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but, first, we start in new york where david pecker testified for the third day. now, what's becoming less clear as the trial wears on is what is the crime? >> today was breathtaking, this room, you saw what went on. it was breath-taking. and amazing testimony. this is a trial that should have never happened. this is a case that should have never been filed. >> laura: joining me now is todd piro, co-anchor of "fox & friends first." todd, i know you were inside the courtroom today. you're witnessing it. what's the biggest take away. >> todd: i can't answer your question, laura, on what the crime is i mean, we have read legal scholars say they can't figure out the crime. but to actually be in the courtroom and watch hour upon hour of testimony, i still don't have an answer. to me, we have had now almost nine years of trump bad and in court today i had about 8 more hours of trump bad. i still don't know what the crime is. >> laura: when you watch the jury in the courtroom, are they rivetted? are their eyes or their attention, does it seem to wander? i'm so jealous th
but, first, we start in new york where david pecker testified for the third day. now, what's becoming less clear as the trial wears on is what is the crime? >> today was breathtaking, this room, you saw what went on. it was breath-taking. and amazing testimony. this is a trial that should have never happened. this is a case that should have never been filed. >> laura: joining me now is todd piro, co-anchor of "fox & friends first." todd, i know you were inside the...
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nate foy is in new york with testimony from former tabloid publisher david pecker. but we begin with fox news chief legal correspondent also anchor of "fox news sunday" shannon bream. she's outside the supreme court tonight. hi, shannon. >> shannon: hello, gillian. this is a question the supreme court has never before answered. and it has an impact, potentially far beyond this year's contentious presidential election and all the legal battles. its impact could actually be felt for generations to come. >> we're writing a rule for the ages. >> it is a task for the history books. after nearly three hours of arguments, the nine justices must now wrestle whether a former president has some measure of immunity acts taken while in office. of which the january 6th allegations were the private actions of candidate trump vs. something officially within the purview of then president trump? many of the justices signaled their thinking far beyond the case at hand and trying to gauge the real life fallout of resolving those complex debates, including justice alito. >> if an incum
nate foy is in new york with testimony from former tabloid publisher david pecker. but we begin with fox news chief legal correspondent also anchor of "fox news sunday" shannon bream. she's outside the supreme court tonight. hi, shannon. >> shannon: hello, gillian. this is a question the supreme court has never before answered. and it has an impact, potentially far beyond this year's contentious presidential election and all the legal battles. its impact could actually be felt...
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the former national enquirer publisher david pecker on the stand and now being questioned by the trump legal team. earlier he detailed a phone call he had with the former president about payments made to karen mcdougal. he claimed trump was upset that stormy daniels broke in agreement not to use his name. and welcome everyone and sandra smith and for neil cavuto, this is your world. it's a busy day in the trump legal world we've got you covered with fox team coverage. nate foy on the new york trial of what's going on inside the courtroom right now. are legal eagles jonathan and andy mccarthy, katie czajkowski are here. we begin with nate in new york. hague nate. >> reporter: hey sandra. you mention the cross-examination of former american media ceo and resident david packer underway trump's lawyers asking him about his dealings with the former president but the timeline dates back to long before he was running for office or was present of the united states. 's lawyers notably brought up an interaction the 2 had from 1988 when becker notified trump about a negative story coming from an
the former national enquirer publisher david pecker on the stand and now being questioned by the trump legal team. earlier he detailed a phone call he had with the former president about payments made to karen mcdougal. he claimed trump was upset that stormy daniels broke in agreement not to use his name. and welcome everyone and sandra smith and for neil cavuto, this is your world. it's a busy day in the trump legal world we've got you covered with fox team coverage. nate foy on the new york...
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we are hearing more testimony and a big day for david pecker former publisher of the national enquirer that everyone grew up looking at on the grocery store stands. lots of wild hellacious stories often on the cover of the paper. so when former president donald trump was asked about david pecker he was kind of careful not to criticize his old friend who is now testifying against him. live outside the court in new york hi nate. >> in the past minute or so former america media ceo and president david pecker testified about unknown seclusion agreement ami entered with the southern district of new york about campaign violations. he continues to testify about his involvement with the former playboy model karen mcdougal and his efforts to suppress his -- her story about an alleged affair with former president donald trump. he testified trump at manette him after karen mcdougal spoke with the news network about hit her alleged affair with trump. he thought khaki says, there is an agreement preventing him from doing that. he said he admitted it but picker also explained in meeting where he dis
we are hearing more testimony and a big day for david pecker former publisher of the national enquirer that everyone grew up looking at on the grocery store stands. lots of wild hellacious stories often on the cover of the paper. so when former president donald trump was asked about david pecker he was kind of careful not to criticize his old friend who is now testifying against him. live outside the court in new york hi nate. >> in the past minute or so former america media ceo and...
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if you were to cross-examine david pecker what would you do? the state so far has said about the date about killing these stories to suppress bad things about trump because i thought it might affect the campaign. what do you do if you come out on cross? >> i don't think you don't have to deny under these facts, there is no crimes here. some of what he said help to. i'm a criminal defense attorney. if you want to hit a witness you don't want to hit every witness aggressively. pecker has some stuff here that seems to help trump. at one point he suggested that trump did not have any knowledge of the arrangement to reimburse cohen. and various other points he suggested that this was all very fluid. 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 advi
if you were to cross-examine david pecker what would you do? the state so far has said about the date about killing these stories to suppress bad things about trump because i thought it might affect the campaign. what do you do if you come out on cross? >> i don't think you don't have to deny under these facts, there is no crimes here. some of what he said help to. i'm a criminal defense attorney. if you want to hit a witness you don't want to hit every witness aggressively. pecker has...
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david pecker doesn't even know. and his "effexor" and we don't know how much of what he was saying was pecker was b.s. and not rub it on and what donald trump wanted. i think when cohan takes the stand and is cross-examined i think you will see in this it will be at the end of the day michael cohen's word to others versus the former president's. >> john: we have a couple of producers in the courtroom today funneling notes to us so i thought it would be worthwhile hearing one of the latest notes about david pecker's testimony because it's very interesting about a meeting he had with trump at trump tower. the email reads as follows pecker heard a call that trump went for a meeting at trump tower. he'd never seen security like that in his life. jared kushner tapped him on the shoulder and took him upstairs to the 24th floor and walked to trump's office and this time trump was president-elect in 17. pecker entered a waiting room and keith schiller, you are member he was there sort of the head of presidential security on
david pecker doesn't even know. and his "effexor" and we don't know how much of what he was saying was pecker was b.s. and not rub it on and what donald trump wanted. i think when cohan takes the stand and is cross-examined i think you will see in this it will be at the end of the day michael cohen's word to others versus the former president's. >> john: we have a couple of producers in the courtroom today funneling notes to us so i thought it would be worthwhile hearing one of...
