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david pecker will take the stand thursday morning. today he talked about his relationship with michael cohen. they work together to identify and suppress stories from people including former playboy model karen mcdougall and a former doorman. when asked why prosecutor why they focused on stories from women, pecker said because trump was known as an eligible bachelor who dated beautiful women. today they also revealed the state law that trump is accused of breaking while allegedly falsifying business records. any two or more persons who conspired to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office that unlocked -- by unlawful means in which conspiracies acted upon by one or more of the parties, they shall be guilty of a misdemeanour. the arguments from the office is that trump falsified internal business records to aid a conspiracy to win the 2016 presidential election. >> trace: live for us in new york. thank you. let's bring in former deputy assistant attorney general john you. great to have you on the show. you say t
david pecker will take the stand thursday morning. today he talked about his relationship with michael cohen. they work together to identify and suppress stories from people including former playboy model karen mcdougall and a former doorman. when asked why prosecutor why they focused on stories from women, pecker said because trump was known as an eligible bachelor who dated beautiful women. today they also revealed the state law that trump is accused of breaking while allegedly falsifying...
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trump, david pecker, and michael cohen, former trump attorney formed a conspiracy, he argued, to influence the election. well, this guy is a piece of work. colangelo should be sanctioned for trying to argue that there a conspiracy here when he never charged trump with a conspiracy. you can't prove this case without proving the facts on federal election law. and this is not a big revelation to any of you, but state courts have no jurisdiction over federal election law matters. i think it's becoming clear to all of you now. plus, if they were going to start charging conspiracies to effect an election, i have a question, why wasn't hillary clinton and fusion gps charged under that same theory? the set-up, the surveillance of trump, the salacious and unverified steele dossier? all of it? for goodness sakes a million dollars went from the clinton campaign and the dnc to a law firm, perkins coie that funneled it to steele who then dug up the dirt. that was real election interference, my friends. if there's any conspiracy here, it would be, i don't know, kind of reasonable to find one inside bide
trump, david pecker, and michael cohen, former trump attorney formed a conspiracy, he argued, to influence the election. well, this guy is a piece of work. colangelo should be sanctioned for trying to argue that there a conspiracy here when he never charged trump with a conspiracy. you can't prove this case without proving the facts on federal election law. and this is not a big revelation to any of you, but state courts have no jurisdiction over federal election law matters. i think it's...
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the trials first witness, the men who ran the national enquirer, david pecker. you testified that he has helped catch and kill negative stories about trump for years which is not a legal the last time we checked. since it's been going on before trump was a candidate improves the arrangement was personal and not a campaign violation. that should blow up the prosecution's case right there. pecker testifying i was the person who thought that a lot of women would come out to try to sell their stories because mr trump was well known as the most eligible bachelor antedated the most beautiful women. after trump heard this he leaned over and whispered something to his attorney and the attorney smiled. it's a guy thing. pecker testified that one time a doorman tried to sell a story about trump fathering a child with his housekeeper. the lawyer at the time michael cohen said trump would take a dna test to prove it wasn't true and said it would be impossible for an irish german to father a hispanic child anyway. these are the kind of things celebrities and billionaires lik
the trials first witness, the men who ran the national enquirer, david pecker. you testified that he has helped catch and kill negative stories about trump for years which is not a legal the last time we checked. since it's been going on before trump was a candidate improves the arrangement was personal and not a campaign violation. that should blow up the prosecution's case right there. pecker testifying i was the person who thought that a lot of women would come out to try to sell their...
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everybody thought that david pecker was going to be maybe on and off, an hour, introduce a few documents. he's turned out to be two days and frankly, what's fascinating, molly, is the defense turned him, i think, into a trump witness, a pro-trump witness. they frankly cross examined him and he came out with some good things about trump and demonstrated there were other people that did the same thing. and my question always is, why aren't they being prosecuted in the same way trump is. >> what do you mean by that. who are the people you would highlight when you mention that? >> there was tiger woods and other celebrities. he indicated there were these non-disclosure agreements, they would purchase a story and sometimes they would run them and sometimes they wouldn't, and so, i'm left with the conclusion that it's only president trump who is now being prosecuted for what i would argue are mickey mouse charges. >> we're talking about here, the catch and kill, that's what we're getting the window into here, how catch and kill works, how broadly it was used. the sort of pay by play journalism
everybody thought that david pecker was going to be maybe on and off, an hour, introduce a few documents. he's turned out to be two days and frankly, what's fascinating, molly, is the defense turned him, i think, into a trump witness, a pro-trump witness. they frankly cross examined him and he came out with some good things about trump and demonstrated there were other people that did the same thing. and my question always is, why aren't they being prosecuted in the same way trump is. >>...
