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ronan, in terms of ami, the national enquirer, david packer, the question is why would they do it? through the idea of this publication looking for damage and scurries and trying to kill them? it's a complicated question to answer even for some of the sources deep inside amy who were involved in brokering these transactions. one piece of context to know is that this practice of catching and killing stories and using them as a bartering chip, either collaborating with the public eager to conceal something or holding something over that public figure, that is an old playbook in the american tabloid world. it is something ami had done before and they had relationships with this kind of power balance built into them with a number of public figures. with donald trump specifically, there was a relationship between donald trump and david packer and what people are on packer told me is that hejust along with his consiglio mary, dylan however, liked the perks of the relationship. like the fact they were close to someone who had money and power and a certain kind of prominence and when they,
ronan, in terms of ami, the national enquirer, david packer, the question is why would they do it? through the idea of this publication looking for damage and scurries and trying to kill them? it's a complicated question to answer even for some of the sources deep inside amy who were involved in brokering these transactions. one piece of context to know is that this practice of catching and killing stories and using them as a bartering chip, either collaborating with the public eager to conceal...
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and it lays out the role of the publisher of the national enquirer, david pecker.nt is his role in laying out in this case? >> dan: he is obviously critical witness here. why? in part because michael cohen is such a problematic witness. so you need someone else who can come forward and verify much of what the prosecution is alleging. they would say we have also got documents. we have tape recordings, et cetera. the david pecker becomes the critical issue not necessarily on the falsified business records. he becomes the critical factor in explaining the lie and the "why" is what alvin bragg says is the felony even though he has not been specific about exactly which felony it is. he has made it clear that that brought issue is what has led us to at this point. >> juju: to protect the campaign? >> jonathan: it says something about the case that when it was more credible witness is the publisher of the national enquirer. >> dan: and he has his own set of problems including to inquirer had to pay a fine. and one who told you this is an easy case it is not know the case.
and it lays out the role of the publisher of the national enquirer, david pecker.nt is his role in laying out in this case? >> dan: he is obviously critical witness here. why? in part because michael cohen is such a problematic witness. so you need someone else who can come forward and verify much of what the prosecution is alleging. they would say we have also got documents. we have tape recordings, et cetera. the david pecker becomes the critical issue not necessarily on the falsified...
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that's from the "national enquirer." carlos, what's next in this case? mr. trump isn't ordered back to court until december. that's a long way away. >> it is a long ways away. what the judge is allowing, it's allowing the defense to obviously get the discovery or the information that the prosecution has and then to evaluate that information, to consider filing motions to dismiss or other motions. i suspect one motion is going to be a bill of particulars. what that really means is asking the prosecutor, despite the statement of facts that was issued, is to specify the legal theory they're pursuing on and other evidence to support these charges. and so then that's about four months as i understand it. and then the prosecution is going to get four months to respond to the motions. and then on december 4th, the judge will hear oral argument as to the motions that have been filed. >> okay. that's a really good explanation. we appreciate that. could the judge just drop this case altogether come december? >> he could if he agrees with the defense. they're going to
that's from the "national enquirer." carlos, what's next in this case? mr. trump isn't ordered back to court until december. that's a long way away. >> it is a long ways away. what the judge is allowing, it's allowing the defense to obviously get the discovery or the information that the prosecution has and then to evaluate that information, to consider filing motions to dismiss or other motions. i suspect one motion is going to be a bill of particulars. what that really means...
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as product secures laid out by this point in the scheme, th national enquirer company wa getting sick of throwing money down this filthy well so wha it came time in the last few days before the election to pa off yet another person to keep quiet with a weird sex story about donald trump, th presidential candidate, mr trump himself, and his own supposed business, they were left to take care of the money this time on their own, withou that much help from th national enquirer. that is where we got the storm daniels payment. that is where we got a deepl stupid, rob goldberg schem that was supposed to make it seem like they were doin something other than payin stormy daniels to keep quiet before the election, tha anybody who looked at it for more than ten seconds can tell that is what they were doing and that is where we got the enumerated receipts today, for 34 different allegedly false business records, including th additional aggravating factor, which is the detailed summar of how they structured the stormy daniels reimbursement payments to michael cohen to look like something other tha
as product secures laid out by this point in the scheme, th national enquirer company wa getting sick of throwing money down this filthy well so wha it came time in the last few days before the election to pa off yet another person to keep quiet with a weird sex story about donald trump, th presidential candidate, mr trump himself, and his own supposed business, they were left to take care of the money this time on their own, withou that much help from th national enquirer. that is where we got...
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they're not charging the national enquirer company with falsifying their business records.y're not charging anybody newly with federal campaign finance charges. they're not charging anybody with this new york conspiracy to get somebody elected based on unlawful means none of those things are charged, and yet those are the felonies, those are the keys, the other crimes that allowed those charges to come up against trump as felonies. why is that? how does that work we'll have that on the other side stay with us i'm jonathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. what are the three ps? the three ps of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 54, what's my price? you can get coverage for $9.95 a month. i'm 65 and take medications. what's my price? also $9.95 a month. i just turned 80, what's my price? $9.95 a month for you too.
they're not charging the national enquirer company with falsifying their business records.y're not charging anybody newly with federal campaign finance charges. they're not charging anybody with this new york conspiracy to get somebody elected based on unlawful means none of those things are charged, and yet those are the felonies, those are the keys, the other crimes that allowed those charges to come up against trump as felonies. why is that? how does that work we'll have that on the other...
