america. >> reporter: the trial, expected to stretch on six to eight weeks and feature testimony from cohen, daniels, members of trump's inner circles like former aide hope hicks and possibly mr. trump himself. >> i would testify, absolutely. >> reporter: the risk of cross-examination substantial. but the more immediate threat possible violations
the former president later reimbursing cohen through a series of checks, allegedly doctoring his company's internal records to cover it all up. >> that payment was to hide damaging information from the voting public. the participant scheme was illegal. >> reporter: the judge ruling prosecutors cannot play the "access hollywood" tape at trial but can introduce what he said. mr. trump's team expected to highlight how the previous d.a. and federal prosecutors declined to...
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of scheming to funnel payments to adult film star stormy daniels through his former lawyer, michael cohen. both along with former aide hope hicks are expected to be called as witnesses. >> i'm hoping with all my heart that they call me. >> reporter: prosecutors say it was an attempt to stop an alleged past affair with daniels from becoming a scandal just before the 2016 presidential election. trump has denied both the affair and making the payments. >> did you know about the $130,000 payments to stormy daniels? >> reporter: the former president slammed cohen and daniels on social media last week, calling them sleazebags. and today attorneys with the manhattan d.a.'s office asked the judge to hold the former president in contempt and fine him $3,000 for violating a gag order. trump also complained the judge rejected his request to skip court to travel to washington in ten days for the landmark supreme court arguments on presidential immunity. >> he won't allow me to leave here for half a day, go to d.c. and go before the united states supreme court, because he thinks he's superior, i guess
of scheming to funnel payments to adult film star stormy daniels through his former lawyer, michael cohen. both along with former aide hope hicks are expected to be called as witnesses. >> i'm hoping with all my heart that they call me. >> reporter: prosecutors say it was an attempt to stop an alleged past affair with daniels from becoming a scandal just before the 2016 presidential election. trump has denied both the affair and making the payments. >> did you know about the...
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and in michael cohen this record, the president's former fix or lawyer michael cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations related to those payments in 2018. here is trump speaking to reporters on air force one earlier that deer over cohen and daniel's testimony will be key to the prosecution's case. other potential witnesses include karen mcdougall, the former model of his claim of an affair with trump was also silenced. and former white house insiders like ho pecks, and kelly and conway, before the prosecution can begin presenting its case. they and the defense must agree on 12 jurors who will decide the president's guilt or innocence. that process alone could take days or even weeks if found guilty, the former president could face jail time to be expected. appeal would likely drag into next year after the election. kristin salumi, i'll just here a new york. well, the sides dollars natalia, the, the amir and 80 though 5. she joins us from the stands, is welcome to the program. not this really is extraordinary, isn't it? the former president, facing a criminal trial and what k
and in michael cohen this record, the president's former fix or lawyer michael cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations related to those payments in 2018. here is trump speaking to reporters on air force one earlier that deer over cohen and daniel's testimony will be key to the prosecution's case. other potential witnesses include karen mcdougall, the former model of his claim of an affair with trump was also silenced. and former white house insiders like ho pecks, and kelly and...
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now, think back to when prosecutors say that michael cohen made that payment to silence stormy daniels, that was october 27, 2016, just 12 days before that election and 20 days after the washington post published the access hollywood tape in which trump was caught on a hot mic explaining how he groped women. now that story prompted the rarest of things. trump apology, one that i, but it also prompted panic inside of his campaign. i pulled numbers like this. this was cnn's final poll just before the election, showing hillary clinton leading by six points and it prompted a rush to catch and kill any other stories about trump's history of bad behavior with women before october, november 8, now, that kind of story could alienate suburban women who were revolted by a major party presidential candidate, talking about grabbing women by the, you know, what stories like an affair with adult film actress then the election happened and trump won and look, it is impossible to interpret how more evidence of trump's misogyny could have swayed the election >> but he >> made voters, the victims the af
now, think back to when prosecutors say that michael cohen made that payment to silence stormy daniels, that was october 27, 2016, just 12 days before that election and 20 days after the washington post published the access hollywood tape in which trump was caught on a hot mic explaining how he groped women. now that story prompted the rarest of things. trump apology, one that i, but it also prompted panic inside of his campaign. i pulled numbers like this. this was cnn's final poll just before...
