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daniels and trump had an affair. the editor of the enquirer then pulled trump's lawyer michael cohen about daniels story, and cohen and daniels immediately began negotiating about how much it would cost for that story to just go away. by the end of the month, at trump's direction, michael cohen had wired stormy daniels $100,000 for her silence. here was michael cohen testifying to congress in 2019, about the purpose of this payment. >> were you concerned about this new story becoming a -- public right after the access hollywood story in terms of impact on the election? >> i was concerned about it. more importantly, mr. trump was concerned about. it >> that was my next question. what was the president's concern about these matters becoming public, in october, as we were about to go into an election? >> he was concerned with the effect that it had on the campaign, on how women were seeing him and, ultimately, whether or not he would have a shot in the general election. >> when you finally completed that deal, as it were, on october the 20th, days before the election. >> now, the ultra trump part of this story is that it

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i am the manager of master daniel cohen. we are in kiev at the invitation of sakhnovetsky.tters. he won't accept you today. i repeat, he will not accept you. where is he? i flew out with my family tonight, where? to israel, he has a house on the coast there, is it clear that he gave any orders regarding mr. cohen? i'm afraid not? damn russian, he fled to israel and left us here. bridget, we are in ukraine, there is no russian here. there are ukrainians here, right? russians, ukrainians, what's the difference? the result is complete chaos. they scratch their tongue, but to no avail. even this stupid driver told us without waiting. what's happening? call the embassy. just call. what's difficult? for god's sake. look. i'm calling. voice answering machine. he reports. that we need to call the hotline in case of an emergency. well, call the line. i'll call ponchak. he much closer. accordingly, it should help. busy. busy again. holy shit, he dumped me. okay, let's go straight to his house, it's not far. do you know where he lives? yes, he told me yesterday. bridget, please. calm

donald trumps lawyer michael cohen went to jail in connection with these payoffs to stormy daniels becauseormy daniels and pretended it was legal fees when it was not. it's legal to pay off a pawn star to keep her mouth shut. what is not legal is when you are running for president of the united states that is a campaign expenditure of a that needs to be reported as a campaign expenditure to the federal election commission. they what did not do so, the lawyer goes to jail but that a client who is a sitting president of the united states at the time got off the hook. what's happened is the manhattan district attorney has picked us up under a separate statute which is a new york statute prohibiting falsification of business records. it is a felony to falsify any new york business record in order to conceal any other crime. in this case the federal election crime. this is a very serious statute in new york. we don't want new york businesses being used to conceal crimes where those crimes are committed in the united kingdom or underfederal committed in the united kingdom or under federal law co

look tame. >> it is going to be donald trump, >> stormy daniels, michael cohen, all in the same courtroom of course, this is because then candidate trump is accused of using michael cohen to pay off stormy daniels just weeks before the 2016 in election to keep quiet about an alleged affair prosecutors charged trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records alleging that he hid the pale to benefit his political campaign. trump was actually in that courtroom today to witness his attorneys get repeatedly shut down as they tried to get the trial delayed he did not seem thrilled afterward >> comes out of washington. you're coordinated with the district attorney and the >> aid gets election interference there's by biden because it's the only way he can think to get elected. i shouldn't be at a courthouse or something that virtually every legal scholar says they don't understand that there's even if he was guilty of something. here's know prime >> that's an interesting legal theory i should note none of this is president biden's doing. trump is making that up. >> but to bring back in here >>

cohen. and stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. katie, how crucial is their testimony? well, michael cohen's testimony is very important to the manhattan d.a.'s office, the other two not so much. there is a legal standard that needs to be met and that's the relevancy of their testimony. if something is not relevant, it is not going to be admissible. i believe the manhattan d.a.'s office will be able to prove that all of that testimony from all of those witnesses is not only admissible, but it is also relevant to be able to present the case in chief for the manhattan d.a.'s office. to the finer point, i think michael cohen is crucially a part of this, he is the one who negotiated these deals, he's the one who is a part of the payments that were made on behalf of donald trump, that was the election interference this is not just hush money payments. this san election interference case that the manhattan d.a.'s office is trying to prove. >> they have given these individuals are at the heart of this case, their testimony would seem extremely pertinent. why would the judge not