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"the national enquirer" in political circles, as you know well, for a long, long time they have established a reputation for do all kinds of stuff to sell tabloids, but they would do the dirty story for candidates and they were almost always right. they have a reputation for being very good on very bad story. so when they decided to get in bed with donald trump, so to speak -- >> no, actually. >> -- figure ratively -- i don't want that image running, but they were to have his back, which was kind of known in the campaign world dump had a lot of dirty laundry, they would be the ones to get it off. they exposed john edwards, and the fact that pecker was taking a hands off on donald trump, but was in league with him, was seen as an enormous advantage so i just imagine that, notice, it's not that david pecker is a guy who most people would consider a white knight figure in american society. on the other hand, he's not a convicted liar >> let me just read from the indictment, to bring it back to what john is tacking about, because i think some of the narrative does take us back in time to scheme
"the national enquirer" in political circles, as you know well, for a long, long time they have established a reputation for do all kinds of stuff to sell tabloids, but they would do the dirty story for candidates and they were almost always right. they have a reputation for being very good on very bad story. so when they decided to get in bed with donald trump, so to speak -- >> no, actually. >> -- figure ratively -- i don't want that image running, but they were to have...
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of the national enquirer where you had it. you had it alien. yeah. why don't you bring to that? he was pre social media, but he was paving the way it's social media. people have expose anything and everything that is private. nothing is private anymore. was it he the, the pre social media platform for people to expose everything that should have been kept behind closed doors. he's the pre 3 minute influencer television tab wade influencer before it was really a popular to tell everybody about your personal life. you're right. jerry opened the door for that where everybody came on stage and had millions of people getting into their business and then walking away and making the most of it. but yes, he came before social media and remember people forget this. but at one point in time, the jerry springer show top the oprah winfrey show. yeah. meaning that his ratings worth higher than oprah winfrey. yeah. when her show was on, can you believe that it's amazing. you know, we forget it how high he was, despite the fact that people t
of the national enquirer where you had it. you had it alien. yeah. why don't you bring to that? he was pre social media, but he was paving the way it's social media. people have expose anything and everything that is private. nothing is private anymore. was it he the, the pre social media platform for people to expose everything that should have been kept behind closed doors. he's the pre 3 minute influencer television tab wade influencer before it was really a popular to tell everybody about...
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i had forgotten that amy the national enquirer. paid a doorman who had made what turned out to be a false allegation against trump. but buried in there is this fact that david pecker went to the white house, and trump thanked him for his help during the campaign. it was a reminder that this case, you know, there's been a lot of focus on michael cohen, who is clearly the key witness and brought the bulk of i suspect documents, texts, you know, testimony. but there are other pieces that support what michael cohen is saying. and i think that david peckers testimony. remember he was the first witness this grand jury heard from. he was one of the last witnesses they heard from. they brought him back. i think he will be really key as well. fascinating. um thank you very much, maggie. we appreciate it. all right. thank you very much. guys want to talk about what's happening in chicago because chicago voters are making their choice. they made their choice overnight cnn projects brendan johnson, a progressive cook county commissioner, will
i had forgotten that amy the national enquirer. paid a doorman who had made what turned out to be a false allegation against trump. but buried in there is this fact that david pecker went to the white house, and trump thanked him for his help during the campaign. it was a reminder that this case, you know, there's been a lot of focus on michael cohen, who is clearly the key witness and brought the bulk of i suspect documents, texts, you know, testimony. but there are other pieces that support...
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broader array of events that include payments by american media inc, the former publisher of "national enquirer" to playboy model karen mcdougal who says that she had an affair with trump. why did district attorney bragg not include any of the additional details in the indictment? - so that's a really interesting thing that's a peculiarity of new york law. in the federal system, all of this would've been in one document, very, very lengthy document that tells a really lengthy story and at the end of it, there are the charges. well, here it's basically split in two. you have sort of the story of what happened and then you have a charging instrument, which is the indictment. so, that's why you sort of have these two separate pieces but they obviously are gonna be read togeth. - indictments aren't static. is there a chance there could be more charges in the future? - yes. so, you know, pure speculation, but maybe educated speculation. i was interested in sort of two things that happened at the arraignment yesterday, which have to do with scheduling. so, neither side was particularly interested in
broader array of events that include payments by american media inc, the former publisher of "national enquirer" to playboy model karen mcdougal who says that she had an affair with trump. why did district attorney bragg not include any of the additional details in the indictment? - so that's a really interesting thing that's a peculiarity of new york law. in the federal system, all of this would've been in one document, very, very lengthy document that tells a really lengthy story...
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equally, they say the national enquirer's owner did this for the express purpose of helping donald trumpad of the election. anchor: just after the arraignment, the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, did hold a press conference. tell us about the key message he was delivering there. reporter: alv bragg has spent weeks now being attacked by not just donald trump but key republicans in congress, challengers of donald trump for the white house in 2024. it essential come a very influential members of the republican party attacking him, saying they want to investigate his probe, that he is doing this to influence the upcoming election, that this is the weaponization of the criminal justice system. this was his first public address on this matter and he was very, very clear. these white-collar crimes in new york, in this case, falsifying business records to conceal a crime. he said anytime that comes up in new york, they go after these cases like any other defendant and this has nothing to do with politics. in fact, he said it was his solemn responsibility to try this case. anchor: we wi
equally, they say the national enquirer's owner did this for the express purpose of helping donald trumpad of the election. anchor: just after the arraignment, the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, did hold a press conference. tell us about the key message he was delivering there. reporter: alv bragg has spent weeks now being attacked by not just donald trump but key republicans in congress, challengers of donald trump for the white house in 2024. it essential come a very influential...
