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which publishes the national enquirer. he had a very cozy symbiotic relationship with donald trump and steinglass has been examining packer for the prosecution, talking specifically, not just about the previous catch and kill deals fuels that they had where the national enquirer would, by a story damaging to trump so that they would spike it, hide it from the public. they did that with a doorman's story from trump tower that apparently was just not based in reality, they paid $30,000 for it. it wasn't true. doesn't even we don't need to go into the details of that. the second story that apparently these individuals at the national enquirer thought was likely to be true, had to do with donald trump's alleged long-term relationship with 1998 playmate of the year, karen mcdougal. they paid her $150,000 for a column she was going to write for a magazine that was part of the ami em empire not specifically the national enquirer and they, and they were just going to have a ghostwriter write it and they ended up not publishing tha
which publishes the national enquirer. he had a very cozy symbiotic relationship with donald trump and steinglass has been examining packer for the prosecution, talking specifically, not just about the previous catch and kill deals fuels that they had where the national enquirer would, by a story damaging to trump so that they would spike it, hide it from the public. they did that with a doorman's story from trump tower that apparently was just not based in reality, they paid $30,000 for it. it...
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it is people who consume the national enquirer. david says that he attended donald trump's campaign announcement in june 2015. we all of course remember donald trump going descending the down the golden escalator and his comments about immigrants that's that's a subtle but important detail because that will stick into jury's mind and when the argument is made as karen was saying before, the reason they did this was to help his campaign. well, guess you're standing there when trump announced his campaign, david, donald trump watching as he testifies about being invited by michael cohen to a ten and event at trump tower when trump announced he was running for president. and so just a little bit of kahler, donald trump is watching the witness, perhaps not surprisingly, given the fact that he is testifying in the trial of donald trump, kaitlan collins, back to you in new york yeah, jake, it's fascinating what prosecutor seem to be doing is really kind of weaving all of these people. michael cohen, hope hicks into was david is laying th
it is people who consume the national enquirer. david says that he attended donald trump's campaign announcement in june 2015. we all of course remember donald trump going descending the down the golden escalator and his comments about immigrants that's that's a subtle but important detail because that will stick into jury's mind and when the argument is made as karen was saying before, the reason they did this was to help his campaign. well, guess you're standing there when trump announced his...
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enquirer a little bit differently. >> a lot of people believe what they read in the national enquirer, but a lot of people don't. >> this is in york jury it may be mixed what they think about it, but to meet the most interesting context was if this was a conspiracy to affect the election, what did they show today that pecker and trump were friends and there was a history. he went after ted cruz he went after marco rubio. there is a context for taking down donald trump's opponents. >> and he was helpful to trump this is not an enemy of donald trump's like michael cohen as a sworn enemy right now. so, you know, pecker was saying, yeah, you know, we were friends for a very long time and i did whatever i could do to help him and he got me invited to parties and he invited me to the presidential announcement so they portrayed pecker as somebody who wasn't coming in to stick a knife in donald trump's back, but was rather somebody in there to kind of just tell what had happened. >> that's what i think is so interesting about some of this testimony today, which is in yesterday, which is that
enquirer a little bit differently. >> a lot of people believe what they read in the national enquirer, but a lot of people don't. >> this is in york jury it may be mixed what they think about it, but to meet the most interesting context was if this was a conspiracy to affect the election, what did they show today that pecker and trump were friends and there was a history. he went after ted cruz he went after marco rubio. there is a context for taking down donald trump's opponents....
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anyway, because that's what the national enquirer does. and it was good for business for them because they would benefit their readers, was like donald trump, that was one of the things that came out in the testimony that they had prior to that meeting, they had already published negative stories, isn't that right away? they had been carson? >> and they went through a couple of things that they showed that the gordian had already published a lot of these stories about ben carson the national enquirer was just recycling it and that it was coinciding with poll results. and they also establish that the national enquirer had already done a bunch of negative stories on bill and hillary clinton that predated this meeting. so it wasn't something that was necessarily hatched then saying there was already a pattern here. so trying to really emphasizing this is what the national enquirer does. and then prosecutors trying to say, but everything was different in 2015 because they did some of these things like bearing the karen mcdougal story that didn
anyway, because that's what the national enquirer does. and it was good for business for them because they would benefit their readers, was like donald trump, that was one of the things that came out in the testimony that they had prior to that meeting, they had already published negative stories, isn't that right away? they had been carson? >> and they went through a couple of things that they showed that the gordian had already published a lot of these stories about ben carson the...
