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trump. when it comes to mr. trump's lawyer, the argument that they brought, the lawyer denied that mr. trump was reimbursing michael cohen. he added that the prosecutors have put a sinister spin on this as if it is a crime but the jurors will learn that it is not. trump amped up the drama. he emphasized that mr. trump denies her claim saying daniels agreement to not spread false claims about trump is not illegal. it was mr. trump himself after the proceedings, giving some comments in new york city. here he is from yesterday. [video clip] >> they take this payment and call it a legal expense. this is what i got indicted on. they should be in georgia -- i should be in georgia now. i should be in florida. i should be in a lot of different places campaigning and i am sitting here. it is very unfair. the judge is conflicted. it is very unfair what is going on. i should be allowed to campaign. whoever heard of this. to be indicted for that? people in the courts cannot believe it. this is the case. we did something wro
trump. when it comes to mr. trump's lawyer, the argument that they brought, the lawyer denied that mr. trump was reimbursing michael cohen. he added that the prosecutors have put a sinister spin on this as if it is a crime but the jurors will learn that it is not. trump amped up the drama. he emphasized that mr. trump denies her claim saying daniels agreement to not spread false claims about trump is not illegal. it was mr. trump himself after the proceedings, giving some comments in new york...
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it is a big week and a lot of courtrooms for donald trump. host: including the highest court in the land, the supreme court finally hearing the president's immunity case. can you set that up for us? guest: on thursday, there will be oral arguments in trump's claim that he has immunity from being prosecuted for the january 6 instance. if charged with election obstruction and he claims presidential immunity, that is a huge case not only for trump but the country and future presidents. host: mr. barrett, are you there? guest: i am hearing you. can you hear me? host: i got you. that is expected later on this week. there is plenty going on this week, and our guest devlin barrett write about it in the "washington post" today. you are the author of a newsletter. what is that, and how can people find it? guest: you can find it at the "washington post" website and we give a weekly update of what is coming up. we also on big news days will send out an end of the day some recent people can keep track of it because there are so many cases that people get
it is a big week and a lot of courtrooms for donald trump. host: including the highest court in the land, the supreme court finally hearing the president's immunity case. can you set that up for us? guest: on thursday, there will be oral arguments in trump's claim that he has immunity from being prosecuted for the january 6 instance. if charged with election obstruction and he claims presidential immunity, that is a huge case not only for trump but the country and future presidents. host: mr....
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in opening statements, prosecutors accused trump of taking part in a criminal conspiracy to interfere with the 2016 election, but defense attorneys to claim that did nothing wrong and claimed that the prosecution are liars with bias against the former president. robert costa was inside the courthouse and starts us off tonight. >> it's a very, very sad day in america. >> reporter: former president trump falsely claimed he was the target of election and the parents, the democrats in washington had orchestrated his indictment to keep him off the campaign trail. >> i should be in georgia now, i should be in florida now. >> but prosecutors told the jury that donald trump had forced a scheme to interrupt the 2016 election. pointing to the 2015 meeting as trump and michael cohen and then "national enquirer" publisher david packer where they worked out a plan to conceal public information with former adult film star stormy daniels, all of which trump denies. >> and you had sex with him? >> yes. >> where you physically attracted to him? >> reporter: cohen admitted paying daniels money to -- pr
in opening statements, prosecutors accused trump of taking part in a criminal conspiracy to interfere with the 2016 election, but defense attorneys to claim that did nothing wrong and claimed that the prosecution are liars with bias against the former president. robert costa was inside the courthouse and starts us off tonight. >> it's a very, very sad day in america. >> reporter: former president trump falsely claimed he was the target of election and the parents, the democrats in...
