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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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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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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
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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
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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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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 does. yeah. i mean, one of the things that i've heard from some democrats is they say, jamie raskin is the one i'm thinking of. y is at stefanik the one leading the charge about this because she as you note is doesn't exactly lead the charge against the anti-semites on the right, here's what congressman raskin last december said. when it came to at least a phonic as the leader peter of this the issue with at least a phonic is that while she's posing as a great champion of the jews and opponent of antisemitism on campus and for college presidents, she won't say anything about presidential anti-semitism when it comes to the white house, the real president of the united states and that of course is a much greater threat to jews in america when you have donald trump, who says things like they're very fine people on both sides of it. >> in anti-semitic race riot called by neo-nazis in charlottesville, virginia every spent jamie raskin a great deal it makes me uncomfortable to watch people play politic
trump does. yeah. i mean, one of the things that i've heard from some democrats is they say, jamie raskin is the one i'm thinking of. y is at stefanik the one leading the charge about this because she as you note is doesn't exactly lead the charge against the anti-semites on the right, here's what congressman raskin last december said. when it came to at least a phonic as the leader peter of this the issue with at least a phonic is that while she's posing as a great champion of the jews and...
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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 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
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deal with donald trump. you might text somebody close to him, but not him. >> he's never texted me. never we already, doesn't text or email no. >> no, never. >> it was always like anything we had the email we would email to his assistant. the objection has been noted in overrule, judge merchan says merchan says noting that any embedded hearsay issues will be dealt with as they move through the documents. okay. so they probably went through and found a few text messages were wondering of them, said, you know, somebody else told me x and so you know, tallies point, because these are texts between two alleged coconspirators, they would be admissible for that purpose, but to the extent that there are certain pieces within that that go outside that as they come up, he's going to potentially excise pieces of it. >> and yeah, i mean, what we're going to see here in these text messages between michael cohen and david dana presumably will bolster what michael cohen's going to say on the stand and what has said on the
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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
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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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in addition, trump is facing criminal trials in georgia and florida, and in just the last 24 hours, trump was named as an unindicted coconspirator in arizona and michigan over fake electric schemes. we have team coverage of tod today's -- and jan crawford will start us off from the supreme court. >> reporter: in nearly three hours of historic arguments, the judges emphasized their decision will go beyond former president donald trump. >> whatever we decide is going to apply to all future presidents. >> reporter: no president has ever faced criminal prosecution, and some justices, while emphasizing a president is not above the law, focused on what precedent the case will set. >> the history tells us it is not going to stop. it's going to cycle back and be used against the current president or the next president, or the next president after that. >> i am concerned about future uses of the criminal law to target political opponents. >> reporter: trump is arguing he has absolute immunity as president from prosecution for official acts during his tenure in office, including efforts to overturn
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trump. mr. blanche is hoping when those jurors go back and deliberate they're going to think trump is just like this lawyer that mr. blanche hopes the jurors will like very much. >> david pecker is being questioned now about check the journalism. we should point out that we at nbc and msnbc and the mainstream media do not pay for, they don't pay for interviews. they don't pay people other than we pay an outside author for something they're writing or doing. but you don't pay for journalism. he's explaining the way of the tabloids, which was to pay. the max they would pay that he would have to approve personally would be $10,000. we're talking here about payments of $130,000 stretched out to kill a story. so they're establishing this was very unusual. >> not only are they establishing it's very unusual, andrea, part of the art, the skill of trial lawyers here including it is the way the prosecutors put out a very complicated case in 45 minutes told a story that captivates the jury. they know that
trump. mr. blanche is hoping when those jurors go back and deliberate they're going to think trump is just like this lawyer that mr. blanche hopes the jurors will like very much. >> david pecker is being questioned now about check the journalism. we should point out that we at nbc and msnbc and the mainstream media do not pay for, they don't pay for interviews. they don't pay people other than we pay an outside author for something they're writing or doing. but you don't pay for...