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steinglass said that would be like national enquirer gold. pecker said, yes. steinglass said, but at the time you entered into that agreement, you had zero intention of publishing that story. pecker said that's correct. and the prosecutor said, and despite the fact that publishing that story would have helped your bottom line, you killed the story because it helped the candidate donald trump. pecker said, yes. so their counter and cutting against the standard operating procedure, obviously, if this was national enquirer gold and they would have made a fortune off the headline. they decided not to publish it and that was the point prosecutors we're trying to push this was for donald trump's candidacy, not for the bottom line. that's also prosecution gold. >> i mean, to get him to admit that i was willing to do something that was contrary to my bottom line to help a candidate that's exactly what they need to say. >> and that's what the prosecution's trying to do in order to make michael cohen irrelevant, frankly. >> and could you just explain to me because i don
steinglass said that would be like national enquirer gold. pecker said, yes. steinglass said, but at the time you entered into that agreement, you had zero intention of publishing that story. pecker said that's correct. and the prosecutor said, and despite the fact that publishing that story would have helped your bottom line, you killed the story because it helped the candidate donald trump. pecker said, yes. so their counter and cutting against the standard operating procedure, obviously, if...
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that really was just the national enquirer are doing with the national enquirer does yeah. >> jim, i mean, we haven't gone what you're reaction to what we've been witnessing thus far, right? >> i think it's all about dirty up the national enquirer. right. and the industry in general, this they call it a checkbook journalism. >> i think yesterday, they use the word standard operating procedure procedure, time and time again. the gym we should notice this right here on the side of the screen just to keep giving our audiences excerpts, beauvais confirms with pecker that other outlets covered malpractice claims against ben carson and may of 2015, it sounds as though what you can see some of the headlines there on screen there. ted cruz for shamed by porn star bungling surgeon ben carson left sponge and patient's brain first of all, take all of these headlines with a great assault as we do with the national enquirer. but it sounds like what the defense is trying to do is say, hey, wait a minute. so all of this stuff that was kinda floating out there anyway and politics, it's part of celeb
that really was just the national enquirer are doing with the national enquirer does yeah. >> jim, i mean, we haven't gone what you're reaction to what we've been witnessing thus far, right? >> i think it's all about dirty up the national enquirer. right. and the industry in general, this they call it a checkbook journalism. >> i think yesterday, they use the word standard operating procedure procedure, time and time again. the gym we should notice this right here on the side...
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enquirer, how the national enquirer worked with she made very clear. he called it checkbook journalism that they paid for stories and has trump's team was arguing in their opening statements, they were saying that these kind of catch and kill processes are normal where people pay for stories and note published. that's not normal and that is not put most journalists do just for everyone should just put are david is stepping down from the jury box. he smiled and he said hi to trump's table as he walked past the first acknowledgment between the two that we know about. we don't know what it's just your marketable. they don't speak anymore. they have known each other for decades and he did a lot of effort, a lot of work on trump's behalf to help him get into the white house using the platform of the national enquirer. and now it is completely turned its head on both of them now he's a witness in this case and donald trump is seated at the defense table. >> but what they're trying with the prosecution was clearly trying to do was establish david is role. >>
enquirer, how the national enquirer worked with she made very clear. he called it checkbook journalism that they paid for stories and has trump's team was arguing in their opening statements, they were saying that these kind of catch and kill processes are normal where people pay for stories and note published. that's not normal and that is not put most journalists do just for everyone should just put are david is stepping down from the jury box. he smiled and he said hi to trump's table as he...