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a lawyer always will do, i will say, david packer, i think that the, for a publisher of the national enquirer is the person that will be the most compelling and the most damaging witness because he was in charge of these catching kills games. he does not have any retained on him. the strong daniels hes or that are our weisel burger. linda, michael cohen, how the he has very clear and dynamic information mickely to the presence convict. explain that to our viewers around the world who may not understand what you just said with this a catch instead, catch and kill a thing that david packer, the, i guess the seo of the national enquirer was supposedly allegedly doing with mr. trump, why that's so significant, absolutely won't, will from the, from the indictment from the information we've gathered. the accusation is that present trumpet. mister packer went through a process of buying a, going to people who had damages stories against president trump and then paying them off in order to catch the stores before they could be sold to another media outlet. and then bearing the story in order to help
a lawyer always will do, i will say, david packer, i think that the, for a publisher of the national enquirer is the person that will be the most compelling and the most damaging witness because he was in charge of these catching kills games. he does not have any retained on him. the strong daniels hes or that are our weisel burger. linda, michael cohen, how the he has very clear and dynamic information mickely to the presence convict. explain that to our viewers around the world who may not...
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which the national enquirer, 450, 000, but the rights to he story. her story was not publishe before the 2016 election here. but what is unique about her story, again, the fact that th allegation is that donald trum and michael cohen had ha conversations with david pecker, the publisher of the nationa enquirer about buying storie like karen mcdougal's. which they did and david pecker and the national enquirer, the acknowledged to federa prosecutors previously, th question is, did they go to th quiet state prosecutors, the matt da and the grand jury thi time around? and say what they told federal prosecutors previously and that that, in order to buy karen mcdougal's story was don for the principal purpose of influencing the 2016 election. if in fact the grand jury is bringing charges related t election violation, that i where, was it to influence the presidential election? that is where karen mcdougal's story specifically reall becomes important for th special case simon? >> vaughn, thank you so much for your reporting joining me now is hugo lowell, h
which the national enquirer, 450, 000, but the rights to he story. her story was not publishe before the 2016 election here. but what is unique about her story, again, the fact that th allegation is that donald trum and michael cohen had ha conversations with david pecker, the publisher of the nationa enquirer about buying storie like karen mcdougal's. which they did and david pecker and the national enquirer, the acknowledged to federa prosecutors previously, th question is, did they go to th...
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this a catch instead, catch and kill a thing that david packer, the, i guess the seo of the national enquirer was supposedly allegedly doing with mister truck. why that so significant absolutely won't, will from the, from the indictment from the information that we've gathered up. the accusation is that present trumpet. mister packer went through a process of buying or going to people who had damaging stories against president trump and then paying them off in order to catch the stores before they could be sold to another media outlet. and then bearing the story in order to help mister trump either in business or later on in politics, this would be if it was meant to, to help his campaign. well, that would be a campaign contribution to mr. trump outside the federal limits. so i think that mr . packard information will be by far the most damaging information president trump, if he testifies a trial. yeah, and we'll see. and by the way, just to be fair to both of you and to the people of america in the world, we don't know who's going to testify, who's going to say what and whether their testim
this a catch instead, catch and kill a thing that david packer, the, i guess the seo of the national enquirer was supposedly allegedly doing with mister truck. why that so significant absolutely won't, will from the, from the indictment from the information that we've gathered up. the accusation is that present trumpet. mister packer went through a process of buying or going to people who had damaging stories against president trump and then paying them off in order to catch the stores before...
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my payments and the national enquirer payments that falsification issue but we wouldn't expect the trial at some point in spring of next year shortly before national campaign exactly, and that's just, you know, that's going to be something else next year is that carlos? further complications and further events in this drama to speak drama. to be sure, carlos sing from san jose state . thank you so much for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. okay? well still to come. a record number of books have been banned this year. nationwide the negative effects, many librarians say the bands can have and now please welcome ana montoya. ♪ hello there, fellow students... people are always like, “what's retta short for?” mother teretta. [ angelic sound ] i'm a papertarian. it's like being a vegetarian, only i don't chew paper, i choose paper. because it's made from a renewable resource, which means it's the smart choice for the environment. and i should know, i used to do science. [ wink ] how many times i gotta tell you? i emptied it! empty, flatten, then recycle. i cannot with these interns.
my payments and the national enquirer payments that falsification issue but we wouldn't expect the trial at some point in spring of next year shortly before national campaign exactly, and that's just, you know, that's going to be something else next year is that carlos? further complications and further events in this drama to speak drama. to be sure, carlos sing from san jose state . thank you so much for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. okay? well still to come. a record number of...
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this catch and kill program that the "national enquirer" had. i don't think you can look at this and see, we'll see when the indictment is unsealed whether or not this is just related to the stormy daniels payoff or whether or not this is an allegation, this payment made to stormy daniels, was part of this conspiracy to protect then candidate donald trump >> joyce vance, assuming that the primary charges are going to revolve about falsifying business records what does the prosecution have to prove to make that case >> so, the prosecution's most important focus will be taking the step that makes what's normally a misdemeanor charge a felony and that means they'll have to prove that the records falsifications were committed in order to either encourage the commission of or conceal another crime. that will be an important focus here there are a lot of options there are tax options. there are campaign finance options. there may be others that they uncovered during their grand jury proceedings and so, like any crime, you have to prove the act, and th
this catch and kill program that the "national enquirer" had. i don't think you can look at this and see, we'll see when the indictment is unsealed whether or not this is just related to the stormy daniels payoff or whether or not this is an allegation, this payment made to stormy daniels, was part of this conspiracy to protect then candidate donald trump >> joyce vance, assuming that the primary charges are going to revolve about falsifying business records what does the...
