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trump? >> right? absolutely. and look, these are all individuals from the trump world, from the trump universe, the three we've identified so far are obviously very close to trump, or we're very close to trump at a certain time, especially when you are trying to overturn the 2020 election. and we'll learn more about these other redacted name probably about in the next few minutes here, but we are told that they're all from that inner circle, from those people that were working in trump's...
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that's right, that this is trump's doing trump's pulling the strings. trump is the puppet master, or at least is the key, a key player in this conspiracy in this deal. so they're going to work. i think maybe address what will be defense arguments that it's somebody else that it's really cohen who was the fixer. and that trump was merely a ceo and was just overseeing and sine and checks. they'll try to talk more about these meetings about this recording. they'll do those things. and then hopefully they will maybe get into get from david pecker more information about why this was unique as opposed to something that was normal and as we talk about trump's case and the effort to help his campaign as opposed to just do and checkbook media that there's this had a different level of involvement, a different purpose. that purpose being to interfere with election on curious. >> what do you think the trump legal defense team is going to try to do to help their client with david pecker. i mean, i think honestly their best defense on this front is i mean, there wil
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why are you walking free when donald trump, they're trying to lock up donald trump and they're going to argue, you are trying to please the prosecutors. they gave you a sweetheart deal. you're on the palm of their hand. i think the other thing they're going to do and i don't know how much traction they're gonna get is they're going to try to argue the vast majority of your contacts about this catch and kill. we're not with donald trump. they were with michael cohen and he was operating off the books. but as you remember, jake, there were plenty of contacts, not plenty, but a few contexts between pecker and donald trump. >> le, stick around while the hush money trial resumes in new york tomorrow, the us supreme court is also going to hear arguments tomorrow on whether trump should get the ultimate trump card when it comes to some of the most scathing charges against him, the justices are facing a momentous question. they have never had to answer before. can a former president be immune from criminal liability for his actions while he was while he was in office. this all stems, of cour
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that post he had a few days ago about president trump mr. trump, that was over that cross the line? >> how does how does it affect his testimony? because i guess the defense could say you have a vendetta. you're not thinking you're not a rational actor kind of thing. >> if i were the defense attorney, i would use some of his tweets, some of his podcasts, some of his interviews over the last four years picked strategic, maybe three or four to show he has a deep animus towards president trump. it's not just, i'm telling the truth, i'm telling the truth in my mind because i hate his guts. and that's a very bad look for any witness especially for the prosecution. >> karen, earlier today, donald trump posted on truth, social quote, the gag order imposed on me a political candidate running for the highest office in the land is totally unconstitutional. nothing like this has ever happened before the conflicted judges, friends, and party members can say whatever they want about me, but i am not allowed to respond first of all is any of that true? and second, can you explain why a gag order
that post he had a few days ago about president trump mr. trump, that was over that cross the line? >> how does how does it affect his testimony? because i guess the defense could say you have a vendetta. you're not thinking you're not a rational actor kind of thing. >> if i were the defense attorney, i would use some of his tweets, some of his podcasts, some of his interviews over the last four years picked strategic, maybe three or four to show he has a deep animus towards...
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trump's former attorney, rudy giuliani trump's chief of staff when he was in the white house, mark meadows, and then finally, jenna ellis, who was a trump campaign attorney. what this means is that state prosecutors in michigan believed that those four people were coconspirators in this fake electors plot, though i want to of course stress they are not facing charges in michigan at this time. they were all charged in georgia. you remember that big election interference case down in georgia? they were all charged they're ellis pleaded guilty. the other three in iran doing guys. >> all right. now, marshall cohen, thank you so much for that report any minute now, house speaker mike johnson has said to me with jewish students at columbia university over concerns about their safety. >> and we understand he's said to call for the school president to resign all of this happening as protests breakout across the country live from the nation's capital, one of the most unforgettable night in dc, ms warner will read back here again, president biden and comedian collin joseph headline the white house c
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about trump? >> but that in and of itself does not constitute a crime and i think what was important in those discussions as while there was this initial meeting with trump, remember, again, this is a business records case at the end of the day, who was responsible for recording those business records? >> and it was very clear that on a go forward basis, the pecker was to deal with cohen on these issues other than the mcdougal issue, there was no testimony that donald trump had any hadn't much contact, if any, with packer relative to the deals that are central to this case? so i think we need to see more from that discussion. and i really think what's going to happen is the issue at hand is going to be really determined by the testimony of michael cohen. and will the jury believed that testimony given this public vendetta, he has against his former boss that is an open question whether the credibility of michael cohen before a jury is going to be some something that will land with them. gym, we ha
about trump? >> but that in and of itself does not constitute a crime and i think what was important in those discussions as while there was this initial meeting with trump, remember, again, this is a business records case at the end of the day, who was responsible for recording those business records? >> and it was very clear that on a go forward basis, the pecker was to deal with cohen on these issues other than the mcdougal issue, there was no testimony that donald trump had any...
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court. >> and even before yesterday's hearing got underway, trump risked violating the gag order by repeatedly attacking key witness michael cohen in an interview he did with cnn affiliate wpvi. it should be noted that the interview didn't air until the hearing was it's over. we have a clip michael cohen is a convicted liar and he's got no credibility whatsoever. >> he was a lawyer and you rely on your lawyers, but michael cohen was a convicted lie. he was a lawyer for many people, not just me, than he got in trouble because of things outside of what he did for me cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney joey jackson joins us now. joey how do you anticipate judge merchan is going to rule on whether trump violated his gag order yeah. bar it's good to be with you and brianna. i the way that i see it is that these are violations and so the question to me is not whether or not any of the several posts, ten and counting of course, with the one we just showed, yes, that was said before and aired after. there's no question to me that they were violations. the critical inquiry is wha
court. >> and even before yesterday's hearing got underway, trump risked violating the gag order by repeatedly attacking key witness michael cohen in an interview he did with cnn affiliate wpvi. it should be noted that the interview didn't air until the hearing was it's over. we have a clip michael cohen is a convicted liar and he's got no credibility whatsoever. >> he was a lawyer and you rely on your lawyers, but michael cohen was a convicted lie. he was a lawyer for many people,...