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so they explain how the national enquirer works. they explained david is role if it's above $10,000, he's gonna be aware of what's actually going on. he's going to have to sign off if it's something that's big enough about some big enough celebrity, dylan howard, one of the top executives there is going to be going to david he's going to have to sign off if it's about the front page of the national enquirer, david is going to have setups. you understand his role in his importance and its relationship ship with the former president, which was quite close. then you start to hear about the private email. then you start to hear prosecutor's asking about specific phone numbers for phones that david head and him being being able to give those phone numbers back to them, make clear that he knows what they are, but you get explanation as to why you don't get explanation as to why they want to acknowledge the private email. you don't explanation as to why the phone numbers which gives you the sense that they're laying the groundwork for type
so they explain how the national enquirer works. they explained david is role if it's above $10,000, he's gonna be aware of what's actually going on. he's going to have to sign off if it's something that's big enough about some big enough celebrity, dylan howard, one of the top executives there is going to be going to david he's going to have to sign off if it's about the front page of the national enquirer, david is going to have setups. you understand his role in his importance and its...
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publisher of the national enquirer. i thought it was significant that he really didn't want to get into the whole stormy daniels issue. >> it is it's one of those things. well, first of all, in the big apple, how many bites at the apple will these prosecutors and defense get at this one witness? you normally think about a direct across maybe going back the way back yet again which alerts the jury that there were some unfinished business. i can have two different effects. >> on the one hand, adraee could say, oh, something was really important here. >> they need to whittle down on if they don't drill down and if they don't do so, i might miss something. the other thing would be is this sloppy attorneys, i don't have you not been able to do the first time? well and correctly? but the important thing here in terms of why this is important, stormy daniels is the one case. it seems to be the one headline of all the national enquirer headline. they didn't want to touch with a ten foot pole. think about the types of things the
publisher of the national enquirer. i thought it was significant that he really didn't want to get into the whole stormy daniels issue. >> it is it's one of those things. well, first of all, in the big apple, how many bites at the apple will these prosecutors and defense get at this one witness? you normally think about a direct across maybe going back the way back yet again which alerts the jury that there were some unfinished business. i can have two different effects. >> on the...
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he was the chair of ami, the company that published the national enquirer. pecker took the jury inside the cd world of the national enquirer of what he called checkbook journalism of pudding stories out designed to help or hurt certain prominent people. and he went into detail on this practice of catch and kill, paying to silence stories three specific examples. one involving the doorman who had a story that turned out to be untrue about donald trump and to involving women, karen mcdougal and stormy daniels, who alleged that they had sexual affairs with donald trump and he, david pecker told the jury the reason we did this in 2016 was because of the campaign. now on cross-examination, donald trump's team scored a few points relating to david pecker. they got him to say that checkbook journalism, this was common, this wasn't something that was just invented for the first time for donald trump. they'd been doing it for a long time, for a lot of different people. they also pointed out certain minor inconsistencies in his testimony. nothing that would worry me t
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he's the owner, the publisher of the national enquirer. any probably knows more than anybody else in this room? >> as a joke. unfortunately, they didn't laugh. now, later in that meeting, trump would ask pecker for updates on karen mcdougal again. so what does it say to you that pecker would have been in a meeting with them? >> i mean, it really goes all the way to the top. it's hard not to think about that all the president's men, while watching this trial and for all, there is something sort of cinema i can, i guess coen brothers, esq., about the whole thing. i kept thinking that it's sort of like all of the resistance fever dreams of the last several years. it's almost like it's all much more literal and much more obvious than you would think that reality could possibly allow. and yet with each detail coming out of this trial, coming out of this testimony it just gets more and more ridiculous i love a cohen the reference different minnesota avenue olivia. olivia news. thank. you so much. and back with our panel now, joe, this is maybe a
he's the owner, the publisher of the national enquirer. any probably knows more than anybody else in this room? >> as a joke. unfortunately, they didn't laugh. now, later in that meeting, trump would ask pecker for updates on karen mcdougal again. so what does it say to you that pecker would have been in a meeting with them? >> i mean, it really goes all the way to the top. it's hard not to think about that all the president's men, while watching this trial and for all, there is...
