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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. >> did you know about the payment to stormy daniels before the 2020 election? >> reporter: pecker also testified today about the payment his company did make the former playboy model karen mcdougal to keep her alleged affair with mr. trump quiet. pecker said he coordinated with cohen because he was concerned paying mcdougal could violate campaign finance law. so they worked up an agreement to pay for contributions to magazines owned by american media, adding he believed trump was aware of the payment. the prosecution asking pecker was your principal purpose to suppress her story so as not to influence the election? pecker responding yes, it was. >> and we have peter baker and joy spent still with us. joyce, i wanted to start
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. >> did you know about the payment to stormy daniels before the 2020 election? >> reporter: pecker also testified today about the...
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the catch and kill, stormy daniels really did have this relationship. the bankers on the stand talking about the mechanics of the payment, this and that. there is the common metaphor that prosecutors use as they are building a case brick by brick. they want a wall of evidence at the end. they are dropping picks. pieces of evidence in isolation may not seem that fascinating to us but they are building a wall. whether that leads up to conviction remains to be seen. but, you know, it is hard for me to render any serious verdict on this week because they haven't really got to the main event yet, which is not just michael cohen, whenever he testifies, but also needs to be, there's going to need to be some evidence, ideally, that trump himself was aware the way the payments were booked may have been unlawful. it's not going to be enough to say, the hush money payment is not illegal by itself, nor are all the machinations that michael cohen went through to pay her. what is illegal, what is allegedly illegal is how the payments were booked in the trump organiza
the catch and kill, stormy daniels really did have this relationship. the bankers on the stand talking about the mechanics of the payment, this and that. there is the common metaphor that prosecutors use as they are building a case brick by brick. they want a wall of evidence at the end. they are dropping picks. pieces of evidence in isolation may not seem that fascinating to us but they are building a wall. whether that leads up to conviction remains to be seen. but, you know, it is hard for...
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david pecker said today he believed trump or his company pay daniels until michael cohen told him in december of 2016 that he was the one who paid her. prosecutors are seeking to prove that mr. trump doctored internal business records to cover up that payment. david pecker testified that trump was aghast when he saw stormy daniels on 60 minutes. >> was it hush money? >> yes. >> david pecker said trump called him and said, we have an agreement with stormy daniels, that she can't mention my name. trump denied knowledge of the arrangement, the cross- examination, trump's lawyers challenged david credibility in business practices. at a campaign event, trump addressed the testimony of his longtime friend. >> david is a nice guy. >> what do we know about the payment to stormy daniels? >> reporter: david pecker testified about a payment his company did make to former playboy model, karen mcdougal, to keep her affair with trump quiet. packer said he coordinated with colin, because they concerned -- worried that paying mcdougall could violate campaign finance laws so they worked out a deal, a
david pecker said today he believed trump or his company pay daniels until michael cohen told him in december of 2016 that he was the one who paid her. prosecutors are seeking to prove that mr. trump doctored internal business records to cover up that payment. david pecker testified that trump was aghast when he saw stormy daniels on 60 minutes. >> was it hush money? >> yes. >> david pecker said trump called him and said, we have an agreement with stormy daniels, that she...
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about stormy daniels. this brings them back into the news cycle. >> there's a lot of folks who say i don't want to hear about all this. okay, we have no more time. i'm so sorry. you know what? miami vice showed up. >> doing thing. what is going on? >> there you go. >> unfortunately, you are leaving us charles. the rest of the turkeys are coming back. before we go to break, you know what time it is? a quick update of our djt tracker following donald trump's media company to see how it is doing. the stock fell 8% to close at 32 bucks today. the same day trump qualified for an earn out bonus of 36 million shares. this is important. while you are going that thing is tanking, it will be worth nothing. it is not worth nothing yet and at today's price, those shares would be worth under $1.2 billion in that big boy's pocket. >>> republicans came into congress with big plans to squash joe biden's agenda, but with tonight's passage of the foreign aid bills is it proof joe biden is coming out on top? >>> and the pres
about stormy daniels. this brings them back into the news cycle. >> there's a lot of folks who say i don't want to hear about all this. okay, we have no more time. i'm so sorry. you know what? miami vice showed up. >> doing thing. what is going on? >> there you go. >> unfortunately, you are leaving us charles. the rest of the turkeys are coming back. before we go to break, you know what time it is? a quick update of our djt tracker following donald trump's media company...
