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james comey spoke out about all of this. take a listen. >> i was alone with the president of the united states. it was honestly concerning that he might lie about the nature of the meeting. i thought it was important to document. >> he did document that meeting. it was one of the many things he told congress. what we are learning -- you never know what you will learn on trial. in that one meeting, there were, allegedly, at least two different violations, one federal that comey was talking about, and then the reason that was brought up -- the then president-elect was also talking up his tabloid dealer come at the center of a trial and whether he broke campaign finance laws. you can see other people in the room on that screen. this is just the first week of testimony and this is what we are learning. we will be right back. ok y'all we got ten orders coming in.. big orders! starting a business is never easy, but starting it eight months pregnant.. that's a different story. i couldn't slow down. we were starting a business from
james comey spoke out about all of this. take a listen. >> i was alone with the president of the united states. it was honestly concerning that he might lie about the nature of the meeting. i thought it was important to document. >> he did document that meeting. it was one of the many things he told congress. what we are learning -- you never know what you will learn on trial. in that one meeting, there were, allegedly, at least two different violations, one federal that comey was...
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i would just love to know what james comey was thinking, as david pecker comes in. and trump saying, pecker knows more than all three of you guys and makes a joke. no one laughed. >> they're probably thinking, i shouldn't have held that press conference. >> today's reminder we're in a very dangerous moment. >> then the press conference, where trump brings in not only david pecker, but dylan howard, and they have this dinner. my understand is, trump is saying to dylan howard, how many more copies of the national enquirer do i sell vis- a-vis any other celebrity. this is just the stuff out of a coen brothers' movie. >> don't you think it's just wild? to have it confirmed that your political rival was placing ridiculous stories that would go on to hurt, not just your political campaign, but also your family, and then to still, in light of that, carry that person's water is really something. >> look, in every level of politics, and it's a bit of the seedy side. tries to get stories placed. you generally think that happens in city council races, you don't think of that a
i would just love to know what james comey was thinking, as david pecker comes in. and trump saying, pecker knows more than all three of you guys and makes a joke. no one laughed. >> they're probably thinking, i shouldn't have held that press conference. >> today's reminder we're in a very dangerous moment. >> then the press conference, where trump brings in not only david pecker, but dylan howard, and they have this dinner. my understand is, trump is saying to dylan howard,...
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comey, where donald trump, again, asks david pecker about, our girl, and how is she doing? and they have another conversation about the relationship that donald trump had with karen mcdougal, and is she talking? you know, it is just at the front of his mind, even in that period of time, that this information could come out. >> christie, pecker asked trump one question on different occasions at trump tower, again at the white house, "how is karen doing?" i know from our notes when pecker spoke about stormy daniels, closed his eyes, moved his head side to side, how did he react to testimony about mcdougal, and why was he asking pecker about her? >> so, i think at that point, trump was asking the questions, because there had been some amendments to the agreement. after the election, there had been an amendment in the agreement to allow karen mcdougal to speak to the press. and that is very significant. again, it drives home the point, what was the purpose of this agreement? it was so that she would not speak to the press, prior to the election. the fact that she could speak af
comey, where donald trump, again, asks david pecker about, our girl, and how is she doing? and they have another conversation about the relationship that donald trump had with karen mcdougal, and is she talking? you know, it is just at the front of his mind, even in that period of time, that this information could come out. >> christie, pecker asked trump one question on different occasions at trump tower, again at the white house, "how is karen doing?" i know from our notes...
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comey and they're getting into the gritty details of exactly what david pecker's role is a part of all of these meetings was and the extent to which donald trump was using these opportunities to ensure the silence of some of these key figures. jose? >> this is a continuing issue, this meeting and as well as others. and i'm wondering, let's talk about there has been a focus this morning on mcdougal, specifically, stormy daniels is now appearing in the picture, but then there are meetings, specifically that meeting in trump's office in trump tower, what is the importance of that? >> that david pecker was killed in the catch and kill stories including karen mcdougal and other catch and kill stories, that he was at meetings when these were discussed, but when it came to stormy daniels, he backed out, for a reason that actually was, you know, really silly in that he was never reimbursed or never paid back and he didn't want to get involved with a porn star according to his own testimony because of contracts he had with walmart. that's why the people are calling him. what the defense is tryi
comey and they're getting into the gritty details of exactly what david pecker's role is a part of all of these meetings was and the extent to which donald trump was using these opportunities to ensure the silence of some of these key figures. jose? >> this is a continuing issue, this meeting and as well as others. and i'm wondering, let's talk about there has been a focus this morning on mcdougal, specifically, stormy daniels is now appearing in the picture, but then there are meetings,...
