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when congress created the fec they made the fec and justice department the exclusive agencies that had jurisdiction to enforce these laws. so, bragg has no business enforcing these laws to begin with he is making up his own campaign finance law. and because the judge kept off the stand the one guy in this zip code who knows anything about federal campaign finance law, the jury got expert testimony from michael cohen and david pecker. and that is exactly what they're going to go on. one last point about this. there is nothing factually in the record about the f -- about the election laws coming into the case until the fec started asking questions in 2018, which is long after all the payments to cohen and long after the nondisclosure agreements were negotiated. so it's not possible that they could have -- they can convict him beyond a reasonable doubt when there is no evidence in the record that trump even was thinking about the federal election laws, let alone that he was willfully. >> laura: oh my god. >> plotting to violate them. >> laura: sol, very quickly, jury is considering -- at
when congress created the fec they made the fec and justice department the exclusive agencies that had jurisdiction to enforce these laws. so, bragg has no business enforcing these laws to begin with he is making up his own campaign finance law. and because the judge kept off the stand the one guy in this zip code who knows anything about federal campaign finance law, the jury got expert testimony from michael cohen and david pecker. and that is exactly what they're going to go on. one last...
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he doesn't have any authority to enforce federal law, and both the fec and the department of justice, which do have authority to enforce the law, neither one of them initiated any enforcement action against trump because they knew it's not a campaign-related expense. david: very quickly, the prosecution and witnesses claim that since michael cohen was convicted of elections crime and therefore he was working for donald trump that means donald trump is also guilty of that. that's the case that they're making. does that make any legal sense to you at all? >> no, it doesn't. cohen bleed guilty to that -- cohen pleaded guilty to that and if i was his lawyer, i would have told him not to because he pleaded guilty to something that wasn't a violation of federal law. david: hans von spakovsky, thank you very much. homeowners on edge over a growing squatter problem plaguing all cities and they're warning others about california's laws after he lost millions of dollar in rent and property damage because of a squatter. but first, let's check in with friends jackie deangeles in for dagen and sea
he doesn't have any authority to enforce federal law, and both the fec and the department of justice, which do have authority to enforce the law, neither one of them initiated any enforcement action against trump because they knew it's not a campaign-related expense. david: very quickly, the prosecution and witnesses claim that since michael cohen was convicted of elections crime and therefore he was working for donald trump that means donald trump is also guilty of that. that's the case that...
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if the fec -- now the jury just heard the fec, i mean, that is a major alphabet-named government agency or entity that is now looking into this. so the judge has to give a limiting instruction that, hey, this is part of the evidence, but consider it for this purpose. don't consider the investigation itself as evidence of the defendant's guilt or otherwise this would be incredibly prejudicial. otherwise you could introduce just about every investigation of donald trump that may have touched michael cohen, and just leave it out there in the ether and the jury will just sort of assume that it is evidence of donald trump's guilt. this is the -- forever balancing test of evidence. is it probative, but even if it is probative, is it too prejudicial? and judges have to balance that. there is a test in federal court, one in every state court, it is roughly the same, but you have to balance the prejudicial effect against the probative value and this is a classic example of something that could be devastating if the jury isn't instructed and good luck with the instruction because defense attorney
if the fec -- now the jury just heard the fec, i mean, that is a major alphabet-named government agency or entity that is now looking into this. so the judge has to give a limiting instruction that, hey, this is part of the evidence, but consider it for this purpose. don't consider the investigation itself as evidence of the defendant's guilt or otherwise this would be incredibly prejudicial. otherwise you could introduce just about every investigation of donald trump that may have touched...
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brad smith is the former fec chairman, it's been weeks since the trump defense said hey, we may want to call the sky to testify, and the judge said "we can't talk about this, he can't talk about that, he can't about that. basically the stuff that john just mentioned to me about the reporting schedule, smith is very, very interesting on the topic of what for the purpose of influencing an election actually means in the law. he had a lot to talk about on that from experience as chairman of the federal election commission and the judge said he can't talk about that at all. it basically got to the point where the judge said you can call brad smith and he can talk about the history of the fec were how it works or i don't know maybe it's address and telephone number but you cannot talk about the law that we are dealing with here and the trump defense finally decided it was not worth it to call smith when the testimony would be sold limited. >> sandra: mark eiglarsh was talking about the underlying crime and whether there is one and whether it's been articulated. you and i were joking in the
brad smith is the former fec chairman, it's been weeks since the trump defense said hey, we may want to call the sky to testify, and the judge said "we can't talk about this, he can't talk about that, he can't about that. basically the stuff that john just mentioned to me about the reporting schedule, smith is very, very interesting on the topic of what for the purpose of influencing an election actually means in the law. he had a lot to talk about on that from experience as chairman of...
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why they want to bring in this fec official. if you look at kind of the notes they really got into the weeds the last 30 minutes of court today. they talked about the obstruction submitted by the prosecution and defense here. and judge juan merchan said basically i'm going to go over this thing, i'm going to let you know where i stand on this when i go over jury instructions and whether you then think your expert witness who worked for the fec, his testimony would be mentioned. they mentioned it would be short testimony. he would take the stand and explain for the jury before they went into deliberations, and he would come off the stand. by the way, i think that indicates it's likely the former president will not be testifying. don't quote me on that, but it sounds as if we're going into closings on tuesday. it doesn't sound like he's going to be testifying as of this moment. and we heard from the defense they're going to give their final decision some time today. but they're going to want to define for the zwraer -- and i heard
why they want to bring in this fec official. if you look at kind of the notes they really got into the weeds the last 30 minutes of court today. they talked about the obstruction submitted by the prosecution and defense here. and judge juan merchan said basically i'm going to go over this thing, i'm going to let you know where i stand on this when i go over jury instructions and whether you then think your expert witness who worked for the fec, his testimony would be mentioned. they mentioned...
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which is why the fec never even pursued this. and so i think the american people see this for what it is. they want to keep president trump off the campaign trail. they are seeing what is happening in the swing states across america. and they are seeing exactly this is draining down assets and resources that could be utilized by the president to continue to forge ahead, build a stronger economy, secure our border, and get our nation back on track. this is a sham and that is the only thing this is. michael cohen has no credibility, no integrity, and this is a weaponization against our president. mr. ramaswamy: i want to thank my colleagues for laying out the political backdrop here. this is a politicized persecution that is nakedly apparent. what i want to do is dive a little bit deeper into what we actually learned today in that courtroom. what did we see in their? i learned a lot from being in there in person. the only thing more depressing than the environment of that courtroom is what is actually happening in there. it is stra
which is why the fec never even pursued this. and so i think the american people see this for what it is. they want to keep president trump off the campaign trail. they are seeing what is happening in the swing states across america. and they are seeing exactly this is draining down assets and resources that could be utilized by the president to continue to forge ahead, build a stronger economy, secure our border, and get our nation back on track. this is a sham and that is the only thing this...
