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alan weisselberg. alan weisselberg. alan weisselberg. alan weisselberg, who would know the answer to those questions? alan weisselberg >> weisselberg is 76 years old. he is now expected to head back to rikers island, the notorious new york city jail, where he served time last year on tax charges the dangerous storms are slamming of the southeastern united states right now from tornadoes to torrential rain, cnn is just arriving in one spot where reports say a tornado just hit. we're gonna...
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locate were waiting for alan weisselberg to arrive for his sentencing. he pleaded guilty last month to two felony counts of perjury and that was for lying during the new york attorney general's civil fraud investigation into donald trump, the trump organization and weisselberg himself, a prosecutor, saying it, and weisberg admitted to lying during the investigation about the size of trump's triplex apartment and how they value that apartment on his financial until statements that were at the very center of the case. and as you said, the judge found trump and weisselberg and others liable for fraud in that lawsuit, and find them massive judgment against the former president. so weisselberg, once he arrives today, he will face the judge and be sentenced. now, under this deal with prosecutors in which he agreed to plead guilty to those two felonies. a prosecutors are expected to recommend a sentence of five months in jail that would be rikers island. this notorious jail in new york city. but this is the second time weisselberg has pleaded guilty. he previou
locate were waiting for alan weisselberg to arrive for his sentencing. he pleaded guilty last month to two felony counts of perjury and that was for lying during the new york attorney general's civil fraud investigation into donald trump, the trump organization and weisselberg himself, a prosecutor, saying it, and weisberg admitted to lying during the investigation about the size of trump's triplex apartment and how they value that apartment on his financial until statements that were at the...
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alan weisselberg. alan weisselberg. alan weisselberg.g, who would know the answer to those questions? alan weisselberg >> okay. >> our panel is back with us david weisselberg has been fiercely loyal to trump. how do you see trump world reacting to this today? >> i want to widen the frame on this question a little bit. >> yeah, go ahead to deal with something that you will often hear from defenders i'm organization, the trump organized. yes, maybe they allied crazily to their banks but they didn't default on their loans and the banks can't possibly have been fooled. every banker new york knew that donald trump was what he was. who was, who was harmed? and it's important to answer that question. so the answer, the answer that people need to understand when they asked this question, is there there were three parties to these transactions. there was trump the borrower lied about the security of the loan. there was the bank employee who made the loan and collected a bonus for the loan. and there was the bank shareholder who did not receive th
alan weisselberg. alan weisselberg. alan weisselberg.g, who would know the answer to those questions? alan weisselberg >> okay. >> our panel is back with us david weisselberg has been fiercely loyal to trump. how do you see trump world reacting to this today? >> i want to widen the frame on this question a little bit. >> yeah, go ahead to deal with something that you will often hear from defenders i'm organization, the trump organized. yes, maybe they allied crazily to...
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it is the second guilty for alan weisselberg. you previously pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges, also an ideal with prosecutors was sentenced to five months in jail, ended up serving about 100 days in rikers island here in manhattan. this is, of course, the second time weisselberg is pleading guilty, but neither in neither case is he cooperating against donald trump, he will not be a witness at the trial, expected to start next week, even though he was involved in the financial paperwork involving the hush money payments, which is central to this case he is not cooperating against donald trump and he's not expected to be called as a witness. well, yeah, it's hard to believe he's handcuffed he's going back to rikers island is notorious prison in new york city area before trump became president. and i used to go to trump tower all the time. an interview trump and almost every single time i was there, the first person i would see was alan weisselberg. he worked for years and years and years together with trump and now some other tr
it is the second guilty for alan weisselberg. you previously pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges, also an ideal with prosecutors was sentenced to five months in jail, ended up serving about 100 days in rikers island here in manhattan. this is, of course, the second time weisselberg is pleading guilty, but neither in neither case is he cooperating against donald trump, he will not be a witness at the trial, expected to start next week, even though he was involved in the financial paperwork...
