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now, she said, ms. mcdougal said they didn't want to hurt him. they didn't want to hurt his campaign. she didn't use those words. i'm adding those words. but that's what the prosecution would argue was the conspiracy was about protecting him, promoting his election by unlawful means. >> given the answers to these questions, how many hours will it take just to hear that tomorrow? >> well, i was reading -- after the jury was excused, that's when the lawyers went back and forth. it seems -- first of all, they want the instructions read back. that will take -- it took -- i don't know how much of the jury instructions they want read back. it took an hour today. it seems it will probably be another hour to read it back. remember it's a court reporter who's reading it back who may have to take some time and drink some water. it could take between the jury instructions and the readback, about two hours. >> would you expect more questions tomorrow, more deliberation? >> there will be more deliberation but we don't know whether or not they said, okay, good
now, she said, ms. mcdougal said they didn't want to hurt him. they didn't want to hurt his campaign. she didn't use those words. i'm adding those words. but that's what the prosecution would argue was the conspiracy was about protecting him, promoting his election by unlawful means. >> given the answers to these questions, how many hours will it take just to hear that tomorrow? >> well, i was reading -- after the jury was excused, that's when the lawyers went back and forth. it...
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ms. mcdougal alleges that she had had a romantic affair with donald trump for some years prior. question, when you say romantic, does that include sexual? answer that's what she expressed. that was the blockbuster story. that was for sale to the national enquirer. can google was a playboy magazine model who in 1998 was playmate of the year. karen mcdougal has said in interviews she was in love with donald trump and did not want her story about donald trump to be made public, keith davidson was able to use that story as leverage to use the national enquirer to pay his client, karen mcdougal, $150,000, to work for the national enquirer or its parent company by occasionally maybe writing articles for them the prosecution alleges this was a classic example of the so-called catch and kill scheme the jury has already heard about in david testimony which revealed a secret plan for the national enquirer to kill all negative stories about candidate donald trump, purchase them if necessary. and to highlight and even invent negative stories about donald trump office campaign opponents. kar
ms. mcdougal alleges that she had had a romantic affair with donald trump for some years prior. question, when you say romantic, does that include sexual? answer that's what she expressed. that was the blockbuster story. that was for sale to the national enquirer. can google was a playboy magazine model who in 1998 was playmate of the year. karen mcdougal has said in interviews she was in love with donald trump and did not want her story about donald trump to be made public, keith davidson was...
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ms. mcdougall alleged that she had had a romantic affair with donald trump some years prior. when you say romantic, does that include sexual? that is what she expressed. " >> that was the blockbuster story that was for sale to the national enquirer. she's a playboy magazine model who, in 1998, was playmate of the year. she said in interviews that she did not want her story to be made public. keith davidson was able to use that story as leverage, to use the national enquirer to pay his client hundred $50,000 to "work" for the national enquirer or its parent company by occasionally, maybe writing articles for them. the prosecution alleges this was a classic example of a the national enquirer, that the jury has already heard about , which revealed the secret plan for the national enquirer to kill negative stories about candidate trump and purchase them if necessary and to highlight and even invented negative stories about donald trump's opponent. karen mcdougal was not the last blockbuster trump story that keith davidson worked on. the next one was the stormy daniels story. the
ms. mcdougall alleged that she had had a romantic affair with donald trump some years prior. when you say romantic, does that include sexual? that is what she expressed. " >> that was the blockbuster story that was for sale to the national enquirer. she's a playboy magazine model who, in 1998, was playmate of the year. she said in interviews that she did not want her story to be made public. keith davidson was able to use that story as leverage, to use the national enquirer to pay...
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her friend forced her hand, and to be clear it was not ms. mcdougal's intention to public her story. >> let's go to vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse. >> reporter: i actually stepped outside the courthouse after being in there in the first hour in todd blanche's closing argument, and he's emphasizing to the jury that michael cohen should not be the trusted source, that they make the determination on the 34 felony counts. it's sort of a shift between the way in which he talked about the falsification of the business records allegation and making the case that there was no intent to defraud on behalf of his client, saying that not only did he tweet in 2018 about this arrangement, but also he noted in a 2018 ethics report, financial disclosure report that there were reimbursements made and also that the trump organization, they denoted the payments were made to michael cohen. so it will be up to the jury to determine beyond a reasonable doubt donald trump had the intention to defraud by making these business records. then turning towards th
her friend forced her hand, and to be clear it was not ms. mcdougal's intention to public her story. >> let's go to vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse. >> reporter: i actually stepped outside the courthouse after being in there in the first hour in todd blanche's closing argument, and he's emphasizing to the jury that michael cohen should not be the trusted source, that they make the determination on the 34 felony counts. it's sort of a shift between the way in which he talked...
