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so, don't work for mr. trump. i think that is the resonating message of the last eight days in this trial. >> as the trump team is trying to put together a whole host of new employees, potentially, to join him in the white house, should he win the election. but, let's move on to david pecker, who laid bare, really, the worst aspects of the catch and kill and the payment to stormy daniels, as well. how do you think trump might have felt, hearing all of that? >> well, he probably feels that mr. pecker crossed the line of loyalty. but, mr. pecker, frankly, did not cross the line of loyalty. i think when that plan was conceived, people had to know that in the event light was shined on that plan, everybody was going to have an obligation to protect themselves. so, my understanding is that mr. trump said the testimony was breathtaking and there were some mocking references to the testimony. but, i have had lunch with david before. i have respect for david, as a businessperson. i think david is a very wise person. he is
so, don't work for mr. trump. i think that is the resonating message of the last eight days in this trial. >> as the trump team is trying to put together a whole host of new employees, potentially, to join him in the white house, should he win the election. but, let's move on to david pecker, who laid bare, really, the worst aspects of the catch and kill and the payment to stormy daniels, as well. how do you think trump might have felt, hearing all of that? >> well, he probably...
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trump has some knowledge. you're doing not just through mr. pecker, i assume it will be done through other witnesses, too. but with mr. pecker, he's testifying i have known this man a long time. he's detail oriented. he cares a lot about his money and the money of hes company, and stuff doesn't happen in the trump organization without mr. trump signing off on it. that's key. and it's relevant. >> and actually trump's attorney said that, part of that, yesterday as well. chuck rosenberg, rehema ellis, charles coleman, kristen gibbons, tristan snell, i can't thank you enough for being with me this hour. it's really flown by because of the information you all are able to put into perspective. i thank you so very much and i thank you for the privilege of your time. we're going to take a short break. when we come back, the impact the trial could have at the ballot box. you're watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc. when you put in the effort, but it starts to frizz... you skipped a step. tresemmé silk serum. use before styling for three days of
trump has some knowledge. you're doing not just through mr. pecker, i assume it will be done through other witnesses, too. but with mr. pecker, he's testifying i have known this man a long time. he's detail oriented. he cares a lot about his money and the money of hes company, and stuff doesn't happen in the trump organization without mr. trump signing off on it. that's key. and it's relevant. >> and actually trump's attorney said that, part of that, yesterday as well. chuck rosenberg,...
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trump later denied knowledge of the arrangement. on cross-examination, mr. trump's lawyers challenging credibility and business practice. at a campaign event earlier in the day mr. trump addressed the testimony of his longtime friend. >> david has been a nice guy. >> did you know about the payment to stormy daniels before the 2020 election? >> reporter: pecker also testified today about the payment his company did make the former playboy model karen mcdougal to keep her alleged affair with mr. trump quiet. pecker said he coordinated with cohen because he was concerned paying mcdougal could violate campaign finance law. so they worked up an agreement to pay for contributions to magazines owned by american media, adding he believed trump was aware of the payment. the prosecution asking pecker was your principal purpose to suppress her story so as not to influence the election? pecker responding yes, it was. >> and we have peter baker and joy spent still with us. joyce, i wanted to start with you. let's talk about the fact that the day began before david pecker
trump later denied knowledge of the arrangement. on cross-examination, mr. trump's lawyers challenging credibility and business practice. at a campaign event earlier in the day mr. trump addressed the testimony of his longtime friend. >> david has been a nice guy. >> did you know about the payment to stormy daniels before the 2020 election? >> reporter: pecker also testified today about the payment his company did make the former playboy model karen mcdougal to keep her...
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and, judge merchan has found mr. trump, i'm ordering you not to cross the line. the d.c. circuit from the same thing, judge chutkan from the same thing. even though these are infringements on his right to speech, they are lawful and consistent with the first amendment. >> on page 8, judge scott mcafee writes "the court finds the defendant's motion to inspect or alleged to have been made in furtherance of criminal activity and constitute false statements knowingly and willfully made in matters within a government agency's jurisdiction, which threatened to deceive and from the government. i think those are some of the strongest words i've heard yet from judge scott mcafee specifically. what is your read on judge scott mcafee and how he is handling this georgia election interference case? i mean, we all sat through that very salacious televised soap opera of da fanni willis and whether she had violated ethics and was going to be disqualified. how do you think he is handling this? these are strong words. >> i do think he's trying to just address each motion in front of him, a
and, judge merchan has found mr. trump, i'm ordering you not to cross the line. the d.c. circuit from the same thing, judge chutkan from the same thing. even though these are infringements on his right to speech, they are lawful and consistent with the first amendment. >> on page 8, judge scott mcafee writes "the court finds the defendant's motion to inspect or alleged to have been made in furtherance of criminal activity and constitute false statements knowingly and willfully made...
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the day began with the judge taking the defense team to task over mr. trump's post on social media. targeting cohen and stormy daniels. the state seeking to hold mr. trump in criminal contempt for violating the judge's gag order. >> so they can talk about me. they can lie. but i'm not allowed today say anything. i would love to say everything that is on my mind. >> reporter: in court, the defense arguing mr. trump should be permitted to respond to political attacks. and the gag order should not cover reposts of someone else. the judge didn't rule today but seemed exasperated telling todd blanche you are losing all credibility with the court. minutes later mr. trump back on truth social falsely writing the judge had taken away his right to free speech. this is a kangaroo court. the trial will not be in session tomorrow but testimony will continue on thursday. with that, let's get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel and we need help tonight. susan glasser is here. staff writer for the new yorker. molly, special correspondent for vanity fair and an msnbc contributor. george conw
the day began with the judge taking the defense team to task over mr. trump's post on social media. targeting cohen and stormy daniels. the state seeking to hold mr. trump in criminal contempt for violating the judge's gag order. >> so they can talk about me. they can lie. but i'm not allowed today say anything. i would love to say everything that is on my mind. >> reporter: in court, the defense arguing mr. trump should be permitted to respond to political attacks. and the gag...
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you hold the keys to your freedom, mr. trump. i think that is the best way to make this more like any other regular case and protect the rule of law and protect what trump is doing which is interfering with the jury process and the witnesses. >> thank you offer starting us off on this important night. hugo, david, neil and before we go to break it's time for our dj t tracker, following trump's media company and how they are doing in the public markets, today the stock ended slightly closing at just over 35 bucks a share but here's what's important. the company has been losing money, as early as tomorrow, pay attention to this, donald trump could receive an additional 36 million shares for doing absolutely nothing, for spending absolutely nothing. he could get that amount of shares tomorrow in addition to what he already has and at today's price, that would be valued at $1.3 billion, so on paper, as early as tomorrow, he could be handed over stock worth $1.3 billion. he cannot sell, but still, that is a wow. >>> a foreign a bill t
you hold the keys to your freedom, mr. trump. i think that is the best way to make this more like any other regular case and protect the rule of law and protect what trump is doing which is interfering with the jury process and the witnesses. >> thank you offer starting us off on this important night. hugo, david, neil and before we go to break it's time for our dj t tracker, following trump's media company and how they are doing in the public markets, today the stock ended slightly...
