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but i want to ask you about michael cohen. michael cohen knows he has a credibility problem. michael cohen has spent a lot of time with these prosecutors, right? they've had the conversations but he took a profane swipe at trump on x. wrote among other things you are attacks stink of desperation. we are all hoping you take the stand in your defense. if you're the prosecutor who's calling cohen to the stand, what are you thinking when you see that? >> i'm thinking michael cohen, please shut up. please just do your testifying in the courtroom, but the prosecutor does not control michael cohen. i'm not sure anyone controls michael cohen. so he's not doing the prosecution that he favors in a way that makes his testimony even more credible. although we know at the same time, that he now des dispiezs trump. with regard to the testimony of cohen, they want to hit it and quit it. >> paul and danny, i don't know what the rest of the trial holds when they reconvene on thursday, but the start of this has been pretty dog gone interesting. thank you both. i'm sure we'll speak again very s
but i want to ask you about michael cohen. michael cohen knows he has a credibility problem. michael cohen has spent a lot of time with these prosecutors, right? they've had the conversations but he took a profane swipe at trump on x. wrote among other things you are attacks stink of desperation. we are all hoping you take the stand in your defense. if you're the prosecutor who's calling cohen to the stand, what are you thinking when you see that? >> i'm thinking michael cohen, please...
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what is michael cohen saying? >> reporter: right, michael cohen's statement is short and brief, but he was the target of several of those violations that judge merchan just found that donald trump had violated the gag order on by posting specifically about michael cohen or articles about michael cohen. michael cohen's new statement is, quote, the imposed fine is irrelevant. judge merchan's decision elucidates that this behavior will not be tolerated and no one is above the law. again, judge merchan finding donald trump violated nine of the ten alleged violations that were brought forward by the district attorney's office so far. and even suggested the potential jail time could be a potential consequence if donald trump were continue to violate the gag order placed on him. >> everyone watching at home, stay with us. everybody else, stay close, we'll keep an eye on that manhattan courthouse throughout this hour. we'll have more in just minutes, including another critical hearing set for thursday on more possible gag
what is michael cohen saying? >> reporter: right, michael cohen's statement is short and brief, but he was the target of several of those violations that judge merchan just found that donald trump had violated the gag order on by posting specifically about michael cohen or articles about michael cohen. michael cohen's new statement is, quote, the imposed fine is irrelevant. judge merchan's decision elucidates that this behavior will not be tolerated and no one is above the law. again,...
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let's pay in cash, and michael cohen goes, no, no, no. >> let me play it. this is michael cohen. this is a 2016 recording. remember, michael cohen he gets a campaign website, a trump campaign website, which he didn't have before. supposed to be his private lawyer. and this is a conversation they have as donald trump is running for president. this is michael cohen talking about buying the rights to karen mcdougal, the former playboy bunny's story. take a listen. >> i need to open up a company for the transfer of all that info regarding our friend david. i spoke to allen about it. when it comes time for the financing -- >> what financing? >> we'll have to pay. >> cash? >> no, no, no. >> jill, they're going to try to impeach michael cohen, but cohen i'm sure has more of that. he's on the phone with him saying i need to do the thing i'm accused of doing. >> not only that. one, he's pled guilty. two, they have done a very skillful opening statement. and by calling david pecker as the first witness, they are building the structure that will then lead to the supporting beams and the det
let's pay in cash, and michael cohen goes, no, no, no. >> let me play it. this is michael cohen. this is a 2016 recording. remember, michael cohen he gets a campaign website, a trump campaign website, which he didn't have before. supposed to be his private lawyer. and this is a conversation they have as donald trump is running for president. this is michael cohen talking about buying the rights to karen mcdougal, the former playboy bunny's story. take a listen. >> i need to open up...
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the case is about michael cohen and if you don't believe michael cohen, i think the jury has to acquit. >> it will be interesting to hear and see his influence on this jury and how the prosecutor navigates this potential trap i guess you could say. everybody stay with us. richard, we'll come to you on the other side of another quick break. please stay with us. you're watching our personal coverage here on msnbc. r personl coverage here on msnbc (psst! psst!) ahhh! with flonase, allergies don't have to be scary. spray flonase sensimist daily for non-drowsy long lasting relief in a scent free, gentle mist. flonase all good. also, try our allergy headache and nighttime pills. with schwab investing themes™, it's easy to invest in ideas you believe in. spot a trend in electric vehicles? have a passion for online gaming? or want to explore the space economy? choose from over 40 themes, each with up to 25 stocks identified by our unique algorithm. buy it as-is or customize to align with your goals. all at your fingertips. schwab investing themes. 40 customizable themes. up to 25 stocks in j
the case is about michael cohen and if you don't believe michael cohen, i think the jury has to acquit. >> it will be interesting to hear and see his influence on this jury and how the prosecutor navigates this potential trap i guess you could say. everybody stay with us. richard, we'll come to you on the other side of another quick break. please stay with us. you're watching our personal coverage here on msnbc. r personl coverage here on msnbc (psst! psst!) ahhh! with flonase, allergies...
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this is going to take it from the ami deal to direct negotiations with michael cohen, where michael cohen made the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels under a code name that they used, stormy daniels and keith davidson. and that eventually they're going to ultimately try to get that donald trump paid michael cohen back and knew what he was doing. donald trump is walking out right now. the court is in a short recess. eric trump is there for the first time. we have been talking about how the family wasn't there. i have ten seconds left, but tell me what does it mean to have eric there? >> i think it is important for the people who are really paying attention. he did not have any of his family members there before and so the fact that now someone has finally showed up on his behalf is probably a good thing, but the question is are you going to stay and are you going to continue to be there? >> you say finally, only been a week. thank you very much. chuck rosenberg, catherine christian, love the polka dots today, my friend. court is in recess. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell
this is going to take it from the ami deal to direct negotiations with michael cohen, where michael cohen made the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels under a code name that they used, stormy daniels and keith davidson. and that eventually they're going to ultimately try to get that donald trump paid michael cohen back and knew what he was doing. donald trump is walking out right now. the court is in a short recess. eric trump is there for the first time. we have been talking about how the...
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>> no. >> then why did michael cohen -- >> you have to ask michael cohen. michael cohen is my attorney. and you'll have to ask michael cohen. >> but no, you'll have to michael cohen. there was a million defrn different ways that politicians could avoid or dismiss things but he was still stuck to his blame michael cohen defense. ask him. it was all him. and he went rogue and quickly other lawyers had to come in and start changing the story. we don't know what out of court evidence they'll but using but they are going to take different parts of the timeline, the prosecutors, to show how the story shifted, which in essence is another way that you know was a cover-up. because he had the original thing and they covered it up and then in a sense they started covering up the cover-up. and then trump lawyer rudy giuliani basically went on live tv and changed the story and admitted or said trump did repay cohen. >> they funneled it through a law firm. funneled through a law firm and the president repaid it. >> oh, i didn't know, he didn't? there is no campaign finan
>> no. >> then why did michael cohen -- >> you have to ask michael cohen. michael cohen is my attorney. and you'll have to ask michael cohen. >> but no, you'll have to michael cohen. there was a million defrn different ways that politicians could avoid or dismiss things but he was still stuck to his blame michael cohen defense. ask him. it was all him. and he went rogue and quickly other lawyers had to come in and start changing the story. we don't know what out of court...
