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watch. >> why matthew colangelo, why would he give the opening? >> one thing alvin bragg has done well, pick prosecutors who are experienced and have interest about donald trump. matthew colangelo is an example of someone who helped to -- the donald trump and he knows his way around a courtroom. >> laura: mike, he mentions nothing of the fact matthew colangelo, one of the top officials at doj and worked for leticia james. no involvement at all, not ap appearance of involvement from this administration? >> yeah, so matthew colangelo is the -- was senior political appointee in the biden justice department, acting number three on the parachute team and number two to the number three. before that he worked for the obama justice department, the obama white house for tom perez, for eric holder, this guy is the f forrest gump again president trump and pops up everywhere. >> laura: bret, talk about what happened today. we had the gag order hearing. we'll get into a little of that later. ap appearance of having the obama-biden justice department running th
watch. >> why matthew colangelo, why would he give the opening? >> one thing alvin bragg has done well, pick prosecutors who are experienced and have interest about donald trump. matthew colangelo is an example of someone who helped to -- the donald trump and he knows his way around a courtroom. >> laura: mike, he mentions nothing of the fact matthew colangelo, one of the top officials at doj and worked for leticia james. no involvement at all, not ap appearance of involvement...
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this fellow matthew colangelo surfaces as i guess lead prosecutor in this alvin bragg case. he had a big, big job in the biden justice department, merrick garland justice diagram, department, he left it to run this prosecution. what do you make of that? what should we learn from that? why is in senior biden guy coming down to make arguments for bragg that bragg should make for himself. >> this is a fascinating optics issue, you would think they would am to avoid. you have a case where the breadth s predecessor of bragg said i am not prosecuting this because i don't believe in it, alvin bragg did not want to do it but he was pressured to do it he gets someone from biden justice department to be his lead prosecutor, the optics are not good, they also don't seem to matter in new york. bragg is betting everything on having a new york jury, a new york audience, and this just does not bother them. this idea that you know this is a case that none of us have seen the likes of. a theory that few of us can understand, they can't get beyond the fact that the defendant is donald trump t
this fellow matthew colangelo surfaces as i guess lead prosecutor in this alvin bragg case. he had a big, big job in the biden justice department, merrick garland justice diagram, department, he left it to run this prosecution. what do you make of that? what should we learn from that? why is in senior biden guy coming down to make arguments for bragg that bragg should make for himself. >> this is a fascinating optics issue, you would think they would am to avoid. you have a case where the...
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prosecutor matthew colangelo. "in january, 2017, before the defendant moved to washington to begin his presidency, michael cohen met with alan weisel burke of the trump organization to talk about how michael cohen was going to be reimbursed for the payoff to stormy daniels. he was the one of the defendants longest-serving and most trusted employees. me the trump nor the trump organization could just write a check to michael cohen for $130,000.00 with a memo line that said reimbursement for star payoff. they had to disguise the nature of the repayment. they agreed to cook the books and make it look like the repayment was actually income. payments for services rendered instead of a reimbursement. allen weisselberg asked mr. cohen to bring a copy of a bank statement showing the $130,000.00 payment michael cohen had made to keep stormy daniels quiet before the election. allen weisselberg and michael cohen agreed to a total repayment amount of $420,000.00. here's how they got to that number. this is good. they started
prosecutor matthew colangelo. "in january, 2017, before the defendant moved to washington to begin his presidency, michael cohen met with alan weisel burke of the trump organization to talk about how michael cohen was going to be reimbursed for the payoff to stormy daniels. he was the one of the defendants longest-serving and most trusted employees. me the trump nor the trump organization could just write a check to michael cohen for $130,000.00 with a memo line that said reimbursement for...
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matthew colangelo. watch. >> why matthew colangelo? why would he give the opening? >> one of the things that alvin bragg has done extremely well to pick prosecutors not only who are experienced but also who have experience and knowledge about donald trump. and michael colangelo is another example of someone who helped to prosecute the trump organization. this is someone who san extremely experienced prosecutor. and knows his way around the courtroom. >> laura: ha ha. mike, he mentions nothing of the fact that colangelo, of course, previously one of the top officials at doj and he also worked for letitia james. so no involvement at all, not the appearance of involvement from this administration? >> yeah. so matthew colangelo, as we have talked about for a long time, laura, on your show he was a senior political appointee in the biden justice department. he was the acting number three. he was on the parachute team and then he was the number two to the number three. before that he worked for the obama justice department. he worked for the obama white house for tom pere
matthew colangelo. watch. >> why matthew colangelo? why would he give the opening? >> one of the things that alvin bragg has done extremely well to pick prosecutors not only who are experienced but also who have experience and knowledge about donald trump. and michael colangelo is another example of someone who helped to prosecute the trump organization. this is someone who san extremely experienced prosecutor. and knows his way around the courtroom. >> laura: ha ha. mike, he...