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had with trump where trump's says, how's our girl doing, right? referencing karen mcdougal referring to someone in a way that you would refer to them if you knew them, if you had had an affair with them, if they were your girl, right and in the converse, there was another conversation. >> just a handful of congress stations that david pecker testified that he had directly with donald trump in another one of those conversations, when they had just learned that karen mcdougal was going to go public liquid this according to pecker, trump said to him, and house karen. so a familiarity, not who is this stranger that has made some allegation, but com calling her by her first name, which then when you add the two together, suggests that there was some familiarity with who she was and where where the story was coming from. >> and that's the psychology that now what is in front of the jury, but that's the psychology that the prosecution is trying to get i'm sure now, in front of the jury, and i believe that discussion with holler girl was the same meeting
had with trump where trump's says, how's our girl doing, right? referencing karen mcdougal referring to someone in a way that you would refer to them if you knew them, if you had had an affair with them, if they were your girl, right and in the converse, there was another conversation. >> just a handful of congress stations that david pecker testified that he had directly with donald trump in another one of those conversations, when they had just learned that karen mcdougal was going to...
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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 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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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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, 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 chord on monday puts an invoice or whatever and they paid nick or legal expense, i got indicted for that land 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 david was on the stand for about 20 minutes to de he was explaining to the jury how the national enquirer operate, saying that they did pay for certain stories he testified on the celebrity side of the magazine industry, at least on the tabloid side, we use checkbook journalism and we paid for stories. he also sa
, 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 chord on monday puts an invoice or whatever and they paid nick or legal expense, i got indicted for that land 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 packer testified today that when donald trump heard that her story might come out, trump told packer, quote anytime you do anything like this it always gets out. okay? >> who knows what donald trump was thinking when mr. pecker testified all of this in court today, when the national enquirer endorse trump back in 2016, trump, after all, returned the favor i've always said, why didn't the national enquirer get the pulitzer prize for edwards and o j simpson and all of these things i think maybe we got an idea today why the national enquirer hasn't been awarded any policy prizes. >> cnn's kara scannell was in court for all this. kara, how attentive? >> word jurors, as all of this sleeves was displayed before them jake, it was a very short court session today. >> david pecker was on the and for just over two hours. and during his testimony, the jurors appear to be paying close attention. you could see when pecker was testifying, he often looked at the jury box when he was answering some of the questions. and you could see the jurors eyes following him back to the prosecutor, who would th
trump packer testified today that when donald trump heard that her story might come out, trump told packer, quote anytime you do anything like this it always gets out. okay? >> who knows what donald trump was thinking when mr. pecker testified all of this in court today, when the national enquirer endorse trump back in 2016, trump, after all, returned the favor i've always said, why didn't the national enquirer get the pulitzer prize for edwards and o j simpson and all of these things i...
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with trump which he denied. perker said he would not have entered this if it didn't benefit the campaign. he said he didn't want the story to the bears are hurt the campaign cleared trump's attorney uses saab cross-examining perker to show how the mutually beneficial relationship between he and trump went back almost to dixoxn needs to extract two decades. he said he gave a heads up of the negative stories. he asked if it was sop for media to work with politicians including to win elections. perker replied, yes. >> today was a breathtaking in this room. amazing testimony. >> before court top trump said this. he cited this to the judge as many violations of the gag order not to discuss witnesses in the case. >> what did you think of perker's testimony so far. >> he has been very nice. he's a nice guy. >> the judge has set a hearing for wednesday to hear additional arguments over whether donald trump did violate that gag order. tomorrow david perker will be back on the stand. trump's lawyers will continue to cross
with trump which he denied. perker said he would not have entered this if it didn't benefit the campaign. he said he didn't want the story to the bears are hurt the campaign cleared trump's attorney uses saab cross-examining perker to show how the mutually beneficial relationship between he and trump went back almost to dixoxn needs to extract two decades. he said he gave a heads up of the negative stories. he asked if it was sop for media to work with politicians including to win elections....
