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that was president biden in midtown, manhattan today to be interviewed by radio legend howard stern. while former president donald trump was in lower manhattan back in a courthouse for his criminal trial. >>> and that is where we begin tonight. at the end of the first week for a 12-member jury empanelled in the first ever criminal trial of a former president. today was the final day of the prosecutor's first witness, david pecker. trump's lawyers continued their cross-examination, focusing on the theme that the catch and kill agreement made between pecker, trump, and trump's former lawyer michael cohen was just standard operating procedure for pecker and "national enquirer." they suggested pecker's actions were based on business considerations and he would have done them anyway whether or not he had an agreement with trump. for instance, pecker admitted to trump's lawyer that the $30,000 payment to buy the rights for the former doorman's false story that trump fathered an illegitimate child could have led to millions of dollars in sales for the "national enquirer" if true. he asked a
that was president biden in midtown, manhattan today to be interviewed by radio legend howard stern. while former president donald trump was in lower manhattan back in a courthouse for his criminal trial. >>> and that is where we begin tonight. at the end of the first week for a 12-member jury empanelled in the first ever criminal trial of a former president. today was the final day of the prosecutor's first witness, david pecker. trump's lawyers continued their cross-examination,...
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donald trump is sitting in a cold courtroom, not on the campaign trail in manhattan, and as these other cases are indicted, and particularly this one in arizona, you have to wonder, will someone finally break from the herd and truly cooperate? is that seen as the appearance for someone, we don't know for certain, who was in close communication who can talk about what donald trump was thinking? that's something that jack smith would absolutely like to have in the federal prosecution in the district of columbia when it's permitted to go forward. it's all intermingled. it's a big swieder web. >> we'll leave this on the screen. i want to ask you, a lot of these people, clark, eastman, giuliani and ellis and powell, you can tell i'm doing this out loud were all very public. ellis was also on this program. others giving press conferences. epshteyn i mentioned. one of their bets is if you launder this brazenly in public it mike look more normalized and prosecutors won't act. did that initially work? is that working now? >> it absolutely worked originally. people like you and me who were stunne
donald trump is sitting in a cold courtroom, not on the campaign trail in manhattan, and as these other cases are indicted, and particularly this one in arizona, you have to wonder, will someone finally break from the herd and truly cooperate? is that seen as the appearance for someone, we don't know for certain, who was in close communication who can talk about what donald trump was thinking? that's something that jack smith would absolutely like to have in the federal prosecution in the...
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at the manhattan office. listen, on the other side of this, how do you approach a witness, and i'm sure you have been in this situation, who is there under subpoena? is close to the defendant, very very close, over a period of decades. >> you know, it can be a very powerful witness if you do it correctly. this is not a witness who in any way is there voluntarily, trying to help out the prosecution. if the prosecution gets positive evidence from her, that evidence is extremely credible. the key is to just direct ones questions as you were saying earlier, answers that you know, but even more than that answers that you can prove so there's no room for the witness to meander outside of the lines. that's probably what they're intending to do. they have a full sense of what they want to get out of her. they're not going to give her wiggle room because they have other proof of what they want. this is a way to get color and weight and make the story compelling for the jury. >> maybe this backs up what you're saying.
at the manhattan office. listen, on the other side of this, how do you approach a witness, and i'm sure you have been in this situation, who is there under subpoena? is close to the defendant, very very close, over a period of decades. >> you know, it can be a very powerful witness if you do it correctly. this is not a witness who in any way is there voluntarily, trying to help out the prosecution. if the prosecution gets positive evidence from her, that evidence is extremely credible....
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s office in manhattan. we don't know if the prosecution has been doing it. you know, chris, very quickly, you don't necessarily need a jury consultant to be able to do this. alan's amazing and does his job impeccably well, but if you don't have the resources you can do your own research in terms of the social media history e et cetera, in terms of the background of these jurors. >> alan, i'm going to make an assumption that going into this, going back to the idea, you only need one juror to hang this thing, right? only one to say they have questions, they don't know that this has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt. they know going in, the defense knows going in, who the likely juror or jurors might be? >> that's what they hope to do, and that's how they try to structure the questioning and reviewing the process and determiing personalities of the jurors and what it is about their backgrounds, what they do for a living. there's a whole wide variety of considerations that come into play when you're helping not really select a jury but deselect a jury becaus
s office in manhattan. we don't know if the prosecution has been doing it. you know, chris, very quickly, you don't necessarily need a jury consultant to be able to do this. alan's amazing and does his job impeccably well, but if you don't have the resources you can do your own research in terms of the social media history e et cetera, in terms of the background of these jurors. >> alan, i'm going to make an assumption that going into this, going back to the idea, you only need one juror...
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and former manhattan assistant district attorney catherine christian. vaughn, said the stage. a lot of sidebars in the past hour. fill in the gaps. what line of questioning do you think the state is objecting to? >> reporter: right. over the course of the last hours, the defense team for donald trump is not explicitly saying to the jury, don't trust michael cohen, he lacks credibility. but they have brought up multiple instances with david pecker in their cross-examination that would lead the jury to question michael cohen and the extent he make exaggerate or take statements out of context. pecker's testimony was that michael cohen asked him to send paparazzi to a meeting he was going to have with mark cuban to essentially make donald trump jealous. a second example was in 2018, when the federal election commission sent a letter to david pecker about the alleged financial scheme, an arrangement they had pertaining to karen mcdougal and other efforts to suppress stories ahead of the 2016 election. david pecker testified just a moment ago when he called michael cohen about this
and former manhattan assistant district attorney catherine christian. vaughn, said the stage. a lot of sidebars in the past hour. fill in the gaps. what line of questioning do you think the state is objecting to? >> reporter: right. over the course of the last hours, the defense team for donald trump is not explicitly saying to the jury, don't trust michael cohen, he lacks credibility. but they have brought up multiple instances with david pecker in their cross-examination that would lead...
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now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, glen kirschner, former federal prosecutor and host of the justice matters podcast, kimberly atkins store, boston globe columnist and co-host of the sisters in-law podcast, and danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney. glen, kimberly and danny are msnbc contributors. vaughn, what has been going on right now inside that courtroom? >> reporter: right, jose, there have been multiple efforts by the defense team in front of this jury during its cross examination of david pecker, the long time publisher of "national enquirer," who is the crucial witness to the prosecution as they build out their case of alleging this conspiracy between the likes of donald trump with michael cohen and the "national enquirer" to suppress the stories of individuals like stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. and what you are hearing from emil bovy, the one executing this cross examination of pecker is multipronged effort here. in one of those facets of this is by trying to undercut the idea of this conspiracy tha
now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, glen kirschner, former federal prosecutor and host of the justice matters podcast, kimberly atkins store, boston globe columnist and co-host of the sisters in-law podcast, and danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney. glen, kimberly and danny are msnbc contributors. vaughn, what has been going on right now inside that courtroom? >> reporter: right, jose, there have been multiple...
