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that provided services for the trump organization. he went to tb bank, withdrew cash over a couple of days to pay red finch for his services which he stored in a brown paper bag but he said he never gave the company total $50,000. let's bring in our panel start there with the trial fox news senior analyst juan williams. guy benson, host of the guy benson show on fox news radio and axios political reporter stef kight. guy, the relation that cohen admitted on the stand that he took roughly $60,000 from the trump organization had all kinds of pundits on all kinds of different sides saying wow. >> yeah, it's breathtaking. so coming into his testimony, we already knew that michael cohen was a convicted felon and an established perjurer. then last week on the stand he appeared to be cornered into a new lie under oath and then today he confessed to another felony that we didn't know about. this is astonishing. this is the star witness of alvin bragg and the prosecution performance four days of cross-examination described by people as you poi
that provided services for the trump organization. he went to tb bank, withdrew cash over a couple of days to pay red finch for his services which he stored in a brown paper bag but he said he never gave the company total $50,000. let's bring in our panel start there with the trial fox news senior analyst juan williams. guy benson, host of the guy benson show on fox news radio and axios political reporter stef kight. guy, the relation that cohen admitted on the stand that he took roughly...
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at the trump organization? after all, donald trump, as the house speaker said, is not the bookkeeper. this is a lump sum kind of thing and it was characterized as a drop down menu how to characterize the stuff. who cares about stormy daniels thought about things and what she was going to do? i see this as more irrelevant stuff coming into this trial and i wonder if judge merchan has even bothered to consider he might be in reversible error territory now if there is a conviction. did he not see what happened recently with harvey weinstein because a judge let in too much stuff that had nothing to do with the issue at hand? this jury needs to be focused on the matters at hand and not all of this extraneous thing that do nothing to advance the needle in this case. >> harris: judge merchan you said may be in reversible error territory. what would it look like in terms of the case and for the judge? >> well so unfortunately for a criminal defendant, harris, reversible error doesn't come into play until after there is
at the trump organization? after all, donald trump, as the house speaker said, is not the bookkeeper. this is a lump sum kind of thing and it was characterized as a drop down menu how to characterize the stuff. who cares about stormy daniels thought about things and what she was going to do? i see this as more irrelevant stuff coming into this trial and i wonder if judge merchan has even bothered to consider he might be in reversible error territory now if there is a conviction. did he not see...
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trump directly about the business record. another trump organization employee testifying about mr. trump's process of signing checks, including to cohen, which were shown to the jury, saying, if he didn't want to sign it, he didn't sign it. it was signed in sharpie, and it was black, and that's what he uses. now the prosecution indicated today that they still have the number of witnesses to go. about two weeks, they expect, to continue to present their case against the defendant donald trump. at that point, the defense team for donald trump will be able to present its own defense. and of course the outstanding question of whether the former president himself will take the stand to make his own case under oath. >> vaughn, thank you. >>> the boeing star liner still on the ground this morning after last night's launch attempt was scrubbed because of a problem with the propellant valve. but whethen it does happen, it l have a crew for the first time. >>> let's check back in with michelle grossman to get a look at the weather ahead for the week. good morning, michelle. >> we're looking
trump directly about the business record. another trump organization employee testifying about mr. trump's process of signing checks, including to cohen, which were shown to the jury, saying, if he didn't want to sign it, he didn't sign it. it was signed in sharpie, and it was black, and that's what he uses. now the prosecution indicated today that they still have the number of witnesses to go. about two weeks, they expect, to continue to present their case against the defendant donald trump....
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the trump organization and the white house. and really this meeting that's what makes this so significant because it is one of the few examples where you have someone like allen weisselberg who works at the trump organization and trump and cohen altogether talking about this alleged conspiracy. >> and again, you are getting more detail tails now, more supporting evidence that michael cohen was there and one of the emails from jeff mcconney dated february 14, 2017, cohen asked mcconney to remind him the monthly amount he is opposed to invoice. >> and jake, what you're getting here, not just michael cohen's presence at the white house book contemporaneous correspondence from cohen to others about the payment scheme tig that's run economy responds to remind cohen its $35,000 per month. >> this is part of according to the prosecution, the way that they hid the repayment to michael cohen for the stormy daniels payment with a monthly fee as if that was what he was just being paid as donald trump's attorney, i actually didn't remember
the trump organization and the white house. and really this meeting that's what makes this so significant because it is one of the few examples where you have someone like allen weisselberg who works at the trump organization and trump and cohen altogether talking about this alleged conspiracy. >> and again, you are getting more detail tails now, more supporting evidence that michael cohen was there and one of the emails from jeff mcconney dated february 14, 2017, cohen asked mcconney to...
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today, the trump organization's controller testified he was ordered to "reimburse" cohen by trump's chief financial officer, allen weisselberg. then, with trump's bookkeeper on the witness stand, jurors saw the allegedly phony invoices cohen submitted, the ledger entries that classified the reimbursements as legal expenses, and the checks from trump's own bank account that he signed while in the white house. and if trump didn't want to sign a check, the bookkeeper testified he would simply scribble "void" in black sharpie and send it right back. the defense suggested these were legit legal expenses, because michael cohen was trump's lawyer. and they asked the bookkeeper, you never had any reason to believe president trump was hiding anything, she said no. tonight, david, prosecutors say they have about two weeks left
today, the trump organization's controller testified he was ordered to "reimburse" cohen by trump's chief financial officer, allen weisselberg. then, with trump's bookkeeper on the witness stand, jurors saw the allegedly phony invoices cohen submitted, the ledger entries that classified the reimbursements as legal expenses, and the checks from trump's own bank account that he signed while in the white house. and if trump didn't want to sign a check, the bookkeeper testified he would...
