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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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lisa: with this, trump builds to an all-encompassing thought. mr. trump: if we don't win on november 5, i think our country is going to cease to exist. it could be the last election we ever have. i actually mean that we don't -- i actually mean that. we don't win i think this could , be the last election we ever have. that's where our country's going. >> what do you think he's doing there? lisa: jennifer says this kind of speech is what separates trump. it is not political razzle dazzle but dangerous, hyperbolic fearmongering. jennifer: he is trying to make it seem as though everhing is at stake. most people are not excited about his campaign, or biden's. and so both candidates are trying to generate a lot of interest. one way you do that is through using intense and extreme language to make it seem as though everything is at stake. lisa: and wisconsin yesterday, he added religion injecting the , idea that while joe biden is a regular churchgoer, he, donald trump, is the christian candidate this election. mr. trump: november 5 is going to be called
lisa: with this, trump builds to an all-encompassing thought. mr. trump: if we don't win on november 5, i think our country is going to cease to exist. it could be the last election we ever have. i actually mean that we don't -- i actually mean that. we don't win i think this could , be the last election we ever have. that's where our country's going. >> what do you think he's doing there? lisa: jennifer says this kind of speech is what separates trump. it is not political razzle dazzle...
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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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trump denies at once again, but even if one doesn't believe mr. robin, thanks that a fair with karen mcdougal probably happened the liaison with stormy daniels probably happened. he's not being tried for that. now, correct? >> it's for fraud with business records. >> it's a more complicated thing. as bill said, i just want to go big picture for a moment. i'm going to play the juror and one of the things i think we have to keep in mind is the e. jean carroll case in many ways, that was a much tougher case. the jury pool was much broader than just manhattan's begin with jury pool just to interject for one second, the prosecutor just said to keith davidson, did you have an understanding of how this deal was going to be funded and keith davidson says he had an assumption. >> go ahead. i'm sorry. so i'm just saying in that case, a very old pace. let's say he said she said case from longtime ago. they did. >> the jury and there were members of that jury that i know robbie kaplan, e jean carroll's lawyer thought were very pro-trump people. >> they did ge
trump denies at once again, but even if one doesn't believe mr. robin, thanks that a fair with karen mcdougal probably happened the liaison with stormy daniels probably happened. he's not being tried for that. now, correct? >> it's for fraud with business records. >> it's a more complicated thing. as bill said, i just want to go big picture for a moment. i'm going to play the juror and one of the things i think we have to keep in mind is the e. jean carroll case in many ways, that...
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if memory serves, i remember mr. trump being asked by the new york times, maureen dowd, i think back in 2016 or so, whether he had ever paid for in an abortion and response was such an interesting question. so what's your next question? >> trump >> also attacked biden on biden's response to israel's war with hamas in gaza >> israel any jewish person votes for a democrat or most to have their head exam quote, what you just heard. any jewish person that their votes were democratic votes for biden should have their head examined. poll suggests that jewish voters in the united states opt for democrats roughly 70% of the time so that is a vast majority of the american jewish voting population that mr. trump apparently believes need to have their heads examined. let's bring in our political panel and we should note maria, that that kari lake is also running away from her previous comments on abortion, although much more starkly than donald trump now, she said that the arizona abortion ruling went too far. she said it was q
if memory serves, i remember mr. trump being asked by the new york times, maureen dowd, i think back in 2016 or so, whether he had ever paid for in an abortion and response was such an interesting question. so what's your next question? >> trump >> also attacked biden on biden's response to israel's war with hamas in gaza >> israel any jewish person votes for a democrat or most to have their head exam quote, what you just heard. any jewish person that their votes were...
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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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trump. >> all happening just in the last half hour or so. mr. trump, they're saying that this is not fair, that this case is going on, that it is an unfair case. he cited a number of conservative writers saying as much. he also cited a rolling stone article for more than a year ago, suggesting that there are people who don't like trump, but thinks think this case is week. let's go straight to cnn senior justice correspondent evan pettis, who's that's why the courthouse haven't quite a whirlwind of a day it is a whirlwind of a day. >> jake, look, we started pretty rough. where we had to jurors who had been put on the panel where we were excused from serving. one of them because she said that she no longer believed she could be fair. she was concerned about details about her but her life that made it out into the public and another one who prosecutors said, a person with a similar name. the only thing we know is a person by the with a similar name had an arrest record and so that person was questioned and in the end was excused. we don't know exac
trump. >> all happening just in the last half hour or so. mr. trump, they're saying that this is not fair, that this case is going on, that it is an unfair case. he cited a number of conservative writers saying as much. he also cited a rolling stone article for more than a year ago, suggesting that there are people who don't like trump, but thinks think this case is week. let's go straight to cnn senior justice correspondent evan pettis, who's that's why the courthouse haven't quite a...
