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trump. >> he described the dobbs as a miracle. maybe it's coming from the bible he's trying to sell. i almost wanted to buy one just to see what's in it. >> republican senator mitt romney and president biden making jokes about donald trump. there was a lot to go around yesterday. mitt romney, wow. bring it home, willie. >> yeah, mitt romney going in there, obviously no love lost between those two men. mitt romney, expect to hear more of that throughout the campaign. >>...
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being made by trump's team. they're saying absolute immunity. it's hard for an outside observer to see how that would make any sense at all. >> i don't think they have a chance in winning this case. i think what they have a chance of is getting a justice or two to write a dissent that will slow down the writing of this opinion. if they can slow it down enough, the hope is then judge chutkan will be forced to schedule the trial after the election. and so the american people then will not get to hear all of the evidence against donald trump. liz cheney had an important piece in the "new york times" in which she said, supreme court, decide this thing fast, because jack smith has uncovered all sorts of information against donald trump that i and the members of the january 6th committee did not have. the only way to get that in front of the american people is to have a trial before the election. the stakes aren't just about what the decision will say at the supreme court. the more important stakes are when is the cou
being made by trump's team. they're saying absolute immunity. it's hard for an outside observer to see how that would make any sense at all. >> i don't think they have a chance in winning this case. i think what they have a chance of is getting a justice or two to write a dissent that will slow down the writing of this opinion. if they can slow it down enough, the hope is then judge chutkan will be forced to schedule the trial after the election. and so the american people then will not...
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trump. please do everything that mr. trump asks you to do. that's what his defense attorneys are doing now. i think it is going to hurt him, and it doesn't bode well for future cases that are going to come down the line. thank god at least, finally, we have him in a court of law. >>> now on to politics. voters in pennsylvania will hit the polls today for the battleground state's primary election. all 17 members of the state's congressional delegation are up for re-election. three of them are facing serious challenges in the primary. today's election will also cement the lineup for the high-stakes senate race, as incumbent democratic senator bob casey looks to keep his seat there. joining us from outside a polling location in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. ali, what are you looking at for today's primary? >> look, you're right to point out that every congressperson in this state is going to be up for their own sort of first step in re-election, but the one we're looking at closely here is where i am i
trump. please do everything that mr. trump asks you to do. that's what his defense attorneys are doing now. i think it is going to hurt him, and it doesn't bode well for future cases that are going to come down the line. thank god at least, finally, we have him in a court of law. >>> now on to politics. voters in pennsylvania will hit the polls today for the battleground state's primary election. all 17 members of the state's congressional delegation are up for re-election. three of...
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you can just google trump's missteps or trump's discomfort. you'll hear the amazing ways that you can feel his age. you know, his age is probably older than he is because he's a man that is 50, 70 pounds overweight. he never exercises. he doesn't use his brain very well. i think he's an aging man. i think that whole story has reversed from biden who really was the subject of that talk about being too old and look, the closest donald trump has ever come to prison is the courtroom he's been sitting for the last week and will be for the last four to six weeks. and there is almost nothing in the world that trump could hate having to sit in one place where he is not in charge and listen to people saying awful things about him and it doesn't surprise me that he's falling asleep. i also think it is a part of his age. >> throughout his entire career and his entire life. do you think there is something different about these most recent cases, specifically this hush money criminal trial and how he's reacting to it. is this the same trump you wrote about
you can just google trump's missteps or trump's discomfort. you'll hear the amazing ways that you can feel his age. you know, his age is probably older than he is because he's a man that is 50, 70 pounds overweight. he never exercises. he doesn't use his brain very well. i think he's an aging man. i think that whole story has reversed from biden who really was the subject of that talk about being too old and look, the closest donald trump has ever come to prison is the courtroom he's been...
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>>> you've been watching our special trump on trial. you can always connect with me online, including asking questions about this trial at arimelber.com. keep it right here on msnbc. >>> good evening, and welcome to tonight's lead on politics nation, democracy on trial. tonight i'm in washington, d.c., ahead of the annual white house correspondent's dinner where there will be no doubt plenty of cocktail hour conversation about the whirlwind week of legal proceedings for former president trump. the first witness in trump's manhattan hush money trial took the stand this week, and the former publisher of the national enquirer detailed how farrakhan candidate trump went to -- like his alleged affair with porn star stormy daniels. >>> meanwhile, here in washington on thursday heard trump's argument that the presidency itself is above the law as his lawyers claim he has total immunity for his efforts to subvert the 2020 election. some of the court's most conservative justices, many of which were nominated by trump himself, seemed open, if not
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trump and then mr. trump keeps at it anyway. >> you run out of room. >> exactly. he may not, he may not want to paint himself and that. >> judge kiesel, philip hamilton, thank you both. >>> still ahead, the conservative members of the "bend over backwards to help trump one more time. what interstate didn't mean for the rule of law. that's next. at's next. i got rapid relief... and reduced fatigue with rinvoq. check. when flares kept trying to slow me down... i got lasting steroid—free remission... with rinvoq. check. and when my doctor saw damage,... rinvoq helped visibly reduce damage of the intestinal lining. check. for both uc and crohn's: rapid symptom relief... lasting steroid—free remission... and visibly reduced damage. check. check. and check. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal; cancers, including lymphoma and skin; heart attack, stroke, and gi tears occurred. people 50 and older with a heart disease risk factor have an increased risk of death. serious allergic reactions can o
trump and then mr. trump keeps at it anyway. >> you run out of room. >> exactly. he may not, he may not want to paint himself and that. >> judge kiesel, philip hamilton, thank you both. >>> still ahead, the conservative members of the "bend over backwards to help trump one more time. what interstate didn't mean for the rule of law. that's next. at's next. i got rapid relief... and reduced fatigue with rinvoq. check. when flares kept trying to slow me down... i...
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then, this text went to trump supporters. " i would love to be with melania trump on her birthday, but instead, i'm stuck in court !" it said, "i am humble asking you to please stand by my side today!" this is code, for send cash. he also repeated a lie that he's told over and over in court, "i'm at the heavily guarded courthouse. security is that of fort knox, also that maga will not be able to attend this trial." that's a lie, no one is preventing any member of the public from coming to trial. the two tourists from alaska took time out of their vacation to sit in the courtroom after seeing the play "an enemy of the people" on broadway. if any of the 74 million people who voted for trump wanted to come, they could have. donald trump would rather lie than admit that his supporters and his family are not showing up. had a they showed up, this is what they would have heard in court today as prosecutors called three witnesses to the stand. witness, david pecker, largely stood his ground despite trump's legal team attempting to undermine his testimony by claiming the deals to bury stories
then, this text went to trump supporters. " i would love to be with melania trump on her birthday, but instead, i'm stuck in court !" it said, "i am humble asking you to please stand by my side today!" this is code, for send cash. he also repeated a lie that he's told over and over in court, "i'm at the heavily guarded courthouse. security is that of fort knox, also that maga will not be able to attend this trial." that's a lie, no one is preventing any member of...