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and the trump organization for services rendered. the reason that does matter is he was submitting a monthly invoice in 2017 which was after the work that he provided would've been done. we'll prosecutors are trying to get out here is why would he be billing $35,000 a month in apris happening at that point when he was getting paid or stomach for something he provided the previous year which of course will go to their theory that the fee that they are pushing that donald trump and michael cohen were collaborating to unlawfully influence the election although as we have discussed, payment or compensation for an nda is not illegal. >> gillian: question about one of the key witnesses and hope hicks peered she painted a picture that former president trump was very eager to squash the stormy daniels story because he was concerned about what that reporting would it mean to his wife. worried it would be upsetting to her. of course. do you think looking back on the testimony a few days later after watching all of it multiple hours in full tha
and the trump organization for services rendered. the reason that does matter is he was submitting a monthly invoice in 2017 which was after the work that he provided would've been done. we'll prosecutors are trying to get out here is why would he be billing $35,000 a month in apris happening at that point when he was getting paid or stomach for something he provided the previous year which of course will go to their theory that the fee that they are pushing that donald trump and michael cohen...
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he helped himself to the trump organization piggy bank and admitted clearly he stole from the trump organization. how that will play with the jury and whether it's even relevant to them is not clear. i think it illustrates the mixed bag that is michael cohen as a witness. on one hand he's intimately familiar with the misdeeds of donald trump and the defense exposed themselves to michael cohen's explanation of it. on the other hand, it also forced michael cohen to admit that in addition to the various misdeeds of which we've heard him confess over the last few days, he also happened to steal $30,000 from the trump organization. >> one of the things i got from sitting next to you, lisa, and this is my first time at the courthouse, is what we've talked about. it's very hard to judge even with great explanations what the back and forth is. it's so different when you're in the room, you can hear the intone nation of the voice, that's one of the times that todd blanche did press it by saying you stole from the trump organization, right? michael cohen, yes, sir. not even belying any emotion or thought
he helped himself to the trump organization piggy bank and admitted clearly he stole from the trump organization. how that will play with the jury and whether it's even relevant to them is not clear. i think it illustrates the mixed bag that is michael cohen as a witness. on one hand he's intimately familiar with the misdeeds of donald trump and the defense exposed themselves to michael cohen's explanation of it. on the other hand, it also forced michael cohen to admit that in addition to the...
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yes, he was at the trump organization is hope hicks' response there. in 2015 and '16, that's where he still worked? yes. do things frustrate to go campaign staff, unauthorized, went rogue, hicks answers to that, yes. and then asked again to emphasize, he went rogue, and she answers yes. so sometimes did things unhelpful, and she answers, he liked to call himself fixer or mr. fix it. it was only because he first broke it. there's an ouch right there from hope hicks. then we're going into asking about david pecker, and you met david pecker before trump org, and you had a sense of who he was, yes. trump gives a lot of feedback, she's asked, yes, he does. let me bring in -- actually, we'll have you ashley in a moment. i want to get back to you yasmin. when you spoke with us ten minutes ago, and you said it was the hope they would wrap up with the prosecution, and yet they have had to pivot to defense because it's just enough time to at least get this going. what are you hearing from inside the courtroom? >> reporter: i think there's a point to be made here
yes, he was at the trump organization is hope hicks' response there. in 2015 and '16, that's where he still worked? yes. do things frustrate to go campaign staff, unauthorized, went rogue, hicks answers to that, yes. and then asked again to emphasize, he went rogue, and she answers yes. so sometimes did things unhelpful, and she answers, he liked to call himself fixer or mr. fix it. it was only because he first broke it. there's an ouch right there from hope hicks. then we're going into asking...
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anywhere near the bookkeeping, internal ledgers of the trump organization. and you could even argue if it's going to the attorney it is a legal expense but no 1 can prove what donald trump's intent was. michael cohen himself said, you know, i kind dinner on my own, my wife would be devastated. so where did he get that from? he doesn't have a relationship with her. everything in the case helps the former president of the united states. >> martha: i thought they also did a good job this morning of or training -- portraying todd blanche and michael cohen as desperate to get back into the good graces of the former president. denying the job at the white house, you know, thought maybe he could be attorney general or chief of staff and he said that's not what i wanted i wanted a higher paying job in that. and i guess the jury can decide what they think about that. but there were a couple pieces of a podcast play this morning where he sounds like an absolute lunatic. he screaming and yelling about how he wants donald trump to pay and suffer like he did. this 1 is b
anywhere near the bookkeeping, internal ledgers of the trump organization. and you could even argue if it's going to the attorney it is a legal expense but no 1 can prove what donald trump's intent was. michael cohen himself said, you know, i kind dinner on my own, my wife would be devastated. so where did he get that from? he doesn't have a relationship with her. everything in the case helps the former president of the united states. >> martha: i thought they also did a good job this...
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organization at the trump organization for mr. trump, bully people form yes, ma'am. why did you do that again, in order to accomplish the task, the only thing that was on my mind was to accomplish the task, to make him happy all right. so that was michael cohen admitting that he lied before the defense actually has a chance to call them out for it. so guys, let's go to the part where cohen talks about the atmosphere around the campaign when it came to the access hollywood tape and what if any, discussion did you remember with mr. trump about the access hollywood tape and the strategy for dealing with him he wanted me to reach out to all of my contacts with the media. >> we needed to put a spin on this and the spin that he wanted to put on it was that this is a locker room talk buck something that milan you had recommended or at least he told me that that's what millennia had thought it was and use that in order to get control over the story and to minimize its impact on him and his campaign. >> and what, if anything, did you do at
organization at the trump organization for mr. trump, bully people form yes, ma'am. why did you do that again, in order to accomplish the task, the only thing that was on my mind was to accomplish the task, to make him happy all right. so that was michael cohen admitting that he lied before the defense actually has a chance to call them out for it. so guys, let's go to the part where cohen talks about the atmosphere around the campaign when it came to the access hollywood tape and what if any,...
