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but david pecker said during a meeting of august 2015 donald trump and his former lawyer michael cohen asked him what he could do to help donald trump's campaign. he said that's when they came up with a plan, an agreement among friends, as he put it. that would mean david pecker would publish unflattering stories about donald trump's opponents, and catch and kill any negative stories about him. to tennessee — the state legislature has passed a bill that will allow teachers and school staffers to carry guns in schools — one year after a shooter killed six people at nashville's covenant school, including three 9—year—old students. there was an argument that this bill would create a deterrent forfuture tragedies. i spoke to justin jones, democratic tennessee state representative. what does this new law permit? yes. good to be here with y'all. unfortunately a horrible day in our state. today a law was passed to allow teachers to carry firearms in classrooms without ever notifying the parents there were guns student classrooms, the gallery was full of protesters, teachers, parents,
but david pecker said during a meeting of august 2015 donald trump and his former lawyer michael cohen asked him what he could do to help donald trump's campaign. he said that's when they came up with a plan, an agreement among friends, as he put it. that would mean david pecker would publish unflattering stories about donald trump's opponents, and catch and kill any negative stories about him. to tennessee — the state legislature has passed a bill that will allow teachers and school staffers...
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david pecker will take the stand thursday morning. today he talked about his relationship with michael cohen. they work together to identify and suppress stories from people including former playboy model karen mcdougall and a former doorman. when asked why prosecutor why they focused on stories from women, pecker said because trump was known as an eligible bachelor who dated beautiful women. today they also revealed the state law that trump is accused of breaking while allegedly falsifying business records. any two or more persons who conspired to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office that unlocked -- by unlawful means in which conspiracies acted upon by one or more of the parties, they shall be guilty of a misdemeanour. the arguments from the office is that trump falsified internal business records to aid a conspiracy to win the 2016 presidential election. >> trace: live for us in new york. thank you. let's bring in former deputy assistant attorney general john you. great to have you on the show. you say t
david pecker will take the stand thursday morning. today he talked about his relationship with michael cohen. they work together to identify and suppress stories from people including former playboy model karen mcdougall and a former doorman. when asked why prosecutor why they focused on stories from women, pecker said because trump was known as an eligible bachelor who dated beautiful women. today they also revealed the state law that trump is accused of breaking while allegedly falsifying...
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pecker says steinglass just dives in a little deeper. so even if the vet and came back and you believe the story to be true, you would have held the story until after for the presidential election of 2016. pecker says that was the conversation. i had with michael cohen. and that's what we agreed to. >> so here's what's going on underneath. this is not going to be a case about eventually disclosing an illegal campaign contribution. this is a local new york case, and there was a new york statue that says that it is illegal for two or more people to either promote or prevent a candidate from taking office who's running for public office. so we'll get the word promotion here. so allegedly in this case, burying the stormy daniels story and& all the other stories as well. but particularly this one that's going to fall under the new york state statue. we're not getting into issues of campaign finance fraud were getting into local law violation and this case, really the funny part about it, if you could call it funny, is it's really similar to t
pecker says steinglass just dives in a little deeper. so even if the vet and came back and you believe the story to be true, you would have held the story until after for the presidential election of 2016. pecker says that was the conversation. i had with michael cohen. and that's what we agreed to. >> so here's what's going on underneath. this is not going to be a case about eventually disclosing an illegal campaign contribution. this is a local new york case, and there was a new york...
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david-pecker, i would describe mr. trump is very knowledgeable. i would describe him as a very detail-oriented, i would describe him as an almost, as a micromanager from what i saw, that he looked at every all of the aspects of whatever the issue was. neal katyal , andrew weissman, adam klasfeld, back with us. he's not a micromanager. he doesn't know who is putting what memos on what checks. >> yes, this is the standard defense when you have a leader on trial into the mechanics of the crime, it is a defense in an organized crime case, i was not on the scene, it's the defense, saying i don't know what the paperwork was, it is a standard argument that is made. of course it doesn't help that this is a small family business. we are not talking about enron, or an organized crime family, although there are some analogies that could be made. it's small. he couldn't possibly know will be a tough one given how small the group is, but testimony from a long-time friend who is saying positive things about him, that he is micromanager, is to get evidence for y
david-pecker, i would describe mr. trump is very knowledgeable. i would describe him as a very detail-oriented, i would describe him as an almost, as a micromanager from what i saw, that he looked at every all of the aspects of whatever the issue was. neal katyal , andrew weissman, adam klasfeld, back with us. he's not a micromanager. he doesn't know who is putting what memos on what checks. >> yes, this is the standard defense when you have a leader on trial into the mechanics of the...
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but david pecker said during a meeting of august 2015 donald trump and his former lawyer michael cohen asked him what he could do to help donald trump's campaign. he said that's when they came up he said that's when they came up with a plan, an agreement among friends, as he put it. that would mean david pecker would publish unflattering stories about donald trump's opponents, and catch and kill any negative stories about him. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at another story making news. the inquiry into it failings at the post office that led to hundreds of prosecutions has heard from the company's former top in—house lawyer, susan crichton. she has been asked about the handling of horizon it problems — in particular, the language used to describe them. meeting notes from meetings showed the post office's board appear to debate language referring to "bugs" within the horizon system — let's take a listen. it's absolutely 0rwellian, isn't it, the use of the word "exception" now, instead of "bug"? changing the language within the company, crafting a
but david pecker said during a meeting of august 2015 donald trump and his former lawyer michael cohen asked him what he could do to help donald trump's campaign. he said that's when they came up he said that's when they came up with a plan, an agreement among friends, as he put it. that would mean david pecker would publish unflattering stories about donald trump's opponents, and catch and kill any negative stories about him. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at...
