i would remind you that evidence will permit you to assess david becker's credibility and help providetext for some of the surrounding events. you may consider that testimony for these purposes only, neither the nonprofit agreement nor conciliation agreement is evidence of defendant's guilt. you may not consider them when determining whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty." it's a reminder. >> reminds me how well josh steinglass dealt with the same issue with michael cohen, who pled guilty to the same crime and said, that can't be used to say because michael cohen pled guilty, that means donald trump's guilty. he used it to say, you can understand why michael cohen is so angry. because he is left holding the bag. >> yes. >> he is not the top of the food chain. >> yeah. >> by the way, we are now in full tea leaf reading. >> we are, i know. >> my tea leaf reading is very much that this is chronology, as well as i'd add to your point about the chronology, josh steinglass, the last person they heard from, 8:00 p.m. last night, he pointed to this meeting and said, go back to this mee

. >>> for an update on efforts secure our elections we're joined by law contributor david becker, founder of the center for election innovation and research and cbs news national security contributor samantha vinograd terrorism officials at the department of homeland security. good to have you both here. i want to start with you, david, we talked last week and we'll continue to talk about election security and integrity and we know that top officials have testified to congress that election infrastructure has never been more secure. but there are a lot of puts in this environment we're going into. one specific example, republican activist in at least three states now where donald trump tried to reverse his defeat in 2020 nearly all of them under criminal indictment, are now poised to repris a role in the upcoming election as presidential electors, all "washington post" reporting. what does that mean for the integrity of the events they are directly going to be involved with? >> yeah. as you noted, the 2020 election was an incredible success with regard to election security. higher turnout

michael cohen, donde lo llamo mentiroso convicto y otra sobre el ex editor national enquirer, david beckerdijo, he's a nice guy, en la semana que declaraba en estrado, pero el juez dijo que no re reflejan de zacato criminal, tono en la que trump se refiere al jurado, asegurando que en su mayoria son democratas. >> hoy ese intercambio del juez con el expresidente trump, pero ademas hubo testimonios importantes en la audiencia de hoy, ¿cierto? >> asi es, julio, ¿que tal? >> muy buenas tardes. >> fueron dos piezas fund fundamentales en este caso. >> ellos son dos empleados de la organizacion trump en finanzas, son debora tarasov y jeffrey mcconaughey. >> segun la fiscalia, ellos ayudaron a facilitar los pagos a michael cohen, el reembolso que le habrian hecho por el pagar a la actriz porno, stormy daniels y tambien a karen mcdougall. >> esto, como ya sabemos, para presuntamente silenciarlas. >> mostraron al jurado por p primera vez esos talones de cheque donde habria recibido cohen 70 mil dolares en dos partes en 2017 firmados por eric trump y que eran descritos como anticipos. >> bien, carla

everything he says is backed up multiple times, the national inquirer leader every single thing david beckeromebody backing him up, that is the key element here, as credibility has to come through to the jury as sincere but he is backed up by documents.— by documents. this is not 'ust a question �* by documents. this is not 'ust a question «i by documents. this is not 'ust a question of whether i by documents. this is not 'ust a question of whether a h by documents. this is notjust a question of whether a hush | a question of whether a hush money payment was made, it is a case with the case, do you think the prosecution has made a strong case? it think the prosecution has made a strong case?— a strong case? it is as strong a strong case? it is as strong a case as — a strong case? it is as strong a case as you _ a strong case? it is as strong a case as you can _ a strong case? it is as strong a case as you can make - a strong case? it is as strong i a case as you can make without saying donald trump wrote on the books the false ledger that said these were legal expenses when they were repayme

while deliberate in the jury submitted two notes to judgment sean, they asked for david becker and michael testimonies with the meeting with president trump in 2015 where they discussed the conspiracy to get him elected by killing negative stories about him, they asked to have the jury instructions read back to them. former president trump is required to stay inside of the courthouse while the jury deliberates. he spoke to the court entered reporters in the hallway of day one of deliberations. >> i would say listening to the charges from the judges as you know very conflicted and corrupt because of the confliction, very, very corrupt. mother teresa cannot beat these charges, these charges are rigged the whole thing is rigged. the confusion, nobody does with the crime is because there is no crime, nobody knows the crime, the da did not name the crime, they do not know what the crime is that is what the problem is it's a disgrace is to be ended immediately. the judge to amend and save his reputation. maria: the former president is urging the new york court of appeals to expedite its review o

