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let's watch. >> one of the things that hampers todd blanche is trump's unwillingness to acknowledge he had the two affairs and if he would acknowledge it would make it much easier for him to try the case and challenge the witnesses and it's a very heavy lift if karen mcdougal and stormy daniels testify to suggest that these events never happens. i don't think that you -- a jury will believe it. >> i believe what his intervening which is it won't happen and it's pretty interesting but i do not think trump will testify which means there's hardly anything to his defense so everything they will have to do will be on cross- examination of the different witnesses and you take mcdougal and daniels, to go after them and accuse them of lying. jurors recoil from that kind of treatment and think about other witnesses, hope hicks comes to mind, no reason to lie, very credible and has some killer things to say and it will be very hard to cross-examine and the things he would like to say he would need to say through his own testimony but i don't think we will see that so i think it will actually be
let's watch. >> one of the things that hampers todd blanche is trump's unwillingness to acknowledge he had the two affairs and if he would acknowledge it would make it much easier for him to try the case and challenge the witnesses and it's a very heavy lift if karen mcdougal and stormy daniels testify to suggest that these events never happens. i don't think that you -- a jury will believe it. >> i believe what his intervening which is it won't happen and it's pretty interesting...
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and the seriousness of the case will be something that that will be a theme from todd blanche. i mean, i mean, obviously have a critique of the evidence about what the defense expects to show during the course of the trial. but he'll remind the jurors that the defendant doesn't have to do anything. he has no burden of proof. he doesn't have to present evidence. he doesn't have to testify in his own defense and it remains the obligation of the government to prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt robert, if you were trump's council in this case, would you be trying to convince him against taking the stand? and you know him well can even be convinced ultimately, wolf, that's a call for the client to make. >> obviously, it is done with the advice of your lawyers, but it's one that only the defendant can make in most cases defendants don't testify and they don't because of the reasons that i just suggested that is that the government has the burden of proof and the defendant doesn't have to do anything. if, you know, depending on how the evidence goes in at trial, if the lawyers
and the seriousness of the case will be something that that will be a theme from todd blanche. i mean, i mean, obviously have a critique of the evidence about what the defense expects to show during the course of the trial. but he'll remind the jurors that the defendant doesn't have to do anything. he has no burden of proof. he doesn't have to present evidence. he doesn't have to testify in his own defense and it remains the obligation of the government to prove this case beyond a reasonable...
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you've worked with todd blanche for todd blanche was a colleague of mine for several years. federal prosecutor at the southern district of new york. he was in charge of the violent crimes unit. very experienced trial lawyer. this is a challenge unlike one, he's seen before, and he'll be aided by susan nutshell us, who is a very experienced also long ago, a prosecutor, but a very well-known, very respected defense learnt by the way, put aside your notions of this sort of flamboyant trump lawyers on the pad. this is no rudy, this is no sidney powell. they're both experienced courtroom operators there tacticians, todd, if anything, is soft spoken and sort of understated, so he doesn't fit the classic mold of the trump defense attorney. >> remind people, though in terms of who is going to lead in the sense of does trump direct his attorneys for the attorneys directly on issues of fact or legal strategy >> while we say attorneys can only advise, yes, right. you can't force so that will be a dynamic we'll be watching throughout. >> what's talking about who is actually going to pro
you've worked with todd blanche for todd blanche was a colleague of mine for several years. federal prosecutor at the southern district of new york. he was in charge of the violent crimes unit. very experienced trial lawyer. this is a challenge unlike one, he's seen before, and he'll be aided by susan nutshell us, who is a very experienced also long ago, a prosecutor, but a very well-known, very respected defense learnt by the way, put aside your notions of this sort of flamboyant trump lawyers...
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one argument that todd blanche didn't make which i've heard that new york team discussed in previous days was the idea about how voters weren't apprised of any information before the 2016 election because they would have been privy to the trump organization's work. it was all and opening statement for an audience of one, which was trump. >> you've been following every step of this, what was your take away? >> very similar to hugo, i think the trump opening statement fell really flat, there were three arguments that the opening statement made, it wasn't trump's ideas, it was michael cohen's idea to do all of this, and i'm sorry, michael cohen took out a home equity loan of thousands upon thousands of dollars on his own in order to pay off stormy daniels? no lawyer does that, zero, the idea that he would have done it on his own out of the goodness of his own heart or something, thoroughly implausible. second, you put on the screen before, todd blanche, trump's lawyers statement saying there's nothing wrong with influencing an election, it's called democracy, that is illegally bogus dep
one argument that todd blanche didn't make which i've heard that new york team discussed in previous days was the idea about how voters weren't apprised of any information before the 2016 election because they would have been privy to the trump organization's work. it was all and opening statement for an audience of one, which was trump. >> you've been following every step of this, what was your take away? >> very similar to hugo, i think the trump opening statement fell really...
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andrew rice, he just profiled todd blanche in a cover story. good to have you both here. topline impressions from today? >> my topline impression is that he had a whole lot to say. he was asked how often he communicated with trump and said after trump became a candidate, conversations increased. he would expect a candidate would get so busy that they would not have time and yet they still found time to meet once a month and talked on the phone once a week and sometimes more. we heard about those conversations today, bookending the testimony. that august, 2015 meeting that you talked about and the phone call during 2016 about karen mcdougal having been vetted and what trump wanted to know about the conversation. i to assume there are a lot more conversations and the prosecution is going to elicit testimony about them in the ensuing days. >> i thought the most relevant thing to watch was the ongoing dichotomy going on inside the courtroom and outside the courtroom. i think it came into relief really at the beginning of the day when there was a hearing about whether donald t
andrew rice, he just profiled todd blanche in a cover story. good to have you both here. topline impressions from today? >> my topline impression is that he had a whole lot to say. he was asked how often he communicated with trump and said after trump became a candidate, conversations increased. he would expect a candidate would get so busy that they would not have time and yet they still found time to meet once a month and talked on the phone once a week and sometimes more. we heard...
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it does seem that todd blanche was kind of hamstrung by trying to please donald trump. all of the sort of weirdness of calling him president trump when he's not the president, and just insisting on using that terminology and saying he did nothing wrong. all of it just seems to be for trump's benefit. how well do you think that's working out for them in the trial? >> so far, not very. i think it's only going to get worse. look, we talked about roy kaine. trump we often compare to a mob boss. even when a mob boss is under indictment and goes to see roy cohn, he says shut up and listen to me. i know what needs to happen. we're going to go there and say maybe you haven't lived an exemplary life, but this charge and that charge, they can't do that with trump. and what it means is they're going to have to say he never had an affair with mcdougal. he never slept with stormy. and all in all, for the jury, i mean, it's one thing for him to deflect and deny, but there are 12 people there who are judging his credibility. and can everyone be lying here? imagine the cross-examinatio
it does seem that todd blanche was kind of hamstrung by trying to please donald trump. all of the sort of weirdness of calling him president trump when he's not the president, and just insisting on using that terminology and saying he did nothing wrong. all of it just seems to be for trump's benefit. how well do you think that's working out for them in the trial? >> so far, not very. i think it's only going to get worse. look, we talked about roy kaine. trump we often compare to a mob...