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karen, your reaction to alan weisselberg? i mean, yet again somebody in trump's orbit, somebody close to the former president, going to jail >> yeah, he absolutely is decided that he is not going to turn on trump so much so that he lied under oath during the civil fraud trial in front of judge arthur engoron recently, he was not, however, he was although he was charged with lying under oath during that trial, the manhattan da's office allowed him to plead guilty instead, to lying in a deposition prior to that, because otherwise it would have triggered a violation of his parole from the last time that he pled guilty to protect trump, which was those tax fraud charges. so it was just very interesting to me that he's willing to do another five months like he already did it rather than turn on trump it really is remarkable and i do want to ask you about the hush money trial because for donald trump and this is happening in a few days from now. i mean, it's coming up on monday yesterday, and appeals court rejected his efforts to d
karen, your reaction to alan weisselberg? i mean, yet again somebody in trump's orbit, somebody close to the former president, going to jail >> yeah, he absolutely is decided that he is not going to turn on trump so much so that he lied under oath during the civil fraud trial in front of judge arthur engoron recently, he was not, however, he was although he was charged with lying under oath during that trial, the manhattan da's office allowed him to plead guilty instead, to lying in a...
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one of the interesting carveouts in the alan weisselberg deal for the current rikers island sentenceeed they would not call alan weisselberg to the witness stand during the upcoming criminal trial. that is interesting to me because the only person who could really directly refute michael cohen's testimony in the most high-stakes fraudulent, allegedly fraudulent dealings here is alan weisselberg, right? if michael cohen, if there is a defense witness who could undermine michael cohen's testimony, it is probably alan weisselberg, isn't it question >> i think michael cohen undermines michael cohen. he is rich with all sorts of material you can challenge him with. his intent, his motive, his change of story, his own convictions. there's ample evidence to challenge him. if you recall, at one point, trump said you shouldn't be able to testify because of their history and what you've been found to misread present. that is not how the law works. you can cross-examine but you can't preclude him. i think there will be ample opportunities but also, the prosecution is not putting this solely on
one of the interesting carveouts in the alan weisselberg deal for the current rikers island sentenceeed they would not call alan weisselberg to the witness stand during the upcoming criminal trial. that is interesting to me because the only person who could really directly refute michael cohen's testimony in the most high-stakes fraudulent, allegedly fraudulent dealings here is alan weisselberg, right? if michael cohen, if there is a defense witness who could undermine michael cohen's...
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weisselberg. that's what his sentence was the last time he can through a guilty plea related to some of his business dealings before it was tax fraud. >> this >> time, it is perjury three >> he >> pleaded guilty previously, two two felony counts of lying during a deposition where he was under oath, he was speaking to the new york attorney general's office in that deposition about the values of trump's properties >> he was >> asked about when he knew and when he are conversations with donald trump about the size of a triplex apartment, trump had and he lied at that time, there was a discussion that the new york attorney general's office unveiled where alan weisselberg knew that the triplex apartment was 10,000 square feet instead of the 30,000 square feet that they were telling banks and other financial institutions. so that they could inflate the value of the trump organization assets. so that's what this is about today. the sentencing, the big picture here though, is that while prosecutors have b
weisselberg. that's what his sentence was the last time he can through a guilty plea related to some of his business dealings before it was tax fraud. >> this >> time, it is perjury three >> he >> pleaded guilty previously, two two felony counts of lying during a deposition where he was under oath, he was speaking to the new york attorney general's office in that deposition about the values of trump's properties >> he was >> asked about when he knew and when...
