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tim o'brien, what can you tell us about rhona graff? inner circle with donald trump. donald trump doesn't use e-mail, and all e-mail that was sent into the trump organization was screened by rhona graff. rhona graff's hard drive at the trump organization is a gold mine of information about the comings and goings on a daily basis of the trump organization. you know, they've always famously said donald trump doesn't leave a paper trail behind himself, which makes it difficult for prosecution to keep up with what he was doing. the reality is there's a massive paper trail surrounding rhona graff, and perhaps the manhattan d.a. already subpoenaed her hard drive and has looked through it. but, you know, she is the sort of communication equivalent of allen weisselberg who is the financial crypt keeper at the trump organization. she's a very material witness, and i imagine there's very hard documentation behind any fact pattern, they may allege when they question her. >> i know you have to go, tim, i have to ask the last question. if there was
tim o'brien, what can you tell us about rhona graff? inner circle with donald trump. donald trump doesn't use e-mail, and all e-mail that was sent into the trump organization was screened by rhona graff. rhona graff's hard drive at the trump organization is a gold mine of information about the comings and goings on a daily basis of the trump organization. you know, they've always famously said donald trump doesn't leave a paper trail behind himself, which makes it difficult for prosecution to...
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rhona graff, under defense cross-examination in meetings. she was not testifying by choice this but nonetheless, telling prosecutors that she kept contact information for the two women her boss had denied knowing intimately, including stormy daniels cell phone number and two addresses just for karen mcdougal. she also said she vaguely recalled one seeing daniels at trump tower on the 26th floor then when prompted by the defense, she said it might have been in connecit
rhona graff, under defense cross-examination in meetings. she was not testifying by choice this but nonetheless, telling prosecutors that she kept contact information for the two women her boss had denied knowing intimately, including stormy daniels cell phone number and two addresses just for karen mcdougal. she also said she vaguely recalled one seeing daniels at trump tower on the 26th floor then when prompted by the defense, she said it might have been in connecit
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trump's longtime gatekeeper, rhona graff, was in many ways to trump's right-hand for 34 years. and this moment on the apprentice accurately captures her central role in organizing trump's personal and professional life trump province. he asked me to call you and tell you to meet him tomorrow morning at the new york stock exchange? >> i can tell you it was a reporter if you needed to reach trump, he called graph time. i was at trump tower to see trump when i was a business reporter or on the apprentice, she was there at her desk and his office door. she came and went from his office at her own whim. and that was unique she was always formal. he was always mr. trump to her, but she had stature and she controlled access to him. in fact, she wants told real estate weekly, quoting rhona, everybody knows in order to get through to him, they have to go through me. and she told prosecutors she not only remembered seeing stormy daniels and the reception area of trump tower before trump ran for office. but then it was quote, unquote, office chatter that trump wanted daniels on the appren
trump's longtime gatekeeper, rhona graff, was in many ways to trump's right-hand for 34 years. and this moment on the apprentice accurately captures her central role in organizing trump's personal and professional life trump province. he asked me to call you and tell you to meet him tomorrow morning at the new york stock exchange? >> i can tell you it was a reporter if you needed to reach trump, he called graph time. i was at trump tower to see trump when i was a business reporter or on...
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so one of the witnesses we saw today that was rhona graff. she is one of the people that was working at the trump organization with donald trump. and the things she's testifying to, our bot going to become building blocks that other witnesses will probably share similar information about or underline what she had witnessed and is telling the jury about the trump was signing checks often, and then it wasn't unusual for donald trump to sign checks when he was on the phone or had people in this office. so he she is the person that is putting trump. they're looking at the paperwork that we're going to see as evidence in this case as well. >> then on top of that, we're starting to see the things that really need to be shown to the jury to establish that this catch and kill scheme happened, that there were agreements with these people that were coming to sell stories either to the national enquirer or stories that donald trump and michael hello, in wanted to have buried one of those things. >> is this american media incorporated national enquirer's
so one of the witnesses we saw today that was rhona graff. she is one of the people that was working at the trump organization with donald trump. and the things she's testifying to, our bot going to become building blocks that other witnesses will probably share similar information about or underline what she had witnessed and is telling the jury about the trump was signing checks often, and then it wasn't unusual for donald trump to sign checks when he was on the phone or had people in this...
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and rhona graff's prosecution finished.ning us is criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos, and former new york assistant attorney general adam pollock. the direct is over. cross-examination is happening. why was the direct so short? i'll start with you, danny. >> she's not that critical of a witness in terms of her story to tell. she's mostly establishing places, dates, times, especially necessary with a character like donald trump who never e-mails, which, by the way, as a defense attorney, i can tell you how often people are undone by their own e-mails or text messages or messaging apps or whatever the case may be. you don't have that with donald trump. you have to call someone like this witness to establish things like where he was on a certain day what communications he had. even who was in his contacts because it seems like someone else was in control of his contacts. a bit of a throwback to the way this would work in the 90s or the 80s. but this is a witness that won't be nearly as exciting a
and rhona graff's prosecution finished.ning us is criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos, and former new york assistant attorney general adam pollock. the direct is over. cross-examination is happening. why was the direct so short? i'll start with you, danny. >> she's not that critical of a witness in terms of her story to tell. she's mostly establishing places, dates, times, especially necessary with a character like donald trump who never e-mails, which, by...
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>> well today is interesting for me because rhona graff took the stand and i know rhona graff from being on the show. she is the nicest woman in the world. i always wondered how she made it through more than 30 years working for a difficult donald trump. >> but she literally is his gatekeeper. >> she knows all his schedules. and even though hur testimony was really short, the prosecution is being strategic. they got in those nuggets that rhona knew that donald trump had stormy daniels and karen mcdougal's phone numbers in his directory, rhona controls everybody's all the phone numbers that donald trump needs access to and the fact that stormy day and hills was in trump tower. she has a memory of her being there and regardless of what the purpose of stormy daniels being there was at that time, when you have michael cohen coming in, who the defense is going to completely argue as we all know, has credibility issues, placing stormy in the building, a trump tower power is an advantage rather than just stormy and donald trump being in a photograph together, it's sort of little nuggets that ev
>> well today is interesting for me because rhona graff took the stand and i know rhona graff from being on the show. she is the nicest woman in the world. i always wondered how she made it through more than 30 years working for a difficult donald trump. >> but she literally is his gatekeeper. >> she knows all his schedules. and even though hur testimony was really short, the prosecution is being strategic. they got in those nuggets that rhona knew that donald trump had stormy...