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they have michael cohen and stormy daniels, people who can narrate what happened and why the former president would have done this but they have corroborating evidence and can show the payments on how the money transferred. and when you put that together there is a high chance the former president could be convicted. certainly some star witnesses. donald trump has said he is ready to testify and he has in civil cases but this is the first criminal case. what do you think the chances are that we see him take to the stand here? i think it's incredibly unlikely he will testify. he can be cross—examined on his history of not telling the truth because his credibility will be at the centre of the testimony and when you testify, to some degree you take on a burden that you have has the prosecution has to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt but when the defending gets on the stand you are in a sense presenting your own counter narrative and that will be put to the test, so i strongly doubt he will testify. i think he is bluffing, which defendants do all the time here. whatever happens here, ho
they have michael cohen and stormy daniels, people who can narrate what happened and why the former president would have done this but they have corroborating evidence and can show the payments on how the money transferred. and when you put that together there is a high chance the former president could be convicted. certainly some star witnesses. donald trump has said he is ready to testify and he has in civil cases but this is the first criminal case. what do you think the chances are that we...
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they have michael cohen, stormy daniels, people who can really narrate what happened and why the former president would have done this, but importantly they have corroborating evidence, they have the documents, they can show the payments, show how the money transferred, and when you put all those together i think there is a high chance that the former president could be convicted here.— be convicted here. certainly some star _ be convicted here. certainly some star witnesses - be convicted here. certainly some star witnesses as - be convicted here. certainly some star witnesses as you | be convicted here. certainly - some star witnesses as you say. donald trump for his part said he is ready to testify. he has in the civil cases but of course this is the first criminal case. what do you think the chances are that we actually see him take to the stand here? i actually see him take to the stand here?— stand here? i think it is incredibly _ stand here? i think it is incredibly unlikely - stand here? i think it is incredibly unlikely that| stand here? i think it is - incredibly unlikely
they have michael cohen, stormy daniels, people who can really narrate what happened and why the former president would have done this, but importantly they have corroborating evidence, they have the documents, they can show the payments, show how the money transferred, and when you put all those together i think there is a high chance that the former president could be convicted here.— be convicted here. certainly some star _ be convicted here. certainly some star witnesses - be convicted...
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judge merchan assembly ruled that michael cohen's guilty plea to the finance violations in 2018 cannot be used as evidence of president trump's guilt. a jury selection will continue tomorrow at 9:30 am, it is expected to take between one and two weeks, the entire trial is expected to last into june. >> trace: live before us of the courthouse, thank you. >>> and without let's bring in former republican potential candidate, vivek ramaswamy, great to have you on the show. you talk about this trouble trial even the far left legal analyst in los angeles and los angeles times say the case is a week. this could be embarrassing for alvin bragg. what are your thoughts? >> the cases beyond week kamaka if you're looking at the court premise of the legal argument of their making, it falls flat on its face. if you were to believe alvin bragg's argument, his whole point is that trump should have used campaign funds to pay personal hush money. if trump had to use those campaign funds, that allegedly would have been a more solid case than the one they have against him no. they were going to get him go
judge merchan assembly ruled that michael cohen's guilty plea to the finance violations in 2018 cannot be used as evidence of president trump's guilt. a jury selection will continue tomorrow at 9:30 am, it is expected to take between one and two weeks, the entire trial is expected to last into june. >> trace: live before us of the courthouse, thank you. >>> and without let's bring in former republican potential candidate, vivek ramaswamy, great to have you on the show. you talk...