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mcdougal. my recollection is, and this is what she said, this is what was told to me and why it was provided as a statement. this isn't atypical of the way campaigns are run. you go to sources, you talk about what you're going to put out there. this clearly points to the fact that this is what everybody was saying, including, if i may use the words of stephanie grisham, the boss. >> and in 2016, the former president had a pretty lean operation. there was not this huge roving band of people around him. it was, you know, a few people, hope among them. who were there in that period so i don't know, they're just not similar things. in 2020, they tried to have more people who work for them. there was still only a loving small group of people they trusted and i think that was true here. there were only a few people who knew exactly what he was doing, and she was among them. >> josh dawsey, i want to thank you. she made a point of saying early in her testimony that donald trump was not paying for her
mcdougal. my recollection is, and this is what she said, this is what was told to me and why it was provided as a statement. this isn't atypical of the way campaigns are run. you go to sources, you talk about what you're going to put out there. this clearly points to the fact that this is what everybody was saying, including, if i may use the words of stephanie grisham, the boss. >> and in 2016, the former president had a pretty lean operation. there was not this huge roving band of...
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it's alleged that he and ms mcdougal had an affair. ms hicks says trump told her to say that claims of an affair were untrue. prosecutors allege mr trump falsified business records to conceal a hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels in order to prevent further damage to his 2016 campaign. the former president denies the allegations. meanwhile, thejudge overseeing donald trump's hush money trial has corrected the former president's assertion that a gag order prevented him from testifying on his own behalf. justice marchan said trump had an absolute right to testify. the court will be back in session on monday. for more on hope hicks' testimony, our north america correspondent nada tawfik sent this report. this was the first time that we had someone who work directly with donald trump take the stand. hope hicks is one of his closest aides in, she followed him from his company to the campaign trail, where they spoke nearly every day as she was his press secretary, and then onto the white house where she was his communic
it's alleged that he and ms mcdougal had an affair. ms hicks says trump told her to say that claims of an affair were untrue. prosecutors allege mr trump falsified business records to conceal a hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels in order to prevent further damage to his 2016 campaign. the former president denies the allegations. meanwhile, thejudge overseeing donald trump's hush money trial has corrected the former president's assertion that a gag order prevented him from...
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so for example, the people just told you that ms. mcdougal was not on the witness list. the court, i'm not going to get blogged down on that. but judge, the court, it's not relevant to this motion. that's why i'm saying very quickly whether she was going to be called or not has nothing to do with this motion for a mistrial. mr. blanche, but it does, your honor. the court, no it doesn't. i'm making the ruling and i decide whether it does or it doesn't. i'm telling you it doesn't. now, it is so difficult to convey. how angrily and brusquely judge merchan treated him in that room. it is not something we have seen in the courtroom before. because judge juan merchan is normally a mild voice, calm speaker in court who makes you lean forward to hear him. and you always do because he is so clear. and the quick intensity of his speech slightly as he did, has an enormous effect in that room. it is bombastic in its way. judge merchan plays his role in such an understated way that when he leans into anything, it lands like an explosion as it did today. so judge merchan after orderin
so for example, the people just told you that ms. mcdougal was not on the witness list. the court, i'm not going to get blogged down on that. but judge, the court, it's not relevant to this motion. that's why i'm saying very quickly whether she was going to be called or not has nothing to do with this motion for a mistrial. mr. blanche, but it does, your honor. the court, no it doesn't. i'm making the ruling and i decide whether it does or it doesn't. i'm telling you it doesn't. now, it is so...