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trump's mr. trump was asking michael cohen did we hear anything yet? you would have objection. >> i can assume surgery or the word assume objection. luck. you reach up and up before i was testifying, i assume this i assume that that's not those are in fact, so objection. right? apologize for my answer i do find the transcript fascinating. i'm dying to read it and actually, a friend of mine, jim walden who was brilliant attorney. he's the one who filed the motion asking for the daily transcript to be released. the people who aren't too happy about it the court reporters who get paid daly kopan, do but again, the crimes like nothing that you just spoke about, is a crime michael cohen been anxious, is not a crime. it just means that something that they're interested in, and that'll be when you talk about the relationship changing in 2015 we now know that when you declare yourself for public office, whether it's city council person or president, united states they come out, they're coming to get you, which is now why we don't get good people running for of
trump's mr. trump was asking michael cohen did we hear anything yet? you would have objection. >> i can assume surgery or the word assume objection. luck. you reach up and up before i was testifying, i assume this i assume that that's not those are in fact, so objection. right? apologize for my answer i do find the transcript fascinating. i'm dying to read it and actually, a friend of mine, jim walden who was brilliant attorney. he's the one who filed the motion asking for the daily...
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mr. trump we will make america great again. william: eight years ago, donald trump, the real estate mogul turned reality tv star turned presidential candidate, was about to deliver a titanic political upset. it was the fall of 2016, and despite trailing in the polls to former secretary of state hilary clinton, the republican nominee was all confidence. mr. trump: when we win on november 8th we are going to washington, d.c. and we will drain the swamp. william: but a month before election day, his campaign was sent reeling when the washington post published this more than 10-year old videotape. mr. trump: i just start kissing them. it is like a magnet. i don't even wait. and when you're a star, they let you do it. you can do anything grab em by the p*****. you can do anything. >> the story the political world has been buzzing about all afternoon. >> making vulgar comments about women. william: in full damage-control mode, another lurking scandal suddenly seemed more ominous. for several months, stephanie clifford, an adult film
mr. trump we will make america great again. william: eight years ago, donald trump, the real estate mogul turned reality tv star turned presidential candidate, was about to deliver a titanic political upset. it was the fall of 2016, and despite trailing in the polls to former secretary of state hilary clinton, the republican nominee was all confidence. mr. trump: when we win on november 8th we are going to washington, d.c. and we will drain the swamp. william: but a month before election day,...
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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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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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>> should mr. trump, as candidate, as representative of your party, go and see ukraine for himself? >> i'm not going to give him any advice. i'm focusing on turning the senate republicans into the majority here, and focusing on advocating, as i think i successfully did this very week, from moving away from the isolationist movement that began with tucker carlson. >> it began with tucker carlson? >> it did. he had a huge audience among rank and file republicans, and i think it was very disruptive and very impactful on regular republican voters and creating a big problem. >> because he mimicked republican propaganda and amplified it and that's been repeated on the house floor as the intel chairman said. >> i certainly disagreed with him, and he certainly ended where he should have been all along, interviewing vladimir putin. >> will you fact-check donald trump when he says these things? because he has also repeated sme of these claims -- >> i'm not going to give any advice to our candidate in the presidential election. what i'm focusing on is turning the senate into a majority republi
>> should mr. trump, as candidate, as representative of your party, go and see ukraine for himself? >> i'm not going to give him any advice. i'm focusing on turning the senate republicans into the majority here, and focusing on advocating, as i think i successfully did this very week, from moving away from the isolationist movement that began with tucker carlson. >> it began with tucker carlson? >> it did. he had a huge audience among rank and file republicans, and i...
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mr. fair. apparently it was good with difficult clients but he insisted cohen is not difficult, but we haven't gotten to really why he is on the stand. we don't know if this is gonna be about payments to stormy daniels or cohen's home equity line. it's unclear, but stay tuned because we continue to get these lives updates from inside the court bit of a mystery late on a friday afternoon, paula reid. thank you so much i've or sanchez in new york and i'm wolf blitzer here in washington. much more of our specialty what coverage of the trial is coming up and i'll be back in two hours in the situation room 6:00 p.m. eastern. but the lead with jake tapper starts right now cnn's breaking news welcome to the lead on jake tapper, right now, right this minute. i knew witness in donald trump's hush money cover up trial. the prosecution just called it's third witness. his name is gary pharaoh. gary pharaoh is a banker who worked with michael cohen at the time that the payments were made to former pla
mr. fair. apparently it was good with difficult clients but he insisted cohen is not difficult, but we haven't gotten to really why he is on the stand. we don't know if this is gonna be about payments to stormy daniels or cohen's home equity line. it's unclear, but stay tuned because we continue to get these lives updates from inside the court bit of a mystery late on a friday afternoon, paula reid. thank you so much i've or sanchez in new york and i'm wolf blitzer here in washington. much more...