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his former money man, alan weisselberg, was just sentenced again, this time for lying to investigators and the new york attorney general's fraud case against trump. now, that was a civil case against the former president. and the new york criminal case against him his attorneys filed yet another appeal. the case is set to go to trial next week. there, the manhattan da as accusing trump of benefiting from a hush money scheme during the 2016 campaign cnn correspondent kara scannell, his life force outside the courthouse in new york qarrah, let's start with these new appeals. again, trump's team has been trying to delay this case on all the others for quite awhile. it's set to start with jury selection on monday. so what are they arguing now? >> right, boris, this is about third attempt this week to try to delay this trial today's finally, they're asking this judge, the judge here to have an emergency hearing and delay the trial so they can make arguments on two different fronts. one of the fronts is about presidential immunity. trump's team had filed a motion with the judge overseeing th
his former money man, alan weisselberg, was just sentenced again, this time for lying to investigators and the new york attorney general's fraud case against trump. now, that was a civil case against the former president. and the new york criminal case against him his attorneys filed yet another appeal. the case is set to go to trial next week. there, the manhattan da as accusing trump of benefiting from a hush money scheme during the 2016 campaign cnn correspondent kara scannell, his life...
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so alan weisselberg will appear before a judge.ond time he has been through the court system like this. he pleaded guilty before to tax fraud charges and served 100 days in jail. this time i'm he had testified at the civil fraud trial against donald trump and his businesses about the inflated wealth or assets that donald trump and the trump organization had at that time. and also whenever the new york attorney general's office was investigating donald trump's worth for that civil case, that lawsuit that they brought against him he lied multiple times. he lied about how and when he knew the size of a triplex apartment that donald trump had the apartment, they were telling people was 30,000 square feet when in fact, he knew earlier that it was 10,000 square feet. so ultimately in this plea deal that he cut with prosecutors in manhattan, alan weisselberg admitted and pleaded guilty to two felony counts of perjury, lying twice depositions related to that triplex apartment depositions he did back in 2020. so he is going to go before the
so alan weisselberg will appear before a judge.ond time he has been through the court system like this. he pleaded guilty before to tax fraud charges and served 100 days in jail. this time i'm he had testified at the civil fraud trial against donald trump and his businesses about the inflated wealth or assets that donald trump and the trump organization had at that time. and also whenever the new york attorney general's office was investigating donald trump's worth for that civil case, that...
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, that same alan that michael cohen refers to, alan weisselberg it's trump's former chief financial officer and is now behind bars. it's in prison. he was sentenced just this morning to five months in prison after he admitted to lying on the stand in trump's new york fraud trial so just to all of this, somebody went to prison today because of all of this, paula reid is outfront and all of the late development tonight and paula trump failed again today to delay his hush money trial. i said three strikes. they refrained from saying you're out because i know they'll try to try anything. it seems a cat if they can come up with it in these next days, what happened and what's his neck? let's move. >> there are and i also tried to stay away from sports analogies, but i can report that after seeing petitions denied on monday and tuesday, trump's lawyers were back before the court of appeals today arguing, yet again, that his hush money case should be delayed. this time, they said the delay would help them continue to litigate the issue of presidential immunity today and help them try to get the jud
, that same alan that michael cohen refers to, alan weisselberg it's trump's former chief financial officer and is now behind bars. it's in prison. he was sentenced just this morning to five months in prison after he admitted to lying on the stand in trump's new york fraud trial so just to all of this, somebody went to prison today because of all of this, paula reid is outfront and all of the late development tonight and paula trump failed again today to delay his hush money trial. i said three...
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alan weisselberg asked mr.bank statement showing the $130,000 payment that cohen had made to keep stormy daniels quiet before the election. weisselberg and cohen agreed to a total repayment amount of $420,000. here's how they got to that number. this is good. they started with $130,000 that trump owed cohen for the store hawaii daniels payoff. then they added $50,000 for a separate reimbursement cohen was claiming which had to do with tech services he paid for during the campaign. that adds up to $180,000. then they agreed to double that amount to $360,000 to account for taxes. now, of course, if trump was just reimbursing cohen, there was no need to gross it up for taxes. they doubled it because their plan was to call it income instead of a reimbursement. if cohen was getting money they were calling income, he would have to pay taxes on it. cohen was close to a 50% tax bracket, so to make him whole, they had to double the amount to $360,000. then he had added another $60,000 as a year end bonus and all of that
alan weisselberg asked mr.bank statement showing the $130,000 payment that cohen had made to keep stormy daniels quiet before the election. weisselberg and cohen agreed to a total repayment amount of $420,000. here's how they got to that number. this is good. they started with $130,000 that trump owed cohen for the store hawaii daniels payoff. then they added $50,000 for a separate reimbursement cohen was claiming which had to do with tech services he paid for during the campaign. that adds up...
