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please deny, david role in the criminal conspiracy to elect donald trump and the wild hearing on trump's gag order abuse. clearance, the judge is getting tough on trump's lawyer. >> saying to donald trump's attorneys, you are losing all credibility, you are losing all credibility with the court. >>> then why the biden campaign said they had a chance to win florida. >> he is out campaigning and i am sitting up all day long. >>> and r series continues, are you better off than you were four years ago? >> the disinfectant, it knocked it out in a minute and is there a way we can do something like that? by injection or cleaning. >> when all in starch right now. >>> good evening, from new york, i am chris hayes, day two of the criminal trial, donald trump, today we heard in great detail how trump and his gang conspired to hide all his worst secrets, at least some of them. trump and his lawyer continue to stretch the patience of judge merchan. the started with the hearing on the gag order the judge had already issued, which trump has her heatedly and freely been violating on social media and els
please deny, david role in the criminal conspiracy to elect donald trump and the wild hearing on trump's gag order abuse. clearance, the judge is getting tough on trump's lawyer. >> saying to donald trump's attorneys, you are losing all credibility, you are losing all credibility with the court. >>> then why the biden campaign said they had a chance to win florida. >> he is out campaigning and i am sitting up all day long. >>> and r series continues, are you better...
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one or more members of the trump campaign was trump. berman said he was told they should bring charges against a democratic lawyer who should be. decided not only had the counsel not done anything to warrant being prosecuted, he actually hadn't done anything at all. he was innocent of what he was accused of. jeff berman had not resigned and he said so. he refused to go. and he did that in part because he had seen what he had done in another u.s. attorney's office. it was in the dc u.s. attorney's office that the schemes went even further. bar and the dc u.s. attorney's office had succeeded in ousting the u.s. attorney there. and instead, installing his own people. that u.s. attorney's office in dc then immediately moved to drop the charges and undue the guilty plea from trump national security adviser mike flynn. they moved the recommended sentence from roger stone who had been convicted of multiple felonies. they also folded to the pressure to bring charges against obama's white house counsel. that case was so palpablely weak, the jury
one or more members of the trump campaign was trump. berman said he was told they should bring charges against a democratic lawyer who should be. decided not only had the counsel not done anything to warrant being prosecuted, he actually hadn't done anything at all. he was innocent of what he was accused of. jeff berman had not resigned and he said so. he refused to go. and he did that in part because he had seen what he had done in another u.s. attorney's office. it was in the dc u.s....
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trump. i think his lawyer struggled. it was notable because the state put on a convincing opening statement. in particular what todd blanche ran into his he could not say what does client wanted him to say. the defense did not charge the case so he was last having to say things like, it's president trump. he has earned his title. we should refer to him as president trump. >> who cares? it's a criminal trial and the argument he's making is how to refer to trump? what we call him by name? that was his big moment? >> he let up with it. everyone in the courthouse looked around and thought, is a really going with this argument? eventually segued into saying trump was ignorant of this and could not be held accountable because it was michael cohen's doing and he never signed off the chest dashed checks. the one argument he did not make was this idea of how voters were not deprived of any information before the 2016 election because they would not have been privy to the trump organization's records
trump. i think his lawyer struggled. it was notable because the state put on a convincing opening statement. in particular what todd blanche ran into his he could not say what does client wanted him to say. the defense did not charge the case so he was last having to say things like, it's president trump. he has earned his title. we should refer to him as president trump. >> who cares? it's a criminal trial and the argument he's making is how to refer to trump? what we call him by name?...
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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 account. so the whole press conference was a bit of a i think a pr disaster because it's going to hurt him in court. eventually, the jury and he came out, he does that eight minutes. jeremy talking, of course, in the courtroom what else did to you? i sat two. i know you mentioned that he was passing notes to his attorneys at time that he was engaged you know, what what moore's interactions? blake with his team and with the jury. >> yeah. it's interesting because when his attorney, todd blanche went to speak trump's demeanor, it's shifted he turned his chair, he faced he faced him, which made him faced the jury, and he watched plants as he went through his opening statement. i think the most interesting thing with trump today that was when david took the stand because trump he was sitting very motionless, expressionless, really watching david closely. and there was a light moment in his testimony where he was asked to account the last four digits of his cell phone number. it's for record keepin
trump account. so the whole press conference was a bit of a i think a pr disaster because it's going to hurt him in court. eventually, the jury and he came out, he does that eight minutes. jeremy talking, of course, in the courtroom what else did to you? i sat two. i know you mentioned that he was passing notes to his attorneys at time that he was engaged you know, what what moore's interactions? blake with his team and with the jury. >> yeah. it's interesting because when his attorney,...
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trump. and lots of pro trump language throughout his entire argument. and social studies class, we learn a lot about bias and bias in the media and bias in all different sorts of stories. so it was very interesting to hear how someone actually in court was showing the same bias that we've seen in the media sometimes. >> testimony, also -- >> go ahead, owen. sorry. >> okay. his testimony also reflected how crucial this whole case michael cohen is and will be when he takes the stand in a few weeks. >> i have to ask you both very quickly, what was your impression of the former president? could you see him clearly where you were sitting? >> pretty clearly. he seemed very much more contained than he normally is. like, definitely i could see him nodding, he was nodding off at times. >> yeah. at the beginning when we were, when everyone was first setting up, he was swearing a lot then he went through periods where he was still. >> i find your observations to be really smart and interesting and hope, i don't have any doubt you're going to be in law school and y
trump. and lots of pro trump language throughout his entire argument. and social studies class, we learn a lot about bias and bias in the media and bias in all different sorts of stories. so it was very interesting to hear how someone actually in court was showing the same bias that we've seen in the media sometimes. >> testimony, also -- >> go ahead, owen. sorry. >> okay. his testimony also reflected how crucial this whole case michael cohen is and will be when he takes the...