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pecker, part of his testimony seemed to actually help donald trump. i mean, he was a prosecution witness, but he said he had done the nda's, so-called catch and grab schemes, buy a story that somebody didn't want to get out. he did it for around schwarzenegger, did it for tiger woods. it may be unseemly, but it's not illegal, right? >> absolutely, it's not illegal. and based upon the prosecutor's case, sits determining whether they're trying to win on a criminal conviction or trying to get sordid details out. we don't know precisely what they're accusing donald trump of doing criminally. and they have to show that he falsified records in order to further some other crime. to this day that has not been affirmatively disclosed by the prosecution and there are many convoluted theories out there that don't quite add up. david: yeah, but tom, i was talking to annie mccarthy earlier. maybe there are a couple of lawyers on the jury, but the others don't know if it's legal or not. and the judge isn't telling them. isn't it the role of the judge to explain whe
pecker, part of his testimony seemed to actually help donald trump. i mean, he was a prosecution witness, but he said he had done the nda's, so-called catch and grab schemes, buy a story that somebody didn't want to get out. he did it for around schwarzenegger, did it for tiger woods. it may be unseemly, but it's not illegal, right? >> absolutely, it's not illegal. and based upon the prosecutor's case, sits determining whether they're trying to win on a criminal conviction or trying to...
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. >> obviously we are going to start with david pecker will be the first witness. i think him and michael cohen are being offered basically to fill a big hole in alvin bragg's case. bragg, is theory in the prosecution is that trump store the 2016 election. but you hasn't actually charged him in the conspiracy to do that nor is trying to implement an election are suppress negative information in crime and what bragg has charged our 34 book entries that didn't occur until 2017. so he's in the irrational position of trying to say that 26 and election was stolen by activity that took place the following year. you need to try to persuade the jury that there is some kind of nefarious scheme that leads up to the 2016 election and what pecker and cohen are for is to outline the discussions that they had about this catch and kill scheme to purchase the disclosure rights of the stories and bury them which may be unsavory, exactly the things that underlying the stories were unsavory, but that's not a crime. >> sandra: interesting. john calvin former president and his team are
. >> obviously we are going to start with david pecker will be the first witness. i think him and michael cohen are being offered basically to fill a big hole in alvin bragg's case. bragg, is theory in the prosecution is that trump store the 2016 election. but you hasn't actually charged him in the conspiracy to do that nor is trying to implement an election are suppress negative information in crime and what bragg has charged our 34 book entries that didn't occur until 2017. so he's in...
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. >> the first witness has been named publisher of the national inquirer david pecker will be on the witness stand today. >> ainsley: eric shawn is outside of the new york state supreme court, hey, eric. >> hey, ainsley, hi, guys, good morning. we will hear the case against donald trump today. and we will hear the case for him. as opening arguments begin in historic and sensational trial. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has brought these charges. he says the former president tried to interfere in the 2016 presidential race. by paying off stormy daniels to hide their alleged affair and part of a plan that paid off playboy playmate karen macdougall to hide their alleged affair, too. also american voters would l. not find out about the sex scandals. >> 34 false statements made to cover up other crimes. these are felony crimes in new york state. no matter who you are. we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct. >> prosecutors say the so-called catch and kill scheme by the national inquirer was intended intendoppress karen mcmacdougals story. pecker, the former head
. >> the first witness has been named publisher of the national inquirer david pecker will be on the witness stand today. >> ainsley: eric shawn is outside of the new york state supreme court, hey, eric. >> hey, ainsley, hi, guys, good morning. we will hear the case against donald trump today. and we will hear the case for him. as opening arguments begin in historic and sensational trial. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has brought these charges. he says the former...
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pecker never published it. prosecution still has to prove the former president was directly involved in the plans. jonathan turley says they have no case. listen. >> jonathan: this case is becoming inkocomprehensible, th newest theory, we have another dead misdemeanor. the misdemeanor is that trump conspired by promoting his own election unlawfully and they don't explain where the unlawful part is. >> brooke: we're still waiting for the judge to decide if former president trump violated gag order that prevents him from talking about people in the case. prosecutors are saying they violated that and are asking to hold him in contempt of court. >> carley: big day for the former president at supreme court, as well. >> brooke: arguments on whether former president trump is immune from prosecution in jack smith's federal election interference case. the former president is not able to attend after the judge ruled he needs to be present in new york. trump says he thinks he is above the supreme court, the great legal sc
pecker never published it. prosecution still has to prove the former president was directly involved in the plans. jonathan turley says they have no case. listen. >> jonathan: this case is becoming inkocomprehensible, th newest theory, we have another dead misdemeanor. the misdemeanor is that trump conspired by promoting his own election unlawfully and they don't explain where the unlawful part is. >> brooke: we're still waiting for the judge to decide if former president trump...