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thanks, rhona. >> thanks, rhona. rhona graff, donald trump's longtime executive assistant and occasional costar on the apprentice. the prosecution appears to have called her because she is the person who handled trump's calendar and contacts and email, which trump himself does not use. ms. graf appeared in court under subpoena and testified her legal bills were being paid for by the trump organization, even though she does not work there anymore. so while rhona graff was not a hostile witness, it is a safe bet she didn't really want to be there. the prosecution used her testimony to establish donald trump had contact information for stormy daniels and karen mcdougal, the two women with whom trump is alleged to have covered up affairs and today they were able to show exhibits. trump's old microsoft contacts list, showing injuries -- showing injuries for stormy daniels and karen mcdougal, complete with phone numbers. when trump's lawyers get the chance to cross-examine rhona graff, they really didn't rebut what the pro
thanks, rhona. >> thanks, rhona. rhona graff, donald trump's longtime executive assistant and occasional costar on the apprentice. the prosecution appears to have called her because she is the person who handled trump's calendar and contacts and email, which trump himself does not use. ms. graf appeared in court under subpoena and testified her legal bills were being paid for by the trump organization, even though she does not work there anymore. so while rhona graff was not a hostile...
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and rhona graff also testified, look, trump doesn't use email. we all know that. i set up his outlook contacts for him, basically, i was maintaining his electronic rolodex. these aren't my contacts. they're for him. the other thing she did is she's eminently credible. she didn't give prosecutors some of the admissions they wanted. they were trying to establish trump had a business reason to have stormy in his rolodex, in particular, he was looking at her as a plausible candidate for the celebrity apprentice. she wouldn't necessarily go there. she said yeah, i have a vague recollection based on some office chatter that she was talked about as an interesting candidate. but never did she say i heard it directly from trump. i overheard trump talking about her. rather, she saw her once in the reception area of the business offices at trump tower. said she knew she was an adult film star, but she never had a conversation with trump about her. if she had been a plausible candidate, rhona graff would have been close enough to know that. >> i never watched "the apprentice"
and rhona graff also testified, look, trump doesn't use email. we all know that. i set up his outlook contacts for him, basically, i was maintaining his electronic rolodex. these aren't my contacts. they're for him. the other thing she did is she's eminently credible. she didn't give prosecutors some of the admissions they wanted. they were trying to establish trump had a business reason to have stormy in his rolodex, in particular, he was looking at her as a plausible candidate for the...
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now, let's, talk about rhona graff. that was interesting to me in particular, because first of all, the experience of donald trump to be in this courtroom having long-term associates like david pecker, and then somebody who worked for him for 34 years. they were so close that she actually was on the platform for the inauguration. she talked about. that's how close relationship was. and many identify her as the gatekeeper if you want to talk to him, talk to rode here, she is saying i don't want to be here. she's there from a subpoena. what impacted her testimony, have i think she connected a couple of hours for the prosecution, but i think she was also very effective defense witness because you have to remember new yorkers, especially the new yorkers, who have been there for awhile now, these are people that chances are. they've voted for mayor giuliani. they know donald trump from back when he was a real estate guy, from back when he did this celebrity apprentice, she has the opportunity to humanize him in to remind peo
now, let's, talk about rhona graff. that was interesting to me in particular, because first of all, the experience of donald trump to be in this courtroom having long-term associates like david pecker, and then somebody who worked for him for 34 years. they were so close that she actually was on the platform for the inauguration. she talked about. that's how close relationship was. and many identify her as the gatekeeper if you want to talk to him, talk to rode here, she is saying i don't want...
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the first was trump's longtime assistant, rhona. >> let me add the cost rhona graff was a fixture in trump's office for decades. she testified how before trump became president and she was his gatekeeper, keeping close track of his contacts, emails, phone calls, and meetings. >> she told the jury it was a very stimulating, exciting, fascinating place to be court is not in session on monday, but the trial will resume on tuesday. likely wrapping up a banking associate who work closely with michael cohen to build the shell company that he used to pay stormy daniels. and then it's unclear who the prosecution's and next big witness will be. paula reid, cnn, new york are joining me right now to talk more about this trial is jeff swartz. he has a former judge in florida and a law professor at the tampa campus for the thomas m. cooley law school. great to see you again, judge thank you. >> it's nice to see you, too. >> correct. so how do you assess the impact of the testimony from david pecker, the first witness who took the stand for four days this week in the trial i think david pecker was
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, let me add to cost rhona graff, whose office was next door to trump's on the 26th floor, trump tower? or said she was in control of his calendar and maintaining his contact list at the organization, graph confirmed to contact she maintained were for former playboy model karen mcdougal, and adult film star stormy daniels, to women who alleged affairs with trump, both of which he denies mcdougal's contact entry included a phone number, email and to addresses. daniel's contact listed her cell phone she testified as far as she can remember, trump never used email to communicate prosecutor susan hoffinger, ask graph if she had seen daniels at trump tower, graph responded that she vaguely recalled one seeing daniel's in reception on the 26th floor then it was trump's attorneys turn to cross-examine graph. susan nicholas asked graph about trump's interest in casting stars in celebrity apprentice, suggesting that was the reason daniel's was spotted at trump tower. graph responded, that's what she assumed testifying. i vaguely recall hearing him say that she was one of the people that may be
, let me add to cost rhona graff, whose office was next door to trump's on the 26th floor, trump tower? or said she was in control of his calendar and maintaining his contact list at the organization, graph confirmed to contact she maintained were for former playboy model karen mcdougal, and adult film star stormy daniels, to women who alleged affairs with trump, both of which he denies mcdougal's contact entry included a phone number, email and to addresses. daniel's contact listed her cell...