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he is completely likable as a witness and also michael cohen. he is not punching back in the same way. he has so many deliverables for this prosecution. >> susanne, on that note about him not being michael cohen, david pecker is someone who talked about idolizing and respecting donald trump to this day. he was someone when they were sitting around, it wasn't just these cases and what we are talking about, he was also writing stories and putting them in the national enquirer about trump's rivals. he seems to be a much better witness than michael cohen who has already been and gone to jail for lying. talk a little bit about that. >> i think it is important that people know that david pecker is a principle here. he was talking to donald trump and another principle . michael cohen is a lawyer that was going out and executing what donald trump wanted. donna trump's lawyers i think will make michael cohen out to be a rope actor but what you saw with david pecker was a principle ahead of the national enquirer talking to his friend donald trump about pl
he is completely likable as a witness and also michael cohen. he is not punching back in the same way. he has so many deliverables for this prosecution. >> susanne, on that note about him not being michael cohen, david pecker is someone who talked about idolizing and respecting donald trump to this day. he was someone when they were sitting around, it wasn't just these cases and what we are talking about, he was also writing stories and putting them in the national enquirer about trump's...
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michael cohen, and you know i've never been a fan of michael for various reasons. you know, he's a serial liar. he's shown himself incapable of telling the truth. his legal acumen leaves a lot to be desired. let's just say if leonard hand or darrow had a love child, it would be cohen. >> he claimed he just paid retainer money and now it's being prosecuted as financial froud, lying about the expense. you have a lot of experience in the case. is donald trump lying when he says it was going to be a retainer? >> i don't believe that. if you look at the interviews you and i conducted in 2018, i've always scoffed at that. my point is one just of trial dynamics. who's going to tell the story. the problem is if the prosecution relies predominantly on michael cohen and documents don't admit themselves into evidence. i see various legal commentators talk about well, this is a document case. well, that may be true to a certain degree, but you've still got to have somebody on the stand that tells the story. and to say that michael cohen is a problem witness would be an underst
michael cohen, and you know i've never been a fan of michael for various reasons. you know, he's a serial liar. he's shown himself incapable of telling the truth. his legal acumen leaves a lot to be desired. let's just say if leonard hand or darrow had a love child, it would be cohen. >> he claimed he just paid retainer money and now it's being prosecuted as financial froud, lying about the expense. you have a lot of experience in the case. is donald trump lying when he says it was going...
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they are hoping michael cohen will flip. i don't see michael doing that. sleep well tonight the, you have friends in high places. and they say michael cohen began to distance himself and he says the defendant switched gears and said if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i strongly suggest you do not obtain the services of michael cohen. made up stories. steinglass goes on to say you should not prevent the jury from hearing these tweets now. this evidence now. and again, i just want to reiterate, right, we are 90 minutes into this thing, about an hour and 40 minutes at this point. we started half an hour late. this is supposed to be about jury selection. they are still going over what evidence here is admissible, guys. >> yasmin, what's going on with the gag order? >> so what i'm hearing when it comes to the gag order -- and i'm just looking through this -- go ahead, what are you seeing? so my producer andy just passed me something, prosecutor joshua steinglass is now going after trump's recent attacks on potential witnesses suggesting that trump violated
they are hoping michael cohen will flip. i don't see michael doing that. sleep well tonight the, you have friends in high places. and they say michael cohen began to distance himself and he says the defendant switched gears and said if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i strongly suggest you do not obtain the services of michael cohen. made up stories. steinglass goes on to say you should not prevent the jury from hearing these tweets now. this evidence now. and again, i just want to...
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michael cohen didn't run for president. michael cohen went to jail. it feels like that is a basic topic sentence under which a lot of these witnesses will be supporting that story and that plot with their testimony. >> right. i think the idea is to almost not quite extract michael cohen but to build the evidence around him. he will probably come at the end in terms of of a witness. even today, i'm still struck by the new information that came out. we'll have narrators throughout. we heard about text messages that went back and forthwith the "national enquirer" when they went out to see karen mcdougal, one of the women who had a relationship with donald trump. they were trying to confirm if the story was true. there was an election night, a pledge that went back and for the between one of the lawyers involved that was representing karen mcdougal. we'll see a lot of that come through. and david pecker was not on the stand for very long. but just hearing the details that we got, the idea that they would, if a story, reporters were given about $10,000 to
michael cohen didn't run for president. michael cohen went to jail. it feels like that is a basic topic sentence under which a lot of these witnesses will be supporting that story and that plot with their testimony. >> right. i think the idea is to almost not quite extract michael cohen but to build the evidence around him. he will probably come at the end in terms of of a witness. even today, i'm still struck by the new information that came out. we'll have narrators throughout. we heard...
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michael cohen is a -- and you know i've never been a fan of michael for various reasons. you know, he's a serial liar. he's shown himself to be incapable of telling the truth. >> okay, avenatti is behind bars. he obviously has some credibility issues, but glenn, is this a case of it takes one to know one? >> yeah, you know, anytime i prosecuted a conspiracy, a criminal agreement involving multiple people, ana, everybody in that conspiracy was a criminal, many of them were liars. so what i had to try to do was bring the lower level conspirators on board, flip them, clean them up so to speak, meaning i would look for every shred of evidence that corroborated what they were now telling us, the investigators and the prosecutors about what they did and about what their co-conspirators did. and in one sense, yes, michael cohen can be viewed as damaged goods, but in another sensuous -- sense, he's going to be corroborated. why is he damaged? he is damaged in large part because he was telling lies to help donald trump stay out of hot water. that is actually the kind of weakness o
michael cohen is a -- and you know i've never been a fan of michael for various reasons. you know, he's a serial liar. he's shown himself to be incapable of telling the truth. >> okay, avenatti is behind bars. he obviously has some credibility issues, but glenn, is this a case of it takes one to know one? >> yeah, you know, anytime i prosecuted a conspiracy, a criminal agreement involving multiple people, ana, everybody in that conspiracy was a criminal, many of them were liars. so...