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calling mr. trump's disobedience intentional. the defense firing back saying, quote, there was absolutely no willful violation of the gag order. insisting that mr. trump was responding politically. the judge continuously pressing defense lawyer blanche for specific details telling him, quote, you're losing all credibility with the court. just outside the doors of judge merchan's courtroom yesterday, mr. trump called expected witness michael cohen his former lawyer a liar. >> and when are they going to look at all the lies cohen did in the last trial? he got caught lying in the last trial. so he got caught lying, pure lying. and when are they going to look at that? >> after the contempt hearing, the jury was brought back in, and now former "national enquirer" publisher david pecker is again on the stand. we begin with vaughn hillyard outside the court, andrew weissmann, and former u.s. attorney, chuck rosenberg. vaughn, highlights from the gag order hearing. >> reporter: from the gag order hearing, was the fact that the judge has
calling mr. trump's disobedience intentional. the defense firing back saying, quote, there was absolutely no willful violation of the gag order. insisting that mr. trump was responding politically. the judge continuously pressing defense lawyer blanche for specific details telling him, quote, you're losing all credibility with the court. just outside the doors of judge merchan's courtroom yesterday, mr. trump called expected witness michael cohen his former lawyer a liar. >> and when are...
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trump and the campaign, the potential in person -- embarrassment. the state seeking to hold mr. trump in the criminal contempt for violating the judges gag order that bars him from attacking trial witnesses. >> so they can talk about me and say whatever they want, they can live and i'm not allowed to say anything. i'd love to see everything that's on my mind. >> the defense argued that trump should be permitted to respond to political attacks and the gag order should not cover repost of someone else. the judge didn't rule today but seemed exasperated telling the lead defense attorney, you are losing all credibility with the court. minutes later, during a break, mr. trump, back on truth social, falsely writing the judge had taken away his right to free speech. this is a kangaroo court. >> the trial will not be in session tomorrow but testimony will continue on thursday. with that, let's get smarter with the hope of our panel and we definitely need help. susan glasser, staff writer for the new yorker, conservative lawyer george conway, and he is in town for this trial, and former
trump and the campaign, the potential in person -- embarrassment. the state seeking to hold mr. trump in the criminal contempt for violating the judges gag order that bars him from attacking trial witnesses. >> so they can talk about me and say whatever they want, they can live and i'm not allowed to say anything. i'd love to see everything that's on my mind. >> the defense argued that trump should be permitted to respond to political attacks and the gag order should not cover...
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trump. when he said we i thought he was talking about himself and mr. trump. david and the national enquirer influencing the 2016 election at the direction of his lawyer. and there was what prosecutors allege was doing behind the scenes. prosecutors asked mr. exclusive rights to and then sat on so the accusations against trump would not come out before the election. a process that is now known colloquially as catch and kill. it was a story the inquirer determined untrue but bought anyway so it couldn't be sold to anyone else. then there was ken mcdougal the model and actress, who like stormy daniels, alleged she had an affair with donald trump. the inquirer also bought the rights to hurt stories so she could not go public with it. and what we learned in court today is that all this behind- the-scenes maneuvering much like those bombshell cover stories was for one express purpose, to help the trump campaign. your is prosecutor stein glass. the part of the deal where you notified them so they could buy negative information about mr. trump, that part, did that pa
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>> reporter: pecker describing a meeting at trump tower in 2015 with mr. trump and michael cohen. mr. pecker asaid he agreed to serve as the eyes and ears for rumors that could hurt plump. atsdsing, what i would do is publish positive stories about mr. trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. ection exposing a series of headlines about then candidate trump and derogatory comments making baseless claims about his opponents including ted cruz. pecker admitted today and also testifying his company paid a doorman $30,000 for a completely untrue story about mr. trump fathering a child with his housekeeper so the doorman couldn't take the story else where, trying to save mr. trump and the campaign the potential embarrassment. >> that was nbc's laura jarrett with that report. and joining us now is former assistant district attorney in manhattan catherine christian, and also an nbc legal analyst. thank you for joining us. let's just get your reaction to the david pecker testimony on the witness stand yesterday. how does it help the prosecution? >> it's very helpful, and it'
>> reporter: pecker describing a meeting at trump tower in 2015 with mr. trump and michael cohen. mr. pecker asaid he agreed to serve as the eyes and ears for rumors that could hurt plump. atsdsing, what i would do is publish positive stories about mr. trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. ection exposing a series of headlines about then candidate trump and derogatory comments making baseless claims about his opponents including ted cruz. pecker admitted today and also...
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trump today, if he fails to show up, he risks arrest. mr. trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 accounts of falsifying business records. a low-level felony, but the story prosecutors seek to tell is more sordid and sweeping, previewing the central theme today of a presidential campaign rocked by the release of the infamous access hollywood tape, fueling mr. trump's determination, prosecutors telling, to buy the silence of stormy daniels, allegedly directing michael palin to pay her $130,000 so that she would not go public, saying she had sex with mr. trump, something that he maintains never happened. the former president later reimbursing cohen through a series of checks, allegedly doctoring his company's internal records to cover it all up. >> that payment mystify damaging information from the voting public. the participants scheme was illegal. >> reporter: the judge ruled that prosecutors cannot play the access hollywood tape at trial, but can introduce what he said. mr. trump's team is excited to highlight how the previous da and federal
trump today, if he fails to show up, he risks arrest. mr. trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 accounts of falsifying business records. a low-level felony, but the story prosecutors seek to tell is more sordid and sweeping, previewing the central theme today of a presidential campaign rocked by the release of the infamous access hollywood tape, fueling mr. trump's determination, prosecutors telling, to buy the silence of stormy daniels, allegedly directing michael palin to pay her $130,000 so...
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trump today if he fails to show up, he risks arrest. mr. trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 counts of falsifying business records, a low level felony, but the story prosecutors seek to tell, more sorted and sweeping. previewing the central theme today of a presidential campaign rocked by the release of the infamous access hollywood tape, killing mr. trump's determination and prosecutors telling to buy the silence of stormy daniels -- daniels, originally directing michael cohen to pay her so she wouldn't go public saying she had had sex with mr. trump. >> that payment was to hide damaging information from the voting public. the participant scheme was illegal. >> reporter: the judge ruled prosecutors cannot play the access hollywood tape at trial, but can introduce what he said. mr. trump's team expected to highlight how the previous d.a. and federal prosecutors declined to press charges in this case. >> this trial is expected to last six to eight weeks and donald trump is also facing three other criminal cases in washington, d.c., georgi
trump today if he fails to show up, he risks arrest. mr. trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 counts of falsifying business records, a low level felony, but the story prosecutors seek to tell, more sorted and sweeping. previewing the central theme today of a presidential campaign rocked by the release of the infamous access hollywood tape, killing mr. trump's determination and prosecutors telling to buy the silence of stormy daniels -- daniels, originally directing michael cohen to pay her so...