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david pecker is the first witness going to be on the stand. he stopped by and saw construction workers and told alexis mcadams they'll make a play for new york. this is a bit of news even though rumors about it. the president said they're trying to book madison square garden for a rally and they would honor police, firefighters and teachers. everything from the economic number that just came in. gdp growth at 1.6%. lower than most people thought it would be. what does that mean? he talked about the border, talked about crime. and he talked about this case in particular. on the supreme court, he said that this judge, merchan, here in new york thinks of himself as above the supreme court and this is it's unfortunate. that's a summary for you, gillian, as we move along with our show now. >> gillian: thank you. let's bring in criminal defense attorney jonna spilbor to talk more about this very important case in new york supreme court. the jury will decide whether trump is guilty or innocent. he is well aware of the fact that he is on trial before
david pecker is the first witness going to be on the stand. he stopped by and saw construction workers and told alexis mcadams they'll make a play for new york. this is a bit of news even though rumors about it. the president said they're trying to book madison square garden for a rally and they would honor police, firefighters and teachers. everything from the economic number that just came in. gdp growth at 1.6%. lower than most people thought it would be. what does that mean? he talked about...
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david pecker. >> dana: president trump. >> thank you very much. as you probably have heard, some things have happened. the biggest seems to be the gdp is 1.6% and heading south. it will get worse. gas prices in california were just also announced at $7.60 gasoline is going way up. energy costs are going way up and the stock market is in a sense crashing. the numbers are very bad. this is bidenomics. it is catching up with him. it is lucky it is catching up before he leaves office as opposed to after he leaves office. but this is bidenomics, it is destroying our country at the border, destroying our country. they no longer respect the united states, the other countries. the delay is in tremendous trouble in terms of currency. this will be the standard and the standard with me. with biden you will lose the dollar as a standard. like losing the biggest war we've ever lost and it is a shame. all the way down to 1.6. i tell you, nobody thought it would be possible and looks like it is heading down from there. very bad news. this morning i met with grea
david pecker. >> dana: president trump. >> thank you very much. as you probably have heard, some things have happened. the biggest seems to be the gdp is 1.6% and heading south. it will get worse. gas prices in california were just also announced at $7.60 gasoline is going way up. energy costs are going way up and the stock market is in a sense crashing. the numbers are very bad. this is bidenomics. it is catching up with him. it is lucky it is catching up before he leaves office as...
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david pecker is expected to layout today now nation"nationa enquirer" paid karen mcdougal. pecker refused to pay stormy daniels for her claims. if the former president is found guilty of contempt of court, he faces fine of $1000 for each infraction. prosecutors have 11 infractions, that could be a fine of 11 million. >> brian: president will say do you want it in tens or twenties. >> ainsley: i'll take 11,000. >> brian: thanks, eric. >> to washington, dave spunt is outside the supreme court for trump's presidential immunity case. >> we expect them to go two hours, huge day with high stakes for any future president, it will stand for decades. justices will ask questions having this go likely past noon today. donald trump was charged by jack smith with trying to overturn the 2020 election. he says -- donald trump says the alleged acts happened while he was still president and should not be charged. jack smith says it happened after he was president. here is what the former president said an hour and a half ago. >> we have a big case today on presidential immunity. a president
david pecker is expected to layout today now nation"nationa enquirer" paid karen mcdougal. pecker refused to pay stormy daniels for her claims. if the former president is found guilty of contempt of court, he faces fine of $1000 for each infraction. prosecutors have 11 infractions, that could be a fine of 11 million. >> brian: president will say do you want it in tens or twenties. >> ainsley: i'll take 11,000. >> brian: thanks, eric. >> to washington, dave...
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david pecker back on the stand. what is the prosecution approach then and what are they going to start with today. >> they certainly pulled back the curtain on the underbelly of the tabloid world in new york city, which may be seedy, but is not illegal. they did not reveal anything that was criminal in nature or that directly related to donald trump's payments to michael cohen who paid stormy daniels. again, unclear what this underlying crime is that donald trump is alleged to have concealed. and so, that was really the extent of it. we learned that david pecker, the former publisher of the national inquirer, he and donald trump had a mutually beneficial relationship. i thought that was interesting. donald trump apparently sold him the most magazines. it was in his benefit to put him on. when he heard donald trump was running for president, he saw an opportunity to help him but also help himself. so he said he would be his eyes and ears on the ground and if bad stories came his way, he would let trump know. and then
david pecker back on the stand. what is the prosecution approach then and what are they going to start with today. >> they certainly pulled back the curtain on the underbelly of the tabloid world in new york city, which may be seedy, but is not illegal. they did not reveal anything that was criminal in nature or that directly related to donald trump's payments to michael cohen who paid stormy daniels. again, unclear what this underlying crime is that donald trump is alleged to have...
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he is david pecker, the former friend of the former president. he was the publisher of the national inquirer, and pecker will continue to outline the plan to bury negative sex scandal allegations about trump during the 2016 presidential race. including the story of former playboy playmate karen macdougall who says she had a 10 month long affair with the former president. this, as prosecutors could pile on more contempt of court charges against trump for his continued attacks, especially on the expected star witness, his former lawyer, michael cohen. you know, the former president here at court and elsewhere has continued to brand cohen as a liar. and prosecutors have said his attacks violate judge merchan's gag order. in response, cohen tells fox news, quote: despite not being the gagged defendant, out of respect for judge merchan and the prosecutors, i will cease posting anything about donald on my x, formerly twitter account or on the mea culpa podcast until after my trial testimony. we expect co-ton testify here, perhaps, in the next week-to-w
he is david pecker, the former friend of the former president. he was the publisher of the national inquirer, and pecker will continue to outline the plan to bury negative sex scandal allegations about trump during the 2016 presidential race. including the story of former playboy playmate karen macdougall who says she had a 10 month long affair with the former president. this, as prosecutors could pile on more contempt of court charges against trump for his continued attacks, especially on the...