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trump, what do you think of david pecker? >> reporter: pecker describing a meeting at trump tower in 2015 with mr. trump and his former fixer michael cohen, where pecker says he agreed to serve as the eyes and ears for rumors that could hurt mr. trump, adding, "what i would do is publish positive stories about trump and publish negative stories about his opponents." the prosecution then showing the jury a series of glowing headlines about then candidate trump and derogatory ones making baseless claims about mr. trump's republican opponents, including ted cruz. pecker admitting today "the enquirer" made up a story linking cruz's father to the man who assassinated jfk. pecker also testifying his company paid a doorman $30,000 for a completely untrue story about mr. trump fathering a child with his housekeeper so the doorman couldn't take the story elsewhere, trying to save mr. trump and the campaign the potential embarrassment. the day began with the judge taking the defense team to task over mr. trump's posts on social media t
trump, what do you think of david pecker? >> reporter: pecker describing a meeting at trump tower in 2015 with mr. trump and his former fixer michael cohen, where pecker says he agreed to serve as the eyes and ears for rumors that could hurt mr. trump, adding, "what i would do is publish positive stories about trump and publish negative stories about his opponents." the prosecution then showing the jury a series of glowing headlines about then candidate trump and derogatory ones...
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pecker testified the plan was concocted at trump tower in 2015. trump and former fixer michael cohen allegedly asked him how he could help the campaign. he told them, i would be your eyes and ears, explaining the practice of catch and kill. the "enquirer" would buy the rights to any damaging story about trump and never publish it. prosecutors say that plan was the origin of cohen's $130,000 payment to former adult film star stormy daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with trump, who denies it all. one example of catch and kill discussed in court today involved a trump building doorman, who was selling what turned out to be a fake story about trump fathering a son. pecker told the jury today he bought the story because of the potential embarrassment it would have to the campaign and mr. trump. >> david pecker is a very strong witness for the prosecution. he seems very solid on the stand. he certainly seems like he doesn't have any axe to grind with donald trump and seems almost apologetic for having to tell this story. >> rep
pecker testified the plan was concocted at trump tower in 2015. trump and former fixer michael cohen allegedly asked him how he could help the campaign. he told them, i would be your eyes and ears, explaining the practice of catch and kill. the "enquirer" would buy the rights to any damaging story about trump and never publish it. prosecutors say that plan was the origin of cohen's $130,000 payment to former adult film star stormy daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual...
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and just once that pecker talks about that pecker talks about for a campaign, why this issue of women could be important. steinglass asked, can you explain to the jury how the topic of women in particular came up pecker says well, in a presidential campaign, i was the person that thought there would be a number, a lot of women come out to try to sell their stories because mr. trump was well-known and the most eligible bachelor and date of the most beautiful women. and it was clear based on my past experience that when someone is running for public office like this, it is very common for these women to call it the magazine like the national enquirer and try to sell them their stories and this was before this was before the access hollywood tape. >> so the actual, the importance of the access hollywood tape in this is that it sort of the the drumbeat got much louder about indiscretions, changed everything. because remember is stormy daniels was shopping around her story and was essentially offering to sell it and they argued that the price was too high and said no, that they weren't int
and just once that pecker talks about that pecker talks about for a campaign, why this issue of women could be important. steinglass asked, can you explain to the jury how the topic of women in particular came up pecker says well, in a presidential campaign, i was the person that thought there would be a number, a lot of women come out to try to sell their stories because mr. trump was well-known and the most eligible bachelor and date of the most beautiful women. and it was clear based on my...
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>> 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 david-pecker starting tomorrow or the day after. >> we shall see. i mean listen, we may know this story quite well, at least the broad contours of it, but when it comes to the trial, there is so much to dig in. jeremy, duncan, thank you. i think we have less of you in for one more block. so please stay right there. >>> coming up, congress, aid to ukraine, but don't ask anyone in the republican party if this means the debate is settled. >>> as we await a judge order on a gag ruling, maybe trump wants to go to prison, they suggest. more on that, next. millions of children are fighting to survive due to inequality, conflict, poverty and th
>> 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 david-pecker starting tomorrow or the day after. >> we shall see. i mean listen, we may know this story quite...
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pecker made sajudin sign a non-disclosure agreement, and pecker told cohen he wouldn't publish a story until after the 2016 election. if it turned out to be true, which later he discovered it wasn't. but why would he do this? pecker said he wanted to protect trump and thought the story would be damaging for his campaign. cortes is back in session on thursday, reporting from lower manhattan. i'm morgan mckay, fox news. wall street journal reporter evan gershkovitch will remain behind bars after a court in moscow rejected an appeal to release him pending trial. >> the journalist has been held in russia for over a year. he was arrested on charges of spying in march of 2023. gershkovitch and the wall street journal strongly deny the allegations. gershkovitch could face 20 years in prison if convicted. the biden administration once again accused moscow of using wrongfully detained americans as political pawns. >> the united states and our many partners will keep working every day to reunite them with their families and to hold accountable governments that engage in this deplorable practice.
pecker made sajudin sign a non-disclosure agreement, and pecker told cohen he wouldn't publish a story until after the 2016 election. if it turned out to be true, which later he discovered it wasn't. but why would he do this? pecker said he wanted to protect trump and thought the story would be damaging for his campaign. cortes is back in session on thursday, reporting from lower manhattan. i'm morgan mckay, fox news. wall street journal reporter evan gershkovitch will remain behind bars after...