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yeah, bucks county trump, at one nikki haley, 19 montgomery county, trump 75 nikki haley, 25. i just want to mind our viewers. nikki haley's not running for president, hasn't been for quite awhile exactly. so what does that tell you? >> well, there's obviously resistance to trump. and this was a closed primary. so these were republicans voting there is a contingent of republican voters who are reluctant about trump. i'm sure this trial is in helping there they're their feelings about that. and this was a way to express that the question is, does that translate into a vote? >> what's your feeling on that? >> i think some portion of them will but we are very tribal society right now politically and when people see the de and the are a bunch of that is going to melt away. but in a marginal race, it could be a difference. >> you're inside the biden campaign right now how do you reach those voters? >> listen, i think that the voters who are not engaged, right now are very much about economics this is why the objective factors the us is doing very well compared to other countries, b
yeah, bucks county trump, at one nikki haley, 19 montgomery county, trump 75 nikki haley, 25. i just want to mind our viewers. nikki haley's not running for president, hasn't been for quite awhile exactly. so what does that tell you? >> well, there's obviously resistance to trump. and this was a closed primary. so these were republicans voting there is a contingent of republican voters who are reluctant about trump. i'm sure this trial is in helping there they're their feelings about...
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i would argue that the outcome of these two cases will likely have a far more significant impact on trump's chances of retaking the white house then any of the cases related to him, because while historically abortion has been an issue that has galvanized republicans, we've seen in the midterm since roe was overturned. this is now an issue that can truly galvin but is democrats could be a huge, huge political issue going into the general election that guys thank you very, very much. still had this hour the deadline for those pro-palestinian protesters to leave columbia university in new york has come now and gone. but their tent eampments stl stands. we'll have a live coming up beyonce's new album is breaking records kinda riva support your brain health. mary janet, hey eddie, know, fraser, franck. frank bred. how are you? >> brad, fuel up to seven brain health indicators, including your memory, joined the neretva brain health challenge everywhere. >> but the seat to seat is 11. now, you get it. you love your bike. we do two. that's why we're america's number one motorcycle insurer. what do
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to help trump's campaign. and hurt trump's opponents. here's some of what transpired during court. pecker sets, and i'm going to put pull this up here as he's talking to trump, it said anything i hear in the marketplace, if i hear anything negative about yourself or if i hear anything about women selling stories, i would notify michael cohen who was then donald trump's fixer and personal attorney as i did over the last several years. and the prosecutor say, okay. so they would not get published, you mean? and he responds? yeah. so they wouldn't get published yes. jennifer why is it so important for prosecutors to show this was all about keeping negative information about donald trump away from potential voters. >> so the way they've charged this case is the falsified financial documents, but it gets a bump up to a felony if that was if another crime was committed to cover about the crime. right. so it's important for them to prove this election interference conspiracy. and that's what they do with david pecker
to help trump's campaign. and hurt trump's opponents. here's some of what transpired during court. pecker sets, and i'm going to put pull this up here as he's talking to trump, it said anything i hear in the marketplace, if i hear anything negative about yourself or if i hear anything about women selling stories, i would notify michael cohen who was then donald trump's fixer and personal attorney as i did over the last several years. and the prosecutor say, okay. so they would not get...
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and eric trump. >> all right. but what you'll see your opinion does cycle great to have both you here and i thank you so much. >> thanks for grade school students in tennessee are demanding the governor's stop a new law in its tracks before teachers are allowed to carry concealed handguns in schools, would you prefer cash over a voucher when an airline ruins your travels de, the new rules that the federal government is now pushing we're at, that this of the titanic, how would really happen, especially to our premier sunday at nine on cnn? nothing dems my light like a migraine with nortech ott. i found relief the only migraine medication that helps treat and prevent all-in-one to those with migrants and i see you for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura and the preventive treatment of episodic migraine in adults don't take if allergic to nurture echo dt allergic reaction these can occur even days after using most common side effects are nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. it's time. we all talk t
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trump, as i said, trump did this interview with the cnn affiliate before the contempt hearing. it didn't air until last night. how big of a problem is this one going to be for trump and also his legal team now i mean, i think that this this interview to me does seem to be a direct violation of the order as it is written and so i think it's problematic for them, especially this airs while the judges currently sitting and trying to decide the issue so the fact that it happened before the hearing, i think helps at least a little bit. i mean, if he had done that interview live yet last night after the hearing then i think the judge would have no choice. >> yeah. yeah. i am not an attorney. i'm don't pretend to be, but the reaction from the judge to trump's attorney during this gag order hearing seems to be something that you do want to avoid when you are in court. i mean, todd blanche telling the judge president trump is being very careful to comply with your order in terms of the gag or you see it on your screen there. and the judge responding at one point, you're losing all credi
trump, as i said, trump did this interview with the cnn affiliate before the contempt hearing. it didn't air until last night. how big of a problem is this one going to be for trump and also his legal team now i mean, i think that this this interview to me does seem to be a direct violation of the order as it is written and so i think it's problematic for them, especially this airs while the judges currently sitting and trying to decide the issue so the fact that it happened before the hearing,...
