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maybe that's a lesson trump learned about david pecker. you don't want to create enemies when you don't have to. pecker didn't want to be there, but he's under a nonprosecution agreement, an immunity deal, and on subpoena where he had to testify. perhaps that's part of it, too. >> tara, your take on trump's comments on pecker. the psychology of donald trump trying to assess and analyze the kind of information david pecker can reveal about him speaks to what david pecker knows about donald trump. >> absolutely. this is a multi-decade relationship. this is the tip of the iceberg. trump has had his hands in all kinds of salacious things over the years, and david pecker controlled a lot of that cremation flow. so it's a transactional relationship. donald trump may be a lot of things, but he's not stupid when it comes to knowing where his bread is buttered, or making sure who doesn't get on his backside, when he can control it. the michael relationship, with michael cohen, he did a lot of dirty work for trump, but then michael has seen the ligh
maybe that's a lesson trump learned about david pecker. you don't want to create enemies when you don't have to. pecker didn't want to be there, but he's under a nonprosecution agreement, an immunity deal, and on subpoena where he had to testify. perhaps that's part of it, too. >> tara, your take on trump's comments on pecker. the psychology of donald trump trying to assess and analyze the kind of information david pecker can reveal about him speaks to what david pecker knows about donald...
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former national inquirer publisher, david pecker, was the first to take the stand. testifying that he suppressed story about trump's scandals and spread lies about his rivals in the 2016 race. also known as fake news. pecker said he served as the " eyes and ears for the campaign at trump's on request. " then, rhona graff testified under subpoena, saying she remembered seeing stormy daniels in the trump tower lobby, and adding her contact info to the trump organization database. when court reconvenes, tuesday morning, there will be more testimony from the banker, who helped michael cohen pay off stormy daniels. now, here's some food for thought. as we hurtle into week two of trump's hush money election interference trial. if the supreme court rules as expected in the immunity case the case brought by district attorney alvin bragg could be trump's first and last criminal trial before the election. joining me now from a former federal prosecutor, legal affairs columnist for politico magazine. msnbc justice and legal affairs analyst, anthony coley, director of the justi
former national inquirer publisher, david pecker, was the first to take the stand. testifying that he suppressed story about trump's scandals and spread lies about his rivals in the 2016 race. also known as fake news. pecker said he served as the " eyes and ears for the campaign at trump's on request. " then, rhona graff testified under subpoena, saying she remembered seeing stormy daniels in the trump tower lobby, and adding her contact info to the trump organization database. when...
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. >> david pecker helped trump more than hurt him. testifying his national inquirer buried stories all the time for a whole host of celebrities. so this wasn't just donald trump. and, you know, killing a story, that's not a crime. >> reporter: trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 felony charges against him. prosecutors allege trump hid the damaging information from voters and then falsified business records to conceal the hush money payments. outside of new york trump faces other legal hurdles including federal charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election. but just recently the supreme court heard arguments on trump's claim of presidential immunity. depending on what justices rule, that case could be delayed until after the upcoming election. jon. jon: all right. can c.b. cotton, thank you. for more on this, let's bring in jaytown, a former u.s. attorney in alabama's northern district. you've prosecuted, what, 10,000 cases in your career? >> maybe a little north of that, jon. but i've been in court a come of times, sure.
. >> david pecker helped trump more than hurt him. testifying his national inquirer buried stories all the time for a whole host of celebrities. so this wasn't just donald trump. and, you know, killing a story, that's not a crime. >> reporter: trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 felony charges against him. prosecutors allege trump hid the damaging information from voters and then falsified business records to conceal the hush money payments. outside of new york trump faces other...
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they tried with his -- the fact that david pecker himself entered into a non pros. cushion agreement, but that doesn't mean that he's lying on the stand. it seems to be very credible. >> now, pecker also detailed making a payout to former playmate karen mcdougal to silence her account of an alleged affair with trump. yesterday trump's longtime assistant said that information for both mcdougal and stormy daniels were in trump's contact list, and pecker testified that he spoke with former white house staffer, hope hicks and sarah sanders, about an extension of mcdougal's hush money contract on a call with the white house. what do you think the jury took from all of that? >> well, i think that the jury can very easily take the fact that this was an organized scheme. this wasn't just the national enquirer, for example, acting on its own, buying stories that they just didn't want published in competitive -- in competitor's news publications, they were doing this for the purpose, for donald trump, to give him a benefit, a presidential benefit, a campaign benefit that. is
they tried with his -- the fact that david pecker himself entered into a non pros. cushion agreement, but that doesn't mean that he's lying on the stand. it seems to be very credible. >> now, pecker also detailed making a payout to former playmate karen mcdougal to silence her account of an alleged affair with trump. yesterday trump's longtime assistant said that information for both mcdougal and stormy daniels were in trump's contact list, and pecker testified that he spoke with former...
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david pecker has been admitting that. he recounts his dealing with the star witness michael cohen to buy in and bury stories, in order to protect president donald 's campaign. they allege an agreement to then hide financial footprints. they told the jury this will also be corroborated with evidence in , the defendant's own words, showing an illegal conspiracy. he said there is not an actual conspiracy charge in this case. that is true. the word conspiracy has a legal meaning and a more colloquial meaning if you have ever watched a mafia movie. they are saying they conspired together. they also attack the whole conspiracy theory, that he attacked through unlawful means. it would be needed to supersize this misdemeanor of financial fraud into a felony case. the trough defense has kind of said, well, maybe the da is being alarmist about what amounts to, however dirty, politics as usual. that is how they argue it. some proclaim there is nothing wrong with trying to influence and to collection. it is called democracy. the da h
david pecker has been admitting that. he recounts his dealing with the star witness michael cohen to buy in and bury stories, in order to protect president donald 's campaign. they allege an agreement to then hide financial footprints. they told the jury this will also be corroborated with evidence in , the defendant's own words, showing an illegal conspiracy. he said there is not an actual conspiracy charge in this case. that is true. the word conspiracy has a legal meaning and a more...
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. >> but the bulk of this week's testimony came from david pecker. >> that's the former publisher of the national enquirer, who described how his publications suppress negative stories about trump as he was running for the presidency in 2016. john dean served as white house counsel during the nixon administration, and he joins us now john, always lovely to see you. thanks for coming on on this saturday. i'm curious, just first of all, what you've taken away from this first week where do you don't win or lose a case on on a week? you actually could lose it if you fumbled too badly, but this case has shown this prosecuting team knows what they're doing. they're telling you a story they've said an overview. they've sort of laid the basis of the broad conspiracy phoe to influence the election. and they're now getting down into some of the details for the jury. so it's just a stage setter at this point, pecker was a good witness the publisher of the national enquirer and it's been an attention grabbing week for the jury and the public and it's a case that likely is largely going to hinge
. >> but the bulk of this week's testimony came from david pecker. >> that's the former publisher of the national enquirer, who described how his publications suppress negative stories about trump as he was running for the presidency in 2016. john dean served as white house counsel during the nixon administration, and he joins us now john, always lovely to see you. thanks for coming on on this saturday. i'm curious, just first of all, what you've taken away from this first week...
