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to cohen's account because quote, cohen was known to be challenging mr. fair. apparently it was good with difficult clients but he insisted cohen is not difficult, but we haven't gotten to really why he is on the stand. we don't know if this is gonna be about payments to stormy daniels or cohen's home equity line. it's unclear, but stay tuned because we continue to get these lives updates from inside the court bit of a mystery late on a friday afternoon, paula reid. thank you so much i've or sanchez in new york and i'm wolf blitzer here in washington. much more of our specialty what coverage of the trial is coming up and i'll be back in two hours in the situation room 6:00 p.m. eastern. but the lead with jake tapper starts right now cnn's breaking news welcome to the lead on jake tapper, right now, right this minute. i knew witness in donald trump's hush money cover up trial. the prosecution just called it's third witness. his name is gary pharaoh. gary pharaoh is a banker who worked with michael cohen at the time that the payments were made to former pla
to cohen's account because quote, cohen was known to be challenging mr. fair. apparently it was good with difficult clients but he insisted cohen is not difficult, but we haven't gotten to really why he is on the stand. we don't know if this is gonna be about payments to stormy daniels or cohen's home equity line. it's unclear, but stay tuned because we continue to get these lives updates from inside the court bit of a mystery late on a friday afternoon, paula reid. thank you so much i've or...
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so at some point cohen is being given. here's where you wire the money. michael cohen. and at this point, they're trying to rush her cohen to pay or at least team trump to pay because david pecker doesn't want to get stuck with the bill again, is that right yes. >> that is correct. one of the reasons that we know the david pecker, it did not find this deal or to a caching and kill it because he was not reimbursed when he paid for the story of karen mcdougal. now, you also see in the next few and the next few days, because we've heard other witnesses talk about just how chaotic this was, how much pressure cohen was under. we have another update. it says this is the fourth or fifth time i set my wiring instructions to michael cohen. davidson said the october 2016 email. now, we know spoiler alert from cohen's banker who testified earlier today that that wire payment is made over the next few days. so this does go through this does happen. but cohen, of course, taking alone out against his home, but almost as soon as that money hits the shell company set setup, it then goe
so at some point cohen is being given. here's where you wire the money. michael cohen. and at this point, they're trying to rush her cohen to pay or at least team trump to pay because david pecker doesn't want to get stuck with the bill again, is that right yes. >> that is correct. one of the reasons that we know the david pecker, it did not find this deal or to a caching and kill it because he was not reimbursed when he paid for the story of karen mcdougal. now, you also see in the next...
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the michaela cohen case was a federal case. when michael cohen pled guilty, the -- the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, the federal prosecutor running the office investigating cohen, prosecutingng cohen, that was a u.s. attorneyt named jeffrey berman. jeffrey berman is a lifelong republican, appointed by president trump, he worked on the trump campaign and trump transition. but after jeff berman was fired from the trump administration, after he was fired for the u.s. attorney and sdny, he wrote a book about what happened to him job, and one of the things he described in detail was about to michael cohen case. according to jeffrey bermen who was running that u.s. attorney's office, after michael cohen pled guilty and sentence tad thirty-two years in prison for this crime, president trump's appointees at the u.s. justice in f washington, the main justice, they started repeatedly reaching down into berman's office into sdny toin try to make the whole case basically go away. thisaw is from jeff berman's bo. it's called "holding the line." he says, quote, whil
the michaela cohen case was a federal case. when michael cohen pled guilty, the -- the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, the federal prosecutor running the office investigating cohen, prosecutingng cohen, that was a u.s. attorneyt named jeffrey berman. jeffrey berman is a lifelong republican, appointed by president trump, he worked on the trump campaign and trump transition. but after jeff berman was fired from the trump administration, after he was fired for the u.s....
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>> no. >> then why did michael cohen -- >> you have to ask michael cohen. michael cohen is my attorney. and you'll have to ask michael cohen. >> but no, you'll have to michael cohen. there was a million defrn different ways that politicians could avoid or dismiss things but he was still stuck to his blame michael cohen defense. ask him. it was all him. and he went rogue and quickly other lawyers had to come in and start changing the story. we don't know what out of court evidence they'll but using but they are going to take different parts of the timeline, the prosecutors, to show how the story shifted, which in essence is another way that you know was a cover-up. because he had the original thing and they covered it up and then in a sense they started covering up the cover-up. and then trump lawyer rudy giuliani basically went on live tv and changed the story and admitted or said trump did repay cohen. >> they funneled it through a law firm. funneled through a law firm and the president repaid it. >> oh, i didn't know, he didn't? there is no campaign finan
>> no. >> then why did michael cohen -- >> you have to ask michael cohen. michael cohen is my attorney. and you'll have to ask michael cohen. >> but no, you'll have to michael cohen. there was a million defrn different ways that politicians could avoid or dismiss things but he was still stuck to his blame michael cohen defense. ask him. it was all him. and he went rogue and quickly other lawyers had to come in and start changing the story. we don't know what out of court...
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the case is about michael cohen and if you don't believe michael cohen, i think the jury has to acquit. >> it will be interesting to hear and see his influence on this jury and how the prosecutor navigates this potential trap i guess you could say. everybody stay with us. richard, we'll come to you on the other side of another quick break. please stay with us. you're watching our personal coverage here on msnbc. r personl coverage here on msnbc (psst! psst!) ahhh! with flonase, allergies don't have to be scary. spray flonase sensimist daily for non-drowsy long lasting relief in a scent free, gentle mist. flonase all good. also, try our allergy headache and nighttime pills. with schwab investing themes™, it's easy to invest in ideas you believe in. spot a trend in electric vehicles? have a passion for online gaming? or want to explore the space economy? choose from over 40 themes, each with up to 25 stocks identified by our unique algorithm. buy it as-is or customize to align with your goals. all at your fingertips. schwab investing themes. 40 customizable themes. up to 25 stocks in j
the case is about michael cohen and if you don't believe michael cohen, i think the jury has to acquit. >> it will be interesting to hear and see his influence on this jury and how the prosecutor navigates this potential trap i guess you could say. everybody stay with us. richard, we'll come to you on the other side of another quick break. please stay with us. you're watching our personal coverage here on msnbc. r personl coverage here on msnbc (psst! psst!) ahhh! with flonase, allergies...