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trump attorney todd blanche saying, "you stole from the trump organization, right?" cohen answering, "yes, sir." later when questioned by the prosecutor cohen saying he stole the money because he had not received a large enough bonus. "i just felt it was almost like self-help," cohen said. the defense also suggesting cohen has profited in other ways off his association with the former president. pointing to the fact that he raked in over $4 million in consulting agreements while also serving as mr. trump's personal attorney. and the defense says cohen is now cashing in as a top trump critic too, making over $3 million on two books. he's considering a potential tv show and a third book. while cohen testified he's considering a potential tv show and a third book. the defense calling it a motivation to lie. blanche asking, "do you have a financial interest in the outcome of this case?" cohen saying, "yes, sir." though cohen insisted he'd make more money if mr. trump were acquitted because cohen says "it gives me more to talk about in the future." cohen's credibility cri
trump attorney todd blanche saying, "you stole from the trump organization, right?" cohen answering, "yes, sir." later when questioned by the prosecutor cohen saying he stole the money because he had not received a large enough bonus. "i just felt it was almost like self-help," cohen said. the defense also suggesting cohen has profited in other ways off his association with the former president. pointing to the fact that he raked in over $4 million in consulting...
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this is handwriting from the trump organization cfo. it is him doing the math. this is how much michael cohen is owed since we are going to lie and say this is income for him instead of the reimbursement that it actually is. that means he will have to pay taxes on it. here's how much we will add to what we are paying him to account for the taxes he's going to have to pay. here's the add additional bonus line because he said he was owed money on his annual bonus and these are getting another one because he's leaving the organization. usually over 12 part at the bottom, that means we will pay it over 12 months. it is $420,000.00 over 12 months, $35,000 or cents a month. that document, people exhibit 35, what prosecutors have laid out is that that is the smoking gun document that shows the crime. it shows what the payment was really for and how it was disguised as something else and the business records of the trump organization and it was disguised as something else in order to conceal its true nature because it's true nature was that it was a campaign expenditure
this is handwriting from the trump organization cfo. it is him doing the math. this is how much michael cohen is owed since we are going to lie and say this is income for him instead of the reimbursement that it actually is. that means he will have to pay taxes on it. here's how much we will add to what we are paying him to account for the taxes he's going to have to pay. here's the add additional bonus line because he said he was owed money on his annual bonus and these are getting another one...
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. >> emily: happening now in the historic criminal trial of former president trump, the trump organization's one-time controller, jeff and connie, is on the witness stand. earlier, the judge threatened to throw trump in jail over his gag orders. he claims that the $1,000 fines are not working. let's go live to eric shawn outside the new york state supreme court. >> that's right. from the oval office to a jail cell. could that be former president trump's fate if he continues to violate judge merchan's gag orders? >> the judge is totally conflicted. you want to take a look at it. i'm not supposed to be talking about it. but i am allowed to say that the judge has a conflict. you ought to take a look at it. he's taking away my constitutional right to speak. >> the defendant continues to rail against these proceedings and the gag order, even though the former president that he could potentially cost him his freedom. judge juan merchan warned that the vitriol in dangerous rhetoric has to stop, telling him directly, "the last thing i want to consider is jail. you're the former president and possibl
. >> emily: happening now in the historic criminal trial of former president trump, the trump organization's one-time controller, jeff and connie, is on the witness stand. earlier, the judge threatened to throw trump in jail over his gag orders. he claims that the $1,000 fines are not working. let's go live to eric shawn outside the new york state supreme court. >> that's right. from the oval office to a jail cell. could that be former president trump's fate if he continues to...
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i'm donald trump's business organization. it's an empire that function less like a billion-dollar behemoths more like your mom-and-pop corner store. but the former president at the center of everything say that legal analysts, jodi jackson has been pouring through the transcripts of today's testimony joey, the prosecution asked the bookkeeper to talk about how trump signed the checks and dealt with money. and now we have the entrance of the sharpies we certainly do. and let's talk about what those sharpies. this is the account and of course, deborah tarasoff. and so this was what happened in response to brass tacks. we're right now on the actual documents. right. so what happened? prosecutor asked the following question. what if you cut a check from the dj t account? did mr. trump have to sign the check because mr.. weasel berg, of course, he's the chief financial officer or was approved. it witness answers. no. if he didn't want to sign it, he didn't sign it. prosecutor then asked, did you ever see situations where he didn't
i'm donald trump's business organization. it's an empire that function less like a billion-dollar behemoths more like your mom-and-pop corner store. but the former president at the center of everything say that legal analysts, jodi jackson has been pouring through the transcripts of today's testimony joey, the prosecution asked the bookkeeper to talk about how trump signed the checks and dealt with money. and now we have the entrance of the sharpies we certainly do. and let's talk about what...
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the trump organization, not the campaign, paid out money in legal expenses. where is the crime? there is no crime. the only crime that is happening here is this democrat judge in the democrat party prosecuting their political rival right in the middle of a presidential election. the crime here is that the issues facing our nation are not being addressed by the democrats , but they want to go after donald trump. and there is nothing wrong, there is nothing wrong here. nothing that has been done poorly by president trump. the only thing that is being done wrong is biden's judge. his daughter is raising money for democrats. and all the fundraising emails come all the fundraising things are about this trial that his daughter is using. he won't recuse himself. this is a travesty of justice. this is immense use of the justices in -- justice system. new york has plenty of issues. you have nypd's finest down here because of this travesty going on. meanwhile the citizens of new york are less safe candid district attorney in new york is not prosecuting real crime. he is going after his ch
the trump organization, not the campaign, paid out money in legal expenses. where is the crime? there is no crime. the only crime that is happening here is this democrat judge in the democrat party prosecuting their political rival right in the middle of a presidential election. the crime here is that the issues facing our nation are not being addressed by the democrats , but they want to go after donald trump. and there is nothing wrong, there is nothing wrong here. nothing that has been done...