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david pecker did that. and on behalf of david pecker, he actually provided fodder for the prosecution to bolster everything he said a. once you establish that, it is easy for her to step in and say, i kept the rolodex and knew about some of the documents and the business records and for them to say this has been involved with these organizations. but i've been set up for mr. cohen that when he takes the stand he's only confirming. >> this comes after three days of testimony and you talk about david pecker, the former publisher of the national enquirer. will the hoping to establish and how engaged was the jury while listening to it? >> i was in the overflow room but the david pecker testimony was exactly what the prosecutors want to because he gave the foundation that everything that trump did -- everything that david pecker did after august 2015 when trump, michael cohen, and david pecker met and huddled and came up with a catch and kill scheme. all of this was in furtherance of the trump campaign and to he
david pecker did that. and on behalf of david pecker, he actually provided fodder for the prosecution to bolster everything he said a. once you establish that, it is easy for her to step in and say, i kept the rolodex and knew about some of the documents and the business records and for them to say this has been involved with these organizations. but i've been set up for mr. cohen that when he takes the stand he's only confirming. >> this comes after three days of testimony and you talk...
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pecker, who was back on the stand for his fourth day of testimony during trump's attorney, emile bove as questioning of the former national enquirer publisher. he attempted to discredit one of the prosecution's key witnesses, trump's x personally the attorney michael cohen. he asked pecker if you felt cohen was prone to exaggeration. pecker agreed he was after court. trump weighed in on the trial, eight days that we sitting in courthouse. i just want to thank hey, everybody for being here michelle for through this, like everybody else. >> michael cohen's banker took the stand on friday afternoon, explaining to the dreo he helped set up a bank account for the shell company that cohen ultimately used to transfer the $130,000 payment stormy daniels, there's no court on monday, but the banker will be back on the stand tuesday, answering question from prosecutors before trump's lawyers get a turn at him. kara scannell, cnn, new york and coming up former us attorney general, bill barr says donald trump should not be anywhere near the oval office, yet he still plans to vote for him assignmen
pecker, who was back on the stand for his fourth day of testimony during trump's attorney, emile bove as questioning of the former national enquirer publisher. he attempted to discredit one of the prosecution's key witnesses, trump's x personally the attorney michael cohen. he asked pecker if you felt cohen was prone to exaggeration. pecker agreed he was after court. trump weighed in on the trial, eight days that we sitting in courthouse. i just want to thank hey, everybody for being here...
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what you heard from david pecker was about that agreement, that donald trump, david pecker, and michael cohen had to unlawfully influence the election. and they talked about and testified about this 2016 meeting where they anticipated that women may come forward and have damaging stories about trump that could hurt the campaign. david pecker testified that he was going to be the eyes and ears of this campaign, and that he was going to alert michael cohen and the campaign about anything that would be damaging so, to make sure those stories didn't see the light of day. however, what is really significant, for the conversations pecker testified, dealing directly with donald trump. both before the election and after the election. before the election, testified about talking to him about the story, trying to kill the story with karen mcdougal. after the election, he testified about conversations where donald trump thanked him for making sure those damaging stories did not see the light of day. the defense tried to act as though this was all business as usual, but that really backfired, becau
what you heard from david pecker was about that agreement, that donald trump, david pecker, and michael cohen had to unlawfully influence the election. and they talked about and testified about this 2016 meeting where they anticipated that women may come forward and have damaging stories about trump that could hurt the campaign. david pecker testified that he was going to be the eyes and ears of this campaign, and that he was going to alert michael cohen and the campaign about anything that...
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david pecker has no information about a crime against trump. you heard tabloid goes -- gossip, soap opera drama, and i'm going to be honest with you, the president is quite happy with the first week. one other point. what you heard about president trump, other celebrities in order to if protect their brand had this same experience with david pecker. to so i'll challenge any attorney to show me any evidence against trump that was developed last week. there was nothing. bryan: so the prosecution is looking at david perk as their first -- pecker as their first witness, and there are the analysis lists saying he set the base for the central argument of their case which is this was the about election interference. these payments weren't about trying to hide salacious details that would harm the reputation of his family or himself, but this was about making sure that his 2016 campaign was not stymied by this salacious stuff. that was the purpose of david peck or going out there -- pecker going out there and starting this case. are you saying at the d
david pecker has no information about a crime against trump. you heard tabloid goes -- gossip, soap opera drama, and i'm going to be honest with you, the president is quite happy with the first week. one other point. what you heard about president trump, other celebrities in order to if protect their brand had this same experience with david pecker. to so i'll challenge any attorney to show me any evidence against trump that was developed last week. there was nothing. bryan: so the prosecution...
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. >> former tabloid publisher and longtime trump friend david pecker, wrapped up more than ten hours of testimony. jurors also heard from trump's former longtime personal assistant rhona graff, as well as michael cohen's banker, who arranged his home equity line of credit, which cohen used to pay stormy daniels $130,000 in hush money. cnn's paula reid has more so we have another day or or freezing courthouse. it's very cold. the former president donald trump's still not warming up to the reality of being on trial in the new york hush money case. >> today in court, david pecker, the former publisher of the national enquirer, was back on the witness stand, tying pecker is non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors to an agreement he made to sell the national enquirer ideal contingent on the investigation into his company being resolved from a timing standpoint, it would have added onto the stress of the transaction. pecker testified they also tried to show how pecker had other reasons since beyond just helping trump win the white house for running negative stories about trump's
. >> former tabloid publisher and longtime trump friend david pecker, wrapped up more than ten hours of testimony. jurors also heard from trump's former longtime personal assistant rhona graff, as well as michael cohen's banker, who arranged his home equity line of credit, which cohen used to pay stormy daniels $130,000 in hush money. cnn's paula reid has more so we have another day or or freezing courthouse. it's very cold. the former president donald trump's still not warming up to the...
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by david pecker, by the paper, and in other words, they are not relying on them. also making it clear this is about the campaign, nothing else. >> so tim, pecker agreed the story about astar, and it was gold. it could have been taken to the bank. what is the significant of this ? and what is the extent of the sacrifice that pecker was making to help trump? >> he was making a big financial sacrifice, alex. it certainly would be better if it has a screaming headline about the extramarital affair. and rather than crimped that story. he agrees not to and directly benefiting the trump campaign. the significance of that, that is the underlying crime. and the reason for the falsification of the records. the government has to approve that these records were falsified for the underlying purpose for protecting the campaign. they were effectively campaign contributions. and invoices for legal services. so while the former president is not being charged for the affair, he is being charged for something that benefits his campaign and essentially hiding that. that is why the te
by david pecker, by the paper, and in other words, they are not relying on them. also making it clear this is about the campaign, nothing else. >> so tim, pecker agreed the story about astar, and it was gold. it could have been taken to the bank. what is the significant of this ? and what is the extent of the sacrifice that pecker was making to help trump? >> he was making a big financial sacrifice, alex. it certainly would be better if it has a screaming headline about the...
