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>> probably not, no. >> reporter: in his testimony, pecker said the payment orchestrator of michael cohen was dumb because they didn't want the story to embarrass mr. trump or hurt the campaign. pecker said he asked to asked cohen who would foot the bill. he responded the boss, meaning trump, will take care of it. meanwhile, trump's legal challenges expanded overnight.
>> probably not, no. >> reporter: in his testimony, pecker said the payment orchestrator of michael cohen was dumb because they didn't want the story to embarrass mr. trump or hurt the campaign. pecker said he asked to asked cohen who would foot the bill. he responded the boss, meaning trump, will take care of it. meanwhile, trump's legal challenges expanded overnight.
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>> probably not, no. >> reporter: in his testimony, pecker said the payment orchestrator of michael cohen was dumb because they didn't want the story to embarrass mr. trump or hurt the campaign. pecker said he asked to asked cohen who would foot the bill. he responded the boss, meaning trump, will take care of it. meanwhile, trump's legal challenges expanded overnight. his former lawyer rudy giuliani and chief of staff mark meadows were among more than a dozen people indicted in a scheme in arizona to falsely declare trump >> donald j. trump. >> reporter: trump himself was named as an unindicted coconspirator. pecker also made a stunning new allegation that has never been heard before, that he engaged with hope hicks and sarah huckabee sanders, then white house staffers come along with trump, about karen mcdougal's contract, raising new questins about the trump administration's implication in this case. norah? >> norah: robert costa, thank you. tonight, a stunning blow to the case that sparked the #metoo movement. disgraced movie mogul harvey wants to have his felony sex crime convictions
>> probably not, no. >> reporter: in his testimony, pecker said the payment orchestrator of michael cohen was dumb because they didn't want the story to embarrass mr. trump or hurt the campaign. pecker said he asked to asked cohen who would foot the bill. he responded the boss, meaning trump, will take care of it. meanwhile, trump's legal challenges expanded overnight. his former lawyer rudy giuliani and chief of staff mark meadows were among more than a dozen people indicted in a...
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trump and former fixer michael cohen allegedly asked him how he could help the campaign. he told them, i would be your eyes and ears, explaining the practice of catch and kill. the "enquirer" would buy the rights to any damaging story about trump and never publish it. prosecutors say that plan was the origin of cohen's $130,000 payment to former adult film star stormy daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with trump, who denies it all. one example of catch and kill discussed in court today involved a trump building doorman, who was selling what turned out to be a fake story about trump fathering a son. pecker told the jury today he bought the story because of the potential embarrassment it would have to the campaign and mr. trump. >> david pecker is a very strong witness for the prosecution. he seems very solid on the stand. he certainly seems like he doesn't have any axe to grind with donald trump and seems almost apologetic for having to tell this story. >> reporter: on the stand, pecker said trump called him about another story he wanted kept quie
trump and former fixer michael cohen allegedly asked him how he could help the campaign. he told them, i would be your eyes and ears, explaining the practice of catch and kill. the "enquirer" would buy the rights to any damaging story about trump and never publish it. prosecutors say that plan was the origin of cohen's $130,000 payment to former adult film star stormy daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with trump, who denies it all. one example of catch and...
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the prosecution pointed to a 2015 trump tower meeting among trump, michael cohen, and david where they allegedly worked out a plan to conceal negative information to trump's alleged sexual encounter with former adult film star stormy daniels, all of which trump denies. >> and you had sex with him? >> yes. >> you were 27, he was 60, were you physically attracted to him? >> no. >> reporter: cohen admitted to paying daniel's money to cooperate her story, days before the election, trump who reinbursed cohen sighting as legal fields, calling at the porn star payoff. >> it's a bookkeeping issue, which is a very minor thing. >> reporter: in court, his attorney todd bland said trump committed no crime. i have a spoiler alert, there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman said today was one of the most important moments in a criminal trial. >> there are studies that say that 80% of jurors minds are made up at the end of the opening statements. >> reporter: as a prosecution's first witness, and brief testimony did not dis
the prosecution pointed to a 2015 trump tower meeting among trump, michael cohen, and david where they allegedly worked out a plan to conceal negative information to trump's alleged sexual encounter with former adult film star stormy daniels, all of which trump denies. >> and you had sex with him? >> yes. >> you were 27, he was 60, were you physically attracted to him? >> no. >> reporter: cohen admitted to paying daniel's money to cooperate her story, days before...
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pointing to the 2015 meeting as trump and michael cohen and then "national enquirer" publisher david packer where they worked out a plan to conceal public information with former adult film star stormy daniels, all of which trump denies. >> and you had sex with him? >> yes. >> where you physically attracted to him? >> reporter: cohen admitted paying daniels money to -- prosecutors today called it to the porn star payoff. >> it's k says to bookkeeping, which is a very minor thing. >> reporter: in court his attorney said that trump committed no crime, saying i have a spoiler alert, there's nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman said that today was one of the most important moments in the criminal trial. >> there are studies that say that 80% of jurors minds are made up at the end of the opening statements. >> reporter: is the prosecution's first witness, and buried brief testimony did not discuss the 2015 2015 meeting h trump and cohen, but acknowledge to pay for storied calling checkbook journalism. instead the c
pointing to the 2015 meeting as trump and michael cohen and then "national enquirer" publisher david packer where they worked out a plan to conceal public information with former adult film star stormy daniels, all of which trump denies. >> and you had sex with him? >> yes. >> where you physically attracted to him? >> reporter: cohen admitted paying daniels money to -- prosecutors today called it to the porn star payoff. >> it's k says to bookkeeping,...
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cohen. they also follow trump. and the judge said opening arguments could now begin on monday. norah? >> norah: wow. robert costa, thank you. tonight, the crackdown at columbia university, where more than 100 protesters at the ivy league school were cuffed and carried away by new york police following a second day of demonstrations on campus. the heavy police presence and action came one day after the school's president faced some tough questions on capitol hill about the rise of anti-semitism on campus. cbs's lilia luciano reports on the arrests. >> for what reason? i'm just standing on the sidewalk! >> reporter: police in riot gear detained protesters at columbia university, loading them into multiple buses as they cleared out students who had camped out in tents on the school's south lawn. the mass protests over the war in gaza began wednesday. >> columbia has shown over and over again that they don't care about student rights, they don't care about student voices, they don't care about s
cohen. they also follow trump. and the judge said opening arguments could now begin on monday. norah? >> norah: wow. robert costa, thank you. tonight, the crackdown at columbia university, where more than 100 protesters at the ivy league school were cuffed and carried away by new york police following a second day of demonstrations on campus. the heavy police presence and action came one day after the school's president faced some tough questions on capitol hill about the rise of...
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cohen. they also follow trump. in the judge said opening arguments could now begin
cohen. they also follow trump. in the judge said opening arguments could now begin