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another trump organization employee, debra tarasoff, testifying about mr. trump's process of signing checks including to cohen, which were shown to the jury saying "if he didn't want to sign it he didn't sign it. it was signed in sharpie and it was black and that's what he uses." >> vaughn, the prosecution also giving an indication of the timing of this case. >> reporter: yeah, lester. prosecutors said they intend to call witnesses for about the next two weeks. at that point mr. trump's team will be able to present its own defense. and of course the question of whether the former president will take the stand himself. lester? >> all right. vaughn hillyard in new york tonight. thank you. >>> there is a new severe weather threat we're following tonight after that flooding emergency in texas led to more than 600 rescues in the houston area alone. officials say two people were killed including a 4-year-old boy. the flooding left homes submerged, cars floating and lives upended. bill karins is here. bill, conditions are really ripe for another tough night. >> le
another trump organization employee, debra tarasoff, testifying about mr. trump's process of signing checks including to cohen, which were shown to the jury saying "if he didn't want to sign it he didn't sign it. it was signed in sharpie and it was black and that's what he uses." >> vaughn, the prosecution also giving an indication of the timing of this case. >> reporter: yeah, lester. prosecutors said they intend to call witnesses for about the next two weeks. at that...
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for reviewing vouchers, invoices, and ultimately cutting checks at the trump organization. we looked at almost all, if not all of the 34 business records the prosecution is alleging that the trump organization and trump himself falsified in order to hide the actual reason why he was issuing these payments to then-trump lawyer and fixer michael cohen. they really went through the process of how the check gets cut, how it got signed by trump himself, and that was a very lengthy process we went through with both of them. william: we have heard previous testimony that donald trump was aware of payments that were made directly to women to keep their stories quiet. did we get any closer to understanding what trump did or did not know about these alleged repayments of some of that money to michael cohen? ximena: today we did learn that trump himself was responsible for signing these checks. the defense is still trying to create distance between trump and the actual reason the checks were cashed to michael cohen when in the first place come asking the witnesses whether or not they
for reviewing vouchers, invoices, and ultimately cutting checks at the trump organization. we looked at almost all, if not all of the 34 business records the prosecution is alleging that the trump organization and trump himself falsified in order to hide the actual reason why he was issuing these payments to then-trump lawyer and fixer michael cohen. they really went through the process of how the check gets cut, how it got signed by trump himself, and that was a very lengthy process we went...
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that matters here because the trump organization is a privately held company. the argument is president trump did not have an intent to defraud because who was he trying to defraud? they are the records of the trump organization, and there's nobody who would be on the receiving end of these records. judge merchan is not likely to give the instruction the way they want because he says intention to defraud does not require there is a particular person out there you're trying to defraud. you could be trying to keep false business records for a rainy day so when, for example, the ftc comes knocking, you have something already cooked that makes it look like something the prosecutors would say it was not. that's an example of a way in which the defense is trying through jury instructions to accomplish something that maybe the evidence in the case does not accomplish for them. >> there was some back and forth on this missing witness question whether instructor whether the absence of allen weisselberg who is in rikers right now did not testify and testimony indicates h
that matters here because the trump organization is a privately held company. the argument is president trump did not have an intent to defraud because who was he trying to defraud? they are the records of the trump organization, and there's nobody who would be on the receiving end of these records. judge merchan is not likely to give the instruction the way they want because he says intention to defraud does not require there is a particular person out there you're trying to defraud. you could...
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maria: that was incredible when trump's lawyer said to michael cohen you stole from the trump organization and he said yes, i did i stole $30000 i said it was more money coming to me and i said $30000 and when you grow set up including taxes they talk about $60000, your reaction. >> the of the prosecution's star witness as opposed to stormy daniels who is a actress that admitted on the stand that she hates donald trump would like to see him in prison michael cohen is also admitted that an ease now an admitted liar and a thief in a court of law and legal observers are saying if michael cohen had been prosecuted and convicted of the crime of stealing from the trump organization he would've faced 15 years in prison so what he admitted to is far worse than the fake crime that they're trying to plaster donald trump with this but no evidence of falsification of business records and no evidence presented to the jury whatsoever in prosecution did not even stated a crime this has devolved into a circus in the circus because it's a disgrace in the huge blemish on the constitution and the rule of law
maria: that was incredible when trump's lawyer said to michael cohen you stole from the trump organization and he said yes, i did i stole $30000 i said it was more money coming to me and i said $30000 and when you grow set up including taxes they talk about $60000, your reaction. >> the of the prosecution's star witness as opposed to stormy daniels who is a actress that admitted on the stand that she hates donald trump would like to see him in prison michael cohen is also admitted that an...
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he was doing work for donald trump even before he worked for the trump organization. and in some cases, not getting paid, michael cohen was working for trump without even necessarily getting paid in the beginning, which goes to show that there was a desire always to please trump to meet his expectations, to take care of these for him and he really described that motivation as being absolutely paramount one of the other things and you guys may have discussed this earlier in the program, but what he talked about not being hey by trump. another critical piece of information being brought out by the prosecutors end of the day, they have to get to the point of michael cohen was repaid, not just what he paid for the stormy daniels story, but he was repaid that and then some he was paid for the taxes. he was paid over and above a bonus. oh, well, and what michael cohen established very early on was that that was not donald trump's practice. that from the very beginning, he had $100,000 bill for donald trump and he was told by people who worked for trump, unless you want to g
he was doing work for donald trump even before he worked for the trump organization. and in some cases, not getting paid, michael cohen was working for trump without even necessarily getting paid in the beginning, which goes to show that there was a desire always to please trump to meet his expectations, to take care of these for him and he really described that motivation as being absolutely paramount one of the other things and you guys may have discussed this earlier in the program, but what...
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michael cohen falsified invoices to the trump organization. and he paid the contractors in cash in a brown paper bag. msnbc couldn't believe it. >> dealing in these sandwich bags of cash is already problematic but the idea that he would grab a wad of cash and stick it in his pocket has moved michael cohen from this figure where he is part tom hagen from the gold father but really more like friedo corleon. >> jesse: when asked why he stole from trump, he said he was angry that his bonus was not bigger and he saw it as help. he saw it as samples, where he could just help himself like in a super market. but msnbc called it, rebalancing the bonus you think you deserved. >> it was michael cohen doing the little he could within the calculation to rebalance the bonus he thought he deserved and it still came out as less than the bonus he thought he deserved and the bonus he got the year before. >> jesse: to the producers with the last word, upset with the bonus that laurence gave you, take his wallet and rebalance the bonus. nothing illegal about it.
michael cohen falsified invoices to the trump organization. and he paid the contractors in cash in a brown paper bag. msnbc couldn't believe it. >> dealing in these sandwich bags of cash is already problematic but the idea that he would grab a wad of cash and stick it in his pocket has moved michael cohen from this figure where he is part tom hagen from the gold father but really more like friedo corleon. >> jesse: when asked why he stole from trump, he said he was angry that his...