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trump has already violated the gag order at least seven times this week alone giving trump the name sunday limits the timem he has to violate the gag order before court resumes on monday. also happening on monday, 10:00 a.m. eastern, just 30 minutes after opening statements kick off in his criminal trial donald trump's other attorneys will head just down the street to a different manhattan courthouse for a civil fraud case hearing that could threaten hundreds ofu millions of dollars in his assets. today new york attorney general leticia james asked the judge to void donald trump's $175 million bond in the case siting concerns that the bond company might not actually have the funds to back it up. >>> leading off our discussion tonight adam a fellow at just security who is covering the trial for the last word, also with us joyce a former united states attorney and a professor at the university of alabama school of law. she is co host of the hash tag sisters in law podcast and an msnbc analyst. thank you for being here. all right, trump's claiming he will be a witness. the judge will rule mon
trump has already violated the gag order at least seven times this week alone giving trump the name sunday limits the timem he has to violate the gag order before court resumes on monday. also happening on monday, 10:00 a.m. eastern, just 30 minutes after opening statements kick off in his criminal trial donald trump's other attorneys will head just down the street to a different manhattan courthouse for a civil fraud case hearing that could threaten hundreds ofu millions of dollars in his...
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trump. today on day four of the trial, the full panel of 12 jurors and six alternates were shown in to consider donald trump's fate in the historic first criminal trial of a former u.s. president. judge marchand told the court that the opening statements would start on monday. that did not stop donald trump's lawyers to try to delay the case. this is at least the tenth time the trump team has been denied a trial delay request. donald trump isn't going to stop the wheels of justice from turning on monday. a key question is whether or not he'll be a witness in his own criminal trial. this is what donald trump told reporters today. >> are you going to testify? >> yes. >> now, this is donald trump we're talking about. his yes can't really be taken at face value. especially when we know what sorts of questions donald trump could be facing from prosecutors. after jury selection was complete, the judge held a sandoval hearing where prosecutors revealed the lawsuits they plan on using in cross-exami
trump. today on day four of the trial, the full panel of 12 jurors and six alternates were shown in to consider donald trump's fate in the historic first criminal trial of a former u.s. president. judge marchand told the court that the opening statements would start on monday. that did not stop donald trump's lawyers to try to delay the case. this is at least the tenth time the trump team has been denied a trial delay request. donald trump isn't going to stop the wheels of justice from turning...
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donald trump was alone in a hotel room with stormy daniels while donald trump's wife was e home with his four month old son at the time. the only people who can testify about what happened in that room are stormy daniels and donald trump, not donald trump's defense lawyer. donald trump is not going to testifying. there will never be a moment when donald trump sits on that witness stand and says i did not have with stormy daniels. today, donald trump's criminal defense lawyer did it for him. mr. blanche try to get away with testifying for donald trump in his opening statement by saying stormy daniels description of her sexual encounter with donald trump is false. according to stormy daniels, who has spoken about it ha publicly many times, it was a sexual encounter that did not last long and that in the pre- and post-sexual chatter, donald trump, among other things, compared stormy daniels to his oldest daughter. stormy daniels has given us my plenty of detail about. the essence of the trump defense is that the $420,000.00 that was paid to michael cohen was paid for legal services havi
donald trump was alone in a hotel room with stormy daniels while donald trump's wife was e home with his four month old son at the time. the only people who can testify about what happened in that room are stormy daniels and donald trump, not donald trump's defense lawyer. donald trump is not going to testifying. there will never be a moment when donald trump sits on that witness stand and says i did not have with stormy daniels. today, donald trump's criminal defense lawyer did it for him. mr....
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heard the truth is, trump supporters do not care that donald trump is being prosecuted. they have made that very clear. he has begged them to show up, and they have refused. yesterday, donald trump said, america-loving protesters should be allowed to protest at the front steps of court houses all over the country. so there is donald trump summoning trump supporters in idaho to go to the courthouse, in boise, and stage big protest for him, in utah, or texas, somewhere where there is a vast majority of supporters for trump. any courthouse in america, florida, anywhere, and no one, no one anywhere in the country showed up at any courthouse to protest the criminal prosecution . 74 million trump voters said absolutely no we will not protest donald trump's criminal prosecution, we do not care. they aren't the only people who don't care. donald trump is the only criminal defendant i have ever seen who cannot round up a single family member to sit in the front row of the courtroom and support criminal defendant, donald trump. his third and current wife isn't there, neither of hi
heard the truth is, trump supporters do not care that donald trump is being prosecuted. they have made that very clear. he has begged them to show up, and they have refused. yesterday, donald trump said, america-loving protesters should be allowed to protest at the front steps of court houses all over the country. so there is donald trump summoning trump supporters in idaho to go to the courthouse, in boise, and stage big protest for him, in utah, or texas, somewhere where there is a vast...
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we show a 46-44 race for donald trump. all those liabilities for biden, trump only ahead two. what the trump folks have been hoping, rfk, gobbles up votes. but, look what happens when we add rfk's name to the mix. suddenly, we have a new leader. joe biden, 39%, donald trump 37%, kennedy getting 13%. in other words, we're seeing by a better than two-to-one margin, it's trump voters who are flipping over to kennedy in the scenario, not biden voters. see it here, 15% of trump voters, when we add rfk's name, they go to rfk. only 7% of biden voters. a big change right there. >> defies conventional wisdom. there's no doubt about that. >> absolutely. we haven't seen this in other polls. one final note is this, the question of enthusiasm. i thought this really jumped out here. the most engaged voters, those who voted in 2020, voted in the midterm elections, those folks are voting for biden by nine points. where trump's strength is, why he leads biden, it's voters who don't typically turn out in many elections. didn't vote in '20 and '22. they are with trump by more than 20 points. the
we show a 46-44 race for donald trump. all those liabilities for biden, trump only ahead two. what the trump folks have been hoping, rfk, gobbles up votes. but, look what happens when we add rfk's name to the mix. suddenly, we have a new leader. joe biden, 39%, donald trump 37%, kennedy getting 13%. in other words, we're seeing by a better than two-to-one margin, it's trump voters who are flipping over to kennedy in the scenario, not biden voters. see it here, 15% of trump voters, when we add...