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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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admiration for donald trump. listen to this. this is a quote. this is her it was a very stimulating, exciting, fascinating place to be. then she said, sometimes trump would peak has said in and say, go home to your family, which i thought was very thoughtful of him. i thought that was a nice extra touch that he would take time to do that trump's lawyer, susan nicholas asked her, quote you don't want to be here, do you? and she coronagraph said correct. what's your analysis them? >> the point there is that she's under subpoena. she's not voluntarily coming in to try to help out the prosecution i think that that's something that's consistent across these witnesses. is that the only one who really is dying to get in there is probably stormy daniels and michael so call it the others who are being brought in just to tell their stories was running graph is a prosecution witness and prosecution called her. but did she do a lot to humanize trump before the jury? >> i mean, i think that she probably did i mean, it sounds
admiration for donald trump. listen to this. this is a quote. this is her it was a very stimulating, exciting, fascinating place to be. then she said, sometimes trump would peak has said in and say, go home to your family, which i thought was very thoughtful of him. i thought that was a nice extra touch that he would take time to do that trump's lawyer, susan nicholas asked her, quote you don't want to be here, do you? and she coronagraph said correct. what's your analysis them? >> the...
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trump added the part that read "in order to get on the trump jury." but within hours jesse waters corrected trump's mistake for him, posting trump's incorrect version of the quote to waters own twitter account in effect retroactively making his own words, words that trump wanted them to be. quite clearly and quite literally they are heeding trump's calls. they are taking his line edits. so what does a gag order mean when you have someone like this with a microphone? >> the guy needs exercise. he's usually golfing, and so you're going to put a man who's almost 80 sitting in a room like this on his butt all that time, it's unhealthy. he needs sunlight and needs activity. they're freezing him to death. he says it's like 45 degrees in there, and they're putting his life in danger. back with me lisa rubin. thank you both for being here tonight. i don't know, brian, i just -- what is the -- what's the point of a gag order honestly when you have a media industrial complex that is effectively acting as, you know, a public defense line for donald trump? >> i t
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not the trump organization, but donald trump. and blanche opened on that. and i think that's going to be a very important issue when it comes down to the end of the case, were not there yet. >> beauvais asked pecker whether he was conveying there were no legal ramifications when he told michael cohen the mcdougal agreement it was bulletproof. that's correct. david pecker says, yes. >> so here it's interesting. pecker actually had to double-check to make sure this wasn't a campaign finance violations to purchase and then suppress karen mcdougal's story we now know ami and pecker have non-prosecution agreements with the justice department. and of course, pecker has immunity here, but he believed at the time. now he said pecker says he didn't withhold any information from the attorneys when they reviewed the mcdougal document and to your point, i mean, none of these particular allegations, none of these agreements are what is being charged here. we haven't even gotten to stormy daniels and michael cohen's payment to her, david pecke
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it comes as trump. trump's team is also attacking a key member of bragg's team, the da, with past ties to the biden administration, and jason carroll is out front with this special report before former president donald trump's criminal trial got underway, before jury was seated and before the judge's gag order prevented him from making statements it's about attorneys, court officials, their relatives, and potential witnesses. >> trump had already set his sights on this man, matthew colangelo senior counsel to the manhattan district attorney, and part of the prosecution team trying trump's criminal case. >> this is all from the doj welcome to washington they're coordinated with the district attorney and the water trump's pre gag order tirades against colangelo's center on baseless claims. trump's criminal trial is secretly controlled by president joe biden, the white house, and the justice department. >> his top person well and some. others have been placed into the da's office to make sure they do a goo
it comes as trump. trump's team is also attacking a key member of bragg's team, the da, with past ties to the biden administration, and jason carroll is out front with this special report before former president donald trump's criminal trial got underway, before jury was seated and before the judge's gag order prevented him from making statements it's about attorneys, court officials, their relatives, and potential witnesses. >> trump had already set his sights on this man, matthew...
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ask [crowd cheering] >> [crowd chanting] trump! rump! -- trump! trump! x what about [inaudible] >> can we get a photo? mr. trump: get over here. we will get a photo. >> what do you think of [inaudible] mr. trump: is a good guy. let's get a picture. >> what about the us -- the response from iran? mr. trump: thank you very much. he is a good person. i know him very well. thank you. ass.
ask [crowd cheering] >> [crowd chanting] trump! rump! -- trump! trump! x what about [inaudible] >> can we get a photo? mr. trump: get over here. we will get a photo. >> what do you think of [inaudible] mr. trump: is a good guy. let's get a picture. >> what about the us -- the response from iran? mr. trump: thank you very much. he is a good person. i know him very well. thank you. ass.
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and trump's said i was doing. i think that's how the case will eventually fall out. but if the jury finds that it was done and they believed that it was for personal reasons. remember? todd, blanche and opening statement try to quote unquote, humanize the client, everybody kind of dismissed that as it's kinda quaint that they're trying to establish that donald trump is both a father and a husband. that wasn't done for just some idle purpose that is done for the purpose of summation later on after evidence is all in to say, hey, listen if the jury finds that there's reasonable doubt and believes that donald trump's motivations was not. we're not principally to advance his interest in a campaign, but to conceal an affair from his wife and his child and the jury bicep or at least one juror buys that are at least one juror finds that there's reasonable doubt as to whether or not it's for an illegal purpose. as opposed to a personal purpose. that's why todd blanche did what he did an opening. that's a setup for what's
and trump's said i was doing. i think that's how the case will eventually fall out. but if the jury finds that it was done and they believed that it was for personal reasons. remember? todd, blanche and opening statement try to quote unquote, humanize the client, everybody kind of dismissed that as it's kinda quaint that they're trying to establish that donald trump is both a father and a husband. that wasn't done for just some idle purpose that is done for the purpose of summation later on...