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michael cohen audiotape donald trump telling him to go pay off stormy daniels. maybe he just wanted out of the goodness of his heart to give her hundreds of thousands of dollars, but i suspect something else was going on and thus it jury was suspected as much. >> this gag order hearing tomorrow, what do you think is going to come of this? is the judge really going to send donald trump to jail, whether or not -- we know if it was a regular old defended, given how he's conducted himself they would, but what will happen here? >> in a regular defendant, you were me, did what donald trump is doing terrifying so flagrantly this gag order would be looking at a 30 day jail sentence. jailing trump's heart for this judge to do right now. particularly, because the jury has been in pendleton this highly consequential case. that's why the prosecutors instead of asking for about 30 days in jail that's allowed under the law have asked really really what -- $1000 fine. which is peanuts for you. lying about his finances whether it's a lot or little but it's not jail time. there
michael cohen audiotape donald trump telling him to go pay off stormy daniels. maybe he just wanted out of the goodness of his heart to give her hundreds of thousands of dollars, but i suspect something else was going on and thus it jury was suspected as much. >> this gag order hearing tomorrow, what do you think is going to come of this? is the judge really going to send donald trump to jail, whether or not -- we know if it was a regular old defended, given how he's conducted himself...
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>> they introduced a small fact, which is that the stormy daniels can't -- contact information is in the system. i suspect that was presented because we will see the prosecutor's attempt to establish that trump and stormy daniels did, in fact, have an intimate sexual encounter which trump has denied, and trump's lawyers denied in the opening statement. i think this is the first piece of evidence and i guess that there would be more. my guess is prosecutors want to be able to say to jurors at the end of this, you don't have to just take her word, we have additional evidence, trump is been saying she's lying, and this and that. that, to me, is the significance, because if the prosecutors can establish that trump, to the extent that they can establish that trump is lying about anything, it's helpful to their case. it's a big point. he's denied he's had this encounter but appears that it did in fact happen. >> michael collins banker was briefly on stand today and it seems the prosecution is starting to dig into the records . we are talking dollars and sense, who signed what, specific dat
>> they introduced a small fact, which is that the stormy daniels can't -- contact information is in the system. i suspect that was presented because we will see the prosecutor's attempt to establish that trump and stormy daniels did, in fact, have an intimate sexual encounter which trump has denied, and trump's lawyers denied in the opening statement. i think this is the first piece of evidence and i guess that there would be more. my guess is prosecutors want to be able to say to jurors...
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say, you don't have to believe michael cohen, you don't have to necessarily like or believe stormy daniels, look at david this is someone who knew trump, someone who had a relationship probably longer than any of the witnesses that you will hear from, with donald trump, and listen to what he told you. that is going to be key and then with regard to the gag order, stephanie, they blew it. and they blew it in grand fashion. >> but hold on, they blew it in terms of the performance today but when it comes to the consequences, what is trump really going to face, $1000 for each one? is he going to go to prison? really? >> i don't know that they blew it in terms of the performance, the problem was they had nothing substantive to say in trump's defense, the arguments that they were making were complete yes, one was, well some of these were just retweets and the other was, well he he was offended. and show me the judge, they said show me the attacks and it was like well -- >> part of the problem is when you are donald trump's lawyer, you are all trump's lawyer. but that was the problem here and act
say, you don't have to believe michael cohen, you don't have to necessarily like or believe stormy daniels, look at david this is someone who knew trump, someone who had a relationship probably longer than any of the witnesses that you will hear from, with donald trump, and listen to what he told you. that is going to be key and then with regard to the gag order, stephanie, they blew it. and they blew it in grand fashion. >> but hold on, they blew it in terms of the performance today but...
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donald trump has pleaded not guilty and denies having any relationship with stormy daniels. we need some help here. let's get smarter with the help of our lead off panel, what stuck out to you? >> how badly the day went for trump. i think his lawyer struggled in the opening statements, and it was really notable because the state put on a convincing opening statement and i think you know, in particular, what todd blanche ran into, he couldn't say what his client wanted him to say, the defense didn't charge this case and so, he was left having to say things like, you know, this is president trump, you should all refer to him as president trump, there was stuff about how -- >> who cares. this the criminal trial and the argument you making is how you refer to, what you call them, that was his big moment? >> he led off with that. i think everyone in the courthouse kind of looked around and thought, is he really going with this argument, he eventually segued into saying, trump was ignorant and all of this and he couldn't be held accountable because this was all michael collins doi
donald trump has pleaded not guilty and denies having any relationship with stormy daniels. we need some help here. let's get smarter with the help of our lead off panel, what stuck out to you? >> how badly the day went for trump. i think his lawyer struggled in the opening statements, and it was really notable because the state put on a convincing opening statement and i think you know, in particular, what todd blanche ran into, he couldn't say what his client wanted him to say, the...