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. >> brooke: court is back in session today, first witness is david pecker, from "national enquirer." he says he worked with former trump attorney michael cohen to bury negative stories before the 2016 election and testified about a catch and kill deal he made with a trump door man about exclusive rights about a story he had about trump, the story was proven to be false. pecker never published it. prosecution still has to prove the former president was directly involved in the plans. jonathan turley says they have no case. listen. >> jonathan: this case is becoming inkocomprehensible, th newest theory, we have another dead misdemeanor. the misdemeanor is that trump conspired by promoting his own election unlawfully and they don't explain where the unlawful part is. >> brooke: we're still waiting for the judge to decide if former president trump violated gag order that prevents him from talking about people in the case. prosecutors are saying they violated that and are asking to hold him in contempt of court. >> carley: big day for the former president at supreme court, as well. >> bro
. >> brooke: court is back in session today, first witness is david pecker, from "national enquirer." he says he worked with former trump attorney michael cohen to bury negative stories before the 2016 election and testified about a catch and kill deal he made with a trump door man about exclusive rights about a story he had about trump, the story was proven to be false. pecker never published it. prosecution still has to prove the former president was directly involved in the...
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david pecker's statement have not been consistent. so if you have two liars that are getting a platform and can go on the alphabet soup networks at night, those that don't spell anything, only fox does, and you can't defend yourself against the lies, that a convicted liar, michael cohen is saying against you, that is the unfairness that i see here. you know, i don't know where stormy daniels falls in telling the truth or not. certainly somebody that went to prison that is your former attorney can do some real damage if you can't at least say no, this is what the truth is. you can't defend yourself. that's not just only fairness. it's an injustice and it's a reason to let this go and move on to the next. if they want to reset and say, okay, we're going to start the table all over again and from here on out, $1,000 for a thing, trump has enough to talk about. he's back on the campaign trail when he can be. he's talking american people's troubles and woes under this current administration, which is a silver lining with a gag order. >> em
david pecker's statement have not been consistent. so if you have two liars that are getting a platform and can go on the alphabet soup networks at night, those that don't spell anything, only fox does, and you can't defend yourself against the lies, that a convicted liar, michael cohen is saying against you, that is the unfairness that i see here. you know, i don't know where stormy daniels falls in telling the truth or not. certainly somebody that went to prison that is your former attorney...
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. >> we learned from former publisher of national enquirer david pecker he and trump had a relationship. trump sold them a lot of magazines. he was a popular figure and they wanted to make money, they put trump on their cover. pecker testified when he became aware trump wanted to run for president, he saw this as opportunity to help himself and help trump by being eyes and ears for him. he warned trump that women may come forward and have stories about him and he would help him out on that front. he engaged in a catch and kill scheme, where media buys rights to a story and do not publish it, this is in respect to mcdougal karen mcdougal. p pecker bought the story and squashed it. in the tabloid world, it did not reveal anything criminal for the actual case charged. >> jacqui: there is op ed by boston law professor that reads, i thought alvin bragg case was a legal embarrassment and now it is a historic mistake. embarrassment of prosecutorial ethics. what is your take on this, you have had that sentiment echoed across several different outlets. >> it is a problem when people ask what is
. >> we learned from former publisher of national enquirer david pecker he and trump had a relationship. trump sold them a lot of magazines. he was a popular figure and they wanted to make money, they put trump on their cover. pecker testified when he became aware trump wanted to run for president, he saw this as opportunity to help himself and help trump by being eyes and ears for him. he warned trump that women may come forward and have stories about him and he would help him out on...
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your thoughts about the progress the prosecution made with david pecker specific statement that trump wanted these stories killed solely for the purpose of helping his campaign. that's what they really need to show to essentially prove up his case that he falsified business records in order to promote some sort of election fraud yesterday in the court hearing as well. >> couple things they point out there were some stories that he wanted to kill, stormy daniels, the macdougall story as well as this fake story about him having a kid with somebody -- some hispanic woman turns out hispanic woman totally false i don't want to pay that shows what you do when people come out and make accusations the fact that it's true or not does not matter. will that hurt me personally? will that putter me professionally? i have got to get rid of this story. >> absolutely. the underlying falsity or truth of the story is not what is at issue. it whether you chose to do it to to protect your reputation and businesses to incidentally help your campaign. that's whereby the crux of this case lies is what was t
your thoughts about the progress the prosecution made with david pecker specific statement that trump wanted these stories killed solely for the purpose of helping his campaign. that's what they really need to show to essentially prove up his case that he falsified business records in order to promote some sort of election fraud yesterday in the court hearing as well. >> couple things they point out there were some stories that he wanted to kill, stormy daniels, the macdougall story as...
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matthew colangelo trying to convince the jury the case is a conspiracy and cover-up, trump, david pecker, and cohen formed a conspiracy to influence the election. piece of work. matthew colangelo should be sanctioned for trying to argue there is a conspiracy when he never charged trump with a conspiracy. you can't prove this case without proving the facts on federal election law and this is not a big revelation to any of you, state courts have no jurisdiction over federal election law matters. i think it is becoming clear to all of you now. if they were going to charge conspiracies to affect an election, i have a question, why wasn't hillary clinton and fusion gps charged under the same theory? the setup, surveillance of trump, the steele dossier, all of it. million dollars went from clinton campaign to pnc to a law firm who funneled it to steele and dug up the dirt. that was real election int interference, my friends. any conspiracy here, reasonable to find one in biden world, where one of merrick garland's top dogs wound up in alvin bragg's office as lead counsel against trump. as medi
matthew colangelo trying to convince the jury the case is a conspiracy and cover-up, trump, david pecker, and cohen formed a conspiracy to influence the election. piece of work. matthew colangelo should be sanctioned for trying to argue there is a conspiracy when he never charged trump with a conspiracy. you can't prove this case without proving the facts on federal election law and this is not a big revelation to any of you, state courts have no jurisdiction over federal election law matters....
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first witness, the man who ran men ", tional enquirer w david pecker. >> he testified that he's helped catch and kill negativetr stories about trump for years, which isn't illegal. >> the lasumyearist time we che and since it's been going on before trump was a candidat e ,it proves the arrangement was personal, not a campaignblow u violation. that should blow up the prosecution's case right therp thprosecht theree. >> pecker testified, quote, i was the person who thoughtg wo that a lot of women would come out to try to sell t their stories because mr. trump was well known as the most eligible bachelor and datee mostd the most beautil women. >> after trump heard this, he leaneter trumd over and whisd something to his attorney, and the attorney smiled. >> it's attor a guy thing. packer testified that one time i a doorman tried to sell a storym about trump fathering a child with his housekeeperp d. wyer a >> trump's lawyer at the time, c michael cohen, said trump would take a dnaha test to prove it wasn't true and said it'd be impossible for an irish german to father a hispanic child. >>
first witness, the man who ran men ", tional enquirer w david pecker. >> he testified that he's helped catch and kill negativetr stories about trump for years, which isn't illegal. >> the lasumyearist time we che and since it's been going on before trump was a candidat e ,it proves the arrangement was personal, not a campaignblow u violation. that should blow up the prosecution's case right therp thprosecht theree. >> pecker testified, quote, i was the person who thoughtg...