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law or finishing ec guidelines. -- fec guidelines. that seems much more relevant to this case and the alleged crime that alvin bragg is trying to now sort of conjure up here, and the judge has decided that that witness that trump's a team wants to bring can't testify about a those details. how on earth does that make any sense? howard: lucy, stormy said repeateddedly i didn't want care about the money, i wasn't motivated by money. but she eagerly took the $130,000 which required her to keep quiet, and then she talked about a threat by an unnamed trump supporter in a powering lot. we can't fact check that, and she tried to sell the story to "in touch" magazine for $15,000, and she did get a deal for a book. i'm not begrudging her to use the free enterprise system, but it kind of contradicted, i thought, this idea that money was irrelevant. >> yeah. look, i think we should be careful in how we talk about stormy daniels because humans don't exist in binary if situations. you can both be a person who has her, shall we say, background and
law or finishing ec guidelines. -- fec guidelines. that seems much more relevant to this case and the alleged crime that alvin bragg is trying to now sort of conjure up here, and the judge has decided that that witness that trump's a team wants to bring can't testify about a those details. how on earth does that make any sense? howard: lucy, stormy said repeateddedly i didn't want care about the money, i wasn't motivated by money. but she eagerly took the $130,000 which required her to keep...
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in the last two years did the lnc pay any to the fec? >> no, we did not. >> mr., microphone one. related to previous comment about alledge at a bailout of this convention, was the convention is it possible without that fundraising from the pr we will not know until the end of the could you speculate? >> yes, believe this convention will bes of the $183000. >> i move to go to the next agenda item, which i believe is the audit committee report. >> moving to the audit committee report? hearing none, we will go to the audit committee report. thank you. here comes our audit committee chair.
in the last two years did the lnc pay any to the fec? >> no, we did not. >> mr., microphone one. related to previous comment about alledge at a bailout of this convention, was the convention is it possible without that fundraising from the pr we will not know until the end of the could you speculate? >> yes, believe this convention will bes of the $183000. >> i move to go to the next agenda item, which i believe is the audit committee report. >> moving to the audit...
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the former fec chair. another insane ruling. allen was in the courtroom today. he is joining us with gregg. i don't know if john will like this. you were in the actual courtroom. you were not asked to leave. you saw this whole show go down with bob costello and the judge. you know, you trying to stare me down, what are you talking about, he rolled his eyes. i am rolling my eyes just hearing about what is going on in the courtroom. i have to imagine, in all the years you practiced law, have you seen anything like this? >> no. i never have. i sat in the front row, just feet away from where all the action occurred. i rolled my eyes when the judge made some rulings that were absurd. any first year evidence student would understand that he was making bias rulings in favour of one side. i stared him down. but costello acted like a normal witness and the judge went bazerk. he kicked the media out of the courtroom. i don't know why. i was not kicked out. and i heard him lecture costello, what you did was contempetuos. and may west, this is like that situation where they
the former fec chair. another insane ruling. allen was in the courtroom today. he is joining us with gregg. i don't know if john will like this. you were in the actual courtroom. you were not asked to leave. you saw this whole show go down with bob costello and the judge. you know, you trying to stare me down, what are you talking about, he rolled his eyes. i am rolling my eyes just hearing about what is going on in the courtroom. i have to imagine, in all the years you practiced law, have you...
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and again, the fec former chair had a lot to offer this jury. because i don't think that the jury to this day could even tell you what the charges are, and on top of that, you know, now they are just basically throwing everything up against the wall and seeing if it will stick? >> yeah and one of the most valuable contributions of smith, even before the jury, he made a sailiant point. he said, let's assume this was a campaign contribution, and your theory is right. if it was a campaign contribution, when they paid stormi daniels, they didn't have to report it until after the election. so how would the misrepresentation of the stormi daniels payment affect the jury? because it would not even be recorded or memorialized until the election was over. that's an important point. what he is saying is, even if you are right about certain aspects of the theory, it doesn't hold together. you can't achieve that. the jury is not going to hear that type of information. but what really worries me, i am pretty confident that the jury believes there were electi
and again, the fec former chair had a lot to offer this jury. because i don't think that the jury to this day could even tell you what the charges are, and on top of that, you know, now they are just basically throwing everything up against the wall and seeing if it will stick? >> yeah and one of the most valuable contributions of smith, even before the jury, he made a sailiant point. he said, let's assume this was a campaign contribution, and your theory is right. if it was a campaign...
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[applause] we defeated fec complaints wrongly filed, unanimously in our favor. [applause] and we have the highest sustained cash balances that we have had in 10+ years. the bottom line is this party is financially strong despite rumors to the contrary. we have done a good job. [applause] thank you all, i appreciate it. that is the treasurer's report. i will take questions. >> i have one question, a quick question at microphone four. from texas. would it be accurate to say lnc revenue in 2023 was lower than in any of the previous 20 years? >> i do not know if it was lower than in any of the previous 20 years but it was certainly low. >> was it lower than almost any of the previous 20 years? >> that is probably accurate. >> could you please give us the projected revenue for 2024? >> yes, we should be in the arena of $1.6 million to $1.7 million in 2024, potentially higher based on [applause] >> and for comparison purposes, mr. treasurer, do you happen to know the revenue for 2020? >> i do not on 2020. i believe 2022 was just over 2 million. >> microphone four. spe
[applause] we defeated fec complaints wrongly filed, unanimously in our favor. [applause] and we have the highest sustained cash balances that we have had in 10+ years. the bottom line is this party is financially strong despite rumors to the contrary. we have done a good job. [applause] thank you all, i appreciate it. that is the treasurer's report. i will take questions. >> i have one question, a quick question at microphone four. from texas. would it be accurate to say lnc revenue in...
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the fec didn't bring it. this judge didn't let us use the number one election attorney. he is making the rules. he doesn't know anything about elections, doesn't know anything about voting and vote casts. that is not his profession. we had the leading election expert in the country, brad smith, ready to testify. he wouldn't let him do it. he wouldn't let another gentleman who represented -- you know very well he saw, the worst i think i've seen the way he was treated on the stand, bob costello. wouldn't let him talk about the hundreds of emails he was sent from another gentleman that was sent. i can't give you the answer to your questions because i'm gagged by the judge. we have a very serious problem here. our country is going bad. remember, let me leave you with this. this is all because of joe biden and -- i don't think he is smart enough to think about it. the people that surround him in the office. they are smart, they are communist and smart and ruining our country. we will win this election. november 5th will be the most important day in the history of our country
the fec didn't bring it. this judge didn't let us use the number one election attorney. he is making the rules. he doesn't know anything about elections, doesn't know anything about voting and vote casts. that is not his profession. we had the leading election expert in the country, brad smith, ready to testify. he wouldn't let him do it. he wouldn't let another gentleman who represented -- you know very well he saw, the worst i think i've seen the way he was treated on the stand, bob costello....