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it wasn't michael cohen. it wasn't stormy daniels. it was david pecker. there must be a reason for that. they have faith in him. we'll see if he delivers today. >> he's also somebody notably that trump hasn't been attacking on social media when they're arguing this gag order and whether he violated it. the other key thing that we know of is what david pecker knew, what he was involved in, and we spoke with msnbc spoke with the former executive editor of "the national enquirer," who worked with pecker, he was on with nicolle wallace yesterday. take a listen. >> august 2015, two months after donald trump goes down the escalator where they had this meeting, michael cohen and it is trump and it is david pecker and where pecker says he'll be the eyes and ears of the campaign. the organization i used to work for will purchase negative stories off the market and will run negative stories about your rivals. david pecker can really act as a tour guide for the jury. >> kristen, he takes us back to 2015, before trump was president, during the campaign. how important
it wasn't michael cohen. it wasn't stormy daniels. it was david pecker. there must be a reason for that. they have faith in him. we'll see if he delivers today. >> he's also somebody notably that trump hasn't been attacking on social media when they're arguing this gag order and whether he violated it. the other key thing that we know of is what david pecker knew, what he was involved in, and we spoke with msnbc spoke with the former executive editor of "the national enquirer,"...
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avenatti says about michael cohen is from the absence of knowledge. whatever motives he had, he admitted to having personal conflict with michael. i would say that the credibility of mr. avenatti compared to michael cohen who testified before seven congressional committees and withstood that cross-examination and also testified plane other times -- and this case which i know something about because i was with him through the collaboration is backed up by documents and witnesses that verify and confirm michael cohen told the truth. and i believe this jury will find the same credibility as judge engoron did. >> yeah, and mr. cohen will be a star witness, i think that's fair, yes? >> yes. but not the only witness. i can't tell you too much -- >> i didn't say only, lanny. >> but i am saying to eryone and you're aware of this that there are multiple witnesses that document that donald trump directed michael cohen to pay for this money to deprive the american people of the information that might have changed the election. >> and that's important, and you're
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. >> that says a lot about our system, michael. >> michael beschloss, i wish we had more time. we could talk forever. thank you so much for being with us on this very important day. >> and thanks to you. >> thank you. >> that does it for this hour, chris, and we continue now. you'll be back tomorrow at 1:00. >> we'll be back at our regular hours tomorrow. jose diaz-balart is in for katy tur right now. >>> good afternoon, so good to be with you. i'm jose diaz-balart in for katy tur. this is just the beginning. it has been a historic day inside the manhattan courthouse. both sides completed their opening statements in donald trump's criminal hush money trial. the prosecution, zeroing in on donald trump's alleged attempts to interfere with the 2016 election saying they have receipts that prove the former president, quote, covered up a criminal experience by lying in his new york business records over and over and over again. now, the defense meanwhile says that former president simply didn't do anything wrong. quote, there's nothing wrong with trying to influence an election, todd
. >> that says a lot about our system, michael. >> michael beschloss, i wish we had more time. we could talk forever. thank you so much for being with us on this very important day. >> and thanks to you. >> thank you. >> that does it for this hour, chris, and we continue now. you'll be back tomorrow at 1:00. >> we'll be back at our regular hours tomorrow. jose diaz-balart is in for katy tur right now. >>> good afternoon, so good to be with you. i'm...
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even though he apparently never paid michael cohen this way before, coincidentally after michael cohen on his own volition and for his own reasons decided to take out a home equity line of credit in order to pay a star that he himself never met and never had with, coincidentally after michael cohen just decided to do that out of the goodness of his own heart for his own mysterious reasons that have nothing to do with donald trump, quits and that only after that happened, trump decided to start a new way of paying his longtime lawyer that involved $35,000.00 checks he signed in the oval office and it was all a coincidence and not of it had anything to do with the election. maybe. we will see. we are going to talk tonight about what prosecutors said about how they came up with the payment plan to michael cohen. personally, i unintentionally loudly started in court when i heard this, which was not at all polite. it annoyed the person sitting next to me. i will apologize and explain. we will talk about that. we will talk about the first witness, whose name is packer because the news guns l
even though he apparently never paid michael cohen this way before, coincidentally after michael cohen on his own volition and for his own reasons decided to take out a home equity line of credit in order to pay a star that he himself never met and never had with, coincidentally after michael cohen just decided to do that out of the goodness of his own heart for his own mysterious reasons that have nothing to do with donald trump, quits and that only after that happened, trump decided to start...
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and has trump said -- we know he goes bad on michael cohen yesterday. what has he said about david they've been friends and allies for decades. >> it was interesting because at trial you start with their most important witness and end with your strongest typically. this gave us a witness of where this is going and it was telling from the opening statement from the prosecution that they wanted to link this directly to the election. the whole groundwork leading up to david was trump ended this catch and kill for the campaign. it was to attack political opponents. it was for david -- and this is clearly where it's going. david was asked how we operated and orchestrated the catch and kill schemes. over $10,000 that editors had to ask him if they could spend that kind of money on sources and try to get stories. he will narrate the entirety of the relationship between trump and him and the national enquirer and that's why it makes them important. >> the prosecution is hoping he will be that narrator, neal? >> absolutely. i think the aim of the prosecution and
and has trump said -- we know he goes bad on michael cohen yesterday. what has he said about david they've been friends and allies for decades. >> it was interesting because at trial you start with their most important witness and end with your strongest typically. this gave us a witness of where this is going and it was telling from the opening statement from the prosecution that they wanted to link this directly to the election. the whole groundwork leading up to david was trump ended...
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michael cohen was pleased. you started to allude that to some extent this arrangement you came to at trump tower was mutually beneficial. you could explain what you meant by that. in writing positive stories about mr. trump and writing negative stores about his opponents it would increase news stand sales for the "national enquirer" so for me that was my benefit and then in publishing the stories it would benefit his campaign. brag team, the portion of the agreement that involved notifying mr. cohen about negativetories about women, what was the objective of that. david pecker, as i did in the past, when i notified michael cohen of a negative story, he would try to vet it himself to see if it is true or not and then go to the individual publication to make sure it wasn't getting published an getting killed. brag team, prior to that meeting have you ever purchased atory to the to print it? pecker, no. brag team. and how did that part of it, not publishing the stories help you? pecker, it didn't. crazy. >> fake f
michael cohen was pleased. you started to allude that to some extent this arrangement you came to at trump tower was mutually beneficial. you could explain what you meant by that. in writing positive stories about mr. trump and writing negative stores about his opponents it would increase news stand sales for the "national enquirer" so for me that was my benefit and then in publishing the stories it would benefit his campaign. brag team, the portion of the agreement that involved...
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michael cohen didn't go to jail. how imperative is it to make it simple. >> always important to try to make the story as -- >> the defense has a very different job. this feels like a reasonable doubt defense. there isn't evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the president knew about these checks. they'll chip away at the credibility of the witnesses, cohen, first and foremost, daniels herself. so lisa is right, the facts of the checks being written and the reports, that that will go in uncontested. the key facts that will be in dispute is the person and knowledge. then the ultimate trump card, so to speak -- not to use a bad pun -- is nullification. the wildcare is a juror who says, i can following the instructions, i'm going to listen to the evidence, i'm going to make my decision based on the facts presented in court, that's what gets the juror qualified, but thinking ennor that and says i don't care if the facts meet the law, i'm not going to vote for convict, because and i have problem with the whole things. th
michael cohen didn't go to jail. how imperative is it to make it simple. >> always important to try to make the story as -- >> the defense has a very different job. this feels like a reasonable doubt defense. there isn't evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the president knew about these checks. they'll chip away at the credibility of the witnesses, cohen, first and foremost, daniels herself. so lisa is right, the facts of the checks being written and the reports, that that will...