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trump. when he said we, i thought he was talking about himself and mr. trump. and the national enquirer were by his own admission influencing the 2016 campaign at the direction of his lawyer. then there was what prosecutors allege was doing behind the scene to help trump's campaign. today prosecutors asked mr. about two negative stories about donald trump. stories that the national enquirer purchased the exclusive rights to and then sat on so the accusations against trump would not come out before the election. a process that is now known publicly as catch and kill. the first of these involved a doorman who alleged trump had fathered a love child with the housekeeper. the enquirer determined it untrue but bought anyway so it couldn't be sold to anyone else. then there was karen mcdougal who alleged she had an affair with donald trump. the enquirer also bought the right to her story so she could not go public with it. and what we learned in court today is all of this behind the scenes maneuvering much light those bomb shell cover stories was for one express purp
trump. when he said we, i thought he was talking about himself and mr. trump. and the national enquirer were by his own admission influencing the 2016 campaign at the direction of his lawyer. then there was what prosecutors allege was doing behind the scene to help trump's campaign. today prosecutors asked mr. about two negative stories about donald trump. stories that the national enquirer purchased the exclusive rights to and then sat on so the accusations against trump would not come out...
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when he said we i always assumed he and mr. trump. david pecker and the national enquirer were by his own admission publishing the 2016 at the behest of donald trump at the direction of his lawyer. and then there was what mr. pecker was doinghe behinds the scenes to help trump's campaign. today they asked mr.picker about two negative stories about trump, stories the national enquirer purchased the exclusive rights to and then sat on so that the accusations against trump would not come out before thewo election, a process that now known colloquially and publicly as catch and kill. the first story was about trump's love child. it was a story that was untrue. then there was karen mcdougal a model and actress who like stormy daniels alleged she had an affair with donald trump. the enquirer also bought the rights to her story she she could not go public with it. what we learned in court today all this behind the scenes maneuvering much like the bombshell cover story was for one express purpose, to help the trump campaign. here'sp prosecuto
when he said we i always assumed he and mr. trump. david pecker and the national enquirer were by his own admission publishing the 2016 at the behest of donald trump at the direction of his lawyer. and then there was what mr. pecker was doinghe behinds the scenes to help trump's campaign. today they asked mr.picker about two negative stories about trump, stories the national enquirer purchased the exclusive rights to and then sat on so that the accusations against trump would not come out...
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if mr. trump wanted to pay stormy daniels out of his own pocket, right, that would be okay. if mr. trump wanted to pay stormy daniels out of the trump organization, and recorded it accurately, that's okay. but once he decides to pay her, and has his organization conceal it, not as a hush money payment, which would be fine, but as a retainer to michael cohen for legal services, fictitious, of course, that's not okay. at that point, they made false entries. and new york state criminalizes that and the prosecutors are seeking to penalize it. to kristen's point, if you do all that stuff, you make those false records, ana, because there is some other crime you want to conceal or commit, like election fraud, or tax fraud, that takes the underlying case, a misdemeanor, lower level crime, and converts it to a felony. >> which is what we have here. yesterday we heard them argue i didn't falsify records. i paid a lawyer some money and i put it in the record for legal fees. it was exactly what it -- what i said it was. how does that argument stand up to the facts? >> i want to give you a glim
if mr. trump wanted to pay stormy daniels out of his own pocket, right, that would be okay. if mr. trump wanted to pay stormy daniels out of the trump organization, and recorded it accurately, that's okay. but once he decides to pay her, and has his organization conceal it, not as a hush money payment, which would be fine, but as a retainer to michael cohen for legal services, fictitious, of course, that's not okay. at that point, they made false entries. and new york state criminalizes that...
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mr. trump has a hard time with facts. he denies facts, but he can't in a courtroom, 12 people will hear the facts. >> jury of his peers. that's how the legal system works. i want to dig into the specifics here. you're an expert and familiar. we'll be talking about this case for the next several weeks. a key component of the da's case is trump's reimbursement for the payoff to daniels which were payments for legal fees. he agreed in 2018 that trump did agree to reimburse cohen and then falsely accounted for these payments as legal expenses. essentially calling him out for his bluff, lie, whatever you want to call it there. do you think trump's defense team will try to argue this again? the same argument? >> impossible. the facts are the facts. number one, trump's lawyer told the truth on fox and said they were reimbursements of illegal payments. the word illegal is my word. they were motivated at the end of election. rudy giuliani said reimbursements. apart from that, they did an ample investigation and found in writing in
mr. trump has a hard time with facts. he denies facts, but he can't in a courtroom, 12 people will hear the facts. >> jury of his peers. that's how the legal system works. i want to dig into the specifics here. you're an expert and familiar. we'll be talking about this case for the next several weeks. a key component of the da's case is trump's reimbursement for the payoff to daniels which were payments for legal fees. he agreed in 2018 that trump did agree to reimburse cohen and then...
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trump. mr. blanche is hoping when those jurors go back and deliberate they're going to think trump is just like this lawyer that mr. blanche hopes the jurors will like very much. >> david pecker is being questioned now about check the journalism. we should point out that we at nbc and msnbc and the mainstream media do not pay for, they don't pay for interviews. they don't pay people other than we pay an outside author for something they're writing or doing. but you don't pay for journalism. he's explaining the way of the tabloids, which was to pay. the max they would pay that he would have to approve personally would be $10,000. we're talking here about payments of $130,000 stretched out to kill a story. so they're establishing this was very unusual. >> not only are they establishing it's very unusual, andrea, part of the art, the skill of trial lawyers here including it is the way the prosecutors put out a very complicated case in 45 minutes told a story that captivates the jury. they know that
trump. mr. blanche is hoping when those jurors go back and deliberate they're going to think trump is just like this lawyer that mr. blanche hopes the jurors will like very much. >> david pecker is being questioned now about check the journalism. we should point out that we at nbc and msnbc and the mainstream media do not pay for, they don't pay for interviews. they don't pay people other than we pay an outside author for something they're writing or doing. but you don't pay for...
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. >> reporter: mr. trump hoping to persuade the justices to find him immune from federal charges. his lawyers arguing the office of the presidency would be completely hobbled without that protection. >> without presidential immunity from criminal prosecution, there can be no presidency as we know it. >> reporter: the special counsel's office indicted mr. trump on conspiracy and obstruction charges last year for his efforts to cling to power, accusing the likely gop nominee of pressuring state officials to reverse the election results, actions doj argues were for purely personal gain and cannot be shielded from prosecution. >> there is no immunity that is in the constitution unless this court creates it today. >> reporter: the conservatives expressing concern if future presidents have no immunity for actions taken while in the white house, that could hoep the door for incriminations between political rivals. >> will that not lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country as a democracy? >> reporter: the liberal justices troubled by the prospect of insulating
. >> reporter: mr. trump hoping to persuade the justices to find him immune from federal charges. his lawyers arguing the office of the presidency would be completely hobbled without that protection. >> without presidential immunity from criminal prosecution, there can be no presidency as we know it. >> reporter: the special counsel's office indicted mr. trump on conspiracy and obstruction charges last year for his efforts to cling to power, accusing the likely gop nominee of...