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a key witness for the prosecution, former tabloid boss david pecker, testified his publishing company was part of the catch and kill scheme and agreed to buy potentially damaging stories with ono intention of ever -- with no intention of ever running them. but trump's attorneys took aim at pecker's credibility, exposing while he said under oath trump had thanked him for killing stories, pecker had told the fbi that trump didn't thank him. one legal expert tells fox pecker 's testimony shows how weak manhattan d.a. alvin bragg's case is. >> -- pecker helped trump more than hurt him, testifying his "national enquirer" buried stories all the time for a whole host of celebrities, so this wasn't just donald trump. and, you know, killing a story, that's not a crime. finish. >> reporter: trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 felony charges against him. prosecutors allege trump hid damaging information from voters and then falsified business records to conceal the hush money payments. outside of new york trump faces other legal hurdles including federal charges that he conspired to overturn
a key witness for the prosecution, former tabloid boss david pecker, testified his publishing company was part of the catch and kill scheme and agreed to buy potentially damaging stories with ono intention of ever -- with no intention of ever running them. but trump's attorneys took aim at pecker's credibility, exposing while he said under oath trump had thanked him for killing stories, pecker had told the fbi that trump didn't thank him. one legal expert tells fox pecker 's testimony shows how...
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david pecker . correct. court cannot be back in session until tuesday but the breakdown is happening right now. running me is joyce vance and hugo lowell. we were in new york at the same time for this title. david credibility. he was saying donald trump, he considered to be his mentor. yet, to his credit, even on cross examination by the defense attorney for donald trump, david pecker stood his ground. he held the line and said this was all to help influence the outcome by benefiting donald trump's campaign. >> "the national enquirer" wanted to protect this trump and this came through all through the testimony. it was extremely significant because trump was hoping or trumps lawyers were hoping to a certain extent they would be able to suggest that he was disgruntled, that they hadn't been friends for some time. they didn't have close connections anymore. but, with david pecker going on the stand and say i find as a mentor and i like his business deals and consider him a good guy as far as he was concerned, i
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everybody thought that david pecker was going to be maybe on and off, an hour, introduce a few documents. he's turned out to be two days and frankly, what's fascinating, molly, is the defense turned him, i think, into a trump witness, a pro-trump witness. they frankly cross examined him and he came out with some good things about trump and demonstrated there were other people that did the same thing. and my question always is, why aren't they being prosecuted in the same way trump is. >> what do you mean by that. who are the people you would highlight when you mention that? >> there was tiger woods and other celebrities. he indicated there were these non-disclosure agreements, they would purchase a story and sometimes they would run them and sometimes they wouldn't, and so, i'm left with the conclusion that it's only president trump who is now being prosecuted for what i would argue are mickey mouse charges. >> we're talking about here, the catch and kill, that's what we're getting the window into here, how catch and kill works, how broadly it was used. the sort of pay by play journalism
everybody thought that david pecker was going to be maybe on and off, an hour, introduce a few documents. he's turned out to be two days and frankly, what's fascinating, molly, is the defense turned him, i think, into a trump witness, a pro-trump witness. they frankly cross examined him and he came out with some good things about trump and demonstrated there were other people that did the same thing. and my question always is, why aren't they being prosecuted in the same way trump is. >>...
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and now, ex-media mogul, david pecker, testified for days for his alleged hush money payments to former playmate mcdougall and stormy daniels who both claimed to have sexual relations with trump, something that trump denies. exposing that pecker testified that trump thanked him for concealing stories, in 2018, the fbi told them that trump didn't thank him. and ronna graph took the stand on friday. she testified she vaguely remembers seeing daniels at trump tower once. and when the court resumes on tuesday, bank executive gary farrow will return to the stand. on friday he testified that michael cohen, trump's ex-fixer wired $130,000 in hush money to stormy daniels right before election day. meanwhile, few people think that trump is treated the same as other criminal defendants here in new york. a new cnn poll finds that 34% say trump is being treated more leniently. another 34% say no, more harshly. now, trump faces a slew of legal troubles outside of new york city, including federal charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election. trump has claimed presidential immunity, somethi
and now, ex-media mogul, david pecker, testified for days for his alleged hush money payments to former playmate mcdougall and stormy daniels who both claimed to have sexual relations with trump, something that trump denies. exposing that pecker testified that trump thanked him for concealing stories, in 2018, the fbi told them that trump didn't thank him. and ronna graph took the stand on friday. she testified she vaguely remembers seeing daniels at trump tower once. and when the court resumes...
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david pecker, over the course of four days he testified about crucial 2015 meeting between himself, trump and trump's then personal lawyer michael cohen. prosecutors allege that it was at that meeting that the trio hashed out a plan to help trump's political chances by suppressing potentially scandalous stories about him. that strategy came to be known as catch and kill. now it may not seem like there are any similarities between trump's criminal trial in new york and the fake elector scheme but for one thing both involve the falsification of documents or records. on top of that both cases allege the former president worked with others in addition to a crime. 16 people in michigan were charged with felonies last year for their roles in the fake elector effort. six others in nevada have been similarly charged. in georgia last summer the fulton county district attorney pressed racketeering charges against trump and 18 others. that is a charge that is typically used to take down organized crime. four of those defendants have since reached plea agreements with prosecutors. fulton county is th
david pecker, over the course of four days he testified about crucial 2015 meeting between himself, trump and trump's then personal lawyer michael cohen. prosecutors allege that it was at that meeting that the trio hashed out a plan to help trump's political chances by suppressing potentially scandalous stories about him. that strategy came to be known as catch and kill. now it may not seem like there are any similarities between trump's criminal trial in new york and the fake elector scheme...
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trump denies both affairs, but this week david pecker testified he paid mcdougal's $150,000 to keep quiet in the midst of the election. pecker told them about a thank you dinner trump hosted for him at the white house. it's your dinner, pecker said. as the two walked out, he said president trump asked, how is karen doing? the defense suggested buying and burying salacious stories was standard operating procedure. pecker conceded "the national enquirer" made hundreds of thousands of nondisclosure agreements but when prosecutors asked, on how many of those had you coordinated with a presidential candidate for the benefit of a campaign, he replied, it's the only one. aaron katersky, abc news, new york. >> whit: aaron katersky, thank you. >>> now to the final defendant who has been sentenced in the death of elijah mcclain in aurora, colorado. former emt jeremy cooper receiving four years probation for criminally negligent homicide. mcclain was confronted by three police officers while walking home in 2019, thrown to the ground, placed in a chokehold, and injected with an excessive amount of k
trump denies both affairs, but this week david pecker testified he paid mcdougal's $150,000 to keep quiet in the midst of the election. pecker told them about a thank you dinner trump hosted for him at the white house. it's your dinner, pecker said. as the two walked out, he said president trump asked, how is karen doing? the defense suggested buying and burying salacious stories was standard operating procedure. pecker conceded "the national enquirer" made hundreds of thousands of...
