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judge merchan warned trump's lawyer that trump was muttering “in the direction of the juror”" saying, “i will not tolerate that. i will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom.” trump is charged with falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels to conceal their alleged affair from voters before the 2016 election. that payment was made through trump's former lawyer and fixer michael cohen. trump denies the affair, and today, he insisted all he did was pay cohen's legal fees. >> i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you get indicted over that? >> reporter: but prosecutors say trump knew exactly what the money was for, to pay off the porn star and fool american voters. >> david: so, let's get right back to aaron katersky outside the courthouse tonight. aaron, seven jurors seated. both sides agreeing on each of these jurors. they still have to select five more jurors for a jury of 12. and then, of course,
judge merchan warned trump's lawyer that trump was muttering “in the direction of the juror”" saying, “i will not tolerate that. i will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom.” trump is charged with falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels to conceal their alleged affair from voters before the 2016 election. that payment was made through trump's former lawyer and fixer michael cohen. trump denies the affair, and...
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judge juan merchan explaining, "a fair juror is a person who has no bias or prejudice in favor of or against a party or witness." with trump watching from the defense table, more than half the potential jurors then raised their hand, signaling they could not be fair and impartial -- an unusually high number. those people immediately excused. one of them heard in the hallway saying, "i just couldn't do it." about a dozen other people were excused for other reasons. the ones that were left were then called to the jury box to answer one by one a seven-page questionnaire screening for bias. trump following along, holding the questionnaire in his hand. the judge excused one woman who answered yes to a question about whether she had strong opinions about trump that would interfere with her ability to be fair. a man who works at a bookstore said, "i believe that nobody is above the law, whether it be a former president, a sitting president, or a janitor." the judge allowed him to remain in the jury pool. but by the end of the day, not a single juror had been seated. >> it's a scam. it's a p
judge juan merchan explaining, "a fair juror is a person who has no bias or prejudice in favor of or against a party or witness." with trump watching from the defense table, more than half the potential jurors then raised their hand, signaling they could not be fair and impartial -- an unusually high number. those people immediately excused. one of them heard in the hallway saying, "i just couldn't do it." about a dozen other people were excused for other reasons. the ones...
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judge juan merchan ruling trump violated the gag ordinary nine times, slapping him with a $9,000 fine, the most allowable, and a warning, if trump keeps it up, it may be "necessary and appropriate" to throw him in jake. the ruling coming on day nine of the trial. trump repeatedly complaining how cold it is in court. >> i'm going to sit in a freezing cold ice box for eight hours, nine hours or so, they took me off the campaign trail. >> reporter: for the first time, a member of trump's family accompanying him to court. his son eric, who sat behind his father. prosecutors today laying out the hush money payment at the heart of the case, showing the jury how trump's former fixer michael cohen arranged to pay porn star stormy daniels for her story of an alleged affair with trump to keep it from voters before the 2016 election. today prosecutors calling daniels' former lawyer, keith davidson, who helped broker the deal. he testified daniels' story had been floating around the internet for years, but trump's team made no effort to buy it until the final weeks of the 2016 campaign, after the
judge juan merchan ruling trump violated the gag ordinary nine times, slapping him with a $9,000 fine, the most allowable, and a warning, if trump keeps it up, it may be "necessary and appropriate" to throw him in jake. the ruling coming on day nine of the trial. trump repeatedly complaining how cold it is in court. >> i'm going to sit in a freezing cold ice box for eight hours, nine hours or so, they took me off the campaign trail. >> reporter: for the first time, a...
