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karen mcdougal was doing. in other words, was she sufficiently happy to keep others quiet? when she wasn't, at a point in time after she had sued the "enquirer" and wanted to be released from her non-disclosure agreement, trump was furious to see the interview with anderson cooper. pecker recounted that information, as well, willie. >> it's interesting. shorthand for this trial for some has been the stomy daniels hush money case, but karen mcdougal was the focus yesterday. $150,000 that mr. pecker says he paid. hired her for a job. it was kind of a no-show job as a fitness writer, something like that. how does karen mcdougal factor into this case? how central is she? >> karen mcdougal is not central to the crime itself. remember, again, the manhattan d.a. has charged donald trump with falsification of business records. but what makes it a felony, according to the d.a., is that those business records were falsified with the intent to either commit or conceal a crime. they have now elaborated on that theory. bas
karen mcdougal was doing. in other words, was she sufficiently happy to keep others quiet? when she wasn't, at a point in time after she had sued the "enquirer" and wanted to be released from her non-disclosure agreement, trump was furious to see the interview with anderson cooper. pecker recounted that information, as well, willie. >> it's interesting. shorthand for this trial for some has been the stomy daniels hush money case, but karen mcdougal was the focus yesterday....
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he also talk about a conversation on the phone with donald trump when karen mcdougal surfaced. michael has told me about karen, what do you think? we know from david pecker's beginning testimony he talked to trump once he became a candidate at least once a week by phone and saw him in person once a month. what's notable about that, he saw and talked to trump more after he became a candidate than he did before. usually when people run for president of the united states and become a pay jar party nomination they have less time for the other people in their life as they're blanketing the trail. >> the check book journalism that was laid out in full display in the courtroom. definitely when i was growing up, you're younger, going to the grocery store with my mom there was national enquirer, crazy pictures of famous people and crazy stories, is the theme here is that enquirer could move the meter on the way people think, do people see this as journalism, is this surprising to the jury. >> one of the most disturbing parts as a journalist of this case to me, david pecker's description
he also talk about a conversation on the phone with donald trump when karen mcdougal surfaced. michael has told me about karen, what do you think? we know from david pecker's beginning testimony he talked to trump once he became a candidate at least once a week by phone and saw him in person once a month. what's notable about that, he saw and talked to trump more after he became a candidate than he did before. usually when people run for president of the united states and become a pay jar party...
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karen mcdougal is expected to testify, and the doorman they'll be hearing about who apparently had some information about donald trump that was false, but they paid him off, too. this is going to make it harder for donald trump to say, i know nothing, the whole sergeant schultz defense. you're part of the scheme. there's even a recording that michael cohen took secretly that shows trump knew about this, was part of this. it's not just some rogue accountant who did the falsification of business records, all part of this scheme that lasted a while and started way before stormy daniels. >> it's so interesting. amanda carpenter, there's so much going on in this trial, so much that's going to come out, lewd and lascivious behavior, details that perhaps donald trump would prefer not out there or not having to sit and listen to quietly in a chair in a courtroom. but beyond that, latisha james saying the money he posted in his fraught trial is no good. then you have i think this thursday oral arguments beginning, the supreme court taking up the immunity case with donald trump, and liz cheney pu
karen mcdougal is expected to testify, and the doorman they'll be hearing about who apparently had some information about donald trump that was false, but they paid him off, too. this is going to make it harder for donald trump to say, i know nothing, the whole sergeant schultz defense. you're part of the scheme. there's even a recording that michael cohen took secretly that shows trump knew about this, was part of this. it's not just some rogue accountant who did the falsification of business...
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mcdougal, and others had to say about their liaison with mr. trump. that set off a string of events. payments to michael cohen as retainers, when it was a passthrough to get money to these women to keep them quiet. so in the context of a trial, and i think context matters, you want to tell a jury why it happened. you don't have to prove motive, but if you can prove motive, it makes it a much more powerful case. look, to your question about whether or not this is risky, trials are always risky. government has a huge burden. they have to prove their case by proof beyond a reasonable doubt to a unanimous jury. there's always some risk. but if you can explain why things happen and tell it in a chronological fashion, i actually think that makes a more compelling story for a jury. one that is easier for them to latch onto and to follow. >> lisa, to that point, we've said in the leadup to this trial that this is, of course, a hush money case, but it is also an election interference case. that's not really what the prosecution is arguing, is it? in fac
mcdougal, and others had to say about their liaison with mr. trump. that set off a string of events. payments to michael cohen as retainers, when it was a passthrough to get money to these women to keep them quiet. so in the context of a trial, and i think context matters, you want to tell a jury why it happened. you don't have to prove motive, but if you can prove motive, it makes it a much more powerful case. look, to your question about whether or not this is risky, trials are always risky....
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mcdougal. boy, he really has laid this out how this works, this catch and kill form of journalism that he calls checkbook journalism, paying for these stories to protect donald trump over the years including in the weeks before the 2016 election. how damning from what you're seen just so far with another several days to go from david pecker and some cross examination, how damning has this been to donald trump? >> on a scale of 1 to 10, i would say an 8. pretty damning. strong start for the d.a. they didn't start with an accountant or a records witness, they came out with a big star witness. it's going to rivet a jury. in theory, you want the jury to pay attention the whole time. that would be nice. in practice, juries are made of people, and people slow over time no matter what the project. i think we all know that, and so to get david pecker on the stand day one talking about sex, lies, and videotape, talking about secret back room deals in 2015, talking about how this already somewhat sundry
mcdougal. boy, he really has laid this out how this works, this catch and kill form of journalism that he calls checkbook journalism, paying for these stories to protect donald trump over the years including in the weeks before the 2016 election. how damning from what you're seen just so far with another several days to go from david pecker and some cross examination, how damning has this been to donald trump? >> on a scale of 1 to 10, i would say an 8. pretty damning. strong start for...