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that payment was made through trump's former lawyer and fixer michael cohen. trump denies the affair, and today, he insisted all he did was pay cohen's legal fees. >> i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you get indicted over that? >> reporter: but prosecutors say trump knew exactly what the money was for, to pay off the porn star and fool american voters. >> david: so, let's get right back to aaron katersky outside the courthouse tonight. aaron, seven jurors seated. both sides agreeing on each of these jurors. they still have to select five more jurors for a jury of 12. and then, of course, select six alternates, as well. and aaron, lawyers on both sides have a certain number of potential jurors they can reject outright? >> reporter: they do, david. each side is allowed to cut ten people from the jury pool for almost any reason, and today, trump used that power to eliminate four potential jurors. the district attorney's office used it to el
that payment was made through trump's former lawyer and fixer michael cohen. trump denies the affair, and today, he insisted all he did was pay cohen's legal fees. >> i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you get indicted over that? >> reporter: but prosecutors say trump knew exactly what the money was for, to pay off the porn star and fool american voters....
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and he told the jury, michael cohen, a key prosecution witness, has "an obsession with getting trump, he cannot be trusted." but prosecutors insist the alleged criminal conspiracy to protect trump involved others including their first witness, david pecker, the former "national enquirer" publisher who once called trump a personal friend. as pecker took the stand, trump leaned forward, arms crossed, an angry look on his face. pecker has acknowledged buying negative stories about the candidate only to bury them, a practice known as catch-and-kill. on the stand, pecker was blunt, "we used checkbook journalism. we paid for stories." he is testifying under a subpoena, having cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid charges himself. he was only on the stand for a few minutes today, but he'll be back tomorrow. leaving court, trump, who denies the affair with daniels, tried to downplay the case against him. >> it's a case as to bookkeeping, which is a very minor thing in terms of the law. >> reporter: so, david, pecker is back tomorrow, david, but there will be arguments whether trump violated th
and he told the jury, michael cohen, a key prosecution witness, has "an obsession with getting trump, he cannot be trusted." but prosecutors insist the alleged criminal conspiracy to protect trump involved others including their first witness, david pecker, the former "national enquirer" publisher who once called trump a personal friend. as pecker took the stand, trump leaned forward, arms crossed, an angry look on his face. pecker has acknowledged buying negative stories...
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cohen would tell him who to go after, and the magazine would do it. pecker admitted the enquirer fabricated a story falsely linking cruz's father with the kennedy assassination. pecker testifying they took a picture of cruz and a picture of lee harvey oswald and matched the two together, adding, that's how the story was prepared, created, i would say. trump running with the fake story about cruz's father. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death, before the ooting? it's horrible. >> reporter: pecker told the jury he was convinced women could come forward with stories to sell because trump was the most eligible bachelor and dated the most beautiful women. trump perking up at that description. and then visibly purr tuperturb as pecker started to detail one example. the story of karen mcdougall, who claims to have had a year-long affair with trump, which he denies. when he learned mcdougall was trying to sell her story in june 2016, pecker said he immediately called cohen. he said he and cohen were already talking a couple tim
cohen would tell him who to go after, and the magazine would do it. pecker admitted the enquirer fabricated a story falsely linking cruz's father with the kennedy assassination. pecker testifying they took a picture of cruz and a picture of lee harvey oswald and matched the two together, adding, that's how the story was prepared, created, i would say. trump running with the fake story about cruz's father. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death, before the...
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pecker said he assumed trump was asking cohen, did we hear anything yet? finally, pecker testified he and trump got on the phone. he said he told trump to buy the rights to mcdougal's story. trump's response, "i don't buy stories. anytime you do anything like this, it always gets out." ultimately, pecker's company paid karen mcdougal $150,000 for the rights to her story, but never published it, all to protect trump. pecker's testimony resumes thursday. trump today complaining he's stuck in court, while president biden is out on the campaign trail. >> they're keeping me in a courtroom that's freezing, by the way. he's out campaigning, and i'm here in a courtroom, sitting here, giving -- sitting up as straight as i can all day long, because, you know what? it's a very unfair situation. >> reporter: before today's testimony, prosecutors accused trump of repeatedly violating the judge's gag order, attacking witnesses, even potential jurors. and they said it's posing a very real threat to the trial. the defense insisted trump is complying but the judge interjec
pecker said he assumed trump was asking cohen, did we hear anything yet? finally, pecker testified he and trump got on the phone. he said he told trump to buy the rights to mcdougal's story. trump's response, "i don't buy stories. anytime you do anything like this, it always gets out." ultimately, pecker's company paid karen mcdougal $150,000 for the rights to her story, but never published it, all to protect trump. pecker's testimony resumes thursday. trump today complaining he's...
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trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, could also be called as a witness. as well as stormy daniels, the former president is using this prosecution as a political rallying cry. this is a giant witch hunt to try and hurt a campaign that's beating the worst president in history. while president biden is out on the campaign trail making his case to voters, donald trump, in an email to his supporters complaining that he's trapped in court. >> you can come out and say, sure that this is all a witch hunt and that might rev up his base. but is that really appealing to the independent voters, the republicans, who are not sold on the former president that he needs to win over in order to clinch the white house? >> alison kosik, abc news, new york. we are committed to following the story here at abc seven. we took you inside weeks ago as san quentin prepared to close its death row. and tonight , we know 26 of the inmates living there just moved to a prison in southern california. the mayor in chino is concerned, though, saying the prison's decaying infrastructure may
trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, could also be called as a witness. as well as stormy daniels, the former president is using this prosecution as a political rallying cry. this is a giant witch hunt to try and hurt a campaign that's beating the worst president in history. while president biden is out on the campaign trail making his case to voters, donald trump, in an email to his supporters complaining that he's trapped in court. >> you can come out and say, sure that this is all a...