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with trump watching intently, judge juan merchan asked the man if those posts still reflect his opinion. "it's not far off base," he responded. and was immediately excused. and with jury selection now over, trump's lawyers made one last-ditch effort to delay the case. but an appeals court turned them down. >> the trial starts on monday, which is long before a lot of people thought. the judge wants this to go as fast as possible. that's for his reasons, not for my reasons. >> david: let's get right back to aaron katersky. opening statements on monday. we still don't know the first witness? >> reporter: we don't, david, because prosecutors refuse to reveal the names, fearing if they do, trump would only go on the attack. the judge said, under the circumstances, that's understandable. he said there's nothing else to clarify, nothing else to argue, the judge was plain, david,
with trump watching intently, judge juan merchan asked the man if those posts still reflect his opinion. "it's not far off base," he responded. and was immediately excused. and with jury selection now over, trump's lawyers made one last-ditch effort to delay the case. but an appeals court turned them down. >> the trial starts on monday, which is long before a lot of people thought. the judge wants this to go as fast as possible. that's for his reasons, not for my reasons....
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with trump looking on, two jurors selected earlier in the week removed by judge juan merchan. the first, an oncology nurse, asking to be let go, saying she "definitely has concerns now" about her identity becoming public. she had already received questions from friends, colleagues, and family, adding, "i don't believe at this point that i can be fair and unbiased." another juror ousted for a different reason -- prosecutors determining an i.t. consultant did not answer the juror questionnaire truthfully by failing to reveal his arrest in the 1990s for "tearing down political advertisements." lawyers for the prosecution and defense then questioning a new batch of jurors to fill out the rest of the 12-person jury, plus six alternates. as trump looked on, prosecutors warning, "some of the witnesses have what you might consider some baggage," ticking them off one by one -- "a tabloid publisher," "a porn star," and a "former lawyer" for trump who has pleaded guilty to other crimes. "will you keep an open mind?" the prosecutor asked. at the end of the day, a rush of activity, seven n
with trump looking on, two jurors selected earlier in the week removed by judge juan merchan. the first, an oncology nurse, asking to be let go, saying she "definitely has concerns now" about her identity becoming public. she had already received questions from friends, colleagues, and family, adding, "i don't believe at this point that i can be fair and unbiased." another juror ousted for a different reason -- prosecutors determining an i.t. consultant did not answer the...
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judge juan merchan agreed to dismiss him from the case. trump stayed mostly quiet, but at one point the judge chastised him for “audibly muttering” as a woman answered questions about what trump's lawyer described as her “extraordinarily hostile facebook posts." one of those was a video of people dancing the day after the 2020 election, captioned, "full-on dance party at 96th street." judge merchan warned trump's lawyer that trump was muttering “in the direction of the juror”" saying, “i will not tolerate that. i will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom.” trump is charged with falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels to conceal their alleged affair from voters before the 2016 election. that payment was made through trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. trump denies the affair, and today he insisted all he did was pay cohen's legal fees. >> i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. some accountant i didn't know marked it down as
judge juan merchan agreed to dismiss him from the case. trump stayed mostly quiet, but at one point the judge chastised him for “audibly muttering” as a woman answered questions about what trump's lawyer described as her “extraordinarily hostile facebook posts." one of those was a video of people dancing the day after the 2020 election, captioned, "full-on dance party at 96th street." judge merchan warned trump's lawyer that trump was muttering “in the direction of the...
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"judge juan merchan has taken away my constitutional right to free speech. everybody is allowed to talk and lie about me, but i am not allowed to defend myself. this is a kangaroo court, and the judge should recuse himself!" he violated the gag order during a hearing about whether he violated the gag order! [ laughter ] on his way out of the courthouse, groper cleveland stopped to tell reporters how uncomfortably cold it is in the room and how very unhappy he is to be there. >> they're keeping me in a courtroom that's freezing, by the way. in a courtroom, all day long, while he's out there painting -- it's probably an advantage, because he can't campaign, nobody knows what he's doing. he can't put two sentences together. >> jimmy: well, you can. you're about to put two prison sentences together. [ cheers and applause ] maybe possibly more. i love hearing him complain about how cold it is. someone should knit him a little pair of admitens to wear into court. [ laughter ] the one and only witness today was trump's old pal and former publisher of "the national
"judge juan merchan has taken away my constitutional right to free speech. everybody is allowed to talk and lie about me, but i am not allowed to defend myself. this is a kangaroo court, and the judge should recuse himself!" he violated the gag order during a hearing about whether he violated the gag order! [ laughter ] on his way out of the courthouse, groper cleveland stopped to tell reporters how uncomfortably cold it is in the room and how very unhappy he is to be there. >>...