after rehearing some testimony from david becker and michael cohen and rehearing a great deal of the

it is on paper, emails and stipulated to but everyone from michael cohen, david becker.o trump's generosity of spirit or finances. when you deal with the actual issues alleged to be crimes, how did you think that she did? >> it is not unusual. i think that will back me up on this. it is not unusual for witnesses who are nervous to do what we call talking beyond the question. especially on direct exam. i was not there, i did not observe her testifying but it did appear from following the coverage of the trial that she was talking beyond the question. when she did, she was getting into details that made the judge and verbal and that is never good. the fact that the defense did not object probably has more to do with whether or not she was hurting them or helping them. they must've thought that the way that she was testifying was helping them. all of that set aside, the bottom line is did trump no that they were covering up this payment with false business records? that is really the case. i think this was a dangerous witness to put on for both sides. one of the reasons i w

in other witness testimony, one of them is this initial meeting where cohen ami chief executive david becker pecker, who was also testified and donald trump allegedly discussed this decision to make a hush money payment to stormy daniels in order to keep her quiet in the lead up to the 2016 election. the other part of this is a meeting that happened in february 2017 in the oval office where trump allegedly agreed to how michael cohen would ultimately be reimbursed for fronting the money to pay stormy daniels. now, jurors have already heard a lot about michael cohen from other witnesses, and it's frankly been largely unflattering. they've called him and painted a picture of an attorney who was aggressive, one who was really unpredictable. but at the same time, other witnesses have made queer, including hope hicks, one of trump's closest whiteout is that she doubts michael cohen would do anything like this without donald trump's approval or knowing. so ultimately, we're going to have to see what happens when michael cohen takes the stand. you can bet that donald trump's defense attorneys will

have perjured himself already by saying he recorded the conversation to protect trump against david becker one could find out the logic behind that statement. that's illogical statement. >> lawrence: i want to know if the defense is going to show the video. i feel like the jury needs to see the contradictions going back and forth. the montage of seeing all of the stuff that he said against donald trump. because it's one thing hearing it it's another thing seeing it. >> steve: all right. so it kicks off three hours and 12 minutes from right now and we have conch live throughout the day. >> brian: what i love about the bob costello head shot it looks like is he busy. we stare straight ahead. >> steve: his ears are burning. everybody is talking about him. >> brian: i'm on the modify. i don't have time for a head shot. i like a busy guest. >> steve: do you know who else is busy hosting a program at 5:00 a.m. and now carley is going to come up in a minute. >> ainsley: come up and tell us interesting story about these animals. >> brian: i hope she is in a good mood. >> ainsley: she is always in

, karen mcdougall, the national— stormy daniels, karen mcdougall, the national enquirer, david david beckered during the actual trial. this only came up during closing. the defendant has a right to know what _ the defendant has a right to know what the — the defendant has a right to know what the charges are against him and to be able _ what the charges are against him and to be able to present evidence. he can't _ to be able to present evidence. he can't do _ to be able to present evidence. he can't do that until it's close. there — can't do that until it's close. there were issues during the trial. there were issues during the trial. the judge — there were issues during the trial. the judge could be accused of being more _ the judge could be accused of being more sympathetic to the prosecution. there'll_ more sympathetic to the prosecution. there'll be _ more sympathetic to the prosecution. there'll be a — more sympathetic to the prosecution. there'll be a lot of it use and i think— there'll be a lot of it use and i think there's a very chance it will be overturned. it may get sick for an