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on trump's destruction. cohen has pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and lying under oath. the prosecutors pre-emptively defending him today saying he made mistakes in the past to protect his boss. >> and laura is here with me on the set alongside hallie jackson. laura, let me begin with you. the first witness on the stand right now, does it give us any hint where all this is leading? >> yes. tabloid mogul david pecker is at that 2015 meeting at trump tower as we mentioned. he's useful for prosecutors because he puts mr. trump in the room for this alleged plot. he's also useful because his name is not michael cohen and his testimony will continue tomorrow, lester. >> all right, laura, thank you. and hallie, this is a partisan prosecution in the opinion of mr. trump. >> yeah, that's what his campaign's been saying. and in some ways what we just heard in court, what laura has laid out, echoes what we have also heard from mr. trump himself on the campaign trail. his defense, casting him as a fighter,
on trump's destruction. cohen has pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and lying under oath. the prosecutors pre-emptively defending him today saying he made mistakes in the past to protect his boss. >> and laura is here with me on the set alongside hallie jackson. laura, let me begin with you. the first witness on the stand right now, does it give us any hint where all this is leading? >> yes. tabloid mogul david pecker is at that 2015 meeting at trump tower as we...
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trump and described a key meeting in which he says he pledged to be donald trump's eyes and ears, ready to alert to negative stories that could appear about him during the 2016 presidential campaign. the prosecution hoping to prove it all leads to paying off a porn star and an illegal scheme to disguise the transaction through altered business records. once again tonight, here is laura jarrett. >> reporter: tonight, mr. trump's long-time friend david pecker, the former publisher of the "national enquirer" offering the jury a rare glimpse into the underworld of tabloid tactics, as the state seeks to prove the former president doctored his internal business records to cover up the payoff of an adult film actress just days before the 2016 election. >> mr. trump, what do you think of david pecker? >> reporter: pecker describing a meeting at trump tower in 2015 with mr. trump and his former fixer michael cohen, where pecker says he agreed to serve as the eyes and ears for rumors that could hurt mr. trump, adding, "what i would do is publish positive stories about trump and publish negative s
trump and described a key meeting in which he says he pledged to be donald trump's eyes and ears, ready to alert to negative stories that could appear about him during the 2016 presidential campaign. the prosecution hoping to prove it all leads to paying off a porn star and an illegal scheme to disguise the transaction through altered business records. once again tonight, here is laura jarrett. >> reporter: tonight, mr. trump's long-time friend david pecker, the former publisher of the...
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and trump's former fixer, michael cohen, to protect trump during the 2016 campaign. david pecker grinning widely as he pointed out trump in the courtroom, the former president smirking back. the two men had been friends for years. but pecker told the jury their relationship changed in 2015, after trump launched his run for president, pecker was summoned to trump tower that august, and in a 20-minute meeting, he said trump and cohen asked me, what can i do and what my magazines can do to help the campaign. pecker testified he pledged to run flattering stories about trump and hit jobs on his opponents, and he offered to be the campaign's eyes and ears to alert cohen if he caught wind of any potentially damaging stories. pecker said he told trump he'd try to kill those stories so they'd never see the light of day. as pecker described that trump tower meeting, jurors were rapt, taking constant notes. pecker laid out how he worked with trump and cohen to publish attacks on rival republican candidates. cohen would tell him who to go after, and the magazine would do it. pec
and trump's former fixer, michael cohen, to protect trump during the 2016 campaign. david pecker grinning widely as he pointed out trump in the courtroom, the former president smirking back. the two men had been friends for years. but pecker told the jury their relationship changed in 2015, after trump launched his run for president, pecker was summoned to trump tower that august, and in a 20-minute meeting, he said trump and cohen asked me, what can i do and what my magazines can do to help...
