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yasmin, what's happening so far with this gag order hearing? >> reporter: so we're looking at four potential violations of this gag order in which the people, the attorney for the people presented, two of which were attacking potential witness michael cohen along with david pecker who we know has already testified, and then the fourth attacking the actual jury. in one of the statements, the former president said 95% of this jury is democrats. in two other statements about michael cohen, the former president said michael cohen is a liar, he has no credibility as well. so they're now going through the defense from todd blanche, the former president's attorney as to why he feels as if the former president has not violated these gag orders and why it is so difficult of a position the former president is in. the white house correspondent dinner in which president joe biden mentioned stormy weather in his speech. what is donald trump supposed to do? not respond to that? not mention stormy daniels by name, even though she is going to be a potential wi
yasmin, what's happening so far with this gag order hearing? >> reporter: so we're looking at four potential violations of this gag order in which the people, the attorney for the people presented, two of which were attacking potential witness michael cohen along with david pecker who we know has already testified, and then the fourth attacking the actual jury. in one of the statements, the former president said 95% of this jury is democrats. in two other statements about michael cohen,...
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yasmin, what's the latest? >> reporter: god bless her, she's reviewed 5 to 10,000 social media posts when asked by mangold when it comes to her social media archiving and how it is she comes up with these social media posts, finds them, she's reviewed 5 to 10,000 social media posts, saved 1,500 of them. walking through kind of process, for instance, how do you find a verified account. she walks through obviously how twitter has now changed hands, how you can purchase now that blue check mark instead of being officially verified, and this is all an effort, ana, as i mentioned a little bill earlier to kind of build on all of the evidence that has been submitted by the prosecution specifically when it comes to so many of the former president's social media posts, not only on twitter way back when but truth social even know. i'll bring up an example if i can for a moment. it was earlier this morning before we even started the trial once again with daus on the stand, they brought up, and i will say todd blanche brou
yasmin, what's the latest? >> reporter: god bless her, she's reviewed 5 to 10,000 social media posts when asked by mangold when it comes to her social media archiving and how it is she comes up with these social media posts, finds them, she's reviewed 5 to 10,000 social media posts, saved 1,500 of them. walking through kind of process, for instance, how do you find a verified account. she walks through obviously how twitter has now changed hands, how you can purchase now that blue check...
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trump, guys. >> okay, yasmin, thanks. stand by as we continue to report out what's happening in there. so they're talking about this nondisclosure agreement. >> this is the time they benched more. >> every time they bring this up, they go to the bench. right before they had a bench meeting, hoffinger asked do you recall when donald trump agreed through his lawyers not to enforce that nda? at what point did that occur? cohen, i don't recall. was that a civil case? cohen said yes. would mr. trump be required to sit for a deposition. cohen, yes. >> the date, the decision was made he would not sit, the nda was terminated. that's when blanche, donald trump's attorney, called for a bench meeting. what do you think that was about, maya? >> i don't want to put myself in blanche's shoes right here, especially having not been in the courtroom when all this was happening, but at the end of the day, blanche's job is to make sure that he is doing everything he can to control what evidence the jury is hearing and how they are hearing i
trump, guys. >> okay, yasmin, thanks. stand by as we continue to report out what's happening in there. so they're talking about this nondisclosure agreement. >> this is the time they benched more. >> every time they bring this up, they go to the bench. right before they had a bench meeting, hoffinger asked do you recall when donald trump agreed through his lawyers not to enforce that nda? at what point did that occur? cohen, i don't recall. was that a civil case? cohen said...
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yasmin, it's been an intense day in the courtroom so far. i think we just lost yasmin. we just did. let me ask you, dave, if i could, the morning started with this admonition by judge merchan to the former president. this is the tenth one, another grand. it's 10 grand, but it's not doing a lot. the other big bombshell, if you will during today's testimony, is mcconney. who is he and what is it that the prosecution is getting at with him? >> he's the comptroller for the company. we've heard his name before. it's important because this is the next phase of the trial. we had the sexy phase at first, that trump was involved from the beginning, he was part of the hush-money scheme. now it's important prosecutors try to tie trump to the falsification of the business records. that's where mcconney comes in because michael cohen sent mcconney the invoices and instructed him to frame them as legal services. mcconney can say if trump was involved. that is key. unless trump can be tied to the falsification of business records, the defense has reasonable doubt. >> i want to bring in vaughn hill
yasmin, it's been an intense day in the courtroom so far. i think we just lost yasmin. we just did. let me ask you, dave, if i could, the morning started with this admonition by judge merchan to the former president. this is the tenth one, another grand. it's 10 grand, but it's not doing a lot. the other big bombshell, if you will during today's testimony, is mcconney. who is he and what is it that the prosecution is getting at with him? >> he's the comptroller for the company. we've...
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let's go back out to yasmin vossoughian outside the courthouse. get us back into what is happening inside in the courtroom at the moment. >> so they're trying to poke holes in the night that the former president and stormy daniels met. and allegedly had sex in that hotel room. during stormy daniels' testimony, she talked about how they didn't have dinner, she was invited up by keith schiller, via donald trump, and then as she got to the hotel room, she was in the hotel room for what she said was about three hours or so, in which she was not fed during that time period. and she thought they were going to go out to dinner, then order into the hotel room. this was her testimony that she gave during direct. however, during this cross examination, susan necheles is trying to poke holes in the testimony by bringing up her former interviews, not only the interview she gave to "in touch" magazine, but the interview she gave to anderson cooper as well. let me walk you through the back and forth we're getting from necheles and daniels when it comes to that
let's go back out to yasmin vossoughian outside the courthouse. get us back into what is happening inside in the courtroom at the moment. >> so they're trying to poke holes in the night that the former president and stormy daniels met. and allegedly had sex in that hotel room. during stormy daniels' testimony, she talked about how they didn't have dinner, she was invited up by keith schiller, via donald trump, and then as she got to the hotel room, she was in the hotel room for what she...
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yasmin's point is well taken. why was donald trump so generous in this single instance of reimbursing michael cohen that went to stormy daniels. it means they were essentially paying the taxes for michael cohen in receiving this money. that is not necessarily illegal, but it shows this unusual step was taken and it's documented here that the -- that donald trump was so concerned about this whole incident with stormy daniels that he was going to be so generous, probably in an effort to keep everybody silent about this. >> as a reminder to our viewers, the payment to stormy daniels was $130,000. michael cohen got more than $400,000 at the end of the day in these 11 checks that were allegedly, illegally labeled just business records. they were paid to a lawyer payments, not hush-money payments. adam, when you listen to the testimony the jurors are hearing specifically, what stands out about how they're discussing these payments to you? >> it stands out to me that everybody in the circle of payments, both the paying a
yasmin's point is well taken. why was donald trump so generous in this single instance of reimbursing michael cohen that went to stormy daniels. it means they were essentially paying the taxes for michael cohen in receiving this money. that is not necessarily illegal, but it shows this unusual step was taken and it's documented here that the -- that donald trump was so concerned about this whole incident with stormy daniels that he was going to be so generous, probably in an effort to keep...