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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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and melania trump. they are style icon but he changed american passion in the apprentice. people spent the next 10 years trying to dress like donald trump it if anyone deserves a puff piece on their sense of style it is donald trump and the first lady. >> [ laughter ] oh, man. yeah, that was former chubb official stephen miller. i don't know why he talks like that. he was trying to take the crown for our worst of the week bonus round with that alternate slice of reality. he was weighing in on a fox segment that was dedicated to slamming the media for finding over president biden's fashion sense. miller's blind loyalty to the ex-president, arguably his blindness when it comes to fashion sense is funny. it is cartoonish. i want to take a step back because there is something deeper at play. the weight trump fans like stephen miller rises to the level of cultus -- cult-ish obsession it would have some supporters to make a literal golden statue of donald trump, which has actually happened. let us bring in de
and melania trump. they are style icon but he changed american passion in the apprentice. people spent the next 10 years trying to dress like donald trump it if anyone deserves a puff piece on their sense of style it is donald trump and the first lady. >> [ laughter ] oh, man. yeah, that was former chubb official stephen miller. i don't know why he talks like that. he was trying to take the crown for our worst of the week bonus round with that alternate slice of reality. he was weighing...
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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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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
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...
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she remains loyal to trump's. she was only on the stand for about a half an hour, but even in that context, and maybe maybe in that context, what she said today about stormy daniels being at trump tower and trump having that contact information for mcdougal and daniels? it's very important. also important was another witness on the stand today, the man who actually arranged michael cohen's $130,000 payment to daniels. >> gary farro worked first republic bank and he testified that cohen contacted him just days after that access hollywood, grab them by the peak tape was released. >> now remember, at that time, trump's campaign was in panic mode and pharaoh testified that at that time, cohen sat up, set up not one but two llcs. and the second was called essential consultants it was done on october 26, 13 days before the election. and that's the shell company that cohen then used to pay stormy daniels. and remember, it is that is that payment and trump's reimbursement of that payment to cohen? that is at the heart of
she remains loyal to trump's. she was only on the stand for about a half an hour, but even in that context, and maybe maybe in that context, what she said today about stormy daniels being at trump tower and trump having that contact information for mcdougal and daniels? it's very important. also important was another witness on the stand today, the man who actually arranged michael cohen's $130,000 payment to daniels. >> gary farro worked first republic bank and he testified that cohen...
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being made by trump's team. they're saying absolute immunity. it's hard for an outside observer to see how that would make any sense at all. >> i don't think they have a chance in winning this case. i think what they have a chance of is getting a justice or two to write a dissent that will slow down the writing of this opinion. if they can slow it down enough, the hope is then judge chutkan will be forced to schedule the trial after the election. and so the american people then will not get to hear all of the evidence against donald trump. liz cheney had an important piece in the "new york times" in which she said, supreme court, decide this thing fast, because jack smith has uncovered all sorts of information against donald trump that i and the members of the january 6th committee did not have. the only way to get that in front of the american people is to have a trial before the election. the stakes aren't just about what the decision will say at the supreme court. the more important stakes are when is the cou
being made by trump's team. they're saying absolute immunity. it's hard for an outside observer to see how that would make any sense at all. >> i don't think they have a chance in winning this case. i think what they have a chance of is getting a justice or two to write a dissent that will slow down the writing of this opinion. if they can slow it down enough, the hope is then judge chutkan will be forced to schedule the trial after the election. and so the american people then will not...