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please deny, david role in the criminal conspiracy to elect donald trump and the wild hearing on trump's gag order abuse. clearance, the judge is getting tough on trump's lawyer. >> saying to donald trump's attorneys, you are losing all credibility, you are losing all credibility with the court. >>> then why the biden campaign said they had a chance to win florida. >> he is out campaigning and i am sitting up all day long. >>> and r series continues, are you better off than you were four years ago? >> the disinfectant, it knocked it out in a minute and is there a way we can do something like that? by injection or cleaning. >> when all in starch right now. >>> good evening, from new york, i am chris hayes, day two of the criminal trial, donald trump, today we heard in great detail how trump and his gang conspired to hide all his worst secrets, at least some of them. trump and his lawyer continue to stretch the patience of judge merchan. the started with the hearing on the gag order the judge had already issued, which trump has her heatedly and freely been violating on social media and els
please deny, david role in the criminal conspiracy to elect donald trump and the wild hearing on trump's gag order abuse. clearance, the judge is getting tough on trump's lawyer. >> saying to donald trump's attorneys, you are losing all credibility, you are losing all credibility with the court. >>> then why the biden campaign said they had a chance to win florida. >> he is out campaigning and i am sitting up all day long. >>> and r series continues, are you better...
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one or more members of the trump campaign was trump. berman said he was told they should bring charges against a democratic lawyer who should be. decided not only had the counsel not done anything to warrant being prosecuted, he actually hadn't done anything at all. he was innocent of what he was accused of. jeff berman had not resigned and he said so. he refused to go. and he did that in part because he had seen what he had done in another u.s. attorney's office. it was in the dc u.s. attorney's office that the schemes went even further. bar and the dc u.s. attorney's office had succeeded in ousting the u.s. attorney there. and instead, installing his own people. that u.s. attorney's office in dc then immediately moved to drop the charges and undue the guilty plea from trump national security adviser mike flynn. they moved the recommended sentence from roger stone who had been convicted of multiple felonies. they also folded to the pressure to bring charges against obama's white house counsel. that case was so palpablely weak, the jury
one or more members of the trump campaign was trump. berman said he was told they should bring charges against a democratic lawyer who should be. decided not only had the counsel not done anything to warrant being prosecuted, he actually hadn't done anything at all. he was innocent of what he was accused of. jeff berman had not resigned and he said so. he refused to go. and he did that in part because he had seen what he had done in another u.s. attorney's office. it was in the dc u.s....
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weeks before donald trump was sworn in as president. at that meeting, according to pecker, he says donald trump had thanked him for not only purchasing the rights to mcdougal's story but the doorman's story. donald trump's attorney under cross-examination is asking pecker why he told federal investigators in a 2018 meeting that he did not recall donald trump ever thanking him and pecker responded that he can remember what he testified to this week and he doesn't know why he testified or why the fbi wrote down what they did in 2018, nearly six years ago. he remembers and he says he knows that trump thanked him and that he stands by the testimony he provided this week. there are questions coming from trump's defense team about that non-prosecution agreement that american media and through david pecker signed with federal prosecutors back in 2018. at the time, the defense team for donald trump is now asking him about their intention to sell the "national enquirer" and two other american media tabloids to another company. if they were to be
weeks before donald trump was sworn in as president. at that meeting, according to pecker, he says donald trump had thanked him for not only purchasing the rights to mcdougal's story but the doorman's story. donald trump's attorney under cross-examination is asking pecker why he told federal investigators in a 2018 meeting that he did not recall donald trump ever thanking him and pecker responded that he can remember what he testified to this week and he doesn't know why he testified or why the...
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today was also the birthday of donald trump's third and current wife, melania trump. she did not support her husband in court. instead she stayed in florida. she had seven other days of this trial that were not her birthday and neither she nor any other member of the trump family have set with donald trump in the trial so far, but melania's birthday was such a big deal to donald trump that he used his first moments walking into court to complain about having to sit in court, rather than to be with his third and current wife on her birthday. in this text message went out to trump supporters. from trump, i'd love to be with melania on her birthday, but instead i'm stuck in court. the message went on to say, while i am away for my family, i'm humbly asking you to please stand by my side today. stand by my side, in case you have not figured it out, is code for send cash. today donald trump also repeated the lie he has told over and over. i am at the heavily guarded courthouse. security is that of fort knox, also that maga will not be able to attend the trial. again that i
today was also the birthday of donald trump's third and current wife, melania trump. she did not support her husband in court. instead she stayed in florida. she had seven other days of this trial that were not her birthday and neither she nor any other member of the trump family have set with donald trump in the trial so far, but melania's birthday was such a big deal to donald trump that he used his first moments walking into court to complain about having to sit in court, rather than to be...
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trump. it sounds like he thought he was acting at the direction of donald trump. he published stories like this about texas senator ted cruz who challenged trump in the primary. extramarital affairs with multiple women. or this story, remember this one? this one got a little bit of attention. admitted making up linking ted cruz to the john f. kennedy assassination. remember that one? the substance of this is what the inquirer did not practice -- did not publish as part of a practice known as catch and kill. culminating in a 2015 meeting -- >> reporter: tonight a person with the matter tells nbc news that candidate trump was in the room when the national enquirer publisher discussed ways that ami could help quash negative stories about mr. trump's relationships with women. >> that was from 2018 when the meeting was first reported. in that meeting in august he told trump through michael cohen that anything i hear in the marketplace, if i hear anything negative about yourself or i hear anything about women selling stories, i would notify you. i would notify michael c
trump. it sounds like he thought he was acting at the direction of donald trump. he published stories like this about texas senator ted cruz who challenged trump in the primary. extramarital affairs with multiple women. or this story, remember this one? this one got a little bit of attention. admitted making up linking ted cruz to the john f. kennedy assassination. remember that one? the substance of this is what the inquirer did not practice -- did not publish as part of a practice known as...
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that's the phrase. >> donald trump? well, i mean just like the person we're describing here like those he put his own interest over the interest of society? >> never thought of it that way. it's a 50-year-old case. we also see the line over and over but what you do is you are looking for crimes that go to theft, fraud, lying. >> as it just crimes? >> it doesn't have to be convictions. it can be bad acts in their life that go to this particular issue. >> but i hear the term presidential -- present prejudicial. >> overly prejudicial. the judge needs to balance. the last thing you want is a jury that convicts this person because he's a bad guy so i looked over what the people want to go into on the danger with some of this is that some of it may be considered a little bit too much like what the defendant is charged with in this case and that's another problem. and that's another problem. you don't want the jury to think he has a propensity to do this. >> is a judge you don't want that, you want to be careful not to establi
that's the phrase. >> donald trump? well, i mean just like the person we're describing here like those he put his own interest over the interest of society? >> never thought of it that way. it's a 50-year-old case. we also see the line over and over but what you do is you are looking for crimes that go to theft, fraud, lying. >> as it just crimes? >> it doesn't have to be convictions. it can be bad acts in their life that go to this particular issue. >> but i hear...