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david pecker was back on the stand. prosecution hoping to convince the jury that trump tried to hide damaging stories ahead of that when he 16 election. pecker testify that he's been catching and killing stories for a long time which is perfectly legal last time we checked. pecker began doing it for trump starting into any 15. he also testified under oath that trump was popular with the ladies. quote mr trump is well known as the most eligible bachelor antedated the most beautiful women. later on trump carrying his trademark stock of articles, railing against the gag order. the ice chamber they are keeping him locked up in. >> are not allowed to talk about people are allowed to talk about me. i would love to... but i'm restricted because i have a gag order. they are keeping me in the courtroom all day long while he is out there... nobody knows what he's doing. he can't put two sentences together. >> media is trying to spin this anyway they can. >> this is donald trump goading the judge to do this. i think the reason is
david pecker was back on the stand. prosecution hoping to convince the jury that trump tried to hide damaging stories ahead of that when he 16 election. pecker testify that he's been catching and killing stories for a long time which is perfectly legal last time we checked. pecker began doing it for trump starting into any 15. he also testified under oath that trump was popular with the ladies. quote mr trump is well known as the most eligible bachelor antedated the most beautiful women. later...
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david pecker will take the stand thursday morning. today he talked about his relationship with michael cohen. they work together to identify and suppress stories from people including former playboy model karen mcdougall and a former doorman. when asked why prosecutor why they focused on stories from women, pecker said because trump was known as an eligible bachelor who dated beautiful women. today they also revealed the state law that trump is accused of breaking while allegedly falsifying business records. any two or more persons who conspired to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office that unlocked -- by unlawful means in which conspiracies acted upon by one or more of the parties, they shall be guilty of a misdemeanour. the arguments from the office is that trump falsified internal business records to aid a conspiracy to win the 2016 presidential election. >> trace: live for us in new york. thank you. let's bring in former deputy assistant attorney general john you. great to have you on the show. you say t
david pecker will take the stand thursday morning. today he talked about his relationship with michael cohen. they work together to identify and suppress stories from people including former playboy model karen mcdougall and a former doorman. when asked why prosecutor why they focused on stories from women, pecker said because trump was known as an eligible bachelor who dated beautiful women. today they also revealed the state law that trump is accused of breaking while allegedly falsifying...
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the trials first witness, the men who ran the national enquirer, david pecker. you testified that he has helped catch and kill negative stories about trump for years which is not a legal the last time we checked. since it's been going on before trump was a candidate improves the arrangement was personal and not a campaign violation. that should blow up the prosecution's case right there. pecker testifying i was the person who thought that a lot of women would come out to try to sell their stories because mr trump was well known as the most eligible bachelor antedated the most beautiful women. after trump heard this he leaned over and whispered something to his attorney and the attorney smiled. it's a guy thing. pecker testified that one time a doorman tried to sell a story about trump fathering a child with his housekeeper. the lawyer at the time michael cohen said trump would take a dna test to prove it wasn't true and said it would be impossible for an irish german to father a hispanic child anyway. these are the kind of things celebrities and billionaires lik
the trials first witness, the men who ran the national enquirer, david pecker. you testified that he has helped catch and kill negative stories about trump for years which is not a legal the last time we checked. since it's been going on before trump was a candidate improves the arrangement was personal and not a campaign violation. that should blow up the prosecution's case right there. pecker testifying i was the person who thought that a lot of women would come out to try to sell their...
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trump, david pecker, and michael cohen, former trump attorney formed a conspiracy, he argued, to influence the election. well, this guy is a piece of work. colangelo should be sanctioned for trying to argue that there a conspiracy here when he never charged trump with a conspiracy. you can't prove this case without proving the facts on federal election law. and this is not a big revelation to any of you, but state courts have no jurisdiction over federal election law matters. i think it's becoming clear to all of you now. plus, if they were going to start charging conspiracies to effect an election, i have a question, why wasn't hillary clinton and fusion gps charged under that same theory? the set-up, the surveillance of trump, the salacious and unverified steele dossier? all of it? for goodness sakes a million dollars went from the clinton campaign and the dnc to a law firm, perkins coie that funneled it to steele who then dug up the dirt. that was real election interference, my friends. if there's any conspiracy here, it would be, i don't know, kind of reasonable to find one inside bide
trump, david pecker, and michael cohen, former trump attorney formed a conspiracy, he argued, to influence the election. well, this guy is a piece of work. colangelo should be sanctioned for trying to argue that there a conspiracy here when he never charged trump with a conspiracy. you can't prove this case without proving the facts on federal election law. and this is not a big revelation to any of you, but state courts have no jurisdiction over federal election law matters. i think it's...
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. >> former american media ceo and president david pecker testified today. he made a secret agreement to benefit former president donald trump's 2016 campaign. pecker testified, quote: i would be the eyes and ears, working with trump's former lawyer michael cohen to suppress negative stories about trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. including former president bill clinton and former secretary of state then presidential candidate hillary clinton. trump says this trial is benefiting his current political adversary, president joe biden. >> it's very unfair situation. we're locked up in a courtroom and this guy is out there campaigning. >> pecker testified he and cohen identified and suppressed stories from former playboy model karen macdougall and a false story from a trump tower door man. today judge juan merchan reserved his decision about whether or not trump violated the court's gag order by sharing articles online about witnesses in the case. >> names mentioned in the article. and i end up in violation of a gag order. i think it's a dis
. >> former american media ceo and president david pecker testified today. he made a secret agreement to benefit former president donald trump's 2016 campaign. pecker testified, quote: i would be the eyes and ears, working with trump's former lawyer michael cohen to suppress negative stories about trump and publish negative stories about his opponents. including former president bill clinton and former secretary of state then presidential candidate hillary clinton. trump says this trial...