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jonah, i got to say i was surprised at how much the prosecution got out of its first witness, david pecker, and especially the fact that he said, look, when when he was worried about these women, it was all about the campaign. >> it wasn't about trying to protect his family. melannie wonka me about i mean, that that's an important point because that's what the contention is that paying the soft was a campaign issue. it wasn't a personal issue. >> yeah. >> just on the strictly legal part of it it's not illegal to pay off somebody to keep quiet during a credit is illegal to call it a business expense, right? right. so it's a misdemeanor to call it a business to falsely call it a business expense, and it's a misdemeanor under federal election law, and you what brian's going 22 and misdemeanors together to get 34 felony is i don't think that math works legally, regardless. i don't think this is particularly great for trump it it does take time out of campaigning. it's gotta be a wet blanket on fundraising no, actually, it's rising a lot of money yeah. i mean, about like bigger donors and all t
jonah, i got to say i was surprised at how much the prosecution got out of its first witness, david pecker, and especially the fact that he said, look, when when he was worried about these women, it was all about the campaign. >> it wasn't about trying to protect his family. melannie wonka me about i mean, that that's an important point because that's what the contention is that paying the soft was a campaign issue. it wasn't a personal issue. >> yeah. >> just on the strictly...
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now, again, the defense team tried to poke holes in the kid about of ex-media mogul david pecker. pecker, one of the the prosecution's key witnesses, wrapped up four days of testimony this week. pecker said his company paid $150,000 to silence former or playboy playmate karen mcdougal to keep her if saying she had an affair with trump, something trump denies. trump's longtime executive assistant also took the stand on friday as the state tries to prove trump was behind another scheme, this one to silence adult film star stormy daniels who claim claims she also had a tex yule -- sexual encounter with trump. graph said she vaguely remembers seeing daniels at trump tower long before the 2016 election. trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges against him and cons to call this case politically motivated. if. >> and we sit here day after day after day, which is their plan, because they think they might be able to eke out an election, but i doubt it because the poll numbers are very good for us. >> reporter: when court resumes on tuesday, bank executive gary farrow will return t
now, again, the defense team tried to poke holes in the kid about of ex-media mogul david pecker. pecker, one of the the prosecution's key witnesses, wrapped up four days of testimony this week. pecker said his company paid $150,000 to silence former or playboy playmate karen mcdougal to keep her if saying she had an affair with trump, something trump denies. trump's longtime executive assistant also took the stand on friday as the state tries to prove trump was behind another scheme, this one...
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. >>> david pecker, the former publisher of the "national enquirer" was back on the stand for a third day on friday in former president donald trump criminal trial in new york. after the testimony was over, the prosecution called rona gaff and a business owner. legal experts say it could be a big ask to get all jurors to agree that the payments entered feared with the election. >> i personally think they have an uphill battle. they would have the jurors believe that simply an agreement to influence the election with this catch and kill practice is in and of itself illegal but it's not. they have to go the extra step of proving the federal campaign finance law violation. after trump left the courtroom, he invited president joe biden to a debate. the trial to resume with more testimony on tuesday. >>> victims of sexual assault are speaking out after harvey weinstein had a 2020 rape conviction overturned. the new york criminal court of appeals determined weinstein did not get a fair trial because of irrelevant testimony. she testified that weinstein assaulted her in the case. she called
. >>> david pecker, the former publisher of the "national enquirer" was back on the stand for a third day on friday in former president donald trump criminal trial in new york. after the testimony was over, the prosecution called rona gaff and a business owner. legal experts say it could be a big ask to get all jurors to agree that the payments entered feared with the election. >> i personally think they have an uphill battle. they would have the jurors believe that...
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over the course of four days, david pecker testified about a crucial meeting between himself, trump, and trumps the personal and fixer michael cohen. prosecutors allege it was at that meeting that the trio hashed out a plan to help donald trump's political chances by suppressing potentially scandalous stories about him. the strategy came to be known as "catch and kill." catch a story and kill it. it may not seem like there are any similarities between trumps trial in new york and that the collectors scheme about, for one thing, both of them involve the falsification of documents and records. both cases alleged the former president worked with others ind furtherance of a crime. in addition to the 18 people charged in arizona this week, as i mentioned, 16 people in michigan were charged with felonies last year for their roles in the fake elector effort in that state. six others in nevada have been charged and in georgia last summer, the fulton county district attorney rest racketeering charges against trump and 18 others, a charge typically used to take down organized crime. four of th
over the course of four days, david pecker testified about a crucial meeting between himself, trump, and trumps the personal and fixer michael cohen. prosecutors allege it was at that meeting that the trio hashed out a plan to help donald trump's political chances by suppressing potentially scandalous stories about him. the strategy came to be known as "catch and kill." catch a story and kill it. it may not seem like there are any similarities between trumps trial in new york and that...
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over four days of testimony, the former national enquirer executive david pecker told the jury not just how deeply involved trump's team was to use the supermarket tabloids to fuel his 2016 campaign, but how celebrities and politicians generally try to buy, trade, or believe their way out of scandalous stories. the top story for scott rich who posted on facebook, it was just revealed how detached from reality the supreme court has become. several grand juries have found enough evidence to charge him, referring to former president donald trump, with crimes, but the court sounded ready to twist the law again. that is referencing the supreme court oral arguments around trump immunity. here is a portion of trump's attorney delivering opening arguments in the immunity claim case before the supreme court on thursday. [video clip] >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, without immunity from presidential prosecution there can be no presidency as we know it. for 234 years of american history, no president was ever prosecuted for his official acts. the framers of our constitution view
over four days of testimony, the former national enquirer executive david pecker told the jury not just how deeply involved trump's team was to use the supermarket tabloids to fuel his 2016 campaign, but how celebrities and politicians generally try to buy, trade, or believe their way out of scandalous stories. the top story for scott rich who posted on facebook, it was just revealed how detached from reality the supreme court has become. several grand juries have found enough evidence to...
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news gold for david pecker because that was his stock in trade. they were trying to portray that this was just more of that and in the opening statements, donald trump's lawyers actually said that they tried to -- trying to influence -- is democracy. that's what people try and do. what was different about this and what the government lawyers were showing is that during the election, the arrangements that were reach and karen google who is the playmate that donald trump had a relationship with, nine months or a year, these payments that went to karen make google and others were larger than usual. the national enquirer national -- have a limit of $10,000. these went well over that. in the case of karen mcdougal, they had a contract with her and that was according to david pecker solely to keep her story off the market but she did in signing that get other things with the agreement. she got, you know, she would have a column, she would get on the cover of a magazine. david pecker said that was all window dressing for the payment to keep her quiet but
news gold for david pecker because that was his stock in trade. they were trying to portray that this was just more of that and in the opening statements, donald trump's lawyers actually said that they tried to -- trying to influence -- is democracy. that's what people try and do. what was different about this and what the government lawyers were showing is that during the election, the arrangements that were reach and karen google who is the playmate that donald trump had a relationship with,...