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he has admitted to helping mr. trump exaggerate his net worth for better loan terms. he already served 100 days in jail for tax fraud. on wall street today, those inflation numbers renewed concern that the fed will not start slashing interest rates anytime soon. the dow jones lost 422 points, to close at 38,462. the nasdaq fell 136 points and the s&p 500 gave back 49. olympic track and field champions will soon be taking home cash to go along with their gold. starting with this summer's games in paris, gold medalist will receive $50,000 for their efforts. track and field is the first sport to reward prize money. still to come on the newshour, judy woodruff travels to oregon for a look at the growing political divide between rural and urban areas, and muslims observe ramadan and eid. and congress honors the women who inspired rosie the riveter by joining the workforce during world war ii. state, cherry blossom and a performance on the menu. the dinner is his first this year. muslims in jerusalem observe ramadan. congress honors the women who inspired rosie the riveter.
he has admitted to helping mr. trump exaggerate his net worth for better loan terms. he already served 100 days in jail for tax fraud. on wall street today, those inflation numbers renewed concern that the fed will not start slashing interest rates anytime soon. the dow jones lost 422 points, to close at 38,462. the nasdaq fell 136 points and the s&p 500 gave back 49. olympic track and field champions will soon be taking home cash to go along with their gold. starting with this summer's...
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trump's elicit acts rather than listening to my own conscience >> mr. trump has pleaded not guilty. he is denying the affairs and as we wait for a jury to be seated and for the judge's ruling on that alleged gag order violation judge, roshan has been deciding what evidence and what testimony jurors will be allowed to hear cnn chief legal affairs correspondent paul reads outside the courtroom for us and paula. the jury selection process has begun an already about 50 people have been let go yeah, over 50 let go because they felt they could not be impartial in this case. and jake, that's a significant number because the trump's team and one to have that statistic, they didn't want everyone who has dismissed in that first phase all be lumped in as one. they wanted that statistic to preserve issue horn appeal. i mean, they expect to eventually have to possibly appeal this case and they want to be able to point and say, look, we lost over half of the potential jurors because they could not be impartial. now, after that cut, then they lost about ten additional people for other reasons. and
trump's elicit acts rather than listening to my own conscience >> mr. trump has pleaded not guilty. he is denying the affairs and as we wait for a jury to be seated and for the judge's ruling on that alleged gag order violation judge, roshan has been deciding what evidence and what testimony jurors will be allowed to hear cnn chief legal affairs correspondent paul reads outside the courtroom for us and paula. the jury selection process has begun an already about 50 people have been let go...
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>> who knows what donald trump was thinking when mr. pecker testified all of this in court today, when the national enquirer endorse trump back in 2016, trump, after all, returned the favor i've always said, why didn't the national enquirer get the pulitzer prize for edwards and o j simpson and all of these things i think maybe we got an idea today why the national enquirer hasn't been awarded any policy prizes. >> cnn's kara scannell was in court for all this. kara, how attentive? >> word jurors, as all of this sleeves was displayed before them jake, it was a very short court session today. >> david pecker was on the and for just over two hours. and during his testimony, the jurors appear to be paying close attention. you could see when pecker was testifying, he often looked at the jury box when he was answering some of the questions. and you could see the jurors eyes following him back to the prosecutor, who would then ask the follow-up question. a bit like a tennis match for their heads going back and forth. we also saw there was som
>> who knows what donald trump was thinking when mr. pecker testified all of this in court today, when the national enquirer endorse trump back in 2016, trump, after all, returned the favor i've always said, why didn't the national enquirer get the pulitzer prize for edwards and o j simpson and all of these things i think maybe we got an idea today why the national enquirer hasn't been awarded any policy prizes. >> cnn's kara scannell was in court for all this. kara, how attentive?...