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joining us from outside the new york city courthouse is nbc news national correspondent yasmin vossoughian, criminal defense attorney, and msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos, and new york law school professor and former manhattan assistant district attorney, rebecca. bring us up to speed on what's happening now. >> reporter: i'm not a lawyer. i'm trying to be one on tv. the way i'm seeing this, and the terms are not lawyerly. the way i'm seeing this as an assembly line, what they're establishing after having this kind of huge witness that is stormy daniels. some of the more important witnesses we're hearing from are the ones building the case for the prosecution and getting to the key of what the case is about, right, which is the document, falsifying the business records, and talking about those signed checks by former president donald trump, and paying off or paying michael cohen and that alleged scheme of $35,000 a month, as this retainer, donald trump put it, allies versus what michael cohen says was his payoff because he had paid stormy daniels $130,000. some of the names we have hea
joining us from outside the new york city courthouse is nbc news national correspondent yasmin vossoughian, criminal defense attorney, and msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos, and new york law school professor and former manhattan assistant district attorney, rebecca. bring us up to speed on what's happening now. >> reporter: i'm not a lawyer. i'm trying to be one on tv. the way i'm seeing this, and the terms are not lawyerly. the way i'm seeing this as an assembly line, what they're...
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nbc's yasmin vossoughian is outside the courthouse. also with us, catherine christian, former manhattan assistant district attorney, temidayo agone da williams, former federal prosecutor, and adam pollock, and judge diane keyes l, a retired court judge. yasmin, what's going on right now? >> reporter: ten hours of closing yesterday. here we are, jury instructions happening any moment now. court beginning at 10:00 a.m. donald trump inside the courtroom not making any comments as he was walking in. let's just remind folks where we are and what these charges kind of make up. the falsification of business records to conceal another crime violating of campaign finance laws, violation of new york tax laws, violation of election laws as well. so if you can imagine, these 12 jurors will have to understand and grapple with what exactly these charges are to whether or not they're going to come up with a verdict of guilty and/or not guilty. those jury instructions expected to last about an hour, and then they go into deliberations, when they are i
nbc's yasmin vossoughian is outside the courthouse. also with us, catherine christian, former manhattan assistant district attorney, temidayo agone da williams, former federal prosecutor, and adam pollock, and judge diane keyes l, a retired court judge. yasmin, what's going on right now? >> reporter: ten hours of closing yesterday. here we are, jury instructions happening any moment now. court beginning at 10:00 a.m. donald trump inside the courtroom not making any comments as he was...
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let's go back to yasmin. tell us what you're learning and what we're now hearing from the house speaker who showed up. >> reporter: so i'm not able to hear exactly what speaker johnson is saying right now. i'm looking over in my -- over my left, in the direction in front of me, guys, because speaker johnson is having a press conference, 50 or 60 feet away from where i'm standing. he's here along with a lot of other supporters of the former president. we have doug burgum, vivek ramaswamy, cory mills, representative byron daniels as well. we have seen over the last couple of days, malliotakis was here yesterday, tommy tuberville was here yesterday as well, along with jd vance and holding press conferences in this kind of courtyard area in front of me where protesters usually gather throughout the day. there has been not many protesters, but protesters to say the least. and now speaker johnson is speaking specifically about what is happening inside court today. obviously coming on a day that is fairly significan
let's go back to yasmin. tell us what you're learning and what we're now hearing from the house speaker who showed up. >> reporter: so i'm not able to hear exactly what speaker johnson is saying right now. i'm looking over in my -- over my left, in the direction in front of me, guys, because speaker johnson is having a press conference, 50 or 60 feet away from where i'm standing. he's here along with a lot of other supporters of the former president. we have doug burgum, vivek ramaswamy,...
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yasmin is just outside the courthouse. inside the courthouse, yasmin, they are going at it. >> reporter: they are very much going at it. it seems as if the lawyer is trying to discredit davidson, talking about his seedy past when it comes to many of his clients leading up to representing mcdougal and daniels. i'm going to read you through for a moment the back and forth between them. also at one point, they certainly raise their voices as well. they talk about hulk hogan saying, isn't it a fact that in connection with events in 2012, you were investigated by state and federal authorities, extortion of hulk hogan? davidson says, that's true. by 2016, you had familiarized yourself with where that line was. you did everything you could to get as close to the line without crossing it. davidson says, i did everything i could to make sure my activities were lawful. they talk about lindsay lohan, you represented someone who leaked treatment of her at a rehab facility. you had connections with tmz at the time. davidson says, yes,
yasmin is just outside the courthouse. inside the courthouse, yasmin, they are going at it. >> reporter: they are very much going at it. it seems as if the lawyer is trying to discredit davidson, talking about his seedy past when it comes to many of his clients leading up to representing mcdougal and daniels. i'm going to read you through for a moment the back and forth between them. also at one point, they certainly raise their voices as well. they talk about hulk hogan saying, isn't it...
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back to yasmin at the courthouse for us. fill us in. >> reporter: yeah, so, a lot happening in the courtroom right now, getting into the nuts and bolts of this whole thing. i want to remind folks, kind of what we're talking about here, the falsifying of business records for the furtherance of another crime, and that was to influence the 2016 election. i'm paraphrasing here. i want to apologize beforehand because we do have a lot of protesters here, just a little bit away from where i'm standing. if they yell loudly while i'm speaking, that's what you're hearing in the background. let me read for you what we're hearing when it comes to todd blanche talking about these efforts to influence the 2016 election. i'll talk about what i expect the government will discuss. the conspiracy to influence the 2016 election, the way they were booked on president trump's personal records, there was no crime. and even if there was a conspiracy to influence the election, i expect you will find that president trump is not guilty. he goes on, i
back to yasmin at the courthouse for us. fill us in. >> reporter: yeah, so, a lot happening in the courtroom right now, getting into the nuts and bolts of this whole thing. i want to remind folks, kind of what we're talking about here, the falsifying of business records for the furtherance of another crime, and that was to influence the 2016 election. i'm paraphrasing here. i want to apologize beforehand because we do have a lot of protesters here, just a little bit away from where i'm...