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pecker, but mr. cohen at mr. trump's direction. not everything in a trial is salacious. not everything in a trial is interesting. in the movies, of course, it always is. in real life, there are parts that are dry, and when you're just perhaps authenticating documents through custodians of record, but this part i would imagine is not dry. it could become dry. you have to be careful. you don't want to linger too long on this one topic. >> but do you want to sprinkle that stuff in, make sure you're keeping their attention? >> sure. absolutely. i think that's important in the following sense -- you want to -- they get to pick who they want to put on and what order they want to put on. you sprinkle in some interesting witnesses throughout the trial, maybe if you have to put in records, you do it at the end of the long day, though i like to end on a high note. the government gets to pick how they do this. not everything will be riveting. but everything will be important. >> so, there are also making a big deal about a 2016 recording, and this is where the prosecution points ou
pecker, but mr. cohen at mr. trump's direction. not everything in a trial is salacious. not everything in a trial is interesting. in the movies, of course, it always is. in real life, there are parts that are dry, and when you're just perhaps authenticating documents through custodians of record, but this part i would imagine is not dry. it could become dry. you have to be careful. you don't want to linger too long on this one topic. >> but do you want to sprinkle that stuff in, make sure...
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i'd be surprised if the judges reacted to everything mr. trump said and did. they have a different role here. >> i see that, i don't know, symone, for me, i don't know what evidence we need, short ofe something horrific happening to one of these judges or a member of their family or someone on their staff, that then people will go, oh, maybe we should just put his behind in jail to shut him up but that's just my reaction. the prosecutor says that's not how this system works . >> i understand. i saw something on instagram yesterday, it was a judge in court, the defendant was on zoom, the judge, it was all done the defendant said something smart about the judge called him a word i'm not going to repeat, and the judge held him in contempt right away and p i was like, why can't this happen for donald trump. you have lawyers who the american college of trial lawyers, they have a letter from the group condemning donald trump's personal attacks on the judges they say attacks like these are dangerous because they risk provoking violence against judges, prosecutors and
i'd be surprised if the judges reacted to everything mr. trump said and did. they have a different role here. >> i see that, i don't know, symone, for me, i don't know what evidence we need, short ofe something horrific happening to one of these judges or a member of their family or someone on their staff, that then people will go, oh, maybe we should just put his behind in jail to shut him up but that's just my reaction. the prosecutor says that's not how this system works . >> i...
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i'm obviously very loyal and very dedicated to mr. trump. i think he's going to be a great president. >> to your knowledge did the president or his company ever inflate assets or revenue? >> yes. >> and was that done with the president's knowledge or direction? >> everything was done with the knowledge and at the direction of mr. trump. >> the later testimony there damning against trump. but i mention in the introduction what a seasoned lawyer you are. there are people who only want to cover or look at or listen to one side of the case. you never understand a trial without both sides. i think you might agree -- tell me if you do -- that the other side of the defense will try to impeach mr. cohen's credibility. and if you agree that's possible, i ask you tonight what are the responses. >> well, most importantly we've seen michael cross examined by the same kind of questions, and the judge, the only one that has had adjudication is a judge found michael to be truthful. the same kind of questions and attacks will be made in this trial. >> you t
i'm obviously very loyal and very dedicated to mr. trump. i think he's going to be a great president. >> to your knowledge did the president or his company ever inflate assets or revenue? >> yes. >> and was that done with the president's knowledge or direction? >> everything was done with the knowledge and at the direction of mr. trump. >> the later testimony there damning against trump. but i mention in the introduction what a seasoned lawyer you are. there are...
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mr. trump's lawyers challenging pecker's credibility. at a campaign event earlier in the day, mr. trump addressed the testimony of his longtime pretend. >> dave has been very nice, a nice guy. >> did you know about the payment to stormy daniels before the 2020 election? >> reporter: pecker also testifying about a payment his company did make to former "playboy" model karen mcdougal to keep her alleged affair with mr. trump quiet. he was concerned paying mcdougal could violate campaign finance law so they worked up an agreement to campaign for her contributions by american media adding, he believes trump was aware of the payment. the prosecution asking pecker, was your principle purpose to suppress her story as to not influence the election? pecker responding, yes, it was. >> vaughn hillyard reporting there. you were inside the courtroom yesterday. i want to get to some of the substance of david pecker's testimony, but first, if you could just paint a picture of what the energy was like in the room and donald trump who appeared to be more agitated than he's been in the week and a h
mr. trump's lawyers challenging pecker's credibility. at a campaign event earlier in the day, mr. trump addressed the testimony of his longtime pretend. >> dave has been very nice, a nice guy. >> did you know about the payment to stormy daniels before the 2020 election? >> reporter: pecker also testifying about a payment his company did make to former "playboy" model karen mcdougal to keep her alleged affair with mr. trump quiet. he was concerned paying mcdougal...
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mr. trump's lawyers sought to raise questions about motives. at one point saying, i've been truthful to the best of my recollection. also undermining the idea mr. trump wanted to bury those stories to protect his family, a common refrain from the stance. instead, he believed it was all to protect his campaign. >> i have to wish her a happy birthday. she's in florida. >> miliania trump, absent. the former president needs to be in court on tuesday, thursday, and friday of next week. wednesday, he will be using that time to campaign in the battleground states of wisconsin and michigan. alex? >> okay, dasha burns. thank you for that. he is the former assistant deputy general. host of the podcast talking fits. thank you very much for that. also, our good friend timothy havey, former prosecutor and -- for the january 6th select committee. welcome to you, tim. okay. set the scene for us. what has it been like in the courtroom? one, what has it been able for you to see from your vantage point that we have not? >> the jury, how attentive they are. if th
mr. trump's lawyers sought to raise questions about motives. at one point saying, i've been truthful to the best of my recollection. also undermining the idea mr. trump wanted to bury those stories to protect his family, a common refrain from the stance. instead, he believed it was all to protect his campaign. >> i have to wish her a happy birthday. she's in florida. >> miliania trump, absent. the former president needs to be in court on tuesday, thursday, and friday of next week....
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that is mr. trump's attempt. remember, one key point there is david pecker acknowledged that he was aware of the fact that when you catch and kill stories for a candidate, like mr. schwarzenegger back in california, that can be a campaign-finance violation because you are providing something of value without reporting it. i think he set the stage really, really well. on cross-examination, there were attempts to make him seem like he maybe had a faulty memory and also just seem like oh, this is business as usual, everything is normal but i think he pushed back on that pretty effectively. i wasn't in the courtroom, but based on the reporting that seems to be the case. >> pecker affirmed that he to violate campaign law. i posited to you that as a trumped offense, perhaps he said the jury, look, prosecutors federal brought the underlying charges against me, how would you charge me with this federal crime? you pushed back on that of why that defense really should not work, right? >> yes, fire the prosecutors and i wou
that is mr. trump's attempt. remember, one key point there is david pecker acknowledged that he was aware of the fact that when you catch and kill stories for a candidate, like mr. schwarzenegger back in california, that can be a campaign-finance violation because you are providing something of value without reporting it. i think he set the stage really, really well. on cross-examination, there were attempts to make him seem like he maybe had a faulty memory and also just seem like oh, this is...
