nbc "nightly news"
with lester holt.
>>> good evening and
welcome.
the prosecution in
donald trump's hush
money trial drew the
sharp outlines of its
case against the
former president
today, telling the
manhattan jury mr.
trump orchestrated a
criminal scheme to
corrupt.
during a 40-minute
opening statement a
prosecutor told the
panel hush money
payments to porn star
stormy daniels to
assure her silence
over an alleged affair
and were illegally
disguised as legal
expenses were part of
a planned long-running
conspiracy to
influence the 2016
election.
in his opening
statement a lawyer for
mr. trump firing back
saying there was
nothing wrong with
trying to influence an
election.
the prosecution
putting on the stand
as its first witness
the former publisher
of the "national
enquirer," who the
state says was central
to an effort to quash
negative stories about
mr. trump during the
2016 presidential
race.
donald trump denies
having had an affair
with miss daniels and
has pleaded not guilty
to...