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because the defense attorney todd blanche did have a strategy for this. it's important the take a look at what they're doing. he told the jury that, okay, if there are these papers in evidence, they still don't automatically implicate trump, because he had, quote, nothing to do with any of those 34 pieces of paper, except that he signed on to the checks in the white house while he was running the country. that's not a crime, he argued. so that is a denial that anything criminal happened. now, these type of denials that i'm telling you are not the only options. the next defense they have, you've certainly heard about, and i want to be clear. you can also think of this as a factual defense, because they argue if anything bad did happen, then michael cohen did it. not defendant trump. if anything happened, cohen did it. now here is how that defense works as a counterattack, because they said, quote, unbeknownst to trump, in all the years that cohen worked for him, cohen was also a criminal. now notice that is a little different than just saying nothing happe
because the defense attorney todd blanche did have a strategy for this. it's important the take a look at what they're doing. he told the jury that, okay, if there are these papers in evidence, they still don't automatically implicate trump, because he had, quote, nothing to do with any of those 34 pieces of paper, except that he signed on to the checks in the white house while he was running the country. that's not a crime, he argued. so that is a denial that anything criminal happened. now,...
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. >> attorney todd blanche argued his client is innocent. >> thank president trump did not commit any crimes and call the 34 counts of falsifying business records against him just pieces of paper. >> blanche directly responded to the allegations of election fraud, saying there's nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. the defense then attack likely witnesses. daniels, i'm cohen blanche called daniels allegation but a fair sinister and an attempt to embarrass president trump. he then shifted to trump's former lawyer cohen, who he says this quote obsessed with trump, and that cohen's financial livelihood depends on trump's destruction david was the first witness to be called shortly before he took the stand. prosecutors referred to him as a coconspirator for helping trump tried to cover up his alleged affair tomorrow before the jury returns to the courtroom, there'll be a hearing about the gag order in this case. prosecutors alleged that trump has violated this gag order over a half a dozen time in this gag order prevents trump from attacking people in
. >> attorney todd blanche argued his client is innocent. >> thank president trump did not commit any crimes and call the 34 counts of falsifying business records against him just pieces of paper. >> blanche directly responded to the allegations of election fraud, saying there's nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. the defense then attack likely witnesses. daniels, i'm cohen blanche called daniels allegation but a fair sinister and an...
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and so is todd blanche trying to it take fire away from his client? i don't know. but it is definitely a situation that i wouldn't want to be in. >> i mean, i look at this and i think the only real legitimate defense, as i see it too, this is to something that won't work with this judges to attack the breadth of the order itself. and i think that there is an argument to be made there, but it's not going to work until you get up on an appeal. >> yeah. real quick. four, let you go. david pecker was on stand for two-and-a-half hours yesterday. we'll be back on the sanne. he's expected to be on thursday after everything you saw from david pecker in from the line of questioning from prosecutors, what do you think what do you think he
and so is todd blanche trying to it take fire away from his client? i don't know. but it is definitely a situation that i wouldn't want to be in. >> i mean, i look at this and i think the only real legitimate defense, as i see it too, this is to something that won't work with this judges to attack the breadth of the order itself. and i think that there is an argument to be made there, but it's not going to work until you get up on an appeal. >> yeah. real quick. four, let you go....
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blanche, todd blanche has lead attorney, has been mr. trump's favorite lawyer for some time behind closed doors and in phone calls, the former president has complained repeatedly about him in recent some weeks. according to people familiar with the situation, he's ghraieb that mr. blanche, a former federal prosecutor and veteran litigator, has not been following his instructions closely and has been insufficiently aggressive mr. trump wants him to attack witnesses, attack with the former president sees as a hostile jury pool and attack the judge. what do you think of that i think there probably two things going on. >> i mean, i i do think there's a certain amount of stress that happens in every case and it's not unusual to see clients and their lawyers get crossed up simply because of the pressure that the client feels the lawyers used to be in the courtroom. the client oftentimes is not it creates a natural tension. sometimes the other thing, mr. trump is recognized and that he's not the ceo of the courtroom and he does not control ever
blanche, todd blanche has lead attorney, has been mr. trump's favorite lawyer for some time behind closed doors and in phone calls, the former president has complained repeatedly about him in recent some weeks. according to people familiar with the situation, he's ghraieb that mr. blanche, a former federal prosecutor and veteran litigator, has not been following his instructions closely and has been insufficiently aggressive mr. trump wants him to attack witnesses, attack with the former...
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i know todd blanche very well. he's a very fine lawyer. that's the kind of advice i'm sure he's giving the former president. >> he's somebody for a lot of folks seemed unlikely, a registered democrat, somebody who had a job at a prestigious manhattan law firm. he's a partner at a law firm. >> right. people don't realize at what price that comes. he had to leave that firm to go out on his own. and on the one hand you can say this is sort of the representation of a lifetime. on the other end, the legal community and given the dynamics in the constituentity of new york and the realities of things, people don't understand the price you pay. >> what is the price you pay? >> the price you pay is everybody is entitled to a legal defense, including the former president of the united states. when the legal community tries to suggest a representation like this is out of bounds, it has consequences to your reputation. >> how big of a gamble is it that donald trump will let him do his job? because different from when you were involved, different than
i know todd blanche very well. he's a very fine lawyer. that's the kind of advice i'm sure he's giving the former president. >> he's somebody for a lot of folks seemed unlikely, a registered democrat, somebody who had a job at a prestigious manhattan law firm. he's a partner at a law firm. >> right. people don't realize at what price that comes. he had to leave that firm to go out on his own. and on the one hand you can say this is sort of the representation of a lifetime. on the...