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trump denying his motion for a new trial altogether this week, mr. trump also finds himself listed as an unindicted coconspirator in both arizona and in michigan's 2020 election subversion investigations. and indictments. let's discuss all of this with ronan farrow, contributing writer at the new yorker, who has done extensive reporting on david pecker& his company, ami, as well as the karen mcdougal catch and kill deal ronan's a lawyer, also the author of catch and kill lies, spies, and a conspiracy to protect predators. ronen, good to see you again, my friends. so today the defense tried to expose small inconsistencies in pecker statements. they focused on a key august 2015 meeting at trump tower with pecker& trump and cohen were pecker said he agreed to be the eyes and ears for the trump campaign, flagging any negative stories about trump to michael cohen the defense asked, did you ever are specifically use the term catch and kill in the meeting and pecker replied, no, i did not but then under redirect questioning from the prosecution, pecker reit
trump denying his motion for a new trial altogether this week, mr. trump also finds himself listed as an unindicted coconspirator in both arizona and in michigan's 2020 election subversion investigations. and indictments. let's discuss all of this with ronan farrow, contributing writer at the new yorker, who has done extensive reporting on david pecker& his company, ami, as well as the karen mcdougal catch and kill deal ronan's a lawyer, also the author of catch and kill lies, spies, and a...
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a brand new criminal case in arizona involving several trump allies, but not mr. trump himself. the arizona secretary of state is going to join me. we need to get into all of that here on the lead. >> stay with us riyad today's new album is breaking records gets to sit what country is comey country beyond say, a nashville's renaissance, april 26, streaming exclusively on mats businesses go further with 5g solutions. >> that's why they choose t-mobile for business pga of america t-mobile port partnering on five jean howard analytics to help improve player performance t-mobile's network helped to aaa stay connected nationwide to get there embers back on the road and las vegas grand prix chose t-mobile to help fuel operations for one of the world's largest racing events now is the time to see what american there's largest biji network can do for your business all new subway routes are packed with delicious ingredients in a pillar, we lavage route. finally, a refreshing lunch that tasted murphy for pro athletes like me, right? >> get off, finish by one route, one, 50% up in a subway
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hill, the maga caucus, and trump well, on monday, mr. trump is set to become the first former president in the history of these united's states to face criminal trial. mr. trump allegedly tried to buy the silence of former adult film star and director stormy daniels to cover up a dalliance. he tried to do that before the 2016 election. he's accused of. he denies this but after months of trying to delay a trial for falsifying the business records to cover up that payment. it appears that mr. trump and his legal team are running out of options. the biden campaign for its part, will also during our show today, go on the offensive. they say over what they believe will be a winning issue for the president who is struggling in the polls. abortion rights, vice president kamala harris today has been dispatched to arizona to slam a ruling earlier this week by the state's top court that revived a 160 year-old near-total ban on abortion. the period that this law was passed was a period when women could not vote, or in many places in the united stat
hill, the maga caucus, and trump well, on monday, mr. trump is set to become the first former president in the history of these united's states to face criminal trial. mr. trump allegedly tried to buy the silence of former adult film star and director stormy daniels to cover up a dalliance. he tried to do that before the 2016 election. he's accused of. he denies this but after months of trying to delay a trial for falsifying the business records to cover up that payment. it appears that mr....
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it's the first of four criminal indictments mr. trump is facing. it's an historic moment, the first criminal trial of any former president. he faces 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up an alleged extramarital affair that surfaced during his 2016 campaign. mr. trump cast himself as under attack, calling the trial a quote, "political persecution." joining us now from new york is our william brangham, who has been covering the former president's legal cases. william, jury selection started this afternoon but only after a good deal of sparring over various motions. walk us through what happened. >> the day started with a lot of conversation about the gag order placed on donald trump by the judge and whether trump violated it today over -- or over the past we can. remember, i cannot think of a criminal defendant in recent legal history who has so aggressively and sometimes violently gone after the judges and prosecutors overseeing the cases that he is in the middle of. in this case, donald has gone after the judge, particularly his adul
it's the first of four criminal indictments mr. trump is facing. it's an historic moment, the first criminal trial of any former president. he faces 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up an alleged extramarital affair that surfaced during his 2016 campaign. mr. trump cast himself as under attack, calling the trial a quote, "political persecution." joining us now from new york is our william brangham, who has been covering the former president's legal cases. william,...