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the state briefly calling rhona graff, mr.mps longtime executive assistant to the stand this afternoon. rhona graff confirming contacts were saved on the company's computer system for karen mcdougal and >>>, an apparent reference to stormy daniels. prosecutors say both women were shopping stories of with mr. trump ahead of the 2016 election, encounters he denies. at the heart of the case, a $130,000.00 payment michael cohen made to daniels so she wouldn't go public and how prosecutors say that payment was disguised. but, rhona graff said no light on that, testifying even though she no longer works for the trump organization, the company is in her legal bills. the jury also hearing from gary farro, a former banker at first republic bank, who helped facilitate the payment from michael cohen to daniels. the day began with the defense team seeking to undercut the testimony of david pecker, the former publisher of "the national enquirer", and a key witness for prosecutors, testifying at length about how he helped simon's people who
the state briefly calling rhona graff, mr.mps longtime executive assistant to the stand this afternoon. rhona graff confirming contacts were saved on the company's computer system for karen mcdougal and >>>, an apparent reference to stormy daniels. prosecutors say both women were shopping stories of with mr. trump ahead of the 2016 election, encounters he denies. at the heart of the case, a $130,000.00 payment michael cohen made to daniels so she wouldn't go public and how prosecutors...
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rhona graff says she has respect for donald trump.eft, you could see him try to get up and briefly say hello to her. things were very different when the defense got a chance to finally cross-examine the former publisher of the national inquirer david pecker. they tried to get him to poke holes the prosecution narrative saying essentially the catch and kill scheme was good business for pecker and he cooperated with prosecutors because he was in the middle of a media acquisition deal and did not want that to be impacted. pecker hit back. he said he had been truthful the entire time and understood the catch and kill scheme to be in service of donald trump's campaign. the defense struggled to put a hole in the prosecution narrative. >> briefly, what will you be watching in a week to come? >> after president biden said he would be happy to debate donald trump, donald trump defiantly left the courtroom man said he would debate him anytime anywhere including here, next week, denied, or you been at the white house -- tonight, or even at the w
rhona graff says she has respect for donald trump.eft, you could see him try to get up and briefly say hello to her. things were very different when the defense got a chance to finally cross-examine the former publisher of the national inquirer david pecker. they tried to get him to poke holes the prosecution narrative saying essentially the catch and kill scheme was good business for pecker and he cooperated with prosecutors because he was in the middle of a media acquisition deal and did not...
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rhona graff was the gatekeeper. she was for years.ent donald trump saying get me my messages. she worked for him for so long and what president donald trump's lawyers tried to establish with her is that she did come to trump tower. she had to testify about contact names that she put into his rolodex. stormy -- it did not say stormy daniels and it did not say -- it just said "stormy" with a phone number. stormy daniels came to trump tower in 2007. she writes about it in her book, full disclosure. there was a bit of information , that she had been there. they tried to position this visit as she was coming in to try to get on the celebrity apprentice. she was angling to get on the show. i happen to know from self reporting that nbc would not let that happen, but that is how they were trying to report her as a potential contestant for celebrity apprentice, which came after the apprentice and they had interesting characters on it. i do not think she would have fit in. it was kind of a different thing. >> and i comment on that? what is inte
rhona graff was the gatekeeper. she was for years.ent donald trump saying get me my messages. she worked for him for so long and what president donald trump's lawyers tried to establish with her is that she did come to trump tower. she had to testify about contact names that she put into his rolodex. stormy -- it did not say stormy daniels and it did not say -- it just said "stormy" with a phone number. stormy daniels came to trump tower in 2007. she writes about it in her book, full...
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, let me add to cost less rhona graff, whose office was next door to trump's on the 26th floor, trump tower said she was in control of this calendar and maintaining his contact list at the organization graph confirmed to contact. >> she maintained were for former playboy model karen mcdougal and adult film star stormy daniels, to women who alleged affairs with trump, both of which he denies. mcdougal's contact entry included a phone number, email, and two addresses. daniel it's contact listed herself phone. she testified as far as she can remember, trump never used email to communicate prosecutor susan hoffinger, ask graph if she had seen daniels at trump tower graph responded that she vaguely recalled one seeing daniel's in reception on the 26th floor then it was trump's attorneys turn to cross-examine graph. susan nicholas asked graph about trump's interest in casting stars in celebrity apprentice, suggesting that was the reason daniel's was spotted at trump tower graph responded, that's what she assumed testifying. i vaguely recall hearing him say that she was one of the people tha
, let me add to cost less rhona graff, whose office was next door to trump's on the 26th floor, trump tower said she was in control of this calendar and maintaining his contact list at the organization graph confirmed to contact. >> she maintained were for former playboy model karen mcdougal and adult film star stormy daniels, to women who alleged affairs with trump, both of which he denies. mcdougal's contact entry included a phone number, email, and two addresses. daniel it's contact...
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david pecker's case, establishing that affection and rhona graff's case, those were important things. with davidson, we're sufficiently far away from contact with trump himself, that i think it is not even necessary for the prosecution to spend a lot of time there. there are going to be people, though, who will come into the courtroom and i think establish that they have no animosity with trump will be important as it was with pecker as it was with rhona graff and those people include two people who are very close to donald trump, hope hicks, and his former white house secretary madeleine westerholt who is key to the actual crime charged here, the falsification of business records. when you think of the logistics of that, those checks were sent from the trump organization in new york to washington, d.c. at the white house and someone had to put them in front of donald trump for his signature and that person is madeleine westerholt and establishing she doesn't wish trump ill will be important for prosecutors. >> i think another point that was really important that keith davidson raised
david pecker's case, establishing that affection and rhona graff's case, those were important things. with davidson, we're sufficiently far away from contact with trump himself, that i think it is not even necessary for the prosecution to spend a lot of time there. there are going to be people, though, who will come into the courtroom and i think establish that they have no animosity with trump will be important as it was with pecker as it was with rhona graff and those people include two...