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. >> reporter: with trump slouching in his seat and sometimes closing his eyes, prosecutor matthew colangelo began his opening statement charging trump "orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election." taking notes, as the prosecutor laid out his case, accusing trump of falsifying business records to disguise a $130,000 hush payment to porn star stormy daniels days before the election, so voters wouldn't find out about her claim of an affair. at the time, trump was under pressure. news had just broken of the "access hollywood" tape. trump caught on camera bragging about groping women. the prosecutor today quoting trump's own words to the jury. >> when you're a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. >> reporter: "you can do anything," the prosecutor slowly reciting to the jury. prosecutors said the tape's impact was "explosive" and trump and his campaign were "deeply concerned." so when trump learned stormy daniels was shopping a story of their alleged liaison, prosecutors said he was "adamant" it not come out, fearing, "it could have been devastating to his
. >> reporter: with trump slouching in his seat and sometimes closing his eyes, prosecutor matthew colangelo began his opening statement charging trump "orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election." taking notes, as the prosecutor laid out his case, accusing trump of falsifying business records to disguise a $130,000 hush payment to porn star stormy daniels days before the election, so voters wouldn't find out about her claim of an affair. at the...
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lead prosecutor matthew colangelo reading mr. trump's most incendiary remarks from that video for the jury today, arguing the former president was so desperate to contain the damage with female voters he directed cohen to pay off stormy daniels so she couldn't go public about an alleged sexual encounter, which mr. trump denies. but it is not the hush money itself that he's charged with in this trial. it's how then president trump documented his monthly reimbursement payments to cohen on internal company records as legal expenses. prosecutors telling the jury of seven men and five women today it was "election fraud, pure and simple." but mr. trump is not facing conspiracy or campaign finance violations, something the defense sought to highlight today. in opening statements mr. trump's attorney describing him as a husband and a father, a person just like you and me, and is innocent, saying "the payments to cohen were for legal expenses." arguing "there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. no
lead prosecutor matthew colangelo reading mr. trump's most incendiary remarks from that video for the jury today, arguing the former president was so desperate to contain the damage with female voters he directed cohen to pay off stormy daniels so she couldn't go public about an alleged sexual encounter, which mr. trump denies. but it is not the hush money itself that he's charged with in this trial. it's how then president trump documented his monthly reimbursement payments to cohen on...
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matthew colangelo is great example of this. was merrick garland's number three at the department of justice that is a really good gig. something that people really want. it is frankly weird he is up here in new york prosecuting this case and someone of his caliber would be behind it. people don't trust fannie willis, alvin bragg, letitia james. they get him to go after biden's political opponent, i want to hang on mollie's point, this guy was a big shot in the biden justice department. the biden justice department passed on this case in the first place. >> right. larry: federal election commission passed. actually the local district attorney, the former manhattan d.a., cy vance, friend of mine, what what that is worth, he passed on it too. bragg passed on it until he was pressured to do it. can i connect the dots from biden's white house/, counsel/justice department to this late in new york city? does that make any sense? >> i think without a doubt you can draw a connection to it. the fact that everybody passed on this case is
matthew colangelo is great example of this. was merrick garland's number three at the department of justice that is a really good gig. something that people really want. it is frankly weird he is up here in new york prosecuting this case and someone of his caliber would be behind it. people don't trust fannie willis, alvin bragg, letitia james. they get him to go after biden's political opponent, i want to hang on mollie's point, this guy was a big shot in the biden justice department. the...
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colangelo, this bragg, matthew colangelo, this democrat operative judge who has a clear bias, whose daughter has a clear bias, whose daughter has a big financial stake in this criminal prosecution with a jury pool that's 85% against trump. there's no question he's going to be found guilty. it's going to be found guilty. it's going to get reversed on appeal, but maybe not before the election. >> it's going to be a mess. mike, come back and see us for a longer period time as this longer period of time as this thing . please. let's thing develops. please. let's have weather with have a look at the weather with aidan mcgivern first. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello again. welcome to the latest weather forecast from the met office. it's going to stay blustery over the next 24 hours, but less windy than it has been. and the showers will slowly ease as well. low pressure is pulling away . it's moving as well. low pressure is pulling away. it's moving east. as well. low pressure is pulling away . it's mo
colangelo, this bragg, matthew colangelo, this democrat operative judge who has a clear bias, whose daughter has a clear bias, whose daughter has a big financial stake in this criminal prosecution with a jury pool that's 85% against trump. there's no question he's going to be found guilty. it's going to be found guilty. it's going to get reversed on appeal, but maybe not before the election. >> it's going to be a mess. mike, come back and see us for a longer period time as this longer...