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i need to be careful what i say about "national enquirer."grand mother, god rest her soul, would from time to time read that publication. for my part i never believed that aliens came to earth and had children with hollywood stars or elvis was living on an island with jijimi hendrix. one can imagine a jury asked to choose between michael cohen and melania trump in terms of credibility. as for the but, trump is accused of falsifying records with contempt or conceal a crime. all defendants are entitled to know the changes they are face, indictments are not mysteries or dramas. so what is that additional crime which makes this a felony? calls state of new york to go where the u.s. attorney in new york would not go. represents the first indictment of a former president. what you ask is that additional crime? we do not know because alvin bragg will not tell you, either he himself does not know or he is trying to figure it out as we goes along. in any event. it not in the environment it is hard to defend yourself when you don't know the allegation.
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he is the publisher of the national enquirer and the national enquirer purchases this exclusive story for the express purpose of not publishing this story, the catch and kill. so all of the counts in this indictment are and crease that were made for invoices submitted by michael cohen and payments that were made to him throughout to 2017. to reimburse him for the $130000.00 that he shell out to. to stormy daniels. now, the allegation is that these are campaign violations. alvin brag should point out that a false business record making a false business entry and record in new york. and the trump organization is in new york company. these are misdemeanors. very low level crimes. they only become felonies if they are done and this is quoting from all $34.00 counts of the ment, with intent to defraud and intend to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof. alban bragg says, well, we have campaign finance laws in new york. well, yes they do. but this was not a new york election. this was a federal election. so the allegation here is that these payments, both by david
he is the publisher of the national enquirer and the national enquirer purchases this exclusive story for the express purpose of not publishing this story, the catch and kill. so all of the counts in this indictment are and crease that were made for invoices submitted by michael cohen and payments that were made to him throughout to 2017. to reimburse him for the $130000.00 that he shell out to. to stormy daniels. now, the allegation is that these are campaign violations. alvin brag should...
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. >> the former publisher of "the national enquirer" appears to be a key witness. one part of the indictment claims that during trump's transition to the white house, he privately met in trump tower with the owner of "the national enquirer." the defendant thanked him for privately handling the stories. videos were not allowed inside the courtroom, but the judge did allow still photographers to take pictures before the unprecedented arraignment began. trump pleading not guilty to all charges. his attorneys firing back after the proceedings were done. >> it shows that the rule of law died in this country. while everyone is not about the law, no one is below it either, and if this man's name was not donald j. trump, there is no scenario where we would all be here today. >> the are at odds over a trial start eight. the da wants january 20 24, but trump's lawyers say that is too soon. the next scheduled court date is in december. larry: joining us now is you see u seek -- uccisco professor professor. anything unusual with what happened during the court proceedings? >> r
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you got a guy that used to run "the national enquirer." if you're trying to figure out which hollywood star had a baby with an alien, he's exactly the right witness. if you're trying to figure out whether trump did this to protect his presidential bid, or how about to protect his marriage? so you could have michael cohen versus melania trump in this trial on the facts. so you've got the facts of the law, then the jurisprudence, the equities. it's the wrong prosecutor. this guy struggles to find something that he thinks is worthy of the full weight of his office. he says he's done this on other cases. what are they? give us the other times that you have prosecuted someone for this dollar amount, and this alleged falsification. yesterday was underwhelming. that's not just from people that love president trump. that's from people who are agnostic about him. it was underwhelming. >> when was the last time you had "the washington post," mitt romney, jeb bush, agreeing on the same page in america. that's extraordinary. trey, you laid it out, ind
you got a guy that used to run "the national enquirer." if you're trying to figure out which hollywood star had a baby with an alien, he's exactly the right witness. if you're trying to figure out whether trump did this to protect his presidential bid, or how about to protect his marriage? so you could have michael cohen versus melania trump in this trial on the facts. so you've got the facts of the law, then the jurisprudence, the equities. it's the wrong prosecutor. this guy...
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and yesterday, we got a new twist involving former "national enquirer" publisher and dentist explaining that while you were out, someone stole all your teeth, david pecker. and like always, it's never good when the pecker unexpectedly pops up. alreaestifithe stormy case, but somethicy must be going on, be yesterday, pecker testified again in the hush money in or as the "national enquirer" reported it, "bombshell: harry cheats on meghan with bat boy!" ecker even involved? well, the guy is known for helping the former prez quash embarrassing gossip by paying for exclusive rights to someone's story with no intention of publishing it, a practice they call "catch and kill," of course, also the less popular cousins of snap, crackle, and pop. with the indictment walls closing st night, the ex-president sat down with his buddy, conservative pundit and the first thing fox news viewers see when they die, sean hannity. he's waiting. he's on the other side hannity asked the former president about his truth social post from the weekend, where he put up this threatening photo of himself wielding a ba
and yesterday, we got a new twist involving former "national enquirer" publisher and dentist explaining that while you were out, someone stole all your teeth, david pecker. and like always, it's never good when the pecker unexpectedly pops up. alreaestifithe stormy case, but somethicy must be going on, be yesterday, pecker testified again in the hush money in or as the "national enquirer" reported it, "bombshell: harry cheats on meghan with bat boy!" ecker even...