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donald trump. >> i mean, sure. tucker carlson ended up where he should have been interviewing vladimir putin. but mitch mcconnell is kinda punching down and kind of ignoring the elephant, i guess, party in the room, which is donald trump and donald trump's demon possession of ukraine his resistance to this trump in the end, i mean i think in the end, he was hands-off, but certainly his opposition, was interesting. >> i think there's actually met the senator from missouri who point like it out on the first vote. when the senate, when a majority of senate republicans voted against this as a standalone, that virtually everyone elected to the senate, republican elected senate after 2018 voted against it, right basically the republicans in the trump era. yeah, are are dubious of america's traditional role there are still obviously a piece of the republican party that is supportive of that. but the direction of the party in the trump era is towards skepticism about america as the reaganite leader of the free world. and t
donald trump. >> i mean, sure. tucker carlson ended up where he should have been interviewing vladimir putin. but mitch mcconnell is kinda punching down and kind of ignoring the elephant, i guess, party in the room, which is donald trump and donald trump's demon possession of ukraine his resistance to this trump in the end, i mean i think in the end, he was hands-off, but certainly his opposition, was interesting. >> i think there's actually met the senator from missouri who point...
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sign a $95 billion foreign aid package that finally made it through both chambers of congress donald trump seemingly violating the gag order last night while a judge decides whether he violated that same gag order, at least ten other times before that and a midnight deadline for protesters to disband comes and goes at columbia university. >> both sides agreeing to keep talking all right. >> 5:00 a.m. here in washington, here's a live look at capitol hill. >> good morning, everyone. i'm kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you he with us later on this morning, president biden is expected to sign a long awaited foreign aid bill into law. if passed the senate late last night, after six months of delays from hardline, republicans the $95 billion deal includes funding for ukraine, israel, and taiwan after more than six months of hard work, many twists and turns in the road. america's sends a message to the entire world. we will not turn our back on. you. i left a message for president zelenskyy tonight, he had called me the other day and said, okay, we got it done now, go win the fight so shortly
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trump. it's about a united states citizen. >> you think it's a weak case. >> it's the case is the facts of the case. the fact that learned counsel don't know exactly what the other charge is is insanely agree that when that i didn't i it came out. i think i was sitting right here. i said, okay, the other crime they have to prove falsifying business records to commit and other crime is unclear and a mess and it remains that way until now because even now, the prosecutor said while there was federal election crimes, it was state electric episodes, tax crimes. i don't know where they're getting that from. they overpaid michael cohen so he could pay his taxes. but i think the primary theory here is that the other crime is a federal campaign finance violations and the theory is they falsified these records. it was a $130,000 payment. it campaign donation it campaign expenditure way over the limits. they falsified the records rather than calling them pay hush money payments, whatever white be an a
trump. it's about a united states citizen. >> you think it's a weak case. >> it's the case is the facts of the case. the fact that learned counsel don't know exactly what the other charge is is insanely agree that when that i didn't i it came out. i think i was sitting right here. i said, okay, the other crime they have to prove falsifying business records to commit and other crime is unclear and a mess and it remains that way until now because even now, the prosecutor said while...
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donald trump trump is like just get it done. he's not in the weeds. in fact, at one point, michael cohen says none i got it. alan and i are going to handle you don't worry about it. we're going to pay him. you don't worry about the how and the how is the crime. so when that tape comes up, that's gonna be a problem for the prosecutor. >> i also think that part of the thing about trump paying attention to details is more to what caitlin was saying, which is the amount of money even for a very rich person like donald trump, he didn't really want to part ways with $150,000 for karen mcdougal, 134 stormy. he did not want to part ways with that money to get his attorneys tried to get out of it once the election was over. so it's really about the dollar here that was concerning to himhe we can come back and decisions still looming for trump and whether he violated the judge's gag order multiple times. the hearing earlier did not go well for the trump attorney with the judge warning trump's lawyer at one point that he was losing all cre
donald trump trump is like just get it done. he's not in the weeds. in fact, at one point, michael cohen says none i got it. alan and i are going to handle you don't worry about it. we're going to pay him. you don't worry about the how and the how is the crime. so when that tape comes up, that's gonna be a problem for the prosecutor. >> i also think that part of the thing about trump paying attention to details is more to what caitlin was saying, which is the amount of money even for a...
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trump? pecker responded on no. so how does that help bolster the case that this was potentially criminal interference in the presidential election. >> yeah. was that 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 it's 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 is all crucial context with the jury's to understand all of everything that leads as three microbreweries 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 exp
trump? pecker responded on no. so how does that help bolster the case that this was potentially criminal interference in the presidential election. >> yeah. was that 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 it's really going to be extending...
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trump's. so i mean, that's the only reason that that matters. but the other thing i would just note, i mean, the karen mcdougal story is not over. this is just the beginning of what we will learn about this. karen mcdougal story. and when you look at the charges jeong documents here for trump, there are some hints about where this goes next david pecker ends up paying her, but at some point, he decides to not get reimbursed from trump wod and i'm curis as to why that happened. so ts is the opening salvo, but there's more to come. >> so again, you're not going to find the crime a to z found in any one paragraphf testimony, prosecutors have to build a case here. i think two things jump out at mfrom the transcriptone,his is a full nine alarm fire in trump wld & in the national enquirer in pecker'environment, they are i mean, they're pulling each other out of meetings. borderline panicking. the other thing is that a establishes a really important chain of communication because this is one of the r
trump's. so i mean, that's the only reason that that matters. but the other thing i would just note, i mean, the karen mcdougal story is not over. this is just the beginning of what we will learn about this. karen mcdougal story. and when you look at the charges jeong documents here for trump, there are some hints about where this goes next david pecker ends up paying her, but at some point, he decides to not get reimbursed from trump wod and i'm curis as to why that happened. so ts is the...
