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that says national enquirer? that's the same publication that said elvis was alive and living in curacao. but he was asked about the tactics of negative stories about him being planted in the national enquirer to help trump during the republican primaries. and he said, i know people i ran against for president in 2016 that use mainstream publication yes. to print stuff like that. that wasn't true yes. but marco marco rubio has the backbone of a squeegee, like, i don't understand why he is afraid to stand up for himself. stand up for the people he ran with, like literally they sabotage you in your learning about it. now you're learning how it was done, but he still afraid to call it so ted cruz was probably the worst example. yeah, you know, and and taking on ted cruz, taking on his father, taking on his wife, taking on crews personally, and now there's no distance between ted cruz and donald trump book. >> they all knew marco rubio, ted cruz all knew about these stories in real time and no new who was planting th
that says national enquirer? that's the same publication that said elvis was alive and living in curacao. but he was asked about the tactics of negative stories about him being planted in the national enquirer to help trump during the republican primaries. and he said, i know people i ran against for president in 2016 that use mainstream publication yes. to print stuff like that. that wasn't true yes. but marco marco rubio has the backbone of a squeegee, like, i don't understand why he is...
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because you hear a lot about the national enquirer buying stories. and we hear a lot of them doing that maybe not in so much detail, but david pecker has already paid a fine already to the election commission because he paid the money to karen mcdougal, and it was a violation of laws of corporations interfering in an election. in this case josh steinglass, the lawyer for the d.a. today saidthrust a deal struck between ami and the defendant to put their thumbs on had scale to control the flow of information that would reach the electorate. and that's what we're going to hear, and that's why he was pushing for all this to get in to really set the table for exactly what donald trump and david pecker did, and it wasn't just these few payments, it was a larger scheme. >> suzanne craig, pulitzer prizewinning investigative reporter at "the new york times," i know it's been a long day. thank you so much for being here. i really appreciate it. we'll be right back. stay with us. e it we'll be right back. stay with us while losing weight. with golo, i don't nee
because you hear a lot about the national enquirer buying stories. and we hear a lot of them doing that maybe not in so much detail, but david pecker has already paid a fine already to the election commission because he paid the money to karen mcdougal, and it was a violation of laws of corporations interfering in an election. in this case josh steinglass, the lawyer for the d.a. today saidthrust a deal struck between ami and the defendant to put their thumbs on had scale to control the flow of...
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trump, that part, did it help the national enquirer at all? is that going to boost sales of the national enquirer. pecker, no, that didn't help. steinglass, that partt didn't have aei mutual benefit. the purpose ofut that component uzto benefit the campaign. am i understanding you right? pecker, that is right. thepe focus how all this benefitted the trump campaign is important because the prosecution's central argument in this case,e the reason they were able to charge donald trump with a felony is because they say trump's hush money scheme was all about trying to cover up his criminal activity related to the 2016 election. prosecutors today reveal they are planning to rely on section 17, 152 of the new york criminal code,ew which prohibits any twor moreib persons from conspiring promote or prevent the election of any person to public office by unlawful means. and so it is important that trump'sor arrangement with the national enquirer and subsequent hush money payments wasn't just about helping trump, the man, it was about helping trump the c
trump, that part, did it help the national enquirer at all? is that going to boost sales of the national enquirer. pecker, no, that didn't help. steinglass, that partt didn't have aei mutual benefit. the purpose ofut that component uzto benefit the campaign. am i understanding you right? pecker, that is right. thepe focus how all this benefitted the trump campaign is important because the prosecution's central argument in this case,e the reason they were able to charge donald trump with a...
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it is a nothing burger compared to the "national enquirer." i started with that mcdoug alex change comes toward the end of the day because that is when pecker in his calm, and everyone described him as credible and calm and likeable. kind of person a jury -- a juror would find as likeable and affable. he's describing being on the phone with trump and trup doesn't say i'm not going to buy the story because i didn't do it. i'm not going to buy it because when you do it, it gets out anyway. and just the intimacy with trump and the cash and kill. and he's embarrassed of catch and kill. he's proud of checkbook journalism. that is stunning. >> and some things rang true going back to the apprentice years. they had a relationship and it really flourished during the apprenticeship, it was popular and he could put trump on the cover and they would leaktories about the contestants. >> and the ratings. >> and donald trump back then, you talk to anybody at nbc, that guy was obsessed with the ratings of the apprentice and he was leaking stories to the natio
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the national enquirer is tabloid trash. but it's run by his good friend, david who has endorsed trump. he uses this to smear everybody and anybody. >> the national enquirer has become a hit piece he uses to smear anybody and everybody. eight years ago, the transactional relationship between donald trump and the national enquirer was so obvious, that ted cruz was just talking about on the campaign trail. now today was the second day of witness testimony and the first criminal trial of a former president, donald trump rate and the focus of the testimony was the very same thing ted cruz highlighted in ways the national enquirer helped donald trump during the 2016 campaign. former ceo of the inquirer, david testified his story would run negative stories about opponents whenever they started to do well, stories like bumbling surgeon left sponge inpatient's brain. i cannot right after a poll that showed ben carson leading trump for the first time. ben carson denies that allegation about the sponge by the way. then there were shoc
the national enquirer is tabloid trash. but it's run by his good friend, david who has endorsed trump. he uses this to smear everybody and anybody. >> the national enquirer has become a hit piece he uses to smear anybody and everybody. eight years ago, the transactional relationship between donald trump and the national enquirer was so obvious, that ted cruz was just talking about on the campaign trail. now today was the second day of witness testimony and the first criminal trial of a...
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>> she was seen by an employee of the national enquirer is when i went into mr. trump's office and explained why this time it's different than another time. >> where there are other women given hush money by donald trump or his organization? was the standard? >> no. i'm not aware of any other cases that mr. trump had. he was supposed to pay karen mcdougal. he was supposed to pay 125,000 dollars for the life story of karen mcdougal. for whatever the reason may be, he elected not to pay it. davidecho was very angry because there was other money he that was expended on his behalf. david never got paid back for that either. >> so davidpecker has done this in other cases? >> in other circumstances, yes. not all of them had to do with women. host: that was michael cohen from 2019. help put that into context here and how that testimony might play into what you were just talking about. guest: at that testimony, it's five years ago now but it was very dramatic at the time because he had copies of the canceled checks so you could see the checks with trump's signature on it
>> she was seen by an employee of the national enquirer is when i went into mr. trump's office and explained why this time it's different than another time. >> where there are other women given hush money by donald trump or his organization? was the standard? >> no. i'm not aware of any other cases that mr. trump had. he was supposed to pay karen mcdougal. he was supposed to pay 125,000 dollars for the life story of karen mcdougal. for whatever the reason may be, he elected...