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trump walking into court today. prosecutors outlining their case, accusing trump of election fraud, pure and simple, they said today. trump's lawyers saying, quote, there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election, it's called democracy, and that none of this was a crime. then prosecutors calling the first witness, david pecker, to the stand. the former publisher of the national inquirer, who was part of a scheme prosecutors say called catch and kill. abc's senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off from the courthouse again tonight. >> reporter: donald trump walking into the manhattan courtroom where today for the first time in history a jury heard testimony in a criminal case against a former american president. >> it's a very, very sad day in america. i can tell you that. >> reporter: with trump slouching in his seat and sometimes closing his eyes, prosecutor matthew colangelo began his opening statement charging trump "orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidenti
trump walking into court today. prosecutors outlining their case, accusing trump of election fraud, pure and simple, they said today. trump's lawyers saying, quote, there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election, it's called democracy, and that none of this was a crime. then prosecutors calling the first witness, david pecker, to the stand. the former publisher of the national inquirer, who was part of a scheme prosecutors say called catch and kill. abc's senior investigative...
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. >> tonight, trump on trial. x tabloid publisher david pecker telling jurors about a secret deal between him and donald trump to bury negative stories during the 2016 presidential campaign. and the former president blasted the judge and gag order. >> the unconstitutional gag order by a highly conflicted judge. >> president biden. >> the worst president in history of our country. >> and the courtroom. >> it's reason, by the way. >> the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ good evening, and thank you for being with us. i maurice dubois. norah is on assignment. we begin tonight with a 2 of testimony in the criminal trial of former president donal donald trump. former "national enquirer" publisher david pecker was back on the stand where he said he worked with trump and his longtime fixer michael cohen to heighten negative stories about him during the 2016 campaign. the prosecution claims it was all a part of a conspiracy to influence the election. before today's testimony, there was a tense hearing over whether tr
. >> tonight, trump on trial. x tabloid publisher david pecker telling jurors about a secret deal between him and donald trump to bury negative stories during the 2016 presidential campaign. and the former president blasted the judge and gag order. >> the unconstitutional gag order by a highly conflicted judge. >> president biden. >> the worst president in history of our country. >> and the courtroom. >> it's reason, by the way. >> the "cbs evening...
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secrets, lies, chaos laid bare in week one of the trump testimony. trump fought mightily before and after elected president to keep secret the embarrassing details of his private life but often failed despite having a fat checkbook and well-connected template editor in his pocket, according to the first week of evidence at his trial. warmer presidents typically spend -- former presidents typically spend their time writing memoirs making speeches . trump is sitting in court watching someone else try to define his legacy even after he campaigned for a second term in the oval office. over four days of testimony, the former national enquirer executive david pecker told the jury not just how deeply involved trump's team was to use the supermarket tabloids to fuel his 2016 campaign, but how
secrets, lies, chaos laid bare in week one of the trump testimony. trump fought mightily before and after elected president to keep secret the embarrassing details of his private life but often failed despite having a fat checkbook and well-connected template editor in his pocket, according to the first week of evidence at his trial. warmer presidents typically spend -- former presidents typically spend their time writing memoirs making speeches . trump is sitting in court watching someone else...
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trump's election chances. mr. trump's lawyer sought to raise questions about pecker's memory and motives on cross-examination. pecker defiant at one point saying, i've been truthful to the best of my recollection. the tabloid mogul also undermining the idea mr. trump wanted to bury those stories about women to protect his family, a common refrain from the defense. instead, pecker said he believed it was all to protect his campaign. >> i do have to begin by wishing melania happy birthday. she's in florida. >> reporter: melania trump notably absent at trial. >> laura, does it appear prosecutors got what they needed from david pecker this week? >> lester, pecker is a useful witness for prosecutors to the extent he can testify about conversations about mr. trump that touch on his alleged scheme to influence the election, but what he can't offer, lester, is any evidence on the actual crime that the former president has been indicted for, which isn't a campaign finance violation. it's the way his payments to cohen were
trump's election chances. mr. trump's lawyer sought to raise questions about pecker's memory and motives on cross-examination. pecker defiant at one point saying, i've been truthful to the best of my recollection. the tabloid mogul also undermining the idea mr. trump wanted to bury those stories about women to protect his family, a common refrain from the defense. instead, pecker said he believed it was all to protect his campaign. >> i do have to begin by wishing melania happy birthday....