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. >> trump had already set his sights on this man, matthew colangelo senior counsel to the manhattan district attorney, and part of the prosecution team trying trump's criminal case. >> this is all from the doj welcome to washington they're coordinated with the district attorney and the water trump's pre gag order tirades against colangelo's center on baseless claims. trump's criminal trial is secretly controlled by president joe biden, the white house, and the justice department. >> his top person well and some. others have been placed into the da's office to make sure they do a good job of election interference. >> trump pointing to colangelo's pass, showing he once served as a senior justice department official under biden before leaving to join the manhattan district attorney's office, which is prosecuting his case. trump surrogates have been pushing this same conspiracy theory about colangelo's was senator tom cotton saying on social media, joe biden's former number three official at the department of justice, left dc to help go after president trump in new york and congresswoma
. >> trump had already set his sights on this man, matthew colangelo senior counsel to the manhattan district attorney, and part of the prosecution team trying trump's criminal case. >> this is all from the doj welcome to washington they're coordinated with the district attorney and the water trump's pre gag order tirades against colangelo's center on baseless claims. trump's criminal trial is secretly controlled by president joe biden, the white house, and the justice department....
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joshua steinglass, matthew colangelo's susan hoffinger. they're all experienced veterans, defense lawyers in some cases, experienced prosecutors. we don't know exactly which one of these three is going to deliver today's opening, but it will be one of them. but to add the course to trial, we just hear from each and every one is likely maybe different parts that colangelo's has been a big figure though, in terms of the trump campaign, right? >> yeah, he has been the focus of donald trump's unfounded claims that this is somehow joe biden's doing because matthew colangelo was at the justice department before he came over to the de no connection whatsoever. >> keep in mind this case is not about just an alleged affair between may daniel's was of course, trump has denied this is about at its core, they have to prove election interference. >> so listen for this theme today when the prosecution gives its opening, they're going to say this is not about a paperwork crime. this is about an effort by donald trump to hide those hush money payments fro
joshua steinglass, matthew colangelo's susan hoffinger. they're all experienced veterans, defense lawyers in some cases, experienced prosecutors. we don't know exactly which one of these three is going to deliver today's opening, but it will be one of them. but to add the course to trial, we just hear from each and every one is likely maybe different parts that colangelo's has been a big figure though, in terms of the trump campaign, right? >> yeah, he has been the focus of donald trump's...
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matthew colangelo was in the justice department with joe biden. that is outrageous to president trump. also the fact is that the judge's daughter is an activist who worked for kamala harris. and there was some dispute on whether she did have a picture up on a website with donald trump behind bars. that, to me, is something that if i'm donald trump, i'm a little concerned about. the judge has a daughter who feels this way. >> yeah. i have actually been opposed to gag orders for years. particularly efforts to gag you, brian. [laughter] >> brian: that's been widespread and well-known. >> yeah. coming from your colleagues. but, no, you are absolutely right. this is a really controversial order and i think it's wrong. you know, you have got michael cohen going on the air every night attacking trump, basically campaigning against him. he is not allowed to respond. now, i would prefer that trump leaves these attacks or issues raised with the judge's family to his counsel. i think that's always the better approach. but in this case you have prosecutors pu
matthew colangelo was in the justice department with joe biden. that is outrageous to president trump. also the fact is that the judge's daughter is an activist who worked for kamala harris. and there was some dispute on whether she did have a picture up on a website with donald trump behind bars. that, to me, is something that if i'm donald trump, i'm a little concerned about. the judge has a daughter who feels this way. >> yeah. i have actually been opposed to gag orders for years....
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colangelo. he was bringing up a lot of illicit things that trump is alleged to have done. i brought up the affair with a playboy playmate, the affair with the porn star. he brought up the access hollywood tape and throughout all of that, trump was not reacting it with sitting back in his chair, his eyes would close the time to time and i think it's felt like he was making a point not to react. you would pass notes to his attorneys. he was there a sort of a note passing thing. i'm particularly when the access hollywood tape we noted him and todd blanche, we're sending notes between the two of them but it's obviously different than what we've seen trump in other courtrooms. and even earlier in this case that morning, in the morning we had we talked about what the prosecutors would be able to bring into evidence if trump testifies and when the judge said that he would allow him to ask about the civil fraud verdict that came earlier this year, trump's shook his head at that. this was before the jury
colangelo. he was bringing up a lot of illicit things that trump is alleged to have done. i brought up the affair with a playboy playmate, the affair with the porn star. he brought up the access hollywood tape and throughout all of that, trump was not reacting it with sitting back in his chair, his eyes would close the time to time and i think it's felt like he was making a point not to react. you would pass notes to his attorneys. he was there a sort of a note passing thing. i'm particularly...