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i've always said, why didn't the "national enquirer" get the pulitzer prize? >> why didn't the "national enquirer" get the pulitzer prize for breaking the big news that ted cruz's dad killed jfk? i mean, that really was a -- you have to admit that's a scoop. look, world exclusive investigation. it's not even like somebody on another continent also has that, just the enquirer. no, that of course came after the "national enquirer"'s big scoop that hillary clinton had been caught on camera having gay romp at seedy motel. seedy romp caught on camera at this hotel. that was right around the same time they reported on hillary clinton's secret hitman. hillary hitman. they broke the news that hillary clinton was hooked on narcotics. they broke the news of donald trump getting revenge on hillary and his evil puppets. it says muslim obama, weird kane, meaning tim kane. mob connections. shady deals. gay double life. boy, that really does sound like pulitzer material. that was right around the time they broke the 10 deadly secrets of hillary clinton every american must kn
i've always said, why didn't the "national enquirer" get the pulitzer prize? >> why didn't the "national enquirer" get the pulitzer prize for breaking the big news that ted cruz's dad killed jfk? i mean, that really was a -- you have to admit that's a scoop. look, world exclusive investigation. it's not even like somebody on another continent also has that, just the enquirer. no, that of course came after the "national enquirer"'s big scoop that hillary...
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which publishes the national enquirer. he had a very cozy symbiotic relationship with donald trump and steinglass has been examining packer for the prosecution, talking specifically, not just about the previous catch and kill deals fuels that they had where the national enquirer would, by a story damaging to trump so that they would spike it, hide it from the public. they did that with a doorman's story from trump tower that apparently was just not based in reality, they paid $30,000 for it. it wasn't true. doesn't even we don't need to go into the details of that. the second story that apparently these individuals at the national enquirer thought was likely to be true, had to do with donald trump's alleged long-term relationship with 1998 playmate of the year, karen mcdougal. they paid her $150,000 for a column she was going to write for a magazine that was part of the ami em empire not specifically the national enquirer and they, and they were just going to have a ghostwriter write it and they ended up not publishing tha
which publishes the national enquirer. he had a very cozy symbiotic relationship with donald trump and steinglass has been examining packer for the prosecution, talking specifically, not just about the previous catch and kill deals fuels that they had where the national enquirer would, by a story damaging to trump so that they would spike it, hide it from the public. they did that with a doorman's story from trump tower that apparently was just not based in reality, they paid $30,000 for it. it...
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>> she was seen by an employee of the national enquirer is when i went into mr. trump's office and explained why this time it's different than another time. >> where there are other women given hush money by donald trump or his organization? was the standard? >> no. i'm not aware of any other cases that mr. trump had. he was supposed to pay karen mcdougal. he was supposed to pay 125,000 dollars for the life story of karen mcdougal. for whatever the reason may be, he elected not to pay it. davidecho was very angry because there was other money he that was expended on his behalf. david never got paid back for that either. >> so davidpecker has done this in other cases? >> in other circumstances, yes. not all of them had to do with women. host: that was michael cohen from 2019. help put that into context here and how that testimony might play into what you were just talking about. guest: at that testimony, it's five years ago now but it was very dramatic at the time because he had copies of the canceled checks so you could see the checks with trump's signature on it
>> she was seen by an employee of the national enquirer is when i went into mr. trump's office and explained why this time it's different than another time. >> where there are other women given hush money by donald trump or his organization? was the standard? >> no. i'm not aware of any other cases that mr. trump had. he was supposed to pay karen mcdougal. he was supposed to pay 125,000 dollars for the life story of karen mcdougal. for whatever the reason may be, he elected...
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and so you ran it in the national enquirer, right? yes. and because that was quick and efficient and cost-effective, you would have done that whether or not you had discussed it with president trump, correct? >> yes. >> wolf very interesting testimony, indeed. thanks for bringing that to our attention. i'm glad you're going through that whole transcript now. very important indeed, let's get to him, alice this and what's going on? i'm lead counsel for special counsel, robert mueller's investigation of donald trump, andrew weisman is joining us. he's now coauthored a brand-new book entitled the trump indictments. the historic charging documents with commentary and thank you so much for joining us once again, that transcript that we just heard some excerpts from gave us a window how the defense was trying to undercut the david pecker's testimony. do you think they were effective well, i think that i don't fault the defense lawyer for pursuing that line of questioning to say what you say was this agreement was kind of snow so in winter because
and so you ran it in the national enquirer, right? yes. and because that was quick and efficient and cost-effective, you would have done that whether or not you had discussed it with president trump, correct? >> yes. >> wolf very interesting testimony, indeed. thanks for bringing that to our attention. i'm glad you're going through that whole transcript now. very important indeed, let's get to him, alice this and what's going on? i'm lead counsel for special counsel, robert...
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it is people who consume the national enquirer. david says that he attended donald trump's campaign announcement in june 2015. we all of course remember donald trump going descending the down the golden escalator and his comments about immigrants that's that's a subtle but important detail because that will stick into jury's mind and when the argument is made as karen was saying before, the reason they did this was to help his campaign. well, guess you're standing there when trump announced his campaign, david, donald trump watching as he testifies about being invited by michael cohen to a ten and event at trump tower when trump announced he was running for president. and so just a little bit of kahler, donald trump is watching the witness, perhaps not surprisingly, given the fact that he is testifying in the trial of donald trump, kaitlan collins, back to you in new york yeah, jake, it's fascinating what prosecutor seem to be doing is really kind of weaving all of these people. michael cohen, hope hicks into was david is laying th
it is people who consume the national enquirer. david says that he attended donald trump's campaign announcement in june 2015. we all of course remember donald trump going descending the down the golden escalator and his comments about immigrants that's that's a subtle but important detail because that will stick into jury's mind and when the argument is made as karen was saying before, the reason they did this was to help his campaign. well, guess you're standing there when trump announced his...