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prosecutors are seeking to prove that mr. trump doctored internal business records to cover up that payment. david pecker testified that trump was aghast when he saw stormy daniels on 60 minutes. >> was it hush money? >> yes. >> david pecker said trump called him and said, we have an agreement with stormy daniels, that she can't mention my name. trump denied knowledge of the arrangement, the cross- examination, trump's lawyers challenged david credibility in business practices. at a campaign event, trump addressed the testimony of his longtime friend. >> david is a nice guy. >> what do we know about the payment to stormy daniels? >> reporter: david pecker testified about a payment his company did make to former playboy model, karen mcdougal, to keep her affair with trump quiet. packer said he coordinated with colin, because they concerned -- worried that paying mcdougall could violate campaign finance laws so they worked out a deal, adding that he believed trump was aware of the payment. the prosecution asked david pecker, wa
prosecutors are seeking to prove that mr. trump doctored internal business records to cover up that payment. david pecker testified that trump was aghast when he saw stormy daniels on 60 minutes. >> was it hush money? >> yes. >> david pecker said trump called him and said, we have an agreement with stormy daniels, that she can't mention my name. trump denied knowledge of the arrangement, the cross- examination, trump's lawyers challenged david credibility in business...
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to help mr. trump hide that payment. >> that is just some of the back and forth, i'm also curious if you think the lawyers will use any of what we're about to show and remind the audience, he did go to prison for charges reeve lating to deceiving the public and he has pled guilty to lying under oath. would they use this and how? >> oh, sure. i mean, you've just given right there a small snippet of what the cross-examination is going to be. when you attack the credibility of a witness, you take in all of their prior inconsistent statements. i mean, any lawyer cross-examining michael cohen could look like clarence daro just by looking at all of the different inconsistent statements as you just gave a brief explanation right there. so what i think is going to be key in this case, though, is whether the defense decides to call bob costello as a witness. because it was his attorney when he initially was raided and he gave -- he gave them several statements at that time, when he was suicidal -- >> a tr
to help mr. trump hide that payment. >> that is just some of the back and forth, i'm also curious if you think the lawyers will use any of what we're about to show and remind the audience, he did go to prison for charges reeve lating to deceiving the public and he has pled guilty to lying under oath. would they use this and how? >> oh, sure. i mean, you've just given right there a small snippet of what the cross-examination is going to be. when you attack the credibility of a...
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that mr. trump had a child with a woman who was not his wife. that story wasn't true. and pecker also testified that the national enquirer would generate negative stories about trump's campaign rivals. so, chris, i always do not trust the national enquirer, that it was a tabloid that you couldn't believe, but man, this is riveting testimony. >> as someone who was covering one of the campaigns at the time, the candidate who was a target of some of those stories, it was a revelation afterward to find out how this actually works. one of the things that pecker says, danny, that cohen told him, and they were talking particularly about this door man's story, which by many people and was not only not credible, but in the end, turned out not to be true, but pecker says cohen told him this will be a very big story. i believe it's important it should be removed from the market so we will acquire the story. you have to remember that all of this, but particularly the case of stormy daniels, is about the t
that mr. trump had a child with a woman who was not his wife. that story wasn't true. and pecker also testified that the national enquirer would generate negative stories about trump's campaign rivals. so, chris, i always do not trust the national enquirer, that it was a tabloid that you couldn't believe, but man, this is riveting testimony. >> as someone who was covering one of the campaigns at the time, the candidate who was a target of some of those stories, it was a revelation...
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trump. please do everything that mr. trump asks you to do. that's what his defense attorneys are doing now. i think it is going to hurt him, and it doesn't bode well for future cases that are going to come down the line. thank god at least, finally, we have him in a court of law. >>> now on to politics. voters in pennsylvania will hit the polls today for the battleground state's primary election. all 17 members of the state's congressional delegation are up for re-election. three of them are facing serious challenges in the primary. today's election will also cement the lineup for the high-stakes senate race, as incumbent democratic senator bob casey looks to keep his seat there. joining us from outside a polling location in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. ali, what are you looking at for today's primary? >> look, you're right to point out that every congressperson in this state is going to be up for their own sort of first step in re-election, but the one we're looking at closely here is where i am i
trump. please do everything that mr. trump asks you to do. that's what his defense attorneys are doing now. i think it is going to hurt him, and it doesn't bode well for future cases that are going to come down the line. thank god at least, finally, we have him in a court of law. >>> now on to politics. voters in pennsylvania will hit the polls today for the battleground state's primary election. all 17 members of the state's congressional delegation are up for re-election. three of...
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mr. trumps lawyer sought to raise questions about david memory and motives on cross- examination. david pecker, defined at one point, saying, "i have been truthful to the best of my recollection." the tabloid mobile undermining the idea mr. trump wanted to bury stories about women to protect his family, a common refrain from the defense. instead, david pecker city was all to protect his campaign. >> and have to begin by wishing melania happy birthday. she is in florida. >> reporter: melania trump notably absent at trial. >> court will not be in session on monday. the trial will resume on tuesday at 9:30 a.m. with that, let's bring in our leadoff panel, john allen, senior national politics reporter for nbc. eugene scott, senior politics reporter for axios . thank you all for being here. trumps former longtime executive assistant testified for half an hour, she was known as the gatekeeper and said that a company directory had numbers for both stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. she also said the trump organization was paying her legal bills. what did the prosecution gain from her tes
mr. trumps lawyer sought to raise questions about david memory and motives on cross- examination. david pecker, defined at one point, saying, "i have been truthful to the best of my recollection." the tabloid mobile undermining the idea mr. trump wanted to bury stories about women to protect his family, a common refrain from the defense. instead, david pecker city was all to protect his campaign. >> and have to begin by wishing melania happy birthday. she is in florida. >>...
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history does not support mr. trump's arguments. they batted back and you argument me for the first time by mr. trump that criminal statutes don't apply to him unless they clearly say they apply to a president. that would mean i think there are only two criminal statutes that refer to the president. they can do anything. but i think in terms of top line, the other thing that is so important about this brief is the fallback argument. i hope and expect that jack smith will win on the primary argument that there just simply is no immunity from criminal prosecution for a former president. but this fallback argument is, even if there is some sort of immunity for official acts, this case should be remanded to the trial court because the evidence of things done potentially in mr. trump's official capacity, let's say the conversations he had with his own department of justice this, those can still be used as evidence of the can's piercy and the schemes charged, which are involved purely private conduct mr. trump and other private actors. yo
history does not support mr. trump's arguments. they batted back and you argument me for the first time by mr. trump that criminal statutes don't apply to him unless they clearly say they apply to a president. that would mean i think there are only two criminal statutes that refer to the president. they can do anything. but i think in terms of top line, the other thing that is so important about this brief is the fallback argument. i hope and expect that jack smith will win on the primary...