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we've been getting a lot of updates from that manhattan courthouse. our reporting team is standing by with the latest, and after david pecker, who will testify next. >>> plus, he said he signed a cooperation letter with the manhattan d.a., could other witnesses be cooperating as well? more after a short break. don't go away. more after a short break don't go away. and its customizable scans with social sentiment help you find and unlock opportunities in the market. e*trade from morgan stanley with powerful, easy-to-use tools, power e*trade makes complex trading easier. react to fast-moving markets with dynamic charting and a futures ladder that lets you place, flatten, or reverse orders so you won't miss an opportunity. e*trade from morgan stanley (vo) if you have graves' disease, your eye symptoms could mean something more.opportunity. that gritty feeling can't be brushed away. even a little blurry vision can distort things. and something serious may be behind those itchy eyes. up to 50% of people with graves' could develop a different condition call
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remember, again, the manhattan d.a. has charged donald trump with falsification of business records. but what makes it a felony, according to the d.a., is that those business records were falsified with the intent to either commit or conceal a crime. they have now elaborated on that theory. based on the questioning, it seems that their theory is, donald trump intended to conceal violations of campaign finance law and formed a conspiracy with michael cohen, david pecker, and potentially others to do so. karen mcdougal, in burying her story, was part and parcel of that conspiracy. accomplishing the karen mcdougal story is a necessary predicate. of course, it doesn't get us all the way to the crime. why? because the business records that were falsified are in relation to the stormy daniels payment. yes, david pecker is a very central witness in establishing trump's knowledge and intent in joining this conspiracy and doing it for purposes of subverting the election, but we are going to have to get to the stormy daniels stor
remember, again, the manhattan d.a. has charged donald trump with falsification of business records. but what makes it a felony, according to the d.a., is that those business records were falsified with the intent to either commit or conceal a crime. they have now elaborated on that theory. based on the questioning, it seems that their theory is, donald trump intended to conceal violations of campaign finance law and formed a conspiracy with michael cohen, david pecker, and potentially others...
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of course this all coalesced with wednesday's visit by speaker johnson to the columbia university in manhattan talking to these protesters directly saying they should pack it up, go back to class essentially and calling on the columbia president to resign in the wake of these protests happening on the camp and the encampment happening on the campus. so we're seeing morgue congressional response to these protests that have now sort of grown and roiling college campuses across the country. speaker johnson floating that the house could have a legislative place in this sort of debate about these protests on college campuses, saying the house may move to cut off federal funding for these universities that don't create a safe environment for jewish students. so we're definitely seeing a lot of lawmakers get involved with this. of course congress returns to session next week, so definitely expect to have more action on this front. >> certainly going to be part of the conversation because we saw not even just a week before all this, the president of columbia herself testifying in front of the committe
of course this all coalesced with wednesday's visit by speaker johnson to the columbia university in manhattan talking to these protesters directly saying they should pack it up, go back to class essentially and calling on the columbia president to resign in the wake of these protests happening on the camp and the encampment happening on the campus. so we're seeing morgue congressional response to these protests that have now sort of grown and roiling college campuses across the country....
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weren't prosecuted by other people, that wouldn't undermine the fact this is still a crime, that the manhattan d.a.'s office. >> and pecker admitted to. >> right. and i don't think we know, by the way, joy, if american media didn't disguise those other payments. it's probably simply not relevant to the case. >> i think it's so damning the excerpt you read again from our reporters that donald trump didn't mention melania or ivanka trump's name once. it rips apart this was for protection and who's been in court with trump for solidarity, which family members? none of them. if this is really part of the defense it is paper thin when you don't have anybody sitting next to him. >> today in court things started on the hearing on the so-called gag order, what trump is allowed to say about witnesses, about jurors, and what the court is going to do about it if and when he continues to keep breaking those rules. that hearing happened this morning. it did not necessarily end the way you might expect. we're going to take a quick break. our recap of today's crazy day and legal proceedings continues right a
weren't prosecuted by other people, that wouldn't undermine the fact this is still a crime, that the manhattan d.a.'s office. >> and pecker admitted to. >> right. and i don't think we know, by the way, joy, if american media didn't disguise those other payments. it's probably simply not relevant to the case. >> i think it's so damning the excerpt you read again from our reporters that donald trump didn't mention melania or ivanka trump's name once. it rips apart this was for...
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we heard that david pecker/ami are getting a nonprosecution agreement with the manhattan d.a.s office and the new york county d.a.s office. talk about what you think the impact might have been on the jury hearing, that ami got one of these kinds of get out of jail free cards, because he is getting this testimony in cooperation. >> we know david pecker has his nonprosecution agreement with state authorities and we know the fec warned david pecker and ami that this kind of "catch and kill" scheme practice to benefit a political campaign could constitute a contribution in violation of law. david pecker has clearly been skirting the limits of what is permitted under state and federal law, no surprise that he is under a subpoena, it's a little bit of a surprise he has this history that we had not learned about until today. this ties in with one of the interesting exchanges that occurred in manhattan where the prosecutors kept talking about a conspiracy that david pecker was part of this conspiracy, that ultimately involves michael cohen and donald trump and paying off stormy daniels and th
we heard that david pecker/ami are getting a nonprosecution agreement with the manhattan d.a.s office and the new york county d.a.s office. talk about what you think the impact might have been on the jury hearing, that ami got one of these kinds of get out of jail free cards, because he is getting this testimony in cooperation. >> we know david pecker has his nonprosecution agreement with state authorities and we know the fec warned david pecker and ami that this kind of "catch and...
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two different courtrooms, one at the supreme court in washington and another at a criminal court in manhattan. this afternoon, the defense for donald trump got their first chance to cross-examine a prosecution witness, david pecker, former head of american media which published the national enquirer. now, broad strokes, in some ways, the job of the defense is easier than the prosecution. all the defense has to do is convince one juror there is not a case against trump. reasonable doubt in the mind of one juror is a victory for trump. the prosecution spent this week trying to establish the narrative that david pecker used his role at ami to conspire to unlawfully affect the outcome of the 2016 presidential election to favor donald trump. that is the underlying illegal conduct, which turns these counts of falsifying business records into a felony, instead of a misdemeanor. the defense attorney today used his time in court attempting to undercut the narrative, trying to put reasonable doubt into the mind of at least one juror. on cross-examination, he got david pecker to say that trump was not t
two different courtrooms, one at the supreme court in washington and another at a criminal court in manhattan. this afternoon, the defense for donald trump got their first chance to cross-examine a prosecution witness, david pecker, former head of american media which published the national enquirer. now, broad strokes, in some ways, the job of the defense is easier than the prosecution. all the defense has to do is convince one juror there is not a case against trump. reasonable doubt in the...