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the real message that i saw in all of this is that this judge, judge merchan, is, is very much focused on making this a speedy and quick trial and isn't going to put up with much delay efforts, which has been a real tactic of the trump legal team. >> all right. i want to look forward at the trial, but i want to look backwards just a little bit real quickly. what did experts think about this panel of 12 jurors and six alternates into something really interesting happened in the process of selecting them with regard to, you know, social media, anything else? >> well, i thought the most fascinating thing of this is, is donald trump was sitting there in the courtroom, compelled to be in the courtroom, and his legal team did very good due diligence research on every prospective juror. so they brought up any social media postings that were remotely critical of donald trump and in several cases, these prospective jurors, including some of the jurors that were chosen, had to read out loud in court social media postings that they you know, things that they had said about donald trump. some of t
the real message that i saw in all of this is that this judge, judge merchan, is, is very much focused on making this a speedy and quick trial and isn't going to put up with much delay efforts, which has been a real tactic of the trump legal team. >> all right. i want to look forward at the trial, but i want to look backwards just a little bit real quickly. what did experts think about this panel of 12 jurors and six alternates into something really interesting happened in the process of...
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an appeals court turned him down and judge juan merchan said, there is nothing else to clarify, there is nothing else to argue. we are going to have opening statements on monday. >> the judge wants it to go as fast as possible. >> reporter: trump sat in court listening to all sorts of things including one guy who said he's a new yorker. i'm a new yorker. we don't get awestruck. there's never been another defendant like him. starting next week he will have to listen as prosecutors set out to prove he is a criminal. whit? >> whit: aaron katersky for us. thank you. >>> now to the house of representatives set to vote on $95 billion in aid for israel, ukraine, and taiwan. speaker mike johnson relying on votes from democrats to clear a key procedural hurtle for this aid putting his job on the line as the third republican congressman joining the call to oust johnson. the speaker proposed four bills with a fourth bill with a number of republican policies including forcing a sale of tiktok. >> janai: now taking it to the hoop with the nba playoffs. >> whit: taking it to the what? >> janai: the
an appeals court turned him down and judge juan merchan said, there is nothing else to clarify, there is nothing else to argue. we are going to have opening statements on monday. >> the judge wants it to go as fast as possible. >> reporter: trump sat in court listening to all sorts of things including one guy who said he's a new yorker. i'm a new yorker. we don't get awestruck. there's never been another defendant like him. starting next week he will have to listen as prosecutors...
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eric wrote, "judge merchan is truly heartless in not letting a father attend his son's graduation." ivanka posted -- she doesn't care. i'm sure she'll get to it soon. she's busy with the motocross. the worst news for the trump kids is that daddy is running out of money. shares for his media company have plummeted down 70% since it went public a couple of weeks ago. they were down another 14% today. [ cheers and applause ] and, i don't know if you follow the stock market, i don't, but i thought this was interesting. this is the tracker for trump media and technology stock. this is truth social, et cetera. you can see, the big drop that occurred yesterday, but even weirder, if you take those peaks and valleys from the past week or so, and you flip them on their side, and then add a little bit of color to them -- there's something there. there's something -- [ applause ] if you bought trump stock two weeks ago, and shame on you if you did, you lost half your money. but if you hold on just a little bit longer, you might be able to lose all of it, so -- [ laughter ] meanwhile, president
eric wrote, "judge merchan is truly heartless in not letting a father attend his son's graduation." ivanka posted -- she doesn't care. i'm sure she'll get to it soon. she's busy with the motocross. the worst news for the trump kids is that daddy is running out of money. shares for his media company have plummeted down 70% since it went public a couple of weeks ago. they were down another 14% today. [ cheers and applause ] and, i don't know if you follow the stock market, i don't, but...