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. >> alan weisselberg, exdirector financiero de la organizacion trump, ha sido condenado a cinco mesesrcel por un tribunal de nueva york por mentir bajo juramento durante su testimonio por la demanda civil por fraude interpuesta contra el expresidente trump. >> wesley burke, de 76 anos, se habia declarado culpable de dos cargos de perjurio en relacion con la demanda. >> tras la lectura de la sentencia fue escoltado fuera de la sala del tribunal esposado. >> sorte suprema de de implementar una de las leyes mas estrictas en contra del aborto de todo el pais. >> una ley escuche esto de los tiempos de la guerra civil. >> y es que octavio, habia mucha confusion en el estado en torno a las medidas de aborto, ya que en 2022 se habia aprobado una ley que permitia a las mujeres interrumpir su embarazo hasta las 15 semanas de gestacion. >> aqui el reporte. >> por la corte suprema de arizona que data del ano 1864. >> fue promulgada a siglo antes de que arizona fuera un estado. >> ¿los magistrados piensan las personas en 2024 quieren regresar a la epoca en la que la escla pitud era legal y las muj
. >> alan weisselberg, exdirector financiero de la organizacion trump, ha sido condenado a cinco mesesrcel por un tribunal de nueva york por mentir bajo juramento durante su testimonio por la demanda civil por fraude interpuesta contra el expresidente trump. >> wesley burke, de 76 anos, se habia declarado culpable de dos cargos de perjurio en relacion con la demanda. >> tras la lectura de la sentencia fue escoltado fuera de la sala del tribunal esposado. >> sorte suprema...
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weisselberg and the district attorney would use another civil case against trump, one, by attorney general james, quote, defendant illegally allowed his 2016 presidential campaign to orchestrate a fundraiser for the donald j trump foundation direct distribution of the funds and use the fundraiser and distribution of the funds to further defendant's political campaign. court order defendant to pay $2 million for reach of fiduciary duty and waste defendant stipulated to the dissolution of the donald j trump foundation to resolve claims by the new york attorney general to reach fiduciary duty and waste failure to properly administer charitable assets improper political activity and repeated and willful self dealing transactions. donald trump's lawyers will surely oppose everyone of these cases being brought up at trial. judge merchan will hold a hearing on this issue after jury selection is complete, the hearing could occur as early as friday. donald trump is by far, the stupidest republican presidential nominee in history but he thinks and in many cases he may be right about this, that his v
weisselberg and the district attorney would use another civil case against trump, one, by attorney general james, quote, defendant illegally allowed his 2016 presidential campaign to orchestrate a fundraiser for the donald j trump foundation direct distribution of the funds and use the fundraiser and distribution of the funds to further defendant's political campaign. court order defendant to pay $2 million for reach of fiduciary duty and waste defendant stipulated to the dissolution of the...