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the trump organization's. the prosecutor say those were% reimbursement for hush money. trump's lawyers say they were legal expenses. if convicted, judge merchan could sentence trump to serve up to four years in prison, or impose a sentence of probation with no jail time. how long could these deliberations last? >> there is no real telling. there's 34 charges here, so they have to come up with a verdict on each of these charges, so it could take a while to get >> reporter: to find trump guilty, the jury would have to unanimously decide he acted personally, or with others, to falsify business records, and that he did so with an intent to defraud, while also intending to aid or conceal another crime. >> i predict that they would spend most of the day tomorrow going through the evidence and trying to come up with a verdict, and potentially come up with something friday afternoon, but you really never can tell with juries. >> reporter: as you note, all eyes now on that august 2015 meeting, a crucial meeting at trum
the trump organization's. the prosecutor say those were% reimbursement for hush money. trump's lawyers say they were legal expenses. if convicted, judge merchan could sentence trump to serve up to four years in prison, or impose a sentence of probation with no jail time. how long could these deliberations last? >> there is no real telling. there's 34 charges here, so they have to come up with a verdict on each of these charges, so it could take a while to get >> reporter: to find...
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the interesting thing today is how easy it is in the trump organization, where trump is the center of control of everything, to basically make i afraud go all the way down the line as long as it starts with trump and maybe weisselberg. >> and there's so much anecdotal testimony to that effect. i mean, again, i'm not a lawyer. never worked at the trump org. but i've been a juror. and when you're there, does the story hang together? pecker said, quote, i am not be a bank. right? so the money has to come from somewhere for the next story that threatens trump's candidacy in the post-"access hollywood" era. you've got every single person who's testified describing him as a tightwad and a micromanager. you can't unheard that as a juror. >> beyond reasonable doubt. it's going to be hard to find any doubt in this story. the documentation in there. when you put the witnesses there, when you put the anecdotes in there, there's no other explanation. i think for there to be doubt there has to be, well, this maybe happened. and it's pretty hard to come up with that. and i just want to qualify, as
the interesting thing today is how easy it is in the trump organization, where trump is the center of control of everything, to basically make i afraud go all the way down the line as long as it starts with trump and maybe weisselberg. >> and there's so much anecdotal testimony to that effect. i mean, again, i'm not a lawyer. never worked at the trump org. but i've been a juror. and when you're there, does the story hang together? pecker said, quote, i am not be a bank. right? so the...
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the trump organization cuts the check and the trump organization executive assistant send the check to the oval office director. that would be keith schiller's home, not the white house. trump signs the check, the trump organization executive assistant receives the signed check and back invoices and be signed checks go back to the trump organization for accounting. number one, this involves trump. he's part of this convoluted process but also it seems rather secretive, doesn't it? it seems like they are avoiding something. >> there's nothing fishy about sending checks to the residence body man at his home address, nothing fishy about that at all. what was interesting was the way that this fits together because this testimony they are reading from his book earlier in the trial, how to get rich and think like a billionaire saying this guy negotiated down to the paperclips and he trusted the cfo implicitly. this is a guy she was in the weeds, is famous for not paying his lawyers, they are doing a good job of showing that not only is this person, the defendant very involved in every piece
the trump organization cuts the check and the trump organization executive assistant send the check to the oval office director. that would be keith schiller's home, not the white house. trump signs the check, the trump organization executive assistant receives the signed check and back invoices and be signed checks go back to the trump organization for accounting. number one, this involves trump. he's part of this convoluted process but also it seems rather secretive, doesn't it? it seems like...
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blanche so you stole from the trump organization cohen? >> yes, sir and as the trial nears its end, trump making the most of that moment. >> and today making the most of every moment, he still has left in that courtroom, he was surrounded by a group of people who have been charged or convicted of crimes, including chuck z2, a former leader the house angels motorcycle gang, who did time for drug charges. trump legal advisor boris step who has been indicted in arizona for trying to overturn the election and ben omnipresent in that courtroom. >> and former nypd commissioner commissioner bernard qarrah, who spent time in prison for tax-related charges. paula reid is outfront, live outside the new york courthouse to begin our coverage. >> for tonight. and paula, i know you reached out to costello for response to his testimony today because it was so heated inside that room. what did you get well, he declined to comment to cnn, erin. >> now of course, the judge asked him specifically not to talk about the case so even after that, rakus testimony
blanche so you stole from the trump organization cohen? >> yes, sir and as the trial nears its end, trump making the most of that moment. >> and today making the most of every moment, he still has left in that courtroom, he was surrounded by a group of people who have been charged or convicted of crimes, including chuck z2, a former leader the house angels motorcycle gang, who did time for drug charges. trump legal advisor boris step who has been indicted in arizona for trying to...
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former trump fixer, michael cohen, admitting to stealing thousands of dollars from the trump organization. another hit to the credibility of the prosecution's key witness plus a dramatic exchange between judge juan merchan and a defense witness. robert costello acted as a legal adviser to cohen after the fbi searched his home and office. cohen's home and office, he complained costello complained when the judge sustained an objection to a question he was being asked the judge warning, costello, quote, when there's a witness on the stand, if you don't like my ruling, you don't say, jeez. >> okay. >> and then you don't say strike it. because i am the only one that can strike testimony in the courtroom. and then if you don't like my ruling, you don't give me side. eye and you don't roll your eyes after court ended for the day, trump made his now standard complaints about the case and the judge and he added this one of the two, right bars now i'm going to ask somebody to be there again and again to the now i'm sitting here for almost five weeks freezing cold ice joining me now, wall street jou
former trump fixer, michael cohen, admitting to stealing thousands of dollars from the trump organization. another hit to the credibility of the prosecution's key witness plus a dramatic exchange between judge juan merchan and a defense witness. robert costello acted as a legal adviser to cohen after the fbi searched his home and office. cohen's home and office, he complained costello complained when the judge sustained an objection to a question he was being asked the judge warning, costello,...