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this was done by mr. trump and the people around him. prosecutors have to show the jury what happened. that is their absolute obligation. here they are also showing the jury why it happened. it's hard for me to imagine that a jury is going to fault the prosecutors. this is the story. this is the trial, the facts, the evidence that the prosecutors are producing. they didn't cause any of this to happen. >> a little more from inside the courtroom. this from laura jarrett. keith davidson's disposition on the witness stand is notable, she says. his speech is monotone without a lot of elaboration. avoiding colorful language. for instance, he called the alleged dealings between mcdougal and trump a personal interaction. he is looking at his text messages and asked to explain the context around events he described as bombshell. his voice pattern never changes even when the subject is eyebrow raising. what do you read into that, catherine? >> it means, he doesn't want to be there. he is a witness for the prosecution because they called him. he is
this was done by mr. trump and the people around him. prosecutors have to show the jury what happened. that is their absolute obligation. here they are also showing the jury why it happened. it's hard for me to imagine that a jury is going to fault the prosecutors. this is the story. this is the trial, the facts, the evidence that the prosecutors are producing. they didn't cause any of this to happen. >> a little more from inside the courtroom. this from laura jarrett. keith davidson's...
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. >> reporter: mr. trump's announcement creating intense bipartisan backlash. >> donald trump just endorsed every single state ban on abortion nationwide. donald trump is the reason row is ended. if you re-elect me, i will be the reason why it is restored. >> reporter: while mr. trump's former vp mike pence slamming him for not endorsing a presidential band. quote, his retreat from life light -- right to life is a slap in the face of americans who voted for him in 2016 and 2020. the supreme court with three trump-appointed justices struck down roe v. wade in 2022 returning rights to the states for some have total abortion bands. >> i was probably the person responsible for the ending of something all legal scholars, both sides, wanted and in fact, demanded be ended, roe v. wade. >> reporter: but, just 36% of americans support the overturning of roe according to an nbc news poll and the issue has energized democrats. for prompt, -- mr. trump, the issue is politics instead of abortion. >> i am very pro-li
. >> reporter: mr. trump's announcement creating intense bipartisan backlash. >> donald trump just endorsed every single state ban on abortion nationwide. donald trump is the reason row is ended. if you re-elect me, i will be the reason why it is restored. >> reporter: while mr. trump's former vp mike pence slamming him for not endorsing a presidential band. quote, his retreat from life light -- right to life is a slap in the face of americans who voted for him in 2016 and...
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there would be issues that mr. trump could take up on appeal. other issues that he could not, until the end of trial. we've talked, i think, about that before, that ordinarily a defendant gets to accumulate all of the issues that they think, where they think mistakes were made, and they can appeal them, if they're convicted. there are a few exceptions to that. one is immunity, right, which is why that issue in the january 6th case is up now in the supreme orders, and mr. trump taken advantage of those appeals in the federal courts. but otherwise the closest thing to this article 78 procedure is a petition for a writ of a mandamus, which is basically going to the appellate court saying what the judge did here was so wrong, it's clear and the disputable it was wrong, i need you to intervene appellate court, even at this sort of late date or even sometimes in the middle of trial. this is something some people have talked about jack smith potentially doing with respect to some of aileen cannon's ruling or lack of rulings on things he's sought ruling
there would be issues that mr. trump could take up on appeal. other issues that he could not, until the end of trial. we've talked, i think, about that before, that ordinarily a defendant gets to accumulate all of the issues that they think, where they think mistakes were made, and they can appeal them, if they're convicted. there are a few exceptions to that. one is immunity, right, which is why that issue in the january 6th case is up now in the supreme orders, and mr. trump taken advantage...
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trump's office. >> hi, good morning. mr. trump would like to meet you at 9:00 at tavern on the green. >> good morning, it is rhona calling. mr. trump is meeting with miss universe at trump model management. do you think you'll be ready? >> we can do it. thanks, rhona. >> thanks, rhona. rhona graff, donald trump's longtime executive assistant and occasional costar on the apprentice. the prosecution appears to have called her because she is the person who handled trump's calendar and contacts and email, which trump himself does not use. ms. graf appeared in court under subpoena and testified her legal bills were being paid for by the trump organization, even though she does not work there anymore. so while rhona graff was not a hostile witness, it is a safe bet she didn't really want to be there. the prosecution used her testimony to establish donald trump had contact information for stormy daniels and karen mcdougal, the two women with whom trump is alleged to have covered up affairs and today they were able to show exhibits.
trump's office. >> hi, good morning. mr. trump would like to meet you at 9:00 at tavern on the green. >> good morning, it is rhona calling. mr. trump is meeting with miss universe at trump model management. do you think you'll be ready? >> we can do it. thanks, rhona. >> thanks, rhona. rhona graff, donald trump's longtime executive assistant and occasional costar on the apprentice. the prosecution appears to have called her because she is the person who handled trump's...
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the danger here is not to mr. trump. the danger here is to the court family, the jurors. for other mentally disturbed individuals, emotional people who can come to this location which is the center now, it kind of becomes a place like the white house or the capitol, you know, where emotionally disturbed people are drawn to it like a magnet. so that's the danger going forward. >> indeed, and michael, so this is -- this is a never before occurring -- a never before occurrence in the united states. a former president of the united states on trial in a criminal trial, but it is a spectacle that is unique. give us a little context because it can attract anything. it can be a carnival, donald trump wanted it to be a protest, it's not. it's attracting cameras, and it's just different. it's the trial of the century without cameras in the courtroom, they're outside. >> it is, and as we say all the time, you and all four of us, he's not guilty until proven guilty if he ever is. but the people who founded this country were not exactly anticipating that someone who was a president of
the danger here is not to mr. trump. the danger here is to the court family, the jurors. for other mentally disturbed individuals, emotional people who can come to this location which is the center now, it kind of becomes a place like the white house or the capitol, you know, where emotionally disturbed people are drawn to it like a magnet. so that's the danger going forward. >> indeed, and michael, so this is -- this is a never before occurring -- a never before occurrence in the united...
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mr. president? are american groups at risk as well? >> we are devoted to the defense of israel. we will support israel. we will help defend israel and iran will not succeed. thank you very much. >> the concerns about iran striking israel comes almost two weeks after iran vowed to retail vowed retaliation. israel's foreign minister threatened to respond and strike iran directly if any attack occurs. >> okay. thank you for being there at the white house. let us know when anything develops. >>> let's go from there. we go to josh letterman in london. welcome to you. israel and the united states have been bracing for a potential attack from iran. as bree explained, revenge for a strike on its consulate in syria. what kind of response do they expect? >> israel has put it's milton high alert. they say they are prepared for any kind of potential attack. of course israel has long had its radar sights, all of its defense abilities trained on iran because that has long been as far as israel's govern
mr. president? are american groups at risk as well? >> we are devoted to the defense of israel. we will support israel. we will help defend israel and iran will not succeed. thank you very much. >> the concerns about iran striking israel comes almost two weeks after iran vowed to retail vowed retaliation. israel's foreign minister threatened to respond and strike iran directly if any attack occurs. >> okay. thank you for being there at the white house. let us know when...