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trump posted seven more posts, sometimes attacking mr. cohen, calling him a serial perjurer, but also very troublesome to the court, attacking jurors. he did this by reposting a different post by jesse waters talking about liberal individuals lying, and then he added to that to get onto this trial. that caused the government to file another motion for contempt. i will note that in today's hearing, prosecutors said we are going to be filing another motion for contempt. based on some even, on the even more. it just keeps going. william: his lawyers argue this is an unconstitutional infringement on his free-speech rights, that he feels the system is rigged and he has every right to say that. what are a defendants rights in this regard? x defendants have constitutional rights, like all people in the united states. but when you are a defendant in a criminal trial, those rights are absolute not limitless. ,they can be restricted when your speech has an impact negatively on the administration of justice. meaning that the court cannot properly en
trump posted seven more posts, sometimes attacking mr. cohen, calling him a serial perjurer, but also very troublesome to the court, attacking jurors. he did this by reposting a different post by jesse waters talking about liberal individuals lying, and then he added to that to get onto this trial. that caused the government to file another motion for contempt. i will note that in today's hearing, prosecutors said we are going to be filing another motion for contempt. based on some even, on the...
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mr. trump: many states will be different. many will have a different number of weeks or some will have more conservative than others and that is what they will be. at the end of the day, this is all about the will of the people. amna: we also just heard, as lisa reported, president biden announcing more student loan forgiveness in wisconsin. why these messages from these candidates right now? leanne: it is a great question and great to compare the two messages. you have abortion, which is an issue republicans have been struggling with. we saw this in the 2022 elections and some of the 2023 elections. republicans have decided taking a specific position on a specific ban on a number of weeks is not politically palatable. that is way trump evaded the issue and did not come out with a new position. and then you have president biden talking about student loans, which is an issue that is really important to young people. people of color as well who are disproportionately impacted by student loan debt, and these are the areas where
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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
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...
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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
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i don't think mr. trump does. yeah. i mean, one of the things that i've heard from some democrats is they say, jamie raskin is the one i'm thinking of. y is at stefanik the one leading the charge about this because she as you note is doesn't exactly lead the charge against the anti-semites on the right, here's what congressman raskin last december said. when it came to at least a phonic as the leader peter of this the issue with at least a phonic is that while she's posing as a great champion of the jews and opponent of antisemitism on campus and for college presidents, she won't say anything about presidential anti-semitism when it comes to the white house, the real president of the united states and that of course is a much greater threat to jews in america when you have donald trump, who says things like they're very fine people on both sides of it. >> in anti-semitic race riot called by neo-nazis in charlottesville, virginia every spent jamie raskin a great deal it makes me uncomfortable to watch people play politic
i don't think mr. trump does. yeah. i mean, one of the things that i've heard from some democrats is they say, jamie raskin is the one i'm thinking of. y is at stefanik the one leading the charge about this because she as you note is doesn't exactly lead the charge against the anti-semites on the right, here's what congressman raskin last december said. when it came to at least a phonic as the leader peter of this the issue with at least a phonic is that while she's posing as a great champion...
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ms daniels has said that in 2006 she and mr. trump had one intimate encounter. a decade later as the 2016 election neared, mr. trump's fixer, michael cohen, paid ms daniels $130,000 to keep quiet a non-disclosure agreement is an illegal. mr. bragg's complaint is about the paperwork mr. cohen was reimbursed through 2017 via a monthly retainer disguised as a payment for legal services. the da said he padded his indictment by separately charging each invoice check and ledger entry to get 34 we're counts falsifying business records in new york can be a misdemeanor, but that statute of limitations had expired. so de a alvin bragg charged trump with felonies which require a showing of intent to commit another crime bragg was only able to do that because covid had caused an extension of the applicable statute of limitations for a year during which time trump was charged remember assessing the alla that all of this required is presumably why the fed's passed on pressing this case themselves so what's the second crime election interference. the claim that the payment was
ms daniels has said that in 2006 she and mr. trump had one intimate encounter. a decade later as the 2016 election neared, mr. trump's fixer, michael cohen, paid ms daniels $130,000 to keep quiet a non-disclosure agreement is an illegal. mr. bragg's complaint is about the paperwork mr. cohen was reimbursed through 2017 via a monthly retainer disguised as a payment for legal services. the da said he padded his indictment by separately charging each invoice check and ledger entry to get 34 we're...