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, the trump organization, not even that day. he says, he goes in from his firm four with $100,000 bill for services rendered. trump says, how do you like to work for me he's incredibly honore. he doesn't he never gets that bill paid and he never even goes back to his old job trump sent over some trump organization employees to pack up his stuff. cohen says cohen says he never went back and he's lean back right now. trump in his chair with his eyes eyes closed as cohen is testifying, who did you report to at the time, hoffinger asks mr. trump, cohen says, who else? i mean, this is the beginning of amino, as jamie said, when you say he liked to work for donald trump, i mean, he he acted as though he was donald trump personified. >> well, he also he did not work under there was a general counsel at trump organization and colon just testified he did not work under the general counsel's office. he was his own free floating rogue attorney working for donald trump, his roy cohn, as you say, which i think sets the stage for what we're g
, the trump organization, not even that day. he says, he goes in from his firm four with $100,000 bill for services rendered. trump says, how do you like to work for me he's incredibly honore. he doesn't he never gets that bill paid and he never even goes back to his old job trump sent over some trump organization employees to pack up his stuff. cohen says cohen says he never went back and he's lean back right now. trump in his chair with his eyes eyes closed as cohen is testifying, who did you...
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organization and the trump campaign did not know anything about it. it strikes me as hard to believe that bragg will pin the entire case on cohen making that point if indeed that is where they are headed. as >> right. after they rest, there is a motion to dismiss that almost always is not granted by the judge. it's very rare. usually he will let jurors decide but i would make a very compelling argument at a minimum to the appellate courts if there's ever a conviction and say there's not sufficient evidence to let a jury decide this case. they did not make what we call a prima facie case meaning they did not hit every single element that is required here. too much of this was done by michael cohen by his own admission. >> sandra: while we try to reestablish a connection with mark, it looks like we are getting another update from inside the courtroom and mark, do we have you back? >> john: i don't think we ever lost him. >> sandra: continue. i apologize. >> i made my point. i don't know where i got cut off but my point is there is too much here that can
organization and the trump campaign did not know anything about it. it strikes me as hard to believe that bragg will pin the entire case on cohen making that point if indeed that is where they are headed. as >> right. after they rest, there is a motion to dismiss that almost always is not granted by the judge. it's very rare. usually he will let jurors decide but i would make a very compelling argument at a minimum to the appellate courts if there's ever a conviction and say there's not...
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organization anymore at that point in time, trump was transitioning. he was on the campaign he could have just said michael, let's take care of this between the two of us and i'll give you the money, whatever take care of it. but what happened here is that money allegedly was run through the business records almost like a tax deduction, like taking your family out to dinner for a business meal and then running it through your tax deduction. it was like it was grossed up yes they could have just reimbursed cohen and i didn't trunk the head to know that this thing was all screwed up and was done in a way to high about to what they do at this point. maybe this was a slam dunk for the defense but they have a choice now, do they continue? do they put on there there their part of this or do they just rest and let the jury sit with this and go into deliberations i mean, they don't have the burden of proof here. i'm do they do they wanted to leave it to chance or do they need to call some extra witnesses to further break down? michael cohen? >> it's credibilit
organization anymore at that point in time, trump was transitioning. he was on the campaign he could have just said michael, let's take care of this between the two of us and i'll give you the money, whatever take care of it. but what happened here is that money allegedly was run through the business records almost like a tax deduction, like taking your family out to dinner for a business meal and then running it through your tax deduction. it was like it was grossed up yes they could have just...
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not donald trump himself but the accountants of the trump organization that did it and it comes back to the fact that new breath was fed into this case making it a felony from the misdemeanor where the statute of limitations had run out. the fact that i guess i think they will have a stretch to make the argument that a felony was committed. that donald trump intentionally himself tried to win an election by hiding what was happening with regard to these payments when hope hicks came on and said it was about my family. this is about melania, this was about my reputation in the trump organization. it wasn't about the politics. it was about my wife. how do you refute that and get into the mind of donald trump and say that's not actually what he was doing? any common sense juror would say well if i had done that, i too who want could keep it from my wife and not exposed in the media. it does damage to me and my relationship with my spouse. >> harris: matt, in listening to all that i am looking down. we saw former president trump walk back into the courtroom. they have resumed and i want
not donald trump himself but the accountants of the trump organization that did it and it comes back to the fact that new breath was fed into this case making it a felony from the misdemeanor where the statute of limitations had run out. the fact that i guess i think they will have a stretch to make the argument that a felony was committed. that donald trump intentionally himself tried to win an election by hiding what was happening with regard to these payments when hope hicks came on and said...
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a claim, civil or criminal against the trump organization or any of its former or current principals including donald trump so they didn't call him and now, there's not going to be the will -- missing witness case. >> it looks like they might have gotten the case and sat on it. are we going to get a full day of closing arguments, does that seem long to you? >> it seems long but i think that's exactly what we are going to get. i think we are going to see multiple hours from both sides like in excess of two hours from each site. i will also remind the viewers that closing arguments in new york state court don't work the way in federal court we've got the prosecution goes force -- first. here the defense goes first and the prosecution because they carry the burden of proof, they close it out so they get to rebut and present their major argument all in one. i expect that doing that will take the das office upwards of three hours. >> i'm going to ask you to predict the future. let's say it goes to them on wednesday. what do we think like is this a few days of deliberations, weeks? >> the
a claim, civil or criminal against the trump organization or any of its former or current principals including donald trump so they didn't call him and now, there's not going to be the will -- missing witness case. >> it looks like they might have gotten the case and sat on it. are we going to get a full day of closing arguments, does that seem long to you? >> it seems long but i think that's exactly what we are going to get. i think we are going to see multiple hours from both...