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prosecutors say david pecker schemed with trump's former fixer, michael cohen, to influence the election by concealing negative information about trump. the former president is accused of arranging a $130,000 payment to adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her from revealing their alleged affair. right before the 2016 election. trump has denied the affair and any wrongdoing. happening tomorrow a potentially unprecedented vote on tiktok's future. the senate is expected to pass a bill to ban the social app in the u.s. if its chinese owners don't sell. it will be the first time congress has passed a law aimed at shutting down a social media platform. but as abc news reporter tim pulliam explains, tiktok's time isn't up yet. >> today i'm saying my final goodbye to tiktok. >> the clock is ticking for viral social media app tiktok. over the weekend, house lawmakers passing a bill that could ban the popular app from the u.s. if the chinese owner, bytedance, doesn't sell within a year. >> the two options are sell to a us owner or cease operating in the us. >> the potential measure is lumped
prosecutors say david pecker schemed with trump's former fixer, michael cohen, to influence the election by concealing negative information about trump. the former president is accused of arranging a $130,000 payment to adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her from revealing their alleged affair. right before the 2016 election. trump has denied the affair and any wrongdoing. happening tomorrow a potentially unprecedented vote on tiktok's future. the senate is expected to pass a bill to ban...
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prosecutors say david pecker schemed with trump's former fixer, michael cohen, to influence the election by concealing negative information about trump. the former president is accused of arranging a $130,000 payment to adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her from revealing their alleged affair. right before the 2016 election. trump has denied the affair and any wrongdoing. happening tomorrow a potentially unprecedented vote on tiktok's future. the senate is expected to pass a bill to ban the social app in the u.s. if its chinese owners don't sell. it will be the first time congress has passed a law aimed at shutting down a social media platform. but as abc news reporter tim pulliam explains, tiktok's time isn't up yet. >> today i'm saying my final goodbye to tiktok. >> the clock is ticking for viral social media app tiktok. over the weekend, house lawmakers passing a bill that could ban the popular app from the u.s. if the chinese owner, bytedance, doesn't sell within a year. >> the two options are sell to a us owner or cease operating in the us. >> the potential measure is lumped
prosecutors say david pecker schemed with trump's former fixer, michael cohen, to influence the election by concealing negative information about trump. the former president is accused of arranging a $130,000 payment to adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her from revealing their alleged affair. right before the 2016 election. trump has denied the affair and any wrongdoing. happening tomorrow a potentially unprecedented vote on tiktok's future. the senate is expected to pass a bill to ban...
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. >> jonathan karl says the testimony of former trump attorney michael cohen could be the key. the defense will portray him as a convicted liar. while prosecutors will stress cohen's history as the person trump fired to fix any problems he might have had. opening statements are scheduled to begin on monday. >> right now to a story abc seven news has been following for months. the supreme court could decide one of its most significant cases on homelessness in the past 40 years, and it will have big impact here in the bay area. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan has a look ahead. >> handcuffs won't fix the homeless problems. the advocates, like jennifer friedenbach. >> there has never been a situation where a ticket led somebody off the streets. >> starting monday, the united states supreme court will hear arguments in the case grants pass. boris johnson, the court will decide if ticketing homeless people amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. >> we don't want to see cities, using police and, using criminalization and jail as a way to punish homeless people for being homel
. >> jonathan karl says the testimony of former trump attorney michael cohen could be the key. the defense will portray him as a convicted liar. while prosecutors will stress cohen's history as the person trump fired to fix any problems he might have had. opening statements are scheduled to begin on monday. >> right now to a story abc seven news has been following for months. the supreme court could decide one of its most significant cases on homelessness in the past 40 years, and...
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trump is accused of falsifying business records to hide a payment he made to former fixer michael cohen to pay off adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her quiet about a long denied affair. prosecutors say trump falsified documents to hide that information from voters in the 2016 election. trump has pleaded not guilty. >> i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you get indicted over that while trump is in court, president biden is on the campaign trail. >> he will be in pittsburgh today to meet with steelworkers. biden has said he would not be watching trump's trial. instead, he says he will be talking about the issues perry, russom, abc news, washington. >> happening today, the hawaii attorney general is expected to release the first phase of an extensive report on the august wildfire fires on maui, a massive the live dust tracking that reggie aqui. >> we are working to learn more about what exactly happened during the deadly maui wildfires back in august. the stat
trump is accused of falsifying business records to hide a payment he made to former fixer michael cohen to pay off adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her quiet about a long denied affair. prosecutors say trump falsified documents to hide that information from voters in the 2016 election. trump has pleaded not guilty. >> i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you...
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testimony will begin shortly after adult actress stormy daniels and trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, are expected to take the stand. the jury, consisting of seven men, five women and six alternates, were all picked last week. now to your voice. your vote. independent presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr will be included on hawaii's presidential ballot in november. state democrats, though, tried to disqualify his campaign's ballot access petition. a ruling on friday blocked that effort. kennedy also gained access to michigan's ballot recently, and then made it onto utah's ballot earlier this year. the kennedy campaign and a superpac backing him both report he has enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. in nine more states coming up on this week, silicon valley representative ro khanna will talk about his concerns over the bipartisan house foreign aid package that includes the effort to ban tiktok. you can watch the full interview on this week at eight. this morning right here on abc seven. back here at home the latest from seven on your side. some bay area residents got a
testimony will begin shortly after adult actress stormy daniels and trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, are expected to take the stand. the jury, consisting of seven men, five women and six alternates, were all picked last week. now to your voice. your vote. independent presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr will be included on hawaii's presidential ballot in november. state democrats, though, tried to disqualify his campaign's ballot access petition. a ruling on friday blocked that...
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michael cohen is also expected to take the stand. he is trump's former attorney who already went to federal prison for his role in the hush money matter. trump has denied all allegations and says the trial is politically motivated. his allies have echoed those claims. >> i'm hoping that this judge makes the right decision. i'm hoping these jurors can come in and be unbiased and will we'll let this case go forward in a swift manner that allows president trump to get back on the campaign trail. >> this trial is expected to last six weeks, with court in session four days per week. trump will not be able to campaign during the trial. he faces up to four years in prison if convicted, but a conviction would not prevent him from becoming president again. back to you at the desk, kumasi. >> thank you. amanda. good news for drivers in the north bay westbound highway 37 reopened ahead of schedule. so 21 miles from vallejo to sears point was closed over the weekend for repaving, and that caused some long delays along the detour route. caltrans
michael cohen is also expected to take the stand. he is trump's former attorney who already went to federal prison for his role in the hush money matter. trump has denied all allegations and says the trial is politically motivated. his allies have echoed those claims. >> i'm hoping that this judge makes the right decision. i'm hoping these jurors can come in and be unbiased and will we'll let this case go forward in a swift manner that allows president trump to get back on the campaign...