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alan weisselberg said three words. the judge asked if there was anything you would like to say.captured the final moment this way. weisselberg is handcuffed behind his back and escorted out of the courtroom. that's it. he is headed back to jail for perjury involving the civil fraud trial. asking to clarify if defendants and their counsel facilitated that perjury by withholding of documents. trump's attempt to delay the start of his trial was denied. jury selection remains scheduled monday morning in manhattan. joinings us now is adam who was in the courtroom today and who will be in the courtroom every day for us at the trump trial beginning next week. harry litman is with us. former u.s. attorney and deputy attorney general. he is the senior legal affairs columnist for the los angeles times. and adam, you are in the room with defendant weisselberg. but there is nothing quite like seeing someone walk into a courtroom, then handcuffed and dragged off to rikers island. >> he was certainly dressed for the occasion. he arrived knowing the sentence was baked in. it was going to be a
alan weisselberg said three words. the judge asked if there was anything you would like to say.captured the final moment this way. weisselberg is handcuffed behind his back and escorted out of the courtroom. that's it. he is headed back to jail for perjury involving the civil fraud trial. asking to clarify if defendants and their counsel facilitated that perjury by withholding of documents. trump's attempt to delay the start of his trial was denied. jury selection remains scheduled monday...
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. >>> today, alan weisselberg, a man who worked for the trump family for nearly 50 years, was sentenced months in jail for lying on behalf of donald trump in his civil fraud trial. it will be his second stint behind bars after serving 100 days for tax fraud last year. he is just one year younger than trump and he is now in a cell at rikers island. part of a long list of people who have had to face real punishment for things they did for donald trump. now the criminal justice system may be catching up to trump himself with his hush money trial set to start in just five days. richard greenberg is former deputy chief of cell division. she joins me now. i found it striking to watch this 76-year-old man about to go to rikers and i want to take the opportunity the note that rikers has been a human rights disaster for a long time. and most of the people that are cycled through there are not white. they are black and brown and they are poor. and they don't have the kind of lawyers that donald trump and al do. and they have multiple deaths there, and there is something soberingly real about this
. >>> today, alan weisselberg, a man who worked for the trump family for nearly 50 years, was sentenced months in jail for lying on behalf of donald trump in his civil fraud trial. it will be his second stint behind bars after serving 100 days for tax fraud last year. he is just one year younger than trump and he is now in a cell at rikers island. part of a long list of people who have had to face real punishment for things they did for donald trump. now the criminal justice system may...
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alan weisselberg is heading back to jail for perjury during the civil fraud trial involving donald trumprney general letitia james is asking for information to clarify if defendants and their counsel facilitated that perjury by withholding of incriminating documents. and, in an appeals court today in new york, donald trump's latest attempt to delay the start of his first criminal trial was denied. jury selection remains scheduled for monday, morning in manhattan. joining us now is adam klasfeld, who was in the courtroom today, and who will be in the courtroom every day for us at the trump trial, beginning next week. he's a fellow at the justice security and harry littman is with us, former deputy assistant attorney general, the senior legal affairs columnist for the los angeles times. adam, you're in the room with defendant weisselberg, you've been in the room before, but there's nothing quite like seeing someone walk into a courtroom, a free man, a free citizen, and then handcuffed and dragged off to rikers island. what was that moment like? >> allen weisselberg was certainly dressed fo
alan weisselberg is heading back to jail for perjury during the civil fraud trial involving donald trumprney general letitia james is asking for information to clarify if defendants and their counsel facilitated that perjury by withholding of incriminating documents. and, in an appeals court today in new york, donald trump's latest attempt to delay the start of his first criminal trial was denied. jury selection remains scheduled for monday, morning in manhattan. joining us now is adam...
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weisselberg.e is a defense witness that could undermine michael cohen's testimony, it is probably alan weisselberb. >> but michael cohen undermines michael cohen, because he is rich with all sorts of material that you can challenge him with. the things that he says. his intent, his motive. his change of story. his own convictions. so there is ample evidence there to challenge him. if you recall, it's not how the law works. so i think there will still be ample opportunities but also the prosecution is not putting this solely on his shoulders. it is not just the michael cohen sort of opportunity. it is beyond him. >> you can see this is not just going to be michael cohen. it does seem just reading the tea leaves that donald trump does not want this trial to start. right? i think every single day this week, and it is only wednesday, he has filed a request to stay the trial for some different reason each day. and he has been rejected each and every time. how unusual is that? >> to have art physical 78
weisselberg.e is a defense witness that could undermine michael cohen's testimony, it is probably alan weisselberb. >> but michael cohen undermines michael cohen, because he is rich with all sorts of material that you can challenge him with. the things that he says. his intent, his motive. his change of story. his own convictions. so there is ample evidence there to challenge him. if you recall, it's not how the law works. so i think there will still be ample opportunities but also the...