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so transformer assistant, rhona graff, who says first of all her attorneys are being paid. she has multiple phone numbers. stormy daniels sitting out in the waiting room at some point. also a sense of what prosecutors wanted to get from her. she was only on the stand for for a while. >> that's right. she knows everything. they got from her next to nothing. all they really did was go through hoops so they can now use the context and the calendar. she was very friendly. the defense walked her through a little recitation of what a nice boss he was. and this is what will saw in the courtroom. as she left the stand, trump stood up, who as i said, was sleeping, stood up and went to embrace her. extremely improper in front of the jury. the guards pushed him back. she had a broad smile and she was ushered out. it was plain that she is so friendly that the prosecutor said, we better stay away from this. just to a quick point to what tim had to say, credibility matters. another white-collar defense lawyer with say, look, this is how we should play this. say you are sleazy guy and not
so transformer assistant, rhona graff, who says first of all her attorneys are being paid. she has multiple phone numbers. stormy daniels sitting out in the waiting room at some point. also a sense of what prosecutors wanted to get from her. she was only on the stand for for a while. >> that's right. she knows everything. they got from her next to nothing. all they really did was go through hoops so they can now use the context and the calendar. she was very friendly. the defense walked...
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rhona graff also was a short witness.took multiple days for his direct examination, cross, redirect, and then even a rekroz because there were so many efforts to try and both get good testimony out of him and then muddy the waters on the trump team's behalf. >> "the new york times" points out, quote, as the trial grinds on in the weeks ahead, legal experts said the defense team will need to walk a fine line to appease both of its audiences, 12 jurors and a singular defendant. what do you make of how donald trump's legal team has been handling things so far? >> they're trying to make it as if he really is an honorable man, and he didn't do, you know, anything wrong. this was in the opening argument. it almost sounded like we were watching noting hill and julia roberts. the important witness for them is michael cohen. he's subject to considerable cross examination based on his conviction for perjury, and i think the witnesses we're seeing now and lisa has described who else we will be seeing are corroborating what michael c
rhona graff also was a short witness.took multiple days for his direct examination, cross, redirect, and then even a rekroz because there were so many efforts to try and both get good testimony out of him and then muddy the waters on the trump team's behalf. >> "the new york times" points out, quote, as the trial grinds on in the weeks ahead, legal experts said the defense team will need to walk a fine line to appease both of its audiences, 12 jurors and a singular defendant....
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you have rhona graff come in and say donald trump signs invoices personally.the checked. and then you have gary farro come in and say i was the one who did the wire transfer from michael cohen, this $130,000 payment. so eventually we're going to get to michael cohen who's going to say we did the catch and kill scheme. yeah, donald trump knew about it. yeah, i sent this money. yeah, donald trump signed my check. there was an invoice attached, and he knew what he was signing. >> there were going to be a bunch of people in between. for example, the checks went from the trump organization to the white house for donald trump to sign. they got attached to other business records. that may sound boring to many people, but that is part of the bread and butter of the d.a.'s case here in proving that trump falsified business records in service of the conspiracy na david pecker helped to establish last week. >> they're moving fast, does it seem like they're moving faster for six week? >> i think we're on track for six weeks or potentially longer. jury selection itself mov
you have rhona graff come in and say donald trump signs invoices personally.the checked. and then you have gary farro come in and say i was the one who did the wire transfer from michael cohen, this $130,000 payment. so eventually we're going to get to michael cohen who's going to say we did the catch and kill scheme. yeah, donald trump knew about it. yeah, i sent this money. yeah, donald trump signed my check. there was an invoice attached, and he knew what he was signing. >> there were...
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the first was trump's longtime assistant, rhona. >> let me add to cost rhona graff af was a fixture in trump's office for decades. >> she testified how before trump became president, she was his gatekeeper, keeping close track of his contacts, emails, phone calls, and meetings. she told the jury it was a very stimulating, exciting, fascinating place to be court is not in session on monday, but the file will resume on tuesday, likely wrapping up a banking associate who work closely with michael cohen to build the shell company that he used to pay stormy daniels. and then it's unclear who the prosecution's and next big witness will be paula reid, cnn, new york fernanda via ilona is a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor, and she joins me now from new york. >> thank you so much for being here. so early with us, so no real bombshell revelations from yesterday, but some compelling testimony what stoked to you yes. >> yeah. so we did still get some compelling testimony from the remainder of david pecker's testimony, as well as those two other witnesses. one thing that is clear fro
the first was trump's longtime assistant, rhona. >> let me add to cost rhona graff af was a fixture in trump's office for decades. >> she testified how before trump became president, she was his gatekeeper, keeping close track of his contacts, emails, phone calls, and meetings. she told the jury it was a very stimulating, exciting, fascinating place to be court is not in session on monday, but the file will resume on tuesday, likely wrapping up a banking associate who work closely...
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the first was trump's longtime assistant, rhona. >> let me add the cost rhona graff was a fixture in trump's office for decades. >> she testified how before trump became president, she was his gatekeeper, keeping close track of his contacts, emails, phone calls, and meetings he told the jury it was a very stimulating, exciting, fascinating place to be a court is off on monday, but on tuesday when cohen's former banking associates will be back on the stand to wrap up his testimony. >> then it's unclear who the next significant witness will be. >> but again, it's only three-day trial week, next week, and the other thing we're waiting for is a decision from the judge about trump's alleged violations of the gag order with a hearing this past week about that, but we're still waiting for a decision there. and the alleged violations are racking up prosecutors alleged more violations. this week, and there's gonna be another hearing on gag order violations next weekend. amara, victory is unclear what the judges strategy is in holding playing out on a decision all right. >> paula reid. thank y
the first was trump's longtime assistant, rhona. >> let me add the cost rhona graff was a fixture in trump's office for decades. >> she testified how before trump became president, she was his gatekeeper, keeping close track of his contacts, emails, phone calls, and meetings he told the jury it was a very stimulating, exciting, fascinating place to be a court is off on monday, but on tuesday when cohen's former banking associates will be back on the stand to wrap up his testimony....
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after his testimony was over, the prosecution called rhona graff, a long time assistants to trump, but legal experts say it looks like a big ask to get all the jurors to agree the payments were a way of interfering in the 2016 election. >> it's not a crime if it wasn't done with the purpose of influencing the election. i personally think they've got an uphill battle. they would have the jurors believe that simply an agreement to influence the election with this catch and kill practice is in and of itself illegal, but it's not. they'll have to go the extra step of proving that federal campaign finance law violation. >> trump also invited president biden to a debate as he left the courtroom. the trial is to resume with more testimony tuesday. >>> victims of sexual assault are speaking out after disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein had his 2020 rape conviction overturned this week. the new york court of appeals determined weinstein didn't get a fair trial, in part because of irrelevant testimonies. mimi haley testified weinstein assaulted her in the case and called the reversal d
after his testimony was over, the prosecution called rhona graff, a long time assistants to trump, but legal experts say it looks like a big ask to get all the jurors to agree the payments were a way of interfering in the 2016 election. >> it's not a crime if it wasn't done with the purpose of influencing the election. i personally think they've got an uphill battle. they would have the jurors believe that simply an agreement to influence the election with this catch and kill practice is...