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that's matthew colangelo who'd been talking about zero evidence that president biden had any role in that personal employment decision. colangelo's and bragg were former colleagues in the state attorney general's office i think it's also worth noting, jake, that when former president trump says, every legal expert thinks this case is a sham and so on. the people he named today, he named mark levin, who yes. talks about the law he's also a right-wing radio host who's a frequent defender of donald trump, andy mccarthy sometimes criticizes trump, but as also a conservative commentator, jonathan turley, a professor who defended trump in the impeachment contexts and other things. so yes, there are even liberal professors anti-trump professors, and so on who have questioned this case. but those names are the regular, the usual suspects defending donald trump. and then i'll note he talked about michigan being destroyed no more auto jobs. i think some of that was that prediction, but it's worth noting there are more auto manufacturing jobs today, more people employed in michigan in that indu
that's matthew colangelo who'd been talking about zero evidence that president biden had any role in that personal employment decision. colangelo's and bragg were former colleagues in the state attorney general's office i think it's also worth noting, jake, that when former president trump says, every legal expert thinks this case is a sham and so on. the people he named today, he named mark levin, who yes. talks about the law he's also a right-wing radio host who's a frequent defender of...
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where did matthew colangelo. where did matthew colangelo. where did matthew colangelo. where did matthew colangelo come from? >> oh, he was just magically spirited from biden's department of justice to the new york da's office. >> this is a 15 year democrat strategist who used to work for wait for it. >> barack obama . >> barack obama. >> barack obama. >> this tells you everything you need to know about a politically motivated prosecution. >> that is rather a persecution on. >> and, sebastian, the thing about this, of course, is that every day donald trump is having to give evidence, sit through evidence, be in court. it's a day he can't be out campaigning. it's a day he can't be out fundraising. is that another part of this? the process itself is a punishment indeed, as fbi whistleblowers who have come out to talk about the targeting of conservatives in the last few years, a brave men like steve friend and carl serafin, they've used exactly that phrase. >> you nailed it. the process is the punishment. but they've kind of shot themselves in the foot here because he may
where did matthew colangelo. where did matthew colangelo. where did matthew colangelo. where did matthew colangelo come from? >> oh, he was just magically spirited from biden's department of justice to the new york da's office. >> this is a 15 year democrat strategist who used to work for wait for it. >> barack obama . >> barack obama. >> barack obama. >> this tells you everything you need to know about a politically motivated prosecution. >> that is...
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alvin bragg and you have matthew colangelo deployed from the biden justice department senior political appointee and justice department rigid. asking potential jurors if they follow trump on social media, but they didn't ask them if they followed biden on social media for example. and you have already have a jury poll that's 87% voting for biden. there's no chance that trump is going to get a fair trial. >> laura: now, sol, the thing about this i find is very strange is that their star witness, michael cohen, who we have yet to hear from, we will hear what he has to say. from everything we know it's going to be another goof ball testimony. i mean, i don't know him that well. i have had few interactions with him over the years. how does that, again, show in any way that trump committed -- was doing this to commit a crime? i still don't get how cohen ever gets you there. >> well, he is somebody who has absolutely no credibility. his former attorney has said he has no credibility. the government, in other proceedings has said that he has no credibility. so, you start with that i have said
alvin bragg and you have matthew colangelo deployed from the biden justice department senior political appointee and justice department rigid. asking potential jurors if they follow trump on social media, but they didn't ask them if they followed biden on social media for example. and you have already have a jury poll that's 87% voting for biden. there's no chance that trump is going to get a fair trial. >> laura: now, sol, the thing about this i find is very strange is that their star...
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we have biden's former number 3 in the biden justice department, matthew colangelo. we have this democrat judge who donated to biden and another anti-trump cause and his daughter is raising money off of this trial. and then you have a manhattan jury pool that's 85% against trump. so, yeah, i don't think trump is going to get a fair trial. >> laura: sol, when i'm thinking about how this is all going to go down, and the president goes out and speaks his mind about the fact that he believes he cannot get a fair trial, he is being threatened with jail time for that how judge merchan will handle this, we'll see, but, from some of his comments, it looks like is he not going to tolerate much of this. where is this ultimately, in your mind, going to end up? because it seems like the president is like daring them to hold him in contempt. >> well, one of the problems here is that there's some case law suggesting that even if a judicial order is unconstitutional, and i agree with mike, this gag order is clearly overbroad and violates the family. but there is some case law indic
we have biden's former number 3 in the biden justice department, matthew colangelo. we have this democrat judge who donated to biden and another anti-trump cause and his daughter is raising money off of this trial. and then you have a manhattan jury pool that's 85% against trump. so, yeah, i don't think trump is going to get a fair trial. >> laura: sol, when i'm thinking about how this is all going to go down, and the president goes out and speaks his mind about the fact that he believes...
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prosecutor matthew colangelo said, quote, the repeated fraud and illegality is highly relevant to this case right now. prosecutors also want to introduce the verdicts in the e. jean carroll trials where trump was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. prosecutors also want to bring up the settlement that trump foundation struck with the new york attorney general as well as trump's businesses being convicted by the manhattan da for tax fraud. all of it to, quote, impeach the credibility of the defendant as prosecutors put it today. the da also wants to bring up a frivolous lawsuit against hillary clinton, one that led to a penalty and rebuke from the judge that reads, quote, trump is a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries. he is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process. team trump argues that prosecutors should be barred from asking about any and all of those cases regarding the verdict in the civil fraud trial. trump's attorneys arguing that to bring it up would send jurors down a, quote, rabbit hol
prosecutor matthew colangelo said, quote, the repeated fraud and illegality is highly relevant to this case right now. prosecutors also want to introduce the verdicts in the e. jean carroll trials where trump was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. prosecutors also want to bring up the settlement that trump foundation struck with the new york attorney general as well as trump's businesses being convicted by the manhattan da for tax fraud. all of it to, quote, impeach the credibility...