. >> reporter: election law expert david becker says a successful independent run requires a ton of manpowerompete. >> you're hiring staff in every single state, which might mean hiring 50 different lawyers who have specialties in this in the states. that's going to take a lot of money, and once around august comes, you're either on the ballot, or you're off. >> reporter: it's something republicans and democrats are watching closely, including members of the kennedy family, who endorsed biden in april. >> if you vote for someone else, if you don't vote, then that's a vote for donald trump. >> reporter: and she may be on to something because independent and third-party candidates have a history of making an impact. >> i'm going to be the next president of the united states. >> reporter: well, that didn't work out for libertarian gary johnson in 2016, he and the green party's jill stein did pick off some support in a few key states, possibly benefiting trump over hillary clinton. but they deny being spoilers. and while it looks like rfk might not make the debate stage, he still has the attenti

michael cohen, they had multiple witnesses like david _ cohen, they had multiple witnesses like david becker prosecution had, again, with those two things. testimony and documents, they all— two things. testimony and documents, they all corroborated with michael cohen _ they all corroborated with michael cohen. this was notjust cohen versus— cohen. this was notjust cohen versus trump, this was a confluence of factors— versus trump, this was a confluence of factors that arrived at this guiltvm _ of factors that arrived at this guilty... excuse me, this conviction. it was the right supported result here. we conviction. it was the right supported result here. conviction. it was the right su orted result here. ~ . supported result here. we are saying his motorcade _ supported result here. we are saying his motorcade still— supported result here. we are saying his motorcade still moving _ supported result here. we are saying his motorcade still moving along - supported result here. we are saying his motorcade still moving along the| his motorcade still moving along the road there, we don't know e

were david pecker testified he was being asked, what can you do for the campaign deed, mr. becker told you was really good business to work with trump. blanche says, well, am i executives were certainly not as confident because one point they did have to consult with their attorneys about whether they were running a foul of campaign finance laws by helping to suppress stories that could have an impact on the election so he's saying it's good business to work with someone like this. >> this is done all the time, but of course, when it comes to the rules and regulations of campaigns he citing something that they did back in in 1998, a story that they helped suppress for trump. a lot of things have changed. and when you're running for the white house, it's completely different. >> it's bringing he also brought up arnold schwarzenegger now as another candidate that they had allegedly helped indeed, mr. pecker told you was really good for business working with trump? >> well, the arnold schwarzenegger part is interesting he's a, this is just, this is a remarkable take on american polit

the jury asking for a readback of certain testimony from the very first witness, tabloid boss david becker well as cohen. jurors instructed not to consider the possible sentence mr. trump could receive. if convicted, he faces anywhere from four years in prison to just probation. the presumptive gop nominee can still be elected president, even if he is found guilty. >> wow. >> david french, you are not usually brought on to talk about donald trump's travails inside a courthouse, however, you have a sharp, keen legal mind. i'm curious your thoughts about yesterday, the jury instructions, the questions the jury asked. give us some insight on your thoughts. >> yeah, it can be very frustrating, trying to read the tea leaves regarding jury questions. it's sort of best to say, huh, that's interesting, and not speculate. because when you're in the jury room -- >> agreed. >> -- it's just -- you don't know what's happening in the jury room. i have been sitting out there waiting for jury verdicts to come down in my career and have tried to read the tea leaves of jury questions and often find little c

so you cannot, you will, there will not be a record of you having spoken to david becker, unlike all of the north, there's not an email just go back to something central in donald trump's life. >> and that is money. and that we've heard $0.20 on the dollar. what happened here was the opposite of $0.20 on the dollar we've already heard testimony that in fact in paying michael cohen he doubles it or gets it to where it would cover taxes which is against everything donald trump likes to do. but also evidence of covering it up, but it's interesting, it's 300 something cents on the dollar, right? because michael cohen lays out 130,000 for stormy daniels, ultimately gets repaid $420,000. i think it's exactly what the prosecution is going to argue. i think the defense sayyed argument is going to be michael cohen saw a chance to make some money. he had his hand in the cookie jar. he helped themselves to this structure where he made a lot more money and he did it without donald trump. of course, being in on it with donald trump willingly overpay by that much given what we know about them. i c

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