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in falsification of business records. >> i want to play something we heard from donald trump yesterday just before the trial picked back up. >> michael cohen is a convicted liar and he's got no credibility whatsoever. he was a lawyer, and you rely on your lawyers, but michael cohen was a convicted liar. he was a lawyer for many people,
in falsification of business records. >> i want to play something we heard from donald trump yesterday just before the trial picked back up. >> michael cohen is a convicted liar and he's got no credibility whatsoever. he was a lawyer, and you rely on your lawyers, but michael cohen was a convicted liar. he was a lawyer for many people,
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to promote a conspiracy to when the white house as you see form president trump leave court now, sandra. >> these are articles over the last day at a hash are very good articles. they say the case is a sham. and it should not have been submitted or tried. i don't even no, we have a gag order which to me is totally unconstitutional. i am not allowed to talk but people are are allowed talk about me. they can say whatever they want, they can lie but i am not allowed to say anything. i just have to sit back and look at it can why a conflicted judge is ordering me not to say anything i'm not sure anyone will say anything about this. i would love to say everything that is on my mind to you people but i am restricted because i have a gag order. and i am not sure anybody has ever seen anything like this before. and even having to do with articles. if someone writes an article if i read every single one of these articles, i will look at headlines and this case is a sham. but i can't grieve the whole thing. this is like reading a novel. so i put an article and it and somebody's name is mentioned
to promote a conspiracy to when the white house as you see form president trump leave court now, sandra. >> these are articles over the last day at a hash are very good articles. they say the case is a sham. and it should not have been submitted or tried. i don't even no, we have a gag order which to me is totally unconstitutional. i am not allowed to talk but people are are allowed talk about me. they can say whatever they want, they can lie but i am not allowed to say anything. i just...
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this case is a hoax, that's the donald trump position here. and yet at the same time, just in the last ten minutes, he put out a new social media post, which we're having the conversation about a trial whether donald trump has lied or not. can i just read the first line? >> yeah. >> thousands of people were turned away from the courthouse by police, literally blocks from the tiny side door from where i enter and leave. it's an armed camp to read people away. i read that because i was down there, lisa was down there. that is the furthest thing from
this case is a hoax, that's the donald trump position here. and yet at the same time, just in the last ten minutes, he put out a new social media post, which we're having the conversation about a trial whether donald trump has lied or not. can i just read the first line? >> yeah. >> thousands of people were turned away from the courthouse by police, literally blocks from the tiny side door from where i enter and leave. it's an armed camp to read people away. i read that because i...
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. >> there is donald trump walking toward the microphone. this is when he talks, he hasn't spoken about the trial itself lately. well, here when he says this morning thank you very much, everybody i want to start by wishing my life very happy birthday i should be with her, but i'm in a courthouse for rape, drug so wreak terrible. >> what we're doing very well in this big drought everybody knows. >> yesterday was a big day. >> but i do have to begin my wishing happy birthday. >> she said i'll be going there this evening. >> answer this case finishes up with this car unconstitutional case. when it finishes up we have hi report that is just put out by house judiciary on the district attorney's office, which was done by congress. and so is it just came out really wow. moments ago, and i haven't seen it read it but it should be interesting, i think yesterday went very well in this courthouse should be over, the case is over. >> you heard what we said and the patient be over but you have to make that determination and we have a judge, you would ne
. >> there is donald trump walking toward the microphone. this is when he talks, he hasn't spoken about the trial itself lately. well, here when he says this morning thank you very much, everybody i want to start by wishing my life very happy birthday i should be with her, but i'm in a courthouse for rape, drug so wreak terrible. >> what we're doing very well in this big drought everybody knows. >> yesterday was a big day. >> but i do have to begin my wishing happy...
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the in writing version is more coherent than the loony version donald trump said into the microphone this morning, so we will do with the written version at 4:35 p.m.
the in writing version is more coherent than the loony version donald trump said into the microphone this morning, so we will do with the written version at 4:35 p.m.