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prosecutor matthew colangelo kicked off his remarks with this quote the defendant, donald trump, orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election. then he covered up that criminal conspiracy by lying in his new york business records over and over and over again, colangelo laid out the prosecution's case that trump cooked up a scheme with his former lawyer, michael cohen, and others to catch possibly damaging stories in order to squash them ahead of the 2016 election. and then trump mislabeled these hush money payments as legal services lawyer arthur aidala, on good day this morning highlighted the burden of proof will be up to the prosecution in this case. it's not an easy case for either side, and that's why it's going to be a great trial. the defense was up next and todd blanch opened up his remarks with this quote. president trump is innocent. president trump did not commit any crimes. the manhattan district attorney's office should never have brought this case. blanch explained that he was emphasizing president out of respect for the office. trump held. he also men
prosecutor matthew colangelo kicked off his remarks with this quote the defendant, donald trump, orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election. then he covered up that criminal conspiracy by lying in his new york business records over and over and over again, colangelo laid out the prosecution's case that trump cooked up a scheme with his former lawyer, michael cohen, and others to catch possibly damaging stories in order to squash them ahead of the 2016 election. and...
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the folks on his teams are good lawyers, matthew colangelo, senior prosecutor on this, former clerk to justice sonia sotomayor. he is a real lawyer doing real things. he's not going to be a fly-by- night guy. he's methodical. they are buttoned up on this. i have to believe michael cohen there are things we are not expecting that come out in the course of this that bolster this case perhaps more so than we are expecting. >> they do not like to lose. to be the one who took the shot on the first trump trial and failing, your ego is at stake and i think that is one reason i think the guy wants to win. >> that's so true. alvin bragg is not going out to lose. melissa marie, john heilemann, thank you for spending a sizable portion of your friday with me. >>> still ahead, republicans are desperately trying to distance themselves from the abortion bands they recently championed . >>> vice president kamala harris is not going to let them off the hook. that is next. at is next. when you have chronic kidney disease, there are places you'd like to be. like here. and here. not so much here. farxiga
the folks on his teams are good lawyers, matthew colangelo, senior prosecutor on this, former clerk to justice sonia sotomayor. he is a real lawyer doing real things. he's not going to be a fly-by- night guy. he's methodical. they are buttoned up on this. i have to believe michael cohen there are things we are not expecting that come out in the course of this that bolster this case perhaps more so than we are expecting. >> they do not like to lose. to be the one who took the shot on the...
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our laura jarrett also explains matthew colangelo, explaining confidently, relaxed, hands in pockets. he knows the facts. trump, meanwhile, sitting virtually emotionless as prosecutors begin these opening statements. this is just the beginning for donald trump. he's hearing for the first time exactly what this prosecution intends to bring forward to the jury and the types of witnesses he can anticipate hearing from in the days and weeks ahead. >> maya, what do you think colangelo's most important point in his mind is right now? >> i think it's pattern, pattern, pattern. pattern of behavior, that's what we're hearing from vaughn. what he's really trying to say is, when all is said and done and you have all these facts and evidence, you have to decide whether donald trump had the intent, the intent to conceal to further his election. i want you to remember all these patterns. because you're not necessarily going to have that person who says donald trump told me explicitly that he wanted to make sure he won. it's not going to be that direct, right? it's going to be time as a witness. it'
our laura jarrett also explains matthew colangelo, explaining confidently, relaxed, hands in pockets. he knows the facts. trump, meanwhile, sitting virtually emotionless as prosecutors begin these opening statements. this is just the beginning for donald trump. he's hearing for the first time exactly what this prosecution intends to bring forward to the jury and the types of witnesses he can anticipate hearing from in the days and weeks ahead. >> maya, what do you think colangelo's most...
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alvin bragg, matthew colangelo who is part of the defense team, gave an fantastic opening statement, directly oversaw the case we brought against the trump foundation, the ways in which donald trump over and over and over again exploited and broke the law in order to further his own interests, his own political interests, personal interests, business interests. this case is very much rooted in the same themes that we've seen trump held accountable for -- successfully accountable for by alvin bragg, by matthew colangelo and by a number of different prosecutors over the last few years. >> we just saw donald trump getting into his suv. he'll be heading back, we presume, to trump tower. he is leaving the courtroom now. we don't know how much contact he'll have with his lawyers as the day and the evening goes. i'm wondering, since you know alvin bragg, obviously you have heard all the attacks against him, both verbally and on social media. "the new york times" put his decision to pursue this case -- and we've talked about the fact it was considered a zombie case. it was looked at and died
alvin bragg, matthew colangelo who is part of the defense team, gave an fantastic opening statement, directly oversaw the case we brought against the trump foundation, the ways in which donald trump over and over and over again exploited and broke the law in order to further his own interests, his own political interests, personal interests, business interests. this case is very much rooted in the same themes that we've seen trump held accountable for -- successfully accountable for by alvin...