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trump. and there's a moment when pecker testified that when word got he got word of the karen mcdougal story. trump called pecker. >> and pecker tried to convince trump to buy the story, but then trump said this mali anytime you do anything like this, it always gets out. >> let me think about it and i'll have michael cohen call you back in a few days. what does that tell you well, it certainly is. >> you're saying fits with what we all experienced when we were covering this campaign. and despite the turn, he's taken now, michael cohen was fanatically loyal to the man he always referred to as mr. trump. and we knew that he was always out there defending his reputation, i think to marcus is point this fits with what we know oh, about how meticulously trump pays attention to his image in the media, right? he, right. while this trial was going on, he's tweeting about the details of the way he's being covered in the new york times. so to this day, i think it's very much fits with what we know abo
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and trump's said i was doing. i think that's how the case will eventually fall out. but if the jury finds that it was done and they believed that it was for personal reasons. remember? todd, blanche and opening statement try to quote unquote, humanize the client, everybody kind of dismissed that as it's kinda quaint that they're trying to establish that donald trump is both a father and a husband. that wasn't done for just some idle purpose that is done for the purpose of summation later on after evidence is all in to say, hey, listen if the jury finds that there's reasonable doubt and believes that donald trump's motivations was not. we're not principally to advance his interest in a campaign, but to conceal an affair from his wife and his child and the jury bicep or at least one juror buys that are at least one juror finds that there's reasonable doubt as to whether or not it's for an illegal purpose. as opposed to a personal purpose. that's why todd blanche did what he did an opening. that's a setup for what's
and trump's said i was doing. i think that's how the case will eventually fall out. but if the jury finds that it was done and they believed that it was for personal reasons. remember? todd, blanche and opening statement try to quote unquote, humanize the client, everybody kind of dismissed that as it's kinda quaint that they're trying to establish that donald trump is both a father and a husband. that wasn't done for just some idle purpose that is done for the purpose of summation later on...
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trump. it's about a united states citizen. you think it's a weak case it's the case is the facts of the case. the fact that learned counsel don't know exactly what the other charge is, is insane. >> i agree that when that indictment came out, i think i was sitting right here. i said, okay, the other crime they have to prove falsifying business records to commit and other crime is unclear and a mess and it remains that way until now because even now, the prosecutor said, well, there was federal election crimes. it was electric episode was packs crimes. i don't know where they're getting that from. they overpaid michael cohen so he could pay his taxes but i think the primary theory here is that the other crime is a federal campaign finance violations. and the theory is they falsified these records. it was a $130,000 payment. it campaign donation it campaign expenditure way over the limits. they falsified the records rather than calling them pay hush money payments, whatever might be an act acc
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for donald trump's opponents. so that's a big contribution, and that's the way the prosecution is framing. this was a big up for donald trump's campaign, and it constituted election fraud so in your opinion, windom trump comes out and says, we'll look i was paying a lawyer and we said legal fees. >> what's wrong with that? what's the answer to that so in this case, it's not just legal fees which professor would do, sorry, go into moser i think in this case, it's not simply that he's paying michael cohen, is that michael cohen is being is reimbursing. >> they're paying these payments to stormy daniels. there's the work that david pecker is doing and bringing in, coordinating all of this together. and that's sort of the misdemeanor part. there's also the tax fraud issue that is also been pointed to, hasn't been brought up. and david pecker is testimony. i think it will come out later on thursday, but the idea that donald trump had to gross up michael cohen in order to make him whole for the payments as he is actuall
for donald trump's opponents. so that's a big contribution, and that's the way the prosecution is framing. this was a big up for donald trump's campaign, and it constituted election fraud so in your opinion, windom trump comes out and says, we'll look i was paying a lawyer and we said legal fees. >> what's wrong with that? what's the answer to that so in this case, it's not just legal fees which professor would do, sorry, go into moser i think in this case, it's not simply that he's...
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, the judge, and trump's lawyer. very tense back and forth that you drew here. i mentioned it at the top of the program. we were talking about this gag order. what did you actually see here? >> what happens is in those situations is you're drawing people who are constantly moving and then you're seeing that this tension is building up more shawn's a pretty cool character. he doesn't get easily roiled up. but as blanche is continuing on this path of this argument, and merchants feeling like he's not being heard you see now we're sean's arm's going up, so i have to now add the arm to the body in the blanche's arm is moving in his hand. but these are all important gestures because they show actually what happened this weezer actual what they were doing. and you've got a grab it because because it shows that tension, i mean, they were they were going at it. i mean, we're sean was not given up and neither was blanche so saying just so the personal and the psychology of it all, i think it brings it home to all of us. >> we
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the attorney for donald trump was trying to defend a trump's social media post about the jury and trump's team was like just trying to pretend it was just to re-posting something that somebody on fox, jessie water said, but the judge pushed back and trump's team had to acknowledge that it wasn't simply a re-posting because trump had added words to it and judge merchan then told trump's team, quote, you're losing all credibility with the court. what do you think would have been a better way for trump's? team to defend their client from what seems that pretty cut and dry example of him violating the gag order. >> i mean, words that as the attorney in the courtroom, you never want to hear the judge say to you, you're losing all credibility with me. so that's painful i think i think that a probably i would probably argue along first amendment grounds that it's protected speech, that it didn't directly attack anyone, that it wasn't his words, but i think for the defense team, it's a very tough situation because you have a client who has his own sort of pull political agenda, who's feels the ne
the attorney for donald trump was trying to defend a trump's social media post about the jury and trump's team was like just trying to pretend it was just to re-posting something that somebody on fox, jessie water said, but the judge pushed back and trump's team had to acknowledge that it wasn't simply a re-posting because trump had added words to it and judge merchan then told trump's team, quote, you're losing all credibility with the court. what do you think would have been a better way for...