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national enquirer, at least thus far. david the first witness, testimony to that, not an accident. if trump and the national enquirer, trump and emi were in a criminal conspiracy is prosecutors allege, all we need to know about trump, most of what we will learn is about ami. >> that made begin with reporting from my beat which is outside the building. [ laughter ] among the people, who i will now call the people and not the protesters, because they were not protesting. i counted two. three trump supporters i will call them. you could not hear a word from them. they kept everything at a conversational tone. from where chris is, you could not hear what they were saying to each other. the only person you could hear was a loudmouth guy who was fairly close to them yelling at them about bill clinton balancing the budget. [ laughter ] that was it. that's what the people had to say out there in the street. >> it's new york, and he might've been doing that since 1992. >> in the courtroom, it's the first time we have heard the def
national enquirer, at least thus far. david the first witness, testimony to that, not an accident. if trump and the national enquirer, trump and emi were in a criminal conspiracy is prosecutors allege, all we need to know about trump, most of what we will learn is about ami. >> that made begin with reporting from my beat which is outside the building. [ laughter ] among the people, who i will now call the people and not the protesters, because they were not protesting. i counted two....
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enquirer a little bit differently. >> a lot of people believe what they read in the national enquirer, but a lot of people don't. >> this is in york jury it may be mixed what they think about it, but to meet the most interesting context was if this was a conspiracy to affect the election, what did they show today that pecker and trump were friends and there was a history. he went after ted cruz he went after marco rubio. there is a context for taking down donald trump's opponents. >> and he was helpful to trump this is not an enemy of donald trump's like michael cohen as a sworn enemy right now. so, you know, pecker was saying, yeah, you know, we were friends for a very long time and i did whatever i could do to help him and he got me invited to parties and he invited me to the presidential announcement so they portrayed pecker as somebody who wasn't coming in to stick a knife in donald trump's back, but was rather somebody in there to kind of just tell what had happened. >> that's what i think is so interesting about some of this testimony today, which is in yesterday, which is that
enquirer a little bit differently. >> a lot of people believe what they read in the national enquirer, but a lot of people don't. >> this is in york jury it may be mixed what they think about it, but to meet the most interesting context was if this was a conspiracy to affect the election, what did they show today that pecker and trump were friends and there was a history. he went after ted cruz he went after marco rubio. there is a context for taking down donald trump's opponents....
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see david pecker, the man who ran the national enquirer back on the stand. >> this will be the meat of the cross-examination after pecker testified in vivid detail how he buried bad stories about donald trump in vivid detail about how trump would keep asking about the playboy playmate with whom he allegedly had an affair and in vivid detail, a conversation that trump had about stormy daniels with david pecker. >> now, remember, trump is charged with falsifying business documents to hide hush money payments to daniels today, we expect that offense to question pecker's memory and also suggests that there was nothing unusual about the catch and kill arrangement he had with trump. we can also see the next witness today. will it be stormy daniels herself and really any moment now, trump could be found in contempt for violating the gag order. let's get right to cnn's kaitlan, poland's for the latest on what we will see this morning. kayla well, john, we don't know who the next witness will be, but we have more testimony from david pecker first, there will be more questioning of him from dona
see david pecker, the man who ran the national enquirer back on the stand. >> this will be the meat of the cross-examination after pecker testified in vivid detail how he buried bad stories about donald trump in vivid detail about how trump would keep asking about the playboy playmate with whom he allegedly had an affair and in vivid detail, a conversation that trump had about stormy daniels with david pecker. >> now, remember, trump is charged with falsifying business documents to...
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anyway, because that's what the national enquirer does. and it was good for business for them because they would benefit their readers, was like donald trump, that was one of the things that came out in the testimony that they had prior to that meeting, they had already published negative stories, isn't that right away? they had been carson? >> and they went through a couple of things that they showed that the gordian had already published a lot of these stories about ben carson the national enquirer was just recycling it and that it was coinciding with poll results. and they also establish that the national enquirer had already done a bunch of negative stories on bill and hillary clinton that predated this meeting. so it wasn't something that was necessarily hatched then saying there was already a pattern here. so trying to really emphasizing this is what the national enquirer does. and then prosecutors trying to say, but everything was different in 2015 because they did some of these things like bearing the karen mcdougal story that didn
anyway, because that's what the national enquirer does. and it was good for business for them because they would benefit their readers, was like donald trump, that was one of the things that came out in the testimony that they had prior to that meeting, they had already published negative stories, isn't that right away? they had been carson? >> and they went through a couple of things that they showed that the gordian had already published a lot of these stories about ben carson the...
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if the story were true, it would probably be the biggest sale of the national enquirer since the death of elvis presley. but then admitted if it were true, he wouldn't have published the story until after the election court is not in session tomorrow, but pecker will be back on the stand thursday, facing more questions about the effort to catch and kill the story of karen mcdougal, woman who allegedly had a year affair with trump but then prosecutors are going to press packer on why he didn't catch and kill the story of stormy daniels. and instead passed her story. often michael cohen, aaron. >> all right, paula, thank you very much. and i want to go now to soucie a who worked closely with david pecker at the national enquirer's parent company. elizabeth williams is also win it does the sketch artist who was in the courtroom with donald trump today. and of course has been throughout this trial. now you all know her and our legal experts, karen friedman, agnifilo, and stacy schneider. so all right. so great to have all of you. let me just start straight off with you. so you were pecker'
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we have talked about the national enquirer. we have talked about the context of when the stories were caught and killed and the aftermath of access hollywood. we cannot get over the fact the first thing the jury heard today was a transcript, not the tape of the access hollywood. i will tell you sitting there that you would think that the most powerful way to convey that language would have been hearing donald trump's own voice saying those words. yet, it was still startling as you are sitting in this but still official courtroom, to have the prosecutor get up and say those words. to use that language. >> they were edited the way we do them for tv? >> reporter: not edited. in full -- i was going to sample something else but not allowed to predict the impact was exactly as it was intended. we do not speak, we don't do that, it is just jim talk kind of stuff. two, to have it be done in the context of the bigger picture of the story that was being told by the prosecution made sense. it was another example of how donald trump in his
we have talked about the national enquirer. we have talked about the context of when the stories were caught and killed and the aftermath of access hollywood. we cannot get over the fact the first thing the jury heard today was a transcript, not the tape of the access hollywood. i will tell you sitting there that you would think that the most powerful way to convey that language would have been hearing donald trump's own voice saying those words. yet, it was still startling as you are sitting...