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will: and it's new york versus trump returning on tuesday after ex-tabloid publisher david pecker claimed he never if used the term catch and kill with the former president. carley: plus, more americans say they're being shamed into tipping even for coffees and self-service kiosks. we have your responses on tip-flation. the final hour of "fox & friends" weekend starts right now. will: to a fox weather alert. right now 55 million americans r alert one day after massive tornadoes tore across america's heartland. carley: at least 59 twist thers in texas, kansas, oklahoma, iowa and the hardest hit state has been nebraska. pete: fox weather's nicole valdes is in ilkhorn -- elkhorn, nebraska, with more. >> reporter: good morning. look, it's a sad day here where there are dozens of homes without a wall standing like the one you see behind me. check it out. i mean, this is so sad to see. actually, a newer home just it should a few months ago now ripped to shreds by the sheer force of a monster tornado that has now devastated dozens of families across the state of nebraska. neighbors here just now
will: and it's new york versus trump returning on tuesday after ex-tabloid publisher david pecker claimed he never if used the term catch and kill with the former president. carley: plus, more americans say they're being shamed into tipping even for coffees and self-service kiosks. we have your responses on tip-flation. the final hour of "fox & friends" weekend starts right now. will: to a fox weather alert. right now 55 million americans r alert one day after massive tornadoes...
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david pecker, the former publisher of the national enquirer, in the witness box for all four days detailing his involvement with running stories favorable to trump and burying those that might hurt him friday also brought short testimony from trump executive assistant rhona graff and michael cohen's former better gary farro there was also a hearing on whether it was violating the gag order imposed by judge juan merchan. trump continued his pattern of speaking out about the case outside of the courtroom, the trial resumes again on tuesday, joining me now is criminal defendant it's attorney arthur aidala. arthur on that key issue of the purpose of the payments, the prosecution was able to get in through david pecker that this was about the campaign, not protecting trump's family how can trump get into evidence? his side of that unless he testifies good morning. and then say it's a privilege to be ali, sir, i'm a fan from a lot day that on television so you want to know the easy way, the easy way is at the end of people's case, donald trump takes the stand and he looks at the jury with the fir
david pecker, the former publisher of the national enquirer, in the witness box for all four days detailing his involvement with running stories favorable to trump and burying those that might hurt him friday also brought short testimony from trump executive assistant rhona graff and michael cohen's former better gary farro there was also a hearing on whether it was violating the gag order imposed by judge juan merchan. trump continued his pattern of speaking out about the case outside of the...
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. >>> david pecker, the former publisher of the "national enquirer" was back on the stand for a third day on friday in the criminal trial of donald trump in new york. after the testimony was over, the prosecution called rona gaff and a business owner. >> it's not a crime if it wasn't done with the purpose of influencing the election. i think they have an uphill battle. they would have the jurors believe that simply an agreement to influence the election with this catch and kill practice is in and of itself illegal. it's not. they have to go the extra step of proving that federal campaign finance law violation. >> trump invited president biden to a debate as he left the courtroom. the trial to resume with more testimony on tuesday. >>> victims of sexual assault are speaking out after harvey weinstein had a 2020 rain conviction overturned. the new york criminal court of appeals determined weinstein did not get a fair trial because of irrelevant testimony. she testified that weinstein assaulted her in the case. she called it devastating and that it signified historic process that is now
. >>> david pecker, the former publisher of the "national enquirer" was back on the stand for a third day on friday in the criminal trial of donald trump in new york. after the testimony was over, the prosecution called rona gaff and a business owner. >> it's not a crime if it wasn't done with the purpose of influencing the election. i think they have an uphill battle. they would have the jurors believe that simply an agreement to influence the election with this catch...
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trump denies the affair, but david pecker, former publisher for the national enquirer, testified that at trump's direction, the tabloid bought mcdougal's story but never ran it. in order to protect trump's political campaign, pecker also took the stand, answering questions about a conspiracy to catch and kill news stories that could be damaging to trump. when he ran for president, the defense, claiming the national enquirer's relationship with trump was standard operating procedure in the tabloid industry. day nine of trump's trial resumes next tuesday, dariel aldinger, abc news new york new developments x hollywood mogul harvey weinstein , whose 2020 rape conviction was overturned, is set to appear in a new york courtroom next week. >> weinstein is scheduled to appear wednesday in manhattan supreme court. his court date is the first step towards a retrial. the district attorney's office says they're willing to retry the case if the witnesses are willing to participate. weinstein remains in prison for a 2022 rape conviction in a los angeles case, and the biden administration is postpo
trump denies the affair, but david pecker, former publisher for the national enquirer, testified that at trump's direction, the tabloid bought mcdougal's story but never ran it. in order to protect trump's political campaign, pecker also took the stand, answering questions about a conspiracy to catch and kill news stories that could be damaging to trump. when he ran for president, the defense, claiming the national enquirer's relationship with trump was standard operating procedure in the...
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it was a wild week in court as jurors listened to david pecker's catch and kill scheme he concocted with donald trump and michael cohen. the first week wrapped up testimony with the former executive assistant of years and michael cohen. the prosecution closed out the first week of testimony on friday, but offering the jury a peek inside the inner workings of the trump organization are from one of the people who knows the former president best. the state calling rhona graff, the long-time executive safety ant. contacts were saved for stormy. prosecutors say both women were shopping stories of sex with mr. trump ahead of the election and counters he denies. at the heart of the case, 130,000 payment michael cohen made to daniels. and how that payment was disguysed. graff testifying she no longer works for the organization, but they are they are paying for her bills. also hearing from gary farro. the day began the former publisher of the national enquirer. a key witness for prosecutors. testifying at length how he it silenced people who could have hurt mr. trump's election chances. mr. trump
it was a wild week in court as jurors listened to david pecker's catch and kill scheme he concocted with donald trump and michael cohen. the first week wrapped up testimony with the former executive assistant of years and michael cohen. the prosecution closed out the first week of testimony on friday, but offering the jury a peek inside the inner workings of the trump organization are from one of the people who knows the former president best. the state calling rhona graff, the long-time...
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trump denies the affair, but david pecker, former publisher for the national enquirer, testified that at trump's direction, the tabloid bought mcdougal's story but never ran it. in order to protect trump's political campaign, pecker also took the stand, answering questions about a conspiracy to catch and kill news stories that could be damaging to trump. when he ran for president, the defense, claiming the national enquirer's relationship with trump was standard operating procedure in the tabloid industry day nine of trump's trial resumes next tuesday. darya aldinger, abc news new york and new developments x hollywood mogul harvey weinstein, whose 2020 rape conviction was overturned, is set to appear in a new york courtroom next week. >> weinstein is scheduled to appear wednesday in manhattan supreme court. his court date is the first step towards a retrial. the district attorney's office says they're willing to retry the case if the witnesses are willing to participate. weinstein remains in prison for a 2022 rape conviction in a los angeles case. the biden administration is postponin
trump denies the affair, but david pecker, former publisher for the national enquirer, testified that at trump's direction, the tabloid bought mcdougal's story but never ran it. in order to protect trump's political campaign, pecker also took the stand, answering questions about a conspiracy to catch and kill news stories that could be damaging to trump. when he ran for president, the defense, claiming the national enquirer's relationship with trump was standard operating procedure in the...