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trump packer testified today that when donald trump heard that her story might come out, trump told packer, quote anytime you do anything like this it always gets out. okay? >> who knows what donald trump was thinking when mr. pecker testified all of this in court today, when the national enquirer endorse trump back in 2016, trump, after all, returned the favor i've always said, why didn't the national enquirer get the pulitzer prize for edwards and o j simpson and all of these things i think maybe we got an idea today why the national enquirer hasn't been awarded any policy prizes. >> cnn's kara scannell was in court for all this. kara, how attentive? >> word jurors, as all of this sleeves was displayed before them jake, it was a very short court session today. >> david pecker was on the and for just over two hours. and during his testimony, the jurors appear to be paying close attention. you could see when pecker was testifying, he often looked at the jury box when he was answering some of the questions. and you could see the jurors eyes following him back to the prosecutor, who would th
trump packer testified today that when donald trump heard that her story might come out, trump told packer, quote anytime you do anything like this it always gets out. okay? >> who knows what donald trump was thinking when mr. pecker testified all of this in court today, when the national enquirer endorse trump back in 2016, trump, after all, returned the favor i've always said, why didn't the national enquirer get the pulitzer prize for edwards and o j simpson and all of these things i...
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deal with donald trump. you might text somebody close to him, but not him. >> he's never texted me. never we already, doesn't text or email no. >> no, never. >> it was always like anything we had the email we would email to his assistant. the objection has been noted in overrule, judge merchan says merchan says noting that any embedded hearsay issues will be dealt with as they move through the documents. okay. so they probably went through and found a few text messages were wondering of them, said, you know, somebody else told me x and so you know, tallies point, because these are texts between two alleged coconspirators, they would be admissible for that purpose, but to the extent that there are certain pieces within that that go outside that as they come up, he's going to potentially excise pieces of it. >> and yeah, i mean, what we're going to see here in these text messages between michael cohen and david dana presumably will bolster what michael cohen's going to say on the stand and what has said on the
deal with donald trump. you might text somebody close to him, but not him. >> he's never texted me. never we already, doesn't text or email no. >> no, never. >> it was always like anything we had the email we would email to his assistant. the objection has been noted in overrule, judge merchan says merchan says noting that any embedded hearsay issues will be dealt with as they move through the documents. okay. so they probably went through and found a few text messages were...
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trump. and i should note, obviously his legal team had a role in picking this jury. they actually felt like they did. they had a more favorable jury pool than they expected. >> not something that's likely to be considered today, but trump has also said it would be his quote, great honor to be jail for violating this gag order. so a very difficult position for the judge to be in. >> we got a shot from inside again, the courthouse right there, whether or not we see people move we shortly we will we will tell you when it happens, caitlin, after this hearing. >> of course, david gets back like up on the stand and i have to say i was glued to the tv all day yesterday to both of you out here discussing his testimony, watching it unfold, at least with the banners on the side of the screen reading out loud what was taking place. he says he engaged in checkbook journalism that sets the table for what today do you think? yeah. well, and just a reminder for everyone. obviously, we don't cameras it's in
trump. and i should note, obviously his legal team had a role in picking this jury. they actually felt like they did. they had a more favorable jury pool than they expected. >> not something that's likely to be considered today, but trump has also said it would be his quote, great honor to be jail for violating this gag order. so a very difficult position for the judge to be in. >> we got a shot from inside again, the courthouse right there, whether or not we see people move we...
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he could warn trump. he could find trump or he could jail donald trump. all three on the table before dtwo of testimony resume. cnn's bryngingras, liveutside of court bryn e contempt of court, a possibility for donald trump this mning. how ll this hearing go dow and there were any sense of how long might take befe ey get back to witnesthat at first ok t takinghe sta yesterday yeah. >> sara so the judge alrdy said they're going to art this hearing at 30 this morng. the juris goi to come back and the're goingo resume with that same witness at 100 a.m. if they're not finish with thhearing by 11, then th're going to discuss a little bit later. know th it only be an hour-and-a-half lf long for this hearing. and at we expect is what we've seen previously in court filings from the prosecution, they believe that donald trump has violated this gag order ten you said, there are a couple options that they're asking for. they want the judge to fine trump $1,000 for each time they the judge believes that he may have violated this order, but ey also said that ey want t
he could warn trump. he could find trump or he could jail donald trump. all three on the table before dtwo of testimony resume. cnn's bryngingras, liveutside of court bryn e contempt of court, a possibility for donald trump this mning. how ll this hearing go dow and there were any sense of how long might take befe ey get back to witnesthat at first ok t takinghe sta yesterday yeah. >> sara so the judge alrdy said they're going to art this hearing at 30 this morng. the juris goi to come...