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ex-"national enquirer" publisher david pecker was back on the stand. the prosecution hoping to convince the jury that trump tried to hide damaging stories ahead of the 2016 election. pecker testified that he has been catching and telling stories for a long time, which is perfectly legal, last time we checked, and pecker began doing it for trump starting in 2015. he also testified under oath that trump was popular with the ladies. "mr. trump was well known as the most eligible bachelor and dated the most beautiful women." later on, trump carrying his trademark stack of articles, railing against the gag order. in the ice chamber they are keeping him locked up in. >> which, to me, is totally unconstitutional and i am not allowed to talk but people are allowed to talk about me. i'd love to talk to you people. i'd like to say everything that is on my mind, but i am restricted because i have a gag order. this trial is all biden. this is all biden in case anybody is any question. and they are keeping me in a courtroom that is freezing, by the way. in a courtr
ex-"national enquirer" publisher david pecker was back on the stand. the prosecution hoping to convince the jury that trump tried to hide damaging stories ahead of the 2016 election. pecker testified that he has been catching and telling stories for a long time, which is perfectly legal, last time we checked, and pecker began doing it for trump starting in 2015. he also testified under oath that trump was popular with the ladies. "mr. trump was well known as the most eligible...
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the state's first witness former american media ceo and president david peck -- david pecker testify to -- michael cohen to suppress damaging stories about trumping leading up to the 26th and provincial election and publishing negative stories about trump's of one up accordingly trump said this entire trial is helping his current political opponent president joe biden. >> mr. trump: keeping me in a courtroom and a courtroom all day long while he's out there campaigning, probably an advantage because -- nobody knows what he is doing, -- but he's out campaigning. >> pecker testified that he make a secret agreement in 2015 to alert trump's former lawyer coin of negative stories about trump while coined within work to tell those stories. pecker answered questions about suppress stories from former partners mclemore while leaving court trump criticized the court's judge -- gag order which the da's office claims he is that -- judge one mission reserve his decision on whether or not trump did in fact violate the gag order. the das office is asking for a $1000 fine per violation. particular
the state's first witness former american media ceo and president david peck -- david pecker testify to -- michael cohen to suppress damaging stories about trumping leading up to the 26th and provincial election and publishing negative stories about trump's of one up accordingly trump said this entire trial is helping his current political opponent president joe biden. >> mr. trump: keeping me in a courtroom and a courtroom all day long while he's out there campaigning, probably an...
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pecker will take this and again thursday morning proactively talked about his relationship with trump's former layer -- from people including former playboy model karen mcdougal and a former trump tower d. when asked by prosecutor northwest langlaar 20 focus on stories from women, pecker said because trump was now an eligible bachelor who dated beautiful woman chemically stained-glass also be -- not trump is accused of breaking while allegedly falsifying business records. this was notably missing from manhattan da alvin bragg's and backman. allow reits "any two or more persons who conspired to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means in which conspiracy is lacking upon by one or more parties should be mark baxter the argument from the da's office is that trump policy -- modified internal business records to aid a conspiracy doing the 2016 presidential election. , martha? >> martha: nate, thank you very much. we'll see if the judge rules on that gag order issue and will keep on top of it back in the meantime a lanyard from running forces with 2sl
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we start this afternoon in lower manhattan were former "national enquirer" david -- publisher david pecker was back on the stand today in donald trump's criminal trial record detailed with the former president in years. >> sandra: outside of the u.s. supreme court what came from today's testimony? >> sandra court wrapped up in the past minutes we will keep an eye out for president trump to see if he speaks but one of the most notable moment so far today is prosecutor joshua steinbach identifying the so-called "other crime" president trump is told was committing and identify the law that reads "conspiracy to promote or prevent election any turtle or more persons who conspired to prevent the election of someone by unlawful means in which conspiracy is acted upon by one or more of the parties thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor" it's worth pointing out, sandra, that these records that former president trump is accused of falsifying were internal business records area rather than external records and the d.a.'s office argued he did that to promote a conspiracy to when the white house as y
we start this afternoon in lower manhattan were former "national enquirer" david -- publisher david pecker was back on the stand today in donald trump's criminal trial record detailed with the former president in years. >> sandra: outside of the u.s. supreme court what came from today's testimony? >> sandra court wrapped up in the past minutes we will keep an eye out for president trump to see if he speaks but one of the most notable moment so far today is prosecutor...
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testimony now continuing with david pecker and expected to be back on tuesday followed by the former "playboy" playmate who claims she had a ten month affair with the former president and that she received $150,000 as part of that cash and kill scheme from the "national enquirer" to keep the alleged affair quiet so voters would not find out about it, back to you. >> sandra: we will wait and see if we hear from the former president shortly. we will watch for that, eric shawn, thank you. john? >> john: also watching the walkout unfolding on nyu's campus carried at what point of the federal government step in if at all? we will ask republican arkansas senator tom cotton that question coming up next. >> sandra: plus outrage at the southern border after a judge just ruled on a case against migrants accused of writing. dana marie mcnichol is live in el paso. >> dana: send her come we'll have why the judge decided to drop all of the charges against the migrants whoho rush the borr el paso comingcar up. va cash out loan at lower mortgage rates to pay off those high rate car loans. i brought
testimony now continuing with david pecker and expected to be back on tuesday followed by the former "playboy" playmate who claims she had a ten month affair with the former president and that she received $150,000 as part of that cash and kill scheme from the "national enquirer" to keep the alleged affair quiet so voters would not find out about it, back to you. >> sandra: we will wait and see if we hear from the former president shortly. we will watch for that, eric...
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former tabloid publisher david pecker, he will continue his testimony from yesterday. earlier today the judge, they were still in court just hadn't gotten to testimony. now they will. earlier today the judge took up the gag order of the former president. bragg says he violated ten times and wants trump find for each violation. $10,000, for ten times. he wants 100 grand. he also wants trump held in contempt and for the judge to consider jailing the president for future violations. wait a minute. you can put somebody in prison for something they haven't done? they are rich. the judge says he will rule on that a little bit later today. a former justice department official said this. >> the judge has specified lists of people who are possible target for insult and people off limits. this is a judge sensitive to the need to preserve the integrity of this proceeding. protecting witnesses from attacks and jurors from attacks and he may well fine trump. i don't think he will throw trump in jail. he may have stern language and a warning and may impose a nominal fine. >> harris:
former tabloid publisher david pecker, he will continue his testimony from yesterday. earlier today the judge, they were still in court just hadn't gotten to testimony. now they will. earlier today the judge took up the gag order of the former president. bragg says he violated ten times and wants trump find for each violation. $10,000, for ten times. he wants 100 grand. he also wants trump held in contempt and for the judge to consider jailing the president for future violations. wait a minute....
