pharaoh, taking the stand. pharaoh worked with trump's ex lawyer, michael cohen, expected to be a key witness in the trial. alan dershowitz joined me yesterday on sunday morning futures with his take on the trial so far. watch. >> there is no crime in manhattan. you cannot figure out what the crime is. that's why they're putting on all this evidence of noncrimes, trying to persuade the jury that pahush money is a crime, it's n. you can't suddenly resurrect this and turn it into a crime by invoking a federal statute which the federal government he refused to invoke and the federal election commission refused to invoke. there is no crime. maria: joining me now is former acting attorney general, matt whitaker. thank you for being here. i've got to get your take on this. number one, do agree that there's no crime and number two, if so, what is this then? is this all theater to make the public believe that donald trump is a criminal? >> it's all political theater. it's all intended to not only change the public's vi