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now, there are lots of reasons why ms. mcdougal might not want to testify, and there are lots of reasons why the prosecution might not want to call on her to testify. we're going to get some expert help unpacking all of that and what that a means for this casen just ar second. but karen mcdougal not testifying also makes the testimony we did get today from stormy daniels all it more important. and it makes the cross-examination of stormy daniels today, makes that all the more m important. now, the defense's cross-examination today is probably most accurately described by a phrase i am loathe to say. but it really does describe what happened today when stormy daniels washe questioned by trump's lawyer, susan necheles, slut shaming. i'm going to warn you if you have children in the room or you simply don't want to hear about donald trump's alleged sex life -- i mean who could blame you -- now is a good time to mute your television. this is trump attorney susan necheles speaking to stormy daniels. you're acted in porn and 206
now, there are lots of reasons why ms. mcdougal might not want to testify, and there are lots of reasons why the prosecution might not want to call on her to testify. we're going to get some expert help unpacking all of that and what that a means for this casen just ar second. but karen mcdougal not testifying also makes the testimony we did get today from stormy daniels all it more important. and it makes the cross-examination of stormy daniels today, makes that all the more m important. now,...
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ms. mcdougal all the way to stormy daniels. what is good for the prosecution, they are focusing on david pecker. i think david pecker was the most material witness. everyone says it was michael cohen. he was very important. but pecker was the one who established the conspiracy. this is how it happened and this is why we did what we did. for the campaign. this is what we are going to do for donald trump's campaign. she said they didn't want to hurt him. they didn't want to hurt his campaign. that's what the prosecution would argue was the conspiracy was about. protecting him. >> given the answers to these questions, how many hours will it take just to hear that form? >> well, i was reading after the jurors were excused, that's when the lawyers went back and forth. it seems that, well, first of all, they want the instructions read back. so that will take, i don't know how much of the jury instructions they want read back. it took an hour today. then it seems like it will be an hour to have it read back. it could take between the
ms. mcdougal all the way to stormy daniels. what is good for the prosecution, they are focusing on david pecker. i think david pecker was the most material witness. everyone says it was michael cohen. he was very important. but pecker was the one who established the conspiracy. this is how it happened and this is why we did what we did. for the campaign. this is what we are going to do for donald trump's campaign. she said they didn't want to hurt him. they didn't want to hurt his campaign....
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the doorman, ms. mcdougall, and stormy daniels. everyone agrees that the doorman story was not true. it still was something they did not want to get out. so all of the theater of maybe she was telling the truth, maybe she wasn't, maybe is important for a political audience, but in terms of this jury, it is actually irrelevant. it will help the government show that she is, in fact telling the truth, because it is more motive. but in many ways she is an exhibit today. this is the story they did not want to hear and that is why the details, the ones that todd blanche says are irrelevant and salacious, it's not really true. the issue is, do you believe her or not, in terms of that issue. she could say all sorts of terrible things. the real issue is, are they going to believe her or not and then is this something they would want to suppress? leave aside that this does not convey donald trump as a paragon of virtue. everyone knows that. nothing about what happened today is changing anyone's mind, but at this trial you have already heard
the doorman, ms. mcdougall, and stormy daniels. everyone agrees that the doorman story was not true. it still was something they did not want to get out. so all of the theater of maybe she was telling the truth, maybe she wasn't, maybe is important for a political audience, but in terms of this jury, it is actually irrelevant. it will help the government show that she is, in fact telling the truth, because it is more motive. but in many ways she is an exhibit today. this is the story they did...
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ms. daniels was because this is a falsifying business records case. and if the prosecution has this jury and the jury room debating about whether or not donald trump had sex with that woman, that's a problem. they need to be focused in on did he know what michael cohen was doing. was michael cohen rogue. did he know what cohen and weisselberg were up to. that's what they should be focusing in, not the hotel room. what happened at the trump organization and what happened at trump tower that david pecker talked about. >> maybe that's what the defense wants. maybe the defense would love it, jeremy, if that's what the jury went back in and talked about. they spent the first day talking about whether or not there actually really ever was a real sexual encounter. >> that helps them. the theory in large part is donald trump, he's a principal, also an accomplice. it's being involved hands on and furthering this conspiracy and this crime. but absolutely to your point, it absolutely helps the defen
ms. daniels was because this is a falsifying business records case. and if the prosecution has this jury and the jury room debating about whether or not donald trump had sex with that woman, that's a problem. they need to be focused in on did he know what michael cohen was doing. was michael cohen rogue. did he know what cohen and weisselberg were up to. that's what they should be focusing in, not the hotel room. what happened at the trump organization and what happened at trump tower that...