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michael cohen, paul manafort, alan weisselberg, his accountant he's worked with for decades, peter navarro, george papadopoulos, rick gates, trump doesn't want to join those ranks. just ask michael cohen. >> include at the end of that line potentially he's legally presumed innocent, he could end up in prison. based on your long years of service with him, how will he process that he'll >> very poorly. as i like to call him sometimes in my tweets, diaper donald will be filling up that diaper because he -- this is not something that donald is capable of either understanding or contending with. he, as you stated accurately, he believes he can control every situation. this is not a situation that he has any control over and that's making him sick to his stomach go >> you think he'll feel genuine fear? >> yes, i think right now he's beyond petrified >> underneath all the bravado is an elderly man who is genuinely facing the possibility of the same fate so many of his associates, time behind bars. catherine pearson spent over 30 years as prosecutor in the very same manhattan district attorney's o
michael cohen, paul manafort, alan weisselberg, his accountant he's worked with for decades, peter navarro, george papadopoulos, rick gates, trump doesn't want to join those ranks. just ask michael cohen. >> include at the end of that line potentially he's legally presumed innocent, he could end up in prison. based on your long years of service with him, how will he process that he'll >> very poorly. as i like to call him sometimes in my tweets, diaper donald will be filling up that...
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his former cfo alan weisselberg, sent back to jail.over perjury, basically lied about fraud in the new york a.g.'s case. he's paid the price repeatedly. now, this is also relevant to next week's big hush money criminal trial for trump because evidence links him and former trump lawyer michael cohen to trump's plot. cohen says weisselberg arranged those damning misleading reimbursements from trump to cohen, which are now part of the indictments stating cohen had spoken to weisselberg about setting up a company to conceal the transactions. now, cohen is clearly ready to incriminate trump in court. if trump had wanted to call wiseal -- why would a jury believe a trump convict who just admitted perjury? that's how the d.a. could neutralize any potential testimony by this apparent trump ally. now, trump's lawyers might similarly try to attack cohen's credibility. he and his legal advisor, lanny davis, argue, however, that cohen came clean a long time against trump and that cohen has receipts to back up his story. well, cohen advisor lanny d
his former cfo alan weisselberg, sent back to jail.over perjury, basically lied about fraud in the new york a.g.'s case. he's paid the price repeatedly. now, this is also relevant to next week's big hush money criminal trial for trump because evidence links him and former trump lawyer michael cohen to trump's plot. cohen says weisselberg arranged those damning misleading reimbursements from trump to cohen, which are now part of the indictments stating cohen had spoken to weisselberg about...
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weisselberg walked out of a new york courtroom in handcuffs headed for rikers isnd aer a judgsentenced him to fiv mohs for perjuryweisselberg is the former chief financl officer for the trump organization, and he admitted that he lied during a deposition in the new york civil fraud case against donald trump and his co-defendants. that's the one with the 464 million judgment weisselberg gave false testimony specifically about the size of trump's apartment, triplex, and he's already served time in 2022 for tax fraud let's talk about this further with john dn. he's former white house counsel for president nixon he actually testified against prident nixon and the watergate investigation. so john, thanks so much for being with a five months sentence for weisselberg. do you think that's fair? >> well, in in total, it will probably with good behavior ount to about 90 days, 100 days. that was what is prior. good time. got him in rikers. so he's turning to a very unpleasant place that is very familiar withood time at riker's. it sounds like an oxoron, john the ieresti thg about this ith as sour
weisselberg walked out of a new york courtroom in handcuffs headed for rikers isnd aer a judgsentenced him to fiv mohs for perjuryweisselberg is the former chief financl officer for the trump organization, and he admitted that he lied during a deposition in the new york civil fraud case against donald trump and his co-defendants. that's the one with the 464 million judgment weisselberg gave false testimony specifically about the size of trump's apartment, triplex, and he's already served time...