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he walks in and he sees this incredible assembly of men, like -- >> james comey. >> james comey, like the head of the fbi was there, reince priebus, this group of people. they're talking about government business. and donald trump introduces david pecker to the room and he says, he knows more than anybody in this room. and it was a joke, as david pecker pointed out. nobody laughed. >> especially comey. he's probably like, how is this my life? >> then, just to show you how obsessed he was with karen mcdougal, he calls -- so "national enquirer" is standing there, and he calls him over to the side, and he says how is our girl doing? >> there seemed to be a real obsession that donald trump had with karen mcdougal. >> he seemed to have brought her up and followed up and said how is our girl? he was interested enough or hoar may have been interested in asking a way, hey, she's still quiet, isn't she? >> at the white house where he goes to the white house for his dinner, and donald trump and david pecker are together. they're talking. there was this iconic photo that was shown of the two of
he walks in and he sees this incredible assembly of men, like -- >> james comey. >> james comey, like the head of the fbi was there, reince priebus, this group of people. they're talking about government business. and donald trump introduces david pecker to the room and he says, he knows more than anybody in this room. and it was a joke, as david pecker pointed out. nobody laughed. >> especially comey. he's probably like, how is this my life? >> then, just to show you...
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i mean, james comey is the fbi director. >> right. >> there are many reasons for an fbi director to be briefing a president. >> yeah. >> maybe not always this president, but i mean, that is -- >> it's in the transition. i think this is the much written about time when they all come up and brief him. >> yes. >> comes out and trashes the intelligence agencies because he learns about the tape. >> and he sort of pulls him -- famously giving -- this is when you are a president elect, you are given actually even when you're running, you're given certain briefings and certain other briefings when you're actually the elected and james comey, you know, if you believe what he said in his book pulls him aside to tell him so he wouldn't be embarrassed about this. it is possible that is, in fact, this meeting. but then there's that and according to david pecker there's this discussion about karen mcdougal and how is she doing and essentially is she still quiet. >> he says that he did not mention that hope hicks was in the 2015 meeting. what's the significance of that? >> i think that's sort of stan
i mean, james comey is the fbi director. >> right. >> there are many reasons for an fbi director to be briefing a president. >> yeah. >> maybe not always this president, but i mean, that is -- >> it's in the transition. i think this is the much written about time when they all come up and brief him. >> yes. >> comes out and trashes the intelligence agencies because he learns about the tape. >> and he sort of pulls him -- famously giving -- this is...
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that is why the testimony is so -- >> january 6th, describing walking into fine james comey, sean spicer, and michael pompeo . he says trump is tracking some kind of bad joke. asking about pecker. how is our girl doing. briefing trump on salacious details. so what comes to mind when you think about this scenario? the underlying rhetoric. my understanding, the defendant is denying alleged affairs. he asked about my girl karen. it is often about credibility, and if a jury starts to disbelieve what the witnesses either directly, or to counsel. that affects the entire proceeding, right? the core assessments of credibility. he was trying to essentially prevent these false allegations. the story about, how is our girl, my girl karen doing. that is a pervasive effect. >> interesting. so transformer assistant, rhona graff, who says first of all her attorneys are being paid. she has multiple phone numbers. stormy daniels sitting out in the waiting room at some point. also a sense of what prosecutors wanted to get from her. she was only on the stand for for a while. >> that's right. she knows ever
that is why the testimony is so -- >> january 6th, describing walking into fine james comey, sean spicer, and michael pompeo . he says trump is tracking some kind of bad joke. asking about pecker. how is our girl doing. briefing trump on salacious details. so what comes to mind when you think about this scenario? the underlying rhetoric. my understanding, the defendant is denying alleged affairs. he asked about my girl karen. it is often about credibility, and if a jury starts to...
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. >>> former fbi director james comey popped up in this trial. january 2017 he had that meeting at trump tower. this was an inner circle meeting. and fbi director comey was there. we know this because the tabloid chief pecker testified trump brought him in the room. after they left, trump asked about the karen mcdougal situation and thanked him for it. comey spoke out about all this. take a listen. >> i was alone with the president of the united states. or the president-elect, soon to be president. i was honestly concerned he might lie about the nature of our meeting so i thought it really important to document. >> he did document that meeting. it was one of the many things he told congress and later investigators about. what we're learning here and what's so striking because you never know what you're going to learn at trial, nobody knew comey would come back up, is how in that one meeting there were allegedly at least two different violations, one federal that comey was talking about and then the reason it got brought up here, because the then
. >>> former fbi director james comey popped up in this trial. january 2017 he had that meeting at trump tower. this was an inner circle meeting. and fbi director comey was there. we know this because the tabloid chief pecker testified trump brought him in the room. after they left, trump asked about the karen mcdougal situation and thanked him for it. comey spoke out about all this. take a listen. >> i was alone with the president of the united states. or the president-elect,...