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and michael cohen was the go between. to your point, this is setting up the cohen testimony. >> how is that a crime? that's what the prosecutor has to prove. catch and kill is unseemly, gross, but it's not illegal. >> that's why the new york statute that was previewed previously in the motions that were dealt with prior to this case surviving the motions to dismiss, because you know, this is important. trials don't just materialize overnight. there was litigation. there was motion practice that happened that this indictment survived because a lot of people want to say there's nothing here. there's no there there. donald trump whipping out like a toddler, look at all of my friends saying there's no crime here. well, jonathan turley is not the gold standard for that. so what happened is when you heard the testimony through pecker that there was a conspiracy, and the conspiracy existed with the defendant and michael cohen, and now david pecker, and you heard that the purpose of all of these catch and kill were to insure ther
and michael cohen was the go between. to your point, this is setting up the cohen testimony. >> how is that a crime? that's what the prosecutor has to prove. catch and kill is unseemly, gross, but it's not illegal. >> that's why the new york statute that was previewed previously in the motions that were dealt with prior to this case surviving the motions to dismiss, because you know, this is important. trials don't just materialize overnight. there was litigation. there was motion...
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michael cohen and stormy daniels both have been public about how michael cohen page stormy done daniels for her silence. one that is in dispute. what trump has disputed since the story became public in 2018 was whether trump knew about it. whether ciampa knew at the time that his payments to michael cohen were in fact a reimbursement to michael cohen for fronting the hush money to stormy daniels.>> what trump knew about that reimbursement system and when he knew it will also be central to the case. which is what makes these less recognizable names also very interesting. jeffrey mccarney and madeline -- mccarney was the former controller for the trump organization. he would've had access and may be even needed to approve the payments to michael cohen. which we are all classified as payments for legal services. wester house was trump's oval office secretary cohen was being reimbursed by trump. because trump was doing all of this reimbursing while he was in the white house as the president she would've had a front row seat. and that is not even the whole potential witness list. joining me
michael cohen and stormy daniels both have been public about how michael cohen page stormy done daniels for her silence. one that is in dispute. what trump has disputed since the story became public in 2018 was whether trump knew about it. whether ciampa knew at the time that his payments to michael cohen were in fact a reimbursement to michael cohen for fronting the hush money to stormy daniels.>> what trump knew about that reimbursement system and when he knew it will also be central to...
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michael cohen. so, there is really michael cohen was steering it and our client really just said, the minimal. so, that's what they're going to have to do if that audio, the defense, but clearly the prosecution is going to say, look, detail oriented, micromanager, listen to the tape, it speaks for itself. >> one thing that occurred to me when i listened to this again yesterday, this gets at the heart of beyond a reasonable doubt, right? you can make an argument as catherine just did on both sides of this, but in the context of the trial, what will the jury find as most believable, beyond a reasonable doubt? >> you can certainly almost always make an argument on both sides of any question. the question is can you make a credible argument on both sides? you're playing one audiotape. and it is important. but it is not going to be by itself determinative, chris. it will be important to corroborate what cohen says, it will be important to corroborate what pecker says, and it may corroborate what other pe
michael cohen. so, there is really michael cohen was steering it and our client really just said, the minimal. so, that's what they're going to have to do if that audio, the defense, but clearly the prosecution is going to say, look, detail oriented, micromanager, listen to the tape, it speaks for itself. >> one thing that occurred to me when i listened to this again yesterday, this gets at the heart of beyond a reasonable doubt, right? you can make an argument as catherine just did on...
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says and point to what michael cohen says so what what he says has greater credibility than michael cohen himself. >> ankush khardori, let's talk about the order of all of this. the prosecution starts with the blockbuster witness, david pecker. now they are moving into the nitty-gritty. what kind of strategy goes into the sequence here? >> i think it is largely chronological, so far, as i can see it. they are just trying to lay out, tell the story in a simple chronological fashion, the best way to tell a story often is chronologically. but, i think that is what is happening here. i expect at some point, perhaps even next week, they are going to need to start to move into, okay, how are these records, how are these payments booked internally within the trump organization. maybe next week or the following week, at some point, the trial needs to get there. that is the meat and potatoes of the actual charges against trump. >> eugene, trump keeps complaining about the trial keeping him off the campaign trail and wednesday, when, you know, wednesday was his one day off from court this week, and
says and point to what michael cohen says so what what he says has greater credibility than michael cohen himself. >> ankush khardori, let's talk about the order of all of this. the prosecution starts with the blockbuster witness, david pecker. now they are moving into the nitty-gritty. what kind of strategy goes into the sequence here? >> i think it is largely chronological, so far, as i can see it. they are just trying to lay out, tell the story in a simple chronological fashion,...
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it wasn't michael cohen. who had sex with stormy daniels, it wasn't michael cohen. who it a love affair with karen mcdougal. it wasn't michael cohen. >> al this last witness is because they know they are going to try to say it was michael cohen who did this personally. >> he department benefit at all. i'm trying to pick up on the common sense thing. >> let me just say a cohen point right now, both sides the defense has take a call of calling him cohen instead of the first name and trying to dirty him up in a sort of opportunity toir way. even the prosecution has put in a few things about he's a challenging kind of client for that bank guy. pecker thinks he exaggerates. so the jury, i'm sure, is very curious to see this guy. and i think the da's main task, they have laid the tracks well, but they know that cohen is coming. their main task is between hicks, between pecker, and then the paperwork is to corroborate every single hole so at the end of the day, they can get up and say, look, michael cohen, first of all, you can believe him for these reasons, but even if yo
it wasn't michael cohen. who had sex with stormy daniels, it wasn't michael cohen. who it a love affair with karen mcdougal. it wasn't michael cohen. >> al this last witness is because they know they are going to try to say it was michael cohen who did this personally. >> he department benefit at all. i'm trying to pick up on the common sense thing. >> let me just say a cohen point right now, both sides the defense has take a call of calling him cohen instead of the first name...
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both michael cohen can too, depending on how he testifies. he's got a lot more credibility issues than david pecker. >> i think some may be surprised to learn through this process that paparazzi were being sent to meetings when there was no interest in it. and maybe that the -- you know, martians maybe weren't real. interesting also to see, vaughn, how right now there is that attempt by the defense to damage the credibility of david pecker, specifically on things he said about donald trump and whether donald trump thanked him or did not thank him. >> right, that january 2017 meeting that we're talking about at trump tower when we were -- first got on the show, jose, in which david pecker testified that he went to trump tower there, and just after a meeting that donald trump had with the likes of james comey, reince priebus and sean spicer there, two weeks before he was sworn in as president, david pecker replaced all the individuals and had testified this week that that is where donald trump had thanked him for purchasing the rights to dino t
both michael cohen can too, depending on how he testifies. he's got a lot more credibility issues than david pecker. >> i think some may be surprised to learn through this process that paparazzi were being sent to meetings when there was no interest in it. and maybe that the -- you know, martians maybe weren't real. interesting also to see, vaughn, how right now there is that attempt by the defense to damage the credibility of david pecker, specifically on things he said about donald...