election when donald trump's former national inquirer publisher, david and michael cohen allegedly scheme to keep stormy daniels from going public about enough air. according to the indictment, cohen paid $130,000 in hush money to stormy daniels than submitted shan legal bills to the trump organization, which the former president they didn't reimburse with a series of monthly checks. >> i did it at the direction of in concert with and for the benefit of donald j. trump. >> today, the parties debated questions to ask perspective jurors in 18 person jury will ultimately be seated. trump's lawyers wanted to delve into politics, telling the judge they need to know if people like charles judge marshawn called it inappropriate, saying they need fair and impartial jurors. >> honor, to sit here day after day after day on something that everybody says the greatest legal scholars it's not even a crime that was cnn's kara scannell, who's with us here joining us as well, former trump white house communications director anthony scaramucci, jeff toobin, and jessica remain with us. carolyn start out with you. what stood out t

election when donald trump, former national inquirer publisher david and michael cohen allegedly schemed to keep stormy daniels from going public about an affair. according to the indictment, cohen paid $130,000 in hush money to stormy daniels, then submitted sham legal bills to the trump organization, which the former president reimbursed with a series of monthly checks. >> i did it at the direction of in concert with and for the benefit of donald j. trump. >> today, the parties debated questions to ask perspective. jurors and 18 person jury will ultimately be seated. trump's lawyers wanted to delve it and to politics, telling the judge they need to know if people like trump, judge marshawn called it inappropriate, saying they need fair and impartial jurors >> honor, to sit here day after day after day on something that everybody says the radius legal scholars say, it's not even a crime. >> it will be up to a jury to decide whether trump committed a crime. and if convicted, he could face time in prison. it was nearly one year ago that a grand jury in the courthouse behind me handed up the first indictment of

former president donald trump is trying to block adult film star stormy daniels and his former lawyer michael cohenstifying in his upcoming criminal trial in manhattan. the trial centers on alleged hush money trump paid to daniels before the 2016 election. trump's attorneys claim cohen would lie on the stand and that daniels would use the trial to promote herself. neither have commented on that motion. the environmental protection agency announced $1 billion to clean up 25 super fund hazardous waste sites today. it will stretch from oregon to new jersey. which has more super fund sites than any other state. the funding is the third and final wave of $3.5 billion set aside to address hazardous waste sites in the 2021 infrastructure bill. >>> and people in chicago will be feeling a weather whiplash over the next 24 hours. the city is currently experiencing summer-like temperatures nearing 70 degrees. but that all changes later today with severe snowstorms or severe storms possible this evening. and then a powerful cold front moving in to the area overnight making it feel more like winter again. it's

election when donald trump, former national inquirer publisher david, and michael cohen allegedly scheme to keep stormy daniels from going public about enough air, according to the indictment, cohen paid $130,000 in hush money to stormy daniels than submitted sham legal bills to the trump organization, which the former president reimbursed with a series of monthly checks. >> i did it at the direction of in concert with and for the benefit of donald j. trump. >> today, the parties debated questions to ask perspective jurors and 18 person jury will ultimately be seated. trump's lawyers wanted to delve into politics, telling the judge they need to know if people like trump judge marshawn called it inappropriate, saying they need fair and impartial jurors to sit here day after day after day on something that everybody says the greatest legal scholars say it's not even a crime >> now, it will be a jury that decides whether or not donald trump committed a crime. if he is convicted, he could face time in prison. now, brianna, it was almost one year ago that in the courthouse behind me, a grand jury handed up the firs

if this case is centurylink on how trumps full my lawyer, michael cohen, who paid miss daniels hedges reimbursement recorded in mr. trump's bank accounts, but legal experts say that it is unlikely that donald trump will if be jailed, will face a jail time is convicted into the find. here is the more likely outcome and human oliver's group are reporting that from washington. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines today and to a 2 day nato amazing and brussels has ended with big challenges still facing the lines, including the war and ukraine. mesa as x ray general and stoughton, but uh, the us congress to pos and military aid package, the keys. he also said european members as a block on try to meet defense spending tag and swipe parts and support officials in russia, se ukrainian missile strike on the city of belgrade has killed 6 people, including one child. the strike has a shopping center. the road is navy ukrainian border. this is the latest exchange of long range via in the war alia russia. schultz, 2000 cruise and ballistic missiles and to ukraine. a