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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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of manhattan, arguing he can't get a fair shake here because of pre-trial publicity. >> mr. trump -- >> reporter: but prosecutors say trump's the one who turns every court appearance into a spectacle. >> it's a disgrace. >> reporter: trump also asking to halt the trial, saying the limited gag order leaves him unable to respond to what he called “ongoing verbal assault”" from daniels and michael cohen, two key witnesses for the prosecution. but today, an appellate judge ruling the trial must go on. so jury selection is set to begin monday. prospective jurors will fill out a seven-page questionnaire asking whether they've ever attended a trump rally, follow him on social media, or belong to an array of extremist groups like proud boys, oathkeepers or antifa. potential jurors will also be asked if they have “strong opinions” about trump or “firmly held beliefs” about whether a former president can be charged with a crime. trump has tried every which way to delay this trial. the historic first trial -- criminal trial of a former american president. and he still has a
of manhattan, arguing he can't get a fair shake here because of pre-trial publicity. >> mr. trump -- >> reporter: but prosecutors say trump's the one who turns every court appearance into a spectacle. >> it's a disgrace. >> reporter: trump also asking to halt the trial, saying the limited gag order leaves him unable to respond to what he called “ongoing verbal assault”" from daniels and michael cohen, two key witnesses for the prosecution. but today, an...
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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
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the judge now has to rule on mr. trump's behavior outside the courtroom, is that right? william: that's right. today begin with a very tense hearing over whether the former president has been violating the gag order that was imposed on him after trunk criticized witnesses, the judge, and the judge's daughter. a former acting attorney general national security is been following this and all of trump's case is very closely. so nice to see you again. than for being here. this hearing, whether trump was violating the gag order, that gag order prohibits him from making statements about the witnesses and certain members of the court and jurors. prosecutors allege she has violated that 10 different times. what is he accused of doing? mary: originally that sought to have a hearing on whether he was in contempt of the courts order based on three initial social media post that attacked potential witnesses, like michael cohen and stormy daniels herself. then after they file that motion for contempt, which trump posted seven more posts,ometimes attacking esther cohen, calling him a
the judge now has to rule on mr. trump's behavior outside the courtroom, is that right? william: that's right. today begin with a very tense hearing over whether the former president has been violating the gag order that was imposed on him after trunk criticized witnesses, the judge, and the judge's daughter. a former acting attorney general national security is been following this and all of trump's case is very closely. so nice to see you again. than for being here. this hearing, whether...
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trump blows up antiterrorist surveillance. mr. trump wants to kill fisa and what does he think a second trump administration will do without it? will it make america great again if it has no ability to surveil pakistan. let president biden blame mr. trump if there is a terror attack and leave a trump administration less able to protect americans. that's the battle. it could come up this week. as soon as tomorrow. let's bring in our panel leslie marshall democratic strategist. trey gowdy, former congressman from south carolina and kimberley strassel a member of the editorial board at the "wall street journal." trey, your thoughts on this battle as it's happening. they will want reforms. obviously the former president sees fisa abuses in attacks against him directly. and he has mentioned that numerous times. >> yeah, it's a different section that i think the president is complaining about. fisa is already subject to court order. the court has already approved the collection of this information. it is almost exclusively foreign natio
trump blows up antiterrorist surveillance. mr. trump wants to kill fisa and what does he think a second trump administration will do without it? will it make america great again if it has no ability to surveil pakistan. let president biden blame mr. trump if there is a terror attack and leave a trump administration less able to protect americans. that's the battle. it could come up this week. as soon as tomorrow. let's bring in our panel leslie marshall democratic strategist. trey gowdy, former...
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but mr. trump's about so to speak. >> let's play that >> the white house >> i just want to thank you very much. and we are going to continue our fight against this, judge. we think he's totally conflicted he's are conflicted judges you over an appeal judge. more conflicted than this one. so he had no work by having a heart attack with the new york state system time to watch by the whole world. >> and >> so we, if we think we have a very inflicted, highly conflicted, judge, you shouldn't be on the case he is rushing this trial and was doing as much as he can for the democrats. this is a biden inspired, which, and it should end and it should end very quickly. thank you
but mr. trump's about so to speak. >> let's play that >> the white house >> i just want to thank you very much. and we are going to continue our fight against this, judge. we think he's totally conflicted he's are conflicted judges you over an appeal judge. more conflicted than this one. so he had no work by having a heart attack with the new york state system time to watch by the whole world. >> and >> so we, if we think we have a very inflicted, highly...
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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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and republicans continue to lineup behind mr. trump. former challenger ron desantis, you met with him over the weekend. his former attorney general bill barr, who has testified against trump, said this. >> if faced with the choice, i feel it is my duty to pick the person i think would do the least damage to the country. and i think trump would do less damage than biden. amna: that follows new hampshire governor chris sununu who once said on this's -- this set that voting for trump would be like throwing gasoline on a fire. >> so just to sum up, you would support him for president even if he is convicted in classified documents. you would support him for president even though you believe he contributed to an insurrection. you would support him for president even though you believe he's lying about the last election. you would support him for president even if he's convicted in the manhattan case. i just want to say, the answer to that is yes, correct? >> yes, me and 51% of america. amna: other than liz cheney there is no part of the part
and republicans continue to lineup behind mr. trump. former challenger ron desantis, you met with him over the weekend. his former attorney general bill barr, who has testified against trump, said this. >> if faced with the choice, i feel it is my duty to pick the person i think would do the least damage to the country. and i think trump would do less damage than biden. amna: that follows new hampshire governor chris sununu who once said on this's -- this set that voting for trump would...