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rhona graff is fiercely loyal to donald trump, and his former assistant of 30 years did not even wante said she entered playboy model karen mcdougal and stormy daniels's contacts into the database for trumps. she also vaguely remembered seeing stormy daniels at trump tower ahead of the 2016 presidential election, but she spoke positively of her former boss, who stood up to give her a brief hello as she left the courtroom. the first witness, david pecker, the defence chose not to be as aggressive with him as they are likely to do trump's former fixer, michael cohen. the soft—spoken former publisher of the national enquirer came off as a reliable witness and he and trump seemed to show a mutual respect, so instead the defence tried to gently prod him to say the scheme was a typical tabloid business decision, the catch and kill scheme, but david pecker said he was being truthful when he said it was done in defence of donald trump's campaign. week one is done in the history books but donald trump will have to face many more familiarfaces. sexual assault survivors and advocates have expres
rhona graff is fiercely loyal to donald trump, and his former assistant of 30 years did not even wante said she entered playboy model karen mcdougal and stormy daniels's contacts into the database for trumps. she also vaguely remembered seeing stormy daniels at trump tower ahead of the 2016 presidential election, but she spoke positively of her former boss, who stood up to give her a brief hello as she left the courtroom. the first witness, david pecker, the defence chose not to be as...
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and then when rhona graff came up, they used her on cross-examination, not to suggest she some kind of liar or anything, but rather to humanize donald trump. they got her to talk about how he was a decent the boss and a man who she liked and admired. so i think what the defense is doing is they're laying back in there waiting they're really saving their fire here from michael cohen then on the banker that's going to be taking the stand, that brin and john were talking about. >> how important is his testimony. do you think to the da's case? >> so he's the least dramatic witness so far, but i also think he's the most relevant to the actual charges because the crime itself goes to the way in which donald trump and michael cohen structure the payments to stormy daniels, the allegation is that they falsified business records. both of them together around those payoffs. and this is the banker for who worked with michael cohen to help michael cohen free up $130,000. he ended up drawing down on his mortgage in order to pay stormy daniels. so that's sort of half of the transaction. the other ha
and then when rhona graff came up, they used her on cross-examination, not to suggest she some kind of liar or anything, but rather to humanize donald trump. they got her to talk about how he was a decent the boss and a man who she liked and admired. so i think what the defense is doing is they're laying back in there waiting they're really saving their fire here from michael cohen then on the banker that's going to be taking the stand, that brin and john were talking about. >> how...
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pecker said he served as the " eyes and ears for the campaign at trump's on request. " then, rhona grafftified under subpoena, saying she remembered seeing stormy daniels in the trump tower lobby, and adding her contact info to the trump organization database. when court reconvenes, tuesday morning, there will be more testimony from the banker, who helped michael cohen pay off stormy daniels. now, here's some food for thought. as we hurtle into week two of trump's hush money election interference trial. if the supreme court rules as expected in the immunity case the case brought by district attorney alvin bragg could be trump's first and last criminal trial before the election. joining me now from a former federal prosecutor, legal affairs columnist for politico magazine. msnbc justice and legal affairs analyst, anthony coley, director of the justice department office of public affairs and adviser to attorney general merrick garland . renato, have they made it clear this is also about election interference and not just covering up an affair? >> they made that front and center in their op
pecker said he served as the " eyes and ears for the campaign at trump's on request. " then, rhona grafftified under subpoena, saying she remembered seeing stormy daniels in the trump tower lobby, and adding her contact info to the trump organization database. when court reconvenes, tuesday morning, there will be more testimony from the banker, who helped michael cohen pay off stormy daniels. now, here's some food for thought. as we hurtle into week two of trump's hush money election...
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that list includes rhona graff, trump's executive assistant, madeleine, and hope hicks, trump's formervisor who was once considered one of his closest confidants. it is an open question whether or not they'll give up the goods on their former boss, but today manhattan attorney alvin bragg sent a potential message to those who may or may not be lying on the witness stand. allen weisselberg was sentenced to five months in jail after bragg's office prosecuted him for lying during trump's recent civil fraud case. weisselberg is 76 years old, and this is his second stint at rikers island jail. he served three months behind bars just last year for tax fraud. joining me now is jeremy, the former assistant district attorney in the manhattan d.a.'s trial division and also a new york criminal defense attorney. great to see you. it sure seems like a message to throw allen weisselberg enjail again at 76. it was already seen as kind of, you know, a tough move to throw him in jail the first time, a second bid right before the criminal trial. >> i see it not as a chilling effect that's going to adver
that list includes rhona graff, trump's executive assistant, madeleine, and hope hicks, trump's formervisor who was once considered one of his closest confidants. it is an open question whether or not they'll give up the goods on their former boss, but today manhattan attorney alvin bragg sent a potential message to those who may or may not be lying on the witness stand. allen weisselberg was sentenced to five months in jail after bragg's office prosecuted him for lying during trump's recent...
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corroborate cohen's testimony, including trump's trusted aide, hope hicks, trump's long time assistant rhona graff, and madeleine westerhouse, and for the defense, we know of two potential witnesses. a former fec commissioner, and donald trump himself. joining me is catherine christian, msnbc legal analyst and former manhattan assistant district attorney. i'm going to make you the d.a. you're my d.a. let's talk about this because it does feel like this trial will in some ways maybe be the trial of the 21st century. the only one that's probably going to go to trial for frump before the election. how much of a spectacle do you think it will be? >> a big spectacle just the fact it's donald trump. the first two weeks are going to be boring because it's jury selection. so no witnesses are going to be called. i'm saying boring about of course donald trump is going to take every opportunity he can and every break and after the case for the day to walk out and talk. but it's basically going to be like watching paint dry in that it's jury selection which is, i think, trial lawyers will tell you the m
corroborate cohen's testimony, including trump's trusted aide, hope hicks, trump's long time assistant rhona graff, and madeleine westerhouse, and for the defense, we know of two potential witnesses. a former fec commissioner, and donald trump himself. joining me is catherine christian, msnbc legal analyst and former manhattan assistant district attorney. i'm going to make you the d.a. you're my d.a. let's talk about this because it does feel like this trial will in some ways maybe be the trial...