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i think any juror, whether you're a fan of mr. trump or you don't think very highly of mr. trump understand that there's perhaps some risk involved here. and so judge merchan was smart to address that early, and to protect those names from becoming public. that doesn't mean a leak couldn't happen, but i think he's setting it up the right way. will the jurors being feeling the pressure. if you have a jury of 12 men and women that are fair and get this right. they're paying close attention and they're going to feel it. >> chuck, how difficult would it be for judge merchan to hold him to the rules of the gag order? how challenging would that be for this judge at this point in the trial? >> i agree with something catherine said earlier. you can't treat mr. trump differently. he's not above the law. he's not below the law. if he's going to issue a gag order, and he's going to violate the gag order, then you have to hold him in contempt, punish him in some way. you can't have empty orders being issued by the judge. >> do you think he should be waiting nine days before or however
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meantime, david pecker yesterday said, quote, i would describe mr. trump as are very knowledgeable. i would describe him as very detail-oriented. i would describe him almost as a micro manager of what i saw. he looked at every, all of the aspects. >> one of the things that david pecker testified to that i thought was really damaging to donald trump was talking about a meeting he had attended with trump at one point in trump tower and walking into trump's office and sitting there with him as rhona graff, his then assistant brought him a series of checks attached to invoices. as trump is signing them, pecker testifies he's simultaneously holding a conversation with pecker but also looking closely at the checks and signing them. so pecker definitely undermined blanche there, but i also want to distinguish between what i'll call the precursor to the crime and the crime itself. remember, what trump has been charged with here is 34 felony counts of falsification of business records. the conspiracy to throw the election is what makes that a felony, but the crimes itself is the falsificatio
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if judge juan merchan were to make a ruling now and find mr. trump and then mr. trump keeps at it anyway. >> you run out of room. >> exactly. he may not, he may not want to paint himself and that. >> judge kiesel, philip hamilton, thank you both. >>> still ahead, the conservative members of the "bend over backwards to help trump one more time. what interstate didn't mean for the rule of law. that's next. at's next. i got rapid relief... and reduced fatigue with rinvoq. check. when flares kept trying to slow me down... i got lasting steroid—free remission... with rinvoq. check. and when my doctor saw damage,... rinvoq helped visibly reduce damage of the intestinal lining. check. for both uc and crohn's: rapid symptom relief... lasting steroid—free remission... and visibly reduced damage. check. check. and check. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal; cancers, including lymphoma and skin; heart attack, stroke, and gi tears occurred. people 50 and older with a heart disease risk factor hav
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so then mr. branch, trump's lawyer, moves on to another topic. he makes it three further pages into the transcript when the whole thing starts over again. it's over the mention of michael cohen. quote, separately from his obsession with president trump and his obsession to get president trump on multiple occasions, michael cohen has testified under oath and lied. prosecutor, objection. judge, sustains. blanche, he has walked into a courtroom very near here, raised his right hand and wore to tell the truth and now he will tell you i expect that he was lying. proscurement, objection. judge, sustained. then for a second time, the judge calls up the lawyers for both sides to the bench. counsel, please approach. and a second time he upholds the objection. judge merchan, the objection is sustained. now, i was in the court when this string of objections happened in the middle of trump's team's opening statements. both sides getting repeatedly hauled up before the judge. the lawyer having to restart what he was saying, pick back up. to me, as a lay perso
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trump's arguments, they batted back a new argument made for the first time by mr. trump that criminal statutes don't apply to him unless they clearly say they apply to a president and imagine that, that would mean, i think there only to criminal statutes that refer to the president. they could do anything but i think in terms of top line, the other thing that's important about this brief is the fallback argument. i hope and expect that jack smith will win on the primary argument that there simply is no relief from criminal prosecution, even if there some sort of immunity for official acts, this case should be remanded to the trial court, because the evidence of things done potentially mr. trump's official capacity, let's say the conversations he had with his own department of justice, those could still be used as evidence of the conspiracy and the schemes charged which involved purely private conduct by mr. trump and other private actors, private actors, other attorneys that he conspired with, to do the fraudulent elect their scheme, to try and convince mike pence
trump's arguments, they batted back a new argument made for the first time by mr. trump that criminal statutes don't apply to him unless they clearly say they apply to a president and imagine that, that would mean, i think there only to criminal statutes that refer to the president. they could do anything but i think in terms of top line, the other thing that's important about this brief is the fallback argument. i hope and expect that jack smith will win on the primary argument that there...
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trump's election chances. esther trumps lawyer sought to raise questions about mr. motive and memory. he said at one point, i been truthful to the best of my recollection. the tablet mogul also burying stories that he wanted to remove those stories to protect his family. instead, pecker said he believed it was all to protect his campaign. >> i do have to begin by wishing milani a happy birthday. she is in order. >> 20 now is barbara mcquaid, and an s nbc legal analyst. she is author of a very important book, attack from within. how does information is sabotaging america. by this book and give it to anyone you know who doesn't believe the news. i want to talk to you first about david pecker. this was very important testimony. it was important to make david pecker the first witness here because it speaks directly to what the aim was in having the national enquirer take these stories and kill them. david pecker said in court that this was actually in furtherance of keeping this from the electorate so that it wouldn't hurt donald trump in the upcoming election. >> david
trump's election chances. esther trumps lawyer sought to raise questions about mr. motive and memory. he said at one point, i been truthful to the best of my recollection. the tablet mogul also burying stories that he wanted to remove those stories to protect his family. instead, pecker said he believed it was all to protect his campaign. >> i do have to begin by wishing milani a happy birthday. she is in order. >> 20 now is barbara mcquaid, and an s nbc legal analyst. she is author...
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trump ahead of the 2016 election , encounters that he denies. at the heart of the case, $130,000 payment that michael cohen made to daniels so she would not go public, and how prosecutors say that payment was disguised. she testified that even though she no longer works for the trump organization, the company is paying her legal bills. the jury also heard from a former banker and first republic bank employee who helped to facilitate the payment , but the day began with the defense team seeking to undercut testimony of david pecker, the former publisher of the national enquirer, and a key witness for prosecutors , testifying at length about how he helped to silence people who could have hurt mr. trump's election chances. trump's lawyers sought to raise questions about david memory and motive. david pecker was defined at one point, saying "i've been truthful to the best of my recollection ." the tabloid mogul also undermined the idea that trump wanted to bury those stories about women to protect his family, a common refrain from the defense. inste
trump ahead of the 2016 election , encounters that he denies. at the heart of the case, $130,000 payment that michael cohen made to daniels so she would not go public, and how prosecutors say that payment was disguised. she testified that even though she no longer works for the trump organization, the company is paying her legal bills. the jury also heard from a former banker and first republic bank employee who helped to facilitate the payment , but the day began with the defense team seeking...