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your thoughts about the progress the prosecution made with david pecker specific statement that trump wanted these stories killed solely for the purpose of helping his campaign. that's what they really need to show to essentially prove up his case that he falsified business records in order to promote some sort of election fraud yesterday in the court hearing as well. >> couple things they point out there were some stories that he wanted to kill, stormy daniels, the macdougall story as well as this fake story about him having a kid with somebody -- some hispanic woman turns out hispanic woman totally false i don't want to pay that shows what you do when people come out and make accusations the fact that it's true or not does not matter. will that hurt me personally? will that putter me professionally? i have got to get rid of this story. >> absolutely. the underlying falsity or truth of the story is not what is at issue. it whether you chose to do it to to protect your reputation and businesses to incidentally help your campaign. that's whereby the crux of this case lies is what was t
your thoughts about the progress the prosecution made with david pecker specific statement that trump wanted these stories killed solely for the purpose of helping his campaign. that's what they really need to show to essentially prove up his case that he falsified business records in order to promote some sort of election fraud yesterday in the court hearing as well. >> couple things they point out there were some stories that he wanted to kill, stormy daniels, the macdougall story as...
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david pecker. >> dana: president trump. >> thank you very much. as you probably have heard, some things have happened. the biggest seems to be the gdp is 1.6% and heading south. it will get worse. gas prices in california were just also announced at $7.60 gasoline is going way up. energy costs are going way up and the stock market is in a sense crashing. the numbers are very bad. this is bidenomics. it is catching up with him. it is lucky it is catching up before he leaves office as opposed to after he leaves office. but this is bidenomics, it is destroying our country at the border, destroying our country. they no longer respect the united states, the other countries. the delay is in tremendous trouble in terms of currency. this will be the standard and the standard with me. with biden you will lose the dollar as a standard. like losing the biggest war we've ever lost and it is a shame. all the way down to 1.6. i tell you, nobody thought it would be possible and looks like it is heading down from there. very bad news. this morning i met with grea
david pecker. >> dana: president trump. >> thank you very much. as you probably have heard, some things have happened. the biggest seems to be the gdp is 1.6% and heading south. it will get worse. gas prices in california were just also announced at $7.60 gasoline is going way up. energy costs are going way up and the stock market is in a sense crashing. the numbers are very bad. this is bidenomics. it is catching up with him. it is lucky it is catching up before he leaves office as...
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. >> former american media ceo and president david pecker testified today. he made a secret agreement to benefit former president donald trump's 2016 campaign. pecker testified, quote: i would be the eyes and ears, working with trump's former lawyer michael cohen to suppress negative stories about trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. including former president bill clinton and former secretary of state then presidential candidate hillary clinton. trump says this trial is benefiting his current political adversary, president joe biden. >> it's very unfair situation. we're locked up in a courtroom and this guy is out there campaigning. >> pecker testified he and cohen identified and suppressed stories from former playboy model karen macdougall and a false story from a trump tower door man. today judge juan merchan reserved his decision about whether or not trump violated the court's gag order by sharing articles online about witnesses in the case. >> names mentioned in the article. and i end up in violation of a gag order. i think it's a dis
. >> former american media ceo and president david pecker testified today. he made a secret agreement to benefit former president donald trump's 2016 campaign. pecker testified, quote: i would be the eyes and ears, working with trump's former lawyer michael cohen to suppress negative stories about trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. including former president bill clinton and former secretary of state then presidential candidate hillary clinton. trump says this trial...
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that should blow up the prosecution's case right therp thprosecht theree. >> pecker testified, quote, i was the person who thoughtg wo that a lot of women would come out to try to sell t their stories because mr. trump was well known as the most eligible bachelor and datee mostd the most beautil women. >> after trump heard this, he leaneter trumd over and whisd something to his attorney, and the attorney smiled. >> it's attor a guy thing. packer testified that one time i a doorman tried to sell a storym about trump fathering a child with his housekeeperp d. wyer a >> trump's lawyer at the time, c michael cohen, said trump would take a dnaha test to prove it wasn't true and said it'd be impossible for an irish german to father a hispanic child. >> anyway. these are the kind of things celebrities and billionaires like trump deal with trump's dei financial success is largely based on his brand. >> and if his brand take s a hit, true or false, his financials take a hit. >> people will say anything forp a paycheck and people will pay money to protect their brandeoa >> and what's the fuss?
that should blow up the prosecution's case right therp thprosecht theree. >> pecker testified, quote, i was the person who thoughtg wo that a lot of women would come out to try to sell t their stories because mr. trump was well known as the most eligible bachelor and datee mostd the most beautil women. >> after trump heard this, he leaneter trumd over and whisd something to his attorney, and the attorney smiled. >> it's attor a guy thing. packer testified that one time i a...