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over the week, the prosecution turned into rhona graff, who appears to be a better turns -- terms on him. the defendant and his company are still paying for her lawyers. you take this all together and what you see is a lot more evidence against than reasonable doubt on his behalf. that does not mean he is losing this case. we are in the da's side. the burden is on them. for a first week, this was not exactly a slow rise or a lot of accounting spreadsheets. this was a two by fours one repeatedly at president donald as a defendant and while some of that came from those prosecutors tough talk in the opening, tonight, we have to remember a lot of that tough talk and incriminating information came from his buddy, tabloid chief david , who said by the end of his testimony, is not personal and he still counts president donald as a friend, but he is telling the truth under oath about their campaign crimes. how bad is it? we have a couple special guest at the table. we will be back in 90 seconds. . ? can i finish? buy one wrap get one 50% off in the subway app today. my frequent heartburn had
over the week, the prosecution turned into rhona graff, who appears to be a better turns -- terms on him. the defendant and his company are still paying for her lawyers. you take this all together and what you see is a lot more evidence against than reasonable doubt on his behalf. that does not mean he is losing this case. we are in the da's side. the burden is on them. for a first week, this was not exactly a slow rise or a lot of accounting spreadsheets. this was a two by fours one repeatedly...
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also on the stand today was rhona graff, trump's longtime executive assistant.estified that the trump organization had stormy daniels and karen mcdougal's phone numbers in a database. daniels and mcdougal claim that they had an affair with trump. graff says she also vaguely remembers seeing daniels at trump tower. >> it's very cold in there. for one purpose. i believe they don't seem to be able to get the temperature up. it shouldn't be that complicated. >> financial executive gary farrow took the witness stand for the last hour of the trial today. he'll be back on the witness stand on tuesday, reporting from lower manhattan. i'm morgan mckay, fox news. >> joe biden says he is willing to take on donald trump once again on the debate stage. >> i don't know if you're going to debate your your opponent. >> i am somewhere i don't know when i'm happy to debate him. >> president biden said in an interview with howard stern today that he is willing to engage in a debate. until now, the biden campaign had not promised on whether he would participate in a debate. donald
also on the stand today was rhona graff, trump's longtime executive assistant.estified that the trump organization had stormy daniels and karen mcdougal's phone numbers in a database. daniels and mcdougal claim that they had an affair with trump. graff says she also vaguely remembers seeing daniels at trump tower. >> it's very cold in there. for one purpose. i believe they don't seem to be able to get the temperature up. it shouldn't be that complicated. >> financial executive gary...
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the former president's personal secretary, rhona graff, took the stand and confirmed he had saved contacton of both karen mcdougal and stormy daniels. she also said that she saw daniels in the trump tower reception area, all this in just two weeks of the trial. tara and dave join me again. quite the testimony there, from pecker. you had trump's attorney trying to pierce his credibility, making the case whether the former editor published these salacious stories about celebrities purchased them for future leverage he did so purely to improve his company's bottom line. is that something that stands in court? >> i think that pecker was a pretty strong witness. and given his intimate knowledge of how everything worked, and his relationship with donald trump over the years he came across as credible. i don't think donald trump's defense team really made a dent in his testimony. and by the time they get to closing arguments i think the highlights of testimony will be what the jurors remember. and, the fact that he was such a strong prosecution witness, pretty calm and collected going to the who
the former president's personal secretary, rhona graff, took the stand and confirmed he had saved contacton of both karen mcdougal and stormy daniels. she also said that she saw daniels in the trump tower reception area, all this in just two weeks of the trial. tara and dave join me again. quite the testimony there, from pecker. you had trump's attorney trying to pierce his credibility, making the case whether the former editor published these salacious stories about celebrities purchased them...
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he follows a quick testimony from long-time trump secretary rhona graff. before that, extabloid publisher david pecker spent four days on the stand. pecker testified mostly about buying stories and not publishing them in order to quash bad press. stories not about this case but they are salacious so, you know. thirsty anyways, he also testified he did do the same thing for other celebrities, oh, are they going to go after all those other people, too? i will hold my breath. senior correspondent eric shawn is outside the new york state supreme court right now with more on this. so, eric, they are in the short break. bring us up to speed. >> eric: yeah, the president, harris, former president just arrived back into the courtroom sitting down after this recess and this proceeding will resume. this after mr. trump was found in contempt of court. judge juan merchan has find him $9,000. that's $1,000 each for nine different violations of the judge's gag order, in which the judge said that the former president attacked witnesses like michael cohen and others on tr
he follows a quick testimony from long-time trump secretary rhona graff. before that, extabloid publisher david pecker spent four days on the stand. pecker testified mostly about buying stories and not publishing them in order to quash bad press. stories not about this case but they are salacious so, you know. thirsty anyways, he also testified he did do the same thing for other celebrities, oh, are they going to go after all those other people, too? i will hold my breath. senior correspondent...
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with trump at one point in trump tower and walking into trump's office and sitting there with him as rhonas then assistant brought him a series of checks attached to invoices. as trump is signing them, pecker testifies he's simultaneously holding a conversation with pecker but also looking closely at the checks and signing them. so pecker definitely undermined blanche there, but i also want to distinguish between what i'll call the precursor to the crime and the crime itself. remember, what trump has been charged with here is 34 felony counts of falsification of business records. the conspiracy to throw the election is what makes that a felony, but the crimes itself is the falsification of the business records. david pecker's knowledge primarily pertains to that antecedent, the conspiracy. he wasn't around for the second part of the scheme. we're going to have to rely on other witnesses, other evidence, and largely michael cohen and business records to get to the evidence that proves that second part of the criminal activity that is necessary here. yes, the conspiracy is necessary to make
with trump at one point in trump tower and walking into trump's office and sitting there with him as rhonas then assistant brought him a series of checks attached to invoices. as trump is signing them, pecker testifies he's simultaneously holding a conversation with pecker but also looking closely at the checks and signing them. so pecker definitely undermined blanche there, but i also want to distinguish between what i'll call the precursor to the crime and the crime itself. remember, what...