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we heard that david pecker/ami getting a nonprosecution agreement with the manhattan d.a.s office and the new york county d.a.s office, so talk a little bit about what you think the impact might've been on the jury hearing that ami got one of these kinds of get out of jail free cards kind of thing, because he is giving this testimony and the cooperation he gave a few years ago. >> yeah, so we know that pecker has this nonprosecution agreement with state authorities. we also know that the s.e.c. had warmed pecker and ami that this kind of catch and kill practice done to benefit a political campaign could constitute a contribution in violation of law. pecker has clearly been skirting the limits of what is permitted under both state and federal law. no surprise that he is in court under a subpoena. a little bit of a surprise that he has this history and court that we had to learn about until today. but i think this ties in with another interesting exchange that occurred in manhattan today, where the prosecutors kept talking about a conspiracy that pecker was part of this conspiracy, that
we heard that david pecker/ami getting a nonprosecution agreement with the manhattan d.a.s office and the new york county d.a.s office, so talk a little bit about what you think the impact might've been on the jury hearing that ami got one of these kinds of get out of jail free cards kind of thing, because he is giving this testimony and the cooperation he gave a few years ago. >> yeah, so we know that pecker has this nonprosecution agreement with state authorities. we also know that the...
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at least into the record so people can see that proof in the same way we are seeing the proof in the manhattan case right now. >> andrew at least at this point earlier today and i thought it was a brilliant point because it would allow not a hearing over one day, this could be weeks long in which the evidence, particularly in thinking about the evidence liz cheney talked about in her op-ed this week. she said the january 6th committee wasn't able to get a whole bunch of critical things that trump did and what people said about him. but, they used a grand jury, jack smith did to get that information. she said that is why we need a trial. a trial would be the first solution but your solution is the second best one, which would allow the evidence to get before the american people. >> mike pence, take the stand. tell us what happened. all of the, bill barr, take the stand. eric hirschman, lawyer in the white house, take the stand. it is at least a way, it is not a full trial but it is a hearing and that is a way at least to get some of the evidence before the public. >> andrew, do you agree with m
at least into the record so people can see that proof in the same way we are seeing the proof in the manhattan case right now. >> andrew at least at this point earlier today and i thought it was a brilliant point because it would allow not a hearing over one day, this could be weeks long in which the evidence, particularly in thinking about the evidence liz cheney talked about in her op-ed this week. she said the january 6th committee wasn't able to get a whole bunch of critical things...
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he shared for the first time that she signed a cooperation letter with the manhattan d.a.'s office back in october of 2019. that was even before alvin bragg was elected district attorney. pecker also admitted that he was well aware that he was breaking campaign finance and election laws when he acted on his catch and kill agreement with donald trump and michael cohen. having cut similar deals with, of all people, trump's apprentice rival and fellow republican show biz performer turned politician, arnold schwarzenegger. what pecker's testimony provided to jurors is how involved trump was in the scheme. how much access pecker had to the trump world, including in the white house. and how much trump relied on pecker to look out for him as his eyes and ears. most importantly, pecker told the court that this was all done not to protect trump's family or melania, no, no, pecker said trump never mentioned his family. it was all to protect trump's campaign. pecker will be back on the witness stand again tomorrow to continue cross-examination. but after today, i wonder if trump still
he shared for the first time that she signed a cooperation letter with the manhattan d.a.'s office back in october of 2019. that was even before alvin bragg was elected district attorney. pecker also admitted that he was well aware that he was breaking campaign finance and election laws when he acted on his catch and kill agreement with donald trump and michael cohen. having cut similar deals with, of all people, trump's apprentice rival and fellow republican show biz performer turned...
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here's what's happening right now in the manhattan courtroom. the jury is being excused for the day. as vaughn suggested the cross only went on a little bit today. you can be sure that will continue tomorrow. we're going to continue to track everything happening and bringing back our friends. she's going to join us as soon as she can make her way from the courthouse to our camera location where vaughn is. we'll talk about and look ahead to tomorrow about what else the cross-examination of david pecker will include. "deadline: white house" continues after a short break today. don't go anywhere. day. don't go anywhere. anthony: this making you uncomfortable? good. when you've got type 2 diabetes like me, you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack or worse death. even when meeting your a1c goal. discomfort can help you act. i'm not trying to scare you. i'm empowering you... to get real with your health care provider. talk to them about lowering your risk of stroke, heart attack or death. (vo) if you have graves' disease... ...gritt
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let's bring in vaughn hillyard outside the manhattan courthouse. catherine christian, andrew weissmann, paul butler are all still here. there's a lot going on about donald trump getting upset that pecker permitted karen mcdougal to do an interview and he thought that the agreement was she still continue do any interviews and he was not happy that pecker thought, in fairness to her that she wanted a chance to do that, but the agreement had expired. >> reporter: right, the top line is the number of details that have come out in the course of the last hour, we in the public and journalists were not aware of. what pecker is testifying to is details of conversations, several with donald trump over the course of nearly two years that number one, prosecutors had not acknowledged to the public and that we are now just having a better understanding of. one of those conversations goes back to around the time of march 2018, folks will remember that the stormy daniels arrangement with michael cohen, the $130,000 payment did not become public until the "wall st
let's bring in vaughn hillyard outside the manhattan courthouse. catherine christian, andrew weissmann, paul butler are all still here. there's a lot going on about donald trump getting upset that pecker permitted karen mcdougal to do an interview and he thought that the agreement was she still continue do any interviews and he was not happy that pecker thought, in fairness to her that she wanted a chance to do that, but the agreement had expired. >> reporter: right, the top line is the...
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. >> joining us now is former manhattan district attorney catherine christian. your takeaways from this interesting day? >> interesting day. it could be wrong, is 5-4. >> what though? >> four of the justices, seem to be -- this is -- there's no absolute immunity for official acts. what jackson ended with, which i thought was great -- she was like, wait a minute, the position of the trump lawyers is they don't want us to make a distinction between private and official, which means it gets remanded. their position is, absolute immunity. they are not telling us to make a distinction. they say absolute immunity. jackson is trying to bring it back to, no, we're not going to have a hearing on this. you had roberts who basically was concerned that the lower court said, he is being prosecuted, so, therefore, the prosecution is just. you had the concern of kavanaugh and that future former presidents could be targeted by their political opponents. you saw that lineup. that doesn't mean how it's going to happen. that's clearly from the questions. >> charles, what was your
. >> joining us now is former manhattan district attorney catherine christian. your takeaways from this interesting day? >> interesting day. it could be wrong, is 5-4. >> what though? >> four of the justices, seem to be -- this is -- there's no absolute immunity for official acts. what jackson ended with, which i thought was great -- she was like, wait a minute, the position of the trump lawyers is they don't want us to make a distinction between private and official,...