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steinglass said that would be like national enquirer gold. pecker said, yes. steinglass said, but at the time you entered into that agreement, you had zero intention of publishing that story. pecker said that's correct. and the prosecutor said, and despite the fact that publishing that story would have helped your bottom line, you killed the story because it helped the candidate donald trump. pecker said, yes. so their counter and cutting against the standard operating procedure, obviously, if this was national enquirer gold and they would have made a fortune off the headline. they decided not to publish it and that was the point prosecutors we're trying to push this was for donald trump's candidacy, not for the bottom line. that's also prosecution gold. >> i mean, to get him to admit that i was willing to do something that was contrary to my bottom line to help a candidate that's exactly what they need to say. >> and that's what the prosecution's trying to do in order to make michael cohen irrelevant, frankly. >> and could you just explain to me because i don
steinglass said that would be like national enquirer gold. pecker said, yes. steinglass said, but at the time you entered into that agreement, you had zero intention of publishing that story. pecker said that's correct. and the prosecutor said, and despite the fact that publishing that story would have helped your bottom line, you killed the story because it helped the candidate donald trump. pecker said, yes. so their counter and cutting against the standard operating procedure, obviously, if...
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a story about the national enquirer, at least thus far. david being the first witness, i think, is both testimony to that and not an accident and that if trump and "the national enquirer" were in a criminal conspiracy, as prosecutors allege, we all know, almost all we need to know about trump, most of what we are going to learn is about the national enquirer and ami. >> let me start with my bead, which is outside the building. among the people, who i will now call the people and not the protesters because they weren't protesting. i counted three, maybe i am overcooking, sorry trump supporters, i will call them. you couldn't hear a word from them. they kept everything at a very conversational tone. for more, chris says you couldn't hear what they were saying to each other. the only person you could hear was a loudmouth guy who was fairly close to them yelling at them about bill clinton balancing the budget. that was it. that is what the people had to say out there in the street. >> it is new york, he might have been doing that since 1992. t
a story about the national enquirer, at least thus far. david being the first witness, i think, is both testimony to that and not an accident and that if trump and "the national enquirer" were in a criminal conspiracy, as prosecutors allege, we all know, almost all we need to know about trump, most of what we are going to learn is about the national enquirer and ami. >> let me start with my bead, which is outside the building. among the people, who i will now call the people and...
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first with stormy daniels and later with karen mcdougal who herself was paid by the national enquirer. they are using david pecker to set the stage. we have scratched the surface with his beginning testimony that will continue tomorrow. host: tell us about what we heard from the defense in the opening arguments. reporter: the defense's role today in their opening statement was to sow doubt through the prosecution's case because the burden of proof is on the prosecution. and todd blanche, donald trump's lawyer was mocking several elements of their case saying there is nothing illegal about influencing an election, it is called democracy, he said. he also said the catch and skill -- catch and kill scheme, nothing wrong with that either. he put distance between trump and falsifying records. saying he was so far up in the organization that he did not have his hand in the details. another key piece we will see is in trying to say that the prosecution's case is built on unreliable witnesses. for michael cohen, they painted him as someone that has a vendetta against donald trump wanting to s
first with stormy daniels and later with karen mcdougal who herself was paid by the national enquirer. they are using david pecker to set the stage. we have scratched the surface with his beginning testimony that will continue tomorrow. host: tell us about what we heard from the defense in the opening arguments. reporter: the defense's role today in their opening statement was to sow doubt through the prosecution's case because the burden of proof is on the prosecution. and todd blanche, donald...
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say what you will about the national enquirer, the reach of this publication? it's on supermarket shelves in every walmart in every airport, and that was being weapon iced to help get donald trump elected and that is what alvin bragg is talking about in this indictment. i think that is what people pass over when we talk about falsified business records. fundamentally, this was an agreement to influence the election and it worked. >> again, it's important, when you work for campaigns, earned media, as they say, magazine covers on a grocery store shelf, that is gold to people. the visuals of what they are seeing. we learned of the judge will allow the national enquirer covers to be admissible in court. we showed a few, including the one about hillary clinton dying. are there some you think are important for people to see or are there some that you think would particularly make the point? >> it's the pattern. look for what this publication was publishing when i first joined in 2014, when it was tom cruise , that mix of celebrity content , and it's a look at how th
say what you will about the national enquirer, the reach of this publication? it's on supermarket shelves in every walmart in every airport, and that was being weapon iced to help get donald trump elected and that is what alvin bragg is talking about in this indictment. i think that is what people pass over when we talk about falsified business records. fundamentally, this was an agreement to influence the election and it worked. >> again, it's important, when you work for campaigns,...
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enquirer," was legitimate. she was paid and featured broadly throughout the publications. but under questioning from prosecutors, pecker said that was meant to disguise the actual purpose, which was to acquire her lifetime rights to her story so it is not published. pecker also acknowledged hiring an election law attorney to review mcdougal's contract. >> the best moment for the prosecution is david pecker saying that he sought legal advice on behalf of his company. that if he continued to do this kind of payment, that it was going to be a campaign violation. that is absolute gold for the prosecution. >> margaret: and robert costa joins us now. bob, it's hard to believe that it is news, it used to be expected, that two candidates trying to persuade voters would come out and debate to defend their policy positions. but now, this was news today that they are considering it. will it happen? >> reporter: president biden went on the howard stern radio show and he said he would be willing to debate former president d
enquirer," was legitimate. she was paid and featured broadly throughout the publications. but under questioning from prosecutors, pecker said that was meant to disguise the actual purpose, which was to acquire her lifetime rights to her story so it is not published. pecker also acknowledged hiring an election law attorney to review mcdougal's contract. >> the best moment for the prosecution is david pecker saying that he sought legal advice on behalf of his company. that if he...