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trump? >> that is critical. why is that critical? well, because in order for this particular crime to be a felony, they have to show that donald trump not only caused business records to be falsified, and with the intent to commit a crime, but the intent to commit that crime and to cover up kind of goes in with the election interference, with the state campaign violation, so that -- that meeting actually puts all of them together, right? and so what that meeting really does is it is going to corroborate cohen's testimony, and it is going to show that pecker's acts were on the benefit of the campaign. can a person go ahead and contribute and independently benefit a campaign? yes, they can. pecker could have caught and killed the stories, but he cannot do it, it is a violation of the law, and that there goes with the intent to commit the crime which raises the crime to a felony. he cannot do it if he is led or guided or instructed or directed by trump or his agents. trump himself was at that m
trump? >> that is critical. why is that critical? well, because in order for this particular crime to be a felony, they have to show that donald trump not only caused business records to be falsified, and with the intent to commit a crime, but the intent to commit that crime and to cover up kind of goes in with the election interference, with the state campaign violation, so that -- that meeting actually puts all of them together, right? and so what that meeting really does is it is going...
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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
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all to protect trump's campaign. they led to a specific agreement to cook the books to hide their financial footprints. the da said this will be corroborated with evidence in trump's own words. trump's defense rebuts that saying there isn't even a actual conspiracy charge in this case, that's true. the word conspiracy has a legal meaning and a more could he loek which al meaning be. they're attacking the whole election theory that trump promoted an election by unlawful means. that would be needed to super size it into a felony case. so the trump defense has kind of said, well, maybe the da is just being alarmist about what amounts to, however dirty, politics as usual. that's how they argue it. trump's lawyers proclaiming there's nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. the da has put up three witnesses with testimony this week. now the national enquirer chief david pecker was clearly the hottest unloading details, dishing on the original sorted meeting that formed the trump alliance
all to protect trump's campaign. they led to a specific agreement to cook the books to hide their financial footprints. the da said this will be corroborated with evidence in trump's own words. trump's defense rebuts that saying there isn't even a actual conspiracy charge in this case, that's true. the word conspiracy has a legal meaning and a more could he loek which al meaning be. they're attacking the whole election theory that trump promoted an election by unlawful means. that would be...
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trump quiet. if anyone should buy it, pecker said, it should be donald trump and michael cohen, trump's former fixer. pecker says when he told cohen, quote, he was upset and responded that the boss, that's referring to trump, would be furious with me. pecker said today he believed mr. trump or his company had paid daniels until cohen told him in december of 2016 that he was the one who paid her. prosecutors are seeking to prove mr. trump doctored internal business records to cover up that payment. pecker also testified trump was aghast when he saw stormy daniels on "60 minutes." >> was it hush money to stay silent? >> yes. >> reporter: pecker says trump called him. he says we have an agreement with stormy daniels that she cannot mention my name. trump later denied knowledge of the arrangement. on cross-examination, mr. trump's lawyers challenging pecker's credibility and business practices. at a campaign event earlier in the day, mr. trump addressed the testimony of his long-time friend. >> david
trump quiet. if anyone should buy it, pecker said, it should be donald trump and michael cohen, trump's former fixer. pecker says when he told cohen, quote, he was upset and responded that the boss, that's referring to trump, would be furious with me. pecker said today he believed mr. trump or his company had paid daniels until cohen told him in december of 2016 that he was the one who paid her. prosecutors are seeking to prove mr. trump doctored internal business records to cover up that...
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a claim trump denies. the defense claims trump was not involved in any way with cohen's payment. the reimbursement checks being generated or the entry in his company's business ledger, it was someone else's doing. they told the jury that nondisclosure agreements are used all the time and are perfectly legal and in trump's overused playbook, his lawyers claim that even if he did try to influence an election, there's nothing wrong with it. it's called democracy. of course, that will be what the 12-member jury will ultimately have to decide. joining me now is msnbc reporter adam reese, who was at the courthouse today. danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst, and jill wine banks, former assistant watergate special prosecutor and msnbc contributor. while i cannot and refuse still to believe you were old enough to be involved in the nixon investigation, jill, i do want to have you here because i want you to please reflect on the fact we're now having what didn't happen in the case you investigated with nixon, the prosecution of a former president in this case.
a claim trump denies. the defense claims trump was not involved in any way with cohen's payment. the reimbursement checks being generated or the entry in his company's business ledger, it was someone else's doing. they told the jury that nondisclosure agreements are used all the time and are perfectly legal and in trump's overused playbook, his lawyers claim that even if he did try to influence an election, there's nothing wrong with it. it's called democracy. of course, that will be what the...