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instances, including at least one on social media, where trump linked articles calling key witness michael cohen a serial perjurer. >> i got caught lying in the last trial, so he got caught lying, pure lying. >> prosecutors want judge juan merchan to fine trump $1,000 per violation, and they urged the judge to warn trump that future violations could result in a terme of incarceration of up to 30 days. the judge, considering the accusations today in court. this comes after a tense first day of testimony in new york. >> it's a very, very sad day in america, i can tell you that in court, trump watched stone faced as prosecutors accused him of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to bury allegations of an affair with actress stormy daniels during his first run for president in 2016. >> jurors heard brief testimony from david pecker, who ran the national enquirer, who has acknowledged by negative stories about trump only to get rid of them, a practice known as catch and kill. >> this is a case where you pay a lawyer, he's a lawyer and they call it a legal expense. that's the exact terms th
instances, including at least one on social media, where trump linked articles calling key witness michael cohen a serial perjurer. >> i got caught lying in the last trial, so he got caught lying, pure lying. >> prosecutors want judge juan merchan to fine trump $1,000 per violation, and they urged the judge to warn trump that future violations could result in a terme of incarceration of up to 30 days. the judge, considering the accusations today in court. this comes after a tense...
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he met with michael cohen and trump and pledged to run flattering stories about trump and hit jobs on trump's opponents, including a false story claiming senator ted cruz's father was involved in the jfk assassination. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death and before the shooting? it's horrible. >> pecker also offered to be the campaign's eyes and ears to alert cohen if he caught wind of any potentially damaging stories, pecker saying he told trump he tried to kill those stories so they'd never see the light of day. andrew dymburt, abc news, new york, 509. >> this morning we're taking a look at your travel forecast. new york city is experiencing some late day showers today, but it's a mild high of 70 degrees. another area we're watching, the pacific northwest for a little bit of rain as well. other places like la. looking lovely today. chicago, atlanta. we'll have temperatures in the 70s across a huge portion of the south. back here at home, it's all about morning cloud cover, giving way to a little bit of afternoon sunshine. we have that marine layer in
he met with michael cohen and trump and pledged to run flattering stories about trump and hit jobs on trump's opponents, including a false story claiming senator ted cruz's father was involved in the jfk assassination. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death and before the shooting? it's horrible. >> pecker also offered to be the campaign's eyes and ears to alert cohen if he caught wind of any potentially damaging stories, pecker saying he told trump he...
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trump is accused of falsifying business records to hide a payment he made to former fixer michael cohen to pay off adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her quiet about a long denied affair. prosecutors say trump falsified documents to hide that information from voters in the 2016 election. trump has pleaded not guilty. i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. >> some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you get indicted over that while trump is in court. >> president biden is on the campaign trail today. he is going to pittsburgh to meet with steelworkers. biden has said he would not be watching trump's trial. instead, he says he will be talking about the issues in washington. perry russom abc seven news. >> happening today, the hawaii attorney general is expected to release the first phase of an extensive report on the august wildfires on maui. amanda is at the live desk tracking the latest on this. >> amanda kumasi. we are working to learn more about what exactly happened during the deadly maui wildfires b
trump is accused of falsifying business records to hide a payment he made to former fixer michael cohen to pay off adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her quiet about a long denied affair. prosecutors say trump falsified documents to hide that information from voters in the 2016 election. trump has pleaded not guilty. i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. >> some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you...
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testimony will begin shortly after adult actress stormy daniels and trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, are expected to take the stand. the jury, consisting of seven men, five women and six alternates, were all picked last week. now to your voice your vote. independent presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr will be included on hawaii's presidential ballot in november. state democrats, though, tried to disqualify his campaign's ballot access position. a ruling on friday blocked that effort. kennedy also gained access to michigan's ballot recently, and then made it onto utah's ballot earlier this year. the kennedy campaign and a superpac backing him both report he does have enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, and nine more states coming up on this week, silicon valley representative ro khanna will talk about his concerns over the bipartisan house foreign aid package that includes the effort to ban tiktok. you can watch the full interview on this week at eight this morning right here on abc seven. now back here at home to the ceremonial sendoff for bart's original train cars,
testimony will begin shortly after adult actress stormy daniels and trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, are expected to take the stand. the jury, consisting of seven men, five women and six alternates, were all picked last week. now to your voice your vote. independent presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr will be included on hawaii's presidential ballot in november. state democrats, though, tried to disqualify his campaign's ballot access position. a ruling on friday blocked that...
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michael cohen is also expected to take the stand. he is trump's former attorney who already went to federal prison for his role in the hush money matter. trump has denied all allegations and says the trial is politically motivated. his allies have echoed those claims. >> i'm hoping that this judge makes the right decision. i'm hoping these jurors can come in and be unbiased and will will let this case go forward in a swift manner that allows president trump to get back on the campaign trail. >> this trial is expected to last six weeks, with court in session four days per week. trump will not be able to campaign during the trial. he faces up to four years in prison if convicted, but a conviction would not prevent him from becoming president again. back to you. kumasi >> thanks, amanda. good news for drivers in the north bay westbound highway 37 reopened ahead of schedule. 21 miles from vallejo to sears point. was closed over the weekend for repaving, and that caused some long delays along the detour route. caltrans says it used nearly
michael cohen is also expected to take the stand. he is trump's former attorney who already went to federal prison for his role in the hush money matter. trump has denied all allegations and says the trial is politically motivated. his allies have echoed those claims. >> i'm hoping that this judge makes the right decision. i'm hoping these jurors can come in and be unbiased and will will let this case go forward in a swift manner that allows president trump to get back on the campaign...
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prosecutors say pecker worked with trump and his attorney, michael cohen, on a strategy to buy and then kill negative stories. >> this is a case where you pay a lawyer. he's a lawyer and they call it a legal expense >> prosecutors are also asking the judge to hold trump in contempt over social media posts that they say violated a gag order. the former president faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, but denies wrongdoing. >> the supreme court's conservative majority seems open to allowing cities to punish people experiencing homelessness. justices heard arguments yesterday in a case involving the small city of grants pass, oregon. that city wants to crack down on the unhoused. in 2013, it passed an ordinance allowing people to be ticketed for sleeping on the streets. the problem? the city didn't have shelters to house all of those people. the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco said the ordinance amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. now, the supreme court must decide whether cities can punish people for sleeping outside when they have nowhere else to go.
prosecutors say pecker worked with trump and his attorney, michael cohen, on a strategy to buy and then kill negative stories. >> this is a case where you pay a lawyer. he's a lawyer and they call it a legal expense >> prosecutors are also asking the judge to hold trump in contempt over social media posts that they say violated a gag order. the former president faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, but denies wrongdoing. >> the supreme court's conservative...