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did donald trump repeatedly violated judge's gag order? and if so well, he face fines, jail time, or just a warning. that is what donald trump is facing as he makes his way to a york courthouse this morning, we're live outside that courthouse at the very latest, also this game is crazy. the stunning nba playoff comebacks and the incredible finish. at the knicks game was just the half of it. you got to see it the sinking of the titanic. >> how would really happen, especially two well, premier sunday at nar right on see how good anyone possibly know that every single one of these pistachios is guaranteed to be wonderful i reading right here wonderful pistachios are the pistachios are wonderful, but the word wonderful on them. >> my name is susie loftus, and i'm the head of trust and safety for us data security, tiktok. i'm a former prosecutor and it's my job to keep american tiktok users safe. >> big part of that is making sure that their data is protected. >> we're spending $2 to make sure that we're keeping tiktok safe. we have a us led te
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trump. >> i'm not going to read it just because our discourses is what it is. i'm not going to be the beginning of it. he just says your attacks on me, stink of desperation. you can read the rest of it. we're all hoping that you take the stand in your defense. it does seem like there should be a difference between michael cohen and the jury pool in terms of what trump is allowed to do, perhaps because cohen is already someone who has been dragged into this very publicly the entire time. do you see a distinction and how do you think the judge is going to handle it? >> okay. i do see a distinction practically because michael cohen is poking the bear and he's getting under donald trump skin and that's why donald trump had that little press conference. what bothers me is that when donald trump made that statement last night to his left, was his lawyer that troubles me greatly because the because the lawyer is condoning conduct that arguably is violating a gag order. and i guarantee you the judge
trump. >> i'm not going to read it just because our discourses is what it is. i'm not going to be the beginning of it. he just says your attacks on me, stink of desperation. you can read the rest of it. we're all hoping that you take the stand in your defense. it does seem like there should be a difference between michael cohen and the jury pool in terms of what trump is allowed to do, perhaps because cohen is already someone who has been dragged into this very publicly the entire time....
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trump wasn't involved. the only issue with that, of course, is that trump's signed checks from his own account. how that's going to be explained is calling to be a challenge, but we're going to see very shortly how they did the team will do so all right. joey jackson for us, joy, love having you. >> i know you've been working a lot of long days, so thanks for being with us this morning. i appreciate it always. >> kasie all right. >> donald trump publicly supporting mike johnson as the house speaker faces more threats from republican hardliners to fire him effectively johnson is under fire over his $95 billion foreign aid package. he had to rely on democrats to get it through the house, but he did put it on the floor. johnson has been also receiving support from many republicans, like one congressman who says corps members of the freedom caucus are part of a quote high school reality show matt gaetz is a bully chip roy's a bully. >> bob good's a bully and the only way to stop a bully is to push back hard. th
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trump account. so the whole press conference was a bit of a i think a pr disaster because it's going to hurt him in court. eventually, the jury and he came out, he does that eight minutes. jeremy talking, of course, in the courtroom what else did to you? i sat two. i know you mentioned that he was passing notes to his attorneys at time that he was engaged you know, what what moore's interactions? blake with his team and with the jury. >> yeah. it's interesting because when his attorney, todd blanche went to speak trump's demeanor, it's shifted he turned his chair, he faced he faced him, which made him faced the jury, and he watched plants as he went through his opening statement. i think the most interesting thing with trump today that was when david took the stand because trump he was sitting very motionless, expressionless, really watching david closely. and there was a light moment in his testimony where he was asked to account the last four digits of his cell phone number. it's for record keepin
trump account. so the whole press conference was a bit of a i think a pr disaster because it's going to hurt him in court. eventually, the jury and he came out, he does that eight minutes. jeremy talking, of course, in the courtroom what else did to you? i sat two. i know you mentioned that he was passing notes to his attorneys at time that he was engaged you know, what what moore's interactions? blake with his team and with the jury. >> yeah. it's interesting because when his attorney,...
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, trump's team suggested the payments trump made to cohen. we're not a payback for funds paid to stormy daniels, but instead payments to his personal attorney. trump defended himself against these charges after court on monday so whatever bill and they can make all the legal expense i got indicted for that land shifted blame to cohen saying the reality is mr. trump is not on the hook, is not criminally responsible for something mr. cohen may have done years after the fact, blanche said the prosecution's outline of a supposed catching killed deal with was not a scheme, but completely irrelevant. events. and not illegal in the afternoon as briefly took the stand, he did not look at trump, but trump look directly at him as he testified care what was david what did he talk about on the stand because it was limited his time today? >> david was on the stand for about 20 minutes and he started to describe to the jury how the national enquirer operates, telling them that they engage in checkbook journalism, meaning that they would pay for stories. no
, trump's team suggested the payments trump made to cohen. we're not a payback for funds paid to stormy daniels, but instead payments to his personal attorney. trump defended himself against these charges after court on monday so whatever bill and they can make all the legal expense i got indicted for that land shifted blame to cohen saying the reality is mr. trump is not on the hook, is not criminally responsible for something mr. cohen may have done years after the fact, blanche said the...
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, trump's team suggested the payments trump made to cohen. we're not a payback for funds paid to stormy daniels, but instead payments do as personal attorney trump defended himself against these charges after court on monday and invoice. >> so whatever, a bill. >> and they didn't call it a legal expense. >> i got indicted for that land shifted blame to cohen saying the reality is mr. trump is not on the hook, is not criminally responsible for something mr. cohen may have done years after the fact. blanche said the prosecution's outline of a supposed catching killed deal with was not a scheme, but completely irrelevant and not illegal in the afternoon as briefly took the stand, he did not look at trump, but trump look directly at him as he testified david was on the stand for about 20 minutes to de he was explaining to the jury how the national enquirer operate, saying that they did pay for certain stories he testified on the celebrity sayyed of the magazine industry, at least on the tabloid side, we use checkbook journalism and we paid for st
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trump. he then shifted to trump's former lawyer, cohen, who he says this quote obsessed with trump& that cohen's financial livelihood depends on trump's destruction. david was the first witness to be called shortly before he took the stand. prosecutors referred to him as a coconspirator for helping trump tried to cover up his alleged affair tomorrow before the jury returns to the courtroom, there'll be a hearing about the gag order in this case. prosecutors alleged trump has violated this gag order over a half a dozen times. and this gag order prevents trump from attacking people involved in this case, like witnesses and the jury he is also barred from attacking family members of the prosecutors and the judge, though we can freely attack the judge or the district attorney, alvin bragg the app through that hearing will come back in the courtroom and david we back on stand. >> erin. all right. paula, thank you very much there in lower manhattan and our experts they're all here on set together
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. >> that's right at trump tower. and the crux of this was that there was a very explicit agreement made that they talked to openly about this being about how can you the enquirer help during the election and saying, well we can buy up stories saying, i bought a b, your eyes and ears essentially? yes. exactly. so we didn't get into all of the meat of that in the testimony that happened today, it was very preliminary. he was on the stand briefly, but what he did do was say yes, we bought stories. he called a checkbook journalism. he said he had to personally authorized anything over ten thousand dollars, which would apply to these pivotal transactions that the prosecutors are trying to establish. and we'll hear more about that tomorrow. it was the defense in their opening statement said that there's nothing wrong with trying to influence an election gen prosecutors would argue otherwise, and the the very meaningful distinction here is whether you are paying to influence the election and acknowledging that as an elector
. >> that's right at trump tower. and the crux of this was that there was a very explicit agreement made that they talked to openly about this being about how can you the enquirer help during the election and saying, well we can buy up stories saying, i bought a b, your eyes and ears essentially? yes. exactly. so we didn't get into all of the meat of that in the testimony that happened today, it was very preliminary. he was on the stand briefly, but what he did do was say yes, we bought...