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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 combed through 300 pages of documents. you'll see what our dan noyes uncovered next. plus plea deals in the deadly shooting of a home depot security guard by the victim's mother. you made a cow! actually it's
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...
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ex-tabloid publisher david pecker telling jurors about a secret deal between him and donald trump to bury negative stories during the 2016 presidential campaign. and the former president blas
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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 interjected "you're losing credibi credibility." no immediate ruling from the judge but prosecutors said, david, it's almost as if trump is daring the judge to hold him in contempt and throw him in jail. and tonight, sources tell abc news the secret service is preparing for that possibility. david? >> david: aaron katersky leading us off here tonight. aaron, thank you. >>> we turn now to t
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,...
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pecker, that one point, mr. trump said in addition to the campaign millennials and ed hear about this, it's only need is for that m&ms like yes, he was concerned about maulana. he was concerned about baron because it's got to be that the expenditure is 100% for him to become president of the united states. i'm sorry, that's wrong. >> that's just not the law. it does not have to be 100%. i see jeffries agreeing with me. it does not have to be 100% campaign related. those campaigns should be both. >> i wanted to predict the campaign, but also i was worried about my wife. yes. >> the campaign has to be a substantial factor, does not have 3,100% and nobody would ever be able to prove that my view of david pecker today is he was a rock solid start for the prosecutors. you're not going in a win. your case that the first witness it's a mistake to try to do that. i agree that if the case ended right now, we'd have no crime made out. >> so he's sort of setting the table exactly what i think he did. >> that was really int
pecker, that one point, mr. trump said in addition to the campaign millennials and ed hear about this, it's only need is for that m&ms like yes, he was concerned about maulana. he was concerned about baron because it's got to be that the expenditure is 100% for him to become president of the united states. i'm sorry, that's wrong. >> that's just not the law. it does not have to be 100%. i see jeffries agreeing with me. it does not have to be 100% campaign related. those campaigns...
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trump said pecker did not like the idea but candidate trump said pecker would get back to him in due time. wasn't a good day for the former president. before proceedings had gotten underway, the judge was scolding him over his social meeta page, which the prosecution say had breached the gag order. if they were hoping that admonishment would exchange his behavior, they might be disappointed. >> i think the gag order is totally uncongress institutional. can't even allow articles to be put in. articles over the last day and a half saying the case is a sham and it shouldn't be retried or everyone submitted. to me, a gag is totally unconstitutional. i'm not allowed to talk to people and not allowed to talk about me and they're keeping me in a courtroom, that's freezing, by the way. in a courtroom all day long sitting up as straight as i can all day long because you know what, it's a very unfair situation. christian: let's catch up with our north northwestern correspondent who's been covering the trial for us. where did the judge get to with the prosecutors's claim that he had breached th
trump said pecker did not like the idea but candidate trump said pecker would get back to him in due time. wasn't a good day for the former president. before proceedings had gotten underway, the judge was scolding him over his social meeta page, which the prosecution say had breached the gag order. if they were hoping that admonishment would exchange his behavior, they might be disappointed. >> i think the gag order is totally uncongress institutional. can't even allow articles to be put...
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here's his report on mr pecker�*s testimony. this is part of the prosecution's basic case here, that this money that was paid to stormy daniels, the porn star, was paid to her for reasons of keeping the story quiet because of the election. now, that's why they say the payments were dressed up as something else, because they would they could look like illegal campaign contributions. now, what they're trying to do is to establish the background here and say that david pecker, the publisher, the then publisher of the national enquirer, was involved really in a sort of plan with donald trump and his lawyer, notjust to stop those negative stories about donald trump, but to promote positive stories before the election — and indeed to promote smears about some of his opponents, hillary clinton, the republican opponents like ted cruz. so, what they're trying to say is that this was part of a pattern that led to the situation with stormy daniels, which, of course, is the subject of this particular case. i also want to ask you about the
here's his report on mr pecker�*s testimony. this is part of the prosecution's basic case here, that this money that was paid to stormy daniels, the porn star, was paid to her for reasons of keeping the story quiet because of the election. now, that's why they say the payments were dressed up as something else, because they would they could look like illegal campaign contributions. now, what they're trying to do is to establish the background here and say that david pecker, the publisher, the...
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the trials first witness, the men who ran the national enquirer, david pecker. you testified that he has helped catch and kill negative stories about trump for years which is not a legal the last time we checked. since it's been going on before trump was a candidate improves the arrangement was personal and not a campaign violation. that should blow up the prosecution's case right there. pecker testifying i was the person who thought that a lot of women would come out to try to sell their stories because mr trump was well known as the most eligible bachelor antedated the most beautiful women. after trump heard this he leaned over and whispered something to his attorney and the attorney smiled. it's a guy thing. pecker testified that one time a doorman tried to sell a story about trump fathering a child with his housekeeper. the lawyer at the time michael cohen said trump would take a dna test to prove it wasn't true and said it would be impossible for an irish german to father a hispanic child anyway. these are the kind of things celebrities and billionaires lik
the trials first witness, the men who ran the national enquirer, david pecker. you testified that he has helped catch and kill negative stories about trump for years which is not a legal the last time we checked. since it's been going on before trump was a candidate improves the arrangement was personal and not a campaign violation. that should blow up the prosecution's case right there. pecker testifying i was the person who thought that a lot of women would come out to try to sell their...