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a phone call and discuss the offer and whether the national enquirer may potentially buy her story. donald trump said he heard that "dancing with the stars" was interested in purchasing her story. donald trump told pecker that he didn't want to personally by her story because that always gets out were the words of donald trump according to pecker. but this is a detailed back and forth. ultimately, we expect pecker tomorrow to testify that american media, the parent company of national enquirer, ultimately purchased the rights to karen mcdougle, but we are not that at that point in time. there's a lot of the back and forth -- >> vaughn, i'm going interrupt you because donald trump has come out of court. >> and i don't even know, a gag order. which to me is totally unconstitutional. i'm not allowed to talk to people. so they can talk about me, say whatever they want. they can lie, but i'm not allowed to say anything. i just have to sit back and look at why the conflicted judge has ordered me to have a gag order. i think anybody's ever seen anything like this. i'd love to talk to you p
a phone call and discuss the offer and whether the national enquirer may potentially buy her story. donald trump said he heard that "dancing with the stars" was interested in purchasing her story. donald trump told pecker that he didn't want to personally by her story because that always gets out were the words of donald trump according to pecker. but this is a detailed back and forth. ultimately, we expect pecker tomorrow to testify that american media, the parent company of national...
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magazines such as the national enquirer. pecker recalled saying he'd quote run or publish positive stories about mr. trump and published negative stories about his opponents on quote& if he heard of women's selling stories about mr. trump who he called an eligible bachelor, although he was married, pecker said that he would notify michael cohen and he'd have the stories. in other magazines. pecker also testified, quote, in a presidential campaign, i was the person that thought that there would be a lot of women who would come out to try to sell their stories because mr. trump was well-known, is the most eligible bachelor and dated the most beautiful women, unquote. >> pecker also said, have you heard of women selling stories he'd notified cohen he'd had the stories killed. >> he said, i think it was a mutual benefit. it would help his campaign and it would also help me unquote the tactic discussed in that meeting. it's called catch and kill by somebody by the rights to a story. and instead of running it kill it. it's not ill
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but we knew that we had we wake up to the national enquirer interview. i was with abc news and what i found out is that john edwards had brokered a deal to sit down with abc news i worked at abc news at this time. >> and when edwards agreed to a sit down, it was a huge deal. everyone in the newsroom tuned in to watch our colleague, bob woodruff hold edwards feet to the fire. he'd have to tell the truth now, he was on national tv but then this happen. >> let me ask you the question. did you have an affair with ms hunter in 200062 years ago? i made a very serious mistake mistake that i am responsible for is this a fair completely over? >> oh, yes, it's been over all up for a long path edwards, ever the skilled trial attorney was being very slippery with the truth here. >> but what came out next was an unbelievable outright lie and that picture is absolutely, you and you are holding that baby. >> the picture in the tabloid? yes. i have no idea what that picture is. but you've seen that picture, right? i did say an ad. i cannot make any sense out of it. i do
but we knew that we had we wake up to the national enquirer interview. i was with abc news and what i found out is that john edwards had brokered a deal to sit down with abc news i worked at abc news at this time. >> and when edwards agreed to a sit down, it was a huge deal. everyone in the newsroom tuned in to watch our colleague, bob woodruff hold edwards feet to the fire. he'd have to tell the truth now, he was on national tv but then this happen. >> let me ask you the question....
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donald trump would give the "national enquirer" information. he was their top celebrity in terms of being able to get views, and compare that to in turn donald trump would have negative stories about him relaying back to him, and effectively squashed. and when donald trump announced his run for the presidency, that trump tower meeting was in the words of donald trump's attorney, or not exactly in the words, but as sort of an agreement that this is just a continuation, but as a politician, and for donald trump and the relationships that he has had, he has built a sense of loyalty around him here, and of course we see that to this very day, that he continues to instill those who remain close to him are those who don't cross him. but are those that do essentially whatever it takes to be on his side, apologies here as we have a new individual who just got out here, guys, beating pans. i'll throw it back to you. >> new york city. >> welcome to new york. >> i was in front of the supreme court all morning, and let me tell you, there were a few of thos
donald trump would give the "national enquirer" information. he was their top celebrity in terms of being able to get views, and compare that to in turn donald trump would have negative stories about him relaying back to him, and effectively squashed. and when donald trump announced his run for the presidency, that trump tower meeting was in the words of donald trump's attorney, or not exactly in the words, but as sort of an agreement that this is just a continuation, but as a...
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he's on the campaign trail is still running for president not the national enquirer. >> sorry. i don't talk about these tabloids and tabloid trash is full allies. i'm here to talk about helping people. >> what was your response when you heard that? you got mad, you got you cried. >> i mean, it's just sad >> because he's denying your love cracked. so he's still he's still in the relationship? >> yeah. you're still in the relation? yes >> edwards campaign staffers all saw the articles and many of them knew or at least suspected the rumors, had married what's remarkable is no one inside the campaign blew the whistle at this point john's political machine kept going full throttle even as barry levine and the enquirer, we're getting ever closer to blowing it all up subsequently, we were able to develop the source. now closer to real hunter who says that not only is the affair true, but she's pregnant now with john's child and their freaking out. >> so when did you find out you were pregnant >> july 2007. >> how do you tell john the news that he's about to have a kid with your >> he
he's on the campaign trail is still running for president not the national enquirer. >> sorry. i don't talk about these tabloids and tabloid trash is full allies. i'm here to talk about helping people. >> what was your response when you heard that? you got mad, you got you cried. >> i mean, it's just sad >> because he's denying your love cracked. so he's still he's still in the relationship? >> yeah. you're still in the relation? yes >> edwards campaign...
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and we now have seen this both with respect to the testimony today from the "national enquirer," but we also saw it with respect to fox news and dominion, that sort of fundamental principle of how the fourth estate works is really undermined and it shows that donald trump, for all of his alleging fake news, this trial is showing that he is actually adground zero of fake news and was using that to get elected. >> and andrew and chuck, stand by for a second. i want to get back to vaughn on the latest of the testimony from the google documentary, the document that we're all following. vaughn. >> reporter: right, andrea. let's be clear here. for years we have talked about david pecker and his role in this. and yet we have not heard from him publicly discuss that august 5th, 2015 meeting with michael cohen and donald trump. we have not had him on the record, and the question is, would there come a day that david pecker would testify? and as we speak, that is what is currently happening. and michael -- david pecker, i want to read a couple specific quotes here. because he is explaining tha
and we now have seen this both with respect to the testimony today from the "national enquirer," but we also saw it with respect to fox news and dominion, that sort of fundamental principle of how the fourth estate works is really undermined and it shows that donald trump, for all of his alleging fake news, this trial is showing that he is actually adground zero of fake news and was using that to get elected. >> and andrew and chuck, stand by for a second. i want to get back to...