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david pecker will continue his testimony after taking the stand for less than 30 minutes yesterday. so, pecker is the former publisher of the national inquirer and testified about using so-called checkbook journalism to pay for stories that boosted former president trump ahead of the 2016 election. now, he is expected to tell the jury about conversations he allegedly had with trump about hush money payments that were allegedly made to cover up negative stories about him. the trial wrapped up earlier than expected on monday after a juror had an emergency dentist appointment. the court is expected to wrap up at 2:00 p.m. today. carley? >> carley: brooke singman live for us. thank you for keeping it all straight for us. bring in tomi lahren to talk more about this. tomi, about this gag order, donald trump is not allowed to talk about any of the witnesses. and that would include michael cohen who is at this point a public figure and who is on a media tour bashing donald trump. how is that fair? >> it's not fair. and he is also a known liar, michael cohen is so i think all of this -- i m
david pecker will continue his testimony after taking the stand for less than 30 minutes yesterday. so, pecker is the former publisher of the national inquirer and testified about using so-called checkbook journalism to pay for stories that boosted former president trump ahead of the 2016 election. now, he is expected to tell the jury about conversations he allegedly had with trump about hush money payments that were allegedly made to cover up negative stories about him. the trial wrapped up...
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former tabloid publisher david pecker, he will continue his testimony from yesterday. earlier today the judge, they were still in court just hadn't gotten to testimony. now they will. earlier today the judge took up the gag order of the former president. bragg says he violated ten times and wants trump find for each violation. $10,000, for ten times. he wants 100 grand. he also wants trump held in contempt and for the judge to consider jailing the president for future violations. wait a minute. you can put somebody in prison for something they haven't done? they are rich. the judge says he will rule on that a little bit later today. a former justice department official said this. >> the judge has specified lists of people who are possible target for insult and people off limits. this is a judge sensitive to the need to preserve the integrity of this proceeding. protecting witnesses from attacks and jurors from attacks and he may well fine trump. i don't think he will throw trump in jail. he may have stern language and a warning and may impose a nominal fine. >> harris:
former tabloid publisher david pecker, he will continue his testimony from yesterday. earlier today the judge, they were still in court just hadn't gotten to testimony. now they will. earlier today the judge took up the gag order of the former president. bragg says he violated ten times and wants trump find for each violation. $10,000, for ten times. he wants 100 grand. he also wants trump held in contempt and for the judge to consider jailing the president for future violations. wait a minute....
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david pecker's statement have not been consistent. so if you have two liars that are getting a platform and can go on the alphabet soup networks at night, those that don't spell anything, only fox does, and you can't defend yourself against the lies, that a convicted liar, michael cohen is saying against you, that is the unfairness that i see here. you know, i don't know where stormy daniels falls in telling the truth or not. certainly somebody that went to prison that is your former attorney can do some real damage if you can't at least say no, this is what the truth is. you can't defend yourself. that's not just only fairness. it's an injustice and it's a reason to let this go and move on to the next. if they want to reset and say, okay, we're going to start the table all over again and from here on out, $1,000 for a thing, trump has enough to talk about. he's back on the campaign trail when he can be. he's talking american people's troubles and woes under this current administration, which is a silver lining with a gag order. >> em
david pecker's statement have not been consistent. so if you have two liars that are getting a platform and can go on the alphabet soup networks at night, those that don't spell anything, only fox does, and you can't defend yourself against the lies, that a convicted liar, michael cohen is saying against you, that is the unfairness that i see here. you know, i don't know where stormy daniels falls in telling the truth or not. certainly somebody that went to prison that is your former attorney...
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pecker considered trump a friend and he wanted to help him out. paying for stories is something the national enquirer did for the rich and famous all of the time. tiger woods, schwarzenegger, mark wahlberg and even obama's right hand man. but he never used the phrase catch and kill in front of trump. he also said that the star witness was prone to exaggeration. the prosecution also called trump's longtime assistant to the stand. he had a big smile on his face when he testified to. she said trump was a fair boss who respected her intelligence. she said they mostly talked business but occasionally trump would ask her about her family and sometimes told her to go home early. court adjourned for the day and now he can finally wished his wife a happy birthday. jurors can leave for dentist appointments but from past to stay on ice and cannot attend his own supreme court attendings. should have just told the judge he had a toothache. >>> hamas hijacks graduation. [ ♪♪ ] it's kubota orange days, shop the year's biggest selection of kubota equipment an
pecker considered trump a friend and he wanted to help him out. paying for stories is something the national enquirer did for the rich and famous all of the time. tiger woods, schwarzenegger, mark wahlberg and even obama's right hand man. but he never used the phrase catch and kill in front of trump. he also said that the star witness was prone to exaggeration. the prosecution also called trump's longtime assistant to the stand. he had a big smile on his face when he testified to. she said...