so remember, these are payments that michael cohen made to adult film star stormy daniels. is that they say that he covered this up with these reimbursements. now, he has pleaded not guilty to 34 charges and denied the affair with stormy daniels. i do want to point out something really important here. donald trump's campaign has said that they believed that he is going to be the nominee. by mid march. >> if this trial date holds, >> it would be march 25th, meaning the republican nominee for president again, if their math is correct, would be sitting through a trial ahead of a general election in november 2024. that couldn't be more crucial. now today, donald trump's lawyers are attempting to get this case dismissed. they will also likely attempt to delay that trial date. but again, if that trial date holds that will be quite striking to learn that donald trump will be sitting through a criminal trial ahead of that 2024 election it really would. >> and is what about today in georgia the fact that the lead prosecutor in that election subversion case is going to take the stand

and right around that time, trump's fixer, michael cohen, pays stormy daniels, a woman named stephanie she's a pornographic film actress -- $130,000 to stop her from going public with her story about having a sexual relationship with the married candidate, donald trump. michael cohen says that donald trump directed him to make that payment. the election happens, trump is elected, and he's in the white house. and then trump reimburses michael cohen that $130,000. and it is at that point that the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, argues that donald trump had committed fraud, because he's arguing that he falsified business records to cover up that payment for why he gave that payment in the first place, why he was reimbursing michael cohen, and why michael cohen was paying stormy daniels in the first place. so, he's charged trump, alvin bragg has charged him with 34 counts of falsifying records. and he's basically arguing that trump was trying to hide this fact from voters, and thus was -- this is an election-related crime. he says that he falsified these records and that that's w

michael cohen was going to pay stormy daniels, then, he and weisselberg and trump came up with this schemeepayment that disguised as repayments as if they were invoices for legal services. so, i think it should cost the trump world some serious pause, and yet, a clients always has the right to direct their own defense. increasingly, you see donald trump surrounded by lawyers who are unwilling to say no to him. i was stunned earlier this week at a hearing in the criminal trial, when todd and, who i will confess, i know from practice, and the very end of the conference, the judge asked him, was there anything else, mr. bland, she would like to add? and he put his head and conferred with trump, lifted it up, and then made the same this is political interference. this is election interference argument that trump makes all the time in his own behalf. but he was insistent a lawyer make it for him. >> michael, that is one hell of a holy trinity, to borrow lisa rubin's words. >> yes, just as your beginning lent, this is what we start with. it really is. and david, i want to ask you a little bit ab

assessment as to can trump's lawyers be kesful in blocking testimony from three witnesses, cohen, mcdougal, daniels the case? >> not really. it's a criminal defense lawyer's dream to be able to say don't let them testify and don't harm our case too much. and they're saying michael cohen lied. he was convicted of lying to congress, put that's who prosecutors put up as witnesses because people who engage in crime hang out with other people who are not, you know, choir boys. and michael cohen i think has come forward and did the right thing, but he did lie. that doesn't mean he can't testify. it's for the jury to decide what kind of credibility he has, not for the judge to exclude the testimony all together. i think it's a pipe dream the lawyers are going to keep him out. >> do we think the d.a.'s request for a gag order will be appropriate and happen? >> jack smith won the day when he got a partial gag order. the d.c. court of appeals upheld it, plus he saw the disgusting messages salven bragg received when he started to throw verbal hand grenades at him. we should never have taken for granted or be

trump. >> the case involves a $130,000 payment cohen made to stormy daniels days before the 2016 election >> no >> prosecutors allege cohen and trump then plotted the cover up in the oval office cohen issued a series of false invoices to the trump organization saying it was for illegal retainer. and trump's and monthly checks for $35,000 reimbursing his former lawyer, according to the indictment, the trial l is scheduled to begin next month. if convicted, trump could face up to four years in a new york state prison. >> this was his >> first attempt to steal a presidential election based in back in 2016, when he wanted to suppress information from coming out and hide it from the election dritan, the voters. so it's a lower level felony, but it's still a felony. and he could get prison time if convicted, but it is not mandatory. >> the trial is a test for alvin bragg, a democrat, who's tenure is district attorney, has been met with criticism including his handling of this investigation. >> i bring cases when already having now conducted a rigorous, thorough investigation, the case was ready