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colangelo's saying it was election fraud pure and simple. trump attorney todd blanche argued the former president is innocent. blanche also claimed there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election in his remarks, colangelo, a lead prosecutor on the case. so the alleged crimes began at an august as 2015 meeting between trump, michael cohen& x national enquirer publisher david the first witness to testify in the trial on monday colangelo's said the three formed a conspiracy at that meeting to influence the presidential election by concealing negative information about mr. trump in order to help him get elected. the prosecution said agreed to help by damaging information on trump to make it go away, a move known as catch and at the center of the case, a $130,000 payment to adult film star stormy daniels just weeks before election day in 2016, the prosecution said a sexual infidelity, especially with a porn star on the heels of the axis hollywood tape would have been devastating to his campaign. so at trump's direction cohen negotiate
colangelo's saying it was election fraud pure and simple. trump attorney todd blanche argued the former president is innocent. blanche also claimed there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election in his remarks, colangelo, a lead prosecutor on the case. so the alleged crimes began at an august as 2015 meeting between trump, michael cohen& x national enquirer publisher david the first witness to testify in the trial on monday colangelo's said the three formed a conspiracy at that...
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in fact, this former official, matthew colangelo, had previously been a colleague of de bragg, so he rejoined his old colleague. he also claimed that biden is a crooked president, should be on trial. i think that's mostly opinion, but i think it's worth noting, jake, that we've had this extended republican house investigation impeachment inquiry, no evidence of impeachable offenses, high crimes and misdemeanors, let alone criminal offenses. and then i should note, as you did briefly that he read this this big pile of documents of articles citing headline biden's denouncing the case. i googled some of them as he was speaking, so he read one, uh, talking about the whopping outrage and trump's indictment. well, that's that's harsh criticism. where was it from? a fox news column. he mentioned the daily caller and other right-wing publication. i gould another headline from the right-wing national review. he mentioned, there are some liberal scholars, legal experts, publications who have a raise questions about this case, but that pyle he showed was largely his his usual friends, the usual
in fact, this former official, matthew colangelo, had previously been a colleague of de bragg, so he rejoined his old colleague. he also claimed that biden is a crooked president, should be on trial. i think that's mostly opinion, but i think it's worth noting, jake, that we've had this extended republican house investigation impeachment inquiry, no evidence of impeachable offenses, high crimes and misdemeanors, let alone criminal offenses. and then i should note, as you did briefly that he...
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colangelo laid out the prosecutors theory of the case, which he said is about election fraud, pure and simple he says it all started with a 2015 meeting at trump tower between trump his former attorney, michael cohen and the former publisher of the national enquirer, david the government alleges agreed to use the enquirer to help trump's campaign by buying and suppressing negative stories about him and by amplifying stories that were favorable to him prosecutors allege the salacious access hollywood tape on earth just before the 2016 election was significant because it turned the rest of the presidential campaign entirely upside down when you're star, they let you do it. you can do anything, whatever you want, grab but they alleged that once the tape became public trump's campaign went into damage control mode, worried about what an allegation of an bear with adult film star might do trump and cohen arranged a $130,000 payment to keep stormy daniels quiet just two weeks before the election that's the case as to book-keeping, which is a very minor thing in terms of the law. >> and this
colangelo laid out the prosecutors theory of the case, which he said is about election fraud, pure and simple he says it all started with a 2015 meeting at trump tower between trump his former attorney, michael cohen and the former publisher of the national enquirer, david the government alleges agreed to use the enquirer to help trump's campaign by buying and suppressing negative stories about him and by amplifying stories that were favorable to him prosecutors allege the salacious access...
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assistant district attorney, matthew colangelo's saying it was election fraud, pure and simple. trump attorney todd blanche argued the former president is innocent. the payments made were legal. blanche also claimed there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election in his remarks, colangelo's a lead prosecutor on the case, said the alleged crimes began at an august 2015 meeting between trump cohen and x national enquirer publisher david the first witness to testify in the trial on monday, colangelo's said the three formed a conspiracy at that meeting to influence since the presidential election by concealing negative information about mr. trump in order to help them get elected. the prosecution said agreed to help by damaging information on trump to make it go away, move known as catch and kill. at the center of the case, a $130,000 payment to adult film star stormy he daniel's just weeks before election day in 2016 the prosecution said a sexual infidelity, especially with a porn star on the heels of the access hollywood tape would have been devastating to his campaign
assistant district attorney, matthew colangelo's saying it was election fraud, pure and simple. trump attorney todd blanche argued the former president is innocent. the payments made were legal. blanche also claimed there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election in his remarks, colangelo's a lead prosecutor on the case, said the alleged crimes began at an august 2015 meeting between trump cohen and x national enquirer publisher david the first witness to testify in the trial on...