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and when he called cohen to tell them, cohen responded, the boss would be very pleased even though the allegation was disproven. he testified i made the decision to purchase the story because of the potential embarrassment it would have to the campaign. and mr. trump steinglass also asked pecker about another catch and kill scheme, buying former playboy model karen mcdougal story about an alleged year long relationship with trump. pecker described a phone call he had with trump after his colleague interviewed mcdougal, pecker said, i told him, i think you should buy it and trump responded saying, anytime you do anything like this, it always gets out he said he would think about it and pecker would hear from cohen, trump denies having an affair with mcdougal the morning started with a contentious hearing to determine if trump violated a gag order, not to talk about jurors or witnesses after he did so in social media posts, almost a dozen times which to me is totally constitutional. >> trump's lawyer, todd blanche said the order was not clear about reposts, and he tried to argue that the
and when he called cohen to tell them, cohen responded, the boss would be very pleased even though the allegation was disproven. he testified i made the decision to purchase the story because of the potential embarrassment it would have to the campaign. and mr. trump steinglass also asked pecker about another catch and kill scheme, buying former playboy model karen mcdougal story about an alleged year long relationship with trump. pecker described a phone call he had with trump after his...
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but i want to ask you about michael cohen. michael cohen knows he has a credibility problem. michael cohen has spent a lot of time with these prosecutors, right? they've had the conversations but he took a profane swipe at trump on x. wrote among other things you are attacks stink of desperation. we are all hoping you take the stand in your defense. if you're the prosecutor who's calling cohen to the stand, what are you thinking when you see that? >> i'm thinking michael cohen, please shut up. please just do your testifying in the courtroom, but the prosecutor does not control michael cohen. i'm not sure anyone controls michael cohen. so he's not doing the prosecution that he favors in a way that makes his testimony even more credible. although we know at the same time, that he now des dispiezs trump. with regard to the testimony of cohen, they want to hit it and quit it. >> paul and danny, i don't know what the rest of the trial holds when they reconvene on thursday, but the start of this has been pretty dog gone interesting. thank you both. i'm sure we'll speak again very s
but i want to ask you about michael cohen. michael cohen knows he has a credibility problem. michael cohen has spent a lot of time with these prosecutors, right? they've had the conversations but he took a profane swipe at trump on x. wrote among other things you are attacks stink of desperation. we are all hoping you take the stand in your defense. if you're the prosecutor who's calling cohen to the stand, what are you thinking when you see that? >> i'm thinking michael cohen, please...
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on october 17th, he said at this point, he sent an e-mail to cohen saying the agreement between cohen and daniels was void. that it was no longer going to be taking place. and this is where ultimately we are about to get to the point where how is this, how is this resurrected. because keith davidson was just asked by the prosecution whether he ever believed that michael cohen would be the one himself actually executing and paying these funds. the ultimate source of the funds to which davidson responded never. so this is where we will now get from keith davidson an understanding of what went into ultimately how they resurrected this deal and come october 27th whether donald trump was explicitly involved and what those conversations from his end looked like in order to ultimately pay daniels that $130,000 and silence her story from getting publicly out there before the 2016 election. >> really important context there. about what happened at the supreme court in new york state just now. donald trump's team was trying to get merchan recused, to get the case stayed, because they believe th
on october 17th, he said at this point, he sent an e-mail to cohen saying the agreement between cohen and daniels was void. that it was no longer going to be taking place. and this is where ultimately we are about to get to the point where how is this, how is this resurrected. because keith davidson was just asked by the prosecution whether he ever believed that michael cohen would be the one himself actually executing and paying these funds. the ultimate source of the funds to which davidson...
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said contact with cohen, so he would talk to michael cohen, david talked to michael cohen if there was an issue, they could talk every day. >> exactly. we need to know that there is some sort of catch and kill pattern which aren't to establish that already. we know that there was some sort of maybe awareness if not, of the cook, the books, but at least awareness in terms of the micromanagement that he would have had or knowledge about what was actually on his different invoices. >> the prosecutor asked david if he knows. hope hicks? yes, i do. packer said so this is the first time the trump campaign aide and white house aide, hope hicks her name is brought up are expecting hope hicks at some point to be called as a witness. she was involved according to the prosecution in some of these conversations in one way or another, when it comes to paying michael cohen two after he paid allegedly stormy daniels. >> so while i hope hicks is so important is about the fallout of the access hollywood fall out. other allegation patients. what was the containment principles about where they trying to
said contact with cohen, so he would talk to michael cohen, david talked to michael cohen if there was an issue, they could talk every day. >> exactly. we need to know that there is some sort of catch and kill pattern which aren't to establish that already. we know that there was some sort of maybe awareness if not, of the cook, the books, but at least awareness in terms of the micromanagement that he would have had or knowledge about what was actually on his different invoices. >>...
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the michaelas cohen case was a federal case.ca when michael cohen pled guilty, the -- the u.s. attorney for the southern district of f new york the federal prosecutor running the office that was investigating cohen, that was prostating cohen, that was a u.s. attorney named jeffrey burr man. here is a lifelong republican. he was appointed by president trump. he worked on the trump campaign and the trump transition. but after jeff burman was fired from the trump administration, after he was fired at the u.s. attorney in sdny, he wrote a book about what happened to him in that job. and one of the things he described in detail was about the michael cohen case. according to jeffrey burman, who was running that u.s. attorneys office, after michael cohen pled guilty and was sentenced to three w years in prison for thi crime, president trump's appointees at the u.s. t department of justice in washington, the main justice, they started repeatedly reaching down into burman's office, into sdny to try to make the whole case m basically go away. this is from jeff burman's book. it's called
the michaelas cohen case was a federal case.ca when michael cohen pled guilty, the -- the u.s. attorney for the southern district of f new york the federal prosecutor running the office that was investigating cohen, that was prostating cohen, that was a u.s. attorney named jeffrey burr man. here is a lifelong republican. he was appointed by president trump. he worked on the trump campaign and the trump transition. but after jeff burman was fired from the trump administration, after he was fired...
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let's pay in cash, and michael cohen goes, no, no, no. >> let me play it. this is michael cohen. this is a 2016 recording. remember, michael cohen he gets a campaign website, a trump campaign website, which he didn't have before. supposed to be his private lawyer. and this is a conversation they have as donald trump is running for president. this is michael cohen talking about buying the rights to karen mcdougal, the former playboy bunny's story. take a listen. >> i need to open up a company for the transfer of all that info regarding our friend david. i spoke to allen about it. when it comes time for the financing -- >> what financing? >> we'll have to pay. >> cash? >> no, no, no. >> jill, they're going to try to impeach michael cohen, but cohen i'm sure has more of that. he's on the phone with him saying i need to do the thing i'm accused of doing. >> not only that. one, he's pled guilty. two, they have done a very skillful opening statement. and by calling david pecker as the first witness, they are building the structure that will then lead to the supporting beams and the det
let's pay in cash, and michael cohen goes, no, no, no. >> let me play it. this is michael cohen. this is a 2016 recording. remember, michael cohen he gets a campaign website, a trump campaign website, which he didn't have before. supposed to be his private lawyer. and this is a conversation they have as donald trump is running for president. this is michael cohen talking about buying the rights to karen mcdougal, the former playboy bunny's story. take a listen. >> i need to open up...