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long time national enquirer publisher david and one of trump's attorneys todd blanche. there was a fiery hearing over trump's partial gag order. judge merchan told blanche to his face he was losing all correct. and here is my colleague with all the details. >> reporter: tonight, mr. trump's long time friend david the former publisher of the national enquirer offering the jury a rare glimpse into the underworld of tabloid tactics as they seek to show he covered his business records to pay off stormy daniels with hush money. says he agreed to serve as the eyes and ears for rumors that could hurt mr. trump adding what i would do is pub accomplish positive stories about trump and negative stories about his opponents. there was a series of glowing headlines about then president trump a. admitting today the enquirer made up a story linking cruz's father to the man who assassinated jfk and a completely untrue story about mr. trump fathering a child with his housekeeper so the doorman couldn't take the story elsewhere. the day began with the judge taking the defense team to tas
long time national enquirer publisher david and one of trump's attorneys todd blanche. there was a fiery hearing over trump's partial gag order. judge merchan told blanche to his face he was losing all correct. and here is my colleague with all the details. >> reporter: tonight, mr. trump's long time friend david the former publisher of the national enquirer offering the jury a rare glimpse into the underworld of tabloid tactics as they seek to show he covered his business records to pay...
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and todd blanche, donald trump's lawyer was mocking several elements of their case saying there is nothing illegal about influencing an election, it is called democracy, he said. he also said the catch and skill -- catch and kill scheme, nothing wrong with that either. he put distance between trump and falsifying records. saying he was so far up in the organization that he did not have his hand in the details. another key piece we will see is in trying to say that the prosecution's case is built on unreliable witnesses. for michael cohen, they painted him as someone that has a vendetta against donald trump wanting to see him in an orange jumpsuit. they say stormy daniels is biased and has made a career of going after donald trump here host: reporting from new york. it will be a busy next few months for mr. trump as he heads towards an election rematch with president biden in november. on top of new york he is facing three other criminal trials. in georgia, donald trump and 18 others were charged with trying to overturn his loss in that state and there are also two federal criminal trials.
and todd blanche, donald trump's lawyer was mocking several elements of their case saying there is nothing illegal about influencing an election, it is called democracy, he said. he also said the catch and skill -- catch and kill scheme, nothing wrong with that either. he put distance between trump and falsifying records. saying he was so far up in the organization that he did not have his hand in the details. another key piece we will see is in trying to say that the prosecution's case is...
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trump attorney todd blanche argued the former president is innocent. blanche also claimed there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election in his remarks, cole a lead prosecutor on the case. so the alleged crimes began at an august 2015 meeting between trump, michael cohen, and x national enquirer publisher david the first witness to testify in the trial on monday, colangelo's said the three formed a conspiracy at that meeting to influence the presidential so election by concealing negative information about mr. trump in order to help him get elected. the prosecution said agreed to help by damaging information on trump to make it go away, a move known as catch and kill at the center of the case, a $130,000 payment to adult film star stormy daniels, just weeks before election day in 2016, the prosecution said a sexual infidelity especially with a porn star on the heels of the access hollywood tape would have been devastating to his campaign. so at trump's direction, cohen negotiated the deal to buy daniel story to prevent it from becoming pub
trump attorney todd blanche argued the former president is innocent. blanche also claimed there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election in his remarks, cole a lead prosecutor on the case. so the alleged crimes began at an august 2015 meeting between trump, michael cohen, and x national enquirer publisher david the first witness to testify in the trial on monday, colangelo's said the three formed a conspiracy at that meeting to influence the presidential so election by concealing...
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blanche is opening, which was probably half as shortages as the prosecutions was. and you know, this is just opening statements. i mean, is this a preview of what the next maybe six weeks however long this takes is going to look like. >> yeah, maybe it's unusual to object during an opening statement, lawyers try not to do it, but if the lawyer tries to sneak in something that's not allowed, which is what todd blanche did when he referred to michael cohen's having pleaded guilty to something and then tried to back off of that that was excluded by the judge and so starting to reference that as he did in the opening statement, is worthy of an objection& i do think we're going to have a very fraught objection series in this case because there's going to be a lot of really high-intensity, for example, and so least, thanks everyone for being here crazy day one, many more of them to come. soon enough. it is not going to be david on that stan, but another key witness, former trump attorney and fixer, michael cohen, who already went to prison in connection with this case, h
blanche is opening, which was probably half as shortages as the prosecutions was. and you know, this is just opening statements. i mean, is this a preview of what the next maybe six weeks however long this takes is going to look like. >> yeah, maybe it's unusual to object during an opening statement, lawyers try not to do it, but if the lawyer tries to sneak in something that's not allowed, which is what todd blanche did when he referred to michael cohen's having pleaded guilty to...
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trump's attorney, todd blanche, telling those in the jury pool, quote, it's extraordinarily important to president trump that we know we're going to get a fair shake. one juror said he finds trump fascinating because he walks into a room and he sets people off one way or the other. >> blend seemed with the response. another juror said she learned for the first time tuesday that trump has been charged in three other cases. prosecutor joshua steinglass, address prospective jurors asieh them to set aside any strong feelings. he asks each to consider if they would be able to look defendant trump in the eye and return a guilty verdict if the this is proven beyond a reasonable doubt, trump up here to look at the jurors, tilting his head once or twice as they were answering yes. according to pool reports one juror who was excused after she said she had a scheduling conflict, described her experience to cnn at the same time, you walk into the courtroom and you see it trump setting. >> are i had never seen him in person before you see hidden sitting there and it's like oh, it's just a guy well
trump's attorney, todd blanche, telling those in the jury pool, quote, it's extraordinarily important to president trump that we know we're going to get a fair shake. one juror said he finds trump fascinating because he walks into a room and he sets people off one way or the other. >> blend seemed with the response. another juror said she learned for the first time tuesday that trump has been charged in three other cases. prosecutor joshua steinglass, address prospective jurors asieh them...
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he said yesterday at the gag hearing, you'll recall he wanted todd blanche to recase law to him that said republication was not a violation of gag order, he did not. i suspect we'll see something from judge merchan tomorrow or friday in writing that he'll read from the bench and then make available for the public to see. in the meantime the d.a.'s office has told us they're going to file a third to show cause with respect to additional statements. and just yesterday while we were at the trial donald trump i guess before the trial must have done an interview with a news outlet in which he said the same things to michael cohen that have gotten him in this pickle in the first place. the escalation is happening even before the verdict or ruling comes out on these existing violations. >> yus, poking the bear quite literally. well, hopefully the guardrails will narrow tomorrow when the trial begins again with dave pecker on the stand. lisa rubin, brian stelter, no two better people to talk about this with. >>> still ahead tonight i'll talk with congresswoman ilhan omar about the massive pr
he said yesterday at the gag hearing, you'll recall he wanted todd blanche to recase law to him that said republication was not a violation of gag order, he did not. i suspect we'll see something from judge merchan tomorrow or friday in writing that he'll read from the bench and then make available for the public to see. in the meantime the d.a.'s office has told us they're going to file a third to show cause with respect to additional statements. and just yesterday while we were at the trial...