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hours from now, former president trump will be sitting in a manhattan courtroom as his hush money trial is set to resume. this as the judge overseeing the case has yet to rule if trump violated his gag order. >>> in washington, d.c., the supreme court will hear oral arguments over trump's claim that he is immune from criminal prosecution in the d.c. election interference case. >>> plus, arizona's attorney general has charged mark meadows, rudy giuliani, and other key trump allies, as well as 11 so-called fake electors with state crimes after they attempted to keep trump in power following the 2020 election. i don't know. did you see that coming? >> i did not. >> i didn't see that coming. >> i really didn't. >>> good morning. welcome to "morning joe." willie, did you see that coming? >> not this one. i mean, we suspected it was coming sometime, but didn't see it coming yesterday. and some bold-faced names apparently among the group of aides to donald trump. giuliani, meadows, eastman. >> yeah. >> apparently all in trouble here in arizona. >> wow. >>> it is thursday, april 25th. great to
hours from now, former president trump will be sitting in a manhattan courtroom as his hush money trial is set to resume. this as the judge overseeing the case has yet to rule if trump violated his gag order. >>> in washington, d.c., the supreme court will hear oral arguments over trump's claim that he is immune from criminal prosecution in the d.c. election interference case. >>> plus, arizona's attorney general has charged mark meadows, rudy giuliani, and other key trump...
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during those arguments trump himself will be sitting through the third day of testimony in his manhattan hush money trial, so tomorrow night it's a bonanza. we will have special coverage of both of those big trump trials led by my colleague, rachel maddow, starting at 8:00 p.m. do not miss it. that is our show for tonight. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> these defendants deceived the citizens of arizona by falsely claiming that those votes were contingent only on a legal challenge that would change the outcome of the election. these are serious indictments. we intend to prove these crimes were committed beyond a reasonable doubt. >> that was arizona's attorney general announcing grand jury charges against 11 fake electors including seven of donald trump's key allies in their attempt to keep trump in power after the 2020 election. we'll go over what the sweeping indictment reveals, plus hours from now the former president will be in new york city for his hush money trial just as the supreme court in washington, d.c. hears his immunity case. our legal expert joi
during those arguments trump himself will be sitting through the third day of testimony in his manhattan hush money trial, so tomorrow night it's a bonanza. we will have special coverage of both of those big trump trials led by my colleague, rachel maddow, starting at 8:00 p.m. do not miss it. that is our show for tonight. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> these defendants deceived the citizens of arizona by falsely claiming that those votes were...
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during those arguments trump himself will be sitting through the third day of testimony in his manhattan hush money trial, so tomorrow night it's a bonanza. we will have special coverage of both of those big trump trials led by my colleague, rachel maddow, starting at 8:00 p.m. do not miss it. that is our show for tonight. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> these defendants deceived the citizens of arizona by falsely claiming that those votes were contingent only on a legal challenge that would change the outcome of the election. these are serious indictments. we intend to
during those arguments trump himself will be sitting through the third day of testimony in his manhattan hush money trial, so tomorrow night it's a bonanza. we will have special coverage of both of those big trump trials led by my colleague, rachel maddow, starting at 8:00 p.m. do not miss it. that is our show for tonight. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> these defendants deceived the citizens of arizona by falsely claiming that those votes were...
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at the same time but that court is convening in lower manhattan his other lawyers will be in washington d.c. arguing before the supreme court as they take up his novel, one might even say desperate, ludicrous theory of presidential immunity. that is the idea that he should not face trial over the january 6th charges point they should be utterly preempted because presidents have absolute immunity from all criminal charges for things they do while in office a full stop for gas trump himself likes to put it even for, quote, events that crossed the line. i'm guessing many of you watching don't spend much time browsing trump's social media feeds, so it could be easy to miss just how often he posts, first of all, and specifically how often he posts about how he must have dictated like immunity from all consequences. it is a real obsession and there is one metaphor in particular he seems to like to quote, president of the united states must have full immunity. you can't stop bullies from doing the job of a strong and effective crime position because you want to guard against the seldom seen ro
at the same time but that court is convening in lower manhattan his other lawyers will be in washington d.c. arguing before the supreme court as they take up his novel, one might even say desperate, ludicrous theory of presidential immunity. that is the idea that he should not face trial over the january 6th charges point they should be utterly preempted because presidents have absolute immunity from all criminal charges for things they do while in office a full stop for gas trump himself likes...
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in that manhattan courtroom. chris johnson was able to speak with two of them about what they saw. >> this is a historic trial. i figured i would never have another chance to do something like this so i go to bed around six to try to get here on time. >> i really want to be a lawyer, so this was a really good experience for me. i took a lot of notes about what was going on, and different people who were doing what and it was very interesting for me. >> i love saying the testimony. i felt there were some parts of what he was saying that was credible but he was definitely more inclined to help the former president. >> yes, he sounded pro trump throughout his entire thing. >> reporter: what was your impression of the former president? >> he definitely seemed much more contained than he normally is. definitely i can see him nodding off at times. >> yeah. at the beginning when everyone was first setting up, he was swearing a lot then he went through periods where he was unnaturally still, which i found very interestin
in that manhattan courtroom. chris johnson was able to speak with two of them about what they saw. >> this is a historic trial. i figured i would never have another chance to do something like this so i go to bed around six to try to get here on time. >> i really want to be a lawyer, so this was a really good experience for me. i took a lot of notes about what was going on, and different people who were doing what and it was very interesting for me. >> i love saying the...
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in that manhattan courtroom. our chris jansen spoke to them about what they saw. >> this is a historic trial. i thought i would never have another chance to do something like this so i got up at 6:00 to get here on time. >> i want to be a lawyer so this was really a good experience for me. i took a lot of notes about what was going on. it was very interesting for me. >> i love seeing david testimony. he was definitely more inclined to help the former president. >> what was your impression of the president? >> he seemed much more contained than he normally is. and definitely i could see him, he was nodding off at times. >> yeah. >> at the beginning when everyone was first setting up, he was squirming a lot. then he seemed unnaturally still. >> good insight from
in that manhattan courtroom. our chris jansen spoke to them about what they saw. >> this is a historic trial. i thought i would never have another chance to do something like this so i got up at 6:00 to get here on time. >> i want to be a lawyer so this was really a good experience for me. i took a lot of notes about what was going on. it was very interesting for me. >> i love seeing david testimony. he was definitely more inclined to help the former president. >> what...