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trump. and he left us with quite a cliffhanger he apparently has a secret email account for things he didn't want even his assistance to see, quote, is it fair to say you had one unkind for general purposes and one for purposes that you didn't want other people to have access to? >> they that's correct the was an expert in shocking stories about famous people. but even he apparently had stories that he wanted to keep secret. i wonder if they'll include something about the defendant let's talk about now a cnn legal analyst and former deputy assistant attorney general for legislative affairs, elliott williams and former federal prosecutor, jean ross. he is also a defense counsel. let's start here with you, elliott, because look, we are seeing everything takes shape. we're calling it the hush money trial the prosecutors are climbing this way, election interference, a conspiracy of source. they didn't charge conspiracy. but what's your takeaway about the way they are crafting this narrative? >>
trump. and he left us with quite a cliffhanger he apparently has a secret email account for things he didn't want even his assistance to see, quote, is it fair to say you had one unkind for general purposes and one for purposes that you didn't want other people to have access to? >> they that's correct the was an expert in shocking stories about famous people. but even he apparently had stories that he wanted to keep secret. i wonder if they'll include something about the defendant let's...
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part of what trump's lawyers and trump himself is arguing is that i didn't i'm the ceo of this company. i didn't know how these records are being created. that's not my job. i hire all these people and pay them a ton of money to do that. >> and that's where we have the phone conversation that nick is talking about and we have the people, the state of new york, letting us know what we're going to hear as evidence. and the state, they're all very well-versed attorneys. they are not going to over-promise we're deliver, if anything, they will under promise and over-deliver here. so we know we're going to hear trump's own voice on recorded conversation, speaking about how much do we have to pay. and of course he's speaking about mcdaniel. so the other individual who is alleged to have of sexual encounter with and so we've got we've got trump's statements, we've got conversations with cohen. we have his signature on documents and it's it's it would be disingenuous for the defense to say that trump knew nothing about this and this idea two of their having to be some other crime at issue. it's
part of what trump's lawyers and trump himself is arguing is that i didn't i'm the ceo of this company. i didn't know how these records are being created. that's not my job. i hire all these people and pay them a ton of money to do that. >> and that's where we have the phone conversation that nick is talking about and we have the people, the state of new york, letting us know what we're going to hear as evidence. and the state, they're all very well-versed attorneys. they are not going to...
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of trump properties called trump's style. he was really seen as a guardian of trump's image, issuing glowing covers of the national enquirer that made trump look good. and his rivals look bad. how could any of us forget the one about senator ted cruz falsely linking his father to jfk's assassination. and others falsely alleging affairs ted ted cruz actually to come out and deny that and called it himself a smear. prosecutors are alleging that what's at the heart of this was a three-pronged scheme. one, positive stories for trump to negative ones for everybody else. >> three, kill the stories that could hurt trump's campaign. >> that's what this trial is now centered on david is going to be back on the witness stand tomorrow. but when he stepped down from the jury box today, he actually smiled and said hi to the defense table where trump was seated. as he walked past we've done the best legal sources here tonight to suss out everything that happened today. jennifer rodgers is a former federal prosecutor and cnn legal analyst,
of trump properties called trump's style. he was really seen as a guardian of trump's image, issuing glowing covers of the national enquirer that made trump look good. and his rivals look bad. how could any of us forget the one about senator ted cruz falsely linking his father to jfk's assassination. and others falsely alleging affairs ted ted cruz actually to come out and deny that and called it himself a smear. prosecutors are alleging that what's at the heart of this was a three-pronged...
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michael cohen, trump's lawyer. they quote, formed a conspiracy prosecutor said, at that meeting to influence the presidential section by concealing negative information about mr. trump in order to help him get elected unquote. and we should point out though even though there's calling this a conspiracy, trump's not facing any charges of conspiracy. why not? >> well, look, this is a difficult case and we know that because of course the justice department past it's been around for many years many legal experts weren't sure if this could be a case that we successfully prosecuted. so when you have a case like this, you have to go with what you know. you can prove beyond a reasonable doubt. and here they are. martinez is falsifying documents, but they're charging it as a felony connecting it to federal campaign election campaign interference, even though he's not specifically charged with that, the complexity of this case, the way it's being charged right now, jake this is going to be something that the defense will sei
michael cohen, trump's lawyer. they quote, formed a conspiracy prosecutor said, at that meeting to influence the presidential section by concealing negative information about mr. trump in order to help him get elected unquote. and we should point out though even though there's calling this a conspiracy, trump's not facing any charges of conspiracy. why not? >> well, look, this is a difficult case and we know that because of course the justice department past it's been around for many...