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. >> michael cohen is a convicted liar and he's got no credibility whatsoever. he was a lawyer and you rely on your lawyers. >> the defense claims trump is only responding to political attacks he could face thousands of dollars in fines if the judge rules he violated the gag order. jail is unlikely. >> 609 we're taking a look at live doppler seven, along with satellite low pressure anchored off the southern california coastline this morning, has brought cooler weather and also pretty deep marine layer. we have a lot of cloud cover this morning, and that deep marine layer means sunshine will be slow to appear as the day goes on. take a look at the morning commute. you will find those overcast skies with all that cloud cover. temperatures very slow to warm. we're basically in the 50s all morning long before we start to see some 60s appear after lunchtime. so let's break down the forecast region by region inland. today we start out with those overcast skies. it's one of the first areas to see sunshine appear later on this afternoon. temperatures in the mid 60s arou
. >> michael cohen is a convicted liar and he's got no credibility whatsoever. he was a lawyer and you rely on your lawyers. >> the defense claims trump is only responding to political attacks he could face thousands of dollars in fines if the judge rules he violated the gag order. jail is unlikely. >> 609 we're taking a look at live doppler seven, along with satellite low pressure anchored off the southern california coastline this morning, has brought cooler weather and also...
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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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request to hold trump in contempt over a series of recent social media posts blasting witnesses michael cohen and stormy daniels, his attorneys saying trump was only responding to their repeated attacks. reena roy, abc news, new york marking a painful memory, students and staff of virginia tech held a moment of silence today, observing 17 years since the campus shooting there in 2007. >> a gunman shot and killed 32 people on campus today, a candle is staying lit for 24 hours to honor those victims. tonight at 1127, virginia tech's corps of cadets will stand guard for 32 minutes, and in the final minute before midnight, they will put out the candle. the valedictorian at usc won't be allowed to deliver a speech at commencement. it's a break with tradition that's angered many people. reporter rob hayes, from our sister station in los angeles, looks at the reasons why college graduation is a time of excitement and celebration. >> but at usc this year, the bloodshed in the middle east is overshadowing the school's commencement ceremonies. usc officials announcing that valedictorian osnat tabassum
request to hold trump in contempt over a series of recent social media posts blasting witnesses michael cohen and stormy daniels, his attorneys saying trump was only responding to their repeated attacks. reena roy, abc news, new york marking a painful memory, students and staff of virginia tech held a moment of silence today, observing 17 years since the campus shooting there in 2007. >> a gunman shot and killed 32 people on campus today, a candle is staying lit for 24 hours to honor...
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no while listening to the prosecution tell jurors that he schemed with his former fixer, michael cohen, and former national enquirer publisher david pecker to influence the general election by concealing negative information about him, trump passing notes and whispering to his attorneys at times, trump's defense attorney telling the jury, i have a spoiler alert. there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. the defense arguing trump relied on lawyers to arrange that payment. trump has long denied the affair and any wrongdoing. he's pleaded not guilty to the charges. >> it's a case as to bookkeeping . you pay a lawyer, he's a lawyer and they call it a legal expense. that's the exact terms they use. legal expense. >> prosecutors calling pecker as their first witness. he once called trump a personal friend, flashing a smile as he took the stand. prosecutors accusing him of acting as a coconspirator in helping buy and bury damaging stories about trump. pecker testified that he had final say whether to publish any story involving celebrities. court is b
no while listening to the prosecution tell jurors that he schemed with his former fixer, michael cohen, and former national enquirer publisher david pecker to influence the general election by concealing negative information about him, trump passing notes and whispering to his attorneys at times, trump's defense attorney telling the jury, i have a spoiler alert. there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. the defense arguing trump relied on lawyers to...
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at trump's direction, prosecutors say his fixer, michael cohen, wired daniels $130,000. and then to hide the true nature of the payment, trump allegedly decided cohen's reimburse amounts should be recorded as legal services. pecker also allegedly promising to publish positive stories about mr. trump and publish negative stories about his opponent. pecker says prior to the election, his magazines never caught and killed any stories for trump. trump has denied any sexual relationship with daniels and has pleaded not guilty to falsifying business records. trump slamming the case outside of court. >> we have a gag order, which to me is totally unconstitutional. i'm not allowed to talk, but people are allowed to talk about me. >> and that gag order trump is talking about. prosecutors have accused him of violating it. the judge held a contempt hearing on tuesday morning that got heated, ultimately saying he would not rule from the bench. reena roy, abc news, new york. >> will scott peterson get access to new dna testing in his quest for a new trial? the abc seven news i-team c
at trump's direction, prosecutors say his fixer, michael cohen, wired daniels $130,000. and then to hide the true nature of the payment, trump allegedly decided cohen's reimburse amounts should be recorded as legal services. pecker also allegedly promising to publish positive stories about mr. trump and publish negative stories about his opponent. pecker says prior to the election, his magazines never caught and killed any stories for trump. trump has denied any sexual relationship with daniels...
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request to hold trump in contempt over a series of recent social media posts blasting witnesses michael cohen and stormy daniels, his attorneys saying trump was only responding to their repeated attacks. reena roy, abc news, new york. >> all right, we're going to take a short break. but up next, the return of the dreaded s.a.t. why top universities are requiring scores again as part of applying to college, and how to negotiate financial aid and improve your students chances of getting off that wait list. getting answers. we'll list and final financial aid before making their choices. high school juniors are stressing out about the return of testing as part of college admissions. member colleges made testing optional at the start of the pandemic, and it seemed as if they were never going to come back, right. they were never going to require it again. but as you might have heard, some of the nation's top universities have recently announced they are bringing back the sat or act requirement. these schools include. there are others, caltech here in california, the ivy league schools, harvard, yal
request to hold trump in contempt over a series of recent social media posts blasting witnesses michael cohen and stormy daniels, his attorneys saying trump was only responding to their repeated attacks. reena roy, abc news, new york. >> all right, we're going to take a short break. but up next, the return of the dreaded s.a.t. why top universities are requiring scores again as part of applying to college, and how to negotiate financial aid and improve your students chances of getting off...