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their guide prosecution witness david pecker, former "national enquirer" publisher. pecker describing made-up stories published to damage trump opponents. he testified about a payment to a new york doorman for a salacious but untrue story about mr. trump and described a key meeting in which he says he pledged to be donald trump's eyes and ears, ready to alert to negative stories that could appear about him during the 2016 presidential campaign. the prosecution hoping to prove it all leads to paying off a porn star and an illegal scheme to disguise the transaction through altered business records. once again tonight, here is laura jarrett. >> reporter: tonight, mr. trump's long-time friend david pecker, the former publisher of the "national enquirer" offering the jury a rare glimpse into the underworld of tabloid tactics, as the state seeks to prove the former president doctored his internal business records to cover up the payoff of an adult film actress just days before the 2016 election. >> mr. trump, what do you think of david pecker? >> reporter: pecker describin
their guide prosecution witness david pecker, former "national enquirer" publisher. pecker describing made-up stories published to damage trump opponents. he testified about a payment to a new york doorman for a salacious but untrue story about mr. trump and described a key meeting in which he says he pledged to be donald trump's eyes and ears, ready to alert to negative stories that could appear about him during the 2016 presidential campaign. the prosecution hoping to prove it all...
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>> the national enquirer has become his hit piece. ted cruz was talking about it on the campaign trail. today was the second day of witness testimony in the trial of donald trump. the focus was the sam thing ted cruz highlighted years ago. the ways in which the national enquirer helped donald trump in the 2016 campaign. david the former ceo of the enquirer testified that his tabloid would run negative stories about each of donald trump's primary opponents when ever they started to do well in the polls against trump. stories like bungling surgeon ben carson left sponge in patient's brain. that came after a poll showing ben carson leading trump for the first time. and there was shocking claims, ted cruz caught cheating with five secret mistresses. that came out after polls showed ted cruz ahead of donald trump. what is going down here wasn't even subtle. trump was using the national enquirer to smear his opponents and undermine their candidacies and the enquirer was more than willing to oblige. in court, this is how mr. described that p
>> the national enquirer has become his hit piece. ted cruz was talking about it on the campaign trail. today was the second day of witness testimony in the trial of donald trump. the focus was the sam thing ted cruz highlighted years ago. the ways in which the national enquirer helped donald trump in the 2016 campaign. david the former ceo of the enquirer testified that his tabloid would run negative stories about each of donald trump's primary opponents when ever they started to do well...
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david ceo of the national enquirer, also had immunity with prosecutors. he was also spilling the beans. so knowing that background when nbc got this potential witness list today for trump's hush money trial, these names jumped out at me, karen mcdougal and david and the man who is editor and chief of the national enquirer at the time of that catch and kill scheme, dylan howard. this is not the hush money the national enquirer paid karen mcdougal to kill her story. the hush money at the center of monday's trial is the money paid to stormy daniels. at the contour of these cases they are very, very similar. daniels like mcdougal was ready to go public with her story and was paid to stay silent. what's more, both payments, the money for karen mcdougal and money for stormy daniels, were payments in the lead up to the 2016 election and that could be key here because one of the central things that district alvin bragg will have to prove in this case is why donald trump did what he did, why he arranged those payments to stormy daniels. having karen mcdougal and d
david ceo of the national enquirer, also had immunity with prosecutors. he was also spilling the beans. so knowing that background when nbc got this potential witness list today for trump's hush money trial, these names jumped out at me, karen mcdougal and david and the man who is editor and chief of the national enquirer at the time of that catch and kill scheme, dylan howard. this is not the hush money the national enquirer paid karen mcdougal to kill her story. the hush money at the center...
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_ national enquirer. how does it link to donald trump? that's _ national enquirer. how does it link to donald trump? that's the - national enquirer. how does it link| to donald trump? that's the thing. there's an old expression in american law by a very famous evidence professor and it is a brick is not a wall. so the entire story, the entire narrative is a wall. but each piece of evidence consists of a brick so that you build up bricks and you make a wall. this is just a piece of the puzzle. a piece of the puzzle that makes this entire story for the ultimately they are going to call michael cohen. michael cohen is going to tie all of this together. 0kay. caroline, without a banker today, a public television archivist showing his previous statements from donald trump, without a man who recalls depositions. are the public paying attention to this? doesn't matter in the jury a public opinion out there and is it making a difference to the campaign? christian, i think the general public— christian, i think the general public is _ christian, i think the general public
_ national enquirer. how does it link to donald trump? that's _ national enquirer. how does it link to donald trump? that's the - national enquirer. how does it link| to donald trump? that's the thing. there's an old expression in american law by a very famous evidence professor and it is a brick is not a wall. so the entire story, the entire narrative is a wall. but each piece of evidence consists of a brick so that you build up bricks and you make a wall. this is just a piece of the puzzle. a...
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that really was just the national enquirer are doing with the national enquirer does yeah. >> jim, i mean, we haven't gone what you're reaction to what we've been witnessing thus far, right? >> i think it's all about dirty up the national enquirer. right. and the industry in general, this they call it a checkbook journalism. >> i think yesterday, they use the word standard operating procedure procedure, time and time again. the gym we should notice this right here on the side of the screen just to keep giving our audiences excerpts, beauvais confirms with pecker that other outlets covered malpractice claims against ben carson and may of 2015, it sounds as though what you can see some of the headlines there on screen there. ted cruz for shamed by porn star bungling surgeon ben carson left sponge and patient's brain first of all, take all of these headlines with a great assault as we do with the national enquirer. but it sounds like what the defense is trying to do is say, hey, wait a minute. so all of this stuff that was kinda floating out there anyway and politics, it's part of celeb
that really was just the national enquirer are doing with the national enquirer does yeah. >> jim, i mean, we haven't gone what you're reaction to what we've been witnessing thus far, right? >> i think it's all about dirty up the national enquirer. right. and the industry in general, this they call it a checkbook journalism. >> i think yesterday, they use the word standard operating procedure procedure, time and time again. the gym we should notice this right here on the side...