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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...
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but we know donald trump is not a fan of zelenskyy. viktor orban the prime minister of hungary recently had dinner with mr. trump at mar-a-lago and then told reporters that trump said he won't give a penny to ukraine and that will be the way he forces an end to the fighting. if that's the fundamental belief of the man who is going to be commander in chief, how do you stop him? >> what i'm doing is trying to change the senate so that we have a majority, no matter who wins the presidential election. i can't control that. i have some influence here in the senate, i intend to use it no matter who gets elected president. to increase our defense budget and get ready for the challenges that we have ahead of us. >> but that's a challenge where you might have to be the firewall against your own party and its leader again. >> i've been willing to do that. i had something to do with changing opinion in the senate on this issue and i think a lot more of my members now understand the importance of it. >> about a month after january 6th you voted to
but we know donald trump is not a fan of zelenskyy. viktor orban the prime minister of hungary recently had dinner with mr. trump at mar-a-lago and then told reporters that trump said he won't give a penny to ukraine and that will be the way he forces an end to the fighting. if that's the fundamental belief of the man who is going to be commander in chief, how do you stop him? >> what i'm doing is trying to change the senate so that we have a majority, no matter who wins the presidential...
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when you look at the overall cash on hand for the campaigns, see mr. buttons campaign outpacing mr. trump's. what does that tell us? >> a couple things. it tells us trump is behind in the money race and the money race in the presidential matters in each candidate is going to have to raise a billion dollars to get elected. it tells me that trump is lacking money in places where it will perhaps matter including the ground game. money is what it takes to have an effective get out the vote effort iall of these states to reach these voters. trump has been distracted. he has not spent as much time fundraising because he has a large number of court cases that he is having to attend to. he had a big fundraiser this weekend where he raised 50 william dollars to get him back on track but he has a lot of things going on and part of that money is going to pay his legal bills. >> we cannot verify some of the claims they make so far. will be able to later when the filings come out. >> i think it is money spent and money raised on two candidates that have already been president before that are ver
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should mr. trump won reelection. miller wants to dramatically change how the department of justice looks at the issue of race dismantling civil rights so your law is to turn the focus on what miller and his allies call anti-white racism. axios is alex thompson of broke the story. he joins us now, what exactly is he planning here? >> yeah, >> essentially, what he wants to do is in response to the black lives matter era, he wants to make the federal government be all lives matter, which essentially is there's any program, not just in the government, but in private enterprise that is meant to benefit minorities. make sure to remedy some past injustices of racism. he is basically saying that is implicitly discriminating against white people. and he's already started this. he's already started suing. he filed a civil rights complaint under the civil rights act of 1964 against the nfl for their rooney rule, which requires you to interview minority candidates for open positions, arguing that's inherently discriminating agai
should mr. trump won reelection. miller wants to dramatically change how the department of justice looks at the issue of race dismantling civil rights so your law is to turn the focus on what miller and his allies call anti-white racism. axios is alex thompson of broke the story. he joins us now, what exactly is he planning here? >> yeah, >> essentially, what he wants to do is in response to the black lives matter era, he wants to make the federal government be all lives matter,...