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testimony, yasmin? >> reporter: so at this point, we had seen the ledgers, now we're seeing the actual checks. turns out the former president of the united states, donald trump, signs with a black sharpie. they're walking through each and every check to michael cohen, $35,000 to reimburse him and be a retainer for legal expenses. they're kind of building this narrative, this circle. we heard from jeffrey mcconney, who sent an e-mail to deborah tarasofff please cut this check. an e-mail from allen weisselberg who got the bill from cohen each and every month. each and every one of the individuals leading to the cutting of the check, deborah tarasoff, taking one of the checks and send to rhona graff or madeline westerhauf, if we can quickly through the numbers as well. i think they're incredibly important just to reiterate what numbers we're talking about here, the total number, the overarching number, $420,000, $130,000 to keith davidson, $50,000 to a tech company. $60,000 for a bonus for michael cohen, a
testimony, yasmin? >> reporter: so at this point, we had seen the ledgers, now we're seeing the actual checks. turns out the former president of the united states, donald trump, signs with a black sharpie. they're walking through each and every check to michael cohen, $35,000 to reimburse him and be a retainer for legal expenses. they're kind of building this narrative, this circle. we heard from jeffrey mcconney, who sent an e-mail to deborah tarasofff please cut this check. an e-mail...
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yasmin described it. we know the jurors have now heard it. roll the tape. >> i've spoken to allen weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with -- >> so what do we go to pay for this, 150? >> yes. and it's all the stuff -- yeah, i was thinking about that. all the stuff because here you never know when where that company -- >> so aisle all over that, and i spoke to allen about it, when it comes time for the financing, which will be -- >> wait a sec, what financing? >> well, i'll have to pay him something. >> pay with cash? >> no, no, no. >> david, do you think the prosecution has done enough yet not only to establish the relationship between cohen and trump, but to establish that trump was directly on the documents that were falsified? >> i mean, i think the prosecution has met the burden of the case. that doesn't mean they've presented a narrative that the jurors will understand and grasp. human beings tend to work not from policy memos or technical issues but from narrative, so michael cohen is very important to make sure that the jur
yasmin described it. we know the jurors have now heard it. roll the tape. >> i've spoken to allen weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with -- >> so what do we go to pay for this, 150? >> yes. and it's all the stuff -- yeah, i was thinking about that. all the stuff because here you never know when where that company -- >> so aisle all over that, and i spoke to allen about it, when it comes time for the financing, which will be -- >> wait a sec, what...
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so, yasmin, take us into the courtroom, what is happening right now? >> yeah, let's take a step back and i'll go forward, jose, for a moment, as we talk quickly about the gag order hearing that happened earlier today. there were four potential violations made, it seemed as if judge juan merchan was not as concerned with potentially this gag order violation in which the former president talked about david pecker saying he was a nice guy, more concerned with the attacks on michael cohen and especially concerned with the attacks and/or comments made i should say about the jury saying 95% of the jury was made up of democrats. and, again, i want to warn folks, we're likely not to get a decision on potential violations of this gag order immediately. the last one took about seven days or so, we're expecting the same sort of timeline now. they're now in direct, once again, the people's attorney when it comes to keith davidson on the stand now, offering testimony, honing in on this november of 2018 article that was published in "the wall street journal," when i
so, yasmin, take us into the courtroom, what is happening right now? >> yeah, let's take a step back and i'll go forward, jose, for a moment, as we talk quickly about the gag order hearing that happened earlier today. there were four potential violations made, it seemed as if judge juan merchan was not as concerned with potentially this gag order violation in which the former president talked about david pecker saying he was a nice guy, more concerned with the attacks on michael cohen and...
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yasmin, what are we learning? refresh our memory again about that meeting and what they're focusing in on here in this testimony. okay. she froze. well, i'll tell you it had to do with what we read earlier, if we could put up the graphic. david pecker talks act being the eyes and ears. i would run and publish positive stories about mr. trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. i said i would also be your eyes and ears. again, this was that trump tower meeting that was in 2015 at the start of the campaign, and kristy, talk to me about how this fits into this layer that has to be proven as far as a felony charge, right? it's the crime within a crime or a crime to cover up a crime, and this meeting is really about helping trump with his campaign. is that how you see its significance? >> right, so we've got the falsification of business records with the intent to conceal this unlawful agreement to influence the 2016 election. and this meeting is really hatching that election law conspiracy. so i think it
yasmin, what are we learning? refresh our memory again about that meeting and what they're focusing in on here in this testimony. okay. she froze. well, i'll tell you it had to do with what we read earlier, if we could put up the graphic. david pecker talks act being the eyes and ears. i would run and publish positive stories about mr. trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. i said i would also be your eyes and ears. again, this was that trump tower meeting that was in 2015 at...
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>> nbc's yasmin vossoughian is outside that courthouse. i also want to bring in our legal panel, former u.s. attorney and former senior fbi official chuck rosenberg, new york law school professor and director of the school's criminal defense clinic. ana coe min ski and criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor duncan levins. there was a little bit of uncertainty this morning in court, a long bench meeting before the cross examination got underway. bring us up to speed on all of it. >> reporter: the last day week five of this trial, a 19-minute bench meeting at the start of court before the jury was brought in. we don't know what they talked about. once we get the partial transcript out this morning, we're going to figure that out and let you know. a couple of things that have come out so far even just in the last 30 minutes or so, the possibility that they could be in court next wednesday when it comes to scheduling. remember, we're not in court every wednesday because the judge, i believe, has family court. they say they may
>> nbc's yasmin vossoughian is outside that courthouse. i also want to bring in our legal panel, former u.s. attorney and former senior fbi official chuck rosenberg, new york law school professor and director of the school's criminal defense clinic. ana coe min ski and criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor duncan levins. there was a little bit of uncertainty this morning in court, a long bench meeting before the cross examination got underway. bring us up to speed on all...
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yasmine very -- vsubian and, katie, you've been covering this for "the new york times" and john howlman is here. he made a glorious late hollywood entrance. >> i sit in the basement of the courthouse and it's hard to get out. >> you're excused. also joining us former top official at the department of justice, andrew weissmann. speaking of sleeping in basement, no one can claim more times these days than andrew weissmann. >> if you've seen his apartment, it's no big -- >> i meant here. i want to put the elephant in the middle of the table.
yasmine very -- vsubian and, katie, you've been covering this for "the new york times" and john howlman is here. he made a glorious late hollywood entrance. >> i sit in the basement of the courthouse and it's hard to get out. >> you're excused. also joining us former top official at the department of justice, andrew weissmann. speaking of sleeping in basement, no one can claim more times these days than andrew weissmann. >> if you've seen his apartment, it's no big...