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criminality is i think that the prosecutor strategy here is to put a lot of evidence, we heard from pecker a lot of sordid stuff about new york tabloids and were hearing from the banker who is currently [ inaudible ] shady business by michael cohen but if i'm a juror i am thinking when did the dots get connected? i have learned a lot about these tabloids have learned a lot that michael cohen's kind of a shadowy and sketchy character but i'm still hunting right now for evidence of criminal intent and i think as this trial continues the jurors will start getting antsy her and ends here and basically saying show as the beef we want to see evidence of a crime that's over here for. >> and we just got word from inside the courtroom that the jurors have been dismissed we have not gotten word that court is adjourned from the day we will likely see the president when they leave the courtroom there that being said and following up on what tom just said according to pharaoh and reading this again directly every time that michael cohen spoke to me he showed a sense of urgency although he said often no
criminality is i think that the prosecutor strategy here is to put a lot of evidence, we heard from pecker a lot of sordid stuff about new york tabloids and were hearing from the banker who is currently [ inaudible ] shady business by michael cohen but if i'm a juror i am thinking when did the dots get connected? i have learned a lot about these tabloids have learned a lot that michael cohen's kind of a shadowy and sketchy character but i'm still hunting right now for evidence of criminal...
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when asked by prosecutor northwest langlaar 20 focus on stories from women, pecker said because trump was now an eligible bachelor who dated beautiful woman chemically stained-glass also be -- not trump is accused of breaking while allegedly falsifying business records. this was notably missing from manhattan da alvin bragg's and backman. allow reits "any two or more persons who conspired to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means in which conspiracy is lacking upon by one or more parties should be mark baxter the argument from the da's office is that trump policy -- modified internal business records to aid a conspiracy doing the 2016 presidential election. , martha? >> martha: nate, thank you very much. we'll see if the judge rules on that gag order issue and will keep on top of it back in the meantime a lanyard from running forces with 2slgbtqia+ conservatives without the former president record as a pro gay president. we'll talk about that coming up next. >> ♪ ♪ ice works fast. ♪ heat makes it last. feel the power of contrast therap
when asked by prosecutor northwest langlaar 20 focus on stories from women, pecker said because trump was now an eligible bachelor who dated beautiful woman chemically stained-glass also be -- not trump is accused of breaking while allegedly falsifying business records. this was notably missing from manhattan da alvin bragg's and backman. allow reits "any two or more persons who conspired to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means in which...
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. >> former publisher of the national inquirer david pecker will reportedly be the first one to take the witness stand this morning or today, some time today. >> will: we have team conch, matt whitaker is standing by but we will begin with eric shawn outside the new york state supreme court. good morning, eric. >> good morning, guys, well, today it kicks off. the people of the state of new york vs. donald j. trump. prosecutors will finally completely reveal their hand and the defense will push back against that in trial that will start in about three and a half hours or so from now. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg's team will begin their opening statements and arguments by laying out their evidence behind the allegations that the former president tried to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. doing that by paying off stormy daniels to keep quiet about their alleged affair. 34 counts involve filing false business records. those checks from trump, to his lawyer, michael cohen that the former president says were legal expenses but prosecutors say were actually his reimb
. >> former publisher of the national inquirer david pecker will reportedly be the first one to take the witness stand this morning or today, some time today. >> will: we have team conch, matt whitaker is standing by but we will begin with eric shawn outside the new york state supreme court. good morning, eric. >> good morning, guys, well, today it kicks off. the people of the state of new york vs. donald j. trump. prosecutors will finally completely reveal their hand and the...
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michael cohen is a star witness and they begin with david pecker the former publisher of the national inquirer. left me go to you first, andrew, to find out what you think about this choice. does it tell you anything about where bragg is starting? >> andrew, we can't hear you. jonna, your thoughts. >> he is starting out in left field. you have to remember david pecker, he is quote, unquote, responsible for catching and killing some stories allegedly on behalf of donald trump. which, number one, is not a crime. number two, unless they are charged with conspiracy, we know that's not the case, has nothing to do with anything that donald trump did and the story in question doesn't involve stormy daniels. so already the prosecutor is going to be starting with this wide breadth that are related to the indictment. we know the theme for the prosecution is going to be hey, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, i've got all this smoke and mirrors and i need you to just pay attention to that and hopefully you will be confused into a guilty verdict when all is said and done. >> martha: is andrew cher
michael cohen is a star witness and they begin with david pecker the former publisher of the national inquirer. left me go to you first, andrew, to find out what you think about this choice. does it tell you anything about where bragg is starting? >> andrew, we can't hear you. jonna, your thoughts. >> he is starting out in left field. you have to remember david pecker, he is quote, unquote, responsible for catching and killing some stories allegedly on behalf of donald trump. which,...
