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pomerantz is a real person of interest. can you talk to me about why and hot how he might be useful? >> so i actually don't think he will be as useful as they would like him to be. so a few days ago, trump's team served a subpoena without notifying alan bragg's team or even asking for authorization from the court to serve a subpoena on a third party, and served it just a few days ago and is asking for a number of things, and ultimately, mark pomerantz, when he was running this before alvin bragg came he was the special assistant district attorney running the investigation. you know, presumably he has a lot of information, email's, a lot of memos that he wrote. in his view of the prosecution but all of that was turned over to the da, when he resigned quite some time ago and as the da points out, look, we've talked to him and said, do you have anything on your personal devices, do you have anything that we don't already have an in their opposition to the subpoena, they lay out, look here's all the efforts we made to get him,
pomerantz is a real person of interest. can you talk to me about why and hot how he might be useful? >> so i actually don't think he will be as useful as they would like him to be. so a few days ago, trump's team served a subpoena without notifying alan bragg's team or even asking for authorization from the court to serve a subpoena on a third party, and served it just a few days ago and is asking for a number of things, and ultimately, mark pomerantz, when he was running this before...
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pomerantz is a person of interest here. can you talk to me how and why he might be useful to the trump side of things? >> a few days ago trump's team served a subpoena without notifying alvin bragg's team or asking for authorization from the court, which is what a defendant had to do in a criminal case to serve a subpoena on a third party and served it a few days ago and is asking for a number of things, and ultimately mark pomerantz when he was running this before alvin bragg came, he was the special district attorney running this investigation, presumably he has a lot of information, a lot of e-mails, a lot of memos that he wrote in this view of the prosecution, and all of that was turned over to the d.a. when he resigned, you know, quite some time ago. and as the d.a. points out in their papers, look, we've talked to him, we've said do you have anything on your personal devices, do you have anything we don't already have, and in their oppositional subpoena they lay out, look here are the things to get to him, here are hi
pomerantz is a person of interest here. can you talk to me how and why he might be useful to the trump side of things? >> a few days ago trump's team served a subpoena without notifying alvin bragg's team or asking for authorization from the court, which is what a defendant had to do in a criminal case to serve a subpoena on a third party and served it a few days ago and is asking for a number of things, and ultimately mark pomerantz when he was running this before alvin bragg came, he...
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trump posted on his social about a potential witness again, asking whether the former prosecutor mark pomerantz would be prosecuted. joining me are my guests. adam, i've got to start with you. 18 years, you were with the d.a.'s office in manhattan and you happen to know juan merchan. >> we started in the office 30 years ago. rookie prosecutors together, and, you know, always judge merchan was a very serious prosecutor, serious guy in the office. and went on to take the bench a number of years ago, and has a great reputation as a judge. >> so to see judge merchan today saying to a lawyer, and you're a practicing law year right now too, to say you are losing all credibility with this court, what did you immediately think? >> well, you said it, right? words that as a lawyer in the courtroom, you never want to hear directed at you. you're pretty happy if they're directed at your adversary. so i think, look, you've been in trials. you know, people get frustrated, they get impatient. defense lawyers have to make arguments for their clients, and i think that judge merchan got frustrated and addressed
trump posted on his social about a potential witness again, asking whether the former prosecutor mark pomerantz would be prosecuted. joining me are my guests. adam, i've got to start with you. 18 years, you were with the d.a.'s office in manhattan and you happen to know juan merchan. >> we started in the office 30 years ago. rookie prosecutors together, and, you know, always judge merchan was a very serious prosecutor, serious guy in the office. and went on to take the bench a number of...
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another asks if they have read either of mark pomerantz's or michael cohen's books about the case. are these your typical jury questions? >> some of them are. let's say two corporations are going to trial against one another in a civil trial that had a jury. it would be typical to have questions, have you or any member of your family or close friends worked for corporation a or corporation b. it is typical to ask, do you know any of the lawyers here, do you know the law firm that they come from? those kinds of questions are typical. what is less typical here are the things about the jurors' political beliefs, not beliefs, but how strongly they feel those beliefs. they're not asking people, are you a republican or a democrat, who did you vote for, judge merchan said he's not going to ask that. but they're testing the intensity of feeling by asking things like, have you volunteered, what kind of media do you consume, how regularly do you consume it, right? they're trying to sus out are these people who can be fair, not do they have an opinion, but can they set the opinions aside and
another asks if they have read either of mark pomerantz's or michael cohen's books about the case. are these your typical jury questions? >> some of them are. let's say two corporations are going to trial against one another in a civil trial that had a jury. it would be typical to have questions, have you or any member of your family or close friends worked for corporation a or corporation b. it is typical to ask, do you know any of the lawyers here, do you know the law firm that they...
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of the deal, one of them read michael cohen's book, another individual said that they had read mark pomerantz's book about this case. so, kind of a fascinating look inside. i want to let you meet another dismissed juror here, who i just met a few moments ago this is mark. you're one of those individuals, correct me if i'm wrong, you rose your hand and you said you would not able to be fair and impartial. how did that play out? >> we were summoned and the judge read all the particulars of the case, how one was supposed to evaluate the law, and the evidence, and then he said, you know, if there is a reason that you don't think you could be impartial, or that you could be perceived as biased, that you should raise your hand. so, i raised my hand because i was certain that even if an intellectually i would be capable of being unbiased, because i satirized mr. trump often in my art work, that this would come to light and that were i to be seated on the trial, a, it would be dishonest for me to withhold that information, but there is -- there would be no way that blanch, not going is rely on the kind
of the deal, one of them read michael cohen's book, another individual said that they had read mark pomerantz's book about this case. so, kind of a fascinating look inside. i want to let you meet another dismissed juror here, who i just met a few moments ago this is mark. you're one of those individuals, correct me if i'm wrong, you rose your hand and you said you would not able to be fair and impartial. how did that play out? >> we were summoned and the judge read all the particulars of...
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question 35 and 36, have you read or listened to the books or podcasts by michael cohen, mike pomerantz or the defendant, donald trump? just hours ago, the judge in this case denied one of trumps any requests for delay, directed to trumps, that there had been too much publicity for a fair trial. considering there are still several issues outstanding, including for a motion for the judge to recuse himself, there remains a lot of that could happen between now and 9:30 monday morning. me is charles coleman, former prosecutor, no civil rights and criminal defense attorney and barbara mcquaid, who served as u.s. attorney in the eastern district of michigan, author of the book "attack from within," barbara, i want to start with you on the motion that, the adjournment motion that was filed by trumps lawyers basically saying there is too much pretrial publicity to have a fair trial. and, here's the order from judge merchan. defendant seeks a further adjournment of trial in light of pre-judicial pretrial publicity, which is substantial, ongoing, and likely to increase. the remedy defendant six i
question 35 and 36, have you read or listened to the books or podcasts by michael cohen, mike pomerantz or the defendant, donald trump? just hours ago, the judge in this case denied one of trumps any requests for delay, directed to trumps, that there had been too much publicity for a fair trial. considering there are still several issues outstanding, including for a motion for the judge to recuse himself, there remains a lot of that could happen between now and 9:30 monday morning. me is...