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and you keep all michael cohen, you have the focus entirely cohen. and if you might say something subtle like you're going to learn there are some motivations that would make stormy daniels a suspect witness to, but you don't you don't delve into fighting the women that are part of this is it doesn't matter. >> todd blanche obviously, launching a much more aggressive assault and he just said to the jury that stormy daniels, quote, has no idea about the business records at issue in this case, and he said stormy daniels testimony i'll salacious does not matter. anderson jake, thanks very much. >> back here with kaitlan collins. paula reid in new york just to pick up on that, going after stormy daniels. >> here's another update. it's not a scheme unless a scheme means something that doesn't matter. that's not illegal. blanche says of the catch and kill agreement with and there is nothing illegal about the caching killer so agreement as sleazy as it may be, exactly the argument way this case to be framed by the prosecution is that this was an effort to h
and you keep all michael cohen, you have the focus entirely cohen. and if you might say something subtle like you're going to learn there are some motivations that would make stormy daniels a suspect witness to, but you don't you don't delve into fighting the women that are part of this is it doesn't matter. >> todd blanche obviously, launching a much more aggressive assault and he just said to the jury that stormy daniels, quote, has no idea about the business records at issue in this...
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michael cohen didn't run for president. michael cohen went to jail. it feels like that is a basic topic sentence under which a lot of these witnesses will be supporting that story and that plot with their testimony. >> right. i think the idea is to almost not quite extract michael cohen but to build the evidence around him. he will probably come at the end in terms of of a witness. even today, i'm still struck by the new information that came out. we'll have narrators throughout. we heard about text messages that went back and forthwith the "national enquirer" when they went out to see karen mcdougal, one of the women who had a relationship with donald trump. they were trying to confirm if the story was true. there was an election night, a pledge that went back and for the between one of the lawyers involved that was representing karen mcdougal. we'll see a lot of that come through. and david pecker was not on the stand for very long. but just hearing the details that we got, the idea that they would, if a story, reporters were given about $10,000 to
michael cohen didn't run for president. michael cohen went to jail. it feels like that is a basic topic sentence under which a lot of these witnesses will be supporting that story and that plot with their testimony. >> right. i think the idea is to almost not quite extract michael cohen but to build the evidence around him. he will probably come at the end in terms of of a witness. even today, i'm still struck by the new information that came out. we'll have narrators throughout. we heard...
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michael cohen said there was no retainer. michael cohen's lawyer was the one who arranged for the payment of $130,000 to stormy daniels. trump says he just paid his lawyer and the lawyer was executing a nondisclosure agreement with daniels. it was just a personal contract and had nothing to do with the campaign. cohen and daniels are potential witnesses for the trial to discuss what they considered a payment to keep her quiet before the election. host: 34 criminal charges if convicted of any or all, what punishment will the former president possibly face? guest: there are four year terms for each of the 34 counts. that's what you may have heard. trump will sometimes say that he is threatened with 136 years in prison and that if he is convicted him all of the counts and they would run consecutively. typically, even if convicted as a first-time offense, it's a relatively shorter term for a felony charge and the range would be somewhere below four years and the counts would run concurrently rather than consecutively. there could
michael cohen said there was no retainer. michael cohen's lawyer was the one who arranged for the payment of $130,000 to stormy daniels. trump says he just paid his lawyer and the lawyer was executing a nondisclosure agreement with daniels. it was just a personal contract and had nothing to do with the campaign. cohen and daniels are potential witnesses for the trial to discuss what they considered a payment to keep her quiet before the election. host: 34 criminal charges if convicted of any or...
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corroborating michael cohen before it has to be solely on michael cohen shoulder. and that's why again, peckers doing a terrific job for the prosecution and messy. >> there's also this moment where they're talking about the story that the doorman was alleging, which apparently was false. but he had a story and pecker said he was just going to hold it. and then if it turned out to be true, he would run it after the election. why is that significant? >> this is one of the most significant point it's, it's all about tying this back. this, these actions back specifically to the election because the prosecution has to show the furtherance of another crime, presumably violation of election laws, campaign finance laws. they have to eliminate that defense of i would kill the story for any other reason just because i'm a high-profile they'll person when it's directly tied to the election planting of stories against political opponents is different than killing a story about your personal life. clearly that shows motivation related to the election and jake, that's why this s
corroborating michael cohen before it has to be solely on michael cohen shoulder. and that's why again, peckers doing a terrific job for the prosecution and messy. >> there's also this moment where they're talking about the story that the doorman was alleging, which apparently was false. but he had a story and pecker said he was just going to hold it. and then if it turned out to be true, he would run it after the election. why is that significant? >> this is one of the most...
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cohen and the story of michael cohen checks it out. it says these two people are employees of trump-world tower. it gets back to them and then david says he'll check out the store, but you say this is not necessarily a campaign country remember, citizens united dealt with the case where somebody, a documentary film maker made a film attacking hillary clinton, trying to make her look bad right before the election and that was held to not be a in-kind campaign contribution when media company does something like that expense, money, significant amount of money in that case, millions of dollars to produce something that could change people's opinions of the election to help their preferred candidate that was constitutionally protected, free speech. so that's that's what it's buying somebody silence. the same thing as free speech not free and it's not speech. >> it hasn't, it's an interesting question that should be tested. >> david says he called michael cohen because of the 2015 meeting he agreed to notify cone of anything he heard, quote
cohen and the story of michael cohen checks it out. it says these two people are employees of trump-world tower. it gets back to them and then david says he'll check out the store, but you say this is not necessarily a campaign country remember, citizens united dealt with the case where somebody, a documentary film maker made a film attacking hillary clinton, trying to make her look bad right before the election and that was held to not be a in-kind campaign contribution when media company does...