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and prosecutors telling to buy the silence of stormy daniels -- daniels, originally directing michael cohen to pay her so she wouldn't go public saying she had had sex with mr. trump. >> that payment was to hide damaging information from the voting public. the participant scheme was illegal. >> reporter: the judge ruled prosecutors cannot play the access hollywood tape at trial, but can introduce what he said. mr. trump's team expected to highlight how the previous d.a. and federal prosecutors declined to press charges in this case. >> this trial is expected to last six to eight weeks and donald trump is also facing three other criminal cases in washington, d.c., georgia, and florida. with that, let's get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel. we had to bring in a great one because this is quite a day. nsm b.c. legal analyst kristi greenberg. hugo lowell is here, criminal investigations reporter for the guardian. he was in the courthouse today. edmond mack morrison tauro is here, now covering national politics at the albert journalism institute and former u.s. attorney joyce vance, has
and prosecutors telling to buy the silence of stormy daniels -- daniels, originally directing michael cohen to pay her so she wouldn't go public saying she had had sex with mr. trump. >> that payment was to hide damaging information from the voting public. the participant scheme was illegal. >> reporter: the judge ruled prosecutors cannot play the access hollywood tape at trial, but can introduce what he said. mr. trump's team expected to highlight how the previous d.a. and federal...
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michael cohen case was a federal case. when michael cohen pled guilty, the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, the federal prosecutor running the office investigating and prosecuting cohen, that was a u.s. attorney named jeffrey berman. jeffrey berman is a lifelong republican, he was appointed to his post at fdny by president trump, he worked on the trump campaign and the trump transition, but after jeff berman was fired from the trump administration, after he was fired by the u.s. attorney in fdny, he wrote a book about what happened to him in that job, and one of the things he described in detail, was about the michael cohen case. according to jeffrey berman, running that u.s. attorney's office, after michael cohen pled guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison for this crime, president trump's appointees of the u.s. the part of justice in washington, maine justice, they started repeatedly reaching down into berman's office, into fdny, to try to make the whole case basically go away. this is from jeff berman's book called holding the li
michael cohen case was a federal case. when michael cohen pled guilty, the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, the federal prosecutor running the office investigating and prosecuting cohen, that was a u.s. attorney named jeffrey berman. jeffrey berman is a lifelong republican, he was appointed to his post at fdny by president trump, he worked on the trump campaign and the trump transition, but after jeff berman was fired from the trump administration, after he was fired by the...
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it will turn on the testimony ol people like michael -- michael cohen. and michael cohel con just recey how to judge call him a serial perjurer. >> dana: let's get caught up in what everybody thinks aboutsb this starting with you judge kamaka. >> judge jeanine: first offirs all, to go off of what jonathanw turley wasas saying, thepart department of justice refused tr go forward, the federal election commission refused to go forward, the da refused, alvinbg bragg at the da refused. and then mark, at mean-spiritedd individual decides to write a book and bears alvin bragg and that alvin bragg bring the charges. jonathanch is right, this is anm expireisd misdemeanour, bootstrm by federal crime. know what the federal crime is, out in one of the bilt is in particular says. audit even know why this thing t is going forward.th ati want to say something i haven't heard anybody say, i wa. in da, and the way that you bring and try cases is you try them based upon what to go first a new york state, and i've sev spoken to spit -- several das about this, a new york st
it will turn on the testimony ol people like michael -- michael cohen. and michael cohel con just recey how to judge call him a serial perjurer. >> dana: let's get caught up in what everybody thinks aboutsb this starting with you judge kamaka. >> judge jeanine: first offirs all, to go off of what jonathanw turley wasas saying, thepart department of justice refused tr go forward, the federal election commission refused to go forward, the da refused, alvinbg bragg at the da refused....