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this idea of friends of pecker, fops, a friend of pecker, so trump gets a free ride. it is nothing to do with journalism. in fact, david pecker is revealing himself not to be a news man. he's an advertiser, a marketering, and his product was donald trump. >> when he gave him something about an estimate of $3 million a month of free advertising. he created a magazine that was a quarterly magazine that's literally just about donald trump. he was talking about it in these weird reverential terms. he was asked what can you do to help the campaign? he's oh, i know what i can do. we're going to find all these negative stories. >> your, quote, eyes and ears. and michael cohen was the go between. to your point, this is setting up the cohen testimony. >> how is that a crime? that's what the prosecutor has to prove. catch and kill is unseemly, gross, but it's not illegal. >> that's why the new york statute that was previewed previously in the motions that were dealt with prior to this case surviving the motions to dismiss, because you know, this is important. trials don't just
this idea of friends of pecker, fops, a friend of pecker, so trump gets a free ride. it is nothing to do with journalism. in fact, david pecker is revealing himself not to be a news man. he's an advertiser, a marketering, and his product was donald trump. >> when he gave him something about an estimate of $3 million a month of free advertising. he created a magazine that was a quarterly magazine that's literally just about donald trump. he was talking about it in these weird reverential...
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so you were pecker's communications chief at ami, right? so you worked with them, you saw him, you know how all of this worked in intimate detail? so pass her testified today, he told trump he'd be as eyes and ears during the campaign. so as you're seeing the transcript of exactly what he said today, what stood out to you as you heard pecker describe the way catch and kill worked, which was pretty amazing. >> so until now, it's only been speculated how it really worked. >> but clear really outlined it under oath today, how it will play it out and the benefit to him. obviously, it was incurring goodwill with trump and having that access to him and vice-versa burring bad stories about trump highlighting his good stuff and bearing his enemies. so it was like a mutual in their minds, a win-win, i can help you. you helped me and that's pretty much how pecker operated all along. then why the inquirer has the reputation that it has. >> so stay seat to this. i know there was a key testimony for you about how trump to this agreement, this catch and
so you were pecker's communications chief at ami, right? so you worked with them, you saw him, you know how all of this worked in intimate detail? so pass her testified today, he told trump he'd be as eyes and ears during the campaign. so as you're seeing the transcript of exactly what he said today, what stood out to you as you heard pecker describe the way catch and kill worked, which was pretty amazing. >> so until now, it's only been speculated how it really worked. >> but clear...
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trump, david pecker, and michael cohen, former trump attorney formed a conspiracy, he argued, to influence the election. well, this guy is a piece of work. colangelo should be sanctioned for trying to argue that there a conspiracy here when he never charged trump with a conspiracy. you can't prove this case without proving the facts on federal election law. and this is not a big revelation to any of you, but state courts have no jurisdiction over federal election law matters. i think it's becoming clear to all of you now. plus, if they were going to start charging conspiracies to effect an election, i have a question, why wasn't hillary clinton and fusion gps charged under that same theory? the set-up, the surveillance of trump, the salacious and unverified steele dossier? all of it? for goodness sakes a million dollars went from the clinton campaign and the dnc to a law firm, perkins coie that funneled it to steele who then dug up the dirt. that was real election interference, my friends. if there's any conspiracy here, it would be, i don't know, kind of reasonable to find one inside bide
trump, david pecker, and michael cohen, former trump attorney formed a conspiracy, he argued, to influence the election. well, this guy is a piece of work. colangelo should be sanctioned for trying to argue that there a conspiracy here when he never charged trump with a conspiracy. you can't prove this case without proving the facts on federal election law. and this is not a big revelation to any of you, but state courts have no jurisdiction over federal election law matters. i think it's...
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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, 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. defense attorneys insisted trump is complying, but the judge interjected, you're losing credibility. there was no immediate ruling from the judge, but david, prosecutors said it's almost as if trump is trying to force the judge to throw him in jail, and tonight, sources told abc news the secret service is actually
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, 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...
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with more testimony from david pecker. joining us now is joyce vance, former u.s. attorney, mia wylie, former civil attorney in new york, and hugo, covering washington and all things donald trump. joyce, i want to start with you. we've talked often about trying cases. when you have your case in chief, that primacy is how you do this. you start and end strong when it comes to the presentation of your witnesses. was it smart for the prosecution to start with david pecker thus far? >> well, it was smart, katie, and i am reminded that it was you who first said that you thought david pecker would be a great kickoff witness. i think that's the case, right? this is someone who doesn't have the baggage of a michael cohen, and who tells the origin story. he has now walked us through the election interference conspiracy. this is now patch and kill to elect trump. that's the case that the prosecution will put on. they've done a great job of giving the jury sort of the basics, the land marks and the road map that they'll move ahead on
with more testimony from david pecker. joining us now is joyce vance, former u.s. attorney, mia wylie, former civil attorney in new york, and hugo, covering washington and all things donald trump. joyce, i want to start with you. we've talked often about trying cases. when you have your case in chief, that primacy is how you do this. you start and end strong when it comes to the presentation of your witnesses. was it smart for the prosecution to start with david pecker thus far? >> well,...