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so you stole from the trump organization. blanche asked. yes, sir. >> cohen confirmed prosecutors then got a chance to clean up their case with cohen on redirect i, know it may feel like you're on trial here after cross-examination, but are you actually on trial, prosecutor susan hoffinger asked no, ma'am. cohen replied cohen was the only witness called by the prosecution who directly implicated trump for allegedly falsifying business records over 17 hours of testimony, cohen provided some helpful evidence for prosecutors, including testifying last week that he spoke with trump twice to get his sign off before making the payment to stormy daniel's on may 13th, he testified everything required mr. trump's sign-off on top of that, i wanted the money back on may 16. trump attorneys later called into question a key phone call, cohen had said he had with trump bodyguard keith schiller, who then pass the phone to trump, where cohen had testified that he told trump how he planned to pay daniels on may 16, blanche press cohen saying that was a lie.
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organization, and there was nothing wrong with it. president trump is innocent, blanche said. there is no crime, period. >> this is not a trial that should happen. it's a very sad day. this is a dark day in america. >> laura, let me ask you about the length of the prosecution's closing argument. it's a bit unusual. >> reporter: yeah, lester. it's rare to see closing arguments stretch on in a case like this. the prosecution going over four hours at this point. at times the jury appearing attentive, other times less so. but we do expect that this jury will finally
organization, and there was nothing wrong with it. president trump is innocent, blanche said. there is no crime, period. >> this is not a trial that should happen. it's a very sad day. this is a dark day in america. >> laura, let me ask you about the length of the prosecution's closing argument. it's a bit unusual. >> reporter: yeah, lester. it's rare to see closing arguments stretch on in a case like this. the prosecution going over four hours at this point. at times the jury...
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michael cohen started working for the trump organization. you'll learn michael cohen was obsessed with president trump. he's obsessed with president trump even to this day. that's what they're going to do, say he's obsessed with trump thoughts. >> can we go back to andrew's face. >> i'm like, obsessed with trump is not a particularly fruitful line. yes, it's fine to point out he has lied and he has lied under oath. it's not great when he's lying under oath to congress. there is no reason that michael cohen had any personal advantage in doing that. >> in any of it. >> the only reason for that, which was lying about donald trump's businesses in russia, was to protect him. >> and every time they're like, michael cohen is a liar? i'm like, about what? michael cohen is a criminal. for who? >> that question, always the answer is donald trump. lisa reuben, thank you. andrew weissmann is sticking with us. coming up, i think we have seen this movie before. donald trump is doing his best to reboot the 2016 election forever and ever with the same old n
michael cohen started working for the trump organization. you'll learn michael cohen was obsessed with president trump. he's obsessed with president trump even to this day. that's what they're going to do, say he's obsessed with trump thoughts. >> can we go back to andrew's face. >> i'm like, obsessed with trump is not a particularly fruitful line. yes, it's fine to point out he has lied and he has lied under oath. it's not great when he's lying under oath to congress. there is no...
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number one, cohen's long history with donald trump trump in relationship with the trump organization. but i think this is a wink nod to potential threats, not, not saying it, not suggesting that the former president is threatening former employee of his, but just the idea of putting out a tweet when legal proceedings are pending saying, you know what? i don't think michael would tweet. it's sort of it's a character statement based on how they got it in. i don't think the defense would have had a reason to object to it, but i think it's a powerful way of showing the relationship and i'll know steinglass, the prosecutor, is saying cohen never really trusted costello. can you really blame him? >> you saw costello testified it was not the final i missed our i think what do we call it a forced error to call him. >> i mean, some of the lawyers that de were even suggesting it would have been better just to rest declare victory, say they didn't make their case, and move on. i do think steinglass has a way of playing to common sense. so he reminded the jurors at one point that donald trump had
number one, cohen's long history with donald trump trump in relationship with the trump organization. but i think this is a wink nod to potential threats, not, not saying it, not suggesting that the former president is threatening former employee of his, but just the idea of putting out a tweet when legal proceedings are pending saying, you know what? i don't think michael would tweet. it's sort of it's a character statement based on how they got it in. i don't think the defense would have had...
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organization. and then, after the prosecution rested its case, the defense calling a surprise witness, ushering in an explosive courtroom confrontation. robert costello, a lawyer who advised cohen in the days after his hotel room and office were raided by the fbi in 2018. costello testified cohen was “manic,” and “suicidal,” quoting him saying, "my life is shattered, my family's life is shattered. i really want you to explain to me, what my options are? what's my escape route?" costello said he told cohen all his problems would go away if he just told the feds the truth about donald trump and the deal with stormy daniels. but he said cohen insisted “trump knew nothing about those payments, that he did this on his own.” saying, “i swear to god bob, i don't have anything on donald trump.” throughout costello's testimony, prosecutors objected. and when judge juan merchan upheld those objections, costello audibly reacting from the witness stand. "geez," he said one time. “ridiculous,
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he was a very useful component of what the trump organization and donald trump was doing and not having a paper trail of the trump campaign itself i think was part of the scheme. so i think that's not going to be the most truthful line of cross-examination. i think they're going to say these direct conversations where they were one-on-one. really on those conversations only have michael cohen, not donald trump, you know, to as witnesses and you shouldn't believe him. and that's where i think michael cohen's testimony this morning was, there's a piece that i think you'll hear again and again, which was michael cohen was asked did donald trump use e-mail and he said no, he didn't. and he said did you have a conversation about that. he said donald trump said i know too many people who went down, went down, because of e-mails. and that, to me, was to reminiscent of when don mcgahn has recounted, the former white house counsel, said he was berated by president trump for taking notes of their meeting. saying why are you taking notes? real lawyers like roy cohn don't take notes and don mcgahn
he was a very useful component of what the trump organization and donald trump was doing and not having a paper trail of the trump campaign itself i think was part of the scheme. so i think that's not going to be the most truthful line of cross-examination. i think they're going to say these direct conversations where they were one-on-one. really on those conversations only have michael cohen, not donald trump, you know, to as witnesses and you shouldn't believe him. and that's where i think...