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trump and she has been loyal to mr. trump. this is where you get this intersection, that is what rona graff faced, as well. you are now on the line, somebody has broken the law. this is obviously an election interference issue, a very serious issue. it is not just a hush money case. so, i am sure hope is being well advised by her lawyers, under no circumstances can you commit perjury in a case like this. just be careful, because the government has access to lots and lots of information. so, you have to tell the truth. i hope that she will do that, even if it hurts mr. trump. >> do you have any sense of any kind of relationship between them now? if they stay in communication? i'm talking about "hopey", as donald trump would call her. >> i actually don't. i actually know that one of my friends, when i worked with goldman sachs, recently married hope. i wish them great success. she is a lovely person. but again, this is just the problem of working with mr. trump. so, maybe to build but are thinking about working for mr. trump don
trump and she has been loyal to mr. trump. this is where you get this intersection, that is what rona graff faced, as well. you are now on the line, somebody has broken the law. this is obviously an election interference issue, a very serious issue. it is not just a hush money case. so, i am sure hope is being well advised by her lawyers, under no circumstances can you commit perjury in a case like this. just be careful, because the government has access to lots and lots of information. so, you...
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tower in 2015 when he entered an agreement with trump and cohen to suppress negative stories about trump and publish negative stories about trump's political opponents which at the time included bill and hillary clinton as well as republican candidates in the primary race. he also discussed a conciliation agreement with the federal election commission and it was his agreement that ami received a fine and agreed not to contest that it committed campaign violations. so that's the latest right now from david packer's testimony as i can right now trump's lawyers are having their opportunity to ask him about the relationship after the da's office concluded their opportunity. back to you sandra. >> we expected here from former president donald trump shortly, joining us former u.s. attorney and fox news contributor andy mccarthy, george washington university professor and fox news contributor jonathan turley and former prosecutor katie trish caskey. andy let's start with you. as we await the remarks from former president donald trump what do you believe is the strategy now other cross-examinati
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that there was a 2015 meeting in trump tower where he, pecker and trump hatched a plan to protect trump and hurt his opponents in his campaign for president. today, pecker called it a quote agreement among friends saying i would run or post positive stories about mr. trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. so what will trump's lawyers do with pecker on cross-examination? he did give them at least one opening. and what about their client, the former president? what he did in court today and what he did outside of it that could put him in contempt. judge merchan appeared to be fed up this morning. what he said to todd blanche. joining us now, lisa rubin. so, lisa, i call it an explosive day in court because pecker goes into great detail about the relationship he had with michael cohen and what he believed michael cohen was doing. and also not to mention the relationship he had with donald trump and direct conversations he had with trump about what they were doing in the 2016 campaign. >> i think david pecker is a far more important witness that many people appreciate. not
that there was a 2015 meeting in trump tower where he, pecker and trump hatched a plan to protect trump and hurt his opponents in his campaign for president. today, pecker called it a quote agreement among friends saying i would run or post positive stories about mr. trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. so what will trump's lawyers do with pecker on cross-examination? he did give them at least one opening. and what about their client, the former president? what he did in...
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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 the start you want if you are donald trump, and i have been talking to a number of us on the panel, and i am surprised that todd blanche did not have a better explanation and response for some of the questions that judge merchan ha
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...
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trump is a former president and they will always call him president trump. they will stress be on that that he right now is a presumptive republican nominee or as defense counsel called him, the republican nominee. not even presumptive. they will claim every aspect of this was an innocent act by trump. there was not and underlying sexual encoder to cover up come even though that would seem immaterial to the charges. they seem to be claiming that michael cohen, trump's lawyer, payday pornography store on his own accord and for his own reasons that trump only paid michael cohen for legal services, just like he always had but changed to a new weird way of paying him after the pornography star thing because they will think of something. if you were on this defense team, if in charge of coming up with a defense for mr. trump, here's a part of the prosecution case that would seem to be the most difficult thing to explain logically. if you are really going to mount a defense of trump did nothing wrong, there was no conspiracy to corrupt the election as the prosecut
trump is a former president and they will always call him president trump. they will stress be on that that he right now is a presumptive republican nominee or as defense counsel called him, the republican nominee. not even presumptive. they will claim every aspect of this was an innocent act by trump. there was not and underlying sexual encoder to cover up come even though that would seem immaterial to the charges. they seem to be claiming that michael cohen, trump's lawyer, payday pornography...
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trump. and i should note, obviously his legal team had a role in picking this jury. they actually felt like they did. they had a more favorable jury pool than they expected. >> not something that's likely to be considered today, but trump has also said it would be his quote, great honor to be jail for violating this gag order. so a very difficult position for the judge to be in. >> we got a shot from inside again, the courthouse right there, whether or not we see people move we shortly we will we will tell you when it happens, caitlin, after this hearing. >> of course, david gets back like up on the stand and i have to say i was glued to the tv all day yesterday to both of you out here discussing his testimony, watching it unfold, at least with the banners on the side of the screen reading out loud what was taking place. he says he engaged in checkbook journalism that sets the table for what today do you think? yeah. well, and just a reminder for everyone. obviously, we don't cameras it's in
trump. and i should note, obviously his legal team had a role in picking this jury. they actually felt like they did. they had a more favorable jury pool than they expected. >> not something that's likely to be considered today, but trump has also said it would be his quote, great honor to be jail for violating this gag order. so a very difficult position for the judge to be in. >> we got a shot from inside again, the courthouse right there, whether or not we see people move we...