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pecker lays out the paper trail and former president donald trump's criminal hush, money trial in new york. the major takeaways from his four days of testimony. and what's next in the trial? >> harvey weinstein will be back in court on wednesday, about a week after an appeals court overturned his conviction on sex crimes, what to expect from that appearance and what impact it could have on charges against him in the future. >> we begin this morning with a devastating tornadoes that tore through parts of nebraska and iowa friday, leaving paths of destruction behind them and a severe weather threat is not over as dangerous storms that could possibly bring more tornadoes continue to pose a risk for over 50 million people from michigan down to texas today, the elkhorn community in omaha, nebraska was one of the hardest just hit neighborhoods. look at this rows of homes, decimated by these tornadoes. families were left shaken, understandably by the event listen to this woman, she had to hunker down in her basement with her two young children we got home as fast as we could. i got my babies
pecker lays out the paper trail and former president donald trump's criminal hush, money trial in new york. the major takeaways from his four days of testimony. and what's next in the trial? >> harvey weinstein will be back in court on wednesday, about a week after an appeals court overturned his conviction on sex crimes, what to expect from that appearance and what impact it could have on charges against him in the future. >> we begin this morning with a devastating tornadoes that...
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carley: jurors hearing testimony from david pecker, a former trump assistant and a former senior bank manager who worked closely with former trump lawyer michael cohen. will: good morning, david. >> good morning. two weeks of the first ever criminal trial involving an ex-president in the books and busy day yesterday to wrap up the week with more testimony and we mentioned from trump friend and former national inquirer publisher david pecker. pecker is alleged to trust worthy bought former play mate karen mcdougle story and the intent never to publish and practice called catch and kill. lawyer with the former president and whether or not trump faced him with suppressing story and he may have violated federal election law and suppressing ms. pecker said i've been truthful to the best of my recollection. trump's long time executive assistant took the stand yesterday, that's her right there. said her boss of about 30 years was fair and respectful. graph said she haggly remembers seeing stormy daniels in trump tower before the 2016 election and daniels claims she had an affair with donald
carley: jurors hearing testimony from david pecker, a former trump assistant and a former senior bank manager who worked closely with former trump lawyer michael cohen. will: good morning, david. >> good morning. two weeks of the first ever criminal trial involving an ex-president in the books and busy day yesterday to wrap up the week with more testimony and we mentioned from trump friend and former national inquirer publisher david pecker. pecker is alleged to trust worthy bought former...
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over four days of testimony, the former national enquirer executive david pecker told the jury not just how deeply involved trump's team was to use the supermarket tabloids to fuel his 2016 campaign, but how celebrities and politicians generally try to buy, trade, or believe their way out of scandalous stories. the top story for scott rich who posted on facebook, it was just revealed how detached from reality the supreme court has become. several grand juries have found enough evidence to charge him, referring to former president donald trump, with crimes, but the court sounded ready to twist the law again. that is referencing the supreme court oral arguments around trump immunity. here is a portion of trump's attorney delivering opening arguments in the immunity claim case before the supreme court on thursday. [video clip] >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, without immunity from presidential prosecution there can be no presidency as we know it. for 234 years of american history, no president was ever prosecuted for his official acts. the framers of our constitution view
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pecker, which david pecker explained very well what that is for the purpose of affecting the 2016 election, as opposed to for the purpose of protecting his family from embarrassment, it's the intent that's the issue. >> okay. so gag order now, there's a hearing scheduled for thursday to hear the legations of 14 violations of the gag order this has been delayed at least from some legal experts that we've discussed with. >> why is this taking so long they were first a few and then before those were settled, there was another grouping. >> what's the impact of the delay? >> you know, what if you're a cynic on this one which maybe i'm citing in this cynical the judge wants to get more examples before ruling on the gag order, right? even more. agree. just examples because at this point, really the judge could absolutely rural and i don't understand other than that, just trying to get more examples of how this gag order is violated again and again and again, so that the judge is upheld on appeal on any on and usage and what really is the impact of of a gag order or the consequence of it if the ju
pecker, which david pecker explained very well what that is for the purpose of affecting the 2016 election, as opposed to for the purpose of protecting his family from embarrassment, it's the intent that's the issue. >> okay. so gag order now, there's a hearing scheduled for thursday to hear the legations of 14 violations of the gag order this has been delayed at least from some legal experts that we've discussed with. >> why is this taking so long they were first a few and then...
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the jury heard from ron graf, gary farrow and asked national enquirer official david pecker. were the biggest take aways from the trial so far? pete: here is matt whitaker. what are the big take aways? what should we be looking for? >> a couple things are happening. this continues to be a set up in search of a crime. i don't think there has been anything i've seen so far that suggests there's a law violation. the second thing that's more interesting to me is testimony from the national enquirer publisher who said tiger woods, rahm emanuel, president biden's ambassador to japan currently and arnold schwarzenegger and others entered into similar arrangements. that takes from the political purpose into a personal purpose which is not a violation of the law. will: you talk about a catch and kill scheme. packer said in his testimony no one has ever referred to it that way, donald trump and i did not refer to this is a catch and kill scheme but what you are saying is a lot of famous people do this, purchase stores, have stories paid for so they will never see the light of day, neve
the jury heard from ron graf, gary farrow and asked national enquirer official david pecker. were the biggest take aways from the trial so far? pete: here is matt whitaker. what are the big take aways? what should we be looking for? >> a couple things are happening. this continues to be a set up in search of a crime. i don't think there has been anything i've seen so far that suggests there's a law violation. the second thing that's more interesting to me is testimony from the national...
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pecker this week? >> lester, pecker is a useful witness for prosecutors to the extent that he can testify about conversations about mr. trump that touch on this alleged scheme to influence the election, but what he can't offer, lester, is any evidence on the actual crime that the former president has been indicted for, which isn't a campaign finance violation. it's the way his payments to cohen were documented on his internal records. now, we'll see if other witnesses can speak more directly to that, lester. >> okay, laura jarrett, thank you. >>> president biden was also in new york today giving a rare interview to radio host howard stern and making news about whether he'll debate mr. trump. peter alexander joins us. what did the president say, peter? >> reporter: lester, for months the president has refused to say whether he will agree to a faceoff with former president trump, but today he told howard stern, i'm, quote, happy to debate him, though he didn't say when or how many times. it would be a dr
pecker this week? >> lester, pecker is a useful witness for prosecutors to the extent that he can testify about conversations about mr. trump that touch on this alleged scheme to influence the election, but what he can't offer, lester, is any evidence on the actual crime that the former president has been indicted for, which isn't a campaign finance violation. it's the way his payments to cohen were documented on his internal records. now, we'll see if other witnesses can speak more...