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mr. trump for appearing to mutter something warning, i will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom. jury selection is ongoing until they are selected. the former president is accused of falsifying business records by mischaracterizing the hush money payment he allegedly directed michael cohen made to stormy daniels as legal expenses on his company's books. mr. trump, pleaded not guilty. >> and on the way out of the courtroom today, the former president had his own words for the judge. >> we think we would have a very conflicted, highly conflicted thing that shouldn't be on the case. and he is rushing this trial. >>> meanwhile the supreme court heard arguments that could impact another trump case. the one about election interference in 2020. they have charged hundreds of rioters involved in the attack with obstructing an official proceeding. that's one of the same charges that jack smith brought against donald trump. but the conservative majority appeared skeptical about whether
mr. trump for appearing to mutter something warning, i will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom. jury selection is ongoing until they are selected. the former president is accused of falsifying business records by mischaracterizing the hush money payment he allegedly directed michael cohen made to stormy daniels as legal expenses on his company's books. mr. trump, pleaded not guilty. >> and on the way out of the courtroom today, the former president had his own words for the...
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pecker describing a meeting at trump tower in 2015 with mr. trump and his former fixer michael cohen where pecker said he agreed to serve as the eyes and ears for rumors that could hurt donald trump. what i would do is publish positive stories about trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. a series of glowing headlines about then-candidate trump and derogatory ones making baseless claims of his opponents like ted cruz. pecker admitting that enquirer made up a story linking cruz's father to the man who assassinated jfk. trying to save mr. trump and the campaign the potential embarrassment. the day began with the judge taking the defense team to task about mr. trump's posts on social media. targeting cohen and stormy daniels. the state seeking to hold mr. trump in contempt. >> so they can talk about me, they can lie, but i'm not allowed to say anything. >> reporter: in court the defense arguing that mr. trump should be permitted to respond to political attacks and the gag order should not cover reposts of someone else, the judge d
pecker describing a meeting at trump tower in 2015 with mr. trump and his former fixer michael cohen where pecker said he agreed to serve as the eyes and ears for rumors that could hurt donald trump. what i would do is publish positive stories about trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. a series of glowing headlines about then-candidate trump and derogatory ones making baseless claims of his opponents like ted cruz. pecker admitting that enquirer made up a story linking cruz's...
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, for former president trump's benefit, because mr. weisselberg is now a convicted perjurer, he's a convicted tax avoider and any credibility that he might otherwise have had assigned or any hope that former president trump could get any favorable testimony that would be credible at all in front of a jury is evaporated with this currency sentence of five months in rikers for mr. weisselberg. >> and speaking of that new york trial and interestingly, judge merchan is not framing it as a hush money case, he's framing it as an election interference case. jury selection set to begin on monday. today there was another attempt to delay the trial with a hearing later, are these last ditch delay attempts standard in the final days before the start of a trial? >> there is nothing about any of these many prosecutions that former president trump is facing that you would call standard. other than to say that delay always benefits the defendant. and here former president trump i'm sure would very much like to put this trial off until after the elect
, for former president trump's benefit, because mr. weisselberg is now a convicted perjurer, he's a convicted tax avoider and any credibility that he might otherwise have had assigned or any hope that former president trump could get any favorable testimony that would be credible at all in front of a jury is evaporated with this currency sentence of five months in rikers for mr. weisselberg. >> and speaking of that new york trial and interestingly, judge merchan is not framing it as a...
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and mr. trump's attorneys are saying yes. but at the same time saying if you were to kill somebody he would be immune from that. i was struck by in the same week in two different courtrooms and different cases they are both fundamentally sort of at bottom and testing the legal system, a stress test for the country. >> you can almost hear michael steele who was away in bucharest, -- >> why has judge merchan not ruled on the gag order? >> i think he is concerned about this going up on appeal. ruled on the gag order? >> i think he is concerned about this going up on appeal. in. if you will stick around, we have much more to discuss. by the way, i wrote about how this trial, the election interference trial, seems to be diminishing donald trump and away we don't often see. it is in friday's edition of the msnbc daily newsletter. you can see online but also subscribe for free. right now. pull your phone out, get your phone, open up the camera, and scan the qr code on the screen. sign up and you can start reading. you are watching "
and mr. trump's attorneys are saying yes. but at the same time saying if you were to kill somebody he would be immune from that. i was struck by in the same week in two different courtrooms and different cases they are both fundamentally sort of at bottom and testing the legal system, a stress test for the country. >> you can almost hear michael steele who was away in bucharest, -- >> why has judge merchan not ruled on the gag order? >> i think he is concerned about this going...
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mr. trump pleaded not guilty. he faces four years in prison if convicted. his campaign is fund-raising, posting an email this morning. it declares, 72 hours until all hell breaks loose, before later calling for an outpouring of peaceful patriotic support. u.s. secret service, nypd, new york courts, they are all coordinating security for this manhattan trial. first in florida, there's a pretrial hearing this afternoon in the classified documents case. attorneys for the former president's two co-defendants want the charges against them thrown out. that's where we start with ken dilanian. he is outside the florida courthouse for us. lisa ruben is in new york. and former manhattan assistant district attorney catherine christian is with us as well as former u.s. attorney harry litman. ken, what potential impact could today's hearings have on the classified documents case against the former president? >> reporter: peter, that depends how judge cannon rules in this matter. it could be insignificant. it could have enormous impact if she throws out any part of the c
mr. trump pleaded not guilty. he faces four years in prison if convicted. his campaign is fund-raising, posting an email this morning. it declares, 72 hours until all hell breaks loose, before later calling for an outpouring of peaceful patriotic support. u.s. secret service, nypd, new york courts, they are all coordinating security for this manhattan trial. first in florida, there's a pretrial hearing this afternoon in the classified documents case. attorneys for the former president's two...
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when he said we, i thought he was talking about himself and mr. trump. it sounds like he thought he was acting at the direction of donald trump. he published stories like this about texas senator ted cruz who challenged trump in the primary. extramarital affairs with multiple women. or this story, remember this one? this one got a little bit of attention. admitted making up linking ted cruz to the john f. kennedy assassination. remember that one? the substance of this is what the inquirer did not practice -- did not publish as part of a practice known as catch and kill. culminating in a 2015 meeting -- >> reporter: tonight a person with the matter tells nbc news that candidate trump was in the room when the national enquirer publisher discussed ways that ami could help quash negative stories about mr. trump's relationships with women. >> that was from 2018 when the meeting was first reported. in that meeting in august he told trump through michael cohen that anything i hear in the marketplace, if i hear anything negative about yourself or i hear anything
when he said we, i thought he was talking about himself and mr. trump. it sounds like he thought he was acting at the direction of donald trump. he published stories like this about texas senator ted cruz who challenged trump in the primary. extramarital affairs with multiple women. or this story, remember this one? this one got a little bit of attention. admitted making up linking ted cruz to the john f. kennedy assassination. remember that one? the substance of this is what the inquirer did...