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trump. when he said we i thought he was talking about himself and mr. trump. david and the national enquirer influencing the 2016 election at the direction of his lawyer. and there was what prosecutors allege was doing behind the scenes. prosecutors asked mr. exclusive rights to and then sat on so the accusations against trump would not come out before the election. a process that is now known colloquially as catch and kill. it was a story the inquirer determined untrue but bought anyway so it couldn't be sold to anyone else. then there was ken mcdougal the model and actress, who like stormy daniels, alleged she had an affair with donald trump. the inquirer also bought the rights to hurt stories so she could not go public with it. and what we learned in court today is that all this behind- the-scenes maneuvering much like those bombshell cover stories was for one express purpose, to help the trump campaign. your is prosecutor stein glass. the part of the deal where you notified them so they could buy negative information about mr. trump, that part, did that pa
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with trump. hope hicks comes in and plays prominently and part of the conspiracy to elevate trump by killing bad stories and promoting good ones and smear the opponents. it appears that you could read the papers and well aware of what the attacks seems determined to preempt all of the questions about michael cohen. >> right. and if we take a step back and leave the legal trial aspect of this for a moment, we're talking about the presumptive nominee and now a friend of donald trump's dating back to the 1980s, they met at mar-a-lago and stayed in touch frequently over the 30 years. now testifying today, publicly, telling the entire country that he sat in a boardroom in trump tower with donald trump on his first presidential run and concocted a plan which donald trump, who was pleased about in his own words, to cover up the salacious stories. that was a plan that a long time friend of his now tells the american public. and then the karen mcdougal story, to watch that testimony play out, again a long
with trump. hope hicks comes in and plays prominently and part of the conspiracy to elevate trump by killing bad stories and promoting good ones and smear the opponents. it appears that you could read the papers and well aware of what the attacks seems determined to preempt all of the questions about michael cohen. >> right. and if we take a step back and leave the legal trial aspect of this for a moment, we're talking about the presumptive nominee and now a friend of donald trump's...
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trump's attorneys are saying yes. but at the same time saying if you were to kill somebody he would be immune from that. i was struck by in the same week in two different courtrooms and different cases they are both fundamentally sort of at bottom and testing the legal system, a stress test for the country. >> you can almost hear michael steele who was away in bucharest, -- >> why has judge merchan not ruled on the gag order? >> i think he is concerned about this going up on appeal. ruled on the gag order? >> i think he is concerned about this going up on appeal. in. if you will stick around, we have much more to discuss. by the way, i wrote about how this trial, the election interference trial, seems to be diminishing donald trump and away we don't often see. it is in friday's edition of the msnbc daily newsletter. you can see online but also subscribe for free. right now. pull your phone out, get your phone, open up the camera, and scan the qr code on the screen. sign up and you can start reading. you are watching "
trump's attorneys are saying yes. but at the same time saying if you were to kill somebody he would be immune from that. i was struck by in the same week in two different courtrooms and different cases they are both fundamentally sort of at bottom and testing the legal system, a stress test for the country. >> you can almost hear michael steele who was away in bucharest, -- >> why has judge merchan not ruled on the gag order? >> i think he is concerned about this going up on...
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trump. we have not had him on the record, and the question is, would there come a day that david pecker would testify? and as we speak, that is what is currently happening. and michael -- david pecker, i want to read a couple specific quotes here. because he is explaining that trump tower meeting that is at the heart of this case here against donald trump. david pecker says that he told michael cohen and donald trump, quote, i said that i would also be the eyes and ears. i would notify michael cohen, and he would be able to kill, meaning kill these stories. the prosecutor from the district attorney's office asked, quote, how if at all did mr. trump react to your suggestion that you continue to do that? quote, pecker says, he was pleased. currently there is evidence being brought forward before this jury that includes those "national enquirer" headlines, the pro-trump headlines as well as the attacks on the likes of the clintons and other republican primary opponents like marco rubio and ted
trump. we have not had him on the record, and the question is, would there come a day that david pecker would testify? and as we speak, that is what is currently happening. and michael -- david pecker, i want to read a couple specific quotes here. because he is explaining that trump tower meeting that is at the heart of this case here against donald trump. david pecker says that he told michael cohen and donald trump, quote, i said that i would also be the eyes and ears. i would notify michael...
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trump is, trump is the issue, not, not what could happen and to the extent trump's committed these crimes are alleged to have committed these crimes that that is not going to that's not going to be way laid by what they do so you were when predicting the supreme court or your track record is pretty good, 9-0 was was your bet for the colorado ballot case how do you see this going and essentially, when are we going to find out so they will absolutely not find absolute immunity for trump. >> and in fact, they'll, they'll find that while immunity may be constrained in connection with article two duties and some collateral, discretionary acts that there's a fact-finding process required to determine the distinction between official acts and whatever the allegations are that would support an indictment. i think they will lay out that line and then remanded to the district court for findings consistent with their guidance. i think you what you saw today was a lot of frustration with the dc circuit opinion, which sort of said, yeah, this is all reprehensible, no immunity, but it did didn't draw a
trump is, trump is the issue, not, not what could happen and to the extent trump's committed these crimes are alleged to have committed these crimes that that is not going to that's not going to be way laid by what they do so you were when predicting the supreme court or your track record is pretty good, 9-0 was was your bet for the colorado ballot case how do you see this going and essentially, when are we going to find out so they will absolutely not find absolute immunity for trump. >>...
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for donald trump's opponents. so that's a big contribution, and that's the way the prosecution is framing. this was a big up for donald trump's campaign, and it constituted election fraud so in your opinion, windom trump comes out and says, we'll look i was paying a lawyer and we said legal fees. >> what's wrong with that? what's the answer to that so in this case, it's not just legal fees which professor would do, sorry, go into moser i think in this case, it's not simply that he's paying michael cohen, is that michael cohen is being is reimbursing. >> they're paying these payments to stormy daniels. there's the work that david pecker is doing and bringing in, coordinating all of this together. and that's sort of the misdemeanor part. there's also the tax fraud issue that is also been pointed to, hasn't been brought up. and david pecker is testimony. i think it will come out later on thursday, but the idea that donald trump had to gross up michael cohen in order to make him whole for the payments as he is actuall
for donald trump's opponents. so that's a big contribution, and that's the way the prosecution is framing. this was a big up for donald trump's campaign, and it constituted election fraud so in your opinion, windom trump comes out and says, we'll look i was paying a lawyer and we said legal fees. >> what's wrong with that? what's the answer to that so in this case, it's not just legal fees which professor would do, sorry, go into moser i think in this case, it's not simply that he's...