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>> michael's my attorney and you'll have to ask michael. >> do you know where he got the money to make that payment? >> no, i don't know. >> what trump knew about that reimbursement system and when he knew it will also be central to the case, which is what makes these less recognizable names also very interesting, jeffrey mcconnie. he would have had access and maybe needed to approve the payments to michael cohen which were all classified as payments for legal services. westerhaut was the oval office secretary and because trump was doing all this reimbursing while he was in the white house as the president, she would have had a front row seat. that's not even the whole potential witness list. joining me now to discuss our msnbc legal correspondent lisa ruben and ankush khandori. you were more informed, lisa, given your following and deep legal expertise. who among those names stuck out as being essential to the prosecution's case? >> people are going to be talking when this trial gets underway about madeline westerhaut and that's because when donald trump engaged in his repayment of mi
>> michael's my attorney and you'll have to ask michael. >> do you know where he got the money to make that payment? >> no, i don't know. >> what trump knew about that reimbursement system and when he knew it will also be central to the case, which is what makes these less recognizable names also very interesting, jeffrey mcconnie. he would have had access and maybe needed to approve the payments to michael cohen which were all classified as payments for legal services....
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the paybacks to michael cohen. is it going to matter there's not a paper document or digital document that confirms that donald trump knew what the hush money was for. >> you almost never have the agreement reduced to writing. >> i hereby declare that i'm a part of the conspiracy. >> hey, katy, let's you and i go defraud the irs, and you both sign it. i'm being nice as a prosecutor if you did, but you don't. so how important a witness is michael cohen? he's important. he comes with a ton of baggage, but, look, first of all, prosecutors are used to dealing with witnesses who come with a ton of baggage. second. what they will do is draw the line, every bad thing about michael cohen, will be induced by the prosecutors. they're going to tell the jury so that the jury is hearing it from the government and not the defense on cross. that's a tried and true technique. and then, to your point, yes, absolutely, katy, some of the intent evidence will come from cohen. this case doesn't simply turn on michael cohen, there's a l
the paybacks to michael cohen. is it going to matter there's not a paper document or digital document that confirms that donald trump knew what the hush money was for. >> you almost never have the agreement reduced to writing. >> i hereby declare that i'm a part of the conspiracy. >> hey, katy, let's you and i go defraud the irs, and you both sign it. i'm being nice as a prosecutor if you did, but you don't. so how important a witness is michael cohen? he's important. he comes...
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his name is also michael. michael lawrence. he and speck had been cellmates. >> this is like 6 degrees of separation. everyone in this case. >> the puzzle pieces were starting to come together. >> the police that they could put both michael's and that silver car the night nancy was shot. it would be up to a jury to figure out frank howard had paid them to kill his wife. >>> the case begins in the witnesses sure are colorful, but are they credible? very questionable characters. >> absolutely. >> how'd you get the jury to believe what they're saying? even a little blurry vision can distort things. and something serious may be behind those itchy eyes. up to 50% of people with graves' could develop a different condition called thyroid eye disease, which should be treated by a different doctor. see an expert. find a t-e-d eye specialist at isitted.com [♪♪] your skin is ever-changing, take care of it with gold bond's age renew formulations of 7 moisturizers and 3 vitamins. for all your skins, gold bond. what is cirkul? cirkul is
his name is also michael. michael lawrence. he and speck had been cellmates. >> this is like 6 degrees of separation. everyone in this case. >> the puzzle pieces were starting to come together. >> the police that they could put both michael's and that silver car the night nancy was shot. it would be up to a jury to figure out frank howard had paid them to kill his wife. >>> the case begins in the witnesses sure are colorful, but are they credible? very questionable...
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>> every criminal defense lawyer's dream is to cross michael cohen. that's what all the criminal defense lawyers are talking about. we're all thinking about lou we would start the cross, what we would do on the cross. the guy has a ton of baggage. it's going to be -- the defense will want to make the case about him as opposed to all these other sort of ministerial witnesses. they want it not about the dock -- documents or the money. it's about michael cohen. they will spend a lot of time crossing him. stormy daniels, too. i suspect you will see the other lawyer cross examine stormy daniels. >> something that the prosecution has been preparing for, i think we know or have a good enough sense the federal prosecutors did not bring charges because they were worried about michael cohen's credibility. david's absolutely right here. the prosecution has been preparing for it. that's one of the reasons they put david pecker on the stand first, to establish through an independent witness some of the facts they're going to hear from michael cohen himself and tha
>> every criminal defense lawyer's dream is to cross michael cohen. that's what all the criminal defense lawyers are talking about. we're all thinking about lou we would start the cross, what we would do on the cross. the guy has a ton of baggage. it's going to be -- the defense will want to make the case about him as opposed to all these other sort of ministerial witnesses. they want it not about the dock -- documents or the money. it's about michael cohen. they will spend a lot of time...
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right, if michael cohen -- if there's a defense witness that could undermine michael cohen's testimony, it's probably allen weisselberg, isn't it? >> it is. but i think michael cohen undermines michael cohen because he's rich with all sorts of material you can challenge him with, the things he says, his the intent, his motive, his change of story, his own convictions. if you recall at one point trump said you shouldn't be able to testify michael cohen because of your history and what you've found to misrepresent. that's not how the law works. you can cross examine him but can't preclude him. also the prosecution is not putting it solely on michael cohen's shoulders. it's not the michael cohen opportunity. it's beyond and more. >> you can see already from the list of witnesses this is not going to be just michael cohen although he'll certainly figure largely in it. it does seem just reading the tea leaves, donald trump does not want this trial to start, right? i think every single day this week and it's only wednesday, he has filed a request to stay the trial for some different reason e
right, if michael cohen -- if there's a defense witness that could undermine michael cohen's testimony, it's probably allen weisselberg, isn't it? >> it is. but i think michael cohen undermines michael cohen because he's rich with all sorts of material you can challenge him with, the things he says, his the intent, his motive, his change of story, his own convictions. if you recall at one point trump said you shouldn't be able to testify michael cohen because of your history and what...