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yasmin, what are they listening to right now in cohen's testimony? >> reporter: so remember the breakdown. $420 in total payout. i keep repeating this because i think it's important to keep it in context as to what blanche is getting at. over a period of 11 payments, $35,000 a month. that was seen a, quote, unquote, retainer agreement between donald trump and michael cohen who was serving as his personal attorney to the president of the united states at the time. what they're trying to establish during cross right now, guys, essentially that michael cohen, in fact, was doing work for the former president at the time. i say that because during direct examination, despite the fact he had been ap pointed as the personal attorney to the president at the time, he testified to the fact that he was not actually really doing much work for the former president. in fact, doing no work for the former president. instead during cross-examination they're establishing in january, for instance, michael cohen did some work when it came to defamatory statements by rep
yasmin, what are they listening to right now in cohen's testimony? >> reporter: so remember the breakdown. $420 in total payout. i keep repeating this because i think it's important to keep it in context as to what blanche is getting at. over a period of 11 payments, $35,000 a month. that was seen a, quote, unquote, retainer agreement between donald trump and michael cohen who was serving as his personal attorney to the president of the united states at the time. what they're trying to...
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i want to get back to you yasmin. when you spoke with us ten minutes ago, and you said it was the hope they would wrap up with the prosecution, and yet they have had to pivot to defense because it's just enough time to at least get this going. what are you hearing from inside the courtroom? >> reporter: i think there's a point to be made here about hope hicks credibility, and that is she is one of the only witnesses without a quote unquote kind of shady past, right. we know the way the defense has gone about this is every time someone has taken the stand that has some sort of a shady past, for instance, davidson, right, hope hicks, excuse me, stormy daniels, karen mcdougal's attorneys, they would kind of get into the shady past of davidson and the clients he took on, tried to cut into the credibility of every witness or potential witness. hope hicks is a very credible witness for the prosecution. as you read, alex, she's also a credible witness for the defense as well, and that's why i found it to be really interestin
i want to get back to you yasmin. when you spoke with us ten minutes ago, and you said it was the hope they would wrap up with the prosecution, and yet they have had to pivot to defense because it's just enough time to at least get this going. what are you hearing from inside the courtroom? >> reporter: i think there's a point to be made here about hope hicks credibility, and that is she is one of the only witnesses without a quote unquote kind of shady past, right. we know the way the...
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let's bring in yasmin vossoughian who is outside the courthouse. also with us, defense attorney misty maris. and so, yasmin, so far today, this has been another intense day. what has been going on? >> reporter: in the last 30 minutes, a lot of intensity to say the least as ana mentioned. we're now in redirect from the defense here on their own witness. i got to say, just kind of reading the tea leaves here and what we're hearing from inside the courtroom, this testimony so far from robert costello is fairly damning for the defense. they wanted to bring robert costello on the stand to refute michael cohen's testimony to say as we heard from him yesterday that michael cohen never said that donald trump had a relationship with stormy daniels, they never had sex, he never said this was for reimbursement of donald trump, that donald trump never knew about the payment made to stormy daniels. but instead what they're doing, especially during cross examination by susan hoffinger is kind of ticking away at robert costello's credibility. we have talked a lot
let's bring in yasmin vossoughian who is outside the courthouse. also with us, defense attorney misty maris. and so, yasmin, so far today, this has been another intense day. what has been going on? >> reporter: in the last 30 minutes, a lot of intensity to say the least as ana mentioned. we're now in redirect from the defense here on their own witness. i got to say, just kind of reading the tea leaves here and what we're hearing from inside the courtroom, this testimony so far from robert...
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yasmin, what has the jury heard so far today? >> reporter: let me read for you some back and forth kind of encapsulating what the jury has heard today. asking would you have made that payment to stormy daniels without getting the sign-off from donald trump. no. >> why not. everything considered donald trump's sign-off. he painted the picture of the lead-up to the election, in which conversation were had to pay off stormy daniels. phone calls made after the former president michael cohen alleged with michael cohen, tried to delay a payment to stormy daniels. saying they were going to go public with this story unless they got this subsequent payment. cohen alleged that they should pay now. michael cohen became the payoff. there was also the recorded phone call between michael cohen, allen weisselberg, the former president as well, that was played for the jury today. let's play that for you now. >> i'm all over that and i spoke to allen about it, when it comes time for the financing which will be -- >> listen, what financing. >> i g
yasmin, what has the jury heard so far today? >> reporter: let me read for you some back and forth kind of encapsulating what the jury has heard today. asking would you have made that payment to stormy daniels without getting the sign-off from donald trump. no. >> why not. everything considered donald trump's sign-off. he painted the picture of the lead-up to the election, in which conversation were had to pay off stormy daniels. phone calls made after the former president michael...
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his attorneys would be as well. >> i'll go to yasmin on this. our lisa rubin noted just a short time ago that stormy daniels seemed more prepared today. she was constantly asking, show me where i said that, and then there was this moment, and she even said at one point, you're trying to trick me into saying something that's not entirely true. how do you think the tone of her testimony changed, if at all, over these two days? >> reporter: it changed tremendously. she seemed unflappable. she was completely prepared. at one point she was turned towards the jury, addressing susan necheles in cross-examination, but her body turned toward the jury, confidently, by the way. not only from her demeanor, but the way in which she looked seemed more prepared, more relaxed as well. it's not like there can be any kind of preparation. she's in the middle of the system with the attorneys from the prosecution. nonetheless, she was asking for backup for much of the evidence put forward by susan necheles. if you look back to tuesday, that was not something that wa
his attorneys would be as well. >> i'll go to yasmin on this. our lisa rubin noted just a short time ago that stormy daniels seemed more prepared today. she was constantly asking, show me where i said that, and then there was this moment, and she even said at one point, you're trying to trick me into saying something that's not entirely true. how do you think the tone of her testimony changed, if at all, over these two days? >> reporter: it changed tremendously. she seemed...
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and joining us now, nbc's yasmin vossoughian who was at the court nearly every day of this trial, paul butler is with us, former federal prosecutor and msnbc political analyst, and paul callen, former new york city prosecutor and criminal defense attorney. paul butler, trump saying he didn't want to take the stand because they could have brought up everything from his, quote, unquote, great past. he's acknowledging that they could have asked him about stormy daniels through his business practices. what would that have looked like? >> yeah, so for once trump is right about the law, all of his past misconduct could have been subject to cross examination. if i were the prosecutor, i would have started with did you have sex with stormy daniels. he says that he didn't, and again, i think the jury has a pretty clear idea from that testimony. so we thought a lot about how trump often seems to overrule his lawyers. so why did they call costello? that didn't help trump. they subjected stormy daniels to a much more withering cross examination than hope hicks, even though hope hicks had much more
and joining us now, nbc's yasmin vossoughian who was at the court nearly every day of this trial, paul butler is with us, former federal prosecutor and msnbc political analyst, and paul callen, former new york city prosecutor and criminal defense attorney. paul butler, trump saying he didn't want to take the stand because they could have brought up everything from his, quote, unquote, great past. he's acknowledging that they could have asked him about stormy daniels through his business...