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>> pecker responded on no. so how does that help bolster the case that this was potentially criminal interference in the presidential election? yeah. was at the timing of that particular meeting helps do it because there'll be right around the time we would expect that trump would be contemplating his run gearing up for the run, worried about potential negative press and i completely agree with kaitlan here. this is the start of a story that is really going to be extending throughout this trial. it's not actually the crux of the criminal case. the crux of the criminal case concerns how and why stormy daniels was paid through michael cohen. that's gonna be the main event for the jurors with this as all crucial context with the jury's to undo stan all of everything that leads up america brewers with us as well. a former us attorney, michael, let's talk a little bit about pecker's testimony. he said trump was quote, frugal in his approach to money. frugal, a direct quote personally reviewing all expenses. what is
>> pecker responded on no. so how does that help bolster the case that this was potentially criminal interference in the presidential election? yeah. was at the timing of that particular meeting helps do it because there'll be right around the time we would expect that trump would be contemplating his run gearing up for the run, worried about potential negative press and i completely agree with kaitlan here. this is the start of a story that is really going to be extending throughout this...
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. >> former american media ceo and president david pecker testified today. he made a secret agreement to benefit former president donald trump's 2016 campaign. pecker testified, quote: i would be the eyes and ears, working with trump's former lawyer michael cohen to suppress negative stories about trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. including former president bill clinton and former secretary of state then presidential candidate hillary clinton. trump says this trial is benefiting his current political adversary, president joe biden. >> it's very unfair situation. we're locked up in a courtroom and this guy is out there campaigning. >> pecker testified he and cohen identified and suppressed stories from former playboy model karen macdougall and a false story from a trump tower door man. today judge juan merchan reserved his decision about whether or not trump violated the court's gag order by sharing articles online about witnesses in the case. >> names mentioned in the article. and i end up in violation of a gag order. i think it's a dis
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pecker claimed that the story were true. it would probably be the biggest sale of the national enquirer since the death of elvis let's presley, but then admitted if it were true, he wouldn't have published the story until after the election, but before pecker even took the stand, the proceedings of began with a heated hearing on the gag order imposed on trump in this case, the prosecution asked the judge to order trump to remove specific posts. they allege violate the gag order and fine him $1,000 for each of the alleged violations and remind him that incarceration is an option. should it be necessary? but defense attorney todd blanche argue that trump did not willfully violate the gag order and claim trump believes re-posting others assertions or content is not a violation, but the hearing became heated at one point with the judge telling blanche, you're losing all credibility with the court and there was no decision from the judge on that gag order. but portably back in session on thursday, pecker will be back on the stand
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pecker. i think there is going to be a belief from a legal standpoint -- i agree, legally -- the things they are talking about that mr. trump did, whether it is hush money or these relationships, none of that is illegal. what they are getting at and what i will be interested in seeing if they can make the case, they are not saying that was legal. what they are saying is there was a criminal conspiracy to influence the election through perhaps in-kind donation at other things. mr. pecker suggested -- no one is in the courtroom reporting what we are getting -- that they were affirmatively planting stories against some of the other opponents that mr. trump faced in 2016, mr. rubio and mr. cruz and others. the question will be legally does not constitute -- >> jesse: you are saying democrat campaigns don't coordinate with the media to plant stories? >> harold: if you listen, i am saying that. just listen to me once i can. mr. pecker is openly saying, he is laying out a narrative saying they were
pecker. i think there is going to be a belief from a legal standpoint -- i agree, legally -- the things they are talking about that mr. trump did, whether it is hush money or these relationships, none of that is illegal. what they are getting at and what i will be interested in seeing if they can make the case, they are not saying that was legal. what they are saying is there was a criminal conspiracy to influence the election through perhaps in-kind donation at other things. mr. pecker...
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mr pecker will be back on the stand on thursday, the court breaks tomorrow. at the same time, of course, donald trump's lawyers will be in the supreme court in washington arguing that he should have immunity in another criminal case he is facing, about the 6th of january. every which way this former president turns, reeta, he faces legal problems.— president turns, reeta, he faces legal problems. gary o'donoghue, many thanks- _ a man in iraq has started a landmark legal action against the uk oil company bp over the death of his 21—year—old son. hussein julood alleges that the burning—off of gas at a bp—run oilfield in iraq — a practice known as flaring — caused his son ali's leukaemia. a bbc investigation in 2022 found that ali's village, which lies within the field of rumaila in southern iraq, had high levels of cancer—causing pollutants known to come from flaring. bp says it understands the concerns and that it is continuing to support the operator to reduce flaring at the oil field. esme stallard has the story. ali julood was a happy child
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that's what pecker says. he said then a prosecutor had pecker confirm that the positive stories about trump were of mutual benefit? but stopping stories from being printed about trump, catching and killing stories that would have sold on the newsstand, but he killed them like karen mcdougal only benefitted the campaign and did not benefit the national enquirer. explain why that clarification was necessary because who the winner out of all this, when we look at the intent and what the purpose and goal is, you have to see, well, why are we doing this? and that's a big question. the jury's going to ask and you're going to get some of that direct evidence. but it also doesn't take a leap of faith to say, well, michael cohen's not benefiting. what is he necessarily getting directly david pecker now clears up that other piece. we're not getting in any extra money. we're not getting extra oversight. a. pardon me, more publicity for our articles. hr actually losing that publicity. so who is the person who's winning h
that's what pecker says. he said then a prosecutor had pecker confirm that the positive stories about trump were of mutual benefit? but stopping stories from being printed about trump, catching and killing stories that would have sold on the newsstand, but he killed them like karen mcdougal only benefitted the campaign and did not benefit the national enquirer. explain why that clarification was necessary because who the winner out of all this, when we look at the intent and what the purpose...