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michael steele, you have michael cohen on this weekend, the only live interview with michael cohen before the trial. congratulations on that. i want to show you, because i think in -- and i know we deal with the facts on earth one and there is not a lot of debate among those of us living here. but the facts are so well established. they're co-signed by a federal judge. doj putted their signature on it in the form of michael cohen and he testified about trump's role in overseeing the conspiracy to catch and kill stories using the "national enquirer" and michael cohen was the cutout. let me show you that testimony. >> in 2016, prior to the election, i was contacted by keith davidson, who is the attorney or was the attorney for mostly sunny clifford, for stormy daniels. and after several rounds of conversation with him about purchasing her life rights for $130,000, what i did each and every time is go straight into mr. trump's office and discuss the issue with him. when it was ultimately determined that this was days before the election that perfect -- that mr. trump was going to pay the $13
michael steele, you have michael cohen on this weekend, the only live interview with michael cohen before the trial. congratulations on that. i want to show you, because i think in -- and i know we deal with the facts on earth one and there is not a lot of debate among those of us living here. but the facts are so well established. they're co-signed by a federal judge. doj putted their signature on it in the form of michael cohen and he testified about trump's role in overseeing the conspiracy...
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he was going to kill michael. >> jane took michael to the beach that day and they were late getting home. >> dave was upset. started screaming, nobody respects me. >> jane put michael to bed, got into pajamas herself and waited for dave's anger to subside. >> he was not calming down. at 1030 or 11:00 he came out of the room upset and angry. >> that is when she saw the gun. >> he starts talking about michael, how they do not respect him and he will blow his head off. he grabs her and throws her against the wall and she falls down and crawls backwards with her hands and feet toward the back door. somehow she gets him out onto the patio. >> and out in the darkness dave stumbled on the patio. >> he loses his balance and that is her opportunity. she tries to grab the gun, the go to the ground and the gun goes off. she eventually gets the gun and empties it. >> then she said she ran back into the house, put the gun inside the grandfather clock and called 911. >> she has no idea he is dead, she thinks he is getting back up. >> so yes she lied about the prowler but did it almost automatical
he was going to kill michael. >> jane took michael to the beach that day and they were late getting home. >> dave was upset. started screaming, nobody respects me. >> jane put michael to bed, got into pajamas herself and waited for dave's anger to subside. >> he was not calming down. at 1030 or 11:00 he came out of the room upset and angry. >> that is when she saw the gun. >> he starts talking about michael, how they do not respect him and he will blow his...
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michael cohen, suzanne. what's your sense of the trump team's mind-set and how concerned trump might be about some of these people taking the stand? >> i have to say when i looked at that lineup, i think they're all going to be a strong supporting cast. i think michael cohen is kind of considered the main narrator, he's in the middle of all of it. you look, hope hicks is one that's definitely going to be powerful. david pecker was running the national inquirer and had an arrangement with donald trump. they were friends, and he had offered to be sort of the eyes and ears of the campaign. and how that works when you're sitting at the national inquirer is a lot of stories come into the national inquirer where somebody like stormy daniels wants a payment for their story. normally the national inquirer will buy it and run it. a lot of people know this term now, a catch and kill. he was in the middle of some of those payments, either in the case of one of them that made the payment and other ones was going back an
michael cohen, suzanne. what's your sense of the trump team's mind-set and how concerned trump might be about some of these people taking the stand? >> i have to say when i looked at that lineup, i think they're all going to be a strong supporting cast. i think michael cohen is kind of considered the main narrator, he's in the middle of all of it. you look, hope hicks is one that's definitely going to be powerful. david pecker was running the national inquirer and had an arrangement with...
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michael steele. i want to show you -- >> all right. >> -- we say is the criminal trial breaking through? here's how it's breaking through on late night. >> today is a day off in donald trump's hush money trial which is good. i'm sure he needs time to rest after all of that napping. >> grant-a-clause got up early to post 165 venomous words. >> jury number 4 who said of the expresident i find him fascinating and mysterious. >> fascinating and mysterious, he's not a channel. >> fascinating and mysterious is not what i would say about donald trump. this is where we are. good conversation mixed in with the humor because there are elements of this trial that people are going to find very funny when it's all said and done. >> yeah. >> it's good to set the comedy up front. >> you have the laughs and you are reminded that punch lines mean someone's famous. if you have an snl impression and you're in congress. >> right. >> you must be getting attention. >> you must be getting attention. that's how americans di
michael steele. i want to show you -- >> all right. >> -- we say is the criminal trial breaking through? here's how it's breaking through on late night. >> today is a day off in donald trump's hush money trial which is good. i'm sure he needs time to rest after all of that napping. >> grant-a-clause got up early to post 165 venomous words. >> jury number 4 who said of the expresident i find him fascinating and mysterious. >> fascinating and mysterious, he's...
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that is david pecker and michael cohen. that establishes the agreement as long as the jury believes the witnesses, right? then once you have the agreement? what's it for? it's to conceal the fact and these are the words that are going to come from the judge, that come from the judge. to conceal the agreement to unlawfully influence the 2016 election. so that goes back to your . point as why would michael cohen do that? how does he benefit from that? he does not benefit from this agreement. donald trump is the one who benefitted and the witnesses we believe will be lined up are the ones like hope hicks who was on the campaign and we know from the search warrant from the southern district of new york that the precise times of calls calls that we know that the district attorney is looking at to establish hope hicks as a campaign operative actively and consistently in communication with michael cohen including a call that donald trump was on. right? all of this evidence to your point unless there is some way that the defense ca
that is david pecker and michael cohen. that establishes the agreement as long as the jury believes the witnesses, right? then once you have the agreement? what's it for? it's to conceal the fact and these are the words that are going to come from the judge, that come from the judge. to conceal the agreement to unlawfully influence the 2016 election. so that goes back to your . point as why would michael cohen do that? how does he benefit from that? he does not benefit from this agreement....
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was saying his client was responding to the attacks against him from the likes of stormy daniels and michael cohen, and he was unable to give specifics, and then there were multiple reposts and todd blanche was not able to specifically answer if donald trump was endorsing those, other than saying they were not statements by donald 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
was saying his client was responding to the attacks against him from the likes of stormy daniels and michael cohen, and he was unable to give specifics, and then there were multiple reposts and todd blanche was not able to specifically answer if donald trump was endorsing those, other than saying they were not statements by donald 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...
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she is a loyalist and here she is, taking the stand to cooperate michael cohen? that would be must-see tv if only they had cameras in the courtroom. >> you put that vision in my mind. i do not want to picture that. last words, perry. who are you most interested in seeing and why? >> michael cohen, just because -- he is at the center of this, but we also know what will be interesting is this is -- you will see fireworks from president donald 's team as they cross-examine michael cohen and try to really take away his credibility in the eyes of the jury. from both sides on that one, it will be an interesting one and important one to watch >> a great chat. i would love to see you here again soon. thank you. >>> their lives changed in an instant. the damage left behind for more than 100 tornadoes that touched down this weekend. we are back in 60 seconds. seco. >>> more breaking news. college student standing call is that -- solidarity vowing to give up their protest on campus is across the country. this as jewish leaders and some lawmakers demand president joe biden t
she is a loyalist and here she is, taking the stand to cooperate michael cohen? that would be must-see tv if only they had cameras in the courtroom. >> you put that vision in my mind. i do not want to picture that. last words, perry. who are you most interested in seeing and why? >> michael cohen, just because -- he is at the center of this, but we also know what will be interesting is this is -- you will see fireworks from president donald 's team as they cross-examine michael...