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gentlemen, it's a beautiful... ...day to fly. >>> we're back, yasmin, kate, john, and andrew. yasmin, it seems if the prosecution can make this turn and say whatever you experience while listening to stormy daniels on direct or cross-examination, which is expected to be just as brutal as it was when it started yesterday. >> yeah. >> when it picks up tomorrow, and i'm sure is in part client directed, however awful you feel, that's what he didn't want the voters to feel and they've already entered into evidence trump at a podium saying i lose 5%, i lose wisconsin. i mean, he -- it's not about what anybody thinks of stormy daniels. she's in his room because he brings her there. she has sex with him because he wants to. but whatever you think of that story, that's the story that he broke laws to hide. >> well, and that's why they walked through the time line with all of the other witnesses leading up to stormy daniels' testimony as well, right? we heard about the release of the "access hollywood" tape, hope hicks kind of painting this man who was desperate to win an election in no
gentlemen, it's a beautiful... ...day to fly. >>> we're back, yasmin, kate, john, and andrew. yasmin, it seems if the prosecution can make this turn and say whatever you experience while listening to stormy daniels on direct or cross-examination, which is expected to be just as brutal as it was when it started yesterday. >> yeah. >> when it picks up tomorrow, and i'm sure is in part client directed, however awful you feel, that's what he didn't want the voters to feel and...
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to yasmin vossoughian outside the courthouse. this is a witness that was already called up by the prosecution just recently. >> reporter: yeah, she was called up last friday. she testified last friday before hope hicks took the stand. georgia longstreet is a paralegal in the manhattan d.a.'s office, much of her testimony the last time around, i'm expecting it to be similar this time around, of course, setting up for michael cohen. it seems like georgia longstreet, she takes the stand, setting up for major witnesses to come as we saw hope hicks to take the street after georgia longstreet with stormy daniels who took the stand throughout the week, this week. georgia longstreet, her responsibilities inside of the manhattan d.a.'s office is part of scouring social media, she talked about scouring thousands and thousands of social media posts. we know much of donald trump's social media, some admitted for evidence, for instance, if you go after me, i'm going to go after you, we know for instance georgia longstreet could testify to the
to yasmin vossoughian outside the courthouse. this is a witness that was already called up by the prosecution just recently. >> reporter: yeah, she was called up last friday. she testified last friday before hope hicks took the stand. georgia longstreet is a paralegal in the manhattan d.a.'s office, much of her testimony the last time around, i'm expecting it to be similar this time around, of course, setting up for michael cohen. it seems like georgia longstreet, she takes the stand,...
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. >> nbc's yasmin vossoughian is live at the courthouse. catherine christian is still with us. also with us, andrew weissmann, former lead prosecutor in robert mueller's special counsel's office. good to have all of you here. so since you just joined us, where would you pick up? >> let's just take the $60,000 that michael cohen said he stole. you know, this is the kind of thing that catherine and i when we were prosecutors and put on witnesses who had done lots of bad things, the defense wants to, and has an obligation to bring out a lot of the bad acts of what they have done before. but very often those bad acts, evidence of it is the witness, in fact, saying it himself or herself. here, michael cohen is the one who provided the evidence of it, and the amount of evidence is one single witness, michael cohen, and one of the things you will probably hear is what we used to argue to the jury, which is when michael cohen says something bad about himself, that should be believed. take it to the bank. and when he says he stole money, which, by the way, the only way people know about
. >> nbc's yasmin vossoughian is live at the courthouse. catherine christian is still with us. also with us, andrew weissmann, former lead prosecutor in robert mueller's special counsel's office. good to have all of you here. so since you just joined us, where would you pick up? >> let's just take the $60,000 that michael cohen said he stole. you know, this is the kind of thing that catherine and i when we were prosecutors and put on witnesses who had done lots of bad things, the...
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yasmin vossoughian, thank you. paul, jim, and danny, you're all going to stay with me. in 60 seconds, judge merchan is now weighing if trump violated his gag order again and what the consequences should be if he did. >>> plus, our reporting team is just getting to the cameras outside the courthouse to give us color about what happened inside, so don't go away. t happd inside, so don't go away ( ♪♪ ) i thought water would help with these dry spots. that's lawn disease. but scotts...
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msnbc national correspondent yasmin vossoughian. msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin and charles coleman, former prosecutor in brooklyn, new york, who is an msnbc legal analyst. so, blayne, what can you tell us about the move by the georgia court of appeals this morning? >> well, jose, i think the bottom line of this is that this kind of long almost side show that has been taking over the fulton county trial for the better part of the first half of the year is not over. it is now just entering round two. so what we learned is that the georgia court of appeals has agreed to hear an appeal on this. you'll remember, of course, just a reminder to our viewers, this was the issue we were talking about in fulton county, fulton county district attorney fani willis there on the screen was accused of financially benefiting from a personal relationship which she was having with her then special prosecutor nathan wade, who you see walking into the courtroom right there. well, at the end of -- in the middle of last month, basically, the judge r
msnbc national correspondent yasmin vossoughian. msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin and charles coleman, former prosecutor in brooklyn, new york, who is an msnbc legal analyst. so, blayne, what can you tell us about the move by the georgia court of appeals this morning? >> well, jose, i think the bottom line of this is that this kind of long almost side show that has been taking over the fulton county trial for the better part of the first half of the year is not over. it is now just...
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i mean, it was as yasmin said surgical. we had just been treated to an entire morning of kind of more long meandering questions on cross where you're not even sure where the line of questioning is going. you can kind of guess but he doesn't really close the loop. and then came susan hoffinger point by point. you had no doubt, no doubt. no, i didn't. no, i didn't. no doubt. and it was just so important because he was so certain. you can talk about multiple things at once. she brought that out. it was one question but it was such an important question. and again, i think that you -- as jurors you have to make it clear to them just how long 90 seconds can be. like if i was in that position, if i was the prosecutor during the summation, i would take a chunk of 90 seconds at some point and talk about here's all the things that he said they talked about during those 90 seconds. it would not take 90 seconds to get there. and just make it clear just how long that can be. i also thought that, you know, this attempt to say, well, he
i mean, it was as yasmin said surgical. we had just been treated to an entire morning of kind of more long meandering questions on cross where you're not even sure where the line of questioning is going. you can kind of guess but he doesn't really close the loop. and then came susan hoffinger point by point. you had no doubt, no doubt. no, i didn't. no, i didn't. no doubt. and it was just so important because he was so certain. you can talk about multiple things at once. she brought that out....