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pecker, increase. how often were you in touch with michael cohen after trump announced his candidacy? pecker, maybe daily. one of the most interesting things that happens today with pecker is what's been public facing trump, cohen, stormy, macdougal. what happened today was trump, pecker, and everybody else. i mean, the chart of the hush money election interference, corporate criminal enterprise totally changed. >> and you really see the impact of pecker and the "national enquirer" and how it plays into kind of the center hub of media, politics, consumerism, and the fact that he's -- obviously, there's legal decisions, but it's a shame. because there was a real, real -- he was -- he was more of a fiction than michael cohen in certain ways. >> and more influential. what dawned on me, i wondered from the outside, pomeranz's book, you wonder what bragg did with the time between the first team that looks at the facts and the charging of trump. clearly what they did, with 22 meetings with michael cohen, the
pecker, increase. how often were you in touch with michael cohen after trump announced his candidacy? pecker, maybe daily. one of the most interesting things that happens today with pecker is what's been public facing trump, cohen, stormy, macdougal. what happened today was trump, pecker, and everybody else. i mean, the chart of the hush money election interference, corporate criminal enterprise totally changed. >> and you really see the impact of pecker and the "national...
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the state's first witness former american media ceo and president david peck -- david pecker testify to -- michael cohen to suppress damaging stories about trumping leading up to the 26th and provincial election and publishing negative stories about trump's of one up accordingly trump said this entire trial is helping his current political opponent president joe biden. >> mr. trump: keeping me in a courtroom and a courtroom all day long while he's out there campaigning, probably an advantage because -- nobody knows what he is doing, -- but he's out campaigning. >> pecker testified that he make a secret agreement in 2015 to alert trump's former lawyer coin of negative stories about trump while coined within work to tell those stories. pecker answered questions about suppress stories from former partners mclemore while leaving court trump criticized the court's judge -- gag order which the da's office claims he is that -- judge one mission reserve his decision on whether or not trump did in fact violate the gag order. the das office is asking for a $1000 fine per violation. particular
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>> bueno, ¿quien es david pecker? >> es editor, ex editor de la revista national enquirer, tambien enquirer, tambien superviso tabloides como star human fitness hizo tratos con celebridades, pues para evitar publicaciones negativas por lo que le consideran maestro, en esta tecnica que hemos escuchado en este caso catch and kill que en espanol se traduce a atrapar y matar. >> ¿por que? >> atrapar y matar, le cuento a un sistema creado para comprar derechos exclusivos de historias negativas con el fin de garantizar que estas no se publiquen y no salgan a la luz. >> de este modo, teddy pecker alerto a trump sobre las intenciones de stormy daniels de hacer publica su relacion con el, lo que desencadeno el pago a la actriz porno para comprar este silencio que sin duda tambien sera un testigo clave en este caso. >> en este segundo dia, como lo escuchabamos, david pecker volvio a testificar y se le pregunto en especifico sobre david cohen. >> david pecker describio su testimonio pues haber publicado historias negativas de l
>> bueno, ¿quien es david pecker? >> es editor, ex editor de la revista national enquirer, tambien enquirer, tambien superviso tabloides como star human fitness hizo tratos con celebridades, pues para evitar publicaciones negativas por lo que le consideran maestro, en esta tecnica que hemos escuchado en este caso catch and kill que en espanol se traduce a atrapar y matar. >> ¿por que? >> atrapar y matar, le cuento a un sistema creado para comprar derechos exclusivos de...
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pecker. that's the jury like? what's donald trump like in that room? >> well, i would say everybody is really attentive today, which hasn't always as you know been the case. donald trump's attention kind of fluctuates. he has come in on days and been extraordinarily bored. but when the subject is donald trump and donald trump directly, he stands at attention and he was very curious to hear how david pecker would describe his relationship. i would say his expression for the most part was fairly even. he was neither snarling at pecker as he sometimes does when he heads down the aisle and exits the courtroom and sees the press assembled, but he wasn't exactly friendly. my best recollection of the interaction was when pecker came into the courtroom yesterday and donald trump was almost like leaning around the table so he could get as close a look at david pecker's face as he could. it was as if he were daring pecker, you knew me for decades. make eye contact with me now. and pecker didn't seem to
pecker. that's the jury like? what's donald trump like in that room? >> well, i would say everybody is really attentive today, which hasn't always as you know been the case. donald trump's attention kind of fluctuates. he has come in on days and been extraordinarily bored. but when the subject is donald trump and donald trump directly, he stands at attention and he was very curious to hear how david pecker would describe his relationship. i would say his expression for the most part was...