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so we did still get some compelling testimony from the remainder of david pecker's testimony, as well as those two other witnesses. one thing that is clear from the wheat when it says that we heard from miss that there was this conspiracy he to get this caching kill scheme, the catch and kill scheme to affect the campaign, to effect the election. in terms of the last two witnesses, we got confirmation from the banker that yes. michael cohen did open up an account. it open a shell company in order to get payment to stormy daniels. that's as far as we got in terms of the longtime assistant, all we heard is that we got confirmation that donald trump did have the contact information for karen mcdougal, as well as stormy daniels, and that stormy daniels was the at trump plaza at least on one occasion, but nothing that really stood out that was so bombshell that will stand out too. jury documentary evidence that he produced sort of establishing the timeline and the importance of getting those payments done before the election that will be crucial, right? absolutely. the urgency. so we learn
so we did still get some compelling testimony from the remainder of david pecker's testimony, as well as those two other witnesses. one thing that is clear from the wheat when it says that we heard from miss that there was this conspiracy he to get this caching kill scheme, the catch and kill scheme to affect the campaign, to effect the election. in terms of the last two witnesses, we got confirmation from the banker that yes. michael cohen did open up an account. it open a shell company in...
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pecker wrapping up his testimony and we got to hear from the prosecution's next two witnesses. trump'get tos former assistant rhona graff, a 34 year veteran of the trump, and gary farrow, a former banker at first republic, when michael cohen was apparently membe seeking to arrange the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. n trump sounding off on another day in court. >> this is all a frightening indictment. it's an order to try and win an election. political advantagte and nothina like this has ever happened. i've been inviteponent ad back to debate, and it's a busy time in washington during the night. imcluding i'm here. >> i'm ready, willing and able. and if he i'll do it on monday night, tuesday night or wednesdao ity night. >> we'll be in michigan, a state that is destroying. >> well, the former president was certainly on the mind of the current president. >> joe biden repeatedly brought up donald trump while reped by howarde stern. >> i don't know if you're going to debate your you ir. iden: i am somewhere i don't knowi where i'm at and i don't the election's over yet on tha
pecker wrapping up his testimony and we got to hear from the prosecution's next two witnesses. trump'get tos former assistant rhona graff, a 34 year veteran of the trump, and gary farrow, a former banker at first republic, when michael cohen was apparently membe seeking to arrange the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. n trump sounding off on another day in court. >> this is all a frightening indictment. it's an order to try and win an election. political advantagte and nothina like this...
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jeff sessions because david pecker, this national enquirer tabloid king, he got concerned at one point when he got a letter from the fec and he called michael cohen, then trump's personal attorney to voice concern about that. michael cohen told him not to worry because geoff sessions is the attorney general and donald trump has him in his pocket. did trump expect his ag to go easy on his friends i don't know. i don't know what he expected what was your experience? >> my experience was why the time i came in, he did not he did not push me to do one thing or another on these criminal cases. now we tweeted and mavi, his public views on things known, but he never talked to me about them directly, so we did not have you in his pocket. he would argue it's not a question of arguing. i did what i thought was right. >> and you never felt any direct pressure from him on what investigations the doj you did not directly pressure may as i say, he was out there tweeting and doing things that were embarrassing and made it hard for me to run the department that sounds like pressure wasn't pressure. it
jeff sessions because david pecker, this national enquirer tabloid king, he got concerned at one point when he got a letter from the fec and he called michael cohen, then trump's personal attorney to voice concern about that. michael cohen told him not to worry because geoff sessions is the attorney general and donald trump has him in his pocket. did trump expect his ag to go easy on his friends i don't know. i don't know what he expected what was your experience? >> my experience was why...
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yeah, david pecker said he's done this for trump well beforsp 16. and david pecker testified that trump had no knowledgadge e of the payment by michael cohen. >> this case is this case is a dog. a that dog doesn't bark. isll and mikte have a great weekend. all right. apparently hamas is ha -suits i some new friends. we'll tell you about them. is it because they see ♪ew recruitsn amer? america? i'm curious. we'll explain it nex t. hello, i'm former arkansas governor mike huckabee. a lot of times you can't control the amount of sleep that you're getting. you can't fall asleep. you're tossing and turning all night. you can't get the sleep you need to stay healthy. i know it's scary unless you use relaxium sleep relaxium. sleep is a product that's made from natural ingredients and it usually works from the very first night. you try. it helps you fall asleep, stay asleep and wake up refreshed, earning your body those quality hours sleep that it desperately needs. join the hundreds of thousands of people who have experienced the relief and health benefi
yeah, david pecker said he's done this for trump well beforsp 16. and david pecker testified that trump had no knowledgadge e of the payment by michael cohen. >> this case is this case is a dog. a that dog doesn't bark. isll and mikte have a great weekend. all right. apparently hamas is ha -suits i some new friends. we'll tell you about them. is it because they see ♪ew recruitsn amer? america? i'm curious. we'll explain it nex t. hello, i'm former arkansas governor mike huckabee. a lot...
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they got david pecker to say michael cohen is prone to exaggeration. and so they're going to do that by the way, with a lot of other witnesses. if kellyanne conway takes the stand i bet she has negative things to say about michael cohen. maybe hope hicks two. and what you do as a defense lawyer, not my profession, ards, but i've seen enough good ones inaction when it comes down for closing go folks. their own witnesses, the first guy they put in front of you, david pecker, said that their star witness is prone to exaggeration if you find that he exactly related to this case is over. so that's a really smart and effective tactic like michael cohen can be restored as the star witness so easily because people forget or maybe don't forget that he pled guilty to the same scheme that trump is now being put on trial for and people generally as a defense lawyer do not plead guilty to things they didn't do. that plea is locked in. he took a three-year jail sentence for the acts that he claimed in open court when he entered his plea. i did this at the direction
they got david pecker to say michael cohen is prone to exaggeration. and so they're going to do that by the way, with a lot of other witnesses. if kellyanne conway takes the stand i bet she has negative things to say about michael cohen. maybe hope hicks two. and what you do as a defense lawyer, not my profession, ards, but i've seen enough good ones inaction when it comes down for closing go folks. their own witnesses, the first guy they put in front of you, david pecker, said that their star...