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. >> we're not asking people to not have any view of the former president or michael cohen. what we're asking is that people can put their personal views about these people aside and look at the facts presented to them. >> the process of picking 12 jurors and six alternates could take weeks, with the presumptive republican nominee for president notoriety, trump faces 34 felony counts, alleging he falsified business records. they sent her on a $130,000 payment his former lawyer, michael cohen, made to adult film star stormy daniels to keep her from talking about an alleged affair with trump. ahead of the 2016 election, prosecutors say trump falsely logged repayments as legal fees. >> what the prosecution will have to show is that trump had the intent necessary the intent to commit or conceal another crime, and i think that other crime will be federal campaign finance violations. >> it's an assault on america. and that's why i'm very proud to be here. this is an assault on our country. >> trump has pleaded not guilty and denied the affair. the trial itself is expected to last
. >> we're not asking people to not have any view of the former president or michael cohen. what we're asking is that people can put their personal views about these people aside and look at the facts presented to them. >> the process of picking 12 jurors and six alternates could take weeks, with the presumptive republican nominee for president notoriety, trump faces 34 felony counts, alleging he falsified business records. they sent her on a $130,000 payment his former lawyer,...
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it's a convicted felon, , admitt admitted liar michael cohen. >> but the democrats thinkar, ms case is marbury versus madison. >> how should we think hment about this moment in history? well, you know in , the trumple people would like to trivialize and diminish the meaning of this trialike tializel, but , it's perfectly emblematic of the othery emblems that are l there. >> they're all about electoral interferencel abou and manipula. it's a very serious case. and i think the trump wil people are going to be shocked how tuned in america is to what's going on hereshocke. dot the media doesn't even read their own polls. a new york times poll says three quarters of americans aren't even paying attention to these show trials. >> the people who are paying attention are the onesine watching the mainstream media, and those anchors won't even tellamors you. the case has been brought by a democrat and overseen by a democrat donor judge whose family's being paid by democratsgic . you know this because you watch fox, you read, you do your own research, but the media thinks you're just a poor, dumb
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he used to be michael cohen's attorney and his basic argument was, this is an attorney for michael cohen, former that yes. michael cohen perjured himself before congress, but he did so at the direction of donald trump. and that's going to be what michael cohen says, yes, i lied, but i did so because donald trump told me too, because i worked with him. but now now the truth is setting me free that will be easy. you think for the defense department? oh, calls him. >> yeah. i think that's kind of the full mu fool me twice comment like, which time are we supposed to believe mike want again, he's got a longer track record of saying things contradicting himself over time when it comes to president trump. so look he's, he wasn't a great lawyer to pick. you can always go back and say what? you're the one that picked them, president trump, i get that. but he's going to collapse of his own weight and a lot of ways. i mean, he's lied to congress. he is a failed cooperator, southern district of new york, which is not shy to take cases, walked away not only from this case, but from him directly sayin
he used to be michael cohen's attorney and his basic argument was, this is an attorney for michael cohen, former that yes. michael cohen perjured himself before congress, but he did so at the direction of donald trump. and that's going to be what michael cohen says, yes, i lied, but i did so because donald trump told me too, because i worked with him. but now now the truth is setting me free that will be easy. you think for the defense department? oh, calls him. >> yeah. i think that's...
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trump hating attorney michael cohen, who pled guilty in they n past to what? like lying before congress. how's that for credibility for your sta b at forr? and by and by the way, who a federal fr judge suggesteald may have committed perjury under oath. ont we're supposed to trust his testimony now. on top of all of that, the judg oe presiding over the case happens to be a democrat. he donatede happen to biden's cn in 2020, creating what is an obvious bias. and what's more, his daughter is a leader. the political consulting world allegedly working with prominent democrats. you can't make it up like adam schiff, the congenital liar himself who raised money off the charges agains t trump that i . in this case, while daddys is presiding over. s case and now the judge in this case has denied every motion fo r his recusal, which would definitely open up an avenuep te of appeal for the trump team. but that appeal would likely take placeame plac after any tra and any possible conviction. and todal d any, court things gi to a pretty interesting start. according to repo
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the former president later reimbursing cohen through a series of checks, allegedly doctoring his company's internal records to cover it all up. >> that payment mystify damaging information from the voting public. the participants scheme was illegal. >> reporter: the judge ruled that prosecutors cannot play the access hollywood tape at trial, but can introduce what he said. mr. trump's team is excited to highlight how the previous da and federal prosecutors declined to press charges in this case. >> this trial is expected to last 6 to 8 weeks and remember, donald trump is also facing three other criminal cases in washington, d.c., georgia, and florida, with that, with get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel. we had to bring in a great one, because this is quite the day. legal analyst kristi greenberg is a former federal prosecutor and former fdny criminal division deputy chief hugo lowell is here, lytic litigations report of a "the guardian." he was in the court yesterday, evan mcmorris santoro is here today, covering national politics of the allbritton journalism institute and forme
the former president later reimbursing cohen through a series of checks, allegedly doctoring his company's internal records to cover it all up. >> that payment mystify damaging information from the voting public. the participants scheme was illegal. >> reporter: the judge ruled that prosecutors cannot play the access hollywood tape at trial, but can introduce what he said. mr. trump's team is excited to highlight how the previous da and federal prosecutors declined to press charges...