. >> alvin bragg saying allegedly michael cohen paid off karen mcdougal and stormy daniels, donald trumpor that money and said it was legal expenses, but all of that was to interfere in the election and that is alvin bragg's case. >> yes. they're saying that was a campaign contribution, he didn't document it correctly on the books. as you noted in the lead-in, potential for four years in jail, even if he gets convicted on these, i don't see him getting jail time, which is why i think trump's team has been, you know, the reporting is that they're sort of happy this is the first criminal trial to get under way. they have the highest percentage chance of probably beating it, and also sort of in the public eye seeing it as maybe not that big of a deal. >> i got one more thing for you. it is from barbara mcquaid in the "new york times," talking about the difficulties that alvin bragg faces going forward and for this judge and for this case in general. first, the reliability of michael cohen. as we read engoron's decision on friday, this is a case in which the jury will have to believe michael

access hollywood tape has just come out and right around that time trump's fixer michael cohen pays stormy danielsic film actress, $130,000 to stop her from going public with her story about having big sexual relationship -- having a sexual relationship with donald trump. michael cohen says donald trump told him to make that payment. trump is elected and in the white house,, then trump reimburses michael cohen that $130,000. it is at that point the manhattan disick attorney alvin bragg argues donald trump committed fraud. he is arguing he falsify business records to cover up that payment. why he gave that payment in the first place, why he was reimbursing michael: and why michael cohen was paying him in the first place. he is charged with 34 counts of falsifying records and basically arguing that trump was trying to hide this fact from voters and thus this is an election related crime. the legal analysts i have spoken to know that these are relatively low level felony charges the for former president is facing. even he -- even if he were convicted and all of them most believe it is very likely the

instead, this case will center and how he's a former lawyer, michael cohen will pay to miss daniels had his reimbursement, then recorded in mr. trump's account, but the legal experts say that it is actually unlikely that donald trump will be jailed if convicted and that a fine here is the most likely out. now trump is facing a series of other criminal charges. what else is expected for him? this yeah. or that's absolutely right, and it's not easy to follow this a cases as the republican front burner is currently facing full criminal a cases we can expect this legal roller coaster to continue because media here in the united states is reporting that this friday there might be a new ruling that might be interested in another fraud trial in which donald trump is accused of crossly inflating this property values. and in that case, you risk having to pay up to $370000000.00 a us dollars. trump has been using this and many times to fuel his claims of being victimized, calling this a, which on that that's something that his lawyer is also set at today. it blasting the decision of the court. no

falsification of documents relating to the hush money that donald trump paid for michael cohen to stormy daniels the star. so this does not directly relate to that. but i think it is an important warning to any witness who is called to testify in that, case on either side, that they ifhey lie, then you, know they could end up like weisselberg rikers or someplace unpleasant like that. >> it is a remarkable development in the story. george conway, thank you for that. we don't know what is going to happen here with, is whether or not he is taking, it but big, picture how do you see it? >> i think he makes a good point, i think this actually will tie trump's hands a bit at the manhattan d.a. trial. because if they were planning on calling allen weisselberg to say for example, donald trump had nothing to do with away these hush money payments were locked, it was me, the cfo, michael cohen the storminess, he can't do that now. he's neutralized. >> it could deny trump a potentially helpful witness? >> exactly, it takes on an oil bird off the table as a potential defense witness. like i said before, in

falsification of documents relating to the hush money that donald trump paid through michael cohen to stormy daniels, the porn star. so, this doesn't directly relate to that. but i think it's a very, very important warning to any witness who's called to testify in that case on either side that they better not lie because if they lie, you know, they could end up like weisselberg, at rikers or someplace unpleasant like that. >> it's a remarkable development in this story. george conway, thank you for that. elie, we don't know what's going to happen with this and whether or not he's taking it. but big picture, how do you see it? >> i think george makes a good point there. i think that this actually will tie trump's hands a bit at the manhattan d.a.'s trial. >> why? >> because if they were planning on calling allen weisselberg to say, for example, donald trump nothing to do with the way these hush money payments were logged. it was me, the cfo, and michael cohen, the star witness, he can't do that now. he's neutralize. . >> it could deny trump a helpful witness. >> absolutely. you're not calling him as