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prosecutors are claiming that trump concocted a catch and kill scheme with pecker to bury negative stories. fox news legal editor kerri kupec you're ban with this. >> you can buy writes to a story and choose not to public it. there is not illegal about it. it is not part of this case. the prosecution wants to bring this in to say well, he and trump had some kind of agreement that he would help him out with the election. >> harris: i want to bring in andrew cherkasky and andrew, we now have learned that the prosecution has finished with its opening arguments and now the defense is giving its opening arguments. we have producers in the courtroom so we're getting realtime what's going on in there. what are your thoughts on this case? >> it sounds like the opening from the prosecution was focused on the idea that donald trump lied over and over and over again referring to the entries in the new york business records saying that the payments were legal retainers. the problem with the prosecution here is that seems to be a perfectly reasonable and rational entry into the books there. it is not a
prosecutors are claiming that trump concocted a catch and kill scheme with pecker to bury negative stories. fox news legal editor kerri kupec you're ban with this. >> you can buy writes to a story and choose not to public it. there is not illegal about it. it is not part of this case. the prosecution wants to bring this in to say well, he and trump had some kind of agreement that he would help him out with the election. >> harris: i want to bring in andrew cherkasky and andrew, we...
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pecker considered trump a friend and he wanted there.er cp him out. paying for stories is something "the national enquirer" di storf the rich and famous all the time. tiger woods, schwarzenegge r. >> mark wahlberg. even obama's right hand man. rahmt hand m emmanuel.but he but he never used the phrase catch and kill in front of trump. he also said that star witness michael cohen was prone to exaggeration. >> the prosecution alsome ass called trump's longtime assistant to the stand to run a grapisoh. n hi he had a big smile on his facewh when ronan testified. shtoe said trump was a fair bos who respected her intelligence. rer intellshe said they mostly d business, but occasionally trump would ask her about her family y trum and sometimes told her to go home early. >> court adjourned for the day,n and now he can finally wish melania a happy birthdayhe. jurors can leave for dentist appointments, but trumju dp has to stay on ice and can attend his own supreme court hearings. his son's graduation and hisjust wife's birthday party. >> she just told the judge
pecker considered trump a friend and he wanted there.er cp him out. paying for stories is something "the national enquirer" di storf the rich and famous all the time. tiger woods, schwarzenegge r. >> mark wahlberg. even obama's right hand man. rahmt hand m emmanuel.but he but he never used the phrase catch and kill in front of trump. he also said that star witness michael cohen was prone to exaggeration. >> the prosecution alsome ass called trump's longtime assistant to...
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david pecker may have done. to they're trying to attribute david's packers knowledgeinance of campaign finance violations to donald trump. there shouldn' vdonaldt been a e instruction right then and there by the court there tht cannot assume that because david pecker knew something that donal that d trump knew its but this is this is the kind of case that an inexperienced political operative is trying ae in manhattan. and let me just say one more thing. thisin m gag order. the gag order was to make sureti that the president did not make or direct others to make o a public statement. when donald trump repeats untruths. i so so what other people have said he is not makinnot makig oe directing them to make public statements. and that's why he is not h holding him in contempt yet because it is so written. these people are so incensed, so full of hatl of hate that tho anything to keep this man down. and ye anyt he goes outside, he talks to construction workers, he goes to a bodega, they cheer him. he goes to kentucky
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first witness is expected to be david pecker, who admitted to run a catch and kill scheme to negative stories about trump ahead of 2016 election. >> todd: attorney general ashley moody joins us now. help me out, why is the judge entertaining one, any of trump's other trials? this is new trial and should be based on evidence presented in court and nothing from the other cases should get in the record. have you ever heard the defense that doesn't know the name of prosecution witnesses unless the 11th hour? this does not make sense. >> this is turning into trial by ambush. we are waiting to see if other things can be considered wliel trump is deciding if he can take the stand and be treated fairly. i am a former judge, i have tried cases, this is not fair. pivotal moment in history, you have to have a judge and d.a. that is cautious about the p perception of fairness. not knowing what witnesses are going to be called, dozens of witnesses have been put forward. that is ncommon. as a former judge and former prose prosecutor, i saw someone commenting trump seems to be losing his patience. w
first witness is expected to be david pecker, who admitted to run a catch and kill scheme to negative stories about trump ahead of 2016 election. >> todd: attorney general ashley moody joins us now. help me out, why is the judge entertaining one, any of trump's other trials? this is new trial and should be based on evidence presented in court and nothing from the other cases should get in the record. have you ever heard the defense that doesn't know the name of prosecution witnesses...