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they're going to try to, you know, portray cohen as a convicted liar, which, frankly, he is. i mean, he did serve three years in prison, in part for lying under oath. so they're going to try to say, this is your major witness, this is the guy he is without any credibility once so ever. of course, it's not the easiest case to make when you consider that michael cohen worked for about a decade for donald trump as one of his closest, you know, advisers, his fixer, his lawyer, and, of course, look, trump yesterday complained that he should be campaigning instead of doing this, not compelled to be there, posting on truth social, right, claiming he's being victimized. how does this play to his base? >> well, you know, he's he's been playing he's been making the case to his base now for over a year that he is a victim, that they're out to get him, that all these prosecutions, this prosecution and the federal prosecutions and what we saw in the state of georgia that this is, you know, the deep state, his enemies that are out to destroy him because they really want to go after trump's
they're going to try to, you know, portray cohen as a convicted liar, which, frankly, he is. i mean, he did serve three years in prison, in part for lying under oath. so they're going to try to say, this is your major witness, this is the guy he is without any credibility once so ever. of course, it's not the easiest case to make when you consider that michael cohen worked for about a decade for donald trump as one of his closest, you know, advisers, his fixer, his lawyer, and, of course, look,...
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michael cohen has repeatedly said he believed it could take as many as three. are you surprised it's proceeding this quickly? >> i think it's proceeding as quickly as any other. what a lot are surprised that is how this is moving along at a pace very similar to other trials. the only real distinction is this defendant is somebody that most people know. this defendant is somebody where the crime is known. this is a different case because the jurors walk in and know the defendant is. the process is the same and judge marchand is experience. he's been picking jurors for years and he's moving along. i think the most important thing he came out of today's jury selection is he's not going to allow social media posts to be used as a litmus test for bias and to get people off the jury. that is why i think the defense is in a much more precarious position going to the second half for more than half the jury has to be picked because they will clearly soon run out of these challenges and be left with jurors that they most fear which are educated, politically democratic ju
michael cohen has repeatedly said he believed it could take as many as three. are you surprised it's proceeding this quickly? >> i think it's proceeding as quickly as any other. what a lot are surprised that is how this is moving along at a pace very similar to other trials. the only real distinction is this defendant is somebody that most people know. this defendant is somebody where the crime is known. this is a different case because the jurors walk in and know the defendant is. the...
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michael cohen has said he believed it could take three weeks. are you surprised it is proceeding this quickly? >> no i believe it is proceeding as quickly as every other trial and people are surprised that it is moving along at a pace similar to other trials and the only distinction is that the defendant is somebody most people know and the crime is known so this is a different case because the jurors walk in and know the defendant but at the end of the day the process is the same and the judge is a experienced jurist and he is moving along at a clip. the most important thing that came out of today's selection is he will not allow social media posts to be used as a litmus test for bias to kick people off the jury and that is why the defense is in a more curious position going into the second half of the jury because they will clearly run out of challenges and be left with jurors the most fear, educated, democratic jurors that will not be able to get kicked off the jury for cause because of social media posts so they are going into this with a di
michael cohen has said he believed it could take three weeks. are you surprised it is proceeding this quickly? >> no i believe it is proceeding as quickly as every other trial and people are surprised that it is moving along at a pace similar to other trials and the only distinction is that the defendant is somebody most people know and the crime is known so this is a different case because the jurors walk in and know the defendant but at the end of the day the process is the same and the...
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defense attorneys for donald trump are going to question our witnesses and their credibility from michael cohen to stormy daniels, we should be up to build a body of evidence out beyond this case that shows and questions donald trump's veracity of the statements he makes. >> catherine, let's talk a little bit about the jurors. we have 12 jurors. >>, i make one quick, can i make one correction ? it is not to let the defendant know kind of questioning, it is to let the defendant know what prior bad acts they will ask about. the other questions, he's going to be surprised about. anything about, you know, prior judgments or prior bad acts, he has to be made aware of that. sorry. >> they do not have to disclose things that are not about his prior bad acts, they can do with any line of questioning they want but if they talk about tiger things that have happened to donald trump or he has done, then he has to know about that. >> exactly. >> thank you for that clarification. let's talk about 12 jurors, 6 alternates, the maximum number of alternates. typically speaking, a case doesn't run out of jurors a
defense attorneys for donald trump are going to question our witnesses and their credibility from michael cohen to stormy daniels, we should be up to build a body of evidence out beyond this case that shows and questions donald trump's veracity of the statements he makes. >> catherine, let's talk a little bit about the jurors. we have 12 jurors. >>, i make one quick, can i make one correction ? it is not to let the defendant know kind of questioning, it is to let the defendant know...
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witnesses in the oval office with michael cohen, that's not helpful. if a witness says trump was meticulous in signing his checks, and wasn't a passive player that's not helpful. there's nobody the prosecution is lining up that will helpful. josh stein glass and chris conroy, they know what they are doing. so i am overwhelmingly confident donald trump is in trouble, but it is the burden of the prosecution. that's what we started off with , how important david is invalidating how important this is about otherwise why would you sign off, who cares about hush money? there needs to be some nexus, and that is what these witnesses will show. >> do you have suspicion of what they might do? >> of david-pecker? i think they are going to do everything they can to show he is a liar, that what he is saying is not only ill- informed, but he got a nonprosecution agreement, that his hand was forced, and he's trying to cover his basis by lying. it's really the only move they have. poke holes in the case, one witness at a time, and that's what they will be doing with d
witnesses in the oval office with michael cohen, that's not helpful. if a witness says trump was meticulous in signing his checks, and wasn't a passive player that's not helpful. there's nobody the prosecution is lining up that will helpful. josh stein glass and chris conroy, they know what they are doing. so i am overwhelmingly confident donald trump is in trouble, but it is the burden of the prosecution. that's what we started off with , how important david is invalidating how important this...