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michael cohen said there was no retainer. michael cohen's lawyer was the one who arranged for the payment of $130,000 to stormy daniels. trump says he just paid his lawyer and the lawyer was executing a nondisclosure agreement with daniels. it was just a personal contract and had nothing to do with the campaign. cohen and daniels are potential witnesses for the trial to discuss what they considered a payment to keep her quiet before the election. host: 34 criminal charges if convicted of any or all, what punishment will the former president possibly face? guest: there are four year terms for each of the 34 counts. that's what you may have heard. trump will sometimes say that he is threatened with 136 years in prison and that if he is convicted him all of the counts and they would run consecutively. typically, even if convicted as a first-time offense, it's a relatively shorter term for a felony charge and the range would be somewhere below four years and the counts would run concurrently rather than consecutively. there could
michael cohen said there was no retainer. michael cohen's lawyer was the one who arranged for the payment of $130,000 to stormy daniels. trump says he just paid his lawyer and the lawyer was executing a nondisclosure agreement with daniels. it was just a personal contract and had nothing to do with the campaign. cohen and daniels are potential witnesses for the trial to discuss what they considered a payment to keep her quiet before the election. host: 34 criminal charges if convicted of any or...
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michael cohen had receipts to back this up. he brought copies of the checks given to him to reimburse him for making the illegal payment. checks signed in some cases by donald j. trump. many of them signed while trump was in the white house. it was all an amazing spectacle. right? many presidents maybe got involved in a campaign finance scandal. but illegal money paid to two mistresses with one of them signed in the white house? a, gross, b, not your typical presidential scandal. like we are already in unprecedented territory here. but that's not the most important point. the federal case, michael cohen coming clean, saying what happened. that left in its wake not just like a slimy trail of yuck don't let the kids read the news anymore. it left in its wake one legitimately baffling question. which was, wait now, who is getting in trouble for this now? who is the one person getting in trouble for this crime? just michael cohen? really? he is going to federal prison for years and he is the only one? why is he the only one? you kn
michael cohen had receipts to back this up. he brought copies of the checks given to him to reimburse him for making the illegal payment. checks signed in some cases by donald j. trump. many of them signed while trump was in the white house. it was all an amazing spectacle. right? many presidents maybe got involved in a campaign finance scandal. but illegal money paid to two mistresses with one of them signed in the white house? a, gross, b, not your typical presidential scandal. like we are...
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had several accounts at first public bank if there is some reporting that this is the bank that cohen used to wire the 130,000 payment to adult film actress stormy daniels so right now they're talking about his history as a banker and working with cohen and this comes after you mentioned the cross-examination finished for president trump's longtime executive assistant rhonda graft after days of david packer test when the graft was done in less than an hour she said she vaguely remembers seeing adult film actress stormy daniels at trump tower before the election assuming that stormy was there to discuss possibly joining the apprentice she described trump as a fair and respectful boss saying that he respected her intelligence and she would not have state of the trump organization for 34 years if you didn't need trump organization also paying for her attorneys and then david packer was on the witness stand earlier answering questions from both the das office and the trump lawyers he was asked about a conciliation agreement between american media and the federal election commission as wel
had several accounts at first public bank if there is some reporting that this is the bank that cohen used to wire the 130,000 payment to adult film actress stormy daniels so right now they're talking about his history as a banker and working with cohen and this comes after you mentioned the cross-examination finished for president trump's longtime executive assistant rhonda graft after days of david packer test when the graft was done in less than an hour she said she vaguely remembers seeing...
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cohen has pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and lying under oath. the prosecutors pre-emptively defending him today saying he made mistakes in the past to protect his boss. >> and laura is here with me on the set alongside hallie jackson. laura, let me begin with you. the first witness on the stand right now, does it give us any hint where all this is leading? >> yes. tabloid mogul david pecker is at that 2015 meeting at trump tower as we mentioned. he's useful for prosecutors because he puts mr. trump in the room for this alleged plot. he's also useful because his name is not michael cohen and his testimony will continue tomorrow, lester. >> all right, laura, thank you. and hallie, this is a partisan prosecution in the opinion of mr. trump. >> yeah, that's what his campaign's been saying. and in some ways what we just heard in court, what laura has laid out, echoes what we have also heard from mr. trump himself on the campaign trail. his defense, casting him as a fighter, aggressively attacking central players in this case. familiar themes. now, th
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most of its with michael cohen. and the weakness that arthur just pointed out is, well, how do you know that michael cohen was truly acting on donald trump's path? you can't assume you're right. maybe michael cohen when was just a free agent and michael collins not super reliable, but the chain here is david pecker makes contact with donald trump, who essentially hands him off to michael congress has cohen's going to handle this youtube, go and do your thing. i'll have michael cohen call you back in a few days. one of the things though that david pecker said today and correct me if i'm wrong on the stand, was that according to him trump was very detailed oriented and actually paid attention to a lot of the mundane details of this transaction. uh, he's not saying that he was aware that the line item was a legal fee, but he's indicating trump was very much involved in this. and what you just read, john also backs that up, that according to cohen and we're cohen will probably testifies that donald trump is breathing do
most of its with michael cohen. and the weakness that arthur just pointed out is, well, how do you know that michael cohen was truly acting on donald trump's path? you can't assume you're right. maybe michael cohen when was just a free agent and michael collins not super reliable, but the chain here is david pecker makes contact with donald trump, who essentially hands him off to michael congress has cohen's going to handle this youtube, go and do your thing. i'll have michael cohen call you...
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even though he apparently never paid michael cohen this way before, coincidentally, after michael cohen on his own volition and his own reasons, decided to take out a home equity line of credit to pay a pornography star that he himself never met and never had sex with. coincidentally after michael cohen did that out of the goodness of his heart, for his own mysterious reasons that have nothing to do with donald trump, coincidentally after that happened, trump decided to start a new way of paying us on temblor that involved 35,000 other checks he signed in the oval office. it was all a coincidence and none of it had anything to do with the election. maybe. we will see. we will talk tonight about what prosecutors said about how they came up with a payment plan to cohen , personally, i unintentionally loudly snorted in court when i heard this, which was not polite and annoyed the person sitting next to me. i will apologize and explain. we will talk about the first witness whose name is david they like to test our maturity as broadcasters. he was the ceo of the company that used to run the
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what is michael cohen saying? >> reporter: right, michael cohen's statement is short and brief, but he was the target of several of those violations that judge merchan just found that donald trump had violated the gag order on by posting specifically about michael cohen or articles about michael cohen. michael cohen's new statement is, quote, the imposed fine is irrelevant. judge merchan's decision elucidates that this behavior will not be tolerated and no one is above the law. again, judge merchan finding donald trump violated nine of the ten alleged violations that were brought forward by the district attorney's office so far. and even suggested the potential jail time could be a potential consequence if donald trump were continue to violate the gag order placed on him. >> everyone watching at home, stay with us. everybody else, stay close, we'll keep an eye on that manhattan courthouse throughout this hour. we'll have more in just minutes, including another critical hearing set for thursday on more possible gag
what is michael cohen saying? >> reporter: right, michael cohen's statement is short and brief, but he was the target of several of those violations that judge merchan just found that donald trump had violated the gag order on by posting specifically about michael cohen or articles about michael cohen. michael cohen's new statement is, quote, the imposed fine is irrelevant. judge merchan's decision elucidates that this behavior will not be tolerated and no one is above the law. again,...