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. >> how >> biden address it, he has got to pin the problem on mr. trump. we have chaos at the border. >> why? because donald trump killed the bill that would have sped up asylum claims down from six years to six months. donald trump killed the bill that would have sent billions more to the border patrol border patrol union, which endorsed trump, supports the bill. donald trump killed that bill they have to go right at him. >> why does donald trump is presidency before the bill was killed, i'm sure but this is, this is what would have addressed the problem. and mr. trump wants chaos at what he wants that bloodbath he wants cast democrats have got to take this on generally, i don't like to echo the other person's arguments. right? but democrats have got to fight on this border and i think they have a really good case to do so. >> so eva mckend, independent presidential candidate robert f. kennedy jr. spoke with our own erin burnett last night. he argued that president biden is actually a bigger threat to democracy than donald trump. take a listen >> the argu
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and also from attacking the judge's family members as trump has as mr. trump is still allowed to talk about manhattan district attorney alvin bragg and new york judge juan roshan, which he did over the weekend have a crooked judge, a highly conflicted and corrupt judge. you suffers from tds, trump derangement syndrome >> there's no evidence that the judge has any anti-trump feelings or biases or tds, james moser, the legal editor for politico, joins me now and james, you're out with a new story. you say, quote, how donald trump gets special treatment in the legal system that's what it's titled. and you write in a quote, trump is unmatched in a two system of justice. he often says, and he's right, there are two tiers. but trump frequently has been the beneficiary, not the victim, unquote. so mr. trump constantly claims to be a victim of an unjust system. you write it's quite the opposite. explain well, i think there are many examples of how donald trump, in his odyssey through the criminal justice system over the last year is being treated differently >>
and also from attacking the judge's family members as trump has as mr. trump is still allowed to talk about manhattan district attorney alvin bragg and new york judge juan roshan, which he did over the weekend have a crooked judge, a highly conflicted and corrupt judge. you suffers from tds, trump derangement syndrome >> there's no evidence that the judge has any anti-trump feelings or biases or tds, james moser, the legal editor for politico, joins me now and james, you're out with a new...
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davidson testified, "it was my understanding that mr. trump was the beneficiary of this contract." but the payment kept getting delayed. davidson saying cohen told him, “what do you expect me to do? my guy is in five states a day. i'm doing everything i can.” but davidson was convinced they were “trying to kick the can down the road until after the election." ultimately cohen told him "god damnit, i'll just do it myself”" and paid the porn star out of his own pocket. prosecutors say when trump later reimbursed cohen, he illegally falsified dox yooments to make it all look like a legal expense. trump almost egging on the judge today, calling him rigged, crooked, and conflicted, but the judge made clear if these violations of the gag order
davidson testified, "it was my understanding that mr. trump was the beneficiary of this contract." but the payment kept getting delayed. davidson saying cohen told him, “what do you expect me to do? my guy is in five states a day. i'm doing everything i can.” but davidson was convinced they were “trying to kick the can down the road until after the election." ultimately cohen told him "god damnit, i'll just do it myself”" and paid the porn star out of his own...
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david-pecker, i would describe mr. trump is very knowledgeable. i would describe him as a very detail-oriented, i would describe him as an almost, as a micromanager from what i saw, that he looked at every all of the aspects of whatever the issue was. neal katyal , andrew weissman, adam klasfeld, back with us. he's not a micromanager. he doesn't know who is putting what memos on what checks. >> yes, this is the standard defense when you have a leader on trial into the mechanics of the crime, it is a defense in an organized crime case, i was not on the scene, it's the defense, saying i don't know what the paperwork was, it is a standard argument that is made. of course it doesn't help that this is a small family business. we are not talking about enron, or an organized crime family, although there are some analogies that could be made. it's small. he couldn't possibly know will be a tough one given how small the group is, but testimony from a long-time friend who is saying positive things about him, that he is micromanager, is to get evidence for y
david-pecker, i would describe mr. trump is very knowledgeable. i would describe him as a very detail-oriented, i would describe him as an almost, as a micromanager from what i saw, that he looked at every all of the aspects of whatever the issue was. neal katyal , andrew weissman, adam klasfeld, back with us. he's not a micromanager. he doesn't know who is putting what memos on what checks. >> yes, this is the standard defense when you have a leader on trial into the mechanics of the...
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he's charged mr. trump 34 felony counts. those involve 34 times that he booked as expenses for legal services what federal prosecutors working for his administration described as payments to silence someone right before an election, which made them illegal. the answer is yes, he can connect the violation of fraud to new york state crimes, at least three of them, and he laid them out in the indictment. yes, eugene, that is definitely part of the case. >> dave aronberg, you're a prosecutor. we can already figure out what the trump defense is going to be about michael cohen. they'll paint him as an untrustworthy witness. they'll say he pleaded guilty to lying to congress. their going to say, you shouldn't believe a word this man says. so how do you then as the prosecution, how do you use cohen effectively with that as the backdrop? >> jonathan, the reason why michael cohen went to prison for lying and for other felonies is he was lying for donald trump. it was, as lanny said, for the felonies that are at issue here. so he's goi
he's charged mr. trump 34 felony counts. those involve 34 times that he booked as expenses for legal services what federal prosecutors working for his administration described as payments to silence someone right before an election, which made them illegal. the answer is yes, he can connect the violation of fraud to new york state crimes, at least three of them, and he laid them out in the indictment. yes, eugene, that is definitely part of the case. >> dave aronberg, you're a prosecutor....