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trump, what do you think of david pecker? >> reporter: pecker describing a meeting at trump tower in 2015 with mr. trump and his former fixer michael cohen, where pecker says he agreed to serve as the eyes and ears for rumors that could hurt mr. trump, adding, "what i would do is publish positive stories about trump and publish negative stories about his opponents." the prosecution then showing the jury a series of glowing headlines about then candidate trump and derogatory ones making baseless claims about mr. trump's republican opponents, including ted cruz. pecker admitting today the enquirer made up a story about cruz's father and the man who assassinated jfk. also testifying his company paid a doorman $30,000 for a completely untrue story about mr. trump fathering a child with his housekeeper so the doorman couldn't take the story elsewhere, trying to save mr. trump and the campaign the potential embarrassment. the day began with the judge taking the defense team to task over mr. trump's posts on social media targeting c
trump, what do you think of david pecker? >> reporter: pecker describing a meeting at trump tower in 2015 with mr. trump and his former fixer michael cohen, where pecker says he agreed to serve as the eyes and ears for rumors that could hurt mr. trump, adding, "what i would do is publish positive stories about trump and publish negative stories about his opponents." the prosecution then showing the jury a series of glowing headlines about then candidate trump and derogatory ones...
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and david pecker said about donald trump i would describe mr. trump as very knowledgeable, i would describe him as a very detailed oriented and also micromanaging, looking at all aspects of whatever the issue was, clearly the prosecution was trying to set up that donald trump was involved in this catch and kill scheme that's going to be pa part of what this case is all about. >> rehema, thank you. katie, you've been inside courtrooms like this. what rehema just described where the judge admonished trump's attorney. is that going to taint the rest of this proceeding potentially? >> it absolutely cold. public admonishment by a court to an attorney can have significant implications and even though this was outside the presence of the jury it could impact the way the court views objections and any motion requests. it's highly significant and in order to avoid any severe consequences to his own client he'll have to rebuild throughout this trial. >> how might pecker's testimony impact how this moves forward. >> the prosecution starting off with pecker
and david pecker said about donald trump i would describe mr. trump as very knowledgeable, i would describe him as a very detailed oriented and also micromanaging, looking at all aspects of whatever the issue was, clearly the prosecution was trying to set up that donald trump was involved in this catch and kill scheme that's going to be pa part of what this case is all about. >> rehema, thank you. katie, you've been inside courtrooms like this. what rehema just described where the judge...
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the former "national enquirer" publisher, david pecker is on the stand again today. he testified that he worked directly with trump and his former lawyer, michael cohen, in what they called a catch-and-kill scheme, to buy and silence stories that could hurt trump's election chances. that includes the alleged affair and payment with adult star stormy daniels, who is at the center of this case. court just wrapped up a few moments in early for passover. the trial is expected to last over seven weeks. >>> just into the newsroom, the lineup is out for one of the biggest music festivals in the bay area. and -- ♪ coming out of my cage and i've been doing just fine ♪ ♪ got to be down because i want it all ♪ >> we want it all, too. that's the killers. they will headline outside lands, along with tyler the creator and surgele simpson. postmalone will perform a country set. and there's three separate stages and the headliner on the main stage. this is the 16th year the music festival is happening. outside lands is august 9th through the 11th at golden gate park. on top
the former "national enquirer" publisher, david pecker is on the stand again today. he testified that he worked directly with trump and his former lawyer, michael cohen, in what they called a catch-and-kill scheme, to buy and silence stories that could hurt trump's election chances. that includes the alleged affair and payment with adult star stormy daniels, who is at the center of this case. court just wrapped up a few moments in early for passover. the trial is expected to last over...