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michael cohen. >> it's exciting to me because i do believe jury selection is the most important thing. because for trump, i anticipate he's going to try to do things like have his lawyers exclude anybody black. right? he's going to try to get them to include people who love maga. people who watch the apprentice. what are the kind of questions his lawyers will ask to get him an ideal jury? >> they won't be, because remember, the prosecutor and the defense can strike people and don't have to give reason. they have ten each. so and you can also challenge people for cause. clearly, someone who is like, i'm a maga, you know -- >> you can exclude them. >> you can exclude them. in terms of them knocking people off because of their race, typically you think the prosecutor is the only one who can be challenged with that, there's also in new york defense can also challenge. you can as a defense attorney get all the asians off or all the blacks off. i anticipate the prosecutors making that point, too, to the j
michael cohen. >> it's exciting to me because i do believe jury selection is the most important thing. because for trump, i anticipate he's going to try to do things like have his lawyers exclude anybody black. right? he's going to try to get them to include people who love maga. people who watch the apprentice. what are the kind of questions his lawyers will ask to get him an ideal jury? >> they won't be, because remember, the prosecutor and the defense can strike people and don't...
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he's a legal adviser to michael cohen. jamie raskin is here as well. >>> i want to start with the breaking news out of the middle east. overnight, iran carried out an hour long airborne attack inside israel marching more than 300 missiles and drones. 99% of the incoming fire was intercepted. thanks to the iron dome and defense systems funded by the united states and a coordinated effort. only a few of the missiles launched actually entered israel causing minor damage at an israeli air base. a young girl was injured biochip fell, but no reports of other casualties. iran says it was in retaliation for the israeli strike on a building in damascus syria that killed several commanders earlier this month. now, despite being adversaries for more than 40 years, this marks the first time iran launched a direct attack on israel from inside their own territory. and for that reason, it is unprecedented. it's important to remember that. iran also made clear last night, through a statement issued by the u.n. mission that they were done.
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michael's my attorney. and you'll have to ask michael. >> what trump knew about that reimbursement system and when he knew it will also be central to the case, a which is what makes these less recognizable names also veryec interesting. jeffrey mcconney and madeleine. mcconney was the former controlleras for the trump administration. he would have had t access and maybe needed to approve the payments to michael cohen, which were all classified as payments for legal services. trump's oval office secretary during the period when cohen was being reimbursed by trump. because trump was doing all this reimbursing when he was in the white house as president, she a front row seat. and that's not even the whole potential witness list. joining me now to discuss our msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin and kush kadori. lisa, i was interested in this potential witness list, and i'm sure you were interested and more informed in following this case and deep legal expertise. who among those names stuck out to youuc as bei
michael's my attorney. and you'll have to ask michael. >> what trump knew about that reimbursement system and when he knew it will also be central to the case, a which is what makes these less recognizable names also veryec interesting. jeffrey mcconney and madeleine. mcconney was the former controlleras for the trump administration. he would have had t access and maybe needed to approve the payments to michael cohen, which were all classified as payments for legal services. trump's oval...
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michael is right. donald trump has been a huge stress test on a lot of democratic institutions, and he's going to be a stress test on our judicial system. he's being judged by a jury of his peers. that's a powerful thing about democracy. ordinary people are going to decide his fate. and the stakes are really high. you heard that in the opening arguments today. his lawyers are arguing, nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. >> how important is it to have some kind of outcome, not a mistrial, some decision in this case? >> i think it's absolutely essentially, and we may not get it. we've got to be grown-up americans and say our system works, and it's not always perfect and doesn't always give us a resolution that everyone agrees with. and the other thing, and this draws totally on what mara just said, a feature of 2024 and the time that we're living in, you know, there was a verdict, for instance, with richard nixon to use that example. he was driven out of office to avoid going to prison, a
michael is right. donald trump has been a huge stress test on a lot of democratic institutions, and he's going to be a stress test on our judicial system. he's being judged by a jury of his peers. that's a powerful thing about democracy. ordinary people are going to decide his fate. and the stakes are really high. you heard that in the opening arguments today. his lawyers are arguing, nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. >> how important is it to have some kind of outcome,...
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michael's been on the show a lot. >> we know. he's a good person, let me just tell you that he represents me like with this crazy stormy daniels deal. he represented me and, you know, from -- >> that's so creepy. that's the first time he said my name. two weeks he said he knew nothing about me or any of that when he was on air force one. >> that's courtesy of a documentary and it gives you a little bit of miss daniels' view going through some of this. that was a long time ago and the incident was an even longer time ago. very few people could see how those events could lead to this first-ever criminal trial of a former president, but most people didn't know about any of this. defendant trump had some inkling it might get out of control. he had his plots. he had his deals. he had his schemes and he had his instinct for how to avoid that. let's just do it in cash and let's be clear about how things work and by the way, the d.a. may make this point to the jury. those types of plots and tactics and hiding have worked for donald trump
michael's been on the show a lot. >> we know. he's a good person, let me just tell you that he represents me like with this crazy stormy daniels deal. he represented me and, you know, from -- >> that's so creepy. that's the first time he said my name. two weeks he said he knew nothing about me or any of that when he was on air force one. >> that's courtesy of a documentary and it gives you a little bit of miss daniels' view going through some of this. that was a long time ago...
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>> michael, of course, this is not just about former president trump. we don't want any president of any party ever in the future to have the immunity from criminal prosecution if he or she were to violate criminal laws. we believe it would destroy the unity that has to exist in the military. the military operates through a chain of command. it operates by reflexively just following the orders that you are given. it operates because we share a sense that the reason these orders were given was to protect the nation from foreign enemies, was to defend ourselves and that we are all on the same page. we are also putting the constitution, we are all doing what needs to be done to protect our country within the rule of law. now all of a sudden you are being faced with a situation where you are not sure you are getting the order from the president but there is another voice telling you wait, that is unlawful and i'm not supposed to follow unlawful orders. then, what do you do? that is a recipe for chaos and division within our military that we believe would se
>> michael, of course, this is not just about former president trump. we don't want any president of any party ever in the future to have the immunity from criminal prosecution if he or she were to violate criminal laws. we believe it would destroy the unity that has to exist in the military. the military operates through a chain of command. it operates by reflexively just following the orders that you are given. it operates because we share a sense that the reason these orders were given...