daniels. her lawyer went to jail, michael cohen just perjured himself, admitted to it on the stand.h lower can we go? read the book if you have questions about it. it's ridiculous and it has to stop, sean. the only way we're going to stop it is in 2024, i really believe that. >> sean: i don't think the president can get a fair hearing in new york. certainly i don't believe -- he got 5% of the vote in d.c. i don't think he can get a fair trial there at all. he certainly is never going to get one out of fulton county, georgia. maybe florida he has a fair shot but that case never should have happened especially in light of what we learned from the report about joe biden and his classified documents scandal, especially what we know about hillary clinton. no reasonable prosecutor would prosecute. if that's not a dual justice system i don't know what is, we'll give you the final word. >> hahn percent right. don't forget. we went after hillary clinton for something we know is true and the russian hoax and got fined a million dollars and the case got thrown out without me ever meeting the j

it's an election year, election interference now we have stormy daniels, her lawyer went to jail michael cohenred himself admitted on the stand. how much lower can we go read pomerantz book if you have any questions about it. it's ridiculous and it has to top sean. actually the only way we stop it is in 2024. i believe that. >> sean: i don't believe the president can get a fair hearing in new york. i think he got five percent of the vote in dc i don't think he can get a fair trial there at allment certainly was never going to get one out of fulton county georgia. maybe florida he'd have a fair shot but that case should have never happened especially in light of what we learned from the robert hur report and joe biden and his classified documents and his scandal, and what we know about hillary clinton, no reasonably prosecutor would prosecute. if that's not a dual justice system i don't know what it is. >> yeah, yeah, hundred percent right. don't forget we went after hillary clinton for something we know is true and the russia hoax and got find a million dollars and sanctioned and thrown out wi

and they're trump's team is also asking that trump's former fixer, michael cohen, who facilitated those payments to stormy daniels on behalf of >> trump, be barred from testifying. can they do that? can the trump team barr michael cohen from testifying? >> no, >> that is a ridiculous >> request. they have to know that if you have a witness who you think is impeachable has lied or will lie. the answer is he gets to take the stand if one party chooses to call him and then the other party gets to cross-examine him vigorously, and then it is up to the jury to decide whether they believe or disbelieve that witness. there is no such such thing as a judge saying, i don't believe this witness. i think he's going to lie, therefore, he's off the stand. the da is going to call michael cohen. they will assume all the risks that comes with that. but it's up to the jury, not a judge. >> all right. elie honig, thanks so much. appreciate it. let's go to the 2024 lead, and let's cue the music yes >> the race for >> 2024 has moved to the critical battleground state of michigan. this is the first battleground state primary or caucu

manhattan da alvin bragg claims trump reimbursed cohen for hush money payments to stormy daniels andoman. brad will have to prove he did that to conceal another crime. braggg didn't specify that crime but is believed to be related to campaign-finance laws. if convicted on all county faces up to four years in prison but because this is a state case key may even if trump takes the white house he would not be able to pardon himself. we send it back to you. david: in georgia a judge is considering whether to remove fani will is from donald trump's election interference case. thanks for being here. let's start with fani willis. for those watching what's going on in the courtroom, we saw nathan wade, very highly paid assistant, questions about her relationship with him and whether he was getting paid by her because he was her boyfriend etc. . after charges came out she ran into a church and said all these charges were based on racism but a lot of evidence seems to validate charges they worked together but he was getting special treatment particularly when it came to the money. how do you t

paying hush money and then concealing it as legal fees to michael cohen which were paid off from stormy danielsadult film star. but, when you put it in context, as alvin bragg has framed it recently, what he says is, this wasn't just concealing payments. this was concealing payments and hush money to influence an election. recall that the time of this payments coincided with the release of the access hollywood tape, in which donald trump had heard horrific things the way he likes to abuse women. and, so if you couple that with the payment of hush money that could be devastating to his campaign. instead, paid money, covered it up, falsified business records. so i think that when the facts of that case come out, we're going to hear about those gory details. and they're going to be coming out now as we are facing the 2024 election. and so, i think it will give voters information that might cause them to reassess their support for donald trump. >> and that's the important reminder. it wasn't hush money, so his wife wouldn't find out. it was hush money because he didn't want the american people to b

while his defense team is filing motions and trying to keep stormy daniels and michael cohen off the on and on, how do you see this playing out? >> what is interesting, when we were writing this, we were noticing that this is about criminality that is charged for before he was president, while he was president, and after he was president. this is an incredible array of crimes. let's take the florida case where he recently filed another motion saying that he is immune. of course, that happened after he was president. if you think the d.c. case was outlandish, to say i can kill people without being criminally charged for that, he is now saying even after president, i can do it. they're not great arguments but they buy him delay. we're sitting here today waiting for the supreme court to decide whether judge chutkan can give it a green light. that is what he gets even making arguments that are frivolous. one thing melissa and i talked about, even though we're keeping an eye on what will ultimately happen in criminal trials, donald trump now is tells us who he is. by the arguments he is m