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during those arguments trump himself will be sitting for the third day of testimony in his manhattan hush money trial. so tomorrow night it's a bonanza. we will have special coverage of both of those big trump trials led by my colleague rachel maddow at 8:00 p.m. do not miss it. >>> that's our show tonight. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening. just when we thought the big news from arizona today was the house representatives repealing the 1864 bill, getting three republicans to switch, we now have 11 republicans in arizona indicted, it's 7 p.m. in arizona right now, alex, and there's 11 indicted fake electors there who may be struggling with what they want for dinner at this particular hour. >> maybe thinking about what they should do in the medium term, maybe thinking not be on the stand, maybe being prosecution witnesses, just maybe. >> yeah. we all discovered tonight in arizona law co-conspirator is written without a hyphen, never seen that before, but there's 50 states. >> that's the sign of the time, isn't it? how do
during those arguments trump himself will be sitting for the third day of testimony in his manhattan hush money trial. so tomorrow night it's a bonanza. we will have special coverage of both of those big trump trials led by my colleague rachel maddow at 8:00 p.m. do not miss it. >>> that's our show tonight. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening. just when we thought the big news from arizona today was the...
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he will once again spend the day in manhattan criminal work, which he thinks it's too cold. for day seven of his criminal trial on election interference and business fraud. at the same time the court is convening in manhattan, his other lawyers will be in washington, d.c. before the supreme court as a take up his novel, desperate, ludicrous. of presidential immunity. that is the idea he should not face trial over the january 6th charges. because presidents have absolute immunity from criminal charges for things we do while in office. trump himself likes to put it, even "advance the cross the line". i guess many of you watching do not spend time going through trump's media post. -- he post how we much have dictator like immunity from all consequences. it is a real obsession. there is one metaphor he likes. "the president of the u.s. must have full immunity. you can't stop elyse from doing the job of strong and effective crime prevention because you want to guard against the occasional roach cop -- rogue cop --" the theme he comes back to again and again, he compares himself t
he will once again spend the day in manhattan criminal work, which he thinks it's too cold. for day seven of his criminal trial on election interference and business fraud. at the same time the court is convening in manhattan, his other lawyers will be in washington, d.c. before the supreme court as a take up his novel, desperate, ludicrous. of presidential immunity. that is the idea he should not face trial over the january 6th charges. because presidents have absolute immunity from criminal...
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it is horrible news for donald trump the middle of his criminal trial in manhattan. >> indeed. >> he is an unindicted coconspirator in this case. >> very quickly. there was a lot of criticism of fani willis rico case. this is an even more sprawling case, as you said, with even more people we hadn't heard before, christina bobb, boris epstein. to me it's a vindication in my mind, at least, of what she did in georgia. >> well, i think it suggests that fani willis was the immaculate career prosecutor we know her to be. tim will tell you this, too. when you're a prosecutor, there's no arbitrary limit on the number of people that you indictment in a case. you indictment the people who you have evidence against, core participants when you have a conspiracy setting like this and you don't arbitrarily say, well, i've only got room for 12 people or only got room for 13 people. your job as a prosecutor is to hold people accountable for criminal conduct and that appears to be what's happening in arizona tonight. >> tim heaphy, give us contours of this new set of names. you have boris epstein. w
it is horrible news for donald trump the middle of his criminal trial in manhattan. >> indeed. >> he is an unindicted coconspirator in this case. >> very quickly. there was a lot of criticism of fani willis rico case. this is an even more sprawling case, as you said, with even more people we hadn't heard before, christina bobb, boris epstein. to me it's a vindication in my mind, at least, of what she did in georgia. >> well, i think it suggests that fani willis was the...
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visit indeed.com/hire >>> we're back with a veteran of the manhattan d.a.'s office, katherine christian, and a veteran criminal defense attorney brian wice. welcome to both of you. brian, from a defense perspective when i walk through exactly the type of tools they can use, what do you think of those three main arguments and particularly the probably more obscure, but fruitful attack on the law? >> you know, ari, i'm reminded of what noted legal sage otter said in "animal house." would that work? well, i think it's probably got to work better than the truth. look, you did an outstanding job of laying out this tree-tiered layer of defense attorneys. i'm reminded of the old country lawyer in east texas defending a dog bite case. his defense was not unlike what you laid out. wait a sec, my client's dog doesn't bite. and by the way, my client doesn't have a dog. in this situation, if todd blanche's opening statement is ultimately going to track his defensive theory, i think the defense is in latt of trouble. he had a couple of good sound bites that are likely to
visit indeed.com/hire >>> we're back with a veteran of the manhattan d.a.'s office, katherine christian, and a veteran criminal defense attorney brian wice. welcome to both of you. brian, from a defense perspective when i walk through exactly the type of tools they can use, what do you think of those three main arguments and particularly the probably more obscure, but fruitful attack on the law? >> you know, ari, i'm reminded of what noted legal sage otter said in "animal...
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while that courthouse in manhattan has so far absorbed our attention these past few days, tomorrow it will be the supreme court that we'll have to keep an eye on as well, making its own bit of supreme court history. opening arguments in donald trump's immunity case start at 10:00 a.m. eastern. those nine justices, those nine human beings will evaluate the arguments being made by a disgraced ex-president that the actions he took in the aftermath of losing the 2020 election to overturn that defeat were actions taken by a president, were official acts. his team will make the argument that those fake electors plot and the attack that turned deadly and threatened the life of mike pence at the u.s. capitol trace back to his duty, his official role as the country's chief executive. he'll argue that it was done to preserve the integrity of the election. special counsel jack smith's team has argued, quote, a private scheme of private actors to achieve a private end. the petitioner's effort to remain in power by fraud. quote, nothing in constitutional text, history, precedent or policy consider
while that courthouse in manhattan has so far absorbed our attention these past few days, tomorrow it will be the supreme court that we'll have to keep an eye on as well, making its own bit of supreme court history. opening arguments in donald trump's immunity case start at 10:00 a.m. eastern. those nine justices, those nine human beings will evaluate the arguments being made by a disgraced ex-president that the actions he took in the aftermath of losing the 2020 election to overturn that...
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outside the supreme court in washington, catherine christian, former assistant district attorney from the manhattan d.a.'s office, also an msnbc legal analyst and dr. kavita patel, former white house policy director and msnbc medical contributor. so, yamiche, take us up to speed on what is happening there at the supreme court right now. >> well, right now oral arguments are under way in this significant abortion case. this is coming down to whether or not federal law supersedes state law. in this case, we're talking about idaho's abortion ban. it says it only has exceptions when the -- when a woman's life is in danger and it specifically says to prevent the death of the mother. now, right now we're hearing a number of questions, first from the liberal justices who are really zeroing in on this idea of the difference between a health risk versus a life threatening risk. the justices really, ketanji brown jackson, elena kagan, justice sotomayor, they're also pushing the lawyer for idaho on this issue saying aren't there cases where a woman's health needs to be treated where she's not at death's door?
outside the supreme court in washington, catherine christian, former assistant district attorney from the manhattan d.a.'s office, also an msnbc legal analyst and dr. kavita patel, former white house policy director and msnbc medical contributor. so, yamiche, take us up to speed on what is happening there at the supreme court right now. >> well, right now oral arguments are under way in this significant abortion case. this is coming down to whether or not federal law supersedes state law....