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the jury heard from ron graf, gary farrow and asked national enquirer official david pecker. were the biggest take aways from the trial so far? pete: here is matt whitaker. what are the big take aways? what should we be looking for? >> a couple things are happening. this continues to be a set up in search of a crime. i don't think there has been anything i've seen so far that suggests there's a law violation. the second thing that's more interesting to me is testimony from the national enquirer publisher who said tiger woods, rahm emanuel, president biden's ambassador to japan currently and arnold schwarzenegger and others entered into similar arrangements. that takes from the political purpose into a personal purpose which is not a violation of the law. will: you talk about a catch and kill scheme. packer said in his testimony no one has ever referred to it that way, donald trump and i did not refer to this is a catch and kill scheme but what you are saying is a lot of famous people do this, purchase stores, have stories paid for so they will never see the light of day, neve
the jury heard from ron graf, gary farrow and asked national enquirer official david pecker. were the biggest take aways from the trial so far? pete: here is matt whitaker. what are the big take aways? what should we be looking for? >> a couple things are happening. this continues to be a set up in search of a crime. i don't think there has been anything i've seen so far that suggests there's a law violation. the second thing that's more interesting to me is testimony from the national...
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david pecker the x publisher of the national inquirer. he tried to illegally influence a 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. covering up a large hush payments to adult film star stormy daniels or as they put it "it was election fraud, pure and simple." lawyers countering that none of this was a crime in the case should never have been brought. it is an attempt to kneecap is campaign.president ------------- -------------------------------- ------------------------- nine defending himself was dismissed. >> to keep me up like campaign trail. i should be in georgia now. i should be in florida now. i should be in a lot of different places right now campaigning. i'm sitting here. this will go on for a long time. it is very unfair. it is a case that nobody wanted to bring including alvin bragg. it was just in the last -- this is never happened before. the state tries to insert itself in federal elections. nobody is ever seen. >> dana: in that case is overflowing. some of the med
david pecker the x publisher of the national inquirer. he tried to illegally influence a 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. covering up a large hush payments to adult film star stormy daniels or as they put it "it was election fraud, pure and simple." lawyers countering that none of this was a crime in the case should never have been brought. it is an attempt to kneecap is campaign.president -------------...
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resumes and historic criminal trial, so for the first witness former "national enquirer" publisher pecker
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that from david pecker, the publisher of the "national enquirer" who will testify about the so-called catch and kill scheme in order to hide information damaging to the former president. then witness number two later this week, mcdougal, the former playboy playmate who claims she had a ten month affair with the president and paid for her silence by the "national enquirer" so voters would not find out about it during the 2016 presidential race. bret, back to you. >> bret: we don't have specific timing how long this will take to get this ruling, whatever it is this morning. >> no, we don't know if the judge will immediately rule on the bench or if he will take it under consideration. he will hear the arguments from both sides, prosecutors citing ten of those truth social posts and comments by the president saying he violated the gag order and should be punished for that. >> bret: eric, thanks. >> dana: we're waiting for president biden to hit the campaign trail today and he could get questions about the anti-israel protests on college campuses. we'll monitor that. plus there is this. >>
that from david pecker, the publisher of the "national enquirer" who will testify about the so-called catch and kill scheme in order to hide information damaging to the former president. then witness number two later this week, mcdougal, the former playboy playmate who claims she had a ten month affair with the president and paid for her silence by the "national enquirer" so voters would not find out about it during the 2016 presidential race. bret, back to you. >>...
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former national acquired chief david pecker wrapping up his testimony and we got to hear from the prosecution's next two witnesses. trump former assistant monograph, a 34-year-old veteran of the trump organi organization, and a former banker at first republic when michael cohen was apparently seeking to arrange the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. trump signing off on another date in court. >> this is all a biden indictment. in order to try to win an election. nothing like this has ever happened. biden to debate come he can do it anytime he wants. can do it tonight. i'm here. i'm ready, willing, and able. and if he wants, i'll do it on monday night, tuesday night, or wednesday night. we'll be in michigan, a state that he has destroyed. >> shannon: the former president was certainly on the mind of the current president. joe biden repeatedly brought up donald trump while being interviewed by howard stern. >> i don't know if you are going to debate your opponent. >> i am somewhere, i don't know when. i'm happy to debate him. i don't think he likes his overhead on that score. >> what do you thin
former national acquired chief david pecker wrapping up his testimony and we got to hear from the prosecution's next two witnesses. trump former assistant monograph, a 34-year-old veteran of the trump organi organization, and a former banker at first republic when michael cohen was apparently seeking to arrange the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. trump signing off on another date in court. >> this is all a biden indictment. in order to try to win an election. nothing like this has...