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did not have her speak about cohen for our story. wolfe right-side reporting, brian, thank you very much. let's bring in our political and legal experts for some serious analysis right now, elliott, let me start with you again. which of these high-profile witnesses who will be called upon to testify? stands out to you. >> of course, michael cohen only in so far as credibility being a central issue at trial witnesses only as good as whether jurors choose to believe that witness and there might be questions seen about michael cohen's credibility, his former ties, a former president trump, and so on. now, there are other witnesses who can corroborate great some of the statements and michael cohen makes about the order of the payments and what they serve to do and so on. it's really just a question of what the jury believes and do they trust the people that are putting in front of them? so i'll be really be watching. apparently there's a lot of documentation. the backup. what he says at the same time as you know, andrew near the former f
did not have her speak about cohen for our story. wolfe right-side reporting, brian, thank you very much. let's bring in our political and legal experts for some serious analysis right now, elliott, let me start with you again. which of these high-profile witnesses who will be called upon to testify? stands out to you. >> of course, michael cohen only in so far as credibility being a central issue at trial witnesses only as good as whether jurors choose to believe that witness and there...
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cohen was. the jump city trance at the judge set a hearing for next week after prosecutors argued today that he violated the order today. they are also asking the judge to sanction trump $1000 for each of the three post and tell him to take them down and warn him that another one to put him in jail. after all that, joyce election began. because of the ordinary nature of this trial, this judge had to deal with a whole lot of extra motions and they had to deal with a whole lot of extra potential jurors but the big lesson learned today is that they did in fact deal with all of it. the court system can do this. donald trump lupton, had his first day in criminal court, walked out and tomorrow he will be back at the table at 9:30 a.m. after months, years, of disappointment and delay tactics, the wheels have justice have turned slowly at times. today, one of the most effective atmospheres of justice was brought to trial and he was stay there until a verdict is reached. starting off us tonight is the fo
cohen was. the jump city trance at the judge set a hearing for next week after prosecutors argued today that he violated the order today. they are also asking the judge to sanction trump $1000 for each of the three post and tell him to take them down and warn him that another one to put him in jail. after all that, joyce election began. because of the ordinary nature of this trial, this judge had to deal with a whole lot of extra motions and they had to deal with a whole lot of extra potential...
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and in michael cohen this record. the president's former fix or lawyer michael cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations related to those payments in 2018. here is trump speaking to reporters on air force one earlier that. dear. okay, cohen and daniel's testimony will be key to the prosecution's case. other potential witnesses include karen mcdougal, the former model, whose claim of an affair with trump was also silenced. and former white house insiders like who picks and kelly and conway, before the prosecution can begin presenting its case. they and the defense must agree on 12 jurors who will just size the president's guilt or innocence. that process alone could take days or even weeks if found guilty, the former president could face jail time, be expected, appeal would likely drag into next year after the election. kristin salumi al jazeera, new york dana side goal is natania. at the law firm though, i'm a and e, she explains the significant implications of this case. i mean, this is a stuart 1st, this h
and in michael cohen this record. the president's former fix or lawyer michael cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations related to those payments in 2018. here is trump speaking to reporters on air force one earlier that. dear. okay, cohen and daniel's testimony will be key to the prosecution's case. other potential witnesses include karen mcdougal, the former model, whose claim of an affair with trump was also silenced. and former white house insiders like who picks and kelly and...