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i highly doubt he'll do it, but you heardgh a lot of speech fro todd blanche in the opening statement. i don't know how they're going to prove thelic of knowledge on mr. gtrump's behalf, but one w you could do it is to not testify. >> in the list of potential witnesses there are some high level trump organization officials who areh prepared toy testify who presumably would further corroborate the idea that donald trump knew what he wasob doing.ea iha mean they have -- is there witness that you've seen from the list of people brought to the stand that could be helpful to ldtrump's case at this point? >> helpful, not necessarily. if you have a witness saying donald trumpwi was meticulous looking over his checks and signing his checks and he wasn't a passive player here, that's not helpful to you. josh steinglass, and chris, it's not their first rodeo. they know what they're doing. i'm over confident donald trump is in trouble. it's not their verdict, it's the prosecution's verdict. it's not an easy thing. that is why how important david pecker is to give credibility in validating what t
i highly doubt he'll do it, but you heardgh a lot of speech fro todd blanche in the opening statement. i don't know how they're going to prove thelic of knowledge on mr. gtrump's behalf, but one w you could do it is to not testify. >> in the list of potential witnesses there are some high level trump organization officials who areh prepared toy testify who presumably would further corroborate the idea that donald trump knew what he wasob doing.ea iha mean they have -- is there witness...
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and his former colleague, todd blanche, who is trump's top trial lawyer. interestingly, he is a former registered democrat before he became a republican and took on the biggest client of his life. it has not been easy to find a jury. in fact, the court has had to whittle it down from hundreds of people to just 12 jurors. their identities will remain anonymous due to security concerns but we do know there are five women and seven men. now for the witnesses. of course, at the heart of the trial we have stormy daniels, the adult film star, who alleges that she received a hush money payment from michael cohen, a lawyer for the trump organisation, just before the 2016 election to keep silent about her claimed affair with donald trump. and this is michael cohen. he is the fixer, he pleaded guilty to making the hush money payment to stormy daniels in 2018 but says that trump directed him to send that money. next we have karen mcdougal, who is also expected to be a witness. she claims to have had a previous illicit affair with mr trump and also says she was paid h
and his former colleague, todd blanche, who is trump's top trial lawyer. interestingly, he is a former registered democrat before he became a republican and took on the biggest client of his life. it has not been easy to find a jury. in fact, the court has had to whittle it down from hundreds of people to just 12 jurors. their identities will remain anonymous due to security concerns but we do know there are five women and seven men. now for the witnesses. of course, at the heart of the trial...
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in this case and todd blanche, the guy that profiled in the story got up and said that our client has a right to talk about the two systems of justice that are being shown here in this courtroom. and i think there's something that we will see a lot, which is basically donald trump is not, if he can win on acquittal or win on a mistrial that is great for him but he is running against the system. >> okay, i follow up on that because blanche also insisted, we are going to talk about this in a second in greater detail but he says he is doing his best or something or like trying our best and that is when rochon says you are losing credibility point come on, buddy. what is blanches angle here? not primarily legal, it is primarily about the sort of making this broader case in the court of public opinion. is blanche on board with that strategy? >> well, i think that blanche is ultimately trying to, made it very clear, they're hoping to find a juror, one juror, really, who will hold out and will vote to convict donald trump and they're hoping for a mistrial and if there is a mistrial, course d
in this case and todd blanche, the guy that profiled in the story got up and said that our client has a right to talk about the two systems of justice that are being shown here in this courtroom. and i think there's something that we will see a lot, which is basically donald trump is not, if he can win on acquittal or win on a mistrial that is great for him but he is running against the system. >> okay, i follow up on that because blanche also insisted, we are going to talk about this in...
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i wanted to go in reverse, and ask you about todd blanches opening statement. he made some pretty bold statements in the hearing, he basically denied trumps alleged affair with daniels. that's not part of the necessary legal argument, but does that matter? could it come back to bite him? >> when you are on trial, prosecution or defense, you need to be extremely careful about what you promise a jury. what happens is both sides listen very carefully to that, and it will come back, if you have promised something that did not come to play, you are going to hear that. the statement that denying the tryst with stormy daniels, i'm not exactly sure how that will come into evidence. stormy daniels is clearly going to say it happens, donald trump, who everyone thinks is not going to testify, i'm sure the prosecution would love it if he did, for the same reason he never met with us in the mueller investigation, i think there's no way in god's green earth he's going to testify, i don't know how that's going to come into play. that's the kind of thing where it may be that t
i wanted to go in reverse, and ask you about todd blanches opening statement. he made some pretty bold statements in the hearing, he basically denied trumps alleged affair with daniels. that's not part of the necessary legal argument, but does that matter? could it come back to bite him? >> when you are on trial, prosecution or defense, you need to be extremely careful about what you promise a jury. what happens is both sides listen very carefully to that, and it will come back, if you...
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i highly doubt he will do it but i do think you heard a lot of speak from todd blanch in the opening statement which is called lawyer talk. i don't know how we are going to prove the lack of knowledge on mr. trump's behalf. one way he could do it would be to testify. >> you have the list of potential witnesses. there are high level trump organization officials who are prepared to testify who presumably would further corroborate the idea that donald trump knew what he was doing. is there a witness that you have seen from the list of people called to the stand that could be helpful to trump's case at this point? >> helpful? not necessarily. if you have witnesses putting michael cohen in the oval office with you, that is not helpful. if you have a witness saying that donald trump was meticulous looks over his checks signing his checks and not a passive player here, that is not helpful to you. so there is nobody that the prosecution is lining up that will be helpful. i think josh steinglass and chris conway, it's not their first rodeo. they know what they are doing. i'm confident donald
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in his defense of the ex-president trump's attorney todd blanche had a testy exchange from the judge. said you are losing all credible with the court which goes without saying not a good thing to be losing this early in a criminal trial. we're still waiting for the judge's decision on the gag cord order. it could come out at any time today. that's where we start with our favorite reporter as friends. former top official, legal analyst andrew weissmann is back and legal analyst charles coleman is here and back again after being inside of the courthouse today, "new york times" reporter susan craig. and my friend and colleague, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard who has been at the courthouse all day. i could see the stars from here. this is really important stuff. so just start telling me what happened. >> well, i mean, it was a day. i just sort of feel like this is a play we've been waiting for and the curtain went up and it was in the detail that david pecker just calmly laid out. he was such a credible witness. just to go through the story with the doorman and how they went back
in his defense of the ex-president trump's attorney todd blanche had a testy exchange from the judge. said you are losing all credible with the court which goes without saying not a good thing to be losing this early in a criminal trial. we're still waiting for the judge's decision on the gag cord order. it could come out at any time today. that's where we start with our favorite reporter as friends. former top official, legal analyst andrew weissmann is back and legal analyst charles coleman...