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colangelo, who was at doj and went over to the da's office? that is true. that that happened, but that is all there is to this to make that into some body acting at joe biden's behest feeds into straight-up conspiracy. won't bring in kaitlyn kaitlan, you pointed out in the interview that plenty of people go from department of justice to other places yeah. and of course, no one knows that better than the former attorney general who's worked at the justice department multiple times and is very well versed in how that works. >> they interviewed bar i mean, what's your takeaway from this year, which by the way was an incredible interview. >> it's remarkable just in the sense of one, this is someone who saw up-close and personal what those several weeks in-between the 2020 election and january 6 were like, obviously bill barr left his job in december, but a lot of it had to do with what trump was saying about the election. and i'll never forget when bill barr came out and said there was no widespread election fraud and trump kind of lost his mind w
colangelo, who was at doj and went over to the da's office? that is true. that that happened, but that is all there is to this to make that into some body acting at joe biden's behest feeds into straight-up conspiracy. won't bring in kaitlyn kaitlan, you pointed out in the interview that plenty of people go from department of justice to other places yeah. and of course, no one knows that better than the former attorney general who's worked at the justice department multiple times and is very...
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colangelo, who went to work for de a bragg's office there is no basis for any suggestion that president biden personally put them. they're ordered him there et cetera. and then we had this laundry list of other claims. so former president trump said he should be campaigning in various states. perhaps he would have been, we can't check that hypothetical, but are kristen holmes keeps noting that even on the off days that for president trump has, he tends to not be scheduling campaign events. he tends to be at mar-a-lago on the golf course. so the idea that he'd be out campaigning every day, he's in court, i think is dubious at best. then he repeated a claim about another case, the judge engoron case, where he says he keeps saying judge engoron, turn down the appellate division refused to honor the decision of the appeals court in a civil fraud case involving trump, his sons, and his company. that's not what happened and gordon interpreted and appeals court decision in a way that foreign president trump didn't like, did not reject it. and then i'll just note that at the same time, a former
colangelo, who went to work for de a bragg's office there is no basis for any suggestion that president biden personally put them. they're ordered him there et cetera. and then we had this laundry list of other claims. so former president trump said he should be campaigning in various states. perhaps he would have been, we can't check that hypothetical, but are kristen holmes keeps noting that even on the off days that for president trump has, he tends to not be scheduling campaign events. he...
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matthew colangelo, a lawyer on alvin bragg's team, suggested this. quote, we'll never know, and it does not matter, if this conspiracy was a difference maker in the close election. as our colleague lisa rubin reported from inside the courthouse, the prosecution appears ready to provide evidence of how concerned trump's campaign was at the time and how stormy daniels' lawyer, keith davidson, texted david pecker, the former publisher of the "national enquirer," on election night and wrote this. quote, what have we done? colangelo insisted this was a criminal conspiracy and a cover-up designed to hide important information from the american voter, to ensure that such embarrassing details would never, ever, ever see the light of day. of course they did, and here we are years later. possibly on the verge of accountability. definitely on the cusp of another face-off between donald trump and joe biden. again, donald trump, though, has no choice about this. he is forced to sit there in his own trial listening to you will aof the testimony as lawyers go throu
matthew colangelo, a lawyer on alvin bragg's team, suggested this. quote, we'll never know, and it does not matter, if this conspiracy was a difference maker in the close election. as our colleague lisa rubin reported from inside the courthouse, the prosecution appears ready to provide evidence of how concerned trump's campaign was at the time and how stormy daniels' lawyer, keith davidson, texted david pecker, the former publisher of the "national enquirer," on election night and...
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i can report that matthew colangelo speaks like seth meyers speaks when he is not telling jokes. i can tell you the first witness, david accident like gave out his whole phone number when the prosecutor asked him to confirm the last four digits. he was trying to remember them and he said the whole number out loud and did not mean to do that. i can report that former president trump looks older than he used to. and it seems to me in my subjective take that he seemed miserable to be there. i look golder can i used to look as well. anybody has a right to look miserable when they're sitting in a courtroom charge with dozens of felonies. the courtroom is bare-bones. it's not large. it's inelegant. it has unflattering lighting. like i said, it does not smell good. everybody is very tense. what they mean to present to you with this information is given the choice, nobody would want to be there except journalists and reporters covering the most historic trial in american political history. to that end, i would like to say i am sorry to the journalists who are sitting next to me because i
i can report that matthew colangelo speaks like seth meyers speaks when he is not telling jokes. i can tell you the first witness, david accident like gave out his whole phone number when the prosecutor asked him to confirm the last four digits. he was trying to remember them and he said the whole number out loud and did not mean to do that. i can report that former president trump looks older than he used to. and it seems to me in my subjective take that he seemed miserable to be there. i look...