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most of its with michael cohen. and the weakness that arthur just pointed out is, well, how do you know that michael cohen was truly acting n't assume you're right. you maybe michael cohewas just a free agent michael cohen, it's not super reliable, but the chaihere is david pecker makes contact with donald trump, who eentiallyands hioff to micel cohensays, cohen's going to handle th yoube, go and do your thing. i'll have michael cohen ca you back in a few ys. one of e things though david pecker said today and correct me if i'm wrong the stand, was that according to him trump was very detailed oriented and acally paid attention to a this transaction. he's not saying that he was aware that the line item was a legal fee, but he's indicating trump was very much involved in this. and what you just read, john also backs that up,hat accordg to cohen and we're cen will probably testifies that dold trump isreathing down his neck very closely following the ren mcdougal he talked aut how he would sit with ump in trumtower on t
most of its with michael cohen. and the weakness that arthur just pointed out is, well, how do you know that michael cohen was truly acting n't assume you're right. you maybe michael cohewas just a free agent michael cohen, it's not super reliable, but the chaihere is david pecker makes contact with donald trump, who eentiallyands hioff to micel cohensays, cohen's going to handle th yoube, go and do your thing. i'll have michael cohen ca you back in a few ys. one of e things though david pecker...
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corroborating michael cohen. you can believe michael cohen when he says that he took $130,000 line of credit and he created this llc and then he wired it to mr. davidson. why? because mr. pharaoh explained how and mr. davidson explained how. miss daniels explained how. it's very important to put all of these people to corroborate michael cohen. outline the conspiracy to promote donald trump's election by unlawful means which is what the prosecution theory is for that additional crime that would elevate the falsifying business records to a felony. he is very important. he negotiated with michael cohen. >> vaughn, going from what catherine mentioned, has there been any sightings of stormy daniels today outside of the courthouse? >> reporter: no, not at this point in time. we have received no word about stormy daniels being seen. she's been public about her documentary that was released on peacock just about a month ago here ahead of this trial. outside of that, she has had social media posts, but we have not seen h
corroborating michael cohen. you can believe michael cohen when he says that he took $130,000 line of credit and he created this llc and then he wired it to mr. davidson. why? because mr. pharaoh explained how and mr. davidson explained how. miss daniels explained how. it's very important to put all of these people to corroborate michael cohen. outline the conspiracy to promote donald trump's election by unlawful means which is what the prosecution theory is for that additional crime that would...
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i was being duped by cohen. cohens was using me to make these transactions that i didn't know about the purpose. he was lying to me. they can start to paint him as a bad guy. >> we're going to take a quick break as this testimony continues. we'll bring you back on the other side of a short break with a little more from gary farro and our guests here. don't go anywhere. r guestser he. don't go anywhere. [coughing] copd hasn't been pretty. it's tough to breathe and tough to keep wondering if this is as good as it gets. but trelegy has shown me that there's still beauty and breath to be had. because with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy keeps my airways open and prevents future flare-ups. and with one dose a day, trelegy improves lung function so i can breathe more freely all day and night. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase
i was being duped by cohen. cohens was using me to make these transactions that i didn't know about the purpose. he was lying to me. they can start to paint him as a bad guy. >> we're going to take a quick break as this testimony continues. we'll bring you back on the other side of a short break with a little more from gary farro and our guests here. don't go anywhere. r guestser he. don't go anywhere. [coughing] copd hasn't been pretty. it's tough to breathe and tough to keep wondering...
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on the deal, davidson said he told cohen, i don't believe a word really that you say cohen responded, god, it. what do you expect me to do? my guy is in five different states today and davidson told him of his clients and happiness, we're calling cohen told tim, god it i'll just do it myself. davidson told the jury, i thought he was trying to kick them you down the road until after the election earlier in the day, the jury heard from michael cohen's former banker, gary farro, who testified about cohen's scrambled to open and fund in account in late october 2016, pharaoh revealed he did not know coincident was being made to an adult film star or that it was related to political activity if he had he testified, it would have required a much longer review and potentially would not have opened the account. davidson also represented former playboy model karen mcdougal, who alleged in nearly year-long romantic affair with trump, which trump also denies prosecutors asked davidson about the agreement to sell mcdougal story to the enquirer, which was ultimately sold to the tabloids parent com
on the deal, davidson said he told cohen, i don't believe a word really that you say cohen responded, god, it. what do you expect me to do? my guy is in five different states today and davidson told him of his clients and happiness, we're calling cohen told tim, god it i'll just do it myself. davidson told the jury, i thought he was trying to kick them you down the road until after the election earlier in the day, the jury heard from michael cohen's former banker, gary farro, who testified...
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so with a michael cohen style witness, you don't run from the fact that michael cohen is michael cohen and you don't run from the fact that he has a shady past. you don't run from the fact that this guy is not a saint. what you do is repackage that. you might tell the jury, you're going to hear from michael cohen, and you're going to hear that he hasn't always been honest. or you might hear something to kind of front that. you frame it as we didn't choose michael cohen. you know who chose michael cohen, the defendant, donald trump. michael cohen is exactly the kind of guy this you hire to do this kind of scheme, and you frame a weakness and try to fit it back into your broader narrative, that's what i would expect the prosecution to do here. >> there's a point here, i'd like to ask vaughn about that. in the access hollywood tape to the jury, he said he didn't know he was on -- and he's also mentioning hope hicks, so these are some of the characters that we will be -- and incidents that we'll be hearing, even though the video is not going to be shown, but the transcript is available. >>
so with a michael cohen style witness, you don't run from the fact that michael cohen is michael cohen and you don't run from the fact that he has a shady past. you don't run from the fact that this guy is not a saint. what you do is repackage that. you might tell the jury, you're going to hear from michael cohen, and you're going to hear that he hasn't always been honest. or you might hear something to kind of front that. you frame it as we didn't choose michael cohen. you know who chose...