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trump does. yeah. i mean, one of the things that i've heard from some democrats is they say, jamie raskin is the one i'm thinking of. y is at stefanik the one leading the charge about this because she as you note is doesn't exactly lead the charge against the anti-semites on the right, here's what congressman raskin last december said. when it came to at least a phonic as the leader peter of this the issue with at least a phonic is that while she's posing as a great champion of the jews and opponent of antisemitism on campus and for college presidents, she won't say anything about presidential anti-semitism when it comes to the white house, the real president of the united states and that of course is a much greater threat to jews in america when you have donald trump, who says things like they're very fine people on both sides of it. >> in anti-semitic race riot called by neo-nazis in charlottesville, virginia every spent jamie raskin a great deal it makes me uncomfortable to watch people play politic
trump does. yeah. i mean, one of the things that i've heard from some democrats is they say, jamie raskin is the one i'm thinking of. y is at stefanik the one leading the charge about this because she as you note is doesn't exactly lead the charge against the anti-semites on the right, here's what congressman raskin last december said. when it came to at least a phonic as the leader peter of this the issue with at least a phonic is that while she's posing as a great champion of the jews and...
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with trump. he was instead speaking to the prosecutor and turning at times to talk to the jury. and he was just setting up what he did as publisher of ami, they polish national enquirer at the time. so they haven't gotten to what the core of the cases this conspiracy just yet but he is setting it up for the jurors. they can understand what his job is and that they were in the business of checkbook journalism as he put it, meaning that they would by stories. and so establishing what his role was in this, when he got off the stand after just a brief part of testimony, maybe less than half an hour as he was leaving the courtroom through that same he looked over at donald trump's table, said hi and smiled. it was unclear if trump had reciprocated. we couldn't see his face at that moment. based on how the officers stationed in the courtroom but really just kind of set this first day of this historic moment as we're going to get now into the witness testimony and the four elements of this alleged consp
with trump. he was instead speaking to the prosecutor and turning at times to talk to the jury. and he was just setting up what he did as publisher of ami, they polish national enquirer at the time. so they haven't gotten to what the core of the cases this conspiracy just yet but he is setting it up for the jurors. they can understand what his job is and that they were in the business of checkbook journalism as he put it, meaning that they would by stories. and so establishing what his role was...
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trump. and so the prosecution is going to have to figure out a way to suggest that this is somehow different, that they is delete with their trump's, so to speak. and this is not a personal matter between a man trying to hide it from his wife. it was an intentional at trying to defraud people by having falsified business records that form these invoices and what not and prove it. there was actual criminal activity here. they cannot rely on a little bit of innuendo or suggestion, or maybe even a dislike for him and the political space they have to prove their case& they've got do it pretty quickly to head off or will be the opening from the fans which will surely try to show this as a political win. >> elie honig, what, what about the defense was expecting to hear from them? >> so first of all, they're going to argue they have to prove their case. the prosecution bears the burden of proof, not just probably not just more likely, but beyond a reasonable doubt. and the defense is going to argue
trump. and so the prosecution is going to have to figure out a way to suggest that this is somehow different, that they is delete with their trump's, so to speak. and this is not a personal matter between a man trying to hide it from his wife. it was an intentional at trying to defraud people by having falsified business records that form these invoices and what not and prove it. there was actual criminal activity here. they cannot rely on a little bit of innuendo or suggestion, or maybe even a...
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james, she campaigned at the fact that i will get trump upper against trump and it has to do with a bond of $175 million. first of all, she doesn't want me to participate. with, financial companies in new york. so we have a company i guess based in california and somebody company. and i put up 175 million in cash when she says the bonding companies not good, she doesn't like the bonding company because she doesn't know if the collateral is good. and i put up 175 billion in cash. she's questioning the bonding company. well, when you put up cash and the number is 175, which is what we're supposed to be putting out. >> but i give it a cash or she shouldn't be complaining about the funding company. the bottling company would be good for it because i put up the money and i have plenty of money to put up, but nobody is going to be putting up with this. >> nobody is going to be listening or coming to new york anymore businesses are going to be fleeing because people are treated so badly. it's got to be the most unfriendly place to do business. and that's why businesses are leaving and people ar
james, she campaigned at the fact that i will get trump upper against trump and it has to do with a bond of $175 million. first of all, she doesn't want me to participate. with, financial companies in new york. so we have a company i guess based in california and somebody company. and i put up 175 million in cash when she says the bonding companies not good, she doesn't like the bonding company because she doesn't know if the collateral is good. and i put up 175 billion in cash. she's...
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tower, were donald trump? we expect will shortly leave his apartment for the courthouse and lower manhattan. that is what is on the right. this is donald trump's new york criminal trial opening statements set to begin shortly. this is a history-making moment. no former president has ever faced a criminal trial before. he's opening statements will be something and we also learned that the first witness in this case will be david, the man who at one point, his company owned the national enquirer. he had a plea agreement with federal authorities admitting to be involved in catch and kill schemes. he will testify presumably to all of this. would donald trump in the courtroom we were watching that very closely. in the meantime, there is some new polling out in the last few days that shows the state of the rais with me, cnn senior data reporter, harry enten and harry, let's start with in general, how americans feel about this content. >> yeah, enthusiasm for 2020 before or not, when you got one guy who's now facing
tower, were donald trump? we expect will shortly leave his apartment for the courthouse and lower manhattan. that is what is on the right. this is donald trump's new york criminal trial opening statements set to begin shortly. this is a history-making moment. no former president has ever faced a criminal trial before. he's opening statements will be something and we also learned that the first witness in this case will be david, the man who at one point, his company owned the national enquirer....