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i think david pecker is ke to the put forward? i think david pecker is key to the idea _ put forward? i think david pecker is key to the idea of _ put forward? i think david pecker is key to the idea of intent _ put forward? i think david pecker is key to the idea of intent here. - key to the idea of intent here. donald trumps the team has said in their opening statements that donald trump didn't pay the hush money payments to stormy daniels because of the election it was all about protecting his and his brand. what we heard from david pecker is very different. although he didn't get to the stormy daniels payment he outlined several part of this catch and kill scheme. he said it all began when donald trump at his former lawyer michael cohen requested a meeting in august of 2015 and asked david pecker, how can you help the campaign for the bat for the prosecution really establishes intent that the soul of the alleged catch and kill scheme was to benefit donald trumps campaign for that and david pecker outlined how we not only publi
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and david pecker said about donald trump i would describe mr. trump as very knowledgeable, i would describe him as a very detailed oriented and also micromanaging, looking at all aspects of whatever the issue was, clearly the prosecution was trying to set up that donald trump was involved in this catch and kill scheme that's going to be pa part of what this case is all about. >> rehema, thank you. katie, you've been inside courtrooms like this. what rehema just described where the judge admonished trump's attorney. is that going to taint the rest of this proceeding potentially? >> it absolutely cold. public admonishment by a court to an attorney can have significant implications and even though this was outside the presence of the jury it could impact the way the court views objections and any motion requests. it's highly significant and in order to avoid any severe consequences to his own client he'll have to rebuild throughout this trial. >> how might pecker's testimony impact how this moves forward. >> the prosecution starting off with pecker
and david pecker said about donald trump i would describe mr. trump as very knowledgeable, i would describe him as a very detailed oriented and also micromanaging, looking at all aspects of whatever the issue was, clearly the prosecution was trying to set up that donald trump was involved in this catch and kill scheme that's going to be pa part of what this case is all about. >> rehema, thank you. katie, you've been inside courtrooms like this. what rehema just described where the judge...
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on monday, pecker confirmed the tabloid used checkbook journalism and often paid for stories he said he would keep his ears open for bad stories, potentially about him, and then help to kill them, which is not illegal. >> they're using him to paint a picture of trump's general mindset, but it's actually not specific to the case before them. >> trump is facing charges he falsified business records to cover up the illegal payments. but experts say prosecutors have a challenging task ahead of them. >> they are going to have to prove not just that there was a records violation, but also that the purpose of the records violation was to violate federal election law. >> pecker will likely be on the stand for a few days. court is wrapping up early today for the passover holiday at manhattan criminal court. i'm eric shawn, ktvu, fox two news. >> president biden is in florida this noontime speaking on reproductive freedom. the president is set to attend a campaign event in tampa. he plans to denounce florida's policies, especially a six week abortion ban, which takes effect next week. there's
on monday, pecker confirmed the tabloid used checkbook journalism and often paid for stories he said he would keep his ears open for bad stories, potentially about him, and then help to kill them, which is not illegal. >> they're using him to paint a picture of trump's general mindset, but it's actually not specific to the case before them. >> trump is facing charges he falsified business records to cover up the illegal payments. but experts say prosecutors have a challenging task...
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when asked by prosecutor northwest langlaar 20 focus on stories from women, pecker said because trump was now an eligible bachelor who dated beautiful woman chemically stained-glass also be -- not trump is accused of breaking while allegedly falsifying business records. this was notably missing from manhattan da alvin bragg's and backman. allow reits "any two or more persons who conspired to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means in which conspiracy is lacking upon by one or more parties should be mark baxter the argument from the da's office is that trump policy -- modified internal business records to aid a conspiracy doing the 2016 presidential election. , martha? >> martha: nate, thank you very much. we'll see if the judge rules on that gag order issue and will keep on top of it back in the meantime a lanyard from running forces with 2slgbtqia+ conservatives without the former president record as a pro gay president. we'll talk about that coming up next. >> ♪ ♪ ice works fast. ♪ heat makes it last. feel the power of contrast therap
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>> david pecker? >> yeah. >> i felt there were some partings of what he was saying were credible, but he was definitely more inclined to help the former president. >> definitely sounded pro trump throughout his entire thing. >> what was it he said or what was it about his demeanor, hope, that made you think he wanted to help donald trump? >> throughout his entire interview basically, he was talking a lot about, oh, yes, they were, we were referring to the boss, mr. trump. and lots of pro trump language throughout his entire argument. and social studies class, we learn a lot about bias and bias in the media and bias in all different sorts of stories. so it was very interesting to hear how someone actually in court was showing the same bias that we've seen in the media sometimes. >> testimony, also -- >> go ahead, owen. sorry. >> okay. his testimony also reflected how crucial this whole case michael cohen is and will be when he takes the stand in a few weeks. >> i have to ask you both very quickly, what
>> david pecker? >> yeah. >> i felt there were some partings of what he was saying were credible, but he was definitely more inclined to help the former president. >> definitely sounded pro trump throughout his entire thing. >> what was it he said or what was it about his demeanor, hope, that made you think he wanted to help donald trump? >> throughout his entire interview basically, he was talking a lot about, oh, yes, they were, we were referring to the...