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yasmin, what can we expect going forward? >> reporter: so we're going to expect more from longstreet here, from georia longstreet. there will be a cross examination as well. it is important to note here, as i noted earlier on today, with douglas daus, which is some of the times with more of these kind of quote, unquote expert witnesses and longstreet isn't necessarily an expert witness, she is a paralegal at the manhattan d.a.'s office, we didn't expect cross examination with douglas daus, none theless there was cross examination and redirect as well and that speaks to the defense's strategy here, chipping away at the credibility of how it is they came upon this information and more of the credibility of people like and we said this over and over again, we cannot say it enough, i should say, michael cohen, and so i think the question will be whether or not there will be a cross examination of georgia longstreet. i'm going to go on the assumption there will be a cross examination, even if it is a short one. and then we'll see
yasmin, what can we expect going forward? >> reporter: so we're going to expect more from longstreet here, from georia longstreet. there will be a cross examination as well. it is important to note here, as i noted earlier on today, with douglas daus, which is some of the times with more of these kind of quote, unquote expert witnesses and longstreet isn't necessarily an expert witness, she is a paralegal at the manhattan d.a.'s office, we didn't expect cross examination with douglas...
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>> i'm doing the same thing that yasmin just described. i'm not going to necessarily try to give them a chance to start their cross examination. i'm pretty sure that that's it. i'm also going to, as much as i can, drive home the proximity that hope hicks had to donald trump. for most people who follow the news, that's not a surprise. however, for people who are out there saying, well, it's obvious how close she was, that's not as obvious to someone who's sitting on that jury who doesn't follow the news and who may not necessarily be politically astew. it matters because what it does is helps to bolster her testimony because she's one of the few witnesses like a david pecker, for example, who doesn't come in with a shroud of credibility issues hanging over her shoulder. and so because of that, you're going to want to say when you're on summation, because, again, part of what you're doing when you are a prosecutor is that you're getting different dots, and you're putting dots in front of the jury, and then when it's time for summation, it's
>> i'm doing the same thing that yasmin just described. i'm not going to necessarily try to give them a chance to start their cross examination. i'm pretty sure that that's it. i'm also going to, as much as i can, drive home the proximity that hope hicks had to donald trump. for most people who follow the news, that's not a surprise. however, for people who are out there saying, well, it's obvious how close she was, that's not as obvious to someone who's sitting on that jury who doesn't...
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outside the courthouse for us, nbc news correspondents yasmin vossoughian. also acting assistant attorney general for national security at the department of justice and msnbc legal analyst mary mccord is here. with us at the table, msnbc legal analyst and a former criminal division deputy chief at the southern district of new york, kristi greenberg is back. and former top official at the department of justice msnbc legal analyst andrew weissman is back with us. that was a live portion of trump talking, we're never sure if he's going to threaten, so we monitor it so you don't have to. anything newsworthy ewe'll tell you about it. yasmin, we'll start with you. >> reporter: the judge denying this motion for a mistrial, nicolle. he mentioned in his lead up to delivering that decision about how he went back to his chambers tuesday afternoon, after hearing some of stormy daniels' testimony, and reviewed the testimony because that was when we initially heard about this motion for a mistrial after returning from our lunch break. he talked about how he felt as if som
outside the courthouse for us, nbc news correspondents yasmin vossoughian. also acting assistant attorney general for national security at the department of justice and msnbc legal analyst mary mccord is here. with us at the table, msnbc legal analyst and a former criminal division deputy chief at the southern district of new york, kristi greenberg is back. and former top official at the department of justice msnbc legal analyst andrew weissman is back with us. that was a live portion of trump...
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let's go to yasmin first. what is the latest inside that courtroom as michael cohen's testimony begins? >> reporter: we're getting some demeanor notes, guys, as to how michael cohen is interacting with the prosecution when answering his questions, also kind of some color from inside the courtroom when michael cohen was asked to identify the defendant, donald j. trump, which i've explained this before, they're unable to see -- when you are on the witness stand -- unable to see the defense table. so he had to stand up, peer around the defense, around kind of the two feet of wood lip that stands between him and the defense table to identify donald j. trump. we're hearing from inside the courtroom when it comes to his demeanor he's asking and answering these questions pretty -- pretty quickly, in that he's sticking with the points, he's not veering off of subjects. he is staying with kind of the answers that he is being asked. that is some color from inside the courtroom when it comes to lisa rubin. they talked ab
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and yasmin, even the prosecutor says and this is in quotes, this is tough one. why is this one so hard? >> reporter: why is this one so hard? and i think that's because it's the crux of the prosecution's case. again, as i mentioned this is where it all began, right? pecker was in the room, michael cohen was in the room. you think about the credibility of david pecker. when judge juan merchan was reading the jury instructions, right, he talked about pecker's testimony. he said pecker signed this non pros cushion agreement which we know with the sdny and the fec. he said take that into consideration when it comes to assessing pecker's credibility. do not take that into consideration when saying donald trump is guilty or not guilty. when he talked about michael cohen he said take into consideration he pled guilty when it comes to assessing his credibility, not to assessing whether donald trump is guilty or not guilty. this is where the promise cushion alleges this entire scheme in the lead up to the pay off of karen mcdougal, of the doorman, and of stormy daniels b
and yasmin, even the prosecutor says and this is in quotes, this is tough one. why is this one so hard? >> reporter: why is this one so hard? and i think that's because it's the crux of the prosecution's case. again, as i mentioned this is where it all began, right? pecker was in the room, michael cohen was in the room. you think about the credibility of david pecker. when judge juan merchan was reading the jury instructions, right, he talked about pecker's testimony. he said pecker...
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yasmin vossoughian, thank you very much. joining us now, former new york assistant attorney general adam pollock, and msnbc legal analyst, catherine christian. so redirect is beginning. steinglass is questioning davidson. we'll get updates as they come in. let's end where i ended. this is what you brought up coming to air that this pseudonym, david dennison was used in the past. does that matter? >> it does matter. if the prosecution is saying we know this is donald trump, that was his pseudonym, it apparently was also hulk hogans. what the whole cross-examination, redirect, and probably a re-cross was to show that this witness is not very credible or not likable, and i'm surprised that the prosecution didn't bring up some of this witness's bad acts on the direct examination. like, for instance, he was involved in the federal investigation, involved with what he did as hulk hogan. that could have come up under direct examination so the jury doesn't think why didn't the prosecution bring this up. >> the prosecution has been g
yasmin vossoughian, thank you very much. joining us now, former new york assistant attorney general adam pollock, and msnbc legal analyst, catherine christian. so redirect is beginning. steinglass is questioning davidson. we'll get updates as they come in. let's end where i ended. this is what you brought up coming to air that this pseudonym, david dennison was used in the past. does that matter? >> it does matter. if the prosecution is saying we know this is donald trump, that was his...