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the order from judge juan merchan prevents trump from attacking the judge's family members and the family of district attorney alvin bragg. trump targeted merchant's daughter on social media for her work with a group involved in democratic politics. during radio interviews in wisconsin ahead of that state's primary, trump called the cases against him unfair. >> i didn't have cases in my whole life. can you imagine? and now i get all this stuff that has happened with with that and it's purely election. it's all nonsense. >> in a statement, the trump campaign called the judge's order unconstitutional, saying it deprives him from engaging in political speech, which is protected by the first amendment. but judge mershon said trump's words have singular power and is deliberate and intended to intimidate this court. the trial is set to start april 15th. alexis christoforous , abc news, new york. >> seven aid workers in gaza were killed in an apparent israeli airstrike overnight. we've learned one of the victims was an american canadian dual citizen named jacob flickinger. injure the other aid w
the order from judge juan merchan prevents trump from attacking the judge's family members and the family of district attorney alvin bragg. trump targeted merchant's daughter on social media for her work with a group involved in democratic politics. during radio interviews in wisconsin ahead of that state's primary, trump called the cases against him unfair. >> i didn't have cases in my whole life. can you imagine? and now i get all this stuff that has happened with with that and it's...
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an appeals court turned him down, and judge juan merchan said there is nothing else to clarify. there is nothing else to argue. we are going to have opening statements on monday. >> the trial starts on monday. it is long before a lot of people thought. the judge wants it to go as fast as possible. that's for his reasons, not for my reasons. >> reporter: leaving court at the end of his first week as a criminal defendant, trump said again he plans to testify at trial. today the judge said he would decide how far prosecutors could go in questioning him about his various legal entanglements and a gag order trump violated in a civil case. whit, we should tell you this morning the man who set himself on fire outside of court has died. >> whit: just upsetting news there. we know all this getting started on monday now. do we have a sense of who the first witness could be? >> we really don't because prosecutors refuse to say. they feared if they revealed the name, trump would only go on the verbal attack against that person. the judge said, under the circumstances he understands that res
an appeals court turned him down, and judge juan merchan said there is nothing else to clarify. there is nothing else to argue. we are going to have opening statements on monday. >> the trial starts on monday. it is long before a lot of people thought. the judge wants it to go as fast as possible. that's for his reasons, not for my reasons. >> reporter: leaving court at the end of his first week as a criminal defendant, trump said again he plans to testify at trial. today the judge...
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. >> prosecutors want judge juan merchan to fine trump $1,000 per violation, and they urged the judge to warn trump that future violations could result in a terme of incarceration of up to 30 days. the judge, considering the accusations today in court. this comes after a tense first day of testimony in new york. >> it's a very, very sad day in america, i can tell you that in court, trump watched stone faced as prosecutors accused him of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to bury allegations of an affair with actress stormy daniels during his first run for president in 2016. >> jurors heard brief testimony from david pecker, who ran the national enquirer, who has acknowledged by negative stories about trump only to get rid of them, a practice known as catch and kill. >> this is a case where you pay a lawyer, he's a lawyer and they call it a legal expense. that's the exact terms they used. legal expense. >> trump has denied the 34 felony charges, his defense attorney saying there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called a democracy. testimony is se
. >> prosecutors want judge juan merchan to fine trump $1,000 per violation, and they urged the judge to warn trump that future violations could result in a terme of incarceration of up to 30 days. the judge, considering the accusations today in court. this comes after a tense first day of testimony in new york. >> it's a very, very sad day in america, i can tell you that in court, trump watched stone faced as prosecutors accused him of falsifying business records as part of a...