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she was inside the courthouse, also with us, former assistant district attorney in manhattan, nbc news legal analyst, catherine christian, good morning to you both. i'll start with you since you were down there yesterday. let's start with the gag order first. donald trump saying all i did was repost other people violating the gag order. that's a thin defense from the charges that he's violated the gag order ten times. we heard judge merchan becoming frustrated in the courtroom. do you suspect that we're going to hear that, yes, in fact, he did violate the gag order and if so, is it a fine? what comes after that? >> it seems likely that's where it's heading. the judge was just very frustrated, at points growing angry over what todd blanche's presentation. at one point the judge is asking for precedent, bring me a legal argument for what you're saying, and todd blanche is saying there is no precedent. it's just common sense. and i think what donald trump was learning for his whole life words have had very little value to him, but in court, there's consequences for this. and i think we ca
she was inside the courthouse, also with us, former assistant district attorney in manhattan, nbc news legal analyst, catherine christian, good morning to you both. i'll start with you since you were down there yesterday. let's start with the gag order first. donald trump saying all i did was repost other people violating the gag order. that's a thin defense from the charges that he's violated the gag order ten times. we heard judge merchan becoming frustrated in the courtroom. do you suspect...
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and joining us now is former assistant district attorney in manhattan catherine christian, and also an nbc legal analyst. thank you for joining us. let's just get your reaction to the david pecker testimony on the witness stand yesterday. how does it help the prosecution? >> it's very helpful, and it's not over yet. we haven't really even gotten to karen mcdougal, the playboy model who ami, american media company, which david pecker's company paid $150,000 to. so he is central to the prosecution's case, their theory there's this conspiracy with donald trump and david pecker and michael cohen to suppress negative information about donald trump in order to help him and influence the 2016 election. that initial meeting after donald trump annoyance his candidacy in june of 2025 was in trump tower, and that's where this scheme was hatched. and david pecker was there. so that he was the lead-off witness makes sense. michael cohen is still a main witness, but you can arguably say that david pecker is also the main witness if not the main witness in the prosecution's case with donald trump alo
and joining us now is former assistant district attorney in manhattan catherine christian, and also an nbc legal analyst. thank you for joining us. let's just get your reaction to the david pecker testimony on the witness stand yesterday. how does it help the prosecution? >> it's very helpful, and it's not over yet. we haven't really even gotten to karen mcdougal, the playboy model who ami, american media company, which david pecker's company paid $150,000 to. so he is central to the...
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joining me the manhattan d.a. joyce, what are the implications of losing the confidence of the judge in like 48 hours? >> so, yeah, i mean it's never a good thing, right, alex? i think we're all trying to find different ways to express the fact this is the worst development for donald trump's lawyers this early in the trial, and their client has forced it upon them. if donald trump were a normal defendant, his lawyers would have taken him out of the courtroom, sat him down, and had a meeting with him where they would have said to him we cannot defend you if you continue to do this. they may well have that conversation because trump's posts on truth social tonight had involved attacks on the judge, attacks on alvin bragg, the district attorney, but he seems to have stopped talking at least for the moment about the witnesses. but, frankly, i think it's too late. the judge i think is slow to anger. this is very good judge, a judge who has good control in the courtroom. the fact he had this level of response to todd b
joining me the manhattan d.a. joyce, what are the implications of losing the confidence of the judge in like 48 hours? >> so, yeah, i mean it's never a good thing, right, alex? i think we're all trying to find different ways to express the fact this is the worst development for donald trump's lawyers this early in the trial, and their client has forced it upon them. if donald trump were a normal defendant, his lawyers would have taken him out of the courtroom, sat him down, and had a...
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but there is this other guy complaining about the air- conditioning in the manhattan courtroom today who was also substantially responsible for this. we should talk about him as well. the one who wants to give eastern europe back to the russians. >> but what he is saying is that his own party members of his own party aren't thinking about governing. they are thinking about the media. the right wing media and how they can appear. >> right. but they don't. it is also all about opposition. if biden wants to help the country, it's bad. that's essentially trump's view. if biden wants to have border security, we have to stop it. we have to. it is all just this oppositionism. you are defining the right wing media defines conservatism saying wow, these other people are for x. we can't be for it. >> in some ways, mitch mcconnell making a statement like that. is he admitting he lost control of his conference? >> well look, mitch mcconnell represents the past in many ways of the republican party and not its future. not only is he clearly coming to the end of his tenure as the longest serving pa
but there is this other guy complaining about the air- conditioning in the manhattan courtroom today who was also substantially responsible for this. we should talk about him as well. the one who wants to give eastern europe back to the russians. >> but what he is saying is that his own party members of his own party aren't thinking about governing. they are thinking about the media. the right wing media and how they can appear. >> right. but they don't. it is also all about...
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absolutely no one has been turned away anywhere in lower manhattan. it is actually much easier to approach and stand outside and gaze at trump's courthouse than it is to see the rockefeller christmas tree in december where police and barricades do restrict access. vaughn hillyard delivered the best response on twitter saying trump just claimed that the police have shut down the streets around the courthouse for blocks and his protesters can't be here. not true. there is one pro trump person here and the main street along the courthouse is open to traffic and vaughn hillyard included this video showing you just how easily vehicles move around. and how much of no one is actually there. in support of donald trump. the truth is trump supporters do not care that donald trump is being prosecuted. they have made that very clear. he has begged them to show up and they have refused. yesterday, donald trump said america loving protesters should be allowed to protest at the front steps of courthouses all over the country. so, there is donald trump. summoning tru
absolutely no one has been turned away anywhere in lower manhattan. it is actually much easier to approach and stand outside and gaze at trump's courthouse than it is to see the rockefeller christmas tree in december where police and barricades do restrict access. vaughn hillyard delivered the best response on twitter saying trump just claimed that the police have shut down the streets around the courthouse for blocks and his protesters can't be here. not true. there is one pro trump person...