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the fec didn't bring it. this, judge, indian let us use the number one election attorney. he's making the rules. he does not anything about elections is an ordered thing about voting in vote counts we just know anything about this stuff that's not theirs profession we add the leading election expert in the country, brad smith, ready to testify, wouldn't let him know they wouldn't let another gentleman who represented and, you know, very well, you saw and it was the worst i think i've ever seen the new were treated. understand bob costello wouldn't let him talk about all of the hundreds of emails that were sent by a gentleman and another gentleman who i can't mention because i'm gagged. every time i speak to you. yes, we simple questions have not allowed to give you the answer because of a gag by miscarriage but we have a very, very serious problem. i mean, i country's going bad. >> and remember and let me just leave you with this. >> this is all because of joe biden, is and i not even thing gets him. i don't that you're smart enough to think about it, but some people that'
the fec didn't bring it. this, judge, indian let us use the number one election attorney. he's making the rules. he does not anything about elections is an ordered thing about voting in vote counts we just know anything about this stuff that's not theirs profession we add the leading election expert in the country, brad smith, ready to testify, wouldn't let him know they wouldn't let another gentleman who represented and, you know, very well, you saw and it was the worst i think i've ever seen...
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witness bob costello blocked testimony from an expert witness on election law bradley smith, former fec chair, overruled most objections. he placed the restrictive gag order, but only on donald trump. and then he threatened to throw them in jail i, def he daredw hi to violate it. this judge is out of controlm ik and the cards are stacked against donald trump. >> take a look. donatakemother teresa, they cout be these judges. >> these judges are rigged. o he the whole thing is rigged. you have a trial like this t where the judge is so conflicted, he can't breathe. eath hhe's got to do his job, a. >> it's not for me. and i can tell you, it's a disgrace. and i mean that mother teresa d up with this judge.l see, but we'll see. we'll see how we do. >> it's a very disgraceful situation. situbased on the four questions, the request for from jury deliberations today, it appears the jury, you know, is closely studyingdelipear the testimony t and smear campaign presented by the prosecution some believe that is, you know, a conviction that that might forthcoming. make no mistake, a conviction. it w
witness bob costello blocked testimony from an expert witness on election law bradley smith, former fec chair, overruled most objections. he placed the restrictive gag order, but only on donald trump. and then he threatened to throw them in jail i, def he daredw hi to violate it. this judge is out of controlm ik and the cards are stacked against donald trump. >> take a look. donatakemother teresa, they cout be these judges. >> these judges are rigged. o he the whole thing is rigged....
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in fact merchan even blocked testimony from a former fec chairman that knows the law. you know who the defense plan to use to clarify the federal election law. another biased disgrace. all example of nothing but a biden donor prejudice judge. he also spared the with no defense for, by the way, literally got no fightliterall,r basically with robert costello, who has impeccable credentialsa. . the judge has stayed one motion after another from the prosecutiod on n. of course, that limited costello's testimony that he knew coming because he gave it to congress the week prior against cohe hn and after doing the exact opposite for testimony from the shady witnesses called by the prosecution. and after costello reacted a sigh and an eyeroll or saying geez. marcia lost his adam schiff exploded, throwing everybodyxp out of the courtroom, admonishing costellolode , don't roll your eyes. are you staring me down? the judge screaming. just days after doing nothing whilg men.e star stormy daniels out. let's see a nothin from the stad and describe talking to dead people. edutmake no
in fact merchan even blocked testimony from a former fec chairman that knows the law. you know who the defense plan to use to clarify the federal election law. another biased disgrace. all example of nothing but a biden donor prejudice judge. he also spared the with no defense for, by the way, literally got no fightliterall,r basically with robert costello, who has impeccable credentialsa. . the judge has stayed one motion after another from the prosecutiod on n. of course, that limited...
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the fec, federal election commission, said there is not a problem. no case. and vivek is here now and he can speak for himself saying this is a sham trial. it is politically motivated. an assault on the leading candidate for u.s. president. i would expect he would say something so i won't go through the rest. he is here and will talk to you. the speaker of the house is here. we have byron donalds, we have a lot of great people here to talk to you and they won't let -- they want to make it difficult for them to speak. for some reason i can speak here but i'm the only one that's allowed. the gag order has to come off. when you ask me about the people that we are talking about, i'm not allowed to answer. there has never been anything like this in the history of our country. it is a scam. it's election interference at a level that's never taken place before and now if you don't mind i will go into the ice box and sit for a long time. thank you very much. [shouted questions] >> bill: extended comments this morning here. at one point he said are you able to call a
the fec, federal election commission, said there is not a problem. no case. and vivek is here now and he can speak for himself saying this is a sham trial. it is politically motivated. an assault on the leading candidate for u.s. president. i would expect he would say something so i won't go through the rest. he is here and will talk to you. the speaker of the house is here. we have byron donalds, we have a lot of great people here to talk to you and they won't let -- they want to make it...
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and i go back to not identifying a crime, the fec looked at this, they said there's nothing to see here. they are the arbiters of what is a campaign finance violation so for alvin bragg to go out there now and say, well, this is interfering with the 2016 election. he's a state-level prosecutor. it's not even his jurisdiction. how can he make that claim when the fcc said there is nothing to see here and a us attorney's office said there's nothing to see here clearly, this will be an issue on appeal as is be different theories that the jury was able to look at. >> the judge did here are the concerns the defense counsel about allowing the jury to have that very notion. and he did offer to have the campaign expert actually testified, but you're right. it would not have been a substantive testimony. i wonder what the appellate court will ultimately see, but i have concerns congressmen more broadly about our system, not just of justice, but in terms of our democracy when there is this perception or there is a narrative to suggest that our legal system or our courts or a jury trial is somehow
and i go back to not identifying a crime, the fec looked at this, they said there's nothing to see here. they are the arbiters of what is a campaign finance violation so for alvin bragg to go out there now and say, well, this is interfering with the 2016 election. he's a state-level prosecutor. it's not even his jurisdiction. how can he make that claim when the fcc said there is nothing to see here and a us attorney's office said there's nothing to see here clearly, this will be an issue on...
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in addition to the inquiries from the fec, as we just heard about. you guys talking about at the end of the last hour with michael cohen, in which michael cohen testified to having a conversation with donald trump who said to michael cohen not to worry about it because jeff sessions, the former attorney general under donald trump's presidency, was going to take care of it. that jeff sessions was in donald trump's pocket. then michael cohen basically communicating this to david pecker who was worried about the fallout from the reporting from the "wall street journal" and this investigation or this inquiries i should say by the fec. the fallout on ami, how it would affect ami and its involvement in the stormy daniels and subsequently karen mcdougal payoff. we're seeing the fallout now from all of this. some color from inside the courtroom as well. we haven't gotten a lot of what the former president is doing inside the courtroom, but we are getting a picture now of what the former president is doing along with what michael cohen is doing. yesterday, he
in addition to the inquiries from the fec, as we just heard about. you guys talking about at the end of the last hour with michael cohen, in which michael cohen testified to having a conversation with donald trump who said to michael cohen not to worry about it because jeff sessions, the former attorney general under donald trump's presidency, was going to take care of it. that jeff sessions was in donald trump's pocket. then michael cohen basically communicating this to david pecker who was...
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what is the evidence they violated the fec? >> i think the testimony that michael cohen is giving now, when he says, would you have paid it before the election? all of those things are critically important. i think they need to do more to that point. especially with michael cohen. we have heard it from other witnesses. there are other witnesses who have testified about the impact of the "access hollywood" tape and you take that testimony and you blend it with the time line so that you understand what motivated the decision. michael cohen is incredibly important to establishing this. he was the closest one to donald trump and really is the one who would have the insight as to how much this actually concerns him, such that the timing of it was directly connected to influencing the election. they have to get that out from michael cohen more in my opinion. >> merchan instructed, a plea, meaning michael cohen's plea, is not evidence of the defendant's guilty. you may not use it to determine if the defendant is guilty or not guilty o
what is the evidence they violated the fec? >> i think the testimony that michael cohen is giving now, when he says, would you have paid it before the election? all of those things are critically important. i think they need to do more to that point. especially with michael cohen. we have heard it from other witnesses. there are other witnesses who have testified about the impact of the "access hollywood" tape and you take that testimony and you blend it with the time line so...
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used to be a member of the fec. it seems to me that that's a pretty easy definition for someone to understand. do i have that clear? >> yes, but the problem here is -- andy made this point on your show a few minutes ago. the prosecution hasn't actually shown how trump violated federal election commission law. they have been sneaking it in by saying cohen violated it and pecker might have violated it. that's not what is on trial here. what's on trial did donald trump violate federal election law? you haven't seen the prosecution put that on yet. so it's weird to me actually to see judge merchan letting stormy daniels testify at will all over the place on things that are not actually relevant to the trial and then he is all over brad smith. not just a worker. brad smith is a distinguished constitutional law expert and one of the top scholars on the federal election law. one of the first people identified all the problems with the federal election law. this is the perfect guy. i would think if a judge would be defer --
used to be a member of the fec. it seems to me that that's a pretty easy definition for someone to understand. do i have that clear? >> yes, but the problem here is -- andy made this point on your show a few minutes ago. the prosecution hasn't actually shown how trump violated federal election commission law. they have been sneaking it in by saying cohen violated it and pecker might have violated it. that's not what is on trial here. what's on trial did donald trump violate federal...
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in fact, the fec as often with the fec was deadlocked. it's divided between republican and democratic appointed commissioners, the democratic ones voted to proceed. the republican one's voted against it. so it was dropped. they didn't say it was absurd, are ridiculous, interesting stuff into daniel. i always like your factor x. i also like it when you find comments curious thanks, jake, i'll, i'll continue to try to do so. it's like it's like a different it's a new zone. of fact managing my repertoire. >> i know when i find that curious, what you're honest man, you for can fact jakob all right. >> thank you so much really appreciate it let's bring in a hogan. >> goodly, he served as deputy press secretary in the trump white house. good to see you, hogan. as we await more key witnesses to take the stand this week. i want to talk about testimony from former top trump advisor hope hicks because she mentioned you once and testimony a prosecutor read a statement given to the wall street journal about whether trump had been aware of a payment t
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the former fec chair th. another insane ruling, alan dershowitz, was in the courtroo m today. i he joins us along with fox's legal analyst, gregg jarrett. professor, i don't know if jonathan turley is going to like this. you are in the actua l you were not asked to leave. you actually saw thi s whole sho show go down with with bob costello and the judge. you know, are you trying to stare me down? and what is it? about, well, what is he talking about? he rolled his eyesed his. i'm rolling my eyes, you know, just hearing about what's going on that courtroom. i got to imagine in allth the years you practice law,in have you ever seen anything like this? fro no, i never have. r i sat in the front row, literally just feestt from wher all the action occurred. >> i rolletiond my eyes when the judge made some rulings that were absurd. and he first your evidence student would understand that he was making rulingsruling in favor of one side. i stared him dowoun, but costel did not. he acted like a normal witnessct ,and the judge went berserk. the judge violateds an trump's constitutional
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fec took no action on this, feds took no action on this. idea of motivation for payment and whether it was something you pay for irrespective of campaign is standard used. the jury has not been presented an alternate theory, we insinuate what the prosecution has made. the idea hope hicks said motivation was to protect the family should quash that theory. >> todd: if fec says there is no campaign finance violation, that is good indicator. here is how john ratcliffe sees it. >> it is train wreck for prosecution, the witnesses were intended to harm donald trump and in every instance, they helped donald trump with the case and every witness has said the state's most important witness michael cohen cannot be believed, he's a pathological liar. >> todd: how will michael cohen have credibility considering almost every witness has destroyed him, said he is a bad guy and ruined his credibility. >> his credibility is destroyed, no doubt about that. how much weight they give to his testimony, is up to the jury. they have not -- annihilation on cross-e
fec took no action on this, feds took no action on this. idea of motivation for payment and whether it was something you pay for irrespective of campaign is standard used. the jury has not been presented an alternate theory, we insinuate what the prosecution has made. the idea hope hicks said motivation was to protect the family should quash that theory. >> todd: if fec says there is no campaign finance violation, that is good indicator. here is how john ratcliffe sees it. >> it is...
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they want to inform jurors about the customs and practices of the fec, the federal election commission, and how they interpret certain words and phrases in the federal campaign finance law. the overall objective is to convince jurors that even if there was a falsification of business records, it cannot possibly be a felony, because there is no underlying crime here. specifically, there was no conspiracy to promote donald trump selection in a way that was executed through unlawful means, chiefly campaign finance donations that violates federal law. the judge has already ruled that he himself is the ultimate arbiter of what the law is. as you know, that is not usually an expert to interpret law, that is what a judge is supposed to do. and indeed, judge merchan has ruled that this expert's testimony will be very circumscribed. he does not need an alternative explanation of what this law is, particularly if jury instructions can get them there. there. >> i have less than 30 seconds but i have to go to you based on lisa's response, the elevation of the misdemeanors to a phony could be campa
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cleverly or in a biased fashion, merchan would not allow defense testimony to that subject by former fec chairman, the guy who knows something about campaign finance law, bradley smith. who would have blown up the prosecution's flimsy theory. >> federal law does not say that anything that you think might help you win an election is a campaign expense. rather, it's an objective test in which things like polling, paying for staff, paying for headquarters, you know, paying for advertisements and so on. those are campaign dependences. that's the problem that the d.a. has. he is trying to allege that these payments to stormy daniels were campaign expenses. i think quite clearly they exist from an obligation independent of mr. trump's campaign for president. >> laura: now, okay. now wonder the merchan situation went down as it did. of course he didn't want to hear -- have the jury hear from bradley smith, given what he just said. oh, no, you can't let the facts get in the way of a guilty verdict, my friends. and as for the talking heads on cable, how these people are called legal analysts when
cleverly or in a biased fashion, merchan would not allow defense testimony to that subject by former fec chairman, the guy who knows something about campaign finance law, bradley smith. who would have blown up the prosecution's flimsy theory. >> federal law does not say that anything that you think might help you win an election is a campaign expense. rather, it's an objective test in which things like polling, paying for staff, paying for headquarters, you know, paying for advertisements...
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expert but a real fec expert is not. and cohen was allowed to signalo to the jury because he pled guilty, trump, therefore, must be guilty too.most most judges don't allow that ane for good reasons, it is burden shifting and ishift is wrong. a defendant is never required tl put up a case but when they doe call witnesses, the witnesses are fair game.hael former cohen lawyer costello said cohen told him, "i swear to god i don't have evidence of wrongdoing by trump." that would be very important evidence for the defense because cohen's testimony noted byng pickering with the judge in theo customer was on email about rudy giuliani. all that is left is charging thi jury in closing argument in the hardest part of all, litigation rating on a verdict.dera andrew cherkasky, federal prosecutors and they join us now. welcome to you both,emen andrew, let's listen to the defendant, the former president and i will ask you about on the other side. >> everybody knows it is a witch hunt, a political witch hunt. there was nothing wrong.th
expert but a real fec expert is not. and cohen was allowed to signalo to the jury because he pled guilty, trump, therefore, must be guilty too.most most judges don't allow that ane for good reasons, it is burden shifting and ishift is wrong. a defendant is never required tl put up a case but when they doe call witnesses, the witnesses are fair game.hael former cohen lawyer costello said cohen told him, "i swear to god i don't have evidence of wrongdoing by trump." that would be very...
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yet here you have a made-up charge for something that is not even within his jurisdiction, that the fec says there is no crime, the d.o.j. has said there is no crime. >> you have been been listening to nicole malliotakis talking about crime in your state. she has the district in new york, talking about crime, the major issues plaguing the city, but nevertheless, alvin bragg's decision to go after former president donald trump. he also heard from tommy tuberville, senator from alabama, who said, look, president trump has more support than ever, and notably you also heard the name you've heard quite often, senator j.d. vance, a top contender for president trump for his vice presidential pick, listed in almost every reported article, and there he was outside of the courthouse here in manhattan defending former president trump, as the d.a. alvin bragg pursues him in a criminal case. well, that is a pivotal moment that is unfolding right now, not just in front of the courthouse, as you watch those defenders of th
yet here you have a made-up charge for something that is not even within his jurisdiction, that the fec says there is no crime, the d.o.j. has said there is no crime. >> you have been been listening to nicole malliotakis talking about crime in your state. she has the district in new york, talking about crime, the major issues plaguing the city, but nevertheless, alvin bragg's decision to go after former president donald trump. he also heard from tommy tuberville, senator from alabama, who...
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fec complaint about american media groups payoff of mcdougal. cohen told david pecker the matter will be taken care of and the person doing it was attorney general jeff sessions and cohen says it was post a conversation with trump. 30 seconds here to react to that. >> what relevance does that have to this case? this is more of the stuff that allen bragg's team is trying to bring in. let's streamline it. >> bill: cross examination may happen this afternoon. thank you, andy, jonathan and jonna for being on. >> dana: thank you for watching "america's newsroom." we love being with you. we're back tomorrow. harris faulkner takes you through the next hour. here she is. >> harris: brand-new hour and brand-new information breaking out of the criminal trial. day two of testimony from michael cohen. his witness resume as you would know would lead most people to begin with one single fact, he lies as he breathes. cohen has been convicted of lying to congress and even admits he is a liar. he is forced to untangle now some of those lies after admitting he su
fec complaint about american media groups payoff of mcdougal. cohen told david pecker the matter will be taken care of and the person doing it was attorney general jeff sessions and cohen says it was post a conversation with trump. 30 seconds here to react to that. >> what relevance does that have to this case? this is more of the stuff that allen bragg's team is trying to bring in. let's streamline it. >> bill: cross examination may happen this afternoon. thank you, andy, jonathan...
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, and then when they brought in oklahoma they tried to bring in an fec guy, brad smith, and the judge basically said no, and then the third or fourth is, wait a minute, you should have an adverse witness charge because of columns, the voucher, the invoice, and the check. nobody put donald trump on any of those important bookkeeping records. allen weisselberg was the guy who made the decision. the prosecution didn't call him. that's a missing witness that the jury should have said you can presume he would have said something negative to the prosecution. that's why they didn't call him. >> harold: i think your first two are stronger. what did you think about the jail, what they are talking about in terms of the sentencing? what do you think is going to happen? >> jesse: i think he is the only person the democrats ever want to put in prison. everybody else they let out. it's ridiculous. he is 70 something, he's a former president, he's got no track record. these are nonviolent misdemeanors rank and steined into a felony. if this judge tries this, it's going to be a revolution in this cou
, and then when they brought in oklahoma they tried to bring in an fec guy, brad smith, and the judge basically said no, and then the third or fourth is, wait a minute, you should have an adverse witness charge because of columns, the voucher, the invoice, and the check. nobody put donald trump on any of those important bookkeeping records. allen weisselberg was the guy who made the decision. the prosecution didn't call him. that's a missing witness that the jury should have said you can...
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who's from back in the day and failed to acknowledge the fact that hillary clinton actually got an fec violation for funneling money through a law firm, for booking it as a legal expense. that is the person that should be sitting on trial right now, not president trump. >> sean: let me ask you, what was your take in your read on the questions that are being asked by the jury and jury instructions that as we pointed out actually go against not one but two separate supreme court decisions? >> yeah, i think we have to be honest about what's going on here. for me to sit here and give america false hopes would be disingenuous. i think that realistically this judge is going to manage these questions the way he wants. number 1, their questions are about packer and cowan's testimony. personally i would not even be looking at cohen's testimony. i can't imagine a world in which i would care what that man says. number 2, we've got the testimony about stories but all of them are missing one thing. president trump, who is in the white house running what he needed to run. so i'm confused by it. i ho
who's from back in the day and failed to acknowledge the fact that hillary clinton actually got an fec violation for funneling money through a law firm, for booking it as a legal expense. that is the person that should be sitting on trial right now, not president trump. >> sean: let me ask you, what was your take in your read on the questions that are being asked by the jury and jury instructions that as we pointed out actually go against not one but two separate supreme court decisions?...
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campaign funds to pay the ndas no reason to think he wouldn't have done that and put legal expenses on fec disclosures as they put legal expenses in the business records. so i don't think there is had any evidence that trump was even thinking about the campaign laws let alone that he willfully violated them. >> bret: very quickly, the expert that the defense wanted to bring i guess brad smith the fec expert the judge is saying no go? yeah, pretty outrageous, too. the judge allowed prosecutors to elicit from cohen and pecker that they respectively, cohen pled guilty to two campaign finance charges. and pecker had a non-prosecution agreement. so he is essentially let the jury be instructed by cohen and pecker on the law and here you have brad smith, someone who actually knows campaign finance law and merchan is keeping him off the witness stand. bless bret andy, it's interesting perspective from inside of that court, we appreciate your time tonight. >> thanks, bret. >> bret: breaking don't the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court the icc says is he seeking arrest warrants for
campaign funds to pay the ndas no reason to think he wouldn't have done that and put legal expenses on fec disclosures as they put legal expenses in the business records. so i don't think there is had any evidence that trump was even thinking about the campaign laws let alone that he willfully violated them. >> bret: very quickly, the expert that the defense wanted to bring i guess brad smith the fec expert the judge is saying no go? yeah, pretty outrageous, too. the judge allowed...
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remember the fec, the federal election commission, they never wanted to try the case. the doj, they didn't want to try the case. alvin bragg didn't want to try this case. the only reason he did it is because former das in his office went and wrote a book pretty much saying, hey, alvin, you should do this because it's political. so there's no way, nothing has been proven here. that's why i keep there should be a directed verdict. the judge should take it out of the jury's hands and say prosecution, you did not meet your burden, you did not find a crime here. donald trump, go home, go campaign. maria: we're entering the seventh week. we could have one of three outcomes, number one, not guilty on all 31 counts. unlikely. number two, hung jury, which means a mistrial. still a win. this requires a single juror to believe there's reasonable doubt. number three, guilty. some charges carry a four year prison sentence. where do you think this is going? >> this should be a be an acqui. if this were anywhere else other than manhattan, it wouldn't go to a jury. i have a feeling we
remember the fec, the federal election commission, they never wanted to try the case. the doj, they didn't want to try the case. alvin bragg didn't want to try this case. the only reason he did it is because former das in his office went and wrote a book pretty much saying, hey, alvin, you should do this because it's political. so there's no way, nothing has been proven here. that's why i keep there should be a directed verdict. the judge should take it out of the jury's hands and say...
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the fec board member, chairman of the fec, states he can't figure out how this is trying to be accused and prosecuted, they won't let him testimony. the saying with district attorneys, you prosecute a crime, not a person. this is entirely about a prosecution of a person that was targeted and it was a crime, an accusation, a prosecution in search of a crime. maria: so they got their guy. they need to the find what the crime was. they got their guy, though. they have to find out if there's a crime and where the crime is, right? meanwhile, congressman, the white house releasing this memo titled as president biden p fights against corporate price gouging, maganomics sides with it. the white house is claiming that biden's top economic priority is fighting inflation and lowering costs and they blame major corporations for overcharging the american people, despite inflation falling from the highs. buy den singled out -- biden singled out grocery stores claiming the grocery ceos are making record profits and he's urging them to finally pass savings onto consumers. i asked john catsimatidis abo
the fec board member, chairman of the fec, states he can't figure out how this is trying to be accused and prosecuted, they won't let him testimony. the saying with district attorneys, you prosecute a crime, not a person. this is entirely about a prosecution of a person that was targeted and it was a crime, an accusation, a prosecution in search of a crime. maria: so they got their guy. they need to the find what the crime was. they got their guy, though. they have to find out if there's a...
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we know you want to call brad smith who's an official with the fec. is that the limit of your witness list? >> i love the question but i would be violating my ethics if i answer that question i also don't feel like giving the d.a. and a heads up. so let me just say this. what we heard this morning was very interesting. we heard a judge who is basically saying that we are not supposed to bring in or not allowed to bring in somebody who has explicit knowledge on this campaign finance laws and he can't speak about what the law actually is. that's what most of our morning was spent discussing in there. that's incredibly crucial and critical and frankly to me it is grounds for a mistrial. if you cannot bring in your expert who is supposed to speed and it has served on the commission for campaign finance, how are you supposed to do your case question rick with your hands tied behind the back and a vine fold on. i think those decisions are coming out very clearly in each dish decision we see in there. >> sandra: as far as where this all goes next, what would
we know you want to call brad smith who's an official with the fec. is that the limit of your witness list? >> i love the question but i would be violating my ethics if i answer that question i also don't feel like giving the d.a. and a heads up. so let me just say this. what we heard this morning was very interesting. we heard a judge who is basically saying that we are not supposed to bring in or not allowed to bring in somebody who has explicit knowledge on this campaign finance laws...
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you know the fec -- fec, the elections committee. federal elections commission. they looked at this years ago. and they took a pass they said there's no problem here. >> but cohen told the jury stormy daniels story of having sex with the former president circle like a bombshell. he said trump told him, quote: this is a disaster. a total disaster. women are going to hate me. this is going to be a disaster for the campaign. that led cohen said to him paying off stormy daniels from his own home equity account shelling out $130,000 with the former president and then thanking him and reassuring him that he would get paid back. quoted, once i received the money back from mr. trump i would deposit and it no one would be the wiser said cohen. he also said mr. trump told him, quote: just pay it. there is no research to keep it out there just do it. when cohen paid stormy trump told him good, good. don't worry. you will get money back. even though cohen had that story yesterday when it comes to cross-examination. that is expected to pick apart cohen's story because the def
you know the fec -- fec, the elections committee. federal elections commission. they looked at this years ago. and they took a pass they said there's no problem here. >> but cohen told the jury stormy daniels story of having sex with the former president circle like a bombshell. he said trump told him, quote: this is a disaster. a total disaster. women are going to hate me. this is going to be a disaster for the campaign. that led cohen said to him paying off stormy daniels from his own...
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the fec expert who really had some specifics that the jury could use to get to the heart of this matter. he will not be heard from. >> bill: yes. and last hour we were talking about the implications of a conviction and matt bennett was on. he is suggesting the polling suggests it could really hurt trump. i don't know if it could or not or if anybody can make that leap yet. you have to understand how it settles in. i tell you, bret, for a trial of a former president that is getting so much attention on cable news and throughout media, i think it's rare where you find a story where so many people say i'm not even watching and i'm not even paying attention. i don't know what that means. i guess we'll figure it out in time. >> yeah, listen, i think they paid attention from stormy daniels and the salacious stuff was out that day. i'm not sure how much they are paying attention to going into the weeds of what the actual crime is here. and how this judge delivers the instructions to the jury is really the part of this case that matters. it is how the jury makes the determination, what they are
the fec expert who really had some specifics that the jury could use to get to the heart of this matter. he will not be heard from. >> bill: yes. and last hour we were talking about the implications of a conviction and matt bennett was on. he is suggesting the polling suggests it could really hurt trump. i don't know if it could or not or if anybody can make that leap yet. you have to understand how it settles in. i tell you, bret, for a trial of a former president that is getting so much...
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>> yeah, we've seen from the recent fec filings it's the first time the trump campaign has caught up with the biden campaign. but still the democrats hold a major cash advantage here, and the trump campaign, he still is getting bogged down by a lot of his legal expenses. and even though the rnc had a really significant haul, a lot of that money is being earmarked for their convention, but it is a good sign for republicans who just have not been up to speed with democrats in terms of fund-raising, and it comes as, of course, the rnc has had new leadership, and trump has had some pretty high profile fund raisers. he had that big $50 million fund-raiser in palm beach in april, and the biden campaign, though, continues to outraise and we're expecting to see president biden continue to have some fund-raising stops in los angeles, pretty high profile events coming up. but as you said what's been interesting in this most recent fec reports is there has been a cross over between some donations between to trump and to rfk jr. tim melon is one of those. he donated a lot of money, millions of d
>> yeah, we've seen from the recent fec filings it's the first time the trump campaign has caught up with the biden campaign. but still the democrats hold a major cash advantage here, and the trump campaign, he still is getting bogged down by a lot of his legal expenses. and even though the rnc had a really significant haul, a lot of that money is being earmarked for their convention, but it is a good sign for republicans who just have not been up to speed with democrats in terms of...
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that would be helpful to the defense should brad le smith, a former fec commissioner testify to that. >> dana: the other thing is you have michael cohen, who as we were joking about at the beginning had the whole weekend to sit and think about the continued cross examination. from what you know about him, and his mindset and what we heard bob costello say about him how he was desperate not to go to jail but said he didn't have anything on donald trump and now he is under cross examination. >> yeah, i hope he spent the weekend reviewing his text messages. he was confronted with one that was construed by the defense as a lie. he said that he had talked to trump about the stormy daniels payment, text message suggested he was talk about a 14-year-old bully. hopefully spent the weekend reviewing the messages. all the defense needs is reasonable doubt. if you reasonably doubt the testimony of michael cohen and think he lied about a material fact the jury instruction will say disregard his testimony entirely. all they need is reasonable doubt. they have proven that and more but you have a ma
that would be helpful to the defense should brad le smith, a former fec commissioner testify to that. >> dana: the other thing is you have michael cohen, who as we were joking about at the beginning had the whole weekend to sit and think about the continued cross examination. from what you know about him, and his mindset and what we heard bob costello say about him how he was desperate not to go to jail but said he didn't have anything on donald trump and now he is under cross...
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you know the fec wrote this off. fec. the elections commission. federal election commissions. they looked at this years ago and they took a pass. they said there's no problem here. >> eric: well, the former president has had allies attend the trial. today i'm told former presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy will be here attending the trial. probably have a news conference right after that. he sent us a statement just a few moments ago. mr. ramaswamy saying the sham trial is a politically motivated assault. he said it's an insult to american democracy. ramaswamy says a no one has an idea what the alleged crime is here. we will hear a lot more from vivek ramaswamy later today. back to you. >> steve: thank you, eric, very much. former white house press secretary to joe biden jen psaki forced to edit her book are a saying biden's infamous watch check didn't happen. but this gold star dad won't let jen psaki rewrite history. >> stood there on the tarmac watching you check your watch over and over again. all i wanted to do was shout out it's 2 [bleep] 30. hello, i'm franklin graha
you know the fec wrote this off. fec. the elections commission. federal election commissions. they looked at this years ago and they took a pass. they said there's no problem here. >> eric: well, the former president has had allies attend the trial. today i'm told former presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy will be here attending the trial. probably have a news conference right after that. he sent us a statement just a few moments ago. mr. ramaswamy saying the sham trial is a...
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when you had the possibility of having an fec chairman come in and really describe the law, instead they took the word of a liar, and the judge let it happen. >> yeah. i think it's even more outray you than that, david, because not only did he do that, but the void in bragg's case is that he hasn't proved anything with respect to the election laws that trump was even thinking about them in 20161 and 2017 when all this activity took place. he's trying to fill that void by proving and reminding the jury again and again that cohen pled guilty to campaign finance violations. that is inadd a mis, evidence against -- admissible evidence against trump. it was improper for the judge to let that in, and laughably, his rationalization for letting it in was that it was relevant to cohen's credibility. the prosecutors didn't want to impeach their own witness, they wanted that that that information in to try to convince the jury that if cohen pled guilty to campaign finance violations, trump must be if guilty too which is exactly the reason that evidence isn't supposed to come in. david: so it really
when you had the possibility of having an fec chairman come in and really describe the law, instead they took the word of a liar, and the judge let it happen. >> yeah. i think it's even more outray you than that, david, because not only did he do that, but the void in bragg's case is that he hasn't proved anything with respect to the election laws that trump was even thinking about them in 20161 and 2017 when all this activity took place. he's trying to fill that void by proving and...
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if he is trying to protect his marriage, that doesn't have anything to do with the fec. the other point is the prosecution spent five hours telling us that michael cohen was not important. think about that. we will spend five hours telling you that our central witness is not an indispensable part of this case. he is. and his credibility is. i wonder if the jury is not trying to figure out can we really base a verdict on the word of michael cohen? >> here you go, ready? turley rights judge has taken the bench and jury asking for a further instruction. this relates to count one, andy, and how to deal with evidence and the inference to be drawn from evidence. the judge will read back pages seven through 35. that could take about 30 minutes, i do believe, based on yesterday's timing. andrew. >> well, it's a common sense proposition that what the judge basically tells the jury is we proved facts in the courtroom in the testimony and you can make a decision on the basis of those facts and those things that you can rationally infer from the things that you hear. it sounds like
if he is trying to protect his marriage, that doesn't have anything to do with the fec. the other point is the prosecution spent five hours telling us that michael cohen was not important. think about that. we will spend five hours telling you that our central witness is not an indispensable part of this case. he is. and his credibility is. i wonder if the jury is not trying to figure out can we really base a verdict on the word of michael cohen? >> here you go, ready? turley rights judge...
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the fec, look this up, fec, the federal elections commission, they looked at this years ago and they took a pass. they said there is no problem here. tim scott, objective is to keep trump off the campaign trail. that's all they're trying to do, keep him off the campaign trail. here is "the new york times" just came out a little while ago where we're leading in every state, five key states, we're leading very substantially i might add. so it's all a really a very sad day for the country. it is sad for new york. new york, a judge that is highly conflicted at a level that nobody has seen before can possibly, just think of it, and you should go out and check it out but we have a corrupt judge and we have a judge who is highly conflicted and he is keeping me from campaigning. he is an appointed new york judge. he is appointed. you know who appointed him? democrat politicians. he is appointed. he is a corrupt judge and he is conflicted judge and he ought to let us go out and campaign and get rid of this scam. every single legal analyst, even cnn, even msdnc saying there is no case here. th
the fec, look this up, fec, the federal elections commission, they looked at this years ago and they took a pass. they said there is no problem here. tim scott, objective is to keep trump off the campaign trail. that's all they're trying to do, keep him off the campaign trail. here is "the new york times" just came out a little while ago where we're leading in every state, five key states, we're leading very substantially i might add. so it's all a really a very sad day for the...