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prosecutors telling the jury that pecker met with mr. trump and his former fixer, michael cohen at trump tower back in 2015. the trio concocting a plot to catch and kill damaging stories about mr. trump by paying people off and muzzling them with nondisclosure agreements. >> hello. how are you? >> reporter: but it was the lease of the "access hollywood" concerned about female voters. tape that motivated mr. trump to pay off stormy daniels, because he was so concerned about female voters. an encounter mr. trump denies. so cohen paid daniels $130,000 just before voters went to the polls. >> i did it at the direction of and for the benefit of donald j. trump. >> reporter: mr. trump then later reimbursing cohen through a series of checks. prosecutors telling the jury monday, they agreed to cook the books on his business records, cohen cannot be trusted and the 34 counts are really just paper. >> it's a case recording the payments as legal expenses. whale the defense team told the jury, cohen cannot be trusted and the 34 counts are really jus
prosecutors telling the jury that pecker met with mr. trump and his former fixer, michael cohen at trump tower back in 2015. the trio concocting a plot to catch and kill damaging stories about mr. trump by paying people off and muzzling them with nondisclosure agreements. >> hello. how are you? >> reporter: but it was the lease of the "access hollywood" concerned about female voters. tape that motivated mr. trump to pay off stormy daniels, because he was so concerned about...
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david pecker, the former publisher of the national inquirer, who the state says was central to an effort to kill negative stories about mr. trump. nbc's laura jarret is following the trial. >> reporter: prosecutors painting a stark portrait of former president in their opening statements during his hush money trial. a case mr. trump has argued is designed to derail his campaign. >> this is done as election interference. everybody knows it. >> reporter: prosecutors said it is mr. trump who is guilty of election interference by paying off an adult film star to silence her before the 2016 election, telling the jury, this case is about a criminal conspiracy to bury a story that could have cost him the presidency. and then lying in his business records over and over again to cover it all up. the alleged scheme stretches back to 2015. a meeting at trump tower between mr. trump, his former fixer michael cohen and david pecker, the long-time publisher of the national inquirer. this is where prosecutors say they hatched a plot to buy and bury any damnindamning stories.. the lead prosecutor read m
david pecker, the former publisher of the national inquirer, who the state says was central to an effort to kill negative stories about mr. trump. nbc's laura jarret is following the trial. >> reporter: prosecutors painting a stark portrait of former president in their opening statements during his hush money trial. a case mr. trump has argued is designed to derail his campaign. >> this is done as election interference. everybody knows it. >> reporter: prosecutors said it is...
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the prosecution did call their first witness, david pecker. the former publisher of the national inquirer. the state believes that he was central to an effort to kill negative stories about mr. trump. pecker had not gotten to his relationship with trump before the day wrapped up yesterday. so he will be back on the stand today. but, before the jury comes in, there will be a hearing to possibly hold mr. trump in contempt of court. prosecutors accuse the former president of violating a gag order ten times. now, if mr. trump is found in contempt, the judge must decide on a punishment. and that could range from a warning to a fine to a short stay in jail. frances? >> brie jackson, thank you. >>> the senate could finally send a foreign aid package to president biden's desk today. over the weekend, the house passed a series of bills that include $60 billion for ukraine, as well as $26 billion that would go to israel's military and humanitarian aid for gaza. senate majority leader chuck schumer has said that the first senate vote would happen today.
the prosecution did call their first witness, david pecker. the former publisher of the national inquirer. the state believes that he was central to an effort to kill negative stories about mr. trump. pecker had not gotten to his relationship with trump before the day wrapped up yesterday. so he will be back on the stand today. but, before the jury comes in, there will be a hearing to possibly hold mr. trump in contempt of court. prosecutors accuse the former president of violating a gag order...
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tabloid mogul david pecker is at that 2015 meeting at trump tower as we mentioned. he's useful for prosecutors because he puts mr. trump in the room for this alleged plot. he's also useful because his name is not michael cohen and his testimony will continue tomorrow, lester. >> all right, laura, thank you. and hallie, this is a partisan prosecution in the opinion of mr. trump. >> yeah, that's what his campaign's been saying. and in some ways what we just heard in court, what laura has laid out, echoes what we have also heard from mr. trump himself on the campaign trail. his defense casting him as a fighter, aggressively attacking central players in this case. familiar themes. now, the trump campaign's trying to show that the former president can kind of walk and chew gum at the same time by setting a meeting with the former japanese prime minister after court wraps tomorrow. but for mr. trump, remember, he's a person who used to run his own business. he ran the country from the white house. one thing has been clear in this trial. he does not run this courtroom. he
tabloid mogul david pecker is at that 2015 meeting at trump tower as we mentioned. he's useful for prosecutors because he puts mr. trump in the room for this alleged plot. he's also useful because his name is not michael cohen and his testimony will continue tomorrow, lester. >> all right, laura, thank you. and hallie, this is a partisan prosecution in the opinion of mr. trump. >> yeah, that's what his campaign's been saying. and in some ways what we just heard in court, what laura...