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. >> he's not wrong but there's this other guy who was complaining about that air conditioning in manhattan courtroom who also was substantially responsible, we should be talking about him as well, the one who wants to give eastern europe back to the russians. >> but what he's saying is, that his own party, they are not thinking about governing, they are thinking about the media, the right-wing media and how they can appear. >> but it's also all about opposition, if biden wants to help a country, therefore, it's bad and that's basically trump's view, if biden wants to have border security, we have to stop it. you know, it's all just this opposition is him, you are defining the right-wing media, they are saying well, these other people are for x, we can't before it. and even if it's the national interest of the united states. >> in some ways, mitch mcconnell making a statement like that, is he sort of admitting that he's lost control of his congress or excuse me, his conference? >> look, mitch mcconnell represents the past in many ways and not the future and not only is he he clearly coming
. >> he's not wrong but there's this other guy who was complaining about that air conditioning in manhattan courtroom who also was substantially responsible, we should be talking about him as well, the one who wants to give eastern europe back to the russians. >> but what he's saying is, that his own party, they are not thinking about governing, they are thinking about the media, the right-wing media and how they can appear. >> but it's also all about opposition, if biden...
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absolutely no one has been turned away anywhere in lower manhattan [ inaudible ] in his twitter post showing you just how easily vehicles move around and just how much of no one is actually there in support of donald trump heard the truth is, trump supporters do not care that donald trump is being prosecuted. they have made that very clear. he has begged them to show up, and they have refused. yesterday, donald trump said, america-loving protesters should be allowed to protest at the front steps of court houses all over the country. so there is donald trump summoning trump supporters in idaho to go to the courthouse, in boise, and stage big protest for him, in utah, or texas, somewhere where there is a vast majority of supporters for trump. any courthouse in america, florida, anywhere, and no one, no one anywhere in the country showed up at any courthouse to protest the criminal prosecution . 74 million trump voters said absolutely no we will not protest donald trump's criminal prosecution, we do not care. they aren't the only people who don't care. donald trump is the only criminal
absolutely no one has been turned away anywhere in lower manhattan [ inaudible ] in his twitter post showing you just how easily vehicles move around and just how much of no one is actually there in support of donald trump heard the truth is, trump supporters do not care that donald trump is being prosecuted. they have made that very clear. he has begged them to show up, and they have refused. yesterday, donald trump said, america-loving protesters should be allowed to protest at the front...
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attorney with the manhattan das office, duncan, and northern district of alabama district attorney, thank you both for being here, and joyce, one of the invocations of losing the confidence of the judge in like, 48 hours? >> so, yeah, i mean it's never a good thing, right alex? i think we are all trying to find ways to express the fact that this is the worst development for donald trump office lawyers this early in the trial, and their client has forced it upon them. if donald trump were a normal defendant his lawyers would have taken him from the courtroom, sat him down, and had a meeting with him where they would have said to them, we cannot defend you if you cannot continue to do this. they may well have had a conversation, because trump's posts on truth social tonight have involved attacks on the judge, and alvin bragg. but he seems to have stopped talking for the moment about witnesses, but frankly it's too late. i think the judge is slow to anger. this is a very good judge, a judge who has good control in the courtroom. the fact he had this level of response to todd blanche's. >> wh
attorney with the manhattan das office, duncan, and northern district of alabama district attorney, thank you both for being here, and joyce, one of the invocations of losing the confidence of the judge in like, 48 hours? >> so, yeah, i mean it's never a good thing, right alex? i think we are all trying to find ways to express the fact that this is the worst development for donald trump office lawyers this early in the trial, and their client has forced it upon them. if donald trump were...
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. >> a beautiful day in manhattan. people are out walking their dogs. >> the bell ringer guy was there. and he was passionate. >> he'll be back tomorrow and thursday. >> more cowbell. >> brian stelter, thank you very much. neal and katie are sticking around for much more on day two of testimony in trump's hush money trial, including the judge's warning to trump's lawyers that they are indeed losing credibility with the court. stay right there. are you still struggling with your bra? it's time for you to try knix. makers of the world's comfiest wireless bras. for revolutionary support without underwires, and sizes up to a g-cup, find your new favorite bra today at knix.com hi, i'm kevin, and i've lost 152 pounds on golo. and sizes up to a g-cup, i had just left a checkup with my doctor, and i'd weighed in at 345 pounds. my doctor prescribed a weight loss drug, but as soon as i stopped taking the drug, i gained all the weight back and then some. that's when i decided to give golo a try. taking the release supplement, i n
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did the manhattan's d.a. not seek incarceration after ten violations of the gag order and he violates again while the jury is in recess. >> yeah. so i think this is incredibly frustrating, and katie, we've discussed before, and i reject this notion that you can't put a former president in custody. the secret service's job is to protect their protectees. they don't determine -- if a court decides to incarcerate donald trump, the secret service can't countermand that order. their job is to protect the person they are supposed to be protecting in that setting. what do see we the d.a. doing? because this is difficult and because it is fraught, because everyone, including judge merchan, understands that legal arguments are intersecting with the political environment, i think they're giving donald trump the opportunity to prove what sort of sanction he needs. and if the judge imposes the fine that $1,000 fine as the largest amount the statute authorizes, and if donald trump continues to attack jurors and/or witness
did the manhattan's d.a. not seek incarceration after ten violations of the gag order and he violates again while the jury is in recess. >> yeah. so i think this is incredibly frustrating, and katie, we've discussed before, and i reject this notion that you can't put a former president in custody. the secret service's job is to protect their protectees. they don't determine -- if a court decides to incarcerate donald trump, the secret service can't countermand that order. their job is to...
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do you remember the phone number of your office number in manhattan, in florida? they're going to show david pecker, i imagine a whole bunch of phone logs to corroborate his own testimony about the calls he had with michael cohen and donald trump. again, the day ended with him recalling a call he had not with cohen but with trump after they did the investigation of karen mcdougal's story after dylan howard flue to california to interview macdougal. it was david pecker who told donald trump, i think we should buy this. that's where we stopped. >> and donald trump says -- what does he say? he says, i think sometimes those stories come out anyway. you have this collision with donald trump he wants to silence that information about himself, and donald trump, the tightwad. >> right. i would be your eyes and ears, that's david pecker telling donald trump that. and about the arrangement, he said that pecker responded -- or trump responded that he was pleased. you know, this is a clearly campaign motive here that was laid out by david pecker, talking about the purchasing
do you remember the phone number of your office number in manhattan, in florida? they're going to show david pecker, i imagine a whole bunch of phone logs to corroborate his own testimony about the calls he had with michael cohen and donald trump. again, the day ended with him recalling a call he had not with cohen but with trump after they did the investigation of karen mcdougal's story after dylan howard flue to california to interview macdougal. it was david pecker who told donald trump, i...