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without him, cohen doesn't have the credibility. he needs he is so critical. i think you are starting with that immunity issue. >> do you feel, if you are donald trump, and you are his team, there are three people involved in this conspiracy. do you think this puts pressure on him to take the stand or is that too farfetched to imagine? >> well, i think it is unlikely that he will testify for so many reasons. not the least of which is that the cross-examination is going to be brutal. but, one of the things that the prosecution will have to prove is that donald trump knew that what he was doing was breaking the law. one way he would show that was by testifying and say i didn't know these entries were being made. i didn't know i was doing this with the intent of violating the federal election campaign act. he could do that through his testimony. i highly doubt he will do it but i do think you heard a lot of speak from todd blanch in the opening statement which is called lawyer talk. i don't know how we are going to prove the lack of knowledge on mr. trump's behal
without him, cohen doesn't have the credibility. he needs he is so critical. i think you are starting with that immunity issue. >> do you feel, if you are donald trump, and you are his team, there are three people involved in this conspiracy. do you think this puts pressure on him to take the stand or is that too farfetched to imagine? >> well, i think it is unlikely that he will testify for so many reasons. not the least of which is that the cross-examination is going to be brutal....
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he talks about where michael cohen fits in it. this whole scheme rises and falls through michael cohen to donald trump, and he is at the center of it. and i think in a way his testimony is almost blase, oh, yeah, we were acting doing this and doing that, but the national enquirer was an arm of the trump campaign and that comes out clearly in the testimony, and the timingea becomes so interesting, because for example this doorman had an nda that expired the month trump wins the election. you can see why this all about the election. and davidbo pecker is the first witness, he's the most important witness, he's at the center of it all. >>of the reality is that david pecker is going to be cross examined. what questions would you have for me given how thorough, and he was so matter of fact in delivering the information to the o courtroom to the jurors. what would your sort of strategy be if you're trump's defense? >> a large part of this is he had immunity. there's a reason why they have immunity. they havehey exposure. and if you have
he talks about where michael cohen fits in it. this whole scheme rises and falls through michael cohen to donald trump, and he is at the center of it. and i think in a way his testimony is almost blase, oh, yeah, we were acting doing this and doing that, but the national enquirer was an arm of the trump campaign and that comes out clearly in the testimony, and the timingea becomes so interesting, because for example this doorman had an nda that expired the month trump wins the election. you can...
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before a contempt hearing on tuesday to answer for his social media post attacking people like michael cohen and leaking and posting articles from the new york post attacking other trial witnesses. this is going to be aneshue and it will be an issue throughout the trial. if trump can stay seated, if he can stay a proper defendant and adhere by the rules, otherwise he will find himself in a great deal of trouble. >> that would require discipline. enough said there. moving to you, charles, prosecutors said they initially rejected an request for names who will testify but they agreed to provide one name for attorney's eyes only. how unusual is that and what does it mean for donald trump? >> it is rel tivly usual. prosecutors are taking extraordinary steps to preserve the integrity of the case, given what we have seen from donald trump on his behavior. they know that donald trump will do anything he can without any regard for the gag order, to put out the name of the witness to try to get the name sullied as quickly as he can among not only his followers but the general public. if all goes well
before a contempt hearing on tuesday to answer for his social media post attacking people like michael cohen and leaking and posting articles from the new york post attacking other trial witnesses. this is going to be aneshue and it will be an issue throughout the trial. if trump can stay seated, if he can stay a proper defendant and adhere by the rules, otherwise he will find himself in a great deal of trouble. >> that would require discipline. enough said there. moving to you, charles,...
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michael cohen has set on nbc own airways that he is worried about his physical safety. these are the kinds of things that happen on a mob trial or a terrorism trial. they do not happen around the trial of a former president. he is not only at risk, i think, of the jury -- whatever the jury is, having a bad disposition towards him, i think he is also at risk of further sanctions from merchan. judge merchan is incumbent on him to move be on civil fines because i don't think that will change his behavior. >> you also write trump's recent and heated efforts suggest there may be other incriminating evidence in the courtroom that has not become public yet. he is given every indication he is worried and he has something to hide. what that look like? what should we be watching for? >> that is where the witness list becomes crucial. hope hicks is testifying. in the hurley session at early stages when he was lying about various elements of the facts that the president has faced and that he later acknowledged, she was on the front lines running cover for him. who knows what conver
michael cohen has set on nbc own airways that he is worried about his physical safety. these are the kinds of things that happen on a mob trial or a terrorism trial. they do not happen around the trial of a former president. he is not only at risk, i think, of the jury -- whatever the jury is, having a bad disposition towards him, i think he is also at risk of further sanctions from merchan. judge merchan is incumbent on him to move be on civil fines because i don't think that will change his...
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stormy daniels and michael cohen . stormy daniels said she had with trump in 2006, which trump denies. and she was paid off for being silent. 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the 2016 election. the former president of the united states and the republican presumptive nominee is found guilty, he could face up to for years in prison. >> thank you. let's go to the former bronx, new york assistant district attorney. she was in court for the first week. and the former prosecutor in the district attorney's office in texas and now a civil rights attorney. welcome to both of you. while trump's sits for the hush money trial tomorrow, the judge will hear an argument to reject the bond. does this mean he might again be facing seizure of assets? >> thank you for having me. i think that this certainly puts us in to it an unprecedented situation where we were a few weeks ago where there were concerns that he was not going to make this bond. we would be back to square one. if this bond is voided, the attorney gene
stormy daniels and michael cohen . stormy daniels said she had with trump in 2006, which trump denies. and she was paid off for being silent. 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the 2016 election. the former president of the united states and the republican presumptive nominee is found guilty, he could face up to for years in prison. >> thank you. let's go to the former bronx, new york assistant district attorney. she was in court for the first week. and the former...
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david michael cohen, maybe stormy daniels. who do you think would be the most effective witness for the prosecution? >> well, i think michael cohen is going to be the most important one. he was trump's fixer. he was right next to him. he pleaded guilty to federal charges for this hush money deal and another ones. he obviously has credibility issues because of that. he also is the one who's going to be able to tell the story. david is hugely important because he knew trump going back to the 1990s. he was directly involved in three hush money deals. so, he will also -- he's never spoken publicly about this. he will also be very important. >> he may be first. we will see. >> very good to talk with you. thank you so much. >>> cary lakes says her supporters may have to strap on a clock for the next six months. what prompted her to say that, you will hear her words in my they could be dangerous straight ahead. number one, because it's effective. does not require a prescription. and i've been taking it quite a while myself and i know
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you have michael cohen, transformer fixer at the center of this. he knows where the bodies are buried and there is corroboration. although trump will call him a convicted perjure her and he did go down the line but he was lying for donald trump and he got others like the former head of the national enquirer who will corroborate. he will be the first witness tomorrow. that will be a powerful witness. plus a trump loyalist who is supposed to corroborate cohen's testimony. you don't have to prove election interference. you have to show that there was a falsification of a business record that led to committing another crime like a campaign crime. as long as they show that he knew about what was going on and he knew what was going on than he should go down for this. >> you saw in the new york times article that david would be the first witness. we cannot verify that but it's something we can go with at this point, attributing it to the new york times. while trump sits in for the hush money trial tomorrow, another judge will hear an application to reject
you have michael cohen, transformer fixer at the center of this. he knows where the bodies are buried and there is corroboration. although trump will call him a convicted perjure her and he did go down the line but he was lying for donald trump and he got others like the former head of the national enquirer who will corroborate. he will be the first witness tomorrow. that will be a powerful witness. plus a trump loyalist who is supposed to corroborate cohen's testimony. you don't have to prove...