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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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he could warn trump. he could find trump or he could jail donald trump. all three on the table before dtwo of testimony resume. cnn's bryngingras, liveutside of court bryn e contempt of court, a possibility for donald trump this mning. how ll this hearing go dow and there were any sense of how long might take befe ey get back to witnesthat at first ok t takinghe sta yesterday yeah. >> sara so the judge alrdy said they're going to art this hearing at 30 this morng. the juris goi to come back and the're goingo resume with that same witness at 100 a.m. if they're not finish with thhearing by 11, then th're going to discuss a little bit later. know th it only be an hour-and-a-half lf long for this hearing. and at we expect is what we've seen previously in court filings from the prosecution, they believe that donald trump has violated this gag order ten you said, there are a couple options that they're asking for. they want the judge to fine trump $1,000 for each time they the judge believes that he may have violated this order, but ey also said that ey want t
he could warn trump. he could find trump or he could jail donald trump. all three on the table before dtwo of testimony resume. cnn's bryngingras, liveutside of court bryn e contempt of court, a possibility for donald trump this mning. how ll this hearing go dow and there were any sense of how long might take befe ey get back to witnesthat at first ok t takinghe sta yesterday yeah. >> sara so the judge alrdy said they're going to art this hearing at 30 this morng. the juris goi to come...
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trump's. so i mean, that's the only reason that that matters. but the other thing i would just note, i mean, the karen mcdougal story is not over. this is just the beginning of what we will learn about this. karen mcdougal story. and when you look at the charges jeong documents here for trump, there are some hints about where this goes next david pecker ends up paying her, but at some point, he decides to not get reimbursed from trump wod and i'm curis as to why that happened. so ts is the opening salvo, but there's more to come. >> so again, you're not going to find the crime a to z found in any one paragraphf testimony, prosecutors have to build a case here. i think two things jump out at mfrom the transcriptone,his is a full nine alarm fire in trump wld & in the national enquirer in pecker'environment, they are i mean, they're pulling each other out of meetings. borderline panicking. the other thing is that a establishes a really important chain of communication because this is one of the r
trump's. so i mean, that's the only reason that that matters. but the other thing i would just note, i mean, the karen mcdougal story is not over. this is just the beginning of what we will learn about this. karen mcdougal story. and when you look at the charges jeong documents here for trump, there are some hints about where this goes next david pecker ends up paying her, but at some point, he decides to not get reimbursed from trump wod and i'm curis as to why that happened. so ts is the...
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trump? pecker responded on no. so how does that help bolster the case that this was potentially criminal interference in the presidential election. >> yeah. was that the timing of that? particular meeting helps do it because there'll be right around the time we would expect that trump would be contemplating his run gearing up for the run, worried about potential negative press and i completely agree with kaitlan here. this is the start of a story that it's really going to be extending throughout this trial. it's not actually the crux of the criminal case. the crux of the criminal case concerns how and why stormy daniels was paid through michael cohen. that's gonna be the main event for the jurors. with this is all crucial context with the jury's to understand all of everything that leads as three microbreweries with us as well. a former us attorney, michael, let's talk a little bit about pecker's testimony. he said trump was quote, frugal in his approach to money. frugal, a direct quote personally reviewing all exp
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kennedy, and donald trump. other than that, for all the giant barricades erected downtown, the largest numbers present were police officers and reporters plus a couple adorable middle schoolers who came down to see the events. inside the courthouse, i started as team overflow room and through the endless grace of lisa reuben moved to the main courtroom for the second half of the day. while i have written a book about donald trump called the man who sold america for which i interviewed many a trump person and former campaign staffer, et cetera, today was the first time i have actually been in the same room with donald trump. the tormentor of black teenagers like myself in the late 1980s when the central park trial took place in the very same courthouse. what i can tell you is he's taller than you might expect and walks in a gait that is shufflier than you would think. and he's definitely a scowler. although who wouldn't be scowling facing 34 criminal counts in a case that could in theory send you to prison. i ca
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he did it to protect donald trump. cohen lied to congress about business deals trump pursued in russia while he was running for president because trump wanted him to conceal those business deals so his russia baggage wouldn't look so obvious. and cohen lied to a bank to take out a home equity line of credit to pay to silence a woman alleging a sexual relationship with donald trump. namely stormy daniels. trump weirdly keeps leaving out those details when he calls his former personal attorney and fixer a criminal. in clear violation, by the way, of a gag order. tomorrow there will be another chance to hold donald trump accountable in an unprecedented case with farther reaching implications, not just for him but for our democracy. the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments in donald trump versus the united states about whether he can claim sweeping presidential immunity over his criminal election interference charges from special counsel jack smith. but even for the conservative majority hears one word of arguments, it i
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, trump's team suggested the payments trump made to cohen. we're not a payback for funds paid to stormy daniels, but instead payments to his personal attorney trump defended himself against these charges after court on monday which in an invoice or whatever, a bill. and they panic the legal expense. i got indicted for that plant, shifted blame to cohen saying the reality is mr. trump is not on the hook, is not criminally responsible for something mr. cohen may have done years after the fact. blanche said the prosecution's outline of a supposed catch and kill deal with was not a scheme, but completely irrelevant and not illegal in the afternoon as briefly took the stand, he did not look at trump, but trump look directly at him as he testified carol, what was david what did he talk about on the stand because it was limited his time today yeah. david was on the stand for about 20 minutes and he started to describe to the jury how the national enquirer operates, telling them that they engage in checkbook journalism, meaning that they would pay fo
, trump's team suggested the payments trump made to cohen. we're not a payback for funds paid to stormy daniels, but instead payments to his personal attorney trump defended himself against these charges after court on monday which in an invoice or whatever, a bill. and they panic the legal expense. i got indicted for that plant, shifted blame to cohen saying the reality is mr. trump is not on the hook, is not criminally responsible for something mr. cohen may have done years after the fact....