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the jury and the legal system will decide what should happen to donald trump. president biden needs to be, and is focused on what he has and will continue to do for the american people. and how he will continue to fight on the issues that they care about, whether it is reproductive freedom or addressing climate change or building an economy from the middle class out, that leaves no one behind. those are the issues that constituents across the country are talking about while the media likes to focus on donald trump and his sideshow circus, the american people are focused on who is going to address the issues that we care about on a day to day basis. >> thank you congresswoman jennifer mckellen. let's dive deeper into this criminal hush money trial of the former president, donald trump, which begins in earnest on monday after a full jury was selected this week. joining me now is msnbc legal analyst, danny ceballos. thank you for joining me today, danny. the judge initially set aside two weeks but in five days they were able to seat 12 jurors and six alternates. w
the jury and the legal system will decide what should happen to donald trump. president biden needs to be, and is focused on what he has and will continue to do for the american people. and how he will continue to fight on the issues that they care about, whether it is reproductive freedom or addressing climate change or building an economy from the middle class out, that leaves no one behind. those are the issues that constituents across the country are talking about while the media likes to...
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trump. we have not had him on the record, and the question is, would there come a day that david pecker would testify? and as we speak, that is what is currently happening. and michael -- david pecker, i want to read a couple specific quotes here. because he is explaining that trump tower meeting that is at the heart of this case here against donald trump. david pecker says that he told michael cohen and donald trump, quote, i said that i would also be the eyes and ears. i would notify michael cohen, and he would be able to kill, meaning kill these stories. the prosecutor from the district attorney's office asked, quote, how if at all did mr. trump react to your suggestion that you continue to do that? quote, pecker says, he was pleased. currently there is evidence being brought forward before this jury that includes those "national enquirer" headlines, the pro-trump headlines as well as the attacks on the likes of the clintons and other republican primary opponents like marco rubio and ted
trump. we have not had him on the record, and the question is, would there come a day that david pecker would testify? and as we speak, that is what is currently happening. and michael -- david pecker, i want to read a couple specific quotes here. because he is explaining that trump tower meeting that is at the heart of this case here against donald trump. david pecker says that he told michael cohen and donald trump, quote, i said that i would also be the eyes and ears. i would notify michael...
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trump is spicey. and i on occasion use language that is spicier than i am pleased to see right now and turned around and said i apologize to you. the defense thought it was insincere and an effort on her part. >> i swear, i love the guy. >> not that it was a close call. >> he ultimately struck her for cause. the two challenges there's cause you are not using a and they used their preemptories and they get new ones. >> they get new ones and they are doing the same process all over again. what you have to understand is it is a trial. so anything can happen. someone can get sick. your kid can get sick for a day and you literally cannot miss an hour of testimony because if you do, you are now no longer qualified to deliberate on the case. so you need those alternates the same level of scrutiny you have applied, you have to apply with your alternates. i've tried a bunch of cases and a number of them we've had to rely on alternates even in jury deliberations after that started because something happened dur
trump is spicey. and i on occasion use language that is spicier than i am pleased to see right now and turned around and said i apologize to you. the defense thought it was insincere and an effort on her part. >> i swear, i love the guy. >> not that it was a close call. >> he ultimately struck her for cause. the two challenges there's cause you are not using a and they used their preemptories and they get new ones. >> they get new ones and they are doing the same process...
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trump quiet. if anyone should buy it, pecker said, it should be donald trump and michael cohen. trump's former fixer. pecker says when he told cohen, quote, he was upset and responded that the boss, referring to trump, would be furious with me. pecker said he believed mr. trump or his company had paid daniels until cohen told him in december of 2016 that he was the one who paid her. prosecutors are seeking to prove mr. trump doctored internal business records to cover up that payment. pecker also testified trump was aghast when he saw stormy daniels on "60 minutes." >> was it hush money to stay silent? >> yes. >> reporter: pecker said trump called him. he said, we have an agreement with stormy daniels that she cannot mention my name. trump later denied knowledge of the arrangement. on cross-examination, mr. trump's lawyers challenging pecker's credibility and business practices. at a campaign event earlier in the day, mr. trump addressed the testimony of his long-time friend. >> david has been ver
trump quiet. if anyone should buy it, pecker said, it should be donald trump and michael cohen. trump's former fixer. pecker says when he told cohen, quote, he was upset and responded that the boss, referring to trump, would be furious with me. pecker said he believed mr. trump or his company had paid daniels until cohen told him in december of 2016 that he was the one who paid her. prosecutors are seeking to prove mr. trump doctored internal business records to cover up that payment. pecker...
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donald trump. $12,000 with, $13,000.00 is not a lot of money to donald trump. so long as judge juan merchan doesn't have other options under the statute, even if he says the next time you do it jail is a possibility, he is already said that. >> is a constraint by statute or by what an appellate court would say from making an amount of money that would be more meaningful, that would be $100,000.00 per violation ? >> i think he is. i looked at the criminal contempt statute in new york and it is pretty clear those options are as i just outlined it. does that mean he couldn't find trump in violation of some other statute that has not been briefed before him? nobody has also said i'm not going to summarily find contempt. these are things you have to bring before me. he has made it very clear. these are not summary proceedings. unless he actually does it in front of me, i'm not going to do it on my own volition. >> we could keep going., we shouldn't. that will do it for us for now. now it is time for the
donald trump. $12,000 with, $13,000.00 is not a lot of money to donald trump. so long as judge juan merchan doesn't have other options under the statute, even if he says the next time you do it jail is a possibility, he is already said that. >> is a constraint by statute or by what an appellate court would say from making an amount of money that would be more meaningful, that would be $100,000.00 per violation ? >> i think he is. i looked at the criminal contempt statute in new york...
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with donald trump. because clearly a judge in a case like this has the appeal on his mind all the time. he knows if there is a guilty verdict here that donald trump is going to want to appeal this in as many ways in as many angles as he possibly can. is there something that the judge has to worry about in the possible appeals future of this case that inhibits him in policing, right now, donald trump's conduct, for example, including attacking jurors? >> yes. so the judge is absolutely right to worry about in appeal. trump is going to file an appeal if he is convicted no matter what, and trial judges generally have a lot of discretion over how to run their trials. so the thumb on the scale is going to be in favor of the judge but that doesn't give them an unlimited blank check. i think today generally was a good day. they took eight steps forward and only two back. that is a good day in the trump trial world because they are trying to find 12 people in the world in manhattan who don't have strong feeling
with donald trump. because clearly a judge in a case like this has the appeal on his mind all the time. he knows if there is a guilty verdict here that donald trump is going to want to appeal this in as many ways in as many angles as he possibly can. is there something that the judge has to worry about in the possible appeals future of this case that inhibits him in policing, right now, donald trump's conduct, for example, including attacking jurors? >> yes. so the judge is absolutely...