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mcdougal's lifetime rights? yes, that's correct. pecker said, sorry, there's a typo in my transcript here question, did you communicate that decision to michael cohen? yes then a few lines later, pecker goes on to say, i called michael cohen and i said to him that the agreement the assignment deal is off. this is again, this is currently deal with karen mcdougal, the assignment deal is off quote. i'm not going to forward. >> it is a bad idea and i want you to rip up the agreement. >> know michael cohen pecker says was very, very angry, very upset, screaming basically at me and i said, i'm not going to forward. i'm not going forward with this agreement, rip it up and he said, excuse me, michael cohen said the boss, meaning donald trump, is going to be very angry at you. i said, i'm sorry, i'm not going forward. the deal's off and he said i can't believe it. i am a lawyer. i am your friend. i don't understand why you are so concerned. i said i'm very concerned and i'm not going forward period. and i said, are you
mcdougal's lifetime rights? yes, that's correct. pecker said, sorry, there's a typo in my transcript here question, did you communicate that decision to michael cohen? yes then a few lines later, pecker goes on to say, i called michael cohen and i said to him that the agreement the assignment deal is off. this is again, this is currently deal with karen mcdougal, the assignment deal is off quote. i'm not going to forward. >> it is a bad idea and i want you to rip up the agreement....
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and ms. mcdaniels contact information and she even said she saw ms. mcdaniels in the waiting area so his denial of knowing other of them is false. if he takes the stand, and he won't, but let's say he did, this would be a way to attack his credibility. his lawyers can say in summation that he's never met this women. here he is on tape basically testifying to the jury but in a way that the prosecution wants the jury to see them. >> reportedly donald trump is not happy with his lawyer, todd blanche. he is not following trumps instruction and he wants his own way:. he wants a hardcharging lawyer, so hardcharging that he was eventually disbarred. shouldn't this be a moment where trump says holy cow, i'm a criminal defendant. better actually listen to a lawyer? >> it's astonishing. he manages to create chaos wherever he goes. he creates chaos among his legal teams whenever he has a new legal team. i think it would be a big mistake for him to get rid of blanche. blanche did not exactly cover himsel
and ms. mcdaniels contact information and she even said she saw ms. mcdaniels in the waiting area so his denial of knowing other of them is false. if he takes the stand, and he won't, but let's say he did, this would be a way to attack his credibility. his lawyers can say in summation that he's never met this women. here he is on tape basically testifying to the jury but in a way that the prosecution wants the jury to see them. >> reportedly donald trump is not happy with his lawyer, todd...
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mcdougal's intention to publish your story. the reason why this matters is that there was never any risks that her allegations would influence the election because she didn't want her story published, but that's also not true. there was a risk that her story would come out. she was definitely reluctant to have it come out, but there was a wooing of her. remember, eight wasn't abc trying to get her to tell her story. i don't know if this is 2016 or or later. i think it's before the election. and was before the light. yeah. and they're trying to get her and there was like they were offering the potential syncing with a standing with the stars appearance. so there was a risk of it she wanted to jumpstart her career and she was reluctant to have this be the way, but that doesn't mean that it wasn't going to happen. so again, he's these are facts not in evidence gender aspect to this, which she were supposed to a column? >> no. at the night, never actually fitness magazine or something. that was part of this deal because your point
mcdougal's intention to publish your story. the reason why this matters is that there was never any risks that her allegations would influence the election because she didn't want her story published, but that's also not true. there was a risk that her story would come out. she was definitely reluctant to have it come out, but there was a wooing of her. remember, eight wasn't abc trying to get her to tell her story. i don't know if this is 2016 or or later. i think it's before the election. and...