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dylan howard, of course, worked at ami fire senior editor, the national enquirer? yes. >> there is a tape recording of donald trump talking to michael cohen about the, uh, hundred and $50,000 that mcdougal thing, you know? saying something to the effect of what's it going to cost 150. so i'm sure that'll be important in this guy tape is so important, it's clear that up probably later and you can look at that, dave, it's public. i think cnn broke the story. if i remember, it's on the internet and you can look at that tape and they're going to argue it both ways. it sounds trump knows some of the details. so that'll be good for the prosecution. but the defense will say, look at this tape, trump is just sort of deferring to michael. i don't know. i'm fine with the payment. you handle the nuances, but the fact that he knew about it and moved it is important, valuable to the prosecutor's. yes. and we know that the prosecutor the attorney, joshua steinglass, is continuing his questioning of keith davidson right now. we're going to continue to monitor that everyone standb
dylan howard, of course, worked at ami fire senior editor, the national enquirer? yes. >> there is a tape recording of donald trump talking to michael cohen about the, uh, hundred and $50,000 that mcdougal thing, you know? saying something to the effect of what's it going to cost 150. so i'm sure that'll be important in this guy tape is so important, it's clear that up probably later and you can look at that, dave, it's public. i think cnn broke the story. if i remember, it's on the...
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jeff sessions because david pecker, this national enquirer tabloid king, he got concerned at one point when he got a letter from the fec he and he called michael cohen, then trump's personal attorney to voice concern about that. michael cohen told him not to worry because jeff sessions is the attorney general and donald trump has him in his pocket did trump expect his ag to go easy on his friends i don't know. >> i don't know what he expected. what was your experience? my experience was why the time i came in, he did not he did not push me to do one thing or another on these criminal cases. now we tweeted and made his public views on things known. but they never talked to me about them directly. so he did not have you in his pocket? >> he would argue it's not a question of arguing. >> i did what i thought was right. >> and you never felt any direct pressure from him on what investigations the doj you did not directly pressure maybe as i say, he was there are tweeting and doing things that were embarrassing and made it hard for me to run the department that sounds like pressure wasn't p
jeff sessions because david pecker, this national enquirer tabloid king, he got concerned at one point when he got a letter from the fec he and he called michael cohen, then trump's personal attorney to voice concern about that. michael cohen told him not to worry because jeff sessions is the attorney general and donald trump has him in his pocket did trump expect his ag to go easy on his friends i don't know. >> i don't know what he expected. what was your experience? my experience was...
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becker says, yes, beauvais and other people that you would promote the national enquirer because it was good and it was good for it's good for you and good for them, right? pecker says, yes, beauvais. and that included celebrities, right? pecker? yes. and most celebrities wanted positive treatment and i'll public occasions, right? bakker, they do. and you had a relationship like this with other politicians correct? becker says, yes. and you are aware that many politicians work with immediate inner try to promote their image, right? pecker says, yes, and promote their brand pecker says yes to facilitate their campaign, correct? pecker says yes standard brink procedure, as you understand it, correct? david pecker says yes. and in fact that another place david becker says, the first time he heard the phrase catch and kill was from investigators when they were asking him about this, they say before this investigation started, you had not heard the phrase catch and kill david becker says, that's correct. i thought that was a very pretty skillful cross-examining and a good read, write, and ev
becker says, yes, beauvais and other people that you would promote the national enquirer because it was good and it was good for it's good for you and good for them, right? pecker says, yes, beauvais. and that included celebrities, right? pecker? yes. and most celebrities wanted positive treatment and i'll public occasions, right? bakker, they do. and you had a relationship like this with other politicians correct? becker says, yes. and you are aware that many politicians work with immediate...