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cross-examined prosecution witnesses, including former ami ceo david pecker, former trump executive assistant rhonajudge is still waiting trumps apparent violations of his gag order, including a new set of violations that have been flagged by the manhattan district attorney's office. philip hamilton is a defense attorney, has litigated cases before judge juan merchan, they both join me now. it is great to have you here. let me start with you as a practicing defense attorney and to practice before judge juan merchan, you practiced in new york state. bradley, you are not in the courtroom but you been reading the transcripts and the coverage, how you think the defense is doing this week. >> the defense is working with what they can, chris. in that respect, i'm going to give them some credit because they don't have a lot to work with. >> you don't think so ? >> with respect to david pecker, what they have done, but this comes out in class today, the phrase "standard operating procedure." with respect to how "the national enquirer" works, picking town that has many payments are just for trump, these go
cross-examined prosecution witnesses, including former ami ceo david pecker, former trump executive assistant rhonajudge is still waiting trumps apparent violations of his gag order, including a new set of violations that have been flagged by the manhattan district attorney's office. philip hamilton is a defense attorney, has litigated cases before judge juan merchan, they both join me now. it is great to have you here. let me start with you as a practicing defense attorney and to practice...
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the second witness, donald trump's former executive assistant, rhona graff, provided testimony that she entered stormy daniels and karen mcdougal's contact information on the trump organization database. the third witness was gary farro, a former manager at the bank michael cohen used to obtain a $130,000 home equity loan which cohen funneled to stormy daniels through a shell company. on friday, he authenticated bank records from that shell company, which prosecutors showed to jurors. testimony will continue when the trial resumes tuesday morning. prosecutors are using his testimony to authenticate documents related to the transaction. gary farro's testimony will continue when the trial resumes tuesday morning. judge merchan also noticed that a gag order hearing will take place on thursday to hear evidence about the new violations donald trump has committed this week. leading up our discussion, he was in the courtroom today and will be every day. former supervisor of the special prosecutions and civil rights unit of the eastern district of new york. good evening to both of you. unlike a
the second witness, donald trump's former executive assistant, rhona graff, provided testimony that she entered stormy daniels and karen mcdougal's contact information on the trump organization database. the third witness was gary farro, a former manager at the bank michael cohen used to obtain a $130,000 home equity loan which cohen funneled to stormy daniels through a shell company. on friday, he authenticated bank records from that shell company, which prosecutors showed to jurors. testimony...
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trial of former president donald trump, one of the people closest to trump, rana graf taking the stand, rhona graf, i should say taking the stand for the first time today. she spent 34 years working directly with the former president at the trump organization. she is expected to talk about meetings that mr. trump had with former national enquirer publisher david pecker. pecker faced cross-examination today, and he testified about a scheme that he says he developed with trump to suppress negative news stories about trump when he was a candidate in 2016, and then keep them hidden during the presidency, leading us off this hour, nbc news correspondent rehema ellis outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. rehema, i know this is just starting. why do we think the prosecution called graf and what might they ask her going on to this just within the last hour? well, graf, you might say, might be described as the gatekeeper for donald trump. she was with him, as you point out, for 34 years. she retired only in 2021. right now, her legal representatives are being paid for by the trump organization. t
trial of former president donald trump, one of the people closest to trump, rana graf taking the stand, rhona graf, i should say taking the stand for the first time today. she spent 34 years working directly with the former president at the trump organization. she is expected to talk about meetings that mr. trump had with former national enquirer publisher david pecker. pecker faced cross-examination today, and he testified about a scheme that he says he developed with trump to suppress...
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. >> friday afternoon, trump's former personal assistant, rhona graff took the stand.was one of his longest serving employees hired back in 1987, admitting she had a vague recollection of spotting stormy daniels in trump tower. graff considered trump's gatekeeper, said she was responsible for updating the company contact list. trump denies he had an affair with daniels, but prosecutors say she was paid $130,000 to keep quiet before the 2016 election, and trump illegally falsified business records to cover it up. graff also testified she entered contact information for karen mcdougal, a former playboy model who claims she had a year long affair with trump. trump denies the affair, but david pecker, former publisher for the national enquirer, testified that at trump's direction, the tabloid bought mcdougal's story but never ran it. in order to protect trump's political campaign, pecker also took the stand, answering questions about a conspiracy to catch and kill news stories that could be damaging to trump. when he ran for president, the defense, claiming the national en
. >> friday afternoon, trump's former personal assistant, rhona graff took the stand.was one of his longest serving employees hired back in 1987, admitting she had a vague recollection of spotting stormy daniels in trump tower. graff considered trump's gatekeeper, said she was responsible for updating the company contact list. trump denies he had an affair with daniels, but prosecutors say she was paid $130,000 to keep quiet before the 2016 election, and trump illegally falsified business...
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friday afternoon on, trump's former personal assistant rhona graff took the stand.oyees hired back in 1987, admitting she had a vague recollection of spotting stormy daniels in trump tower. graff considered trump's gatekeeper, said she was responsible for updating the company contact list. trump denies he had an affair with daniels, but prosecutors say she was paid $130,000 to keep quiet before the 2016 election, and trump illegally falsified business records to cover it up. graff also testified she entered contact information for karen mcdougal, a former playboy model who claims she had a year long affair with trump. trump denies the affair, but david pecker, former publisher for the national enquirer, testified that at trump's direction, the tabloid bought mcdougal's story but never ran it. in order to protect trump's political campaign, pecker also took the stand, answering questions about a conspiracy to catch and kill news stories that could be damaging to trump. when he ran for president, the defense, claiming the national enquirer's relationship with trump wa
friday afternoon on, trump's former personal assistant rhona graff took the stand.oyees hired back in 1987, admitting she had a vague recollection of spotting stormy daniels in trump tower. graff considered trump's gatekeeper, said she was responsible for updating the company contact list. trump denies he had an affair with daniels, but prosecutors say she was paid $130,000 to keep quiet before the 2016 election, and trump illegally falsified business records to cover it up. graff also...