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cohen would tell him who to go after, and the magazine would do it. pecker admitted the enquirer fabricated a story falsely linking cruz's father with the kennedy assassination. pecker testifying they took a picture of cruz and a picture of lee harvey oswald and matched the two together, adding, that's how the story was prepared, created, i would say. trump running with the fake story about cruz's father. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death, before the ooting? it's horrible. >> reporter: pecker told the jury he was convinced women could come forward with stories to sell because trump was the most eligible bachelor and dated the most beautiful women. trump perking up at that description. and then visibly purr tuperturb as pecker started to detail one example. the story of karen mcdougall, who claims to have had a year-long affair with trump, which he denies. when he learned mcdougall was trying to sell her story in june 2016, pecker said he immediately called cohen. he said he and cohen were already talking a couple tim
cohen would tell him who to go after, and the magazine would do it. pecker admitted the enquirer fabricated a story falsely linking cruz's father with the kennedy assassination. pecker testifying they took a picture of cruz and a picture of lee harvey oswald and matched the two together, adding, that's how the story was prepared, created, i would say. trump running with the fake story about cruz's father. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death, before the...
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>> you'll have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney and you'll have to ask michael. >> no, the claim there is a bald faced lie and there aren't a lot of ways to spin it because it's so clear. no, he says he didn't know about something that we have him on tape strategizing about. no, he says about something we have him on record paper signing about and he does tend to keep track of the money that gets pulled out of him. as i mentioned earlier in the report, it was a long time coming to even get those bills paid. now this wasn't going to hold up. you had cohen out there, you had investigators out there and a lot of paper records, financial records out there, so other lawyers who were involved for donald trump who have also themselves gone on to be indicted were then figuring out the strategy. so while it might look sloppy, we know a lot more now than we did then. what we know now is that lawyers around trump figured this is going to come out so we've got to start getting it out. someone who then was relatively new
>> you'll have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney and you'll have to ask michael. >> no, the claim there is a bald faced lie and there aren't a lot of ways to spin it because it's so clear. no, he says he didn't know about something that we have him on tape strategizing about. no, he says about something we have him on record paper signing about and he does tend to keep track of the money that gets pulled out of him. as i mentioned earlier in the report, it was a long time...
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cohen at that time. he and mr. cohen both went to prison. what did you think of his concern about cohen as a witness? >> sure, cohen has a problems as a witness, but a question of the jury is not whether he lied in the past. it's whether you can believe him now. >> i will say and fairness and criticism applies to both lawyers. then and now. >> but he's got nothing, zero, to do with it. he has no knowledge as to any of the allegations in this complaint. he talks about the case being stale. that was a motion that was already made by donald trump and denied by judge merchan. >> i would say based on the situation, he's unlikely to be a witness but for our reporting purposes, you don't know who all the witnesses will be. >> i can tell you one, that's avenat the, i. >> did the d.a. tell you that? >> no but there's no way any reasonable district attorney would put that guy on the witness stand. >> there's a difference there when we don't know. >> well, we don't know. it could be santa claus, too. it's not going to be avenatti. >> don't make me call
cohen at that time. he and mr. cohen both went to prison. what did you think of his concern about cohen as a witness? >> sure, cohen has a problems as a witness, but a question of the jury is not whether he lied in the past. it's whether you can believe him now. >> i will say and fairness and criticism applies to both lawyers. then and now. >> but he's got nothing, zero, to do with it. he has no knowledge as to any of the allegations in this complaint. he talks about the case...
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let's michael cohen is it pretty easy to show michael cohen committed a crime given he spent time in prison. yeah he pled to the federal offense, which is a little different than the falsifying documents, which is the state offense. >> the hilt say he committed a crime, so it won't be that hard. but you want to establish exactly how we committed the crime, which is through this financing and then tied donald trump right to that and what do i think what stood out to me this week is the entire defense is starting to take shape, are starting to understand how they're going to present their defense. >> and it's largely through the people's witnesses rather than going on the attack and going on the offensive against the witnesses that have testified so far, there's sort of embracing the facts, but saying yeah, these things happened. yeah, there was hush money paid, but we've been doing that. that was being done for everybody. it wasn't had nothing to do with the election. this is just a business model and this is how it went. this is, this is essentially how david pecker made his money an
let's michael cohen is it pretty easy to show michael cohen committed a crime given he spent time in prison. yeah he pled to the federal offense, which is a little different than the falsifying documents, which is the state offense. >> the hilt say he committed a crime, so it won't be that hard. but you want to establish exactly how we committed the crime, which is through this financing and then tied donald trump right to that and what do i think what stood out to me this week is the...
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this is going to take it from the ami deal to direct negotiations with michael cohen, where michael cohen made the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels under a code name that they used, stormy daniels and keith davidson. and that eventually they're going to ultimately try to get that donald trump paid michael cohen back and knew what he was doing. donald trump is walking out right now. the court is in a short recess. eric trump is there for the first time. we have been talking about how the family wasn't there. i have ten seconds left, but tell me what does it mean to have eric there? >> i think it is important for the people who are really paying attention. he did not have any of his family members there before and so the fact that now someone has finally showed up on his behalf is probably a good thing, but the question is are you going to stay and are you going to continue to be there? >> you say finally, only been a week. thank you very much. chuck rosenberg, catherine christian, love the polka dots today, my friend. court is in recess. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell
this is going to take it from the ami deal to direct negotiations with michael cohen, where michael cohen made the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels under a code name that they used, stormy daniels and keith davidson. and that eventually they're going to ultimately try to get that donald trump paid michael cohen back and knew what he was doing. donald trump is walking out right now. the court is in a short recess. eric trump is there for the first time. we have been talking about how the...
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michael cohen was pleased. you started to allude that to some extent this arrangement you came to at trump tower was mutually beneficial. you could explain what you meant by that. in writing positive stories about mr. trump and writing negative stores about his opponents it would increase news stand sales for the "national enquirer" so for me that was my benefit and then in publishing the stories it would benefit his campaign. brag team, the portion of the agreement that involved notifying mr. cohen about negativetories about women, what was the objective of that. david pecker, as i did in the past, when i notified michael cohen of a negative story, he would try to vet it himself to see if it is true or not and then go to the individual publication to make sure it wasn't getting published an getting killed. brag team, prior to that meeting have you ever purchased atory to the to print it? pecker, no. brag team. and how did that part of it, not publishing the stories help you? pecker, it didn't. crazy. >> fake f
michael cohen was pleased. you started to allude that to some extent this arrangement you came to at trump tower was mutually beneficial. you could explain what you meant by that. in writing positive stories about mr. trump and writing negative stores about his opponents it would increase news stand sales for the "national enquirer" so for me that was my benefit and then in publishing the stories it would benefit his campaign. brag team, the portion of the agreement that involved...