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trump. i've been watching him. you know, people get to talk about him, and he has to sit there for hours without saying anything. kind of like he did on january 6th. >>> we'll get you caught up on donald trump's hush money trial with expert legal analysis ahead of opening statements, which are set for later this morning. who will reportedly be the first witness called by the prosecution? >> let's talk about the trial this weekend. >> all weekend long. twitter was going wild. >>> also ahead, it appears ukraine will finally get the critical funding it needs after the house passed a package of foreign aid bills which includes more military support for israel, as well. the bill now heads to the senate despite efforts by marjorie taylor greene, who got called out, yes, by the new york post. kind of sums it up. >> it does. >>> good morning. it is monday, april 22nd. welcome back the "morning joe." former aide to the bush state department and white house, elise jordan. from the american presidency
trump. i've been watching him. you know, people get to talk about him, and he has to sit there for hours without saying anything. kind of like he did on january 6th. >>> we'll get you caught up on donald trump's hush money trial with expert legal analysis ahead of opening statements, which are set for later this morning. who will reportedly be the first witness called by the prosecution? >> let's talk about the trial this weekend. >> all weekend long. twitter was going...
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i would be very clear about what trump is saying what trump is saying, loud and clear, repeatedly, online and into microphones is that if the supreme court does not grant him total immunity and he is elected to a second term, he will order the department of justice to prosecute joe biden. that is what he is saying. that is the key take away, quote, if they take away my residential immunity, they take away crooked joe biden's presidential immunity. quote, joe would be right for indictment by weaponizing the doj against his political opponent, me, joe has opened a giant pandora's box point quote, remember, if i don't have presidential immunity, then crooked joe biden doesn't have it either and he would certainly be prosecuted for his many actual crimes. trump is campaigning on ginning up a baseless prosecution of joe biden. >> if i am not entitled to immunity as president, every other president would get that, then crooked joe biden would not be entitled to immunity and when he left office he would be , i assume, prosecuted so if i don't have immunity, he doesn't have immunity and, by the w
i would be very clear about what trump is saying what trump is saying, loud and clear, repeatedly, online and into microphones is that if the supreme court does not grant him total immunity and he is elected to a second term, he will order the department of justice to prosecute joe biden. that is what he is saying. that is the key take away, quote, if they take away my residential immunity, they take away crooked joe biden's presidential immunity. quote, joe would be right for indictment by...
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trump voters all over the country can hear donald trump committing the crime in that phone call. and that may be the level of certainty and public certainty in the evidence that prosecutors want to indict someone for actions that conducted during the presidency. >> i think that is actually probably correct. in georgia, the call is so damning. it is the president himself personally encouraging the secretary of state to find the number of votes needed to win. we don't have that in arizona. we don't have as much evidence as president trump gauging with people in arizona. as much as he did in folks with in michigan, pennsylvania, and elsewhere. so, my guess is that the quantum of evidence and his personal participation, the approximate cause of the strategy the architect with eastman and giuliani of the strategy. more direct evidence of his personal participation. that might come from some of these people if they cooperate. the nature of a conspiracy is it is concerted action. people working together. some of these people say oh yeah, i talked to president trump. and he encouraged me
trump voters all over the country can hear donald trump committing the crime in that phone call. and that may be the level of certainty and public certainty in the evidence that prosecutors want to indict someone for actions that conducted during the presidency. >> i think that is actually probably correct. in georgia, the call is so damning. it is the president himself personally encouraging the secretary of state to find the number of votes needed to win. we don't have that in arizona....
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are attorneys john eastman and john ellis, trump aide boris epstein, christina bobb and trump campaign operative mike roman. the indictment says, "defendants and unindicted co- conspirators schemed to prevent the lawful transfer of the presidency to keep unindicted co-conspirator one in office against the will of arizona's voters. this scheme would have deprived arizona voters of their right to votes and have their votes counted. the defendants voted for then donald trump and vice president mike pence on december 14, 2020, falsely claiming to be duly elected and qualified electors for president and vice president of the united states from the state of arizona. defendants deceived the citizens of arizona by falsely claiming that those votes were contingent only on a legal challenge that would change the outcome of the election. in reality defendants intended that their false votes for trump/pence would encourage pence to reject the biden/harris votes on january 6th, 2021, regardless of the outcome. the scheme failed when mike pence accepted all certified biden/harris votes on january 6t
are attorneys john eastman and john ellis, trump aide boris epstein, christina bobb and trump campaign operative mike roman. the indictment says, "defendants and unindicted co- conspirators schemed to prevent the lawful transfer of the presidency to keep unindicted co-conspirator one in office against the will of arizona's voters. this scheme would have deprived arizona voters of their right to votes and have their votes counted. the defendants voted for then donald trump and vice...
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the bottom line is, in the trump campaign, the co- conspirators around trump and trump himself knew they were crossing all sorts legal boundaries. they were very cavalier in doing so create they did not care about people downstream willing to do the bidding for them. that is a part of the story as well. >> i want you to stay with me. i will bring in -- i have managed to physically conjure him. one thing i wanted to talk to you about, we have these redactions. we have the 11 names. we are using the washington post reporting. they mention giuliani, mike meadows -- there the first time for everyone. -- i think because of the way trump operates and so much of a sense -- and will he ever face accountability. you could glide past the seriousness in terms of legal peril, financial train -- rain. financial strain. it is not good to have multiple venues for all of these people. >> john eastman, attorney kenneth chesebro, mark meadows, it is not simply that they are in great peril, they imperil trump. they are people who can cooperate and really do not have that many options are that much money. h
the bottom line is, in the trump campaign, the co- conspirators around trump and trump himself knew they were crossing all sorts legal boundaries. they were very cavalier in doing so create they did not care about people downstream willing to do the bidding for them. that is a part of the story as well. >> i want you to stay with me. i will bring in -- i have managed to physically conjure him. one thing i wanted to talk to you about, we have these redactions. we have the 11 names. we are...