daniels to keep your mouth shut. and that money was funneled through donald trump's lawyer, michael cohen, and went to jail for those. and this was a felony under new york law. if donald trump was involved in orchestra reading, that payment and both of buying those business records, then it would be convicted, he is to be presumed innocent until he is convicted of. but that's where this case stands at this point, and it has obviously nothing to do with joe barton. this is not a political persecution. this is the county a new york manhattan prosecution for falsified business records. under new york law . me, the experts are describing the prosecutor's case as being on a lot sleep on tested legal basis. so given everything you've said how, how strong is this case as well the, the part of the new york statute is the new york. the businesses should not be used to funnel money for the purpose of violating a law anywhere, whether it's in the antarctic getting there and we're in germany or another state or under federal law. we can't have new york businesses falsifying their financial records in order to cover up crimes com

daniels. i mean, who her lawyer to jail ,michael cohen, just perjured himself, admitted to it on the stand. how much lower can we go read pomeranz is book if you have any questions about it. it's ridiculous. it's ridiculous. and it has to stop. >> sean honestly, the only way we're going to stop ridiculous and have to stop that. i don't think the president can get a fair hearing in. new york i don't i certainly don't believe, i think up 5% of the vote in d.c. i don't think he can get a fair trial there. all he certainly was never going to get one out of fulton county, georgia, maybe florida. he has a fair shot. but that case never have happened, especially in light of what we learn from the robert report about joe biden and his classified documents scandal, especially what we know about hillary clinton, no reasonable prosecutor would prosecute. wow. if that's not a deal justice system, i don't know what is. we'll give you the final. >> yeah, it's 100% right. don't forget we went after hillary clinton for something that we know is true. and the russia hoax. and we got fined $1,000,000 and san

time committed campaign finance violations to essentially pay off stormy daniels and hiding the fact that he had asked michael cohen it, and then pay him to all make himself look better with connection to the campaign and keep out negative information. he did that as a candidate. the actions that were taken in connection with january 6th were taken as a president. even though he had lost the election, he was still sitting in the white house. i think that that case is more consequential because when you're talking about the first criminal case ever against a former president of the united states, it seems more consequential for it to be a case that involves conduct that took place while he was president. so i think that that is -- that's a view that i think is not unreasonable that that case is more significant. i think as you also said, the potential penalties are much less severe in the new york case. so i think there are reasons why, and the new york d.a., to his credit, had said all along he would be willing to stand down until that case was tried but now that there's no trial date, it's difficult for him to con

essentially to hide reimbursement payments to michael cohen, payments that michael cohen allegedly made to adult film star stormy daniels to cover up in a ahead of the 2020 in 2016, excuse me, you saying 2024 election now, donald trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 charges. he has denied having the affair, but really the big crucial thing today does that trial date stand? do we learn that donald trump is likely to sit through a criminal trial while again, on his third bid for the white house, it's astonishing. >> zach in >> georgia, another astonishing thing is going to happen today. the lead prosecutor in this georgia election subversion case is going to be in the witness box, is going to take the stand and testify about whether basically there was in propriety. right? whether there was financial gain for the da in this case that could lead to dismissal. what do we need to know >> i think you're exactly right, poppy. and that was something that donald trump almost couldn't pass up. yeah, of course did decide to go to new york and attend the hearing in the hush money case. but here in fulton county, we are going to poten

committed campaign finance violations to essentially pay off stormy daniels, and then hiding the fact that he had asked michael cohenff, falsely documented, and then repay it. so -- in the campaign, -- and information. he did that as a candidate, the actions that were taken in connection with january 6th where taken as the president. even though he had lost the election, he was still sitting in the white house. and i think that that case is more consequential. because when you are talking with the first criminal case ever against a former president of the united states, it seems more consequential for it to be a case that involves conduct, that took place while he was president. so, i think that that is, that is a view that i think is not unreasonable, that a case is more significant. now i think that, as you also said the -- potential penalties are much less severe than in the new york case. so i think there are reasons why. and the new york dea, to his credit, has said all along the hubie willing to stand down until that case was tried. but now that there is no trial date for that case, it is difficult for him to