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cohen. it's not going to be the michael cohen was doing this for the benefit financial or otherwise of michael cohen. it's michael cohen was the fixer. he wanted to ingratiation himself to trump. you want it to be someone who is useful and valuable to trump. and so he went off on his own and work things out. and then the big question, as laura was saying, is how much of that planning to donald trump know about to what extent was he involved in the nuances and to what extent was he sort of arm's distance and just just tell me what i need to know. >> the prosecutor is going to have to prove, even even point of whether trump has intimated or not. >> you got to look for the attaboy at the ends, right? that's the part we're seeing a lot of text messages already coming in to confirm and what we all interpret the deal to be. you hear it from this manner testifying right now, we hear rather people. so if at the end of this, donald trump has only intimated and at the end he's black like, good job. re
cohen. it's not going to be the michael cohen was doing this for the benefit financial or otherwise of michael cohen. it's michael cohen was the fixer. he wanted to ingratiation himself to trump. you want it to be someone who is useful and valuable to trump. and so he went off on his own and work things out. and then the big question, as laura was saying, is how much of that planning to donald trump know about to what extent was he involved in the nuances and to what extent was he sort of arm's...
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the defendant claimed he was paying michael cohen for legal services performed in 2017. this simply was not true. and it was a false statement that the defendant made month after month in 2017. april, may, june and so on. through the rest of the year. for nine straight months, the defendant held documents in his hand containing this key lie that he was paying michael cohen legal services performed in 2017. and he personally signed checks for payments to michael cohen for each of these nine months. in total, a grand jury found there were 34 documents with this critical false statement. why did donald trump repeatedly make these false statements? the evidence will show he did so to cover up crimes relating to the 2016 election. donald trump, executives of the publishing company american media inc., mr. cohen and others agreed in 2015 to a catch and kill scheme, a scheme to buy and suppress negative information to help mr. trump's chance of winning the election. as part of this scheme, donald trump and others made three payments to people who claim to have negative informat
the defendant claimed he was paying michael cohen for legal services performed in 2017. this simply was not true. and it was a false statement that the defendant made month after month in 2017. april, may, june and so on. through the rest of the year. for nine straight months, the defendant held documents in his hand containing this key lie that he was paying michael cohen legal services performed in 2017. and he personally signed checks for payments to michael cohen for each of these nine...
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that cohen was making these deals. there is uncertainty as to who would hold the rights, who would get payment and when. all of it seems to come down to michael cohen. sort of doing this on the fly. i also believe the jury will have this weird moment where you have michael cohen saying i think you should put my former client in jail for following my advice. i mean, he was the architect of these payments. he was the person driving this. pecker said he got angry with him when he did not do what michael cohen told him to do. that puts a lot of emphasis on cohen and not trump. >> sandra: as you said all that we are sitting here on the set saying what are these moments? i mean, think about exactly what jonathan turley just said could be the case, carrie. >> i thought it was also interesting that david packer testified that donald trump would not pay for stories normally because he would say what is the point? it gets out anyway. so, my question is then when did that start and the reason i ask that is because is it possible
that cohen was making these deals. there is uncertainty as to who would hold the rights, who would get payment and when. all of it seems to come down to michael cohen. sort of doing this on the fly. i also believe the jury will have this weird moment where you have michael cohen saying i think you should put my former client in jail for following my advice. i mean, he was the architect of these payments. he was the person driving this. pecker said he got angry with him when he did not do what...
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davidson found himself negotiating directly with michael cohen. the two men struck a deal. daniels would get $130,000 for her story. davidson testified, "it was my understanding that mr. trump was the beneficiary of this contract." but the payment kept getting delayed. davidson saying cohen told him, “what do you expect me to do? my guy is in five states a day. i'm doing everything i can.” but davidson was convinced they were “trying to kick the can down the road until after the election." ultimately cohen told him "god damnit, i'll just do it myself”" and paid the porn star out of his own pocket. prosecutors say when trump later reimbursed cohen, he illegally falsified dox yooments to make it all look like a legal expense. trump almost egging on the judge today, calling him rigged, crooked, and conflicted, but the judge made clear if these violations of the gag order
davidson found himself negotiating directly with michael cohen. the two men struck a deal. daniels would get $130,000 for her story. davidson testified, "it was my understanding that mr. trump was the beneficiary of this contract." but the payment kept getting delayed. davidson saying cohen told him, “what do you expect me to do? my guy is in five states a day. i'm doing everything i can.” but davidson was convinced they were “trying to kick the can down the road until after the...
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i told cohen, michael cohen, this never would have happened without you and the text back from howard of the national enquirer to davidson was he's hopeless. oh, well. another one done. from inside the hush money trial, our reporter also says that former president trump was whispering back and forth with his lead lawyer, todd blanche today, urging him to make stronger arguments about the evidence that can and can't be admitted. that comes after just this morning "the new york times" reported that trump has been complaining that blanche quote has not been following his instructions closely and has been insufficiently aggressive. mr. trump wants him to attack witnesses. attack what the former president sees as a hostile jury pool and attack the judge. keep in mind blanche is someone trump is known to like but now faces a familiar problem. how do you handle a client like donald trump? kimberly, carol, and jeremy are back with me. jeremy, we saw some examples in opening statement, actually, of blanche appearing to nod to trump's desires. he mentioned trump had built this large, successful
i told cohen, michael cohen, this never would have happened without you and the text back from howard of the national enquirer to davidson was he's hopeless. oh, well. another one done. from inside the hush money trial, our reporter also says that former president trump was whispering back and forth with his lead lawyer, todd blanche today, urging him to make stronger arguments about the evidence that can and can't be admitted. that comes after just this morning "the new york times"...