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trump on trial. new york versus defendant donald trump. we are joined by district attorney joyce vance and jason johnson. both analysts for us, joyce, i went through some of what we got this opening week. it fair to say if you are on the jury, the da is up in the lead. i was careful to say it doesn't mean we know the outcome. what do they have to worry about? >> it is a great question. if you are the prosecution and you are not up after your first witness, you are in big trouble. right? but, the prosecution really did start off i think with an unexpected bang. no one knew what to expect out of david pecker. we knew he had been cooperating with prosecutors and brought trump into the election fraud conspiracy necessary to turn the misdemeanor into a felony. he today up well on testimony. they did not seem to come after him with a lot. they questioned some of the key pieces of evidence. but he was thoroughly rehabilitated on cross- examination. >> i don't want to be unkind to the defendant. and he is legally presumed innocent. but his family
trump on trial. new york versus defendant donald trump. we are joined by district attorney joyce vance and jason johnson. both analysts for us, joyce, i went through some of what we got this opening week. it fair to say if you are on the jury, the da is up in the lead. i was careful to say it doesn't mean we know the outcome. what do they have to worry about? >> it is a great question. if you are the prosecution and you are not up after your first witness, you are in big trouble. right?...
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well is trump. that's because of the pressure placed on the southern district of new york by main justice. all the while, folks were saying, doj, are you okay? not knowing that jeff berman was fighting to the last moment with folks very senior in trump's justice department to try to get the story to be told in as truthful a way as prosecutors wanted it to be. >> blinking in morse code. it didn't do much at the time. let the history books write it however they want. a lot of this, if there was not a criminal trial, it might never have been known to the public and the voters. >> another interesting thing if it come out, michael cohen for all of this period was a salaried employee of the trump organization. we learned that today it was mentioned in the openings, "the new york times" in 2020, a lot of tax information and employment records. and we could see he was a salaried employee. he was being paid a w-2. why did they need to pay him this extra money if he's already on staff? it's not unheard of. yo
well is trump. that's because of the pressure placed on the southern district of new york by main justice. all the while, folks were saying, doj, are you okay? not knowing that jeff berman was fighting to the last moment with folks very senior in trump's justice department to try to get the story to be told in as truthful a way as prosecutors wanted it to be. >> blinking in morse code. it didn't do much at the time. let the history books write it however they want. a lot of this, if there...
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trump campaign. again, whether or not this was all done to benefit the campaign is at least one of the cruxes of the matter here. again, this from an nbc reporter's courtroom notes today. bove, cohen was mr. trump's personal lawyer and that was his only job? pecker, correct. bove, between 2015 and 2016 cohen was always clear he wasn't working for his campaign, he was his personal attorney. pecker, yes. that's in addition to trump's defense attorney trying to make it seem to the jury that pecker has a faulty memory, implying he had his facts fed to him by prosecutors suggesting he might have lied under oath at one point when he didn't mention multiple times hope hicks, trump staffer hope hicks was present at at least one key meeting. the defense will get to resume their cross-examination of david pecker tomorrow morning when court reconvenes at 930 a.m. i have to say the revelations on david pecker on direct examination feel so understandable and straightforward and sort of right to the point in terms
trump campaign. again, whether or not this was all done to benefit the campaign is at least one of the cruxes of the matter here. again, this from an nbc reporter's courtroom notes today. bove, cohen was mr. trump's personal lawyer and that was his only job? pecker, correct. bove, between 2015 and 2016 cohen was always clear he wasn't working for his campaign, he was his personal attorney. pecker, yes. that's in addition to trump's defense attorney trying to make it seem to the jury that pecker...
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donald trump? >> reporter: what is it about donald trump is a good question, chris. donald trump has staying power in so many ways. well, you may lose an election like the one in 2020, you also continue to have a following that is indignant upon any efforts to undermine him or the prestige of the trump organization or the political following, one that did garner more than 80 million votes in 2020, and folks are not naive to that, so even when donald trump loses an election or endorses candidates in 2022 who do lose, he continues to hold power to a great extent and also financial power, and that is what michael cohen for all those years had a full understanding of. hope hicks is going to take the stand here as a witness, and she has never met the ire of donald trump. those individuals who have caught his frustration are those who have attempted to sustain away from him, and when those individuals do step away from him, donald trump like bill barr, you are all but gone from his orbit here, and that's
donald trump? >> reporter: what is it about donald trump is a good question, chris. donald trump has staying power in so many ways. well, you may lose an election like the one in 2020, you also continue to have a following that is indignant upon any efforts to undermine him or the prestige of the trump organization or the political following, one that did garner more than 80 million votes in 2020, and folks are not naive to that, so even when donald trump loses an election or endorses...