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prosecutor matthew colangelo, directed howard, his editor in chief of the national enquirer to buy exclusive rights to that story. the evidence will show was not acting as a publisher, he was acting as a coconspirator. the evidence will show this is a highly unusual deal, even for tabloid journalism. it was a lot more money than they would usually pay to a source. they bought the doorman's story without even fully investigating it. it was the first time david had ever paid anyone for information about donald trump. but directed that the deal take place because of the agreement he had reached or because he promised trump at the trump tower meeting on august 15 that he would use his media empire to help the defendant's campaign, and they knew public disclosure of the doorman's information would hurt that campaign. so what prosecutors laid out today and what the witness helped them prove today is that the practice described here in this alleged criminal conspiracy were not at all normal, not even for tabloid checkbook journalism that pays for stories. even for american media specifically and th
prosecutor matthew colangelo, directed howard, his editor in chief of the national enquirer to buy exclusive rights to that story. the evidence will show was not acting as a publisher, he was acting as a coconspirator. the evidence will show this is a highly unusual deal, even for tabloid journalism. it was a lot more money than they would usually pay to a source. they bought the doorman's story without even fully investigating it. it was the first time david had ever paid anyone for...
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wrongly, say this is a biden prosecution, what he's pointing to, and it's an incredibly argument is that matthew colangelo was at doj a few years ago, but there is no evidence, no known connection between the biden administration in this case, jake, back to you. >> all right. laura, i'm back with three people familiar with the parties in this case. we are joined now by adam kaufmann, a former prosecutor in the manhattan district attorney's office, who knows judge merch, can the judge merchan the judge in this case, also with us? karen egd, ophelia agnifilo, former chief assistant district attorney for the manhattan district attorney's office. we should note karen is of council for affirm that represents michael cohen, but she has had no contact with cohen, does not work on his case and there are no restrictions on what you can say about this case. also with this, of course, former federal prosecutor elie honig adam, let me start with you. you know, these prosecutors, you know, this, judge, you know, this courthouse. what can you tell us about what you think is going on in that courtroom right no
wrongly, say this is a biden prosecution, what he's pointing to, and it's an incredibly argument is that matthew colangelo was at doj a few years ago, but there is no evidence, no known connection between the biden administration in this case, jake, back to you. >> all right. laura, i'm back with three people familiar with the parties in this case. we are joined now by adam kaufmann, a former prosecutor in the manhattan district attorney's office, who knows judge merch, can the judge...
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>> we're prosecutors are saying that if this is matthew colangelo's one of the prosecutors that trouble was attacking ready to leave before the gag order was expanded they want if trump does get on the stand, if he does get up there and testified they want to be able to use the gag order violations during the cross-examination. what would be the point of prosecutors doing? >> so that's what matt colangelo's doing right now, is he's essentially asking the judge to revisit his sandoval ruling and sandoval is the case that you have to ask permission in advance. what are the prior bad acts that you want to be able to to cross-examine the defendant about if he should take the span that's where the defense will weigh i'm sorry, the judge will weigh the probative value versus prejudicial effect. i think colangelo's wants to bring in the gag order violations because a the judge found beyond a reasonable doubt that donald trump did violate the gag order, that it was willful that he did it intentionally and on purpose. and it shows that he puts his own interests above that of what someone else wi
>> we're prosecutors are saying that if this is matthew colangelo's one of the prosecutors that trouble was attacking ready to leave before the gag order was expanded they want if trump does get on the stand, if he does get up there and testified they want to be able to use the gag order violations during the cross-examination. what would be the point of prosecutors doing? >> so that's what matt colangelo's doing right now, is he's essentially asking the judge to revisit his...
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michael colangelo investigators brought in by alvin bragg to sort of put the case -- alvin bragg made this a priority and matthew will bring that case. >> adult film star alleges relationship with donald trump and received to have received payments from michael cohen working for donald trump by the way karen mcdougal model who alleges a relationship with donald trump. >> put out a letter she wrote and put out public i this was never -- this never happened. i never received payments unequivocally so there's some very -- changing of stories on this. especially with this guy too. >> michael cohen is the one who allegedly facilitating these payments. and -- he took out a home equity loan, pete he did allegations in the scheme would have paid daniels and mcdougal trump hires him on retainer to repay for what he paid to these individuals. pete: they say robert costello was middling plan and david pecker alleged to have been part of a purchase and file away bakely hey we want to purchase the rights to your story. but then never publish the story that was part of the accusation. >> and then j
michael colangelo investigators brought in by alvin bragg to sort of put the case -- alvin bragg made this a priority and matthew will bring that case. >> adult film star alleges relationship with donald trump and received to have received payments from michael cohen working for donald trump by the way karen mcdougal model who alleges a relationship with donald trump. >> put out a letter she wrote and put out public i this was never -- this never happened. i never received payments...