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the first witness today, david pecker, was then called to the stand. he is a friend or former friend of the president. the publisher of "the national enquirer" who helped trump bury two stories of an affair. one with a playboy model and the other with stormy daniels. the prosecution appears to be showing the jury how desperate trump was to hide alleged disloyalty to his wife from voters. now, will trump testify in his own defense? he says he will. here's george washington law school's steven salzburg. >> if he takes the stand, he'll be very hard to control, both by any lawyer and certainly by the judge, and it gives him yet another forum to speak to his base. so if he decides that speaking to the base is going to be more important because the odds of getting conviction are already high, he might take the stand and basically then, if he does, have a further complaint that there isn't justice to be had in new york. >> reporter: and, if he does, well, that opens the opportunity for the prosecution to cross-examine him. the judge said they can use examples
the first witness today, david pecker, was then called to the stand. he is a friend or former friend of the president. the publisher of "the national enquirer" who helped trump bury two stories of an affair. one with a playboy model and the other with stormy daniels. the prosecution appears to be showing the jury how desperate trump was to hide alleged disloyalty to his wife from voters. now, will trump testify in his own defense? he says he will. here's george washington law school's...
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now that we've confirmed that david pecker is expected to be david pecker e the first witness, he's the e t first witness, the person who used to run th person who used to run the e ta nat"nat tabloid, "national enquirer," n" the fact the prosecution wants th to call him first is fascinating.e prosecution want it puts donald trump in the roo him first, it puts donald tr where it happened, where this u in the room where it happened, this whole scheme is allegedly hatched back in 2015. the fact tha whole scheme is allegedly hatched. back in 2015.they want to do it there lays the groundwork for ever so the fact they want to do it . >> the you believe there lays the groundwork for everything that's going to comen hearing from >> the public's been hearing ds up to the microphone from donald trump, he steps up to the microphone every day around trial time but keeps complaining about a gag order, complaining about a ga there's a gag order, not allowed to speak.g orde his truth social from last night at 11:30 said this, tomorrow morning i report to new york criminal court for a trial on somewha
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pecker and mr. trump and mr. cohen who decided to take and buy the stories to make sure other people couldn't publicize them. mr. trump doesn't deny that meeting happened. he can't. but he is going to deny there was anything illegal about it, craig. >> laura jarrett for us there at the courthouse. laura, thank you. let's bring in senior washington correspondent hallie jackson and nbc news legal analyst danny cevallos. we will hear from danny pecker but the aforementioned michael cohen, the president's former fixer, a man who wrote a book called "revenge" about his former boss. he is also a convicted felon. >> much has been made of his lack of credibility and he has that problem, but prosecutors routinely use cooperating witnesses with much worse character issues than michael cohen. you will have trials and i have had these where the cooperating witness comes in in shackles and prison gear. the point is prosecutors often go to other bad guys to get testimony against the defendant bad guy that they want to convict.
pecker and mr. trump and mr. cohen who decided to take and buy the stories to make sure other people couldn't publicize them. mr. trump doesn't deny that meeting happened. he can't. but he is going to deny there was anything illegal about it, craig. >> laura jarrett for us there at the courthouse. laura, thank you. let's bring in senior washington correspondent hallie jackson and nbc news legal analyst danny cevallos. we will hear from danny pecker but the aforementioned michael cohen,...
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now, the first witness in this case may be this man, david pecker, the head of the national enquirer, who will give us an idea of trump's state of mind, wanting to hide affairs because he's expected to testify trump also paid off a different woman, a playboy model. we'll likely hear from hope hicks, one of president trump's closest aids. the actress herself stormy daniels, and his lawyer at the time, michael cohen, who actually made the payments. will trump testify in his own defense? here is george washington law school's steven saltsburg. >> if he takes the stand, he'll be hard to control by any lawyer or the judge and it gives him another forum to speak to his base. so if he decides that speaking to the base is going to be more important because the odds of getting a conviction are already high, he might take the stand and basically then, if he does, have a further complaint that there isn't justice to be had in new york. >> and this is not the only court case for trump this week. his lawyers will be in the u.s. supreme court later this week arguing presidential immunity, repeating
now, the first witness in this case may be this man, david pecker, the head of the national enquirer, who will give us an idea of trump's state of mind, wanting to hide affairs because he's expected to testify trump also paid off a different woman, a playboy model. we'll likely hear from hope hicks, one of president trump's closest aids. the actress herself stormy daniels, and his lawyer at the time, michael cohen, who actually made the payments. will trump testify in his own defense? here is...