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you hear a lot about the national enquirer buying stories. we have sort of known that they do that, maybe not in so much detail but david has paid a fine already to the federal election commission, because he paid the money to karen at google, was a violation of laws about corporations interfering in an election. and in this case, the lawyer for the da said today, and i will quote here, said, there was a deal struck between ami and the defendant to put their thumbs on the scale, to control the flow of information that would read reach of the electorate, and that is what we are going to hear, that is why he is pushing for all of us to get in, to really set the table for exactly what donald trump and david packard were doing. it was not just a few payments, it was a larger scheme. >> suzanne craig, pulitzer prize-winning is to get a reporter at "the new york times." susan, i know you've had a long day, thank you for being here. i really appreciate it. we will be right back. back. ir you can do at home. just once a month. nucala targets and redu
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national enquirer shielded trump from playboy model's affair allegation. it was what is known in the cal bloid world as a catch and kill scheme. trump had an affair with karen mcdougal. when trump ran for president, mcdougalor tried to sell that story to the press. sohe the national enquirer boug the story from mcdougal, and then they killed it. this is no longer just the stuff of allegation. in 2018 the national enquirer's parent company entered into a non pros cushion agreement with prosecutors in new york. the tabloid admitted the whole scheme in exchange for immunity from prosecution. around the time that was happening, "the wall street journal" had another scoop. david a pecker, the ceo of the national ckenquirer, also had a immunity deal with prosecutors. he was also spilling the beans. so knowing all of that background, when nbc got this potential witness list today for trump's hush money trial, these names jumped out at me. karen mcdougal, and david pecker. they are on the ligs as well as the man the editor-in-chief at the national enquirer at the
national enquirer shielded trump from playboy model's affair allegation. it was what is known in the cal bloid world as a catch and kill scheme. trump had an affair with karen mcdougal. when trump ran for president, mcdougalor tried to sell that story to the press. sohe the national enquirer boug the story from mcdougal, and then they killed it. this is no longer just the stuff of allegation. in 2018 the national enquirer's parent company entered into a non pros cushion agreement with...
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, owner of the national enquirer and a number of other magazines. he has known and been entangled with donald trump for decades. he is the king of new york tabloids and nobody loves to be splashed across those tabloids or have bad stories hidden more than donald trump. the fact that he is the first witness for the prosecution, what did he tell the jury today? and has trump said -- we know he goes bad on michael cohen yesterday. what has he said about david they've been friends and allies for decades. >> it was interesting because at trial you start with their most important witness and end with your strongest typically. this gave us a witness of where this is going and it was telling from the opening statement from the prosecution that they wanted to link this directly to the election. the whole groundwork leading up to david was trump ended this catch and kill for the campaign. it was to attack political opponents. it was for david -- and this is clearly where it's going. david was asked how we operated and orchestrated the catch and kill schemes.
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former "national enquirer" publisher david pecker was back on the stand where he said he worked with trump and his longtime fixer michael cohen to heighten negative stories about him during the 2016 campaign. the prosecution claims it was all a part of a conspiracy to influence the election. before today's testimony, there was a tense hearing over whether trump repeatedly violated a gag order by attacking witnesses and jurors on social media. prosecutors urged the judge to find trump thousands of dollars and hold him in contempt, while the former president complained that his right to free speech was being taken a away. cbs's robert costa was inside the courthouse and starts us off tonight. >> reporter: former president trump aired his frustration with being in court today. >> that's a very unfair situation. >> reporter: after listening to former "national enquirer" publisher david pecker, a man he has known for over three decades, explain the strategy he testified they agreed upon ahead of the 2016 election. the paper would bury any negative news about trump, while promoting fake st
former "national enquirer" publisher david pecker was back on the stand where he said he worked with trump and his longtime fixer michael cohen to heighten negative stories about him during the 2016 campaign. the prosecution claims it was all a part of a conspiracy to influence the election. before today's testimony, there was a tense hearing over whether trump repeatedly violated a gag order by attacking witnesses and jurors on social media. prosecutors urged the judge to find trump...
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jurors listening intently today as the former publisher of "the national enquirer" testified about the confidential arrangement made with trump in 2015 to help his presidential campaign. publishing flattering stories about trump and hit jobs on his opponents. agreeing to be trump's quote eyes and ears for potentially damaging stories. one of them involving a former playboy model. her story was bought and never printed. abc's senior investigative reporter aaron katersky at the courthouse again tonight. >> reporter: today, as donald trump listened intently, the former publisher of "the national enquirer," for the first time, laying out the extraordinary relationship between candidate trump and the sordid supermarket tabloid, describing what he called the confidential arrangement he made with trump and trump's former fixer, michael cohen, to protect trump during the 2016 campaign. david pecker grinning widely as he pointed out trump in the courtroom, the former president smirking back. the two men had been friends for years. but pecker told the jury their relationship changed in 2015, aft
jurors listening intently today as the former publisher of "the national enquirer" testified about the confidential arrangement made with trump in 2015 to help his presidential campaign. publishing flattering stories about trump and hit jobs on his opponents. agreeing to be trump's quote eyes and ears for potentially damaging stories. one of them involving a former playboy model. her story was bought and never printed. abc's senior investigative reporter aaron katersky at the...
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the national enquirer national -- have a limit of $10,000. these went well over that. in the case of karen mcdougal, they had a contract with her and that was according to david pecker solely to keep her story off the market but she did in signing that get other things with the agreement. she got, you know, she would have a column, she would get on the cover of a magazine. david pecker said that was all window dressing for the payment to keep her quiet but donald trump's lawyers will say that contract was actually legitimate and payment for services. that will come down to what the crime is. what was that payment, wasn't legal or not? >> you have the hush money case in new york and then you have before the supreme court the argument over presidential immunity. it's easy to talk about those in silos, but you say they are connected. >> they are connected because they are asking the courts, juries, and the country, is donald trump above the law. in the hush money case, you have a person who repeatedly attack potential wishes is that he is under a gag order. unlike any oth
the national enquirer national -- have a limit of $10,000. these went well over that. in the case of karen mcdougal, they had a contract with her and that was according to david pecker solely to keep her story off the market but she did in signing that get other things with the agreement. she got, you know, she would have a column, she would get on the cover of a magazine. david pecker said that was all window dressing for the payment to keep her quiet but donald trump's lawyers will say that...