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breaking news tonight from former president trump's hush money trial prosecutors grilling to trump organization employees about the alleged scheme to disguise the payments as legal fee is showing jurors checks, invoices, and ledgers here's daniels on piers morgan, uncensored last year, talking about the discussion she said she had with her attorney, keep davidson about getting paid and then they approached me with the nda and i was like, what do you think i should do? >> and he goes, well, i think you should come forward and stop and write but as your friends at least if you sign this and there's payment, there's a paper towel and they can't hurt you and i was like, that made sense. may absolute sense jonny snails journalist ronan farrow, he wrote about the hush money scheme, the center of this trial, and they 2019 bestselling book catch and kill. >> you explored other alleged hush money payments maden the former presence behalf, including the uh, hundred and $50,000 payment from the national enquirer is publisher to buy the rights to former playboy model karen mcdougal. a story about an allege
breaking news tonight from former president trump's hush money trial prosecutors grilling to trump organization employees about the alleged scheme to disguise the payments as legal fee is showing jurors checks, invoices, and ledgers here's daniels on piers morgan, uncensored last year, talking about the discussion she said she had with her attorney, keep davidson about getting paid and then they approached me with the nda and i was like, what do you think i should do? >> and he goes,...
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everything we have heard so far has pertained to conspiracy, and now we expect to hear from trump organization staffers, and michael cohen is supposed to take the stand, and witnesses that can speak to the actual payments, the reimbursement, to michael: that prosecutors say came at the final stage of a scheme. host: when it comes to the prosecution and defense, how would you characterize the approach when it comes to making the respective cases? >> the have been pretty methodical, the prosecution. they started with what some describe as sleazy trump characters, and they very much started looking at it chronologically. so the first one was david pecker and trump tower, were prosecutors say the scheme began , and he became the campaigns eyes and ears. and then we heard from a lawyer who is part of negotiations. on friday, it was dramatic, abouthhush money from hope hicks, the trump campaign press secretary. it all sort of shed light on trump had said he had no knowledge of these payments and had nothing to do with any sort of efforts on his part to get ahead of negative rumors and efforts to pro
everything we have heard so far has pertained to conspiracy, and now we expect to hear from trump organization staffers, and michael cohen is supposed to take the stand, and witnesses that can speak to the actual payments, the reimbursement, to michael: that prosecutors say came at the final stage of a scheme. host: when it comes to the prosecution and defense, how would you characterize the approach when it comes to making the respective cases? >> the have been pretty methodical, the...
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organization who said trump was very involved in the nitty-gritty of payments and records at the trump organization which would suggest that generally, it was his pattern to be kept apprised of payments and what they were for. so all of that tends to corroborate what michael solan -- michael cohen is saying substantively about this matter even though there is no other witness with direct knowledge of it. william: these falsification charges are normally misdemeanors but the manhattan d.a. charged these as felonies and they are arguing that if you commit these falsification's in service of or trying to conceal another crime, then they become a felony. what do prosecutors have to prove in that regard? jessica: this is a really interesting part of the case and i think there is a lot of escutcheon today at the conference with the jury instructions about exactly what the judge is going to tell the jury about this but in essence, the prosecutors are now arguing primarily that that other crime was a new york state law that makes it a crime to promote a candidate selection through unlawful mea
organization who said trump was very involved in the nitty-gritty of payments and records at the trump organization which would suggest that generally, it was his pattern to be kept apprised of payments and what they were for. so all of that tends to corroborate what michael solan -- michael cohen is saying substantively about this matter even though there is no other witness with direct knowledge of it. william: these falsification charges are normally misdemeanors but the manhattan d.a....
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the words of donald trump, testimony coming just one day after two key trump organization employees who were the ones handling the checks and invoices for the ultimate execution of the reimbursement to michael cohen took the stand yesterday, and now you said it, we wait for stormy daniels to take the stand, about 18 years after her alleged affair with donald trump in lake tahoe. this was an alleged one night stand, but one that stormy daniels has chronicled extensively in a book and a recent documentary, and ultimately was prepared to allegedly share in just before the 2016 election. and that is when there was the scramble to ultimately have michael cohen secure a $130,000 payment to her, of course, david fairhold, i'll let you go back and forth with, is at the center of this, with his "washington post" piece on "access hollywood" and what propelled the two sides to begin negotiating the sell of her story in the efforts to quiet it before the 2016 election. >> it has been a long time coming. it has been years, decades since the alleged affair. vaughn, please keep us posted. we can tell
the words of donald trump, testimony coming just one day after two key trump organization employees who were the ones handling the checks and invoices for the ultimate execution of the reimbursement to michael cohen took the stand yesterday, and now you said it, we wait for stormy daniels to take the stand, about 18 years after her alleged affair with donald trump in lake tahoe. this was an alleged one night stand, but one that stormy daniels has chronicled extensively in a book and a recent...
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period of flux and chaos at the trump organization, mcconney says, that's putting it mildly. bove says, and that's because president trump become president united states, right? because he says yes, sir. beauvais and the way of doing business and the company had to change, right? >> mcconney drastically. bove says, and there was a period where things were in flux because you're trying and to figure out how to do that, right? mcconney says, yes, sir. and for the first time in decades, president trump's main office was in washington, dc, hundreds of miles away, or mcconney says, yes, sir. so he was not new york as must as you had been previously, the sign personal cheques mcconney. i don't remember seeing him in new york at all. and anderson was wondering thing i want to point out that was all over the testimony today. it's a person it's alan yslow, birth play a huge role in this testimony today. this is just one exchange and we have a corresponding document to show you matthew angelo, the prosecutor who was asking the questions any for part of it says mr. mcconney, now showing
period of flux and chaos at the trump organization, mcconney says, that's putting it mildly. bove says, and that's because president trump become president united states, right? because he says yes, sir. beauvais and the way of doing business and the company had to change, right? >> mcconney drastically. bove says, and there was a period where things were in flux because you're trying and to figure out how to do that, right? mcconney says, yes, sir. and for the first time in decades,...