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other witnesses we could see called are david pecker who is the former publisher of the "national enquirer," stormy daniels, michael cohen, who was mr. trump's attorney at the time, former playboy model karen mcdougal and hope hicks who was a close aide to mr. trump. mr. trump is required to be in court every day except for wednesdays when court is not in session or he risks having a warrant issued for his arrest. now, this does limit his ability to campaign. the trump campaign was forced to cancel a rally in north carolina saturday due to weather and mr. trump's legal calendar it is very busy this week. today he also has a hearing in the new york civil fraud case, tomorrow there is a hearing related to a gag order and on thursday the supreme court is set to begin hearing arguments over his presidential immunity defense. the criminal hush money trial, it is expected to last four to six weeks. frances? >> brie jackson, thank you. >>> and now to that massive foreign war aid package that passed in the house over the weekend. the chief beneficiaries are ukraine and israel, kyiv gets more than
other witnesses we could see called are david pecker who is the former publisher of the "national enquirer," stormy daniels, michael cohen, who was mr. trump's attorney at the time, former playboy model karen mcdougal and hope hicks who was a close aide to mr. trump. mr. trump is required to be in court every day except for wednesdays when court is not in session or he risks having a warrant issued for his arrest. now, this does limit his ability to campaign. the trump campaign was...
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. >> reporter: david pecker, former publisher could be called as a witness. other witnesses include stormy daniels, michael cohen, karen mcdougal, an ex-playboy model. hope hicks, and possibly mr. trump himself. >> are you going to testify? >> yes. >> reporter: the prosecution will make its case to a jury of seven men and five women, along with six alternates, alleging this is a matter of election interference. mr. trump has pled not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records related to $130,000 payment made to stormy daniels. prosecutors say it was made to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter. the payment allegedly happened after his "access hollywood" tape leaked during the 2006 campaign. the former president has denied allegations of the encounter with daniels and the payment. >> this is a giant witch hunt. >> reporter: mr. trump is required to be in court every weekday, except wednesday when court is not in session, limiting his ability to campaign. >> i'm supposed to be a lot of different places campaigning. but i've been here all day
. >> reporter: david pecker, former publisher could be called as a witness. other witnesses include stormy daniels, michael cohen, karen mcdougal, an ex-playboy model. hope hicks, and possibly mr. trump himself. >> are you going to testify? >> yes. >> reporter: the prosecution will make its case to a jury of seven men and five women, along with six alternates, alleging this is a matter of election interference. mr. trump has pled not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying...
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. >> reporter: david pecker, former publisher of the "national enquirer," and a trump ally, could be among the first witnesses called. other key witnesses could include adult film star stormy daniels, michael cohen, trump's former fixer, karen mcdougal, an ex-playboy model, hope hicks, trump's former white house communications director, and possibly mr. trump himself. >> are you going to testify? >> yes. >> reporter: the prosecution will make its case to a jury of seven men and five women along with six alternates, alleging that this is a matter of election interference. mr. trump has pled not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 payment made to stormy daniels. prosecutors say it was made to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter. the payment allegedly happened after his "access hollywood" tape leaked during the 2016 campaign. >> how are you? >> nice to see you. terrific. >> reporter: the former president has denied allegations of the encounter with daniels and the payment. >> this is a giant witch hunt. >> reporter: mr. trump is required
. >> reporter: david pecker, former publisher of the "national enquirer," and a trump ally, could be among the first witnesses called. other key witnesses could include adult film star stormy daniels, michael cohen, trump's former fixer, karen mcdougal, an ex-playboy model, hope hicks, trump's former white house communications director, and possibly mr. trump himself. >> are you going to testify? >> yes. >> reporter: the prosecution will make its case to a jury...