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stormy daniels, michael cohen, the publisher of the national enquirer, david pecker, and his former closeis political allies courting public opinion. >> our judicial system has been weaponized against president trump. >> they're not prosecuting president trump. they're persecuting him. >> reporter: after several weeks the jury unanimously found him guilty on all 34 felony counts. the judge skelging a sentencing date for after the election, raising the stakes of america's decision. >> we are now projecting the next president of the united states is donald trump. >> this was, i believe, the greatest political movement of all-time. >> reporter: and with the result, concerns about immunity from prosecution and the ability and precedent of imposing a sentence on a sitting president, leading special counsel jack smith to drop his two cases. federal judges then agreeing to toss the indictments out. his fulton county case indefinitely on hold. and the judge in his new york trial now deciding whether to toss the verdict against trump out altogether or suspend his sentencing date until he leaves of

taking the stand in the hush money trial, stormy daniels, michael cohen, the publisher of the national enquirere hicks. meanwhile, his political allies, courting public opinion. >> the judicial system in our country has been weapon isaac and president trump. >> they are not prosecuting president trump, they are persecuting him. >> reporter: after seven weeks, the jury unanimously found him guilty on all 34 felony counts. the judge in scheduling a sentencing date for after the election, raising the stakes of america's decision. >> we are now projecting that the next president of the united states is donald trump. >> this was, i believe, the greatest political movement of all-time. >> reporter: and with the result, concerns about immunity from prosecution and the ability and precedent of imposing a sentence on a sitting president, leading special counsel draw jack smith to drop his two cases. a federal judge agreed to toss the indictments out, his fulton county case indefinitely on hold, and the judge in his new york trial now deciding whether to toss the vertex against trump out altogether or su

when news of bezos impending divorce was published in the national enquirer in 2019, trump saw an opportunitynd crowned bezos with a new nickname, referring to him in a tweet as jeff bezos. more recently, their icy relationship seemed to thaw after the first assassination attempt on trump's life in july in pennsylvania. bezos wrote on x, our former president showed tremendous grace and courage under literal fire tonight. so thankful for his safety and so sad for the victims and their families. and just last month, bezos congratulated trump on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory in the 2024 election. and in the election this year, the washington post did not endorse a candidate, and jeff bezos defended that decision in an op ed in his own newspaper, saying that he doesn't think endorsements do anything to tip the scales of an election. he also said that it creates a perception of bias. what's interesting, though, is just hours after that decision was announced not to endorse a candidate, donald trump met with executives from blue origin. his space. that is, of course, jeff

taking the stand in the hush money trial, stormy daniels, michael cohen, the publisher of the "national enquirerlic opinion. >> the judicial system in our country has been weaponized against president trump. >> they're not prosecuting president trump, they're persecuting him. >> reporter: after seven weeks, the jury unanimously found him git on all 34 felony counts. the judge scheduling a sentencing date for after the election, raising the stakes of america's decision. >> we are projecting that the next president of the united states is donald trump. >> this was, i believe, the greatest political movement of all time. >> reporter: and with the result, concerns about immunity from prosecution and the ability and precedent of imposing a sentence on a sitting president. leading special counsel jack smith to drop his two cases. federal judges then agreeing to toss the indictments out. his fulton county case indefinitely on hold, and the judge in his new york trial now deciding whether to toss the verdicts against trump out all together, or suspend his sentencing daylight until he leaves office in 20

taking the stand in the hush money trial, stormy daniels, michael cohen, the publisher of the "national enquirerprosecuting president trump. they're persecuting him. >> reporter: after seven weeks the jury unanimously found him guilty on all 34 felony counts, the judge setting a sentencing date after the election. >> we are projecting that the next president of the united states is donald trump. >> this was, i believe, the greatest political movement of all time. >> reporter: and with the result, concerns about immunity from prosecution and the ability and precedent of imposing a sentence on a sitting president, leading to special counsel jack smith to drop his two cases, federal judges then agreeing to toss the cases out and his fulton county case indefinitely on hold and the new york judge now deciding whether to toss it all together or sentence him when he leaves office in 2029. >>> coming up, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is back in court today. why prosecutors say they're confident the criminal charges against him will stick. we'll bring you live to tel aviv, next. 'll bring you

the whole effort, the payment, using the national enquirer or whatever, the whole idea was to keep this of the news, cannot lose votes i assume trump had lost more women's votes he would have looked more like a philanderer or criminal. my guess would be if those two new stories had come out, the karen mcdougal and stormy daniels new stories had come out in 2016, trump would have lost the election by a larger margin, right? it was an important thing to keep those out. guest: if you are interested in any of this i really do recommend my book, because this was an extremely important part of the trial. basically, you remember the situation with the access hollywood tape, where he was talking on tape about, you know, you can grab them by the you know what. if you are famous. and this came out in october 2016. this whole case is about the 2016 election. this is about him affecting the outcome of the 2016 race in illegal ways. the access hollywood tape comes out and at that point if stormy daniels -- and trump plummets in the polls and only recovers because the subject changes to hillary's ema

the whole effort, the payment, using the national enquirer or whatever, the whole idea was to keep thisut of the news, cannot lose votes i assume trump had lost more women's votes he would have looked more like a philanderer or criminal. my guess would be if those two new stories had come out, the karen mcdougal and stormy daniels new stories had come out in 2016, trump would have lost the election by a larger margin, right? it was an important thing to keep those out. guest: if you are interested in any of this i really do recommend my book, because this was an extremely important part of the trial. basically, you remember the situation with the access hollywood tape, where he was talking on tape about, you know, you can grab them by the you know what. if you are famous. and this came out in october 2016. this whole case is about the 2016 election. this is about him affecting the outcome of the 2016 race in illegal ways. the access hollywood tape comes out and at that point if stormy daniels -- and trump plummets in the polls and only recovers because the subject changes to hillary's e