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trump. you know, he said very explicitly, "if we don't stop putin in ukraine, he will roll further, perhaps into the balkans or against poland or another nato ally." this was like an out of body experience for mike johnson. as a rank and file nobody in congress, he voted against all previous ukraine assistance packages. you know, what does it mean? i do think it is important. he is obviously not a resistance hero yet, joe, right? he is endorsing donald trump. in the end, ukraine's fate, it hinges not on this $60 billion, which is crucial right now, but on what happens in the u.s. election this fall, i think. >> right. when you're a back bencher and you're worried about your district, that's one thing. when you actually, david french, are speaker of the house and you get briefings and you get intel briefings and you suddenly understand that fisa is needed to stop the next islamic radical attack on the united states or the next attack from some other force outside the united states, suddenly,
trump. you know, he said very explicitly, "if we don't stop putin in ukraine, he will roll further, perhaps into the balkans or against poland or another nato ally." this was like an out of body experience for mike johnson. as a rank and file nobody in congress, he voted against all previous ukraine assistance packages. you know, what does it mean? i do think it is important. he is obviously not a resistance hero yet, joe, right? he is endorsing donald trump. in the end, ukraine's...
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contrary to what president trump -- former president trump has been saying, the europeans have outpaced us in spending this year. while we have had that senate package sitting and not voted on in the house, they need air defenses. they need atacms. russia has long-range missiles from north korea. >> thanks for having me on. i think i have had multiple trips to ukraine. i've come back generally optimistic about the ukrainians' prospects. this one was by far the most disturbing trip. the main challenges arise from what amounts to a complete shutdown of support from the u.s. for the past six months. it's resulted in major short shortfalls in ammunition. the russians are outshooting the ukrainians ten rounds to one. the russians have honed in on a new tactic where they drop massive, enormously destructive bombs that they fire from 70 kilometers away. because we haven't been providing intercepters, the ukrainians aren't able to shoot those planes down that are launching the bombs. in general, the russians are producing more drones. they are producing more than the ukrainians. they are losing
contrary to what president trump -- former president trump has been saying, the europeans have outpaced us in spending this year. while we have had that senate package sitting and not voted on in the house, they need air defenses. they need atacms. russia has long-range missiles from north korea. >> thanks for having me on. i think i have had multiple trips to ukraine. i've come back generally optimistic about the ukrainians' prospects. this one was by far the most disturbing trip. the...
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among friends with donald trump to help get donald trump's first presidential election. the prosecution showed pecker's pages of his former tabloid's headlines, which are what everyone sees at supermarket, designed to hurt donald trump's opponents. lisa reubens and also paul butler are joining us. lisa, you've been amaamazing. the trial taking a day off. you never take a day off. but let me ask you when do we expect, anyway to tell whether today could be the day where we hear what the judge will decide about thegag order alleged violations? he certainly seemed very impatient of the ability to restrain let's say donald trump. >> he is equally frustrated with todd's ability to connect him with the attacks. that was the chief defense, that donald trump was simply defending himself in the court of public opinion. i expect that we'll hear from week's end. but judge merchan said that he wouldn't rule from the bench because he understands that it will likely be appealed so he wants to take his time to be thoughtful about which of the posts are violations and what the relief is.
among friends with donald trump to help get donald trump's first presidential election. the prosecution showed pecker's pages of his former tabloid's headlines, which are what everyone sees at supermarket, designed to hurt donald trump's opponents. lisa reubens and also paul butler are joining us. lisa, you've been amaamazing. the trial taking a day off. you never take a day off. but let me ask you when do we expect, anyway to tell whether today could be the day where we hear what the judge...
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in this text message went out to trump supporters. from trump, i'd love to be with melania on her birthday, but instead i'm stuck in court. the message went on to say, while i am away for my family,
in this text message went out to trump supporters. from trump, i'd love to be with melania on her birthday, but instead i'm stuck in court. the message went on to say, while i am away for my family,
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today donald trump also repeated the lie he has told over and over. i am at the heavily guarded courthouse. security is that of fort knox,
today donald trump also repeated the lie he has told over and over. i am at the heavily guarded courthouse. security is that of fort knox,
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trump is a former president and they will always call him president trump. they will stress be on that that he right now is a presumptive republican nominee or as defense counsel called him, the republican nominee. not even presumptive. they will claim every aspect of this was an innocent act by trump. there was not and underlying sexual encoder to cover up come even though that would seem immaterial to the charges. they seem to be claiming that michael cohen, trump's lawyer, payday pornography store on his own accord and for his own reasons that trump only paid michael cohen for legal services, just like he always had but changed to a new weird way of paying him after the pornography star thing because they will think of something. if you were on this defense team, if in charge of coming up with a defense for mr. trump, here's a part of the prosecution case that would seem to be the most difficult thing to explain logically. if you are really going to mount a defense of trump did nothing wrong, there was no conspiracy to corrupt the election as the prosecut
trump is a former president and they will always call him president trump. they will stress be on that that he right now is a presumptive republican nominee or as defense counsel called him, the republican nominee. not even presumptive. they will claim every aspect of this was an innocent act by trump. there was not and underlying sexual encoder to cover up come even though that would seem immaterial to the charges. they seem to be claiming that michael cohen, trump's lawyer, payday pornography...
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the in writing version is more coherent than the loony version donald trump said into the microphone this morning, so we will do with the written version at 4:35 p.m.
the in writing version is more coherent than the loony version donald trump said into the microphone this morning, so we will do with the written version at 4:35 p.m.
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well is trump. that's because of the pressure placed on the southern district of new york by main justice. all the while, folks were saying, doj, are you okay? not knowing that jeff berman was fighting to the last moment with folks very senior in trump's justice department to try to get the story to be told in as truthful a way as prosecutors wanted it to be. >> blinking in morse code. it didn't do much at the time. let the history books write it however they want. a lot of this, if there was not a criminal trial, it might never have been known to the public and the voters. >> another interesting thing if it come out, michael cohen for all of this period was a salaried employee of the trump organization. we learned that today it was mentioned in the openings, "the new york times" in 2020, a lot of tax information and employment records. and we could see he was a salaried employee. he was being paid a w-2. why did they need to pay him this extra money if he's already on staff? it's not unheard of. yo
well is trump. that's because of the pressure placed on the southern district of new york by main justice. all the while, folks were saying, doj, are you okay? not knowing that jeff berman was fighting to the last moment with folks very senior in trump's justice department to try to get the story to be told in as truthful a way as prosecutors wanted it to be. >> blinking in morse code. it didn't do much at the time. let the history books write it however they want. a lot of this, if there...
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trump. mr. blanche is hoping when those jurors go back and deliberate they're going to think trump is just like this lawyer that mr. blanche hopes the jurors will like very much. >> david pecker is being questioned now about check the journalism. we should point out that we at nbc and msnbc and the mainstream media do not pay for, they don't pay for interviews. they don't pay people other than we pay an outside author for something they're writing or doing. but you don't pay for journalism. he's explaining the way of the tabloids, which was to pay. the max they would pay that he would have to approve personally would be $10,000. we're talking here about payments of $130,000 stretched out to kill a story. so they're establishing this was very unusual. >> not only are they establishing it's very unusual, andrea, part of the art, the skill of trial lawyers here including it is the way the prosecutors put out a very complicated case in 45 minutes told a story that captivates the jury. they know that
trump. mr. blanche is hoping when those jurors go back and deliberate they're going to think trump is just like this lawyer that mr. blanche hopes the jurors will like very much. >> david pecker is being questioned now about check the journalism. we should point out that we at nbc and msnbc and the mainstream media do not pay for, they don't pay for interviews. they don't pay people other than we pay an outside author for something they're writing or doing. but you don't pay for...