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todd blanche tried to push that in the pretrial hearings. that failed. judge said their opinions are immaterial. during this process, his lawyers have the chance to try to elicit that information. elicit they did. this one actually made the cut. >> so each side at this point has used more than half of their preemptory challenges. challenges they can offer without saying why. that juror coming in and saying i'm fascinated with donald trump . there is more than one way to read that but it had to make the prosecution a little nervous listening to that. >> i am struck by the fact that both sides have used six out of their 10 challenges so they only have orders left. there are two ways juries can be chosen typically. this is the one that is, gives the least amount of information to both sides. it's euphemistically called the flop method. the others call it the strike max said -- method. the >>> method is better because you see all 38 potential jurors at once. you will see everybody who could be on the jury and then you exercise your 10 peremptory's on the oth
todd blanche tried to push that in the pretrial hearings. that failed. judge said their opinions are immaterial. during this process, his lawyers have the chance to try to elicit that information. elicit they did. this one actually made the cut. >> so each side at this point has used more than half of their preemptory challenges. challenges they can offer without saying why. that juror coming in and saying i'm fascinated with donald trump . there is more than one way to read that but it...
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in a minute or so it's going to change over, todd blanche, the former president's attorneys in which they're going to get their shot at these potential jurors and it moves on to the period where they decide who will get struck from this jury. if they have causal reason to strike them or they want to strike them. they only have four chances either side to do that left. >> so yasmin, stay with us. also keep an eye on that google doc with the latest reporting so we can be on top of it all. charles, today we are moving backwards. we started the day with seven people who had been seated in this jury. now we're down to five. what does that tell you? >> it tells me this is going to be as arduous and difficult a process as many of us expected to. many of us thought the sheer nature of what it is to be fair and impartial would make it an easy thing to do. it has its numbers of hurdles and challenges. when you're talking about a case of this nature, there are some extra complications and you're starting to see that. the pressure in this case is not going to go down. it's only going to go up. f
in a minute or so it's going to change over, todd blanche, the former president's attorneys in which they're going to get their shot at these potential jurors and it moves on to the period where they decide who will get struck from this jury. if they have causal reason to strike them or they want to strike them. they only have four chances either side to do that left. >> so yasmin, stay with us. also keep an eye on that google doc with the latest reporting so we can be on top of it all....
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one thing that stands out to me is todd blanche had a really rough day yesterday arguing against violations of the gag order and, in particular, there was a moment where he was forced to concede that one of trump's posts was, in fact, a lie. it was when trump said, look what was just found, and he was referring to stormy daniels' statement in january of 2018. the court said to mr. blanche, is it true that this was just found? no, your honor, everybody knows that this wasn't just found. that's of course not true. if you're in a position six into the trial where you have to undermine the voracity of your client's statements in order to rescue them from criminal contempt, that's not a good place to be. the other thing that really stood out to me is david pecker because he has the sort of demeanor that he is believable, he's credible, he's affable, he even compliments donald trump are frequently, and yet you have to remove yourself from the proceedings a little bit to see, oh, my gosh, a lot of what he confessed to is totally bonkers. you got a crash course in tabloid or checkbook journalism ye
one thing that stands out to me is todd blanche had a really rough day yesterday arguing against violations of the gag order and, in particular, there was a moment where he was forced to concede that one of trump's posts was, in fact, a lie. it was when trump said, look what was just found, and he was referring to stormy daniels' statement in january of 2018. the court said to mr. blanche, is it true that this was just found? no, your honor, everybody knows that this wasn't just found. that's...
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blanche's mischaracterizations of pee. afterme.second witness karen mal former playboy playmate who alleged she had a 10 month affair with donald trump and she was paid $150,000 according to prosecutors by the national inquirer to keep that story out of the public eye. expected to detail not only her alleged affair but how prosecutors say she was muzzled not to damage the former president's campaign back in 2016. so, court starts in a couple hours we'll have the very latest. back to you. >> brian: you can have an nda. that's common and allowed. the whole thing is the second half of your sentence did. they do it to help his election fortunes, perhaps. and then what bank account did he write the check from, his personal account or from the -- or from the campaign account, right? >> ainsley: eric, couldn't he also add on that, couldn't he take the stand and say. >> brian: karen macdougall? >> ainsley: talk about the women. what man if he has made this mistake wants the world to know about this? it had nothing to do with the e
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there's reporting he's unhappy with todd blanche, his attorney. he seems very fidgety and not confident. he's a good prosecutor at the time, but he wants more aggression out of todd blanche. he's not happy with the lack of aggression. >> well, you can't win as a lawyer for trump. particularly when you're losing. particularly when trump recognizes that this isn't going his way. whether it was this lawyer or any other lawyer, this is a really tough case to litigate. to really difficult argument to make. you have a client who is almost impossible to keep in his seat. so i think, you know, assessing his performance is kind of irrelevant. i think the issue is that trump is going to beat up on anybody who is falling short of making him look innocent in a situation in which he is guilty as hell. >> let me play a little bit, there was something interesting that happened today. they played some c-span archives. let me play a bit of what they showed in court today. >> it's a phony deal. i have no idea who these women are. i have no idea. i have no idea. and
there's reporting he's unhappy with todd blanche, his attorney. he seems very fidgety and not confident. he's a good prosecutor at the time, but he wants more aggression out of todd blanche. he's not happy with the lack of aggression. >> well, you can't win as a lawyer for trump. particularly when you're losing. particularly when trump recognizes that this isn't going his way. whether it was this lawyer or any other lawyer, this is a really tough case to litigate. to really difficult...
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and that was constant whispering quick consultations, decision, i think at one point whether todd blanche was going to do a cross-examined termination on a witness who had kept the transcripts of depositions, decided with trump, decided not to so very involved throughout today, but not but there was no testing is at least that i could see from my vantage point between trump and his attorneys, whole notes, the contrast between the former president in this trial and pass trials. i think there's a contrast with the attorneys as well, both in terms of where they came from, the resume, the todd blanche brings to the table here. it's widely regarded. i know elie talks about his time, the sovereign or southern district of new york in the teams that are often put together, there were todd blanche comes from but also it is just a very different moment. but the stakes are certainly significantly higher given the fact that is a criminal trial. and i think what you see from the president is or foreign president is, at least in some part in potent. that's better need reflective of what is legal team i
and that was constant whispering quick consultations, decision, i think at one point whether todd blanche was going to do a cross-examined termination on a witness who had kept the transcripts of depositions, decided with trump, decided not to so very involved throughout today, but not but there was no testing is at least that i could see from my vantage point between trump and his attorneys, whole notes, the contrast between the former president in this trial and pass trials. i think there's a...