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closer look at the pattern of payments trump allegedly made one of them he made involve the national enquirer. the tabloid was a longtime trump ally. the enquirer is accused of paying $30,000 to a former trump tower doorman. >> who claim to know trump had a child out of wedlock. the publication later reported the claim was untrue. and then the tabloid made $150,000 payment to karen mcdougal. a playboy playmate, mcdougal wanted to sell her story of an affair with trump during the 2016 campaign and the final payment, which is the focus of the indictment here, involved $130,000 deal between trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen and star stormy daniels in the final days of the campaign. the money here. but daniel silence about an affair she says she had with trump a decade prior. trump denies any wrongdoing related to these payments. one of the big questions is where these payments part of a scheme to undermine the 2016 election. and for more on what is next and what just happened. we're joined by loyola law school professor jessica levinson, who also hosts the passing judgment podcast.
closer look at the pattern of payments trump allegedly made one of them he made involve the national enquirer. the tabloid was a longtime trump ally. the enquirer is accused of paying $30,000 to a former trump tower doorman. >> who claim to know trump had a child out of wedlock. the publication later reported the claim was untrue. and then the tabloid made $150,000 payment to karen mcdougal. a playboy playmate, mcdougal wanted to sell her story of an affair with trump during the 2016...
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trump, cohen and the leaders of american media incorporated, or ami, the parent company of the national enquirerabloid, that is a scheme. team to buy and suppress. negative information to help mr trump's chance of winning the election, bragg said. the scheme involves setting up shell companies in hiding hush money payouts to daniels and two other people adore man who claimed to know about an illegitimate child and playboy model karen mcdougal, who also claimed to have had an affair with trump, the scheme violated new york election law. which makes it a crime to conspire to promote a candidacy by unlawful means. brags also said the 130,000 payout to stormy daniels exceeded the federal campaign contribution cap. he is angry because the case justified trump returned to his mara lago home in florida, and hours later at a campaign style rally with loyal supporters. there is no case there's no case. they kept saying there's no case. he denounced the charges as a political witch hunt. this fake case was brought only to interfere with the upcoming 2024 election. and it should be dropped immediately. the
trump, cohen and the leaders of american media incorporated, or ami, the parent company of the national enquirerabloid, that is a scheme. team to buy and suppress. negative information to help mr trump's chance of winning the election, bragg said. the scheme involves setting up shell companies in hiding hush money payouts to daniels and two other people adore man who claimed to know about an illegitimate child and playboy model karen mcdougal, who also claimed to have had an affair with trump,...
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am i, the company that owns the national enquirer? my big question is will they have freestanding charges relating to the macdougal payments? or will they use those just to sort of flesh out the larger conspiracy and not them have have those payments as their own charges? and, of course, the big question is trump adding this defense attorney todd blanche. i asked him and yesterday specifically as he added to the team, and they told me yesterday when he was added laura or paula was talking there about adding more firepower to the team. obviously, it shows that they are taking this case seriously. but what does it say that he was added the day before trump is arrange a little bit of a lack of forethought. i mean, that's not a lot of time for todd blanche to get up to speed on this case, but i will tell you he is a very qualified attorney. we were prosecutors together two buildings down that way. federal prosecutors different building different jurisdiction, but he's a trial lawyer. he knows what he's doing. he was used to prosecute viol
am i, the company that owns the national enquirer? my big question is will they have freestanding charges relating to the macdougal payments? or will they use those just to sort of flesh out the larger conspiracy and not them have have those payments as their own charges? and, of course, the big question is trump adding this defense attorney todd blanche. i asked him and yesterday specifically as he added to the team, and they told me yesterday when he was added laura or paula was talking there...
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we do know the "national enquirer" chief was interviewed, okay? that probably means there's other, maybe other women involved here including the catch and kill story that involved trump's alleged affair with a playboy model, the catch and kill was cone by the "national enquirer." so people are starting to speculate that could be in the indictment as well. but again, it's more of the same stuff, and people are shaking their head, this is what you're going to put him in jail for? energizes the base, it is roiling the donor class because hay desperately want a ron desantis the, a youngkin, somebody else other than trump because they believe trump can't win. it's really an amazing situation that's going on here right now in the republican party. it's -- if you believe the donor class and their semi-conspiracy theory, i quite don't think it's that much of a conspiracy, but the theory here, alvin bragg politically played this brilliantly. he literally took a republican party that was, you know, maybe going to have a little in-fight between donald rump a
we do know the "national enquirer" chief was interviewed, okay? that probably means there's other, maybe other women involved here including the catch and kill story that involved trump's alleged affair with a playboy model, the catch and kill was cone by the "national enquirer." so people are starting to speculate that could be in the indictment as well. but again, it's more of the same stuff, and people are shaking their head, this is what you're going to put him in jail...