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that from david pecker, the publisher of the "national enquirer" who will testify about the so-called catch and kill scheme in order to hide information damaging to the former president. then witness number two later this week, mcdougal, the former playboy playmate who claims she had a ten month affair with the president and paid for her silence by the "national enquirer" so voters would not find out about it during the 2016 presidential race. bret, back to you. >> bret: we don't have specific timing how long this will take to get this ruling, whatever it is this morning. >> no, we don't know if the judge will immediately rule on the bench or if he will take it under consideration. he will hear the arguments from both sides, prosecutors citing ten of those truth social posts and comments by the president saying he violated the gag order and should be punished for that. >> bret: eric, thanks. >> dana: we're waiting for president biden to hit the campaign trail today and he could get questions about the anti-israel protests on college campuses. we'll monitor that. plus there is this. >>
that from david pecker, the publisher of the "national enquirer" who will testify about the so-called catch and kill scheme in order to hide information damaging to the former president. then witness number two later this week, mcdougal, the former playboy playmate who claims she had a ten month affair with the president and paid for her silence by the "national enquirer" so voters would not find out about it during the 2016 presidential race. bret, back to you. >>...
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david pecker and then karen mcdll dougel. the prosecution kept saying this is a conspiracy to win an election. they kept saying that and wanted everybody to think something ominous was happening. cut a deal with him. they know michael cohen's problem. you lied five or six times, roll the tape. >> ainsley: who will want to run for president? if you are successful and have a major business -- >> brian: ted would. >> ainsley: politicians come here and i say, do you think you will run for president? no, i have too many skeletons in the closet. if you have a business and someone sued you, maybe you gave them money so it is not public. >> brian: will, do you skr skeletons? would you run? >> will: never know. >> ainsley: if you pay your attorneys, it is a legal fee and not illegal to have nda. >> brian: if you use the wrong account, it is a misdemeanor and trial. >> ainsley: is joe biden hiding anything? >> brian: he does not hide anything, pure as snow. >> carley: never know about me. >> brian: tell us what you don't want to come o
david pecker and then karen mcdll dougel. the prosecution kept saying this is a conspiracy to win an election. they kept saying that and wanted everybody to think something ominous was happening. cut a deal with him. they know michael cohen's problem. you lied five or six times, roll the tape. >> ainsley: who will want to run for president? if you are successful and have a major business -- >> brian: ted would. >> ainsley: politicians come here and i say, do you think you will...
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you're a true believer. >> brian: talk about david pecker. is he there because this could be part of a plea deal. he was there because he was subpoenaed. he was taking a lot of questioning. next thing you know he is a state's witness. do you as a defense attorney say hey, david pecker, why are you here? are you here? did you cut a deal in order to testify against donald trump? does that come up? is that allowed? >> they did give him immunity to your point and that's why we know what we know now. and apparently he told trump years ago that he would be his eyes and ears on the campaign. he said he would keep his ears open for bad stories, potentially about him. and then help to kill them. which is not illegal. now, look, does it feel dirty and sleazy to some extent? sure. it's the national inquirer. but, also, you know, one thing we used to contend with all the time when i was at the doj. people would ocome to bill barr and say to him i want to prosecute this person and this person. typically fan favorites of the right. bill barr would always a
you're a true believer. >> brian: talk about david pecker. is he there because this could be part of a plea deal. he was there because he was subpoenaed. he was taking a lot of questioning. next thing you know he is a state's witness. do you as a defense attorney say hey, david pecker, why are you here? are you here? did you cut a deal in order to testify against donald trump? does that come up? is that allowed? >> they did give him immunity to your point and that's why we know what...
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i don't know if david pecker is in trouble. he cut some kind of deem. we will see what happens today. stop at 2:00 because of passover and they don't do anything except gag order until 11:00. >> will: david pecker runs the risk of boring the your. overarching theme. complicated case and better get to the facts quick. i would have expected michael cohen but they start with david pecker of the national inquirer. see how its resonating with people. lawrence is there he has been talking to diners. it's a confusing case to the point, lawrence, i don't know how this is going to land with a jury much less the public. >> lawrence: you make an interesting point you talk about the case. as you know the former president continues to make this theme they're after you, the american public. this is not about me. this is about targeting a political opponent. i was talking to this young lady right here. how are you doing? good morning. we were talking about the former president being under prosecution right now. what do you make of it or do you think that it's fair. >>
i don't know if david pecker is in trouble. he cut some kind of deem. we will see what happens today. stop at 2:00 because of passover and they don't do anything except gag order until 11:00. >> will: david pecker runs the risk of boring the your. overarching theme. complicated case and better get to the facts quick. i would have expected michael cohen but they start with david pecker of the national inquirer. see how its resonating with people. lawrence is there he has been talking to...
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david pecker will continue his testimony after taking the stand for less than 30 minutes yesterday. so, pecker is the former publisher of the national inquirer and testified about using so-called checkbook journalism to pay for stories that boosted former president trump ahead of the 2016 election. now, he is expected to tell the jury about conversations he allegedly had with trump about hush money payments that were allegedly made to cover up negative stories about him. the trial wrapped up earlier than expected on monday after a juror had an emergency dentist appointment. the court is expected to wrap up at 2:00 p.m. today. carley? >> carley: brooke singman live for us. thank you for keeping it all straight for us. bring in tomi lahren to talk more about this. tomi, about this gag order, donald trump is not allowed to talk about any of the witnesses. and that would include michael cohen who is at this point a public figure and who is on a media tour bashing donald trump. how is that fair? >> it's not fair. and he is also a known liar, michael cohen is so i think all of this -- i m
david pecker will continue his testimony after taking the stand for less than 30 minutes yesterday. so, pecker is the former publisher of the national inquirer and testified about using so-called checkbook journalism to pay for stories that boosted former president trump ahead of the 2016 election. now, he is expected to tell the jury about conversations he allegedly had with trump about hush money payments that were allegedly made to cover up negative stories about him. the trial wrapped up...
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david pecker the x publisher of the national inquirer. he tried to illegally influence a 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. covering up a large hush payments to adult film star stormy daniels or as they put it "it was election fraud, pure and simple." lawyers countering that none of this was a crime in the case should never have been brought. it is an attempt to kneecap is campaign.president ------------- -------------------------------- ------------------------- nine defending himself was dismissed. >> to keep me up like campaign trail. i should be in georgia now. i should be in florida now. i should be in a lot of different places right now campaigning. i'm sitting here. this will go on for a long time. it is very unfair. it is a case that nobody wanted to bring including alvin bragg. it was just in the last -- this is never happened before. the state tries to insert itself in federal elections. nobody is ever seen. >> dana: in that case is overflowing. some of the med
david pecker the x publisher of the national inquirer. he tried to illegally influence a 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. covering up a large hush payments to adult film star stormy daniels or as they put it "it was election fraud, pure and simple." lawyers countering that none of this was a crime in the case should never have been brought. it is an attempt to kneecap is campaign.president -------------...