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blanche also said this, and i'm quoting him now. he said none of this is a crime. and that there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy close quote two lawyers are empaneled on the jury. why do you think both sides allowed attorneys to sit on the jury it's interesting and maybe the attorneys thought the other side would use a strike on the lawyers and they didn't. >> but i think the defense wants to shake things up in the deliberation and it's certainly a wildcard i have lawyers sitting as jurors on a case. they tend to argue and tend to take different perspectives. lawyers are certainly good at taking two different sides of an argument. so maybe the defense law that would be helpful, but at the end of the day, yes, they have law degrees, their lawyers, and i think it's going to be a fascinating deliberation lot of times lawyers take a backseat and try to wet the other speak in the deliberation, so i don't i'm not convinced that they're going to dominate the deliberation, but they will certainly
blanche also said this, and i'm quoting him now. he said none of this is a crime. and that there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy close quote two lawyers are empaneled on the jury. why do you think both sides allowed attorneys to sit on the jury it's interesting and maybe the attorneys thought the other side would use a strike on the lawyers and they didn't. >> but i think the defense wants to shake things up in the deliberation and it's...
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. >> reporter: in his opening, trump's attorney todd blanch said trump didn't commit any wrongs. coh cohen, whoa previously served prison time after pleading to federal campaign finance charges as well as other charges, is also expected to testify. the jury is due pack in court at 11:00 a.m. for witness testimony, but first there will be a hearing as to whether trump should be held in contempt over violating a gag order over the last couple of weeks. >> well, we'll see how that goes. >> thank you. >>> well, overnight, police shut down protests outside new york university's business school and at least a dozen people were arrested. some demonstrators refused to leave. ten said they were taken down by authorities. nyu is one of many college campuses stepping up security as escalating protests continue as passover begins. cbs's meg oliver reports. >> reporter: tensions and concerns about safety continue to roil at new york university. some you is students and faculty say the environment has only escalated. >> jewish students are petrified to go onto campus. >> reporter: for the past
. >> reporter: in his opening, trump's attorney todd blanch said trump didn't commit any wrongs. coh cohen, whoa previously served prison time after pleading to federal campaign finance charges as well as other charges, is also expected to testify. the jury is due pack in court at 11:00 a.m. for witness testimony, but first there will be a hearing as to whether trump should be held in contempt over violating a gag order over the last couple of weeks. >> well, we'll see how that...
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in his opening statement, defense attorney todd blanche insisting president trump is innocent. "president trump did not commit any crimes." "i have a sfopoiler alert, ther is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. there is nothing wrong with entering a nondisclosure. he said trump was unaware of any effort to camouflage the payment to daniels as any expense and called michael cohen has an obsession of getting trump. he cannot be trusted. but prosecutors insist the alleged criminal conspiracy to protect trump involved others, including their first witness, david pecker, the former "national enquirer" publisher who once called trump a personal friend. as pecker took the stand, trump leaned forward, arms crossed, an angry look on his face. pecker has acknowledged buying negative stories about the candidate only the bury them, a practice known as catch and kill. on the stand, pecker was blunt. we used checkbook journalism. we paid for stories. he is testifying under a subpoena, having cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid charges himself. he was o
in his opening statement, defense attorney todd blanche insisting president trump is innocent. "president trump did not commit any crimes." "i have a sfopoiler alert, ther is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. there is nothing wrong with entering a nondisclosure. he said trump was unaware of any effort to camouflage the payment to daniels as any expense and called michael cohen has an obsession of getting trump. he cannot be trusted. but...
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blanch stumbled and couldn't provide that supporting evidence at which point the judge was completely frustrated saying you have lost all credibility with the court. you can guess how the judge the leaning. christian: remains to be seen what he made of today's statement outside court. let's turn to the evidence being presented by david pecker. he did acknowledge he was involved in this catch and kill policy. prosecutors say he was the eyes and ears for donald trump to try and prevent these negative stories coming tout. what did we learn and was it a strong case that the prosecutors put forward? >> i think david pecker is key to the kind of idea of intent here. donald trump's team has said in their opening statements that donald trump didn't pay the hush money payment to stormy daniels because of the election. it was all about protecting his family, his reputation and his brand. what we heard from david pecker was very different. although he incident get to the stormy daniels payment yet, he outlined several parts of this scheme and he said it all began when donald trump and his former
blanch stumbled and couldn't provide that supporting evidence at which point the judge was completely frustrated saying you have lost all credibility with the court. you can guess how the judge the leaning. christian: remains to be seen what he made of today's statement outside court. let's turn to the evidence being presented by david pecker. he did acknowledge he was involved in this catch and kill policy. prosecutors say he was the eyes and ears for donald trump to try and prevent these...
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blanche, has been quote insufficiently aggressive. maggie haberman, a jonathan swan report that sources say mr. trump wants him to attack witnesses attack with the former president sees as a hostile jury pool and attack the judge seen as brynn gingras, outside the court this morning, who are we expected to see on the stand? where are we yeah john you know, that report very interesting and possibly some of that iron that we're hearing about from maggie haberman and jonathan swan comes from last week, if you remember that gag order hearing now, we're todd blanche jackpot, his arguments against it, and the judge saying there that he was losing all credibility, so possibly it stems from now, but just quickly about blanche, of course, he is one are said to be one of trump's favorite. >> attorneys. he's representing him and two other criminal indictments. obviously, this is the first one to go to trial, but according to the new york times reporting he is saying that he's not being aggressive enough in this trial and actually complaining abo
blanche, has been quote insufficiently aggressive. maggie haberman, a jonathan swan report that sources say mr. trump wants him to attack witnesses attack with the former president sees as a hostile jury pool and attack the judge seen as brynn gingras, outside the court this morning, who are we expected to see on the stand? where are we yeah john you know, that report very interesting and possibly some of that iron that we're hearing about from maggie haberman and jonathan swan comes from last...