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and melania trump. they are style icon but he changed american passion in the apprentice. people spent the next 10 years trying to dress like donald trump it if anyone deserves a puff piece on their sense of style it is donald trump and the first lady. >> [ laughter ] oh, man. yeah, that was former chubb official stephen miller. i don't know why he talks like that. he was trying to take the crown for our worst of the week bonus round with that alternate slice of reality. he was weighing in on a fox segment that was dedicated to slamming the media for finding over president biden's fashion sense. miller's blind loyalty to the ex-president, arguably his blindness when it comes to fashion sense is funny. it is cartoonish. i want to take a step back because there is something deeper at play. the weight trump fans like stephen miller rises to the level of cultus -- cult-ish obsession it would have some supporters to make a literal golden statue of donald trump, which has actually happened. let us bring in de
and melania trump. they are style icon but he changed american passion in the apprentice. people spent the next 10 years trying to dress like donald trump it if anyone deserves a puff piece on their sense of style it is donald trump and the first lady. >> [ laughter ] oh, man. yeah, that was former chubb official stephen miller. i don't know why he talks like that. he was trying to take the crown for our worst of the week bonus round with that alternate slice of reality. he was weighing...
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the lack of trump -- pro-trump uprising around this, president trump today was trying to say it's because republicans are being prevented from going to that part of lower manhattan. what do you make of how this is happening in new york? >> that's the story for me, the arc of donald trump in new york. the boy who grew up in queens who dreamt of being king of new york. think about the 1980s and every tabloid with donald trump in a limousine, trump tower, right in the middle of fifth avenue. now here he is, a criminal defendant, an old man sitting there slumped over, and even this idea he's got these scores of fans, and yeah, they might not live in lower manhattan but there must be 2 million in the tristate area in staten island, in new jersey, in long island. such a few number of people in the court outside court, protesting on his behalf today. >> almost really nobody. >> who wasn't inside court with him? a single member of his family. the argument that he was protecting his family, that's why this whole thing happened. he's a familyman. not a son, not a daughter, wife, cousin, uncle. no o
the lack of trump -- pro-trump uprising around this, president trump today was trying to say it's because republicans are being prevented from going to that part of lower manhattan. what do you make of how this is happening in new york? >> that's the story for me, the arc of donald trump in new york. the boy who grew up in queens who dreamt of being king of new york. think about the 1980s and every tabloid with donald trump in a limousine, trump tower, right in the middle of fifth avenue....
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trump. pecker detailing his decades long relationship with trump, and his frequent communications with michael cohen. testifying that in that now infamous 2015 meeting, pecker agreed to publish only positive stories about trump, promising to be trump's eyes and ears. pecker going on to say how, at the time, he told the "national enquirer" leadership he wanted that agreement to be "as quiet as possible." because they were going to try to help the trump campaign. this is a big deal. the prosecution alleging a conspiracy to help trump's campaign in order to influence the outcome of the presidential election. setting out to prove that trump violated new york state election law. at one point, david pecker admitting that he bought a false story about trump fathering a child out of wedlock because of the potential embarrassment to the campaign and mr. trump. the prosecution turned to the hush money payment to karen mcdougal, a model who says she had an affair with trump. pecker recalled during this
trump. pecker detailing his decades long relationship with trump, and his frequent communications with michael cohen. testifying that in that now infamous 2015 meeting, pecker agreed to publish only positive stories about trump, promising to be trump's eyes and ears. pecker going on to say how, at the time, he told the "national enquirer" leadership he wanted that agreement to be "as quiet as possible." because they were going to try to help the trump campaign. this is a big...
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that would hurt trump. he said what i would do is publish positive stories about trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. the prosecution showing the jury a series of glowing headlines about then canada trump and derogatory ones about trump's opponents in closing -- including ted cruz. he also testified his company paid a doorman $30,000 for completely untrue story about mr. trump fathering a child with his housekeeper, so the doorman couldn't take the story elsewhere, trying to save mr. trump and the campaign, the potential in person -- embarrassment. the state seeking to hold mr. trump in the criminal contempt for violating the judges gag order that bars him from attacking trial witnesses. >> so they can talk about me and say whatever they want, they can live and i'm not allowed to say anything. i'd love to see everything that's on my mind. >> the defense argued that trump should be permitted to respond to political attacks and the gag order should not cover repost of someone else. the judg
that would hurt trump. he said what i would do is publish positive stories about trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. the prosecution showing the jury a series of glowing headlines about then canada trump and derogatory ones about trump's opponents in closing -- including ted cruz. he also testified his company paid a doorman $30,000 for completely untrue story about mr. trump fathering a child with his housekeeper, so the doorman couldn't take the story elsewhere, trying to...
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trump. when he said we i always assumed he and mr. trump. david pecker and the national enquirer were by his own admission publishing the 2016 at the behest of donald trump at the direction of his lawyer. and then there was what mr. pecker was doinghe behinds the scenes to help trump's campaign. today they asked mr.picker about two negative stories about trump, stories the national enquirer purchased the exclusive rights to and then sat on so that the accusations against trump would not come out before thewo election, a process that now known colloquially and publicly as catch and kill. the first story was about trump's love child. it was a story that was untrue. then there was karen mcdougal a model and actress who like stormy daniels alleged she had an affair with donald trump. the enquirer also bought the rights to her story she she could not go public with it. what we learned in court today all this behind the scenes maneuvering much like the bombshell cover story was for one express purpose, to help the trump campaign. here'sp prosecuto
trump. when he said we i always assumed he and mr. trump. david pecker and the national enquirer were by his own admission publishing the 2016 at the behest of donald trump at the direction of his lawyer. and then there was what mr. pecker was doinghe behinds the scenes to help trump's campaign. today they asked mr.picker about two negative stories about trump, stories the national enquirer purchased the exclusive rights to and then sat on so that the accusations against trump would not come...