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trump was involved in th understanding that he would be paid the national enquirer 150,000. michael did get accused of papering that transaction, but he pled guilty to that transaction. so that is the best answer i could say. the transaction involving kare mcdougal is the second crime there are witnesses to their crime that are not just michae cohen. and corroborating, detaile documentation, to him as well. >> as i mentioned, in others have described michael cohen i the star witness of this case, you certainly know the ins and outs better than anyone. how would you respond to som of the criticism that this is potentially weak indictment, that involves a quote, unquote untested legal theory that might be politically motivated >> first of all, let me deal with the weakness facts. that is completely speculate by people who don't know i think. i am in the room all the time, for many meanings, at leas seven, with this particula group of prosecutors i've talked to michael countless hours. i know what the facts are in the case and it is substantiated by o documents, emails, tex mes
trump was involved in th understanding that he would be paid the national enquirer 150,000. michael did get accused of papering that transaction, but he pled guilty to that transaction. so that is the best answer i could say. the transaction involving kare mcdougal is the second crime there are witnesses to their crime that are not just michae cohen. and corroborating, detaile documentation, to him as well. >> as i mentioned, in others have described michael cohen i the star witness of...
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who is then i guess the publisher of the national enquirer, um and did did have her pay? um mcdougle, um, not to talk about the abandoned alleged affair with trump. and i think that's important because if that's true, it shows a pattern. it shows that because of the election, they were very concerned about these cases coming out about these alleged affairs coming out, and therefore they were taking steps to try to silence the women by paying them and i think the karen macdougal case is just may very well. be different. another example of that. and so it would look like the stormy daniels case is not a one off. it's not something that trust somebody else did. it looks like there's a pattern and even outside the cases themselves, you know when you look at at the defense or world into the defense, trump may give trump is now almost true to form lashing out against the judge in this case in this case, saying the judge hates him . do you think that at this point trump team might ask for a different judge is there? what do you think the likelihood of even that being granted at
who is then i guess the publisher of the national enquirer, um and did did have her pay? um mcdougle, um, not to talk about the abandoned alleged affair with trump. and i think that's important because if that's true, it shows a pattern. it shows that because of the election, they were very concerned about these cases coming out about these alleged affairs coming out, and therefore they were taking steps to try to silence the women by paying them and i think the karen macdougal case is just may...
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a former editor of the national enquirer appears to be ready to provide testimony against the former president. they are suggesting there was a scheme to hide the way these payments were being made right before the 2016 presidential election. in an effort to essentially defraud voters, hide all of the tawdry details of multiple affairs, the former president conspired with people around him to make hush-money payments and launder them through phony entities and hide the sources. what he stands charged of his forging documents or misrepresenting documents in official ledgers that have to do with companies registered with the state. it is sort of convoluted, even though the details of the affair is the juiciest part of the story. that is not illegal. what would be illegal as to hide the sources of that and do it in the context of a campaign where you are trying to convince voters to vote for you. kristen: explain to viewers why they are felonies and not misdemeanors and the das allegation that these were crimes committed to conceal other crimes. guest: bingo. that is the thing that take
a former editor of the national enquirer appears to be ready to provide testimony against the former president. they are suggesting there was a scheme to hide the way these payments were being made right before the 2016 presidential election. in an effort to essentially defraud voters, hide all of the tawdry details of multiple affairs, the former president conspired with people around him to make hush-money payments and launder them through phony entities and hide the sources. what he stands...
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and why david packer, the owner of the "national enquirer" could play a key role in the prosecution with the catching kills scheme allegedly paying for stories but then killing them to allegedly help the candidate. tonight trump headed back to mar-a-lago where this all hits next, and one about the other investigations many legal observers see as more significant than this one, dan abrams, kate shaw all here tonight. also as we come on the air, the breaking headline, the life-threatening tornadoes expected in the coming hours tonight, a new tornado watch across several states at this hour and in the next 24 hours several major cities in the path of possble dangerous tornadoes. ginger's the times that out. one week after the deadly school shooting in nashville, three hero police officers in their own words right here about walking towards the gun fire. moment they can front and what has now been discovered. a well-known governors one-time chief of staff killed in a confrontation with the fbi following the three week manhunt. a major setback tonight for vladimir putin, this evening finland
and why david packer, the owner of the "national enquirer" could play a key role in the prosecution with the catching kills scheme allegedly paying for stories but then killing them to allegedly help the candidate. tonight trump headed back to mar-a-lago where this all hits next, and one about the other investigations many legal observers see as more significant than this one, dan abrams, kate shaw all here tonight. also as we come on the air, the breaking headline, the...
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national enquirer paid the money in an arrangement with mr trump. let me ask about what we heard many times from mr tacopina, which is about michael cohen's credibility. he did plead guilty to five counts of tax evasion. i want you to listen to something, he said on cnn this week. they lies by the southern district of new york against me for the tax evasion. i actually hope it comes out. i have all the documents to show there was no tax evasion. i never had an opportunity going into meet with an agent, and none of this is accurate. he pleaded guilty to that he pleaded guilty to these crimes, and now he's saying he never committed them. if he has a chance, and i think the inspector general of the justice department's the only one to do it, there should be an investigation of the circumstances of his guilty plea. no journalist has done it, including you who i respect greatly on a friday afternoon, he was given an ultimatum either plead guilty to everything. we're not even going to show you the text documents. or by monday morning. we're going to indic
national enquirer paid the money in an arrangement with mr trump. let me ask about what we heard many times from mr tacopina, which is about michael cohen's credibility. he did plead guilty to five counts of tax evasion. i want you to listen to something, he said on cnn this week. they lies by the southern district of new york against me for the tax evasion. i actually hope it comes out. i have all the documents to show there was no tax evasion. i never had an opportunity going into meet with...