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. >> let me ask you, too, about the relationship as you viewed it, between todd blanche, his key lawyer, and donald trump, himself, because there was a large story in "the new york times" today about how trump is getting frustrated, we have seen this before, right. in the past with donald trump, he wants his lawyers to do what he's going to do there, this push and pull. how do you appease your client, but also do what you think is going to get your client acquitted? did you see anything telling between the two of them? >> well, they were conversing almost like normal today, as i would describe it. this is, as you know, a defendant who -- >> did we lose his mic internally or do we have a problem here? >> i can hear you, can you hear me? all right, i'm going to keep going. i heard chris ask about the microphone, i'm being told i can be heard. we can see defendant trump who is much more active than most defendants in the legal setting, speaking, having side bars. at one point i could see his lawyer blanche kind of covering his mouth, so that the internal cameras that are used inside the co
. >> let me ask you, too, about the relationship as you viewed it, between todd blanche, his key lawyer, and donald trump, himself, because there was a large story in "the new york times" today about how trump is getting frustrated, we have seen this before, right. in the past with donald trump, he wants his lawyers to do what he's going to do there, this push and pull. how do you appease your client, but also do what you think is going to get your client acquitted? did you see...
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. >> reporter: in court, his defense attorney, todd blanche, said trump committed no crime, saying, "i have a spoiler alert. there's nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy." cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman said today was one of the most important moments in a criminal trial. >> there are studies that say that 80% of jurors' minds are made up at the end of the opening statements. >> reporter: as the prosecution's first witness, pecker, in very brief testimony, did not discuss the 2015 meeting with trump and cohen but acknowledged the enquirer paid for stories, calling it checkbook journalism. inside the courtroom, the scene was austere and grim with trump mostly mum as he watched the proceedings. but inside his inner circle tonight, there is real fear that this jury could convict him. maurice. >> okay. robert costa at the criminal courthouse in lower manhattan tonight, thank you. >>> now to those escalating protests on college campuses across the country. the president of columbia university in new york taking the extraordinary step of moving cla
. >> reporter: in court, his defense attorney, todd blanche, said trump committed no crime, saying, "i have a spoiler alert. there's nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy." cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman said today was one of the most important moments in a criminal trial. >> there are studies that say that 80% of jurors' minds are made up at the end of the opening statements. >> reporter: as the prosecution's first witness,...
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, tried a bunch of cases as was alvin bragg's same thing if i'm todd blanche, i'm telling donald trump, mr. president with all due respect, i've done a lot of these and i have a good sense how this works that you listened to your client, but who's calling the shot? what if they disagree? what if they're down to their last strike? >> and >> trump wants to use is it or and blanche doesn't. that's an interesting dynamic. >> you know, it's interesting, jamie, because one of the jurors was dismissed after it was revealed, he wrote lock him up in a social media post about donald trump. but this juror, who claimed he could be fair and unbiased, was still dismissed, >> right. so that's pretty obvious. if that's the kind of thing you're saying. and i also think all these social media posts, it says a lot. they are looking in a normal case, you're not going through usually jurors, so there's a different level of insight that both sides have the judge also did manish donald trump and his lawyers today, and i thought that that was interesting that this happened early on judge martian is he did thi
, tried a bunch of cases as was alvin bragg's same thing if i'm todd blanche, i'm telling donald trump, mr. president with all due respect, i've done a lot of these and i have a good sense how this works that you listened to your client, but who's calling the shot? what if they disagree? what if they're down to their last strike? >> and >> trump wants to use is it or and blanche doesn't. that's an interesting dynamic. >> you know, it's interesting, jamie, because one of the...
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the prosecution finished their 30 trump's lawyer, todd blanche is up doing his 30 minutes, underscoring to the jurors here. he said this is ordinary serious. this is very serious, and president trump in the courtroom. and so he is saying to them, as you said, he wants to know what their opinion is. one juror, a male juror said if if we were in a bar, i would tell you my opinion, but in this courtroom, i don't really have a strong enough one to get into it with you. so they're trying to figure out what people's view here is of trump, because they ultimately want to know if they like them or not, if they can put it aside. and what they'll stay on that. i mean, the one juror who's in there who is a prosecutor, said he understands that the prosecution's job is to have to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. the also said that he has several friends and law enforcement who are pro-trump. so we're learning a little bit more about who these jurors are and the world that they live in. >> this is a kind of speed dating. is it not when you think about it, dana and trying to figure out how
the prosecution finished their 30 trump's lawyer, todd blanche is up doing his 30 minutes, underscoring to the jurors here. he said this is ordinary serious. this is very serious, and president trump in the courtroom. and so he is saying to them, as you said, he wants to know what their opinion is. one juror, a male juror said if if we were in a bar, i would tell you my opinion, but in this courtroom, i don't really have a strong enough one to get into it with you. so they're trying to figure...
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todd blanche and donald trump passed notes and whispered while it was happening. they introduced it today for the reasons that charlie's just describing. i was talking about in the last hour, i remember talking to a source who was in the room when trump found out about "access hollywood." and in the room they thought it was over. they thought that pence could maybe take -- i mean that pence would assume the spot at the top of the ticket. and now we are all numb to the idea that anything could damage trump because we've seen his base's sort of velcro relationship with him. but that wasn't known at the time. and there was a real belief, he had had his -- he'd talked about megyn kelly having blood coming out of her eyes and everywhere, "access hollywood" tape came out after that, he'd been incredibly misogynistic toward hillary clinton in all the debates, and then "access hollywood" tape breaks. the hush money scheme, the crimes happen after that. talk about the timeline as an important -- important enough to mention in opening statements. >> well, i've said many tim
todd blanche and donald trump passed notes and whispered while it was happening. they introduced it today for the reasons that charlie's just describing. i was talking about in the last hour, i remember talking to a source who was in the room when trump found out about "access hollywood." and in the room they thought it was over. they thought that pence could maybe take -- i mean that pence would assume the spot at the top of the ticket. and now we are all numb to the idea that...
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trump's lawyer, todd blanche, said his client's being careful with his words. to that, the judge said, "that's just not credible." maurice. >> robert costa, thank you. >>> now to those escalating clashes and threats of violence on college campuses. protests are growing as more students across the country are staging demonstrations against israel's war in gaza. cbs's nancy chen tonight on what protesters are demanding. >> we are not afraid of you! >> reporter: pro-palestinian demonstrators clashed with police at cal poly humboldt in northern california after a group of students used chairs and other furniture to barricade themselves inside one of the school's main buildings. at nyu, nypd officers in riot gear cleared out a pro-palestinian encampment last night after students defied the university's order to leave. >> we want to see an acknowledgement from our university that there is a genocide happening. >> leave the plaza now, or you'll be arrested for trespass. >> reporter: 120 people were arrested. >> free palestine! free palestine! >> if you're going to hos
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you see the alacrity with which todd blanche noted this. this one particularly killer juror, we're talking about about a social media post from years ago, but that's not the issue, jake really there are bound to be obviously the majority of these people will have strong views about trump that you're just never going to get around that the issue is whether or not you can put those feelings aside and be fair and impartial. michelle i agree with bill if i'm if i'm that offense here, todd, blanche, and susan necklace, they're worried about that one stealth der that is not being candid on these self-reporting questionnaires, that that is not answering those questions truthfully in order to get on the jury and have their mind made up already when one way or the other, it's more were in manhattan more likely than not, you'll you'll get you may get a never trump or that is never going to vote to acquit but those are the real issues when you get a high-profile case of this nature and bill, the judge scolded trump's actions, apparently, he was motion
you see the alacrity with which todd blanche noted this. this one particularly killer juror, we're talking about about a social media post from years ago, but that's not the issue, jake really there are bound to be obviously the majority of these people will have strong views about trump that you're just never going to get around that the issue is whether or not you can put those feelings aside and be fair and impartial. michelle i agree with bill if i'm if i'm that offense here, todd, blanche,...