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his future secretary of state, his chief of staff, the fbi director james comey, all in the same room with the publisher of the "national enquirer" and trump is thanking pecker for bearing the mcdougal story, and apparently made a joke about him knowing all of his secrets. even as a breaker of enormous that trump is understating it, what do you make of that? david? >> well, what i make of it is a bit of vanities, right? donald trump himself always finds the silver lining and thinks that pecker might be doing his bidding even though he's sinking his legal case in this environment. it's also clear, as you were talking with vaughn, the people who were closest with donald trump who are either breaking with them or staying with him as they're telling the real truth. to me, it is affirming that the number of people of voters who just accept donald trump for who he is. someone who aggrandizes his own self-worth or somebody they recognize for his failures. many of trump's relationships are relationships of convenience and mutual benefit. you see that in the business world. you see it in the p
his future secretary of state, his chief of staff, the fbi director james comey, all in the same room with the publisher of the "national enquirer" and trump is thanking pecker for bearing the mcdougal story, and apparently made a joke about him knowing all of his secrets. even as a breaker of enormous that trump is understating it, what do you make of that? david? >> well, what i make of it is a bit of vanities, right? donald trump himself always finds the silver lining and...
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james comey, and in conversation with donald trump, that he thanked him for, i should say donald trump thanked david pecker and ami for purchasing the rights of dino the doorman's story as well as karen mcdougal's story, and that was what was testified by david pecker just this week. but then when donald trump's defense team had the opportunity to cross examine him this morning, well, then why did you tell federal prosecutors in july of 2018 that you did not recall donald trump thanking you for purchasing the rights to those two stories, and david pecker said i'm not sure why the transcript read that way. all i can tell you now is that i recall him thanking me, and this is part of the defense team's efforts to call into question not only the veracity of that story that david pecker was sharing but generally his memory about events that took place now almost nine years ago. almost eight years ago, almost seven years ago in just that one example was a key to them, at least in the jury's mind of having them question the veracity of his retelling or at least what he recalled, versus kwhaer
james comey, and in conversation with donald trump, that he thanked him for, i should say donald trump thanked david pecker and ami for purchasing the rights of dino the doorman's story as well as karen mcdougal's story, and that was what was testified by david pecker just this week. but then when donald trump's defense team had the opportunity to cross examine him this morning, well, then why did you tell federal prosecutors in july of 2018 that you did not recall donald trump thanking you for...
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james comey's in the office. mike pompeo is in the office. president-elect donald trump is in the office and he brings david pecker in there, and he says to both of them, he probably knows more than all of you know. so that just perhaps illustrates for the jury, according to his testimony, pecker's testimony, just how involved and just how much of a key he had to the trump orbit and the trump world and how he was out there as a spotter to see if there was going to be any type of stories that might pop up. obviously after the access hollywood tape the revelation that stormy daniels and her story might be out there was of paramount concern. >> wasn't there a point about david pecker describing trump's interest in getting boxes of materials about karen mcdougal. he was worried, he said, about what would happen if pecker got hit by a bus? >> reporter: right, that's exactly right. basically saying if something ever happened to his kind of confidant, david pecker, what would happen to those boxes that ami had. we didn't get into specifics about wha
james comey's in the office. mike pompeo is in the office. president-elect donald trump is in the office and he brings david pecker in there, and he says to both of them, he probably knows more than all of you know. so that just perhaps illustrates for the jury, according to his testimony, pecker's testimony, just how involved and just how much of a key he had to the trump orbit and the trump world and how he was out there as a spotter to see if there was going to be any type of stories that...
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joining us at the table, david kelly from the southern district of new york represented james comey after the 2016 election. i'm a big fan of your appearance with my colleague ari melber. i'm a fan. i know ari gets to talk to you. i'm not a lawyer so if the questions are down a level i apologize in advance. but tell me the impression of the case so far. >> well he's not a lawyer, the defendant here and he's trying to act like a lawyer and doing a things that a good trial lawyer wouldn't do. and even roy cone, when i was quite young, i was in court with roy cone. he knew how to modulate, he knew how to appeal to a judge. and what trump appears to be telling his lawyers here don't really work all of the time. you can't be a bull in a china a shop. juries tend to like the judge and if you alienate the judge the jury sees it. if the judge suggests that he doubts the credibility of the lawyers, which clearly he does here, he said as much, that wears off and the jury sees that. and it is very difficult and it is difficult for the lawyers to sell their case and what andrew weissmann was just say
joining us at the table, david kelly from the southern district of new york represented james comey after the 2016 election. i'm a big fan of your appearance with my colleague ari melber. i'm a fan. i know ari gets to talk to you. i'm not a lawyer so if the questions are down a level i apologize in advance. but tell me the impression of the case so far. >> well he's not a lawyer, the defendant here and he's trying to act like a lawyer and doing a things that a good trial lawyer wouldn't...