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. >> obviously we are going to start with david pecker will be the first witness. i think him and michael cohen are being offered basically to fill a big hole in alvin bragg's case. bragg, is theory in the prosecution is that trump store the 2016 election. but you hasn't actually charged him in the conspiracy to do that nor is trying to implement an election are suppress negative information in crime and what bragg has charged our 34 book entries that didn't occur until 2017. so he's in the irrational position of trying to say that 26 and election was stolen by activity that took place the following year. you need to try to persuade the jury that there is some kind of nefarious scheme that leads up to the 2016 election and what pecker and cohen are for is to outline the discussions that they had about this catch and kill scheme to purchase the disclosure rights of the stories and bury them which may be unsavory, exactly the things that underlying the stories were unsavory, but that's not a crime. >> sandra: interesting. john calvin former president and his team are
. >> obviously we are going to start with david pecker will be the first witness. i think him and michael cohen are being offered basically to fill a big hole in alvin bragg's case. bragg, is theory in the prosecution is that trump store the 2016 election. but you hasn't actually charged him in the conspiracy to do that nor is trying to implement an election are suppress negative information in crime and what bragg has charged our 34 book entries that didn't occur until 2017. so he's in...
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the first witness is david pecker with him about former ceo of american media which publish the "national enquirer." the d.a.'s office iqs trump of engaging in a criminal conspiracy and cover-up to suppress damaging stories prior to the 2016 presidential election while trump and his lawyers say that he is innocent and did nothing more than pay his lawyer. here is trump after court. >> as to bookkeeping which is a very minor thing in terms of the law, in terms of all the violent crime that's going on outside as we speak, right outside as we speak. this is a case where you pay a law year. he has lawyer. they call it a legal expense. >> prosecutors argue that pecker, michael cohen, and trump conspired to influence the election. they have asked pecker about his responsibility. his testimony is set to continue tomorrow. trump paid cohen $420,000 to reimburse him for payments made to adult film actress stormy daniels. cohen received over three times more than what he paid daniels. trump's lawyer proves that was not a reimbursement. cohen is "obsessed with trump and the jury cannot trust cohen g
the first witness is david pecker with him about former ceo of american media which publish the "national enquirer." the d.a.'s office iqs trump of engaging in a criminal conspiracy and cover-up to suppress damaging stories prior to the 2016 presidential election while trump and his lawyers say that he is innocent and did nothing more than pay his lawyer. here is trump after court. >> as to bookkeeping which is a very minor thing in terms of the law, in terms of all the violent...
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that was as john said, david pecker. part of the prosecutor's say critical conspiracy with the defendant former president donald trump. pecker, the former head of american media incorporated which is the publisher of the "national enquirer" spent on as witness to describe what is called an illegal scheme with donald trump to buy negative stories about him to help the trump election campaign. pecker explain the process at the tabloid how the stories are prepared and their case sometime spot and how it was up to him to okay paying for the "juicy stories." one of those juicy stories was from former "playboy" playmate karen mcdougal to. they claim she had an affair with trump which the inquirer bought for $150,000 but did not run as part of that catch and kill scheme. trump defense lawyer told the jury that the former president did not violate the law. the former president thought that checks to the lawyer michael cohen over his legal expenses and not his prosecutors claim to reimburse cohen to pay stormy daniels. "i have a
that was as john said, david pecker. part of the prosecutor's say critical conspiracy with the defendant former president donald trump. pecker, the former head of american media incorporated which is the publisher of the "national enquirer" spent on as witness to describe what is called an illegal scheme with donald trump to buy negative stories about him to help the trump election campaign. pecker explain the process at the tabloid how the stories are prepared and their case sometime...
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david pecker is our first witness today. he is taking the stand right now. we aren't going to show it, but we do not have producers in the stands. dropping out of that, forgive me. i started listening to this. by that matters is the last hour, what i learned from a former federal prosecutor is that you've got a couple of liars that are witnesses in this case. michael cohen being one, david pecker according to my guest also one of those lawyers on the stand. we are going to watch a person who was accused of doing that catch and kill where you get a negative story during your campaign and you pay somebody some money to speak about it, and you never publish that st story. >> kayleigh: potentially hearing from michael menotti who has a less than sterling reputation is a 12-year sentence. a lot of characters. as i'm watching this report, it occurred to me, the democrats thought this would in meyer trumpian negative coverage, a salacious story that people could grab onto. we are hearing what david pecker said via a reporter. we will hear what any of these witnesse
david pecker is our first witness today. he is taking the stand right now. we aren't going to show it, but we do not have producers in the stands. dropping out of that, forgive me. i started listening to this. by that matters is the last hour, what i learned from a former federal prosecutor is that you've got a couple of liars that are witnesses in this case. michael cohen being one, david pecker according to my guest also one of those lawyers on the stand. we are going to watch a person who...
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"the new york times" reports that former "national enquirer" publisher david pecker will be the prosecution's first witness on the trial where trump is today. prosecutors are claiming that trump concocted a catch and kill scheme with pecker to bury negative stories. fox news legal editor kerri kupec you're ban with this. >> you can buy writes to a story and choose not to public it. there is not illegal about it. it is not part of this case. the prosecution wants to bring this in to say well, he and trump had some kind of agreement that he would help him out with the election. >> harris: i want to bring in andrew cherkasky and andrew, we now have learned that the prosecution has finished with its opening arguments and now the defense is giving its opening arguments. we have producers in the courtroom so we're getting realtime what's going on in there. what are your thoughts on this case? >> it sounds like the opening from the prosecution was focused on the idea that donald trump lied over and over and over again referring to the entries in the new york business records saying that the payments
"the new york times" reports that former "national enquirer" publisher david pecker will be the prosecution's first witness on the trial where trump is today. prosecutors are claiming that trump concocted a catch and kill scheme with pecker to bury negative stories. fox news legal editor kerri kupec you're ban with this. >> you can buy writes to a story and choose not to public it. there is not illegal about it. it is not part of this case. the prosecution wants to...