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the difference here is he was running for office and yes, celebrities have gone to the national enquirer. they've bought and suppress bad stories. and that's not a crime if you have the money i need a by silence. by it. the difference in this case and why it was brought, which goes to the heart of what we've been talking about is donald trump was no longer just a celebrity at the time this was happening. he was a celebrity running for office. and i think his attorney, todd blanche is lead counsel, made a mistake in the opening argument because he made a statement to the jury. and i think it's going to come back to bite him later on. he said there's nothing wrong with influencing an election. it's called democracy. and i think the manhattan da's office would begged to differ because when you are influencing an election, a lawfully under new york state law that's called an illegality. and that's what this case is really about. >> but i was agreeing with what carl said in terms of the power of the case or the ramifications of his actions. in other words, trying to stop the presidential elec
the difference here is he was running for office and yes, celebrities have gone to the national enquirer. they've bought and suppress bad stories. and that's not a crime if you have the money i need a by silence. by it. the difference in this case and why it was brought, which goes to the heart of what we've been talking about is donald trump was no longer just a celebrity at the time this was happening. he was a celebrity running for office. and i think his attorney, todd blanche is lead...
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and she was paid money by david of the company that owns american national enquirer. it's called american media, i believe and so i guess the idea here is from the prosecution is that this would establish a record, a pattern of hush money being paid to people to keep quiet so as to not embarrass the president before the presidential election. what is your reaction to the news? that judge merchan is going to allow karen mcdougal to testify, although not apparently about any explicit details yeah >> jake, it's it's a >> difficult question to answer because of the gag order the judge merge sean placed against president trump that prohibits us from commenting on potential witness testimony. this is the first gag order of its kind ever entered against the political candidate for office, i believe in american history, we believe it's wildly overbroad and unconstitutional and that certainly complicates my ability to answer your question directly. i will say that i think that mcdougal's testimony is irrelevant here, and that's why we moved to have it not allowed into court. a
and she was paid money by david of the company that owns american national enquirer. it's called american media, i believe and so i guess the idea here is from the prosecution is that this would establish a record, a pattern of hush money being paid to people to keep quiet so as to not embarrass the president before the presidential election. what is your reaction to the news? that judge merchan is going to allow karen mcdougal to testify, although not apparently about any explicit details yeah...
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. >> yes, that'd be like national enquirer gold. >> yes. >> going on to say and despite the fact that publishing that story would have helped your bottom line, you killed the story because it helped the candidate donald trump yes and then there was a rhona graff, trump's longtime gatekeeper over at the trump organization. >> her desk was at one point just outside of trump's office from the defensive standpoint, she was there to show what you might call a kinder, gentler version of her boss she testified that sometimes if it was a long day in the office, i appreciated that. he joked, he poked his head in and would say go home to your family. it was very thoughtful of him. she also confirmed that he kept contact information for karen mcdougal and for stormy daniels who's said she saw at trump tower and assumed that she was being considered for celebrity apprentice from the transcript, am i correct that prior to starmer, stormy daniels coming up to the office at trump tower, you recall hearing president trump discuss whether stormy daniels would be a good contested answer? i vaguely the
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enquirer where i'm going to post these trump stories. i'm going to keep it because i wanted to win the election and that's really important for proven up in the misdemeanor to the felony sayyed this false business records claims, and i don't know. i've heard a lot of commentators say that they don't think that the campaign part is a strong, i don't know. we're only three witnesses and i feel like it's already becoming a theme that we're talking about tone. so i'm not sure. i think there were any moments swear that you felt like the defense really did a good job puncturing the prosecutors arguments here here's the thing. >> all of the themes that we're talking about and the repetition a good defense is going to sit there and say all of that is undisputed. the all of these things about what am i did. but that doesn't have anything to do with the actual crime and one thing that it makes an effective defense is to separate out there the things that are not in dispute that they're going to waste just weeks of your time proving and re proving
enquirer where i'm going to post these trump stories. i'm going to keep it because i wanted to win the election and that's really important for proven up in the misdemeanor to the felony sayyed this false business records claims, and i don't know. i've heard a lot of commentators say that they don't think that the campaign part is a strong, i don't know. we're only three witnesses and i feel like it's already becoming a theme that we're talking about tone. so i'm not sure. i think there were...