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now, in terms of that theory, it's not so farfetched because michael cohen literally already pleaded guilty to, wait for it, ryelating federal campaign finance laws for his role in the scheme, and he served prison time. so again, beyond the tawdry details about tabloid mistresses, what the state will have to prove is donald trump paid off stormy daniels because he was trying to influence the outcome of the election. and those documents that documented the payment were false, right? the jury will decide if the former president is guilty in this, again, election interference case. our legal correspondent has been watching the trial unfold from inside the courthouse. katherine christian spent over 30 years as a prosecutor in that office. manhattan district attorney's office. they both join me now. great to have you here. can we start with the moment that -- with the juror -- >> yes. >> -- and the trump saying something within, in the words of the judge, within 12 feet. >> after that juror left the stand, essentially, she was being questioned. after she left, the judge decided he was not
now, in terms of that theory, it's not so farfetched because michael cohen literally already pleaded guilty to, wait for it, ryelating federal campaign finance laws for his role in the scheme, and he served prison time. so again, beyond the tawdry details about tabloid mistresses, what the state will have to prove is donald trump paid off stormy daniels because he was trying to influence the outcome of the election. and those documents that documented the payment were false, right? the jury...
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back in october of 2016, donald trump's lawyer, michael cohen, says he arranged a $130,000 payment to adult film star stormy daniels as part of an agreement she would not discuss the affair she said she had with trump. it was a payment for her silence, and politically damaging information. in short, it was hush money. but it is important to note that on its own, paying hush money is a leap not illegal. donald trump is currently paying hush money to his longtime chief officer, weisselberg, even as he serves the jail sentence. he signed a $2 million separation agreement in return for agreeing, quote, not to induce, encourage, aid, abet, or otherwise cause any other person or entity to bring a complaint, file, charge, lawsuit, to trump or anyone with his country. in other words, he promised to keep his mouth shut, and it is perfectly legal. remember the revelations, in the wake of feinstein and all that? an example of just how ubiquitous and horribly so that these kinds of payments are in certain circles in exchange for signing nondisclosure agreements . paying hush money is not the crim
back in october of 2016, donald trump's lawyer, michael cohen, says he arranged a $130,000 payment to adult film star stormy daniels as part of an agreement she would not discuss the affair she said she had with trump. it was a payment for her silence, and politically damaging information. in short, it was hush money. but it is important to note that on its own, paying hush money is a leap not illegal. donald trump is currently paying hush money to his longtime chief officer, weisselberg, even...
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perjurer trieded to prove an old misdemeanor against trump that links to a new york post article, michael cohen who is a witness. they are catching undercover liberal activists to get on the trump jury. jesse waters. what happened on tuesday? >> there are two orders to show cause is essentially like saying to your child prove to me why you shouldn't be grounded. on tuesday, trump's lawyers will have the opportunity to argue why their client shouldn't be held in criminal contempt and sanctioned with a thousand per fine or something worse because the d.a.'s office said we are contemplating what the sanction is. you better believe that they are watching what he is going to do over the ensuing few days. >> they have a brief due tomorrow by 5:00 p.m. the gag order prohibits making or directing others to make statement it is doesn't prohibit republication. which is what he did with the serial perjurer post that you mentioned. he reposted that article not once, not twice, five different times in different places as well. but their other argument is that the gag order is ambiguous somehow and i'm not s
perjurer trieded to prove an old misdemeanor against trump that links to a new york post article, michael cohen who is a witness. they are catching undercover liberal activists to get on the trump jury. jesse waters. what happened on tuesday? >> there are two orders to show cause is essentially like saying to your child prove to me why you shouldn't be grounded. on tuesday, trump's lawyers will have the opportunity to argue why their client shouldn't be held in criminal contempt and...
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michael cohen was not part of the campaign. when he said we, i thought he was talking about himself and mr. trump. it sounds like he thought he was acting at the direction of donald trump. he published stories like this about texas senator ted cruz who challenged trump in the primary. extramarital affairs with multiple women. or this story, remember this one? this one got a little bit of attention. admitted making up linking ted cruz to the john f. kennedy assassination. remember that one? the substance of this is what the inquirer did not practice -- did not publish as part of a practice known as catch and kill. culminating in a 2015 meeting -- >> reporter: tonight a person with the matter tells nbc news that candidate trump was in the room when the national enquirer publisher discussed ways that ami could help quash negative stories about mr. trump's relationships with women. >> that was from 2018 when the meeting was first reported. in that meeting in august he told trump through michael cohen that anything i hear in the mar
michael cohen was not part of the campaign. when he said we, i thought he was talking about himself and mr. trump. it sounds like he thought he was acting at the direction of donald trump. he published stories like this about texas senator ted cruz who challenged trump in the primary. extramarital affairs with multiple women. or this story, remember this one? this one got a little bit of attention. admitted making up linking ted cruz to the john f. kennedy assassination. remember that one? the...
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trump was asking michael cohen did we hear anything yet? also testified that trump called him directly about the mcdougall story but then the candidate saying i spoke to michael and, quote, he told me about karen and trump said to me, what do you think? p ecker he said trump to push the mcdougall story pick former edison are will resume his testimony we have the day off tomorrow for the trial but we already know how the story ends, the inquirer paid mcdougall 150 grand for the rights to her story and her silence but, here's the asterisk, which is great, trump was supposed to repay p ecker, he wasn't just doing this as charity. he was the pass-through, if you will. but trump did what he always does, he stiffed him on the bill $150,000, which is why michael cohen was the one forced to pay stormy daniels out of his own pocket. that, of course, is why trump was ultimately in court today. msnbc legal correspondent wasn't watching from inside the courtroom, andrew rice also in the courtroom today, he is a writer near magazine where he just profil
trump was asking michael cohen did we hear anything yet? also testified that trump called him directly about the mcdougall story but then the candidate saying i spoke to michael and, quote, he told me about karen and trump said to me, what do you think? p ecker he said trump to push the mcdougall story pick former edison are will resume his testimony we have the day off tomorrow for the trial but we already know how the story ends, the inquirer paid mcdougall 150 grand for the rights to her...