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this case, even a width of a conflict is way too much.cohe then there is trump's old attorney michael cohen, theli arprosecution star witness, he s admitted later with zero credibility there. of course, the case itself. b6 has sho to show trump commitd the alleged fraud as an illegal campaign expenditure to make it a felony. now, this is absurd. in new york the eighth has normn authority to make federal h campaign finance determinationsv a fact that conflicted judge should have cited to dismiss the case d at the outset. now, the fact is, stormy daniels thoughtrumt she had the leverage over trump in 2016, and she use that leverage to extract some money here at like other politicians who had made embarrassing mistakes, donald trump was, apparently, trying to get that episode behind him. l show trial.itica. but is designed to do one thing: to blunt trump's momentum and give bragg a shot at a higher, office. and the end as often the case, donald trump is right here at the fact that new york is spending untold amounts of moned we don't have the final count and we probably never will, and countle
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president violated the gag order in three separate truths social posts where he made comments about cohen and stormy daniels. the d.a. office wants trump fined $1,000 for each violation. trump's attorneys have not yet responded to the effort to hold him in contempt. danny, what do you make of that? and the suggest setting a hearing on this next week. why not deal with it immediately? and is there any chance anything in contempt could lead to trump being locked up? >> two reasons why i think. number one, by next week you might have more instances of contempt and consolidate them and hear them all at once. number two, i i think more importantly judge merchan indicated he wanted to get started. it's day one. they already burned through an entire morning and part of the afternoon before the jury selection process even began. all indications were that judge merchan was thinking we've got all these people here, we need to get started. yes, there's a contempt hearing but let's do that next week. we've got to get to these jurors. and even with that kind of imperative, they really didn't get start
president violated the gag order in three separate truths social posts where he made comments about cohen and stormy daniels. the d.a. office wants trump fined $1,000 for each violation. trump's attorneys have not yet responded to the effort to hold him in contempt. danny, what do you make of that? and the suggest setting a hearing on this next week. why not deal with it immediately? and is there any chance anything in contempt could lead to trump being locked up? >> two reasons why i...
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s office yesterday was showing us how they're going to scaffold michael cohen as a witness. what are they going to build into that? we saw yesterday, for example, a preview of how they're going to use the national enquirer witnesses. they said in 2015 there was a meeting at trump power where david pecker made a promise to the trump campaign. he'd do three things. bury negative stories about donald trump, accentuate very positive stories about donald trump, and also say extraordinarily denigraing things about his enemies. yesterday, the d.a.'s office said, these are headlines we want introduced as evidence of this scheme. things like that are how we saw the preview of the d.a.'s case yesterday. >> chuck, judge merchan immediately ruled against recusing himself. that was pushed to the side, that motion, very quickly. any other motions that stood out to you? after that, if you can, speak to the difficulty of picking this jury, if the lead question is, do you have any opinion about donald trump, arguably the most famous person in the country right now. >> you're not looking for
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>> no. >> reporter: the former president slammed cohen and daniels on social media last week, calling them sleazebags, and today attorneys with the manhattan d.a.'s office asked the judge to hold the former president in contempt and fine him $3,000 for violating a gag order. trump also complained the judge rejected his request to skip court to travel to washington in ten days for the landmark supreme court arguments on presidential immunity. >> and he won't allow me to leave here for a half a day, go to d.c. and go before the united states supreme court because he thinks he's superior, i guess, to the supreme court. >> reporter: sources close to trump's legal team tell me that trump's lawyers will soon push for a change in venue, arguing trump can't get a fair hearing in new york. for now, trump will be at this court tomorrow for jury selection. the judge says he has no choice. norah. >> robert costa, thank you very much. >>> tonight, the chief of staff for the israeli military announced there will be a response to iran's unprecedented large-scale drone and missile attack over the wee
>> no. >> reporter: the former president slammed cohen and daniels on social media last week, calling them sleazebags, and today attorneys with the manhattan d.a.'s office asked the judge to hold the former president in contempt and fine him $3,000 for violating a gag order. trump also complained the judge rejected his request to skip court to travel to washington in ten days for the landmark supreme court arguments on presidential immunity. >> and he won't allow me to leave...