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trump added to the part that read in order to get on the trump jury. but, within hours, jesse watters directed trumps mistake for him , posting trumps incorrect version of the quote to jesse watters's own twitter account, in effect, retroactively making his own words the words that trump wanted them to be. quite clearly and quite literally, they are heeding trumps calls. they are taking his line edits. what does a gag order mean when you have someone like this with a microphone? >> the guy needs exercise. he's usually golfing. you are going to put a man who is almost 80 sitting in a room like this on his but for all that time? it's not healthy. he needs sunlight and he needs activity. they are going to put him in a meat locker. he says it's 45 degrees in there and they are putting his life in danger. >> back with me again is lisa rubin, msnbc legal correspondent and brian stelter, special correspondent and author of "network of life, the epic saga of fox news, donald trump, and the battle for american democracy." thank you both for being here tonight.
trump added to the part that read in order to get on the trump jury. but, within hours, jesse watters directed trumps mistake for him , posting trumps incorrect version of the quote to jesse watters's own twitter account, in effect, retroactively making his own words the words that trump wanted them to be. quite clearly and quite literally, they are heeding trumps calls. they are taking his line edits. what does a gag order mean when you have someone like this with a microphone? >> the...
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trump. for history's sake, the prosecution said social media has boasted in the past of how many people read his posts, and he was asked in 2021, he said, yeah, i think that's right. do you want me to say no? i retweet for a reason. they are currently in break here and about to reconvene, the court, in which david pecker, excuse me, will take the stand again. as to the gag order, josÉ, judge merchan said he will reserve his judgment on whether donald trump has violated it and it's not his timeline on when he will make the determination if donald trump is find and he could warn donald trump that he could serve jail time. >> unbelievable, charles, and this is in the morning before the first witness takes the stand. how would you describe the morning? >> this is not the start you want if you are donald trump, and i have been talking to a number of us on the panel, and i am surprised that todd blanche did not have a better explanation and response for some of the questions that judge merchan ha
trump. for history's sake, the prosecution said social media has boasted in the past of how many people read his posts, and he was asked in 2021, he said, yeah, i think that's right. do you want me to say no? i retweet for a reason. they are currently in break here and about to reconvene, the court, in which david pecker, excuse me, will take the stand again. as to the gag order, josÉ, judge merchan said he will reserve his judgment on whether donald trump has violated it and it's not his...
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trump added the part that read in order to get on the trump jury. but within hours, jesse waters corrected trump's mistake for him, posting trump's incorrect version of the quote to water's own twitter account in effect retro actively making his own words the words trump wanted them to be. quite clearly and quite literally, they are heeding trump's calls. they are taking his line edits. >> the guy needs exercise. he is usually golfing. and so, you will put a man who is almost 80 sitting like a room on his butt all this time? it is unhealthyment he needs sunlight and activity. they are freezing him to death. putting him in a meat locker. he says it's like 45-degree ins there and putting his life in danger. >> back with me again is lisa ruben. and bryan stelter. vanity fair special correspondent author of network of lies. the epic saga of fox news. donald trump and the battle for american democracy. thank you for being here, what is the point of a gag order honestly? when you have a media industrial complex acting as a public defense line for donald t
trump added the part that read in order to get on the trump jury. but within hours, jesse waters corrected trump's mistake for him, posting trump's incorrect version of the quote to water's own twitter account in effect retro actively making his own words the words trump wanted them to be. quite clearly and quite literally, they are heeding trump's calls. they are taking his line edits. >> the guy needs exercise. he is usually golfing. and so, you will put a man who is almost 80 sitting...
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he's in donald trump's pocket. bove then asked whether that incident is among those that colored his view that cohen is prone to exaggeration? pecker said yes. during redirect, pecker is asked about average payments when they do catch and kill stories. he said you testified on cross that arnold schwarzenegger announced his candidacy for governor and afterwards some 30 to 40 women came forward and you told mr. bove you paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to kill those stories. pecker, yes. what was the average of those payments? pecker, the largest was $20,000, the others were up to $2,000. just the doorman got $30,000. it's different degrees. >> totally different degrees. you're looking at this giant six-figure payments to macdougal and to daniels. it's a totally different ball game. >> also, he didn't admit to campaign finance violations although he might have committed state crimes in the arnold schwarzenegger case. >> the reason that david pecker said he was even sensitive to the campaign finance angle of payi
he's in donald trump's pocket. bove then asked whether that incident is among those that colored his view that cohen is prone to exaggeration? pecker said yes. during redirect, pecker is asked about average payments when they do catch and kill stories. he said you testified on cross that arnold schwarzenegger announced his candidacy for governor and afterwards some 30 to 40 women came forward and you told mr. bove you paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to kill those stories. pecker, yes....
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with trump. hope hicks comes in and plays prominently and part of the conspiracy to elevate trump by killing bad stories and promoting good ones and smear the opponents. it appears that you could read the papers and well aware of what the attacks seems determined to preempt all of the questions about michael cohen. >> right. and if we take a step back and leave the legal trial aspect of this for a moment, we're talking about the presumptive nominee and now a friend of donald trump's dating back to the 1980s, they met at mar-a-lago and stayed in touch frequently over the 30 years. now testifying today, publicly, telling the entire country that he sat in a boardroom in trump tower with donald trump on his first presidential run and concocted a plan which donald trump, who was pleased about in his own words, to cover up the salacious stories. that was a plan that a long time friend of his now tells the american public. and then the karen mcdougal story, to watch that testimony play out, again a long
with trump. hope hicks comes in and plays prominently and part of the conspiracy to elevate trump by killing bad stories and promoting good ones and smear the opponents. it appears that you could read the papers and well aware of what the attacks seems determined to preempt all of the questions about michael cohen. >> right. and if we take a step back and leave the legal trial aspect of this for a moment, we're talking about the presumptive nominee and now a friend of donald trump's...
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trump quiet. if anyone should buy it, pecker said, it should be donald trump and michael cohen , trump's former fixer. pecker said when he told cohen, quote, he was upset and said that the boss, a recording to trump, would be furious with me. pecker said today he believed mr. trump or his company had paid daniels until cohen told him in december of 2016 that he was the one who paid her. prosecutors are seeking to prove mr. trump doctored internal business records to cover up that payment. pecker also testified trump was aghast when he saw stormy daniels on 60 minutes. >> was it hush money to stay silent? >> yes. >> reporter: pecker said trump called him. he said we have an agreement with stormy daniels that she cannot mention my name. trump later denied knowledge of the arrangement. on cross-examination, mr. trump's lawyers challenging credibility and business practice. at a campaign event earlier in the day mr. trump addressed the testimony of his longtime friend. >> david has been a nice guy. >>
trump quiet. if anyone should buy it, pecker said, it should be donald trump and michael cohen , trump's former fixer. pecker said when he told cohen, quote, he was upset and said that the boss, a recording to trump, would be furious with me. pecker said today he believed mr. trump or his company had paid daniels until cohen told him in december of 2016 that he was the one who paid her. prosecutors are seeking to prove mr. trump doctored internal business records to cover up that payment....