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we're not going to hear from alan weisselberg, who was part of that. we will hear from some other trump organization executives, but i think connecting trump to the falsification is where they're probably going to focus a lot and tried to distance trump tough though, to go after the credibility of michael cohen. i mean, there's plenty of reasons graph the credibility of michael cohen. but when donald trump had him as his right-hand man, four that, there'll be exactly the argument. he trusted them back to that and it's really important to keep mine the crime here is not hush money. it's not a crime to pay hush money. it's falsification. can they tie donald trump to the logging of those payments as legal fees? and if specifically the state >> is arguing that the reason it was legal was because this was an unlawful undisclosed campaign donation. trump is going to argue, no, it was to protect my marriage. that's why i paid or the money. and i imagine that that might be some of the focus of the defense as well at trial. >> just go, rob. thanks so much. elie
we're not going to hear from alan weisselberg, who was part of that. we will hear from some other trump organization executives, but i think connecting trump to the falsification is where they're probably going to focus a lot and tried to distance trump tough though, to go after the credibility of michael cohen. i mean, there's plenty of reasons graph the credibility of michael cohen. but when donald trump had him as his right-hand man, four that, there'll be exactly the argument. he trusted...
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>> alan weisselberg is the chief financial officer. >> give us as many names as you can can, so we cane the statements? >> yes, she heard all this directly. she's involved in a lot that went on. >> joining us the host of politics nation here on msnbc and president of the national action network the reverend al sharpton is here. hearth ri, i want to come back to you on the rona of it all. she was on the stand today. tell me how that went down. >> she was on the stand for not very long. you're absolutely right. 34 years or something, she knows everything. they obviously concluded that she wasn't a safe witness for them. they used her basically only to in lawyer terms, authenticate who the contacts were, who the calendars was, and at the end she gave a peon to what a great boss he was. when she walked from the stand, trump stood up and wanted to sort of hug her. in front of the jury, improper. and the guards came to stop him. but she was a friendly witness, and the da decided it just wasn't safe notwithstanding how much she knows and she wasn't on long. >> i thought she had some interesti
>> alan weisselberg is the chief financial officer. >> give us as many names as you can can, so we cane the statements? >> yes, she heard all this directly. she's involved in a lot that went on. >> joining us the host of politics nation here on msnbc and president of the national action network the reverend al sharpton is here. hearth ri, i want to come back to you on the rona of it all. she was on the stand today. tell me how that went down. >> she was on the...
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. >>> replacing george this week is my chief financial officer, allen weisselberg.wait until you see alan. >> it's not often i will agree with donald trump. allen weissweisselberg, his apprentice pal is heading back to rikers island for the second time in connection with his dealings with trump. he was sentenced to five months in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of perjury for lying during both his deposition and his testimony in trump's new york civil fraud trial. he already served three months last year after pleading guilty to tax fraud charges in a scheme involving the trump organization. this comes just five days before trump heads to another new york court for the start of his hush money election interference trial. one in which weisselberg helped arrange the reimbursement to trump's former lawyer michael cohen who advanced the $130,000 to adult film star stormy daniels. that money was to keep her quiet before the 2016 election because of the affair that she and trump allegedly had. got all that? for the third time this week an appellate court judge de
. >>> replacing george this week is my chief financial officer, allen weisselberg.wait until you see alan. >> it's not often i will agree with donald trump. allen weissweisselberg, his apprentice pal is heading back to rikers island for the second time in connection with his dealings with trump. he was sentenced to five months in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of perjury for lying during both his deposition and his testimony in trump's new york civil fraud trial. he...