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between michael cohen, donal trump, stormy daniels, her agent, the national enquirer publisher davidr, th national enquirer editor dylan howard these are the types of evidenc that he could even be detailed in this indictment that led to these charges. we should know a lot more here just about 72 hours from now alex >> absolutely extraordinar interview there for stormy daniels there in the times u radio. thank you so much for all of that chauvin and that's cohen right now karen friedman, former man chief assistant district attorney, welcome, it's good t see you back on the broadcast. quick question, given th stormy daniels soundbite w just heard, did you ever hav interaction with her >> i did not, i never matter i'd never spoken to her. >> what do you think about wha she said the fact that she thought sh was going to be called two weeks ago on a time, it did no happen, do you suspect that sh would be called in this case t testify if this thing goes t trial? >> it's important to remembe that we have not seen th indictment yet, so we don' exactly know what the charge are, or what eviden
between michael cohen, donal trump, stormy daniels, her agent, the national enquirer publisher davidr, th national enquirer editor dylan howard these are the types of evidenc that he could even be detailed in this indictment that led to these charges. we should know a lot more here just about 72 hours from now alex >> absolutely extraordinar interview there for stormy daniels there in the times u radio. thank you so much for all of that chauvin and that's cohen right now karen friedman,...
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the source confirms to cnn that former "national enquirer" publisher, david pecker, appeared before theer this afternoon >> sources close to the investigation tell cbs news that david pecker's appearance is a sign district attorney alvin bragg might be finalizing a case against former president donald trump in 2016, it was pecker who encouraged efforts by then-candidate trump and michael cohen to prevent damaging stories about trump from being published >> yesterday's convening of this two-month long grand jury probe appeared to center around hearing testimony from david pecker pecker is a central figure in this drama as you pointed out where both of those hush money payments to adult film actress stormy daniels in his role at the time as publisher of the "national enquirer" and a friend of then-candidate donald trump, he helped broker the original $130,000 payment >> seth: that's right. the grand jury heard from a key player in trump's corrupt scheme to broker a secretive hush money payment to conceal an ellicit affair jsut weeks before a presidential election and then disguised those
the source confirms to cnn that former "national enquirer" publisher, david pecker, appeared before theer this afternoon >> sources close to the investigation tell cbs news that david pecker's appearance is a sign district attorney alvin bragg might be finalizing a case against former president donald trump in 2016, it was pecker who encouraged efforts by then-candidate trump and michael cohen to prevent damaging stories about trump from being published >> yesterday's...
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and i should note with the doorman story just for those who wonder that when i'm the national enquirer looked into it, they found that it was not true, and that that they did not go ahead with it, but, um, katie, so this field prosecution against john edwards, it's not obviously apples to apples. but is it a risk to prosecutors in their case right now against trump that it could fail along the same lines and for some of the same argument? mintz. well, absolutely. i mean, the john edwards case has very similar facts in some ways, and it was a failed prosecution. and in fact, i think that the failed prosecution was really what prevented federal prosecutors from pursuing the case against trump because the issue in the john edwards case was, i think the intent i don't think they were able to prove that the intent of the payments was to influence the campaign that it was for personal purposes, and that's what these hush money cases come down to. hash money payments aren't necessarily illegal unless you can tie them to an intent to influence an election. so in the john edwards case, i think
and i should note with the doorman story just for those who wonder that when i'm the national enquirer looked into it, they found that it was not true, and that that they did not go ahead with it, but, um, katie, so this field prosecution against john edwards, it's not obviously apples to apples. but is it a risk to prosecutors in their case right now against trump that it could fail along the same lines and for some of the same argument? mintz. well, absolutely. i mean, the john edwards case...
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was stormy daniels, ther was michael cohen, there was david pecker from the publishe of the national enquirers they say that nothing happened with trump's money, bu weisselberg involved and o course, there is donald trump. one of the things donald trump has tried to do, not wit weisselberg and not with pecker, but with stormy daniels an michael cohen, is to undermine them, to target witnesses, t make their credibility, to mak them seem less credible in the eyes of the public i don't know if that's going t work with a jury >> well, i think we need t distinguish between the cour of public opinion and the cour of law trump plays -- in the court of public opinion and he's not going to be abl to do that in a court of law and we saw that last week when he had the opportunity t present a witness to the grand jury he presented his former lawyer robert costello, who tried t undermine michael cohen. i think the version that was presented was that storm daniels approached michael cohen and i think, you know, sort of engaged in some kind o shakedown that trump had nothing to do with this. michael cohen d
was stormy daniels, ther was michael cohen, there was david pecker from the publishe of the national enquirers they say that nothing happened with trump's money, bu weisselberg involved and o course, there is donald trump. one of the things donald trump has tried to do, not wit weisselberg and not with pecker, but with stormy daniels an michael cohen, is to undermine them, to target witnesses, t make their credibility, to mak them seem less credible in the eyes of the public i don't know if...
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one of them involve the national enquirer, which is a longtime ally of trump. >> the documents say that he paid $30,000 to a former trump tower doorman who claim to know that trump had a child out of wedlock. the publication later reported the claim was untrue. and then the tabloid made another $150,000 payment to karen mcdougal. a playboy playmate. she wanted to sell her story of an affair with trump during the 2016 campaign. the other payment involved is a $130,000 deal between trump's then fixer, michael cohen and the adult film star stormy daniels in the final days of the campaign. and as we continue to learn more about the charges the former president is facing tonight, the white house says >> donald trump's legal issues are not something president. joe biden is focused on. >> right now. so first, i have to say this. this is an case which is not going to comment on the case specifically itself with the president's going to focus on the american people like he does every day. >> all right. joining us now to a shed, a little more light on the trumps charges and how it's going to affe
one of them involve the national enquirer, which is a longtime ally of trump. >> the documents say that he paid $30,000 to a former trump tower doorman who claim to know that trump had a child out of wedlock. the publication later reported the claim was untrue. and then the tabloid made another $150,000 payment to karen mcdougal. a playboy playmate. she wanted to sell her story of an affair with trump during the 2016 campaign. the other payment involved is a $130,000 deal between trump's...