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they don't take them up through go after trump. >> [indiscernible] mr. trump: what? >> how do you feel about the seven jurors selected today? mr. trump: i will let you know in two months. >> [indiscernible] mr. trump: right now, we have to get the criminals because many people coming into our country are criminals and mental patients. we have to get them out. we will have the largest deportation in the history of our country. you know who needs that? new york. african-american, hispanic american, asian american, they are all losing. unions are losing. >> [indiscernible] what is he doing here because he doesn't like the community. mr. trump: me? i love them and they love me. my numbers are the highest in the history of the republican party with the latinos. did you know that? and, frankly, the illegal immigrants, we have to do something because no country can sustain it. they are emptying out their prisons and men still -- mental institutions. these are people from mental institutions. >> you are in harlem, a different neighborhood. mr. trump: i think we are connectin
they don't take them up through go after trump. >> [indiscernible] mr. trump: what? >> how do you feel about the seven jurors selected today? mr. trump: i will let you know in two months. >> [indiscernible] mr. trump: right now, we have to get the criminals because many people coming into our country are criminals and mental patients. we have to get them out. we will have the largest deportation in the history of our country. you know who needs that? new york....
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the lack of trump -- pro-trump uprising around this, president trump today was trying to say it's because republicans are being prevented from going to that part of lower manhattan. what do you make of how this is happening in new york? >> that's the story for me, the arc of donald trump in new york. the boy who grew up in queens who dreamt of being king of new york. think about the 1980s and every tabloid with donald trump in a limousine, trump tower, right in the middle of fifth avenue. now here he is, a criminal defendant, an old man sitting there slumped over, and even this idea he's got these scores of fans, and yeah, they might not live in lower manhattan but there must be 2 million in the tristate area in staten island, in new jersey, in long island. such a few number of people in the court outside court, protesting on his behalf today. >> almost really nobody. >> who wasn't inside court with him? a single member of his family. the argument that he was protecting his family, that's why this whole thing happened. he's a familyman. not a son, not a daughter, wife, cousin, uncle. no o
the lack of trump -- pro-trump uprising around this, president trump today was trying to say it's because republicans are being prevented from going to that part of lower manhattan. what do you make of how this is happening in new york? >> that's the story for me, the arc of donald trump in new york. the boy who grew up in queens who dreamt of being king of new york. think about the 1980s and every tabloid with donald trump in a limousine, trump tower, right in the middle of fifth avenue....
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trump. pecker detailing his decades long relationship with trump, and his frequent communications with michael cohen. testifying that in that now infamous 2015 meeting, pecker agreed to publish only positive stories about trump, promising to be trump's eyes and ears. pecker going on to say how, at the time, he told the "national enquirer" leadership he wanted that agreement to be "as quiet as possible." because they were going to try to help the trump campaign. this is a big deal. the prosecution alleging a conspiracy to help trump's campaign in order to influence the outcome of the presidential election. setting out to prove that trump violated new york state election law. at one point, david pecker admitting that he bought a false story about trump fathering a child out of wedlock because of the potential embarrassment to the campaign and mr. trump. the prosecution turned to the hush money payment to karen mcdougal, a model who says she had an affair with trump. pecker recalled during this
trump. pecker detailing his decades long relationship with trump, and his frequent communications with michael cohen. testifying that in that now infamous 2015 meeting, pecker agreed to publish only positive stories about trump, promising to be trump's eyes and ears. pecker going on to say how, at the time, he told the "national enquirer" leadership he wanted that agreement to be "as quiet as possible." because they were going to try to help the trump campaign. this is a big...
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donald trump's world. and especially if he think, look anytime you represent people in the media, like trump is like a lot of other high-profile people are in my opinion, they overemphasize the public relations aspect of the trial. they assumed the jurors are reading it. they assume the jurors are violating the judge's orders and looking at and they're trying so hard to influence them i haven't found that to be the case. i've found after a verdict, juror say, yeah, i was in a cab and the thing popped up. i was on my phone, but i've never found a juror after questioning them after a verdict, that layout blatantly violet, now they could be lying to me, but i will tell you there are certain defendants who like they really emphasize on getting the message out after the jury's and paneled when the jury's not supposed to email, see the goal might not be two, to influence the jury so much is really just to provoke a miss trial, right oh, that's a win for the defense in any case, particularly, what would it take t
donald trump's world. and especially if he think, look anytime you represent people in the media, like trump is like a lot of other high-profile people are in my opinion, they overemphasize the public relations aspect of the trial. they assumed the jurors are reading it. they assume the jurors are violating the judge's orders and looking at and they're trying so hard to influence them i haven't found that to be the case. i've found after a verdict, juror say, yeah, i was in a cab and the thing...
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should donald trump? except whatever verdict the jury renders in this case well, my hope is that all americans can trust or judicial system, and that's really what this case we'll prove out. >> i think it's a little ridiculous that they've waited years to bring these types of charges against donald trump they wanted to make these kinds of charges against him. they should have done it two years ago when this happened to do it conveniently during a presidential election when he's campaigning to return to the white house, i think proves that this is all politically motivated. it's the way that democrats i started fighting these days is using the judicial system and activist judges to do so. my hope is that the people and the jury will do what is right and hear the evidence and see clearly that this is an unprecedented trial, but it's unprecedented in how ridiculous it is. >> well, this these allegations happened when he was president. that is in part for the prosecutors. why they say that he excuse me. the a
should donald trump? except whatever verdict the jury renders in this case well, my hope is that all americans can trust or judicial system, and that's really what this case we'll prove out. >> i think it's a little ridiculous that they've waited years to bring these types of charges against donald trump they wanted to make these kinds of charges against him. they should have done it two years ago when this happened to do it conveniently during a presidential election when he's...