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we could find out any moment, joining us now, nbc news national correspondent, yasmin vossoughian who's outside of that new york city courthouse for us. also with us is former assistant district attorney in manhattan and msnbc legal analyst, catherine christian, former assistant district attorney of the manhattan d.a.'s office, daniel horowitz, and former federal prosecutor and criminal defense attorney, duncan levin. when i was in the overflow room, i could donald trump, the prosecution, the defense, the judge, the woman playing the michael cohen and david pecker roles, reading back the testimony. i could not see the jury. what insight do we have about the jury and what they were doing this morning as they were getting back the jury instructions but also getting back that key testimony? >> the ever important jury, right, that's what everyone is focused on right now when it comes to what's happening inside that courtroom or as we should say at this point, what's happening inside that deliberation room, if any of us could be a fly on the wall, what we would hear. as these jury instructio
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we begin with nbc's yasmin vossoughian live outside the courthouse for us once again. walk us through what the jury wanted to hear today, yasmin. >> reporter: they wanted to hear four separate things when it came to testimony, three things with david pecker's testimony, one with michael cohen. when it came to david pecker, they were considering and wanted to hear testimony of an investor meeting he was sitting in on when he got a phone call from donald trump, when donald trump asked him on his opinion on the karen mcdougal case. i'm paraphrasing that craig is a nice girl, and donald trump should pay karen mcdougal to make the story go away. donald trump saying, i don't pay for the stories, they come out. david pecker saying, i think you should pay for this one. i'm going to think about it. i'll get michael cohen on it. he'll get back to you. another about buying karen mcdougal's life rights in which there was back and forth between david pecker and michael cohen. david pecker said he was tearing up the agreement when it came to buying her life rights, michael cohen say
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let's begin with yasmin vossoughian outside the courthouse in new york city where the waiting game is son. tell me a little bit more about the instructions the jury got before they went behind closed doors? >> reporter: quite a bit of a waiting game to say the least, chris. inside jury deliberations on a momentous, historical day, they're going to go until 4:30 today. the instructions were quite weighty, to say the least. to say they were complicated is understated. let me walk through the jury instructions. juan merchan taking about an hour and 30 minutes walking through the jury instructions, talking about potential implicit bias, the importance of being a fair juror. do not consider the sentencing when coming up with a verdict. that is the judge's job to consider the sentencing. to consider the testimony, exhibits as well. referring to pecker's testimony, consider his non-prosecution agreement. michael cohen, of the same, to consider his guilty plea as part of his credibility assessment, not to weigh whether or not donald trump is guilty or not guilty. and talking about reasonable
let's begin with yasmin vossoughian outside the courthouse in new york city where the waiting game is son. tell me a little bit more about the instructions the jury got before they went behind closed doors? >> reporter: quite a bit of a waiting game to say the least, chris. inside jury deliberations on a momentous, historical day, they're going to go until 4:30 today. the instructions were quite weighty, to say the least. to say they were complicated is understated. let me walk through...
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yasmin, catherine, appreciate you both. >>> what led the u.s. to halt a shipment of weapons headed to israel, and signs of progress in cairo, the latest round of cease fire negotiations are underway, what a u.s. official is signaling about the chances of striking a deal. needs to be for more than just work. like when it needs to be a big, soft shoulder to cry on. which is why downy does more to make clothes softer, fresher, and better. downy. breathe life into your laundry. when...
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yasmin vossoughian was reminding me. but even this morning it was quite warm in there. how do you feel about how judge merchan has done today? what about what todd blanche did earlier when he was finishing his summation saying you can't send a man to prison based on the testimony of michael cohen. the judge does was not happy about that. he told todd blanche he was not happy about that and he gave a corrective instruction to the jury regarding that -- regarding those words from todd blanche. >> i think he handled it well, and i agree with your expert panelists it was not a mistake by todd blanche. it was very intentional. i think the curative instruction given by the judge was exactly right. the other thing that strikes me in the presentation by the defense, you know, i kind of would characterize it as the sort of this is an important man defense. as if to say that the proof has to be higher than beyond a reasonable doubt because you're dealing with a former president and maybe future president of the united states. one of the things you may hear judge merchan say tomor
yasmin vossoughian was reminding me. but even this morning it was quite warm in there. how do you feel about how judge merchan has done today? what about what todd blanche did earlier when he was finishing his summation saying you can't send a man to prison based on the testimony of michael cohen. the judge does was not happy about that. he told todd blanche he was not happy about that and he gave a corrective instruction to the jury regarding that -- regarding those words from todd blanche....
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. >> i want to bring in nbc's yasmin vossoughian outside the courthouse, also with us in studio, two criminal defense attorneys, msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos and duncan levin, former senior staffer at the manhattan district attorney's office. okay. duncan, what is job one for michael cohen and the prosecution team as they move forward? >> they have got to keep him under control. he is an uncontrollable witness. the defense has an uncontrollable client. the prosecution has been dealing with uncontrollable witnesses. they saw it first a little bit with stormy daniels, she was veering off course with the questioning. >> some would say more than a little, but okay. >> and the judge had to say to the prosecutor, please just have her answer the questions. they're going to have -- michael cohen is so well prepped for this testimony, he is going to be able to stick to the questions, but i think what they are trying to do is deflate the defense's story. they're trying to make sure that the bad stuff that's going to come out on the cross comes out first on the defense and the direct tes
. >> i want to bring in nbc's yasmin vossoughian outside the courthouse, also with us in studio, two criminal defense attorneys, msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos and duncan levin, former senior staffer at the manhattan district attorney's office. okay. duncan, what is job one for michael cohen and the prosecution team as they move forward? >> they have got to keep him under control. he is an uncontrollable witness. the defense has an uncontrollable client. the prosecution has...
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yasmin, take it away. who else have we missed inside that courtroom? >> reporter: so, i want to talk quickly and bring folks up to date on what they're talking about to remind folks when it came to michael cohen's congressional testimony back in 2019. it was with regards to a new york ag lawsuit against then president trump, in which michael cohen did in fact lie under oath to congress, despite the fact that he had said that he was accepting responsibility, although they later realized he had lied. i actually found this letter that i wanted to read for folks quickly, a letter to ag merrick garland from james comer, referring michael cohen to the doj for lying to congress saying, as indicated in the 2019 letter, cohen, while testifying under oath before the house oversight committee, made willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact that were contradicted by the record established by the justice department and cohen made statements to the oversight committee that were contradicted by witnesses with firsthand knowledge of the subject mat
yasmin, take it away. who else have we missed inside that courtroom? >> reporter: so, i want to talk quickly and bring folks up to date on what they're talking about to remind folks when it came to michael cohen's congressional testimony back in 2019. it was with regards to a new york ag lawsuit against then president trump, in which michael cohen did in fact lie under oath to congress, despite the fact that he had said that he was accepting responsibility, although they later realized he...