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michael cohen. so, there is really michael cohen was steering it and our client really just said, the minimal. so, that's what they're going to have to do if that audio, the defense, but clearly the prosecution is going to say, look, detail oriented, micromanager, listen to the tape, it speaks for itself. >> one thing that occurred to me when i listened to this again yesterday, this gets at the heart of beyond a reasonable doubt, right? you can make an argument as catherine just did on both sides of this, but in the context of the trial, what will the jury find as most believable, beyond a reasonable doubt? >> you can certainly almost always make an argument on both sides of any question. the question is can you make a credible argument on both sides? you're playing one audiotape. and it is important. but it is not going to be by itself determinative, chris. it will be important to corroborate what cohen says, it will be important to corroborate what pecker says, and it may corroborate what other pe
michael cohen. so, there is really michael cohen was steering it and our client really just said, the minimal. so, that's what they're going to have to do if that audio, the defense, but clearly the prosecution is going to say, look, detail oriented, micromanager, listen to the tape, it speaks for itself. >> one thing that occurred to me when i listened to this again yesterday, this gets at the heart of beyond a reasonable doubt, right? you can make an argument as catherine just did on...
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it wasn't michael cohen. who had sex with stormy daniels, it wasn't michael cohen. who it a love affair with karen mcdougal. it wasn't michael cohen. >> al this last witness is because they know they are going to try to say it was michael cohen who did this personally. >> he department benefit at all. i'm trying to pick up on the common sense thing. >> let me just say a cohen point right now, both sides the defense has take a call of calling him cohen instead of the first name and trying to dirty him up in a sort of opportunity toir way. even the prosecution has put in a few things about he's a challenging kind of client for that bank guy. pecker thinks he exaggerates. so the jury, i'm sure, is very curious to see this guy. and i think the da's main task, they have laid the tracks well, but they know that cohen is coming. their main task is between hicks, between pecker, and then the paperwork is to corroborate every single hole so at the end of the day, they can get up and say, look, michael cohen, first of all, you can believe him for these reasons, but even if yo
it wasn't michael cohen. who had sex with stormy daniels, it wasn't michael cohen. who it a love affair with karen mcdougal. it wasn't michael cohen. >> al this last witness is because they know they are going to try to say it was michael cohen who did this personally. >> he department benefit at all. i'm trying to pick up on the common sense thing. >> let me just say a cohen point right now, both sides the defense has take a call of calling him cohen instead of the first name...
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yeah, michael cohen has baggage. they told him to keep them keep an open mind and to look at some of the documents and other evidence that would corroborate cohen's testimony. no trump's team also took some hits at stormy daniels. she is also expected to testify in this case they said that hur testimony i'll salacious. it doesn't matter because she has nothing to do with how these records were allegedly falsified in treated on the books of the trump organization and donald trump's personal in a ledger. so trying to knock down what will be some of the key witness testimony in this case as they tried to defend president trump and get the jury to return a verdict of not guilty. jake tara, we also learn more today about how donald trump's defense attorneys are going to try to distance trump from this alleged crime. tell us more about that so trump's attorneys are saying that the former president was not involved with how these records were allegedly falsified. >> remember this is both the invoices we will cohen submitted
yeah, michael cohen has baggage. they told him to keep them keep an open mind and to look at some of the documents and other evidence that would corroborate cohen's testimony. no trump's team also took some hits at stormy daniels. she is also expected to testify in this case they said that hur testimony i'll salacious. it doesn't matter because she has nothing to do with how these records were allegedly falsified in treated on the books of the trump organization and donald trump's personal in a...
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we were thinking, michael cohen is the star witness and how will they corroborate michael cohen. and i really think the way to think about this case is this case is made very much without michael cohen. i mean, this is so corroborated and it is not just that you have david pecker and now keith davidson, they're stories are just hand and glove. i mean, they fit together so perfectly. and they tell a complex story. i mean, something that if you were making it up, it wouldn't be -- it would be kind of intricacy and also it is completely corroborated particularly with respect to mr. davidson by so many texts and email exchanges an the written documents. this is one where with almost every question there is a reference to a document so that the jurors could see there is no question about what he is saying. it is completely backed up. so by the time you get to michael cohen, i think the way that i think this is going to be summed up on by the prosecution, is to say, you know what, if michael cohen had said anything else, you would have thought he was lying. it is so completely consiste
we were thinking, michael cohen is the star witness and how will they corroborate michael cohen. and i really think the way to think about this case is this case is made very much without michael cohen. i mean, this is so corroborated and it is not just that you have david pecker and now keith davidson, they're stories are just hand and glove. i mean, they fit together so perfectly. and they tell a complex story. i mean, something that if you were making it up, it wouldn't be -- it would be...
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they will hear from michael cohen. cohen is something of a centerpiece for the case. the man who played point guard for trump's alleged attempt to silent stormy daniels and to make sure her story of an alleged tryst with the candidate states secret. cnn reporters are covering every angle of this trial were also closely monitoring another different breaking story. this our protests consuming campuses across the united states, columbia university in new york, the latest flashpoint where protesters at the school have now barricaded themselves inside a building on campus. >> but first let's get right to kaitlan collins, who was outside the manhattan criminal courthouse. >> kaitlan, another big week for the defendant, mr. trump certainly jake and i should note that we just saw him go inside the courtroom. he was complaining about those protests that have been happening across the country talking about them, even likening them to what happened on january 6, as we have seen, the former president continued to speak to the cameras before he goes inside that courtroom. i'm here
they will hear from michael cohen. cohen is something of a centerpiece for the case. the man who played point guard for trump's alleged attempt to silent stormy daniels and to make sure her story of an alleged tryst with the candidate states secret. cnn reporters are covering every angle of this trial were also closely monitoring another different breaking story. this our protests consuming campuses across the united states, columbia university in new york, the latest flashpoint where...
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so cohen put up the money, colangelo's argued trump, cohen and former trump organization cfo allen weisselberg agreed cohen would be paid back in monthly installments through fake invoices to the trump organization. prosecutor your said key witnesses like cohen have made mistakes in the past and encourage the jury to keep an open mind and carefully evaluate all of the evidence that corroborates michael cohen's testimony, then it was trump's attorneys turn blanche said the da's office should never have brought this case he said the prosecution story is not true, and the jury will find plenty of reasonable doubt. he pivoted to paint trump as a husband and father, saying he's a person just like you and just like me, trump's team suggested the payments trump made to cohen. we're not a payback for funds paid to stormy daniels, but instead payments to his personal attorney trump defended himself against these charges after chord on monday puts an invoice or whatever and they paid nick or legal expense, i got indicted for that land shifted blame to cohen saying the reality is mr. trump is not on the
so cohen put up the money, colangelo's argued trump, cohen and former trump organization cfo allen weisselberg agreed cohen would be paid back in monthly installments through fake invoices to the trump organization. prosecutor your said key witnesses like cohen have made mistakes in the past and encourage the jury to keep an open mind and carefully evaluate all of the evidence that corroborates michael cohen's testimony, then it was trump's attorneys turn blanche said the da's office should...