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pecker would act as eyes and ears for the campaign. tell me your assessment of that through the opening argument and also of what may or may not have been legal or illegal about either one of those points? >> neither of those things are state crimes and that's not what alleged in the indictment. this is an indictment about business records, and all of the evidence is going to show that the business records and question were not made by president trump and were not in any way or shape or form fraudulent. michael cohen has we stated repeatedly in court pleadings has been found liable for perjury for a number of previous courts. this is a show trial. president trump did nothing wrong and we firmly believe that the evidence is going to bear that out in court in the coming weeks and that any fair and impartial juror would see through the prosecution smoke and mirrors strategy here to really get at the facts which are completely and utterly exonerated of of president trump's conduct. >> martha: would like to see michael cohen on the stand an
pecker would act as eyes and ears for the campaign. tell me your assessment of that through the opening argument and also of what may or may not have been legal or illegal about either one of those points? >> neither of those things are state crimes and that's not what alleged in the indictment. this is an indictment about business records, and all of the evidence is going to show that the business records and question were not made by president trump and were not in any way or shape or...
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we start this afternoon in lower manhattan were former "national enquirer" david -- publisher david pecker was back on the stand today in donald trump's criminal trial record detailed with the former president in years. >> sandra: outside of the u.s. supreme court what came from today's testimony? >> sandra court wrapped up in the past minutes we will keep an eye out for president trump to see if he speaks but one of the most notable moment so far today is prosecutor joshua steinbach identifying the so-called "other crime" president trump is told was committing and identify the law that reads "conspiracy to promote or prevent election any turtle or more persons who conspired to prevent the election of someone by unlawful means in which conspiracy is acted upon by one or more of the parties thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor" it's worth pointing out, sandra, that these records that former president trump is accused of falsifying were internal business records area rather than external records and the d.a.'s office argued he did that to promote a conspiracy to when the white house as y
we start this afternoon in lower manhattan were former "national enquirer" david -- publisher david pecker was back on the stand today in donald trump's criminal trial record detailed with the former president in years. >> sandra: outside of the u.s. supreme court what came from today's testimony? >> sandra court wrapped up in the past minutes we will keep an eye out for president trump to see if he speaks but one of the most notable moment so far today is prosecutor...
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a like, how can you do like,n vid >> w like david pecker is now in the new . is it? it's crazyaz. i don't know. i won't. i, i always assume everything's off the record. everyone, especially the worldwide. well, like, even sometimes watching , i'll look into the camera and go, look, this is the kind of stuff i'm talkinf m andy s thf g about. i got to move on. that's very funny. but still reads prompter. tuo, they need a lot back. gt first. it's got to be the rapid grasp. your to see the law. i'm giving you a stronger law, i'm giving you a stronger law, miller bm... to build a rapid grasp today. feeding puppies your bathroom needs for small spaces.thro the always on odor fighting air freshener. you seom st and forget no outles use no batteries needed, no effort requiree small d, so your bathroom stays continuously fresh for 45 days. that's the power for small spaces. >> celebrate her with emeralds. no. mother's day stone. the jewelry exchange has diamond and emerald pendants. more 79 rings and earrings, 249 or diamonds, one carat, three stone rings and studs. 599 two pure at 1490 bu
a like, how can you do like,n vid >> w like david pecker is now in the new . is it? it's crazyaz. i don't know. i won't. i, i always assume everything's off the record. everyone, especially the worldwide. well, like, even sometimes watching , i'll look into the camera and go, look, this is the kind of stuff i'm talkinf m andy s thf g about. i got to move on. that's very funny. but still reads prompter. tuo, they need a lot back. gt first. it's got to be the rapid grasp. your to see the...
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former president in court for day eight of his criminal hush money trial, formeinr enquirer chief david pecker wrapping up his testimony and we got to hear from the prosecution's next two witnesses. trump'get tos former assistant rhona graff, a 34 year veteran of the trump, and gary farrow, a former banker at first republic, when michael cohen was apparently membe seeking to arrange the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. n trump sounding off on another day in court. >> this is all a frightening indictment. it's an order to try and win an election. political advantagte and nothina like this has ever happened. i've been inviteponent ad back to debate, and it's a busy time in washington during the night. imcluding i'm here. >> i'm ready, willing and able. and if he i'll do it on monday night, tuesday night or wednesdao ity night. >> we'll be in michigan, a state that is destroying. >> well, the former president was certainly on the mind of the current president. >> joe biden repeatedly brought up donald trump while reped by howarde stern. >> i don't know if you're going to debate your you ir. id
former president in court for day eight of his criminal hush money trial, formeinr enquirer chief david pecker wrapping up his testimony and we got to hear from the prosecution's next two witnesses. trump'get tos former assistant rhona graff, a 34 year veteran of the trump, and gary farrow, a former banker at first republic, when michael cohen was apparently membe seeking to arrange the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. n trump sounding off on another day in court. >> this is all a...