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pecker, editor de the national enquirer ayer, pecker dijo que trump le dio las gracias por evitar que se publicaran historias n negativas en su contra, como su presunta relacion con con la modelo de playboy karen mc mcdougall oye el abogado emil b. >> le cuestiono sobre una entrevista que le hizo el fbi en 2018 y donde habria declarado que donald trump nunca le agradecio. >> las notas del fbi pueden ser erroneas. >> yo se lo que declare, respondio pecker dijo que trump le dio las gracias por evitar que se publicaran historias presunta relacion intima abogado milbo que le en donald agradecio. >> ¿usted cree que es un error del fbi? >> insistio el el abogado, yo se cual es la verdad no se por que lo escribieron asi, dijo pecker sobre fbi y este abogado no t tiene relacion con el caso. >> la defensa no esta buscando convencer a 12 personas de que donald trump no es culpable e estan tratando de convencer a una persona y si no hay un un jurado unanime, el juez declara el juicio anulado. >> al retomar la palabra, la fiscalia busco enmendar un posible dano y es que pequer es considerado su
pecker, editor de the national enquirer ayer, pecker dijo que trump le dio las gracias por evitar que se publicaran historias n negativas en su contra, como su presunta relacion con con la modelo de playboy karen mc mcdougall oye el abogado emil b. >> le cuestiono sobre una entrevista que le hizo el fbi en 2018 y donde habria declarado que donald trump nunca le agradecio. >> las notas del fbi pueden ser erroneas. >> yo se lo que declare, respondio pecker dijo que trump le dio...
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so the last question asked of david pecker today was, does he believe trump does david pecker believes that donald trump cares about his family, right? there have been a lot of questions about why trump would do these things. was it to protect his family or as pecker said? was it for the campaign, but the last question, does trump care about his family? pecker replies, quote, of of course i do think that cares about his family. that surprised you very much so because trump thinks about trump and his family clearly throughout all this is almost been window the dressing just so it makes him look like he's a family guy, but his focus is always been what's best for me. >> that's why he picks the pupil who works with and that's why he's been doing when he just doing with the power play. so the family for politician, obviously it's unnecessary optic to have but his feeling towards them. no, they're just tools for him to advance his own cause and that moment surprised you mean bernardo at the end of the testimony of david pecker and i guess it's in a sense, it's hard to put it together hi the
so the last question asked of david pecker today was, does he believe trump does david pecker believes that donald trump cares about his family, right? there have been a lot of questions about why trump would do these things. was it to protect his family or as pecker said? was it for the campaign, but the last question, does trump care about his family? pecker replies, quote, of of course i do think that cares about his family. that surprised you very much so because trump thinks about trump...
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david pecker was defined at one point, saying "i've been truthful to the best of my recollection ." the tabloid mogul also undermined the idea that trump wanted to bury those stories about women to protect his family, a common refrain from the defense. instead, he said he believed it was all to protect his campaign. >> i do have to begin by wishing melania trump happy birthday. >> reporter: melania trump was notably absent at trial. >> court will not based on session monday so the trial resumes tuesday at 9:30. with that, let's bring in our leadoff panel, john allen, politics reporter for nbc. eugene scott, senior politics reporter fracks yes, and the former federal prosecutor and senior writer for political magazine. thank you for joining us. trump's former longtime executive assistant testified for half an hour. she was known as "the gatekeeper" and set a company directory and numbers for stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. she also said the trump organization was paying her legal bills. why, what did the prosecution gain from her testimony? >> they introduced a small fact, which i
david pecker was defined at one point, saying "i've been truthful to the best of my recollection ." the tabloid mogul also undermined the idea that trump wanted to bury those stories about women to protect his family, a common refrain from the defense. instead, he said he believed it was all to protect his campaign. >> i do have to begin by wishing melania trump happy birthday. >> reporter: melania trump was notably absent at trial. >> court will not based on session...
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david pecker may have done. to they're trying to attribute david's packers knowledgeinance of campaign finance violations to donald trump. there shouldn' vdonaldt been a e instruction right then and there by the court there tht cannot assume that because david pecker knew something that donal that d trump knew its but this is this is the kind of case that an inexperienced political operative is trying ae in manhattan. and let me just say one more thing. thisin m gag order. the gag order was to make sureti that the president did not make or direct others to make o a public statement. when donald trump repeats untruths. i so so what other people have said he is not makinnot makig oe directing them to make public statements. and that's why he is not h holding him in contempt yet because it is so written. these people are so incensed, so full of hatl of hate that tho anything to keep this man down. and ye anyt he goes outside, he talks to construction workers, he goes to a bodega, they cheer him. he goes to kentucky
david pecker may have done. to they're trying to attribute david's packers knowledgeinance of campaign finance violations to donald trump. there shouldn' vdonaldt been a e instruction right then and there by the court there tht cannot assume that because david pecker knew something that donal that d trump knew its but this is this is the kind of case that an inexperienced political operative is trying ae in manhattan. and let me just say one more thing. thisin m gag order. the gag order was to...
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witness, david pecker, largely stood his ground despite trump's legal team attempting to undermine his testimony by claiming the deals to bury stories like karen mcdougal and stormy daniels were standard operating procedure. the second witness, donald trump's former executive assistant, monograph, provided testimony that she entered karen mcdougal's and stormy daniels contact information to the trump organization database. third, we had gary ferro, former manager at first republic bank, which prosecutors say michael: used to obtain a $130,000 home equity loan which michael cohen later funneled to stormy daniels through a shell company. friday, he authenticated bank records which prosecutors showed to jurors. that testimony will continue in trial resumes tuesday morning. prosecutors are using his testimony to authenticate documents related to the transaction. that testimony continues when the trial resumes tuesday morning. judge merchan announced a gag order hearing will take place thursday, to hear new arguments about all of the alleged violations that donald trump has committed this w
witness, david pecker, largely stood his ground despite trump's legal team attempting to undermine his testimony by claiming the deals to bury stories like karen mcdougal and stormy daniels were standard operating procedure. the second witness, donald trump's former executive assistant, monograph, provided testimony that she entered karen mcdougal's and stormy daniels contact information to the trump organization database. third, we had gary ferro, former manager at first republic bank, which...
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jump in new york, the former publisher of the national enquirer, david pecker, testified about some of the negative stories he published in 2016 about trump's opponents, including ted cruz and hillary clinton. trump's defense lawyers argued that the decision to publish those stories was based on what was best for the magazine. mr. trump denies that he tried to illegally influence the 2016 race by paying to suppress stories about alleged affairs outside court. mr. trump continued to attack the judge. >> i think we have a judge that will never allow this case to be over in a positive way, and he's highly conflicted. the most highly conflicted judge i've ever seen. >> the prosecution claims that mr. trump has repeatedly violated a gag order in this case. the judge is scheduled a hearing on that matter for may 2nd. >> president biden says he's willing to take on donald trump once again on the debate stage. >> i don't know if you're going to debate your your opponent. >> i am somewhere i don't know when i'm happy to debate him, president biden said in an interview with howard stern today th
jump in new york, the former publisher of the national enquirer, david pecker, testified about some of the negative stories he published in 2016 about trump's opponents, including ted cruz and hillary clinton. trump's defense lawyers argued that the decision to publish those stories was based on what was best for the magazine. mr. trump denies that he tried to illegally influence the 2016 race by paying to suppress stories about alleged affairs outside court. mr. trump continued to attack the...