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well so trump is alleged to have conspired with david pecker, who ran the national enquirer. and the doorman dino. his name is dino, said juden. he came to the enquirer with a story of trump having a love child, which he apparently did not have, but in order to prevent the doorman he used to work at trump tower from talking about this during the election, the enquirer paid him $30,000, and he had to remain quiet. let me just before we go as you have been watching all the coverage in the analysis here. is this something that we're missing people saying it's not a strong case. i don't understand. they're not. they're not listening and underlying crime. are we missing anything with this? what would you like to point out? um, i again just that this is a very common charge in new york state. many people are charged with falsifying business records. and so what the d a has said, is that you know donald trump is no different than them. i mean, it doesn't. it's not really that unusual, except for the fact that he was the president of the united states and no former president has been
well so trump is alleged to have conspired with david pecker, who ran the national enquirer. and the doorman dino. his name is dino, said juden. he came to the enquirer with a story of trump having a love child, which he apparently did not have, but in order to prevent the doorman he used to work at trump tower from talking about this during the election, the enquirer paid him $30,000, and he had to remain quiet. let me just before we go as you have been watching all the coverage in the...
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get a closer look at the pattern of payments, trouble legend lee made one of them involve the national enquirer, the tabloid, a longtime trump ally, the inquires accused of paying $30,000 to a former trump tower doorman who claim to know trump had a child out of wedlock. the publication later reported the claim was untrue. and then the tabloid made $150,000 payment to this woman, karen mcdougal. >> a playboy playmate. mcdougal wanted to sell her story of an affair with trump during the 2016 campaign. >> the final payment, which is the main focus of the indictment involved $130,000 deal between trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen and star stormy daniels in the final days of the campaign. the money here. but daniel silence about an affair. daniels says she had with trump about a decade prior. trump for his part denies any wrongdoing related to these payments. joining us now is you see a law professor worry little to explain. today's proceedings worry. thanks for being with us. i know you're formal federal prosecutor, organized crime was a specialty of yours. so this figures to be year
get a closer look at the pattern of payments, trouble legend lee made one of them involve the national enquirer, the tabloid, a longtime trump ally, the inquires accused of paying $30,000 to a former trump tower doorman who claim to know trump had a child out of wedlock. the publication later reported the claim was untrue. and then the tabloid made $150,000 payment to this woman, karen mcdougal. >> a playboy playmate. mcdougal wanted to sell her story of an affair with trump during the...
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the pawn star stormy daniels was trying to sell her story to a magazine, a tabloid called the national enquirer united states. and mr trump allegedly directed his formerfixer, michael cohen, to pay her $130,000 to silence her and to prevent that story of the alleged affair, which mr trump denies from coming out into the press ahead of the election. now, michael cohen has served time in prison and has pleaded guilty to that payment over violations of campaign finance violations. but mr trump says and his lawyers say that he was he would have always paid stormy daniels to protect his family. it had nothing to do with the election. and he's using that defense because the hush money payments in themselves aren't illegal. what we believe prosecutors are alleging here and i say believe because the indictment remains under seal. so we haven't been able to see the exact charges yet. but what we believe is that they are going to allege more than 30 counts of the trump organization and mr trump falsifying business records to conceal those payments because he was trying to conceal a crime of electoral fin
the pawn star stormy daniels was trying to sell her story to a magazine, a tabloid called the national enquirer united states. and mr trump allegedly directed his formerfixer, michael cohen, to pay her $130,000 to silence her and to prevent that story of the alleged affair, which mr trump denies from coming out into the press ahead of the election. now, michael cohen has served time in prison and has pleaded guilty to that payment over violations of campaign finance violations. but mr trump...
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trump cohen and the leaders of american media incorporated or am i, the parent company of the national enquirer tabloid, that is a scheme to buy and suppress negative information. to help mr trump's chance of winning the election, bragg said. the scheme involves setting up shell companies in hiding hush money payoffs to daniels and two other people, a doorman who claimed to know about an illegitimate child and playboy model karen mcdougal , who also claimed to have had an affair with trump, the scheme violated new york election law, which makes it a crime to conspire. to promote a candidacy by unlawful means. brags also said the 130,000 payout to stormy daniels exceeded the federal campaign contribution cap is angry because he has brought cases justified. trump returned to his mara lago, home in florida and hours later at a campaign style rally with loyal supporters. there is no case. he denounced the charges as a political witch hunt. this fake case was brought only to interfere with the upcoming 2024 election. and it should be dropped immediately. the next hearing is set for december and trum
trump cohen and the leaders of american media incorporated or am i, the parent company of the national enquirer tabloid, that is a scheme to buy and suppress negative information. to help mr trump's chance of winning the election, bragg said. the scheme involves setting up shell companies in hiding hush money payoffs to daniels and two other people, a doorman who claimed to know about an illegitimate child and playboy model karen mcdougal , who also claimed to have had an affair with trump, the...