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the judge didn't rule today, but seemed exasperated, telling lead defense attorney todd blanche 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." >> laura, you were in the courtroom today. what were some of your impressions? >> well, lester, this jury is engaged. they're paying attention. they're looking at the exhibits on the screen in front of them. they're listening carefully to the witness, david pecker. some of them i even saw taking notes. and they will hear more from pecker when he testifies again on thursday. lester? >> laura jarrett tonight, thank you. >>> tonight's other top story, the growing number of pro-palestinian demonstrations and people being arrested on america's college campuses from coast-to-coast, and there is concerns over antisemitic rhetoric. erin mclaughlin now with late developments for us. >> shame on you, shame on you! >> reporter: clashes and arrests from the streets of new york to the university of minnes
the judge didn't rule today, but seemed exasperated, telling lead defense attorney todd blanche 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." >> laura, you were in the courtroom today. what were some of your impressions? >> well, lester, this jury is engaged. they're paying attention. they're looking at the exhibits...
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trump's lawyer todd blanche said his client has been careful with his words. to that, the judge said, that's just not credible. maurice? >> maurice: robert costa once agai again at the criminal courthouse in lower manhattan tonight, thank you. now to those escalating clashes and threats of violence on college campuses. protests are growing as more students across the country are staging demonstrations against israel's war in gaza. cbs's nancy chen tonight on what protesters are demanding. >> we are not afraid of you! >> reporter: pro-palestinian demonstrators clashed with police at cal poly humboldt in northern california after a group of students used chairs and other furniture to barricade themselves inside one of the school's main buildings. at nyu, nypd officers in riot gear cleared out a pro-palestinian encampment last night after students defied the university's order to leave. >> we want to see an acknowledgment from our university that there is a genocide happening. >> leave the plaza now or you will be arrested for trespassing. >> reporter: 120 people
trump's lawyer todd blanche said his client has been careful with his words. to that, the judge said, that's just not credible. maurice? >> maurice: robert costa once agai again at the criminal courthouse in lower manhattan tonight, thank you. now to those escalating clashes and threats of violence on college campuses. protests are growing as more students across the country are staging demonstrations against israel's war in gaza. cbs's nancy chen tonight on what protesters are demanding....
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in his opening statement, defense attorney todd blanche insisting, "president trump is innocent. president trump did not commit any crimes." "i have a spoiler alert," he told the jury. "there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy." "there is nothing illegal about entering into a non-disclosure agreement," he continued. "period." he said trump was unaware of any effort to camouflage the payment to daniels as a business expense. and he told the jury, michael cohen, a key prosecution witness, has "an obsession with getting trump, he cannot be trusted." but prosecutors insist the alleged criminal conspiracy to protect trump involved others including their first witness, david pecker, the former "national enquirer" publisher who once called trump a personal friend. as pecker took the stand, trump leaned forward, arms crossed, an angry look on his face. pecker has acknowledged buying negative stories about the candidate only to bury them, a practice known as catch-and-kill. on the stand, pecker was blunt, "we used checkbook journalism. we paid for
in his opening statement, defense attorney todd blanche insisting, "president trump is innocent. president trump did not commit any crimes." "i have a spoiler alert," he told the jury. "there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy." "there is nothing illegal about entering into a non-disclosure agreement," he continued. "period." he said trump was unaware of any effort to camouflage the payment to daniels as...
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. >> trump defense lawyer todd blanche told the jury that the former president, though, did not violate the law. >> jon: mm! that's right! it's the classic case of "the state of new york vs. nuh-uh." oh, no, you didn't. i think it's pretty clear, he did it. this trial will obviously be a test of the fairness of the american legal system. but it's also a test of the media's ability to cover donald trump in a responsible way, a task they have acknowledged they have performed poorly in the past. >> i think to the degree that the media had lessons to learn in '16, they seemed to have been learned. >> it was irresponsible for cable news networks to give donald trump hours and hours of free air time. >> way too much speculation and liberal wishful thinking in attempts to connect dots that did not connect. >> it's the media's responsibility to not get distracted. >> i think we were much too busy chasing after shiny objects. >> all of us have learned some very valuable lessons from the last couple of years in delineating what's significant, what's important. >> jon: so brave. well done. and i t
. >> trump defense lawyer todd blanche told the jury that the former president, though, did not violate the law. >> jon: mm! that's right! it's the classic case of "the state of new york vs. nuh-uh." oh, no, you didn't. i think it's pretty clear, he did it. this trial will obviously be a test of the fairness of the american legal system. but it's also a test of the media's ability to cover donald trump in a responsible way, a task they have acknowledged they have performed...
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now, we've learned that he is sitting right now with his attorney lead attorney todd blanche, reading these updates from our colleague there, apparently having a pretty active back and forth and so far, he appears to be in good periods all things considered. i mean, he is now going to be the first former president of the united states to face a criminal trial. and unlike the three civil cases that we've covered over the past few months here in new york this is the first time that he will potentially face jail time if he is convicted. last week, he said that look dirty. selection is just a matter of luck, and you can be sure sure that who will be watching each of these potential jurors very closely as they go through this process over the next few hours. >> all right. paula reid, thanks so much. i'm joined now by bill brennan. bill brennan served as an attorney on a 2022 trump organization case in front of the same judge as this one, bill, thanks so much for joining us. so obviously you know better than i do. jury selection can make or break a trial. you've done jury selection in that
now, we've learned that he is sitting right now with his attorney lead attorney todd blanche, reading these updates from our colleague there, apparently having a pretty active back and forth and so far, he appears to be in good periods all things considered. i mean, he is now going to be the first former president of the united states to face a criminal trial. and unlike the three civil cases that we've covered over the past few months here in new york this is the first time that he will...