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daniels and mcdougal had breached attorney-client privilege and thereby waived it. >> and it was his assertion that each of them had and he was encouraging me and informing me as to his opinion that they in fact had wave the attorney client privilege and he suggested that it would be appropriate for me let's go out into the media and spill my guts. >> are you here at the behest of michael cohen? >> no. no no. not in any way, shape, or form? what do you think i'm having a hard time seeing where he's going with that now, the sort of on the attorney-client privilege point conversations that a client has with their attorney are protected about the scope of the representation. >> if the client chooses to go forward that privilege rests with the client and perhaps he's making the point there that perhaps ms daniels had gone forward there, but i'm just not quite sure how that helps him. i don't know if it's interesting that trump's lawyers have been crying repeatedly to paint the keith davidson, the man we just heard as totally unsavory, who likes to work with unsavory kinds of individual?
daniels and mcdougal had breached attorney-client privilege and thereby waived it. >> and it was his assertion that each of them had and he was encouraging me and informing me as to his opinion that they in fact had wave the attorney client privilege and he suggested that it would be appropriate for me let's go out into the media and spill my guts. >> are you here at the behest of michael cohen? >> no. no no. not in any way, shape, or form? what do you think i'm having a hard...
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they heard about the mcdougal scenario, then they heard from ms clifford, from stormy daniel's and they could look at it. one of two ways. they could say, well, these things happen we saw it happen with governor schwarzenegger with all cogen, with many other celebrities and this is the way people in that world work. or they could look at it and say this is nefarious and the daniels payment was done because the defendant was in the midst of an election. that's really what the case will hinge on. >> william. i i'm wondering when it comes to that specific portion of the testimony, the testimony from david pecker about deciding not to finalize and fund the assignment of karen mcdougal's life rights how does that affect this case? what do you think the jury is trying to glean specifically, there well, you know, that's an interesting point and question bars because that really shouldn't have a direct effect on the verdict in this case. >> this is about the daniels payment, but the other two instances were introduced and it could have a spillover effect on the issue that they're really looking
they heard about the mcdougal scenario, then they heard from ms clifford, from stormy daniel's and they could look at it. one of two ways. they could say, well, these things happen we saw it happen with governor schwarzenegger with all cogen, with many other celebrities and this is the way people in that world work. or they could look at it and say this is nefarious and the daniels payment was done because the defendant was in the midst of an election. that's really what the case will hinge on....
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we received insight from ms. hicks, former advisor of the president. she gave insight into the inner workings of the campaign about karen mcdougal and stormy daniels and broke down in tears talking about how the president did not want the story of the affairs hoo said were not true to hurt melania. he wanted me to make sure the newspapers were delivered to the res residents what morning. ms. hicks revealed everything they did at the time was related to the election and the then president knew about the payments to stormy daniels. she said, president trump said that michael had paid this woman to protect him from a false yaelgz and michael felt like it should be done and he did it out of his own heart. she said donald trump did reimburse him for the payment to stormy. prosecutor could use that saying he orchestrated the scheme. defense said it was done to protect his family. who will be the witness today? we do not know yet. they we expect him to be here commenting about who the new witness is today for a new week. back to you. >> brian: thanks so much.
we received insight from ms. hicks, former advisor of the president. she gave insight into the inner workings of the campaign about karen mcdougal and stormy daniels and broke down in tears talking about how the president did not want the story of the affairs hoo said were not true to hurt melania. he wanted me to make sure the newspapers were delivered to the res residents what morning. ms. hicks revealed everything they did at the time was related to the election and the then president knew...
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one involved the hush money payment to stormy daniels and the other was the karen mcdougal contract. and this particular tape is about the second crime to which michael cohen pled guilty, even though he just did the paperwork involving the payment to ms smith google, but you notice the word cash spoken by donald trump. it's not easy to here, but it wasn't the reason i went on chris cuomo and released it to cnn because that morning, rudy giuliani trump's lawyer said it was that michael cohen had used the word cash and there was at that point with his criminal defense lawyer that we decided we need to correct the record. that tape speaks for itself. >> that's where you gave the tape to cnn, correct? >> at that time, the jury also today heard michael cohen's voice for the first time. i thought it was significant. it in a stunning recording that link trump directly to stormy daniel's payment. let me quote from what he said. this is a direct quote. i can't even tell you how many times he trump said to me, i hate the fact that we did it. how significant is that i don't really know i'm goin
one involved the hush money payment to stormy daniels and the other was the karen mcdougal contract. and this particular tape is about the second crime to which michael cohen pled guilty, even though he just did the paperwork involving the payment to ms smith google, but you notice the word cash spoken by donald trump. it's not easy to here, but it wasn't the reason i went on chris cuomo and released it to cnn because that morning, rudy giuliani trump's lawyer said it was that michael cohen had...