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answer, david pecker. being in the publishing industry for 40 years, i realized early in my career the only thing that was important was a cover of a magazine. so when the editors would prepare a cover we would have a meeting and they would present me what the concept was and cost was going be. question, prosecutor. and if the story involves for lack of a better way to say it a big story or a famous person. now, two salient points here about that testimony from david pecker. he's only on the stand for about two hours today. first, what he says counts as the normal amount of money for the checkbook journalism he says his company does. anything over $10,000, that would be unusual. that would be out of bounds. that would have to get personal approval from him as chairman, ceo from not just one of these publications but the entire company with dozens of publications. $10,000 was the ceiling. beyond that, it had to go personally through him. in this case prosecutors say they'll present evidence that ami was doi
answer, david pecker. being in the publishing industry for 40 years, i realized early in my career the only thing that was important was a cover of a magazine. so when the editors would prepare a cover we would have a meeting and they would present me what the concept was and cost was going be. question, prosecutor. and if the story involves for lack of a better way to say it a big story or a famous person. now, two salient points here about that testimony from david pecker. he's only on the...
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answer, david pecker. being in the publishing industry for 40 years i realized early in my career that the only thing that was important is the cover of a magazine. so when the editors produce a story or prepare the cover, we would have a meeting and they would present the story, what the concept was, what the cost would be. question, prosecutor. if the story involved for lack of a better way to say it, a big story or a famous person, did you have the final say on whether or not to publish the story. answer, david pecker. yes, i did. the first witness in the criminal trial of former president donald trump today was david pecker, the former ceo of american media inc. ami, the company that used to own the national enquirer. two salient points here about that testimony from david pecker. he's only on the stand for like half an hour today, but we get all of this salient stuff for the prosecution's case. first of all, there's what he said about what counts as a normal amount of money for the kind of checkbook j
answer, david pecker. being in the publishing industry for 40 years i realized early in my career that the only thing that was important is the cover of a magazine. so when the editors produce a story or prepare the cover, we would have a meeting and they would present the story, what the concept was, what the cost would be. question, prosecutor. if the story involved for lack of a better way to say it, a big story or a famous person, did you have the final say on whether or not to publish the...
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all of this will lead to tomorrow when david pecker is expected to take a stand again. notably also the gag order hearing tomorrow morning. the prosecution has asked the judge to punish donald trump for violating the gag order. notably when donald trump left the courthouse today, what did he do is this he attacked one of the witnesses, michael cohen. this will come down to the determination of judge merchan over whether donald trump actually violated the gag order and any consequences that may follow. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you so much. joining us now, former assistant district attorney for the manhattan d.a.'s office and msnbc legal analyst, catherine christian, and legal analyst, danny cevallos. we're going to be talking about david pecker and the other witnesses expected on the case tomorrow. i want to start with the opening remarks today. both by the prosecution and the defense. prosecution about 45 minutes, almost to the exact second, 30 seconds into it. the defense was supposed to do 25 minutes, ended up 35 minutes. there were some interruptions. how did you se
all of this will lead to tomorrow when david pecker is expected to take a stand again. notably also the gag order hearing tomorrow morning. the prosecution has asked the judge to punish donald trump for violating the gag order. notably when donald trump left the courthouse today, what did he do is this he attacked one of the witnesses, michