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cnn's kara scannell live for us outside of the court. tell us, kara, who is this expert witness for the defense? why did he get so upset? >> reporter: boris, breonna, this is an expert witness, the final expert witness that the trump team called on his defense. and accounting professor from new york university. professor eli bartov. he was asked questions, he had been testifying all morning on this. the lawyer for the attorney generals office subjected to one of the lines of questioning saying the accounting professor is not a banker, so he is not qualified to answer questions about what a banker might be thinking when they receive the financial statements that the heart of this case. that is when bartov became upset. saying, shame on yourself talking to me like that. you make up allegations. i'm here to tell the truth. you ought to be ashamed of yourself. bartov previously testified this morning that he found that there was no evidence of accounting fraud. he said the financial statements were not materially or not in a meaningful way m
cnn's kara scannell live for us outside of the court. tell us, kara, who is this expert witness for the defense? why did he get so upset? >> reporter: boris, breonna, this is an expert witness, the final expert witness that the trump team called on his defense. and accounting professor from new york university. professor eli bartov. he was asked questions, he had been testifying all morning on this. the lawyer for the attorney generals office subjected to one of the lines of questioning...
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so kara scannell is there at the courthouse, and so, how is this going to play out? >> well, fred, donald trump is expected to testify monday, and this is the second time on the witness stand in this case. the first time he was called by the state attorney general's office to answer questions as they lined them up, this time it is his lawyers setting it up, and directing the questions to him, and allowing him to answer the questions in the way that he wants. so he'll have more control over the questions and the answers, and his lawyer did advise him not to testify, because of the gag order, but it is limited to stop trump from making any comments about at the judge's staff which has nothing to do with the underlying accusations of the case, but the last time that trump testified, he turned the opportunity of to witness stand into a campaign event, and using statements that he has used time and again, and criticizing the new york attorney general in the courtroom, and also criticizing judge who has ruled in the case that his financial statements are fraudulent, and si
so kara scannell is there at the courthouse, and so, how is this going to play out? >> well, fred, donald trump is expected to testify monday, and this is the second time on the witness stand in this case. the first time he was called by the state attorney general's office to answer questions as they lined them up, this time it is his lawyers setting it up, and directing the questions to him, and allowing him to answer the questions in the way that he wants. so he'll have more control...
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let's bring in cnn's kara scannell. kara, what exactly is rudy claiming in this bankruptcy filing and what does it mean? >> well, rudy giuliani is claiming that he is saddled with debt, as much as $500 million, and saying he only has up to $10 million in assets. so he's trying to delay this payout to these two women. the largest of his debts in the bankruptcy filing is the nearly $150 million payment to those two georgia election workers that the jury handed down last week. but we're also learning a little bit more about giuliani's finances. he also has $1 million in unpaid taxes to the federal government and to new york state. in addition, $1.7 million in unpaid legal fees to some of the lawyers who represented him in many of the legal issues he's had in the past several years as well as $30,000 in phone bills. part of this is giuliani estimating that he's going to face potentially a lot more in either legal fees or damages from court cases because he's facing a number of other lawsuits including a harassment lawsuit f
let's bring in cnn's kara scannell. kara, what exactly is rudy claiming in this bankruptcy filing and what does it mean? >> well, rudy giuliani is claiming that he is saddled with debt, as much as $500 million, and saying he only has up to $10 million in assets. so he's trying to delay this payout to these two women. the largest of his debts in the bankruptcy filing is the nearly $150 million payment to those two georgia election workers that the jury handed down last week. but we're also...
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. >> cnn's kara scannell joins us live now. kara, what more are we expected to learn?xpecting more than 150 people to be identified when these documents are unsealed. these are associates of jeffrey epstein as well as some alleged victims. this is all stemming from a court case that one of his victims, the junior roberts to fray, brought against ghislaine maxwell, epstein's former girlfriend and longtime associate. she was convicted of helping epstein groom at recruit women that epstein sexually abused. so this is been a long running lawsuit and now some of these documents are going to be unsealed. it is a trove of documents. it's not going to be a list of names that we will see when the unsealing happens, but it will be a lot of documents and names referenced in them. so the judge, in making this order yesterday, noted that many of the dose in this case did not object to their names coming out. others names have been in the public domain four years, either through media reports because they gave media interviews, or their names came out at the criminal trials. so some
. >> cnn's kara scannell joins us live now. kara, what more are we expected to learn?xpecting more than 150 people to be identified when these documents are unsealed. these are associates of jeffrey epstein as well as some alleged victims. this is all stemming from a court case that one of his victims, the junior roberts to fray, brought against ghislaine maxwell, epstein's former girlfriend and longtime associate. she was convicted of helping epstein groom at recruit women that epstein...
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and kara scannell, i know that you will be studying the whole holiday. thank you for being here.ate? >> and stopping by to talk more about this is the former deputy general of the united states, tom dupre, but starting with this latest of the e. jean carroll case as kara was laying out, and now, the trump team is asking for a delay to consider the legal options. what do you think that the legal options are? >> well, the options are to try to push this immunity issue as far as he can take it, and he has a few cards to play in court of appeals and he could get the supreme court interested in the case, and the strategy is to say, get me and my legal team a little breathing room to figure out the options and what we want to do and then potentially take the issue to the supreme court which could potentially, again, delay this trial. >> we have known for quite some time that the former president's team is pushing for a delay as kind of like a broader general strategy with a lot of, if not all of the cases that he is up against. is there a limit to this? >> i think that there is. with t
and kara scannell, i know that you will be studying the whole holiday. thank you for being here.ate? >> and stopping by to talk more about this is the former deputy general of the united states, tom dupre, but starting with this latest of the e. jean carroll case as kara was laying out, and now, the trump team is asking for a delay to consider the legal options. what do you think that the legal options are? >> well, the options are to try to push this immunity issue as far as he can...
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a lot of arguments a judge has already rejected. >> kara scannell, elie honig, legal drama tonight.oth for being here. also tonight, keep watching, because on laura coates live, former attorney general eric culver is joining heard us all these big legal stories. that will be at 11 pm eastern. in the meantime, there was a historic ruling and a fight that has one of the strictest abortion laws inclination, texas. a pregnant women forced to sue for an emergency abortion at 20 weeks. she won the case, but tonight the texas attorney general is offering a new warning to her doctor. plus, israeli soldiers detaining dozens of men who were stripped to their underwear in gaza. more of what we are learning about this dramatic scene, right after this. >>> fresh off a 500,000 dollar fund-raiser, pulling in some powerful endorsements, it's clear who the 2024 republican candidates say is a major threat, at least at this point in the race. other than donald trump of course. former south carolina governor nikki haley found herself at the center of attacks she was fending off or ignorant in vivek ram
a lot of arguments a judge has already rejected. >> kara scannell, elie honig, legal drama tonight.oth for being here. also tonight, keep watching, because on laura coates live, former attorney general eric culver is joining heard us all these big legal stories. that will be at 11 pm eastern. in the meantime, there was a historic ruling and a fight that has one of the strictest abortion laws inclination, texas. a pregnant women forced to sue for an emergency abortion at 20 weeks. she won...
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for someone who watched all of that happen, cnn's kara scannell is in the courtroom. kara, i just want to see what trump was obviously not on the witness stand, not talking today. he did a lot of talking outside of court. for everyone who wasn't watching the courthouse closely today, this is what he said. >> this whole case is a fraud. it's election interference. it's keeping me here instead of iowa and new hampshire. and i should be right now in iowa and new hampshire, south carolina. i shouldn't be sitting in a courthouse. and i don't have to sit here. i could just do what i want -- whatever i want to do. but i want to make sure that you get the true story. >> to be clear, he did not have to be there. he was a spectator today. but what happened in the courtroom? >> well, you know, it's interesting. he's attended nine days of this fraud trial. today was the first day he attended any of the defense's case. so, his own case that he was putting on. and he chose to come when they put on their final expert witness, professor of accounting at new york university. his testi
for someone who watched all of that happen, cnn's kara scannell is in the courtroom. kara, i just want to see what trump was obviously not on the witness stand, not talking today. he did a lot of talking outside of court. for everyone who wasn't watching the courthouse closely today, this is what he said. >> this whole case is a fraud. it's election interference. it's keeping me here instead of iowa and new hampshire. and i should be right now in iowa and new hampshire, south carolina. i...
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kara scannell live for us in new york. boris?ig deeper on all of this with former federal prosecutor seth waxman. set, there's a lot to get to. thank you so much for being with us. we heard there from the attorney for president trump saying she counseled him not to take the stand, especially under a gag order. should he testify? what do you anticipate? >> reporter: we have to remember that this is a civil case. so if there were really criminal charges that could be brought in the background, of course as an attorney you have a huge concern that your testimony could be used against you criminally in a future case. it's not likely that there is a criminal case that will stem from this, but with mr. trump, look, putting him on the stand is always a huge risk. >> as we have seen from him outside the courtroom multiple times, he has a tendency of being very boisterous and potentially pushing the envelope with the judge and others involved in the case. i want to pivot from one presidential family on trial to another presidential matter
kara scannell live for us in new york. boris?ig deeper on all of this with former federal prosecutor seth waxman. set, there's a lot to get to. thank you so much for being with us. we heard there from the attorney for president trump saying she counseled him not to take the stand, especially under a gag order. should he testify? what do you anticipate? >> reporter: we have to remember that this is a civil case. so if there were really criminal charges that could be brought in the...
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for more on his day and upcoming testimony, kara scannell starts us off. let's talk what happened in court today. >> as you say, this was donald trump's ninth time attending. and the first time he has attended his defense case. and the witness that was on the stand today was their last expert witness. this was a professor of accounting from new york university. and this witness was unequivocal in giving donald trump exactly what he wanted to hear. his testimony today was that he said his review of the documents showed that there was absolutely no evidence of accounting fraud. he also said he found no material misstatements on the financial statements that are at the heart of this case. and the judge interjecting at one point, asking the professor if his testimony was at that the attorney general's lawsuit had no merit. he said absolutely, that's exactly what his testimony was. he went through a number of examples, saying again and again he saw no evidence of fraud. each for example the triplex apartment at trump tower that trump owned. when trump testified
for more on his day and upcoming testimony, kara scannell starts us off. let's talk what happened in court today. >> as you say, this was donald trump's ninth time attending. and the first time he has attended his defense case. and the witness that was on the stand today was their last expert witness. this was a professor of accounting from new york university. and this witness was unequivocal in giving donald trump exactly what he wanted to hear. his testimony today was that he said his...
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cnn's kara scannell outside of the courthouse. tell us why the change here. >> trump's attorney just came into the court after the lunch break, saying they are streamlining the case and would no longer call eric trump to testify in his defense. as a reminder, he was called to testify the new york attorney general when they're putting on their case. he was going to be one of their final witnesses. now you think they are not calling him because they're moving to shorten the case. what that means there will be no court tomorrow. on thursday, there will be an accounting professor at nyu professor will be testifying. we also understand that former president donald trump will be in attendance on thursday, that was the plan as of yesterday, tell us into the testimony. he then will testify as the final witness and the defense. that will be on monday and that is expected to go all day. trump's attorney did ask the judge to postpone trump's testimony until the appeals court could hear argue and rule on their efforts to lift this gag order.
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thank you, kara scannell. >>> coming up, new analysis on the fight in israel to take out hamas, and onentelligence analyst is saying that the density in the bombardment in gaza that has not been seen since vietnam. >>> hey, look at who is at work, and live pictures moments from now when the u.n. security council is hard at work where a vote is expected to be held about the war resolution in gaza. and the language of suspending the fighting to allow more aid in gaza has been softened a little bit, and the u.s. is able to support it is what we are hearing. it is 11 weeks of war in gaza with no end in sight, and the humanitarian crisis is worse by the day by all accounts of people there and experiencing it, and living there, and the u.n. says that the entire population of more than 2 million people is facing acute hunger now, and warranting a full scale famine is not far off. more than 20,000 palestinians have been killed in the war since october 7th when hamas went into israel killing 1,200 and taking 200 more. that is in gaza ten times more than any israeli-palestinian conflict in the la
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kara scannell is here now. what does it do? been at the request of some media organizations to try to understand the full universe of jeffrey epstein because it has been a story that has percolated for years, and ultimately with maxwell's conviction in 2021. so the judge has gone through this and it's not just going to be a list of names. she went through jane does and john does one by one deciding what information could be unsealed and what couldn't and what she decided what could be unsealed where in the case of a number of does where they didn't object to the unsealing of the materials that relate to them, the determination was that these people had already become public because they themselves gave me the interviews or they became public through court cases and including at the trial where their identities came out and the material that includes their name was not salacious and the right of public access was something of greater importance. there are a lot of famous names that have been out around this and all those men hav
kara scannell is here now. what does it do? been at the request of some media organizations to try to understand the full universe of jeffrey epstein because it has been a story that has percolated for years, and ultimately with maxwell's conviction in 2021. so the judge has gone through this and it's not just going to be a list of names. she went through jane does and john does one by one deciding what information could be unsealed and what couldn't and what she decided what could be unsealed...
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kara scannell is outside of the courthouse, and what can we expect monday?well, john, donald trump is taking stand in his own defense, and as you remember, he already testified in the case, and then called by the state attorney's lawyers, but this time, he is going to be questioned by his own lawyers, and they will be setting the table about what he wants to talk about and he will have latitude of what he wants to talk about. and his attorney elena habba has said that he just can't make comments about the judge's staff with that gag order, and so we might see a repeat on the witness stand when turned that into a campaign event, and when the judge was right there and the attorney general letitia james was in the courtroom, and the judge even turned to his attorneys and said, you need the rein in your client, and so we will see if there is any new explanation of the allegations in the case. this case is about him inflating the property values to get better loan rates, and the last time he said that he did rely on the bank statements and accountants. >> and so,
kara scannell is outside of the courthouse, and what can we expect monday?well, john, donald trump is taking stand in his own defense, and as you remember, he already testified in the case, and then called by the state attorney's lawyers, but this time, he is going to be questioned by his own lawyers, and they will be setting the table about what he wants to talk about and he will have latitude of what he wants to talk about. and his attorney elena habba has said that he just can't make...
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kara scannell is outside the courthouse in new york for us. what's going to happen today? what is it all building up to as this case is coming to a close? >> reporter: yeah, kate. we were in week ten of this trial, and it is beginning to wind down. donald trump's team has been putting on their defense, calling a number of witnesses to count erp these claims by the new york attorney general's office that they inflated the value of the properties to get better rates on loans and insurance. we've been hearing over the past weeks various witnesses to support trump's defense that there are many different ways to value assets and that they didn't violate accounting rules. so, on that theme this week, we are expected to hear today from some more real lsz tate experts, people who have an expertise in valuation. one of the experts expected to take the stand today is a person who has said that mar-a-lago could be valued anywhere from $1 billion to $1.5 billion. so, the judge has already found that trump had inflated the value of mar-a-lago on his financial statements. bup this perso
kara scannell is outside the courthouse in new york for us. what's going to happen today? what is it all building up to as this case is coming to a close? >> reporter: yeah, kate. we were in week ten of this trial, and it is beginning to wind down. donald trump's team has been putting on their defense, calling a number of witnesses to count erp these claims by the new york attorney general's office that they inflated the value of the properties to get better rates on loans and insurance....
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. >> kara scannell, thanks. with me now, cnn legal analyst and that -- karen free -- and. also, investigative journalist and trump -- syracuse university law lecturer david cay johnston. so karen i mean, the president didn't have to be in court today, didn't have to show up. is there any legal importance in him being there in person? >> not at all. he chose to be here. let's not forget, this is not a jury trial, this is a judge trial, a bench trial. and he didn't testify today, he didn't do anything in court. so he was just an observer today. this was his choice to be there. does it not sort of showing the judge how serious he is taking it? i mean is it impressing anything on upon the judge do you think? >> potentially i guess that could be something that the judge looks at, as though he is taking it seriously. but i think the judge knows he is taking it seriously. >> and david, you heard the nyu accounting professor testifying for the defense today, said the attorney general's claims of fraud had no merit. when asked about trump's company claiming his new york apartment w
. >> kara scannell, thanks. with me now, cnn legal analyst and that -- karen free -- and. also, investigative journalist and trump -- syracuse university law lecturer david cay johnston. so karen i mean, the president didn't have to be in court today, didn't have to show up. is there any legal importance in him being there in person? >> not at all. he chose to be here. let's not forget, this is not a jury trial, this is a judge trial, a bench trial. and he didn't testify today, he...
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>> kara scannell, live outside of the courthouse for. thank you for that report. let's talk more about this with cnn legal analyst norm eisen. >>> norm, starting with this expert testimony that you heard there, what is your analysis of how much weight this will have? >> well, and we know experts are, sometimes, available for hire. mr. bartov is a academic who works in this field. there has been substantial testimony that the financial statements are fraudulent. to attempt to justify them defies the witnesses who have testified that they are fraudulent, the exports for the state, the judges own finding where he had already granted partial summary judgment of fraud. and, if i may say so, common sense. how can you say that an apartment that is a little more than 10,000 square feet is 30,000 square feet? i don't care how many professors come in, are they going to put a math professor on next to say that 30,000 and 10,000 are equal? i think the weight of the evidence is that there were material misstatements. not just of the apartment, but 40 wall street, seven sprayin
>> kara scannell, live outside of the courthouse for. thank you for that report. let's talk more about this with cnn legal analyst norm eisen. >>> norm, starting with this expert testimony that you heard there, what is your analysis of how much weight this will have? >> well, and we know experts are, sometimes, available for hire. mr. bartov is a academic who works in this field. there has been substantial testimony that the financial statements are fraudulent. to attempt...