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trump. when he said we i always assumed he and mr. trump. david pecker and the national enquirer were by his own admission publishing the 2016 at the behest of donald trump at the direction of his lawyer. and then there was what mr. pecker was doinghe behinds the scenes to help trump's campaign. today they asked mr.picker about two negative stories about trump, stories the national enquirer purchased the exclusive rights to and then sat on so that the accusations against trump would not come out before thewo election, a process that now known colloquially and publicly as catch and kill. the first story was about trump's love child. it was a story that was untrue. then there was karen mcdougal a model and actress who like stormy daniels alleged she had an affair with donald trump. the enquirer also bought the rights to her story she she could not go public with it. what we learned in court today all this behind the scenes maneuvering much like the bombshell cover story was for one express purpose, to help the trump campaign. here'sp prosecuto
trump. when he said we i always assumed he and mr. trump. david pecker and the national enquirer were by his own admission publishing the 2016 at the behest of donald trump at the direction of his lawyer. and then there was what mr. pecker was doinghe behinds the scenes to help trump's campaign. today they asked mr.picker about two negative stories about trump, stories the national enquirer purchased the exclusive rights to and then sat on so that the accusations against trump would not come...
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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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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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donald trump. >> reporter: trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker, how is our girl? >> as his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the supreme court. >> this court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. >> a private attorney who was willing to spread false claims of election fraud -- >> what was up with the pardon for president nixon? if everybody thought presidents couldn't be prosecuted, what was that about? >> if it fails completely it is because we have destroyed our democracy. >> tonight, rachel maddow, nicolle wallace, joy reid, chris hayes, lawrence o'donnell, ra melber, all here as msnbc's special coverage of trump on trial begins now. >> who has the time? who has the time? you are telling me that simultaneously we've got three hours of oral argument at the united states supreme court about the former president claiming he is totally immune from prosecution for any crime he did as president and at the exact same time he is
donald trump. >> reporter: trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker, how is our girl? >> as his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the supreme court. >> this court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. >> a private attorney who was willing to spread false claims of election fraud -- >> what was up with the pardon for president nixon? if everybody thought presidents couldn't be prosecuted, what...
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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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trump added to the part that read in order to get on the trump jury. but, within hours, jesse watters directed trumps mistake for him , posting trumps incorrect version of the quote to jesse watters's own twitter account, in effect, retroactively making his own words the words that trump wanted them to be. quite clearly and quite literally, they are heeding trumps calls. they are taking his line edits. what does a gag order mean when you have someone like this with a microphone? >> the guy needs exercise. he's usually golfing. you are going to put a man who is almost 80 sitting in a room like this on his but for all that time? it's not healthy. he needs sunlight and he needs activity. they are going to put him in a meat locker. he says it's 45 degrees in there and they are putting his life in danger. >> back with me again is lisa rubin, msnbc legal correspondent and brian stelter, special correspondent and author of "network of life, the epic saga of fox news, donald trump, and the battle for american democracy." thank you both for being here tonight.
trump added to the part that read in order to get on the trump jury. but, within hours, jesse watters directed trumps mistake for him , posting trumps incorrect version of the quote to jesse watters's own twitter account, in effect, retroactively making his own words the words that trump wanted them to be. quite clearly and quite literally, they are heeding trumps calls. they are taking his line edits. what does a gag order mean when you have someone like this with a microphone? >> the...
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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 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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putin picks trump for president. or this one. how trump will win. or following how trump will win the debate. and also hillary's nephew is in the clan. trump takes charge. also bill clinton is dying. and hillary is dying. and also hillary is corrupt. that one is not clear enough. it just says corrupt, one big word. and also says hillary will never be president. this is their election eve bomb shell edition. hillary, corrupt, racist, criminal. before 2016 the national inquirer never before endorsed a presidential candidate. but this is what they did in 2016. when they did those covers, they were doing something very different with donald trump than they have ever done with any politician before. something that was in the face of every person who ever walked up to the little conveyer belt thing at the supermarket checkout line anywhere in america, any time during the duration of the alleged conspiracy, which was the duration of the 2016 campaign. whether or not you ever picked up the magazine, let alone open it past the cover, this propaganda, which i
putin picks trump for president. or this one. how trump will win. or following how trump will win the debate. and also hillary's nephew is in the clan. trump takes charge. also bill clinton is dying. and hillary is dying. and also hillary is corrupt. that one is not clear enough. it just says corrupt, one big word. and also says hillary will never be president. this is their election eve bomb shell edition. hillary, corrupt, racist, criminal. before 2016 the national inquirer never before...
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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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donald trump trump is like just get it done. he's not in the weeds. in fact, at one point, michael cohen says none i got it. alan and i are going to handle you don't worry about it. we're going to pay him. you don't worry about the how and the how is the crime. so when that tape comes up, that's gonna be a problem for the prosecutor. >> i also think that part of the thing about trump paying attention to details is more to what caitlin was saying, which is the amount of money even for a very rich person like donald trump, he didn't really want to part ways with $150,000 for karen mcdougal, 134 stormy. he did not want to part ways with that money to get his attorneys tried to get out of it once the election was over. so it's really about the dollar here that was concerning to himhe we can come back and decisions still looming for trump and whether he violated the judge's gag order multiple times. the hearing earlier did not go well for the trump attorney with the judge warning trump's lawyer at one point that he was losing all cre
donald trump trump is like just get it done. he's not in the weeds. in fact, at one point, michael cohen says none i got it. alan and i are going to handle you don't worry about it. we're going to pay him. you don't worry about the how and the how is the crime. so when that tape comes up, that's gonna be a problem for the prosecutor. >> i also think that part of the thing about trump paying attention to details is more to what caitlin was saying, which is the amount of money even for a...
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trump? >> right? absolutely. and look, these are all individuals from the trump world, from the trump universe that we've identified so far are obviously very close to trump we're very close to trump at a certain time, especially when you're trying to overturn the 2020 election. and we'll learn more about these other redacted names probably about in the next few minutes here, but we are told that they are all from that inner circle, from those people that were working in trump's orbit to help them overturn the 2020 election and look this investigation here in arizona, it's obviously coming years after after those efforts were first exposed. but we always thought that it was really focused on the fake electors themselves, myself and marshall cohen have reported though in the last few months that the probe did seem to be expanding it seemed to be looking into people who are connected to the trump campaign on a national level. and now we know that some of these names and this indictment are in that really that inner
trump? >> right? absolutely. and look, these are all individuals from the trump world, from the trump universe that we've identified so far are obviously very close to trump we're very close to trump at a certain time, especially when you're trying to overturn the 2020 election. and we'll learn more about these other redacted names probably about in the next few minutes here, but we are told that they are all from that inner circle, from those people that were working in trump's orbit to...
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that would hurt trump. he said what i would do is publish positive stories about trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. the prosecution showing the jury a series of glowing headlines about then canada trump and derogatory ones about trump's opponents in closing -- including ted cruz. he also testified his company paid a doorman $30,000 for completely untrue story about mr. trump fathering a child with his housekeeper, so the doorman couldn't take the story elsewhere, trying to save mr. trump and the campaign, the potential in person -- embarrassment. the state seeking to hold mr. trump in the criminal contempt for violating the judges gag order that bars him from attacking trial witnesses. >> so they can talk about me and say whatever they want, they can live and i'm not allowed to say anything. i'd love to see everything that's on my mind. >> the defense argued that trump should be permitted to respond to political attacks and the gag order should not cover repost of someone else. the judg
that would hurt trump. he said what i would do is publish positive stories about trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. the prosecution showing the jury a series of glowing headlines about then canada trump and derogatory ones about trump's opponents in closing -- including ted cruz. he also testified his company paid a doorman $30,000 for completely untrue story about mr. trump fathering a child with his housekeeper, so the doorman couldn't take the story elsewhere, trying to...
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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 water's own twitter account in effect retro actively making his own words the words trump wanted them to be. quite clearly and quite literally, they are heeding trump's calls. they are taking his line edits. >> the guy needs exercise. he is usually golfing. and so, you will put a man who is almost 80 sitting like a room on his butt all this time? it is unhealthyment he needs sunlight and activity. they are freezing him to death. putting him in a meat locker. he says it's like 45-degree ins there and putting his life in danger. >> back with me again is lisa ruben. and bryan stelter. vanity fair special correspondent author of network of lies. the epic saga of fox news. donald trump and the battle for american democracy. thank you for being here, what is the point of a gag order honestly? when you have a media industrial complex acting as a public defense line for donald t
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 water's own twitter account in effect retro actively making his own words the words trump wanted them to be. quite clearly and quite literally, they are heeding trump's calls. they are taking his line edits. >> the guy needs exercise. he is usually golfing. and so, you will put a man who is almost 80 sitting...
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trump. please do everything that mr. trump asks you to do. that's what his defense attorneys are doing now. i think it is going to hurt him, and it doesn't bode well for future cases that are going to come down the line. thank god at least, finally, we have him in a court of law. >>> now on to politics. voters in pennsylvania will hit the polls today for the battleground state's primary election. all 17 members of the state's congressional delegation are up for re-election. three of them are facing serious challenges in the primary. today's election will also cement the lineup for the high-stakes senate race, as incumbent democratic senator bob casey looks to keep his seat there. joining us from outside a polling location in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. ali, what are you looking at for today's primary? >> look, you're right to point out that every congressperson in this state is going to be up for their own sort of first step in re-election, but the one we're looking at closely here is where i am i
trump. please do everything that mr. trump asks you to do. that's what his defense attorneys are doing now. i think it is going to hurt him, and it doesn't bode well for future cases that are going to come down the line. thank god at least, finally, we have him in a court of law. >>> now on to politics. voters in pennsylvania will hit the polls today for the battleground state's primary election. all 17 members of the state's congressional delegation are up for re-election. three of...
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trump's campaign. and after the election, pecker told the jury trump thanked him. on cross examination, trump's lawyer, susan necheles, suggested stormy daniels visited trump tower because she was being considered for a role on the apprentice. graff said there was office chatter about that, adding "i vaguely recall hearing trump say that daniels may be one of the interesting people who could be on the show." but no ambiguity on one point, when trump's lawyer asked graff if she wanted to be there in court, her one word answer, "no." and as she left the stand, donald trump rose up out of his chair to greet her, whispering some words and extending his hand. >> reporter: the first week of testimony ended with a banter of testimony. the jury heard the granular details about the shell company, michael cohen used to pay stormy daniels her hush money. remember, prosecutors have to prove that when trump paid cohen back, he falsified business
trump's campaign. and after the election, pecker told the jury trump thanked him. on cross examination, trump's lawyer, susan necheles, suggested stormy daniels visited trump tower because she was being considered for a role on the apprentice. graff said there was office chatter about that, adding "i vaguely recall hearing trump say that daniels may be one of the interesting people who could be on the show." but no ambiguity on one point, when trump's lawyer asked graff if she wanted...
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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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trump. >> he described the dobbs as a miracle. maybe it's coming from the bible he's trying to sell. i almost wanted to buy one just to see what's in it. >> republican senator mitt romney and president biden making jokes about donald trump. there was a lot to go around yesterday. mitt romney, wow. bring it home, willie. >> yeah, mitt romney going in there, obviously no love lost between those two men. mitt romney, expect to hear more of that throughout the campaign. >> expert legal analysis on yesterday's testimony in the hush money trial and the gag order against trump. straight ahead. >>> president biden's joke came while he was campaigning in florida. on the issue of reproductive rights and women's health care, blaming trump for overturning roe and these extreme abortion laws. we'll show you more of the president's speech. quite a flex going down to florida while trump was stuck in court in new york city. on capitol hill, a top republican admits it's trump's fault that border security has
trump. >> he described the dobbs as a miracle. maybe it's coming from the bible he's trying to sell. i almost wanted to buy one just to see what's in it. >> republican senator mitt romney and president biden making jokes about donald trump. there was a lot to go around yesterday. mitt romney, wow. bring it home, willie. >> yeah, mitt romney going in there, obviously no love lost between those two men. mitt romney, expect to hear more of that throughout the campaign. >>...
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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
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...