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trump's longtime personal assistant and michael collins banker take the stand as the first week of testimony comes to an end. >>> protests over the war in gaza are spreading across america's college campuses. with the growing unrest could mean for president biden's re- election campaign. >>> from books online to e- commerce giants, how amazon became the retailer with everything, everywhere, all at once. "the 11th hour" gets underway on this friday night. >>> good evening, i'm jonathan capehart. we are now 193 days away from the election and today, attorneys for presidential candidate, donald trump, tried to poke holes in a tabloid publisher's sworn testimony after four days stand, david pecker wrapped up testimony in the trump's new york criminal trial , that he helped the trump campaign by covering up true but damaging stories about him. we then heard from tumor witnesses, a banker and trump's longtime executive assistant. here is laura jarrett with moore. check by the prosecution closed out the first week of testimony by offering the jury a peek inside the inner workings of the trump organ
trump's longtime personal assistant and michael collins banker take the stand as the first week of testimony comes to an end. >>> protests over the war in gaza are spreading across america's college campuses. with the growing unrest could mean for president biden's re- election campaign. >>> from books online to e- commerce giants, how amazon became the retailer with everything, everywhere, all at once. "the 11th hour" gets underway on this friday night. >>>...
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michael steele is with us as well. these are not good numbers for trump. >> can you see the smile on my face? >> i see it. >> they are not good numbers. i was pleasantly surprised. think about how intense you have to be to go vote for somebody that's to longer in convention. it's decided. he will be the nominee. >> it's a protest. >> yeah. i want to hear -- i want the republican party to hear my voice. i am done with trump. i think the question is, does that mean they vote for biden or do they sit it out in november? >> michael steele, what did you make of the numbers? obviously, the closed primary aspect of it makes it a more troubling political development for the trump team. >> yeah, i think that's an important aspect of it. you do need to distinguish it from what we saw in new hampshire, for example, where it was an open primary. a lot of democrats and interests -- independents voted in that which changed the numbers. here you talking about a closed primary, all republicans that are only allowed to vote. it sends a
michael steele is with us as well. these are not good numbers for trump. >> can you see the smile on my face? >> i see it. >> they are not good numbers. i was pleasantly surprised. think about how intense you have to be to go vote for somebody that's to longer in convention. it's decided. he will be the nominee. >> it's a protest. >> yeah. i want to hear -- i want the republican party to hear my voice. i am done with trump. i think the question is, does that mean...
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michael cohen has admitted he has misled in prior testimony. what are the risks the prosecution runs with starting with people who have these aassociations? >> listen, i think i'm not a lawyer but prosecutors tell me in an ideal world all of the witnesses could be nuns or librarians. that's nut the world in which -- >> not in this trial. >> not at all, right? one of the things, what they have in this trial is first-hand evidence from people. they've got a series of canceled checks from donald trump many of which were written -- made out while he was sitting in the oval office. there's audio recording that we're going to see, first-hand information. donald trump's voice. so the prosecution has a lot of things on its side. >> anthony, stay with me for the next story. concerns another legal case against donald trump. newly unsealed transcripts reveal that a high level trump white house staffer warned him that he could be indicted if he didn't return the classified documents that he took with him when leaving office. yesterday nearly 400 pages of i
michael cohen has admitted he has misled in prior testimony. what are the risks the prosecution runs with starting with people who have these aassociations? >> listen, i think i'm not a lawyer but prosecutors tell me in an ideal world all of the witnesses could be nuns or librarians. that's nut the world in which -- >> not in this trial. >> not at all, right? one of the things, what they have in this trial is first-hand evidence from people. they've got a series of canceled...
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peter baker, mccaffrey, and michael allen still with us. general, knowing the capabilities of these two countries, what are your biggest concerns at this moment? >> well, i think the bottom line is, that iran has a major attack capability with elastic missiles, cruise missiles, and unmanned drones, which if we take the foreign minister at his word, presumably will be unleashed on israel israel has a tremendous attack capability of their own, after strike fighters, that can, without question, penetrate iranian airspace and go after strategic targets. the two hammers are out. tw the question is, what will the iranian student! one can only hope the biden admin, sector blinken, and others, they will be on the phone wanting to back off what looks like an impending major escalation of the war, which will devastate iran and possibly draw in other belligerents at the same time. >> hi how if a hurdle is that for secretary blinken to try to do something like that, given the tensions between these two countries? the actions they have taken in the last
peter baker, mccaffrey, and michael allen still with us. general, knowing the capabilities of these two countries, what are your biggest concerns at this moment? >> well, i think the bottom line is, that iran has a major attack capability with elastic missiles, cruise missiles, and unmanned drones, which if we take the foreign minister at his word, presumably will be unleashed on israel israel has a tremendous attack capability of their own, after strike fighters, that can, without...
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the michael cohen federal case revelations, michael cohen pleading guilty, coming clean, saying what happened, that left in its wake not just like a slimy trail of, yuck, don't let the kids read the news anymore. it leftws in its wake one legitimately baffling question, which was, wait, now, who's getting in trouble for this now? who's the one person getting in trouble for this crime? just michael cohen, really? he's going to federal prison for years, and he's the only one? why is that? why is he the only one? you know why that was. we now know why that was. and it's really bad. it's one of the worst things we learned about donald trump's behavior as president and what he waspr able to do as presiden. he tell ourselves all these stories now about,rs oh, you kn, thank god there were adults in the rooman that said no to him. we should be worried if there won't be adults in the room next time. we tell ourselves feel good stories. oh, thank goodness the institutions held, and he wasn't able to wreck the american system of government and the american rule of law the way he wanted tto. rea
the michael cohen federal case revelations, michael cohen pleading guilty, coming clean, saying what happened, that left in its wake not just like a slimy trail of, yuck, don't let the kids read the news anymore. it leftws in its wake one legitimately baffling question, which was, wait, now, who's getting in trouble for this now? who's the one person getting in trouble for this crime? just michael cohen, really? he's going to federal prison for years, and he's the only one? why is that? why is...
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cohen's idea to do all of this, and i'm sorry, michael cohen took out a home equity loan of thousands upon thousands of dollars on his own in order to pay off stormy daniels? no lawyer does that, zero, the idea that he would have done it on his own out of the goodness of his own heart or something, thoroughly implausible. second, you put on the screen before, todd blanche, trump's lawyers statement saying there's nothing wrong with influencing an election, it's called democracy, that is illegally bogus department because influencing an election is sometimes legal or illegal, if you vote for someone to vote for you it's illegal, here trump is accused of trying to hide the gifts essentially to him, and avoid the transparency that the campaign-finance laws require, that's a crime every day of the week third, he says, well, these payments are for purely legal experience experiment -- expenses, and that i think, is going to be a problem we will hear a lot about over the next month, stephanie as the child goes ford because as an attorney, the last thing you want to do is overpromise in your
cohen's idea to do all of this, and i'm sorry, michael cohen took out a home equity loan of thousands upon thousands of dollars on his own in order to pay off stormy daniels? no lawyer does that, zero, the idea that he would have done it on his own out of the goodness of his own heart or something, thoroughly implausible. second, you put on the screen before, todd blanche, trump's lawyers statement saying there's nothing wrong with influencing an election, it's called democracy, that is...