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david pecker has spoken favorably of donald trump as a human rhona graff also spoke very favorably of donald trump, and now it's a banker when going through statement how does trump react when it's hope hicks, when it's stormy daniels, when it's karen mcdougal, when it's obviously michael cohen. right? how does that project in the courtroom? that's a big question. if there's a gag order ruling, we'll see how that how we react to that as well. i do i'm eager to get your opinion on the it's immunity case that happened before the supreme court of the arguments happen. there there's a question about john roberts. of course, he'll be so central and all of this or colleague jump is school better, had some good reporting about john roberts really didn't speak much in that roughly three hours of arguments i'm curious. you observe these arguments. how does he steer this? do you think that any of these trials beyond the hush money case will come to a verdict before november. i have a hard time seeing how any become the verdict before november, just because just based on where they all are in th
david pecker has spoken favorably of donald trump as a human rhona graff also spoke very favorably of donald trump, and now it's a banker when going through statement how does trump react when it's hope hicks, when it's stormy daniels, when it's karen mcdougal, when it's obviously michael cohen. right? how does that project in the courtroom? that's a big question. if there's a gag order ruling, we'll see how that how we react to that as well. i do i'm eager to get your opinion on the it's...
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burying those that might hurt him friday also brought short testimony from trump executive assistant rhona graff and michael cohen's former better gary farro there was also a hearing on whether it was violating the gag order imposed by judge juan merchan. trump continued his pattern of speaking out about the case outside of the courtroom, the trial resumes again on tuesday, joining me now is criminal defendant it's attorney arthur aidala. arthur on that key issue of the purpose of the payments, the prosecution was able to get in through david pecker that this was about the campaign, not protecting trump's family how can trump get into evidence? his side of that unless he testifies good morning. and then say it's a privilege to be ali, sir, i'm a fan from a lot day that on television so you want to know the easy way, the easy way is at the end of people's case, donald trump takes the stand and he looks at the jury with the first question was of course, i didn't want bonnie to know about this. of course i didn't want my kids to know about this yeah. was there a part of it that i was running
burying those that might hurt him friday also brought short testimony from trump executive assistant rhona graff and michael cohen's former better gary farro there was also a hearing on whether it was violating the gag order imposed by judge juan merchan. trump continued his pattern of speaking out about the case outside of the courtroom, the trial resumes again on tuesday, joining me now is criminal defendant it's attorney arthur aidala. arthur on that key issue of the purpose of the payments,...
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you bring in the executive assistant to donald trump, the trump organization, rhona graff, who had the context with stormy daniels and karen mcdougal and now gary farro who is outlining emails in a timeline of what took place on october 26, 2016, when he, for michael cohen, set up two different bank accounts. the former banker for michael cohen at first republic. and he is articulating the extent to which there is urgency on michael cohen's part to open up these two accounts. there is the one account particularly in october 26 in which he drew off of michael cohen's own line of credit through his home equity in order to put $131,000 into this new bank account through first republic. at that point in time, the $131,000 was then transferred from michael cohen, from that new account, to an attorney who is representing stormy daniels. it had been indicated, the allegation is, stormy daniels, just two weeks out from the election, was prepared to take her story elsewhere, for alleged affair with donald trump. but then as october began to close, with that message communicated to michael cohen
you bring in the executive assistant to donald trump, the trump organization, rhona graff, who had the context with stormy daniels and karen mcdougal and now gary farro who is outlining emails in a timeline of what took place on october 26, 2016, when he, for michael cohen, set up two different bank accounts. the former banker for michael cohen at first republic. and he is articulating the extent to which there is urgency on michael cohen's part to open up these two accounts. there is the one...
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that is yet, like, what was the significance of a certain calendar entry that they put in today for rhona graff. i know there was they said that that donald trump had lessons on how to use a teleprompter. what was that about i mean, but for some reason that was put in there's little things like that that will be put into evidence. and dates and phone numbers and bank records that i think are a setup for other witnesses, perhaps someone like michael cohen who will then be able to talk about what those, what those mean but i just wanted to say to mr. bernstein, i'm one of the people who thinks that it was a good idea to bring this case and that it is an important case because what is coming out in the evidence, especially through david pecker in my view, just from seeing what's coming out is this was really about trying to influence an election. just like the other cases. >> more cases fit together. that's they fit together and finding election undermining the election only. this is the one he actually succeeded. i'm reminded that he won this election in 2016 in three swing states by eight
that is yet, like, what was the significance of a certain calendar entry that they put in today for rhona graff. i know there was they said that that donald trump had lessons on how to use a teleprompter. what was that about i mean, but for some reason that was put in there's little things like that that will be put into evidence. and dates and phone numbers and bank records that i think are a setup for other witnesses, perhaps someone like michael cohen who will then be able to talk about what...
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the state calling rhona graff, the long-time executive safety ant. contacts were saved for stormy. prosecutors say both women were shopping stories of sex with mr. trump ahead of the election and counters he denies. at the heart of the case, 130,000 payment michael cohen made to daniels. and how that payment was disguysed. graff testifying she no longer works for the organization, but they are they are paying for her bills. also hearing from gary farro. the day began the former publisher of the national enquirer. a key witness for prosecutors. testifying at length how he it silenced people who could have hurt mr. trump's election chances. mr. trump's lawyers questions his motives on cross-examination, saying at one point, i've been truthful to the best of my recollection. a common refrain from the defense, and instead, pecker said he believed it was all to protect his campaign. >> i do wish melania happy birthday. >> melania trump notably absent at trial. >> the trial picks back up monday with more testimony from gary farro. the court is not in session next monday. he will be in tw
the state calling rhona graff, the long-time executive safety ant. contacts were saved for stormy. prosecutors say both women were shopping stories of sex with mr. trump ahead of the election and counters he denies. at the heart of the case, 130,000 payment michael cohen made to daniels. and how that payment was disguysed. graff testifying she no longer works for the organization, but they are they are paying for her bills. also hearing from gary farro. the day began the former publisher of the...