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karen is of council for a firm that represents michael cohen, though she has no contact with cohen, does not work on his case. >> let's get to it. karen day, one of jury selection showed that it can be slow and it can take time to seat a jury on any case, but especially it historic would like this. this is it. >> it is. you >> point out and i think i thought it was really interesting that this is donald trump's jury, his picking as much as it is the prosecution, which is different from all any case, any legal an any any legal case. he's kind of seen before this. why is that important for people to understand when we're looking at this? >> i think it's important because he talks a lot about how this somehow involved joe biden and that the judge is biased and alvin bragg, the da is biased. but this really has nothing to do with any of those people. and first of all, those prosecution or in that office has nothing to do with joe biden. it's a state elected position it's about the jury, and its 12 just regular people who are going to be selected, like any other jury by both sides. both sides
karen is of council for a firm that represents michael cohen, though she has no contact with cohen, does not work on his case. >> let's get to it. karen day, one of jury selection showed that it can be slow and it can take time to seat a jury on any case, but especially it historic would like this. this is it. >> it is. you >> point out and i think i thought it was really interesting that this is donald trump's jury, his picking as much as it is the prosecution, which is...
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they sent her on a $130,000 payment that his former lawyer, michael cohen, made to adult movie star stormy daniels to keep her from talking about an alleged affair with trump before the 2016 election. >> with the prosecution will have to show, is that trump had the intent necessary, the intent to commit or conceal another crime, and i think that other crime will be federal campaign finance violation. >> now, donald trump has pleaded not guilty and denied having the affair. the trial's expected to last about six weeks, with trump required to be present in court. >> a new poll shows about one third of americans think donald trump did something illegal in the hush money case, the ap poll finds. 35% of those surveyed say trump did something illegal, 31% said he did something unethical but not illegal, and 14% said he did nothing wrong. about half of those polled, though, say trump would not be fit to serve as president if he is convicted on the hush money trial. >> so the outcome could have significant political implications for him. >> the poll also found 40% of americans believe trump acted
they sent her on a $130,000 payment that his former lawyer, michael cohen, made to adult movie star stormy daniels to keep her from talking about an alleged affair with trump before the 2016 election. >> with the prosecution will have to show, is that trump had the intent necessary, the intent to commit or conceal another crime, and i think that other crime will be federal campaign finance violation. >> now, donald trump has pleaded not guilty and denied having the affair. the...
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the former president reimbursing cohen with a series of checks, trying to cover it up. >> that was the denied to the voting public. the participant's scheme was illegal. >> reporter: the judge ruled they cannot play the "access hollywood" tape in trial but can say what he said. they expect to highlight how the previous d.a. and federal prosecutors declined to press charges in the case. >> this is a persecution like never before. nobody's ever seen anything like it. and, again, it's a case that should have never been brought. it's an assault on america. >> reporter: the trial, expected to stretch on six to eight weeks and feature testimony from cohen, daniels, members of trump's inner circle like former aide hope hicks and possibly mr. trump himself. >> i would testify, absolutely. >> reporter: the risk of cross examination substantial. but the more immediate threat, possible violations of the gag order, prohibiting mr. trump from attacking trial witnesses. >> and our thanks to laura for that report. >>> new this morning, the body of a fourth victim in the baltimore bridge collapse has
the former president reimbursing cohen with a series of checks, trying to cover it up. >> that was the denied to the voting public. the participant's scheme was illegal. >> reporter: the judge ruled they cannot play the "access hollywood" tape in trial but can say what he said. they expect to highlight how the previous d.a. and federal prosecutors declined to press charges in the case. >> this is a persecution like never before. nobody's ever seen anything like it....