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all kinds of extrajudicial statements because there is no gag order for michael cohen. he is not under penalty of perjury when he makes these statements outside of court. it only applies to donald trump. can you imagine being a defendant in a case where the prosecution's star witness is a known liar but then you are prohibited from defending yourself against that person but that person can say whatever they want? that is exactly what is going on here. >> finally while you are here i wanted to ask live in these anti-israel protests coming up coast-to-coast from new york to the bridge in san francisco this is what we are seeing in real time. of few protesters were able to stop traffic for miles there in the middle of commuter traffic. this is from de 15 action on ththere they are touting this as the coordinated direction action and weapon manufacturers weapons shut down around the world. our question to you is they cause such an economic convenience to sow money by doing this in so many cities beside popping up throughout the day every hour there seems to be a new one eme
all kinds of extrajudicial statements because there is no gag order for michael cohen. he is not under penalty of perjury when he makes these statements outside of court. it only applies to donald trump. can you imagine being a defendant in a case where the prosecution's star witness is a known liar but then you are prohibited from defending yourself against that person but that person can say whatever they want? that is exactly what is going on here. >> finally while you are here i...
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three posts already attacked stormy daniels and michael cohen who were cited by the dea previously but in court trump's lawyers argue that these new postings don't count because they say what others claim about this trial does not violate the gag order. meanwhile the second batch of 96 potential jurors had been brought in, over half 48 said they could not judge trump fairly and they were all excused another individual questioning of the jurors in the jury box is continuing and ongoing. as for the juror who was removed on this trial, "the new york times" reports that when he left in the courtrooms he shook his head and an affirmative way that he could be impartial to the former president and when reporters asked if he thought it was fair that he was removed from this trial, he had one answer, one word, and that was "nope" so now the attempt to find more jurors is ongoing. the setback in yardage two to today. >> gillian: a lot of tough choices today eric shawn, thank you, sandra? >> sandra: thank you, gillian, constitutional law and fox news contributor we started with 7 we are down to 5
three posts already attacked stormy daniels and michael cohen who were cited by the dea previously but in court trump's lawyers argue that these new postings don't count because they say what others claim about this trial does not violate the gag order. meanwhile the second batch of 96 potential jurors had been brought in, over half 48 said they could not judge trump fairly and they were all excused another individual questioning of the jurors in the jury box is continuing and ongoing. as for...
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. >> he has repeatedly posted attacks against his attorney at michael cohen on true social branding him a perjurer which should earn him contempt of court someday. there will be something on that next tuesday. something saying he routed the money to pay stormy daniels through him. they have not been chosen to serve. the new alternate who was chosen in the last few minutes as a woman who says she really does not watch the news. she says she asks her husband of something important happens and says she does not really have a strong opinion at all of donald trump. two prospective jurors say they have positive views of the former president. one said that he actually dislikes him, the defense attorneys and prosecutors now huddled together sorting through the rest of the alternates to see who they choose. we could be coming up with another alternate picked or two any moment now. sandra, back to you. >> sandra: we know you are on it and will get back to you as soon as you know something. to legal response. >> trace: let's bring in mccarthy and a fox news contributor, andy, it's great to see you
. >> he has repeatedly posted attacks against his attorney at michael cohen on true social branding him a perjurer which should earn him contempt of court someday. there will be something on that next tuesday. something saying he routed the money to pay stormy daniels through him. they have not been chosen to serve. the new alternate who was chosen in the last few minutes as a woman who says she really does not watch the news. she says she asks her husband of something important happens...
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wondering it seems unfair that the drones are going after the former formr president while michael cohen can do is podcast or appear on msnbc. stormy daniels can speak all she wants. it just seems like it's uneven. >> you have heard him make arguments the hu former presidet did it's an attack on his first amendment speech they know it's a strong argument they say they will take it all the way. whether that means ends up in supreme court on a constitutional issue, we will see. they have a hearing scheduled for tuesday before the jury was fully seated to talk about violations but the term defense team says it's a first a first amendment free-speech issue and they will fight it from that vantage point. >> sandra: thank you, shannon they could for joining us on breaking news we will be watching all of it of course. thank you. >> thanks, guys. speech we will see you on fox news sunday. all the breaking news is hard to keep track. karine jean-pierre and peter doocy just had an exchange in the white house press briefing room. and ducey pressed her on the anti-american/anti-israel protests poppi
wondering it seems unfair that the drones are going after the former formr president while michael cohen can do is podcast or appear on msnbc. stormy daniels can speak all she wants. it just seems like it's uneven. >> you have heard him make arguments the hu former presidet did it's an attack on his first amendment speech they know it's a strong argument they say they will take it all the way. whether that means ends up in supreme court on a constitutional issue, we will see. they have a...
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his prosecutors claim to reimburse cohen to pay stormy daniels. "i have a spoiler alert. there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. they put something sinister on him." prosecutors say is illegal at about 34 checks that trump made out to pay for a species after the first day of testimony, the former president left in the hallway. they said he thought it all went very well. >> you heard it today for the first time. this is what i got indicted over it. this is what takes me off the campaign trail. because i should be in georgia now. i should be in florida now. i should be a lot of different places right now campaigning. >> the former president also criticized his former lawyer, michael cohen nda alvin bragg for bringing this case in the first case. david pecker will be back for a day 2 of his testimony tomorrow. while he testified on the witness stand, the jurors were taking copious notes. they are really paying attention to what is being said in this trial. brief testimony today. court has ended because an a
his prosecutors claim to reimburse cohen to pay stormy daniels. "i have a spoiler alert. there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. they put something sinister on him." prosecutors say is illegal at about 34 checks that trump made out to pay for a species after the first day of testimony, the former president left in the hallway. they said he thought it all went very well. >> you heard it today for the first time. this is what i got...