records related to the hush money payment made to stormy daniels and the cover-up that is the, you know, reimbursement of payments to michael cohen. trump pleaded not guilty to the charges and looking like it may be the first criminal trial that the former president will face, currently set for next month, so weisselberg is not expected to be a witness in the case. it will be the second time weisselberg will be pleading guilty or may be pleading guilty to criminal charges. he already pleaded guilty to numerous tax charges and testified against the trump organization entities, the entities were convicted. not clear what weisselberg may say he perjured, either this involves investigative testimony he had given in the new york attorney general civil fraud case, as well as his testimony on the stand last month. it's not clear exactly what statements he may be saying were false, and, of course, we are waiting any day now for the judge to issue his ruling on the attorney general's case. they are seeking $370 million from the former president, as well as they ban doing business in new york. >> kara, thank you. >>> lots to unpack here wi

trump mislabeled reimbursements to his former attorney michael cohen for hush money payments made to adult film aches at the stormy daniels former playboy model. did that to conceal another crime a crime bragg didn't specify in the indictment but prosecutors say involves federal and state campaign finance violations. >> it steams me here that trump is getting different treatment. is he a frontrunner for the republican party. this is obviously a huge national importance and interest that he be able to campaign. but that apparently isn't sufficient reason for this judge. >> trump maintains he never broke the law. >> this all comes out of washington. they want to keep me nice and busy so i can't campaign so hard maybe we won't have to campaign so hard the other oside is incompetent. >> the primary nine days away. trump promises to defend himself by day and campaign at night while his competition, former u.n. ambassador nikki haley said, quote: all of this chaos will only lead to more losses for republicans. up and down the ticket. >> the trial is expected to last six weeks. trump faces 34 felony counts, each one punishable b

it also because of what's at the nature of this these allegations made by stormy daniels, the fact that michael cohen and the trump team felt the need to make this payment that day before the election because they were they're so worried about the repercussions of it. >> he and it reminds voters, i think of a lot of things about former president trump that he would prefer. they're not focused on, like our history three of adultery here, this alleged affair with a porn star, maybe questionable business practices. i say that because just about a block away, of course, we just went through a months long civil trial we're he has business, the trump organization and former president trump were found liable for fraud. and actually tomorrow we're going to hear about the penalties and whether they can even still do business in the state of new york so this case brings up a lot of those issues and it brings back people like michael cohen, his longtime personal attorney, consigliere, turned nemesis, right? michael cohen as defied before congress, which became the genesis of a lot of the cases that we've seen h

cohen is a material witness in the manhattan d.a.'s office. he is the one who is going to say that he didn't receive legal fees, he received reimbursement from payoffs to, to stormy daniels, he is the main witness. it is good for the manhattan d.a. that they -- can tell the truth. it's a very different case because it's a criminal case. they have proved guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. there were 12 jurors, not a judge. they're also our defense attorneys who are very skilled. this is what they do. they cross examine people. if they, the jury, may not be as kind to michael cohen as the judge in the civil case, but, the manhattan d.a.'s office has cooperation for every word coming out of michael cohen's mouth. >> you better believe it. >> you definitely better believe that. i wonder if you all, marcus, what you thought about the assertion that this isn't a case about stormy daniels. this is a case about fraud and payments, and election. i thought, maybe, there could have been messaging that came out of his meeting with the prosecutors from this past week. because, one could argue you make the case about systemic daniels, the center of this case. which is a very serious cas

when in fact, michael cohen will testify, these weren't legal fees at all, these were payments to stormy danielsaren mcdougal to try to keep their stories quiet on the eve of the election. and so, the charge is these false business records. but of course, the context is the election, and trying to conceal from voters what was really happening, just as the access hollywood tape was released. >> just as we were getting going, we are out of time. this always happens in tv times, barbara. barbara mcquade, charles coleman junior, thank you both very much. and remember that you can watch charles co-host the special black men in america, the road to 2024, streaming right now on peacock. but up next, remember that highly credible fbi informant to house republicans say justified their impeachment effort against president biden? well, he's been indicted for lying about bribery and corruption involving the president and his son. democrats say game over, but republicans keep beating the drum on impeachment. congressman robert garcia of the house oversight committee joins me live, to talk about where the inv