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the former "national enquirer" publisher, david pecker is on the stand again today. he testified that he worked directly with trump and his former lawyer, michael cohen, in what they called a catch-and-kill scheme, to buy and silence stories that could hurt trump's election chances. that includes the alleged affair and payment with adult star stormy daniels, who is at the center of this case. court just wrapped up a few moments in early for passover. the trial is expected to last over seven weeks. >>> just into the newsroom, the lineup is out for one of the biggest music festivals in the bay area. and -- ♪ coming out of my cage and i've been doing just fine ♪ ♪ got to be down because i want it all ♪ >> we want it all, too. that's the killers. they will headline outside lands, along with tyler the creator and surgele simpson. postmalone will perform a country set. and there's three separate stages and the headliner on the main stage. this is the 16th year the music festival is happening. outside lands is august 9th through the 11th at golden gate park. on top
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we start this afternoon in lower manhattan were former "national enquirer" david -- publisher david pecker was back on the stand today in donald trump's criminal trial record detailed with the former president in years. >> sandra: outside of the u.s. supreme court what came from today's testimony? >> sandra court wrapped up in the past minutes we will keep an eye out for president trump to see if he speaks but one of the most notable moment so far today is prosecutor joshua steinbach identifying the so-called "other crime" president trump is told was committing and identify the law that reads "conspiracy to promote or prevent election any turtle or more persons who conspired to prevent the election of someone by unlawful means in which conspiracy is acted upon by one or more of the parties thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor" it's worth pointing out, sandra, that these records that former president trump is accused of falsifying were internal business records area rather than external records and the d.a.'s office argued he did that to promote a conspiracy to when the white house as y
we start this afternoon in lower manhattan were former "national enquirer" david -- publisher david pecker was back on the stand today in donald trump's criminal trial record detailed with the former president in years. >> sandra: outside of the u.s. supreme court what came from today's testimony? >> sandra court wrapped up in the past minutes we will keep an eye out for president trump to see if he speaks but one of the most notable moment so far today is prosecutor...
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pecker. and when he says, for instance, that trump was detail oriented or micromanager, how would he know that? he would know that because they have spent so much time together. he would know that because they have discussed business together. so, you're laying the foundation in many ways, and, by the way, you're not just doing it through mr. pecker. he's, you know, witness number one on days number one and two. they're going to be many more witnesses, and they're going -- the prosecutors are going to ask all the witnesses how do you know the things that you say you know? what is the basis for it. all of that foundational testimony tells the jury in essence, you can trust the government's case. >> so, catherine, the prosecution has been drilling down on alleged conspiracy. hatch, between these three guys that now infamous trump tower meeting, and, vaughn talked about this, as part of that, they allege pecker agreed to be the eyes and ears of the campaign. the eyes and ears. publish flattering
pecker. and when he says, for instance, that trump was detail oriented or micromanager, how would he know that? he would know that because they have spent so much time together. he would know that because they have discussed business together. so, you're laying the foundation in many ways, and, by the way, you're not just doing it through mr. pecker. he's, you know, witness number one on days number one and two. they're going to be many more witnesses, and they're going -- the prosecutors are...
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and pecker gibbs prosecutors, what they want. he's going to testify hi to that. >> we also saw this hearing this morning where it was discussed whether trump violated a gag order which prevents him from talking publicly about witnesses in jurors in the case. the penalty is a. $1,000 per offense. explain why it's seems like small change for him. >> a lot of people have asked me about that as well, briana and $1,000 seems really small, but look, it's set by new york law in new york judiciary loss 7501 sets $1,000 per instance. so per statement, per comment, whatever or and, or it could be either 30 days in jail. now, it wouldn't be uncommon for a judge to start low and then work their way up to jail because you also have to remember donald trump in this case has not been formally sanctioned. it's all the other cases where he's had gag orders and so on. so it's not so surprising that that he's talking about this is what the prosecutors have asked for. they've asked for fines. now if donald trump is sanctioned, if there is one statem
and pecker gibbs prosecutors, what they want. he's going to testify hi to that. >> we also saw this hearing this morning where it was discussed whether trump violated a gag order which prevents him from talking publicly about witnesses in jurors in the case. the penalty is a. $1,000 per offense. explain why it's seems like small change for him. >> a lot of people have asked me about that as well, briana and $1,000 seems really small, but look, it's set by new york law in new york...
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donald trump is back in court in new york — with first witness david pecker — the former publisher of the national inquirer — back on the stand. before the trial resumed though, the judge held a fiery hearing to determine if mr trump violated a gag order, which bans the former president from verbally attacking the jury and witnesses. our north america correspondent nada tawfik is there. sophie, david pecker took the stand and described a long—standing mutually beneficial relationship with donald trump. he said in the lead up to the 2016 election that michael cohen, donald trump's former lawyer, and mr trump himself asked for a meeting with the national enquirer, and they asked him how he could help donald trump campaign. mr pecker said he agreed to publish negative stories about mr trump's opponents, and crucially, to kill any negative stories about mr trump himself. his testimony will be important to prosecutors case as they try to establish there was a criminal conspiracy on donald trump's part to influence the election. donald trump's lawyers have said this is how newspapers wo
donald trump is back in court in new york — with first witness david pecker — the former publisher of the national inquirer — back on the stand. before the trial resumed though, the judge held a fiery hearing to determine if mr trump violated a gag order, which bans the former president from verbally attacking the jury and witnesses. our north america correspondent nada tawfik is there. sophie, david pecker took the stand and described a long—standing mutually beneficial relationship...