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warmer "national enquirer" publisher david pecker. >> he's been very nice. i mean, david has been very nice. he's a nice guy. >> reporter: trump has known to be 21 for decades and oscars allege the pair along with former trump lawyer michael cohen engage in a conspiracy to suppress negative stories about trump as he ran for president in 2016. pecker told jurors just after the "access hollywood" tapes surface just late wow weeks before the election. >> just start kissing them. >> reporter: discussions of what to do with stormy daniels heated up. the adult form star was according to pecker shot him a story of her alleged affair wit. pecker testified he did not have the money so it told cohen to buy and burying the story. of the story gets out the boss is going to be very angry with you. >> the d.a.s case really rises and falls with david pecker's testimony because he is the linchpin behind the sort of conspiratorial theme to influence the election. >> reporter: pecker also testified about an agreement with former "playboy" model karen mcdougal, who says she ha
warmer "national enquirer" publisher david pecker. >> he's been very nice. i mean, david has been very nice. he's a nice guy. >> reporter: trump has known to be 21 for decades and oscars allege the pair along with former trump lawyer michael cohen engage in a conspiracy to suppress negative stories about trump as he ran for president in 2016. pecker told jurors just after the "access hollywood" tapes surface just late wow weeks before the election. >> just...
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to do with the national enquirer story. and frankly, i hope it's not true because it's pretty bad so ted cruz got one thing wrong in the extended version of those comments, which was he implied it was roger stone who was acting as the emissary would david pecker and donald trump, obviously as we now know oh, and we'll hear from him on the witness stand. >> it was michael cohen who is doing all of this. >> but what ted cruz got closer to than really anyone did at that time was that relationship between the two of them and it then it was not a known entity, a known quantity like it is now, like we saw the details come being out and you saw donald trump also doing other interviews about the claim that ted cruz is father was involved with lee harvey oswald trump would go on tv and say, well, the national enquirer has gotten other things right you know, pointed john edwards and he'd say, well, they haven't denied it, you know, even though there were these strenuous denials from marco rubio ted cruz, and it's just remarkable also
to do with the national enquirer story. and frankly, i hope it's not true because it's pretty bad so ted cruz got one thing wrong in the extended version of those comments, which was he implied it was roger stone who was acting as the emissary would david pecker and donald trump, obviously as we now know oh, and we'll hear from him on the witness stand. >> it was michael cohen who is doing all of this. >> but what ted cruz got closer to than really anyone did at that time was that...
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to do with the national enquirer story. and frankly, i hope it's not true because it's pretty bad so ted cruz got one thing wrong in the extended version of those comments, which was he implied it was roger stone who is acting as the emissary. >> would david pecker and donald trump, obviously as we now know we'll hear from him on the witness stand. it was michael cohen who is doing all of this but but what ted cruz got closer to than really anyone did at that time was that relationship between the two of them and then it was not a known entity, a known quantity like it is now, like we saw the details coming out. and you saw donald trump also doing other interviews about the claim that ted cruz is father was involved with lee harvey oswald trump would go on tv and say, well, the national enquirer has gotten other things, right? you know, would point to john edwards& he'd say, well, they haven't denied it, you know, even though there were these strenuous denials from marco rubio and ted cruz. and it's just remarkable also giv
to do with the national enquirer story. and frankly, i hope it's not true because it's pretty bad so ted cruz got one thing wrong in the extended version of those comments, which was he implied it was roger stone who is acting as the emissary. >> would david pecker and donald trump, obviously as we now know we'll hear from him on the witness stand. it was michael cohen who is doing all of this but but what ted cruz got closer to than really anyone did at that time was that relationship...
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about ted cruz, go write one and the national enquirer would go fabricate one, right? do you think trump even -- does he have the access to be able to have an arrangement like at fox news? he communicates directly with sean hannity. >> yes, he does with individual hosts, not as the network as a whole. murdoch who runs fox is in australia a lot of the year. he's not wired in, he doesn't want to be, but he wants to keep the business humming and this is all about business. this is entirely about a financial relationship. they believe they had a fiduciary -- they believe this is the responsibility they have with the shareholders to keep the pro-trump propaganda going to keep the viewers watching. then what you'll see on the air on fox when they interview voters, the voters are saying the exact same thing jesse water is saying. >> from a legal perspective this seems like terra incognito. i was struck last week when jurors, multiple jurors were saying i'm worried about my safety, and judge merchan said i'm directing the press apply common sense and retrain from writing about
about ted cruz, go write one and the national enquirer would go fabricate one, right? do you think trump even -- does he have the access to be able to have an arrangement like at fox news? he communicates directly with sean hannity. >> yes, he does with individual hosts, not as the network as a whole. murdoch who runs fox is in australia a lot of the year. he's not wired in, he doesn't want to be, but he wants to keep the business humming and this is all about business. this is entirely...
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the prosecution putting on the stand as its first witness the former publisher of the "national enquirer," who the state says was central to an effort to quash negative stories about mr. trump during the 2016 presidential race. donald trump denies having had an affair with miss daniels and has pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges. laura jarrett was in the courthouse and has the latest. >> reporter: tonight prosecutors painting a stark portrait of former president trump in their opening statements during his hush money trial, a case mr. trump has argued is designed to derail his campaign. >> this is done as election interference. everybody knows it. >> reporter: but today prosecutors said it is mr. trump who is guilty of election interference by paying off an adult film star to silence her before the 2016 election. telling the jury, "this case is about a criminal conspiracy to bury a story that could have cost him the presidency and then lying in his business records over and over again to cover it all up." the alleged scheme stretches back to 2015, a meeting at trump tower between
the prosecution putting on the stand as its first witness the former publisher of the "national enquirer," who the state says was central to an effort to quash negative stories about mr. trump during the 2016 presidential race. donald trump denies having had an affair with miss daniels and has pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges. laura jarrett was in the courthouse and has the latest. >> reporter: tonight prosecutors painting a stark portrait of former president trump in...