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and former assistant district attorney for the manhattan d.a.'s office. it's really good to have you. so pecker. having pecker on the stand today, how important was it for him to lay out the beginnings of the catch and kill, the prosecutors will call it, a scheme. >> very important as lisa said. he's a very important witness. he's the center of it. that trump tower meeting, that was him and cohen and that was the boss. president trump. former president trump. and he had a lot of good nugget ts in his testimony including describing donald trump as very detailed and almost micro managing. this is not someone that's just hands off. >> why does the prosecution need to understand donald trump is very detailed? >> first of all, it's very important for the jury to conclude that he himself had a hand in this. and part of the defense may be he had nothing to do with this. this was maybe done on his behalf. being very hands on, detail oriented puts him at the table. i think it's also really important to focus on the fact that you know, it's the falsification of bus
and former assistant district attorney for the manhattan d.a.'s office. it's really good to have you. so pecker. having pecker on the stand today, how important was it for him to lay out the beginnings of the catch and kill, the prosecutors will call it, a scheme. >> very important as lisa said. he's a very important witness. he's the center of it. that trump tower meeting, that was him and cohen and that was the boss. president trump. former president trump. and he had a lot of good...
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we begin outside the courthouse in lower manhattan with vaughn hillyard. vaughn, david pecker was the only witness again today. he was questioned about conversations he had about buying stories. what have we heard? >> reporter: court just ended for the day on this second day of testimony from david pecker, chris, and we are in the middle of him detailing the karen mcdougle story. the former playboy model who alleged in a sexual affair with donald trump for ten months now is part of this story, we are getting new details that have not been publicly discussed before. this is coming from david pecker directly where david pecker says in june of 2016, this is testimony in the last few minutes here, that he received a phone call from donald trump in june of 2016 when the karen mcdougle story came to light behind the scenes. that she was shopping around the story of her alleged affair with him. at this point in time, michael cohn was engaging with an attorney and that's what led donald trump to pick up the phone, give the enquirer a phone call and discuss the off
we begin outside the courthouse in lower manhattan with vaughn hillyard. vaughn, david pecker was the only witness again today. he was questioned about conversations he had about buying stories. what have we heard? >> reporter: court just ended for the day on this second day of testimony from david pecker, chris, and we are in the middle of him detailing the karen mcdougle story. the former playboy model who alleged in a sexual affair with donald trump for ten months now is part of this...
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at the manhattan district attorney's office and msnbc legal analyst, chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney, senior fbi official and msnbc contributor. a lot to get to today. vaughn what is the very latest? >> reporter: david pecker has now testified over the course of the last two hours, essentially corroborating public statements that michael cohen now made for years, that in august of 2015, at a meeting at trump tower between him, donald trump and michael cohen, that they concocted the catch and kill scheme. not only of salacious stories like what ultimately would become the stormy daniels story, but also to plant negative stories about his opponents, incluing from the likes of ted cruz to hillary clinton. we also have david pecker testifying this morning that donald trump was a micromanager, somebody who evaluated the invoices that were provided and the checks that were provided to him, and had a good understanding about the finances that he was involved in. and we have david pecker, over the course of these last two hours, testifying they have been friends, dating back to the
at the manhattan district attorney's office and msnbc legal analyst, chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney, senior fbi official and msnbc contributor. a lot to get to today. vaughn what is the very latest? >> reporter: david pecker has now testified over the course of the last two hours, essentially corroborating public statements that michael cohen now made for years, that in august of 2015, at a meeting at trump tower between him, donald trump and michael cohen, that they concocted the...
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. >>> and you're looking at a live look outside the lower manhattan courtroom where day six of donald trump's criminal trial is under way. we're just getting under way because it's six to eight years we're told. we wait for a ruling on that gag order hearing that judge merchan held this morning. prosecution witness david pecker is back on the witness stand. lawyers for donald trump objecting to a line of questioning about steve bannon's involvement with pecker. you know steve bannon, the close -- well, had legal troubles of his own, but he was a close adviser during 2015, 2016, and throughout the trump presidency. back with us now from his post outside the courthouse, nbc's vaughn hillyard. also back with us, andrew weissmann and chuck rosenberg. an update on what's happening in the courtroom now? >> reporter: right, there's currently deliberation over steve bannon's name into this conversation that the defense for donald trump is asserting and objecting to this line of questioning of david pecker. around steve bannon and his relationship with pecker, because pecker is now testified t
. >>> and you're looking at a live look outside the lower manhattan courtroom where day six of donald trump's criminal trial is under way. we're just getting under way because it's six to eight years we're told. we wait for a ruling on that gag order hearing that judge merchan held this morning. prosecution witness david pecker is back on the witness stand. lawyers for donald trump objecting to a line of questioning about steve bannon's involvement with pecker. you know steve bannon,...
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with us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard, outside the courtroom in manhattan, and senior fbi official, gerald coleman, and a former prosecutor, and a former new york assistant attorney general who led the investigation into trump university. so as we await, vaughn, court to resume, take us what we have been seeing this morning so far? >> reporter: over the course of nearly an hour and a half, the gag order hearing that was in the works for the better part of a week came into order here. the jury was not in here for this part of the morning, but this was the opportunity for the prosecution to make their case to judge merchan that trump had repeatedly attacked witnesses, but also not to make public statements about potential jurors, and nearly the course of the hour and a half, the prosecution went through each of the media post, and it was todd blanche, trump's attorney, that met the scorn of judge merchan. he said you are losing all credibility, you are losing all credibility with the court. i have to tell you. the words of the judge to donald trump's attorney
with us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard, outside the courtroom in manhattan, and senior fbi official, gerald coleman, and a former prosecutor, and a former new york assistant attorney general who led the investigation into trump university. so as we await, vaughn, court to resume, take us what we have been seeing this morning so far? >> reporter: over the course of nearly an hour and a half, the gag order hearing that was in the works for the better...
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manhattan following the latest from inside the courtroom. donald trump's attorney todd blanche is now up and this morning's gag order hearing arguing that he did not violate the order as prosecutors allege. let's check back in with nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. what's the latest, vaughn? >> reporter: there is back and forth right now. they're literally going post by post, again, the judge is looking at ten different social media posts that the prosecution alleges donald trump to have violated his gag order on over the course of the last week and a half. and now after the prosecution went post by post, todd blanche, donald trump's attorney, is now responding, saying, quote, there is absolutely no willful violation of the gag order. and he's making a distinction between donald trump responding politically versus responding as it pertains to the legal proceedings. and making the case that, quote, the three posts were in direct response to comments by these witnesses, referring to stormy daniels and michael cohen, not about these proce
manhattan following the latest from inside the courtroom. donald trump's attorney todd blanche is now up and this morning's gag order hearing arguing that he did not violate the order as prosecutors allege. let's check back in with nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. what's the latest, vaughn? >> reporter: there is back and forth right now. they're literally going post by post, again, the judge is looking at ten different social media posts that the prosecution alleges donald trump to...