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there's been no fec violation. there's been no violation of campaign contributions by president trump. but they're trying to act a like it's now illegal for you to pay an attorney? an attorney bill. and he was in the white house while this bill was paid. the bill was paid by the trump organization accounting department. and guess what? they got a legal bill, and they paid it and booked it as a legal fee. my goodness, how could that be wrong? but now a former president and the leading candidate going to go to jail allegedly for that? if it's desperate. not only is it desperate, they denied bringing it twice, not once. cy vance didn't want to bring it. bragg didn't want to bring el until president trump announced he was running. david: by the way, how longs does an appeal take? if, in fact, the jury comes out with a guilty verdict, obviously, you're going to appeal. there's so many grounds for it. the jury instructions, allowing michael cohen, a equitied liar and an -- a convicted liar and admitted thief, allowing hi
there's been no fec violation. there's been no violation of campaign contributions by president trump. but they're trying to act a like it's now illegal for you to pay an attorney? an attorney bill. and he was in the white house while this bill was paid. the bill was paid by the trump organization accounting department. and guess what? they got a legal bill, and they paid it and booked it as a legal fee. my goodness, how could that be wrong? but now a former president and the leading candidate...
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tahoma nation of not calling the fec chair to talk about how there's no violation and the government from the instructions as a central part of the appeal. i would also say harvey weinstein case complicates things. came out during the trial emphasizing new york courts don't like collateral other crimes evidence. we had already heard about karen mcdougal and the access hollywood recording. may not be crimes but that acts. there's pretty sexy issues on appeal for the defense team to play with. that's a couple big ones. >> gillian: is a going to go all the way up to the supreme court do you think? does the court have any ability to reach down and take this case if it wants to while working itself to the appeals process? >> i have heard a few people suggest there may pa taken to the supreme court. i believe it when i see it. most cases are tried in state court and will have to exhaust the state system before there's a chance and that could take over a year. i don't really see a likely expedition of this. so you have 2 levels of appellate court in new york and then the basic low percentag
tahoma nation of not calling the fec chair to talk about how there's no violation and the government from the instructions as a central part of the appeal. i would also say harvey weinstein case complicates things. came out during the trial emphasizing new york courts don't like collateral other crimes evidence. we had already heard about karen mcdougal and the access hollywood recording. may not be crimes but that acts. there's pretty sexy issues on appeal for the defense team to play with....
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bradley smith, former fec commissioner to possibly testify. now it seems iffy. it seems as if both the prosecution and the defense are going to confer on the limitations to his testimony and/or offer up guidance to the judge as to what should be included in jury instructions, and if, in fact, they both agree on the jury instructions, they won't need bradley smith to testify. the line of questioning, quick reminder here, bob costello, an attorney who in 2018, michael cohen thought about retaining, was encouraged by donald trump to retain. bob costello, rudy giuliani as well. a friend of rudy giuliani as well, and just during direct testimony, michael cohen was asked, did you tell the truth to bob costello, he said no, i'm paraphrasing here because he did not question him at the time. >> can i talk about brad smith, the other expert witness regarding the fec. a former commissioner. i have interviewed him for a show that jacob soboroff and i did called "the swamp," talking about campaign finance, and dark money. he is an emphatic arguer that citizens are people. th
bradley smith, former fec commissioner to possibly testify. now it seems iffy. it seems as if both the prosecution and the defense are going to confer on the limitations to his testimony and/or offer up guidance to the judge as to what should be included in jury instructions, and if, in fact, they both agree on the jury instructions, they won't need bradley smith to testify. the line of questioning, quick reminder here, bob costello, an attorney who in 2018, michael cohen thought about...
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while we haven't been able to confirm the numbers through the overall fec filings, no one is disputing those figures, andrea. >> mark what about the small donors, the small individual donors that are the most likely of voters. where do the candidates stand among those types of donors? >> so, the biden campaign has been putting a whole lot into their army of small donors. and obviously, you know, a lot of the big fund-raising events like the one that president biden will be hitting tonight in boston comes from a real -- big heavy hitters who write checks sometimes as close to a million dollars or so that get divvied out many different ways, you're absolutely right, the campaigns do emphasize the small donors, those are the people who give 10, 20, $100 every month and you can continue to go back to them. it is worth noting that some of the big events like the one in boston tonight that when people end up writing that $1 million check which goes every which way, you can't go back to them. you're right. it is the small donors that are going to matter as we get closer and closer to the gene
while we haven't been able to confirm the numbers through the overall fec filings, no one is disputing those figures, andrea. >> mark what about the small donors, the small individual donors that are the most likely of voters. where do the candidates stand among those types of donors? >> so, the biden campaign has been putting a whole lot into their army of small donors. and obviously, you know, a lot of the big fund-raising events like the one that president biden will be hitting...
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so the prosecution put on evidence, the defense wants to put up evidence of what an fec violation is and is not allowed to do that. and then the defense of advice-- of council was not allowed.lo that's what trump wanted. he wanted to be able to say i did this on the advice of michael cohen. now all ofer a sudden we hear michael cohen is a co-conspirator who was aiding and abetting donald trump and a now you can't convict just on the word of michael cohenn without corroborating evidence. but as it relates to that and felony, which will bootstrapu do doesn't bring it to life, you don't have to agree on any one of the three, it doesn't have to be unanimous. this is a kangaroo court. you've never heard of anything other than a unanimous verdict in a criminal trial. and here's a new one, legal expenses are -- if you report them as income is a crime. reporting money as income when it's reimbursement is a crime. though the judge is a saying that itself is a crime. no one knew that. they could have argued it at the trial but they did not have then opportunity. so i mean those are just some o
so the prosecution put on evidence, the defense wants to put up evidence of what an fec violation is and is not allowed to do that. and then the defense of advice-- of council was not allowed.lo that's what trump wanted. he wanted to be able to say i did this on the advice of michael cohen. now all ofer a sudden we hear michael cohen is a co-conspirator who was aiding and abetting donald trump and a now you can't convict just on the word of michael cohenn without corroborating evidence. but as...
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was it an fec violation? was it falsifying other documents violation? with it attacks tax violation? if you don't know what it is, how do you form an appeal or is that the basis for the appeal? >> the right to know the charges against you and defend yourself are foundational to our system of justice. this is really inexcusable from a prosecutor standpoint. and that is i think what offends a lot of people. i think i see a lot of prosecutors that it's not a matter of winning cases. it's about doing justice. i think there is a distinction and a difference that in this case alvin bragg and matthew and that team very clearly were trying to win this case and they were trying to do these jury instructions so they could have this buffet of legal options to convict the president and bring these charges that have never been brought in state court and not allow and fight vigorously to keep an fec expert off the stand. each turn with the help of the judge who his conflicts have been laid out pretty clear, it's been inconsistent with really the principal doing justi
was it an fec violation? was it falsifying other documents violation? with it attacks tax violation? if you don't know what it is, how do you form an appeal or is that the basis for the appeal? >> the right to know the charges against you and defend yourself are foundational to our system of justice. this is really inexcusable from a prosecutor standpoint. and that is i think what offends a lot of people. i think i see a lot of prosecutors that it's not a matter of winning cases. it's...