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nbc's yasmin vossoughian is joining us from outside the courthouse. how significant is it to see bragg in court? >> reporter: it's truly significant, ana, he hasn't been in much throughout this trial so far. i think i can count maybe two, this might be the second or third time in which he's actually sitting in court, but fairly significant to say the least. we're seeing kind of a buildup as you all have been talking about all morning towards the testimony of michael cohen. if you remember the evidence that michael cohen has turned over and was subsequently seized on a raid in his office, many of which was phone records, text messages, recordings in which michael cohen made of him, conversations he was having of him, allen weisselberg, the former president of the united states as well. this is kind of part of the documents piece that i have been talking about over the last couple of days, which is really key to the prosecution's case here, right? it is the documents, what has been seized from many of these phone calls as you listen to the testimony fro
nbc's yasmin vossoughian is joining us from outside the courthouse. how significant is it to see bragg in court? >> reporter: it's truly significant, ana, he hasn't been in much throughout this trial so far. i think i can count maybe two, this might be the second or third time in which he's actually sitting in court, but fairly significant to say the least. we're seeing kind of a buildup as you all have been talking about all morning towards the testimony of michael cohen. if you remember...
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and yasmin, as you said, 11:03 east, 8:03 pacific time. with us now to continue our conversation, catherine christian, former manhattan assistant district attorney, danny cevallos, katie phang, former trial attorney, host of "the katie phang show" saturdays at noon on msnbc. the jury just about has all their instructions now. we talked about how important these instructions are, anything that came out in this past hour that stood out to you? >> we were just talking about it, when yasmin was speaking, they don't really have the instructions. that's a part that kind of sticks with me a little bit. >> what do you mean, they don't really have them? >> you have merchan reading them. it is one thing to hear it, it is another thing to have it and see it and touch it. >> i'm one of those people. i need to see it. >> i am too. and catherine was explaining, in new york, this is how it goes. they don't get the jury instructions in the jury room. when you have laura jarrett. plaining to us from inside the courtroom there may be notes being taken, but
and yasmin, as you said, 11:03 east, 8:03 pacific time. with us now to continue our conversation, catherine christian, former manhattan assistant district attorney, danny cevallos, katie phang, former trial attorney, host of "the katie phang show" saturdays at noon on msnbc. the jury just about has all their instructions now. we talked about how important these instructions are, anything that came out in this past hour that stood out to you? >> we were just talking about it,...
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yasmin, i start with you. we've been on the air an hour. i want to start, though, with what leapt out at you. there's so much lore around the cohen-trump relationship. i had forgotten about the part where they were like father and son, where cohen loved working for him and felt, quote, like he was on top of the world, end quote, when he made him happy. how did that testimony land for you? >> reporter: it was a huge part -- excuse me, a truck went by behind me, nicolle. it was a huge part of the testimony and the leadup to what took place in 2015 and 2016, the leadup to the payoff. kind of establishing this individual, this man who was very loyal to donald trump. and i actually think it's funny that you start off this way, nicolle, because i think relationships are integral to this trial. right? the relationship that michael cohen and allen weisselberg had with donald trump. right? the loyalty that the both of them had. does the jury actually believe, for instance, that michael cohen would have done anything without the approval of allen wei
yasmin, i start with you. we've been on the air an hour. i want to start, though, with what leapt out at you. there's so much lore around the cohen-trump relationship. i had forgotten about the part where they were like father and son, where cohen loved working for him and felt, quote, like he was on top of the world, end quote, when he made him happy. how did that testimony land for you? >> reporter: it was a huge part -- excuse me, a truck went by behind me, nicolle. it was a huge part...
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absorbine pro. >>> we're back with yasmin, david, kim, and basil. tim, you were in the courthouse today. two things that people thought would happen that didn't, i mean michael cohen didn't blow up. michael cohen was underestimated, and i know michael cohen is capable of a lot of outbursts but that he didn't have one. it was the defense's strategy and expectation i think that he would. and trump has seemed to land on a coping strategy of closing his eyes. whether or not he's awake i'm not aware. is that a weird thing? can the jurors see him with his eyes closed? >> not only are his eyes closed, he's sort of leaning back. i think in the early days of the trial people said he was asleep. he might have been, but you can't sleep for eight hours. >> is he motionless? >> he's motionless. he leans over to one of his lawyers. he perked up and eyes wide open when the cross of michael cohen began, but with a lot of the other witnesses he was just lying there slightly tilted back with his eyes closed. >> there it is, do we have that, the sketch? >> i thought h
absorbine pro. >>> we're back with yasmin, david, kim, and basil. tim, you were in the courthouse today. two things that people thought would happen that didn't, i mean michael cohen didn't blow up. michael cohen was underestimated, and i know michael cohen is capable of a lot of outbursts but that he didn't have one. it was the defense's strategy and expectation i think that he would. and trump has seemed to land on a coping strategy of closing his eyes. whether or not he's awake i'm...
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teaming up with anthony harding on the three metre springboard, while in the same event for the women yasmin harper is with scarlett mew—jensen. 0n the ten metre platform there are high hopes of a first women's diving medalfor the pairing of andrea spendolini—sirieix and lois toulson. they took bronze at the last world championship and spendolini—sirieix is looking forward to a proper games atmosphere. knowing that it is in paris and having that, it is kind of like my home as well, my grandparents can come, my family can come, it is so close to home. it is something that because it is so accessible and tokyo in 2020 were so inaccessible with covid, we had no one in the stands, so it feels like this is my first real 0lympics stands, so it feels like this is my first real olympics and i'm genuinely so excited. what i have learnt is pressure really killed joy- learnt is pressure really killed joy. if i go there with, i need to do this, i need to do that, and put this pressure on myself instead of feeling joy when i get that medal, when i get that score, ifeel feeling joy when i get that m
teaming up with anthony harding on the three metre springboard, while in the same event for the women yasmin harper is with scarlett mew—jensen. 0n the ten metre platform there are high hopes of a first women's diving medalfor the pairing of andrea spendolini—sirieix and lois toulson. they took bronze at the last world championship and spendolini—sirieix is looking forward to a proper games atmosphere. knowing that it is in paris and having that, it is kind of like my home as well, my...
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run, yasmine! run like the wind!
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