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michael cohen is a star witness and they begin with david pecker the former publisher of the national inquirer. left me go to you first, andrew, to find out what you think about this choice. does it tell you anything about where bragg is starting? >> andrew, we can't hear you. jonna, your thoughts. >> he is starting out in left field. you have to remember david pecker, he is quote, unquote, responsible for catching and killing some stories allegedly on behalf of donald trump. which, number one, is not a crime. number two, unless they are charged with conspiracy, we know that's not the case, has nothing to do with anything that donald trump did and the story in question doesn't involve stormy daniels. so already the prosecutor is going to be starting with this wide breadth that are related to the indictment. we know the theme for the prosecution is going to be hey, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, i've got all this smoke and mirrors and i need you to just pay attention to that and hopefully you will be confused into a guilty verdict when all is said and done. >> martha: is andrew cher
michael cohen is a star witness and they begin with david pecker the former publisher of the national inquirer. left me go to you first, andrew, to find out what you think about this choice. does it tell you anything about where bragg is starting? >> andrew, we can't hear you. jonna, your thoughts. >> he is starting out in left field. you have to remember david pecker, he is quote, unquote, responsible for catching and killing some stories allegedly on behalf of donald trump. which,...
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the first witness in the trial expected to be david pecker. he was the publisher of the "national enquirer" and friend of former president trump expected to testify against him according to reports. pecker, when he takes the stand, is expected to outline the so-called catch and kill scheme was cooked up with trump running for president at the time and his long time lawyer michael cohen. ami admitted it tried to influence the 2016 presidential election by paying former playmate mcdougal $150,000 to keep the story of her alleged affair with trump under wraps during the campaign on top of the $130,000 cohen says he paid stormy daniels. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg said trump said they were for cohen's legal fees. >> the grand jury found 34 documents with this critical false statement. why did donald trump repeatedly make these false statements? the evidence will show that he did so to cover up crimes relating to the 2016 election. >> but the former president and defendant has been harshly criticizing the case saying he left everything
the first witness in the trial expected to be david pecker. he was the publisher of the "national enquirer" and friend of former president trump expected to testify against him according to reports. pecker, when he takes the stand, is expected to outline the so-called catch and kill scheme was cooked up with trump running for president at the time and his long time lawyer michael cohen. ami admitted it tried to influence the 2016 presidential election by paying former playmate...
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statements to hear from david pecker? >> good morning, we expect david pecker will be the first witness to testify. the situation here this, donald trump paid stormy daniels to keep her quiet or donald trump and the trump organization simply paid checks to michael cohen for legal expenses. we will hear this in the opening statements. this case against former president opens with charges of filing false business records claiming the alleged payoffs were legal expenses to mr. trump's long-time lawyer and -- >> this is a witch hunt by democratic judges. all over the world they are watching and saying this is a giant witch hunt to hurt the campaign beating the worst president in history. >> david pecker was head of national enquirer. he will likely allege that sc scheme. pecker is expected to testify that former president when running for president was in on the plan, as well as michael cohen, we could get details about that. american media admitted they tried to influence presidential election with those payments. because of
statements to hear from david pecker? >> good morning, we expect david pecker will be the first witness to testify. the situation here this, donald trump paid stormy daniels to keep her quiet or donald trump and the trump organization simply paid checks to michael cohen for legal expenses. we will hear this in the opening statements. this case against former president opens with charges of filing false business records claiming the alleged payoffs were legal expenses to mr. trump's...
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. >> the first witness has been named publisher of the national inquirer david pecker will be on the witness stand today. >> ainsley: eric shawn is outside of the new york state supreme court, hey, eric. >> hey, ainsley, hi, guys, good morning. we will hear the case against donald trump today. and we will hear the case for him. as opening arguments begin in historic and sensational trial. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has brought these charges. he says the former president tried to interfere in the 2016 presidential race. by paying off stormy daniels to hide their alleged affair and part of a plan that paid off playboy playmate karen macdougall to hide their alleged affair, too. also american voters would l. not find out about the sex scandals. >> 34 false statements made to cover up other crimes. these are felony crimes in new york state. no matter who you are. we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct. >> prosecutors say the so-called catch and kill scheme by the national inquirer was intended intendoppress karen mcmacdougals story. pecker, the former head
. >> the first witness has been named publisher of the national inquirer david pecker will be on the witness stand today. >> ainsley: eric shawn is outside of the new york state supreme court, hey, eric. >> hey, ainsley, hi, guys, good morning. we will hear the case against donald trump today. and we will hear the case for him. as opening arguments begin in historic and sensational trial. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has brought these charges. he says the former...
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. >> former publisher of the national inquirer david pecker will reportedly be the first one to take the witness stand this morning or today, some time today. >> will: we have team conch, matt whitaker is standing by but we will begin with eric shawn outside the new york state supreme court. good morning, eric. >> good morning, guys, well, today it kicks off. the people of the state of new york vs. donald j. trump. prosecutors will finally completely reveal their hand and the defense will push back against that in trial that will start in about three and a half hours or so from now. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg's team will begin their opening statements and arguments by laying out their evidence behind the allegations that the former president tried to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. doing that by paying off stormy daniels to keep quiet about their alleged affair. 34 counts involve filing false business records. those checks from trump, to his lawyer, michael cohen that the former president says were legal expenses but prosecutors say were actually his reimb
. >> former publisher of the national inquirer david pecker will reportedly be the first one to take the witness stand this morning or today, some time today. >> will: we have team conch, matt whitaker is standing by but we will begin with eric shawn outside the new york state supreme court. good morning, eric. >> good morning, guys, well, today it kicks off. the people of the state of new york vs. donald j. trump. prosecutors will finally completely reveal their hand and the...
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first witness is expected to be david pecker, who admitted to run a catch and kill scheme to negative stories about trump ahead of 2016 election. >> todd: attorney general ashley moody joins us now. help me out, why is the judge entertaining one, any of trump's other trials? this is new trial and should be based on evidence presented in court and nothing from the other cases should get in the record. have you ever heard the defense that doesn't know the name of prosecution witnesses unless the 11th hour? this does not make sense. >> this is turning into trial by ambush. we are waiting to see if other things can be considered wliel trump is deciding if he can take the stand and be treated fairly. i am a former judge, i have tried cases, this is not fair. pivotal moment in history, you have to have a judge and d.a. that is cautious about the p perception of fairness. not knowing what witnesses are going to be called, dozens of witnesses have been put forward. that is ncommon. as a former judge and former prose prosecutor, i saw someone commenting trump seems to be losing his patience. w
first witness is expected to be david pecker, who admitted to run a catch and kill scheme to negative stories about trump ahead of 2016 election. >> todd: attorney general ashley moody joins us now. help me out, why is the judge entertaining one, any of trump's other trials? this is new trial and should be based on evidence presented in court and nothing from the other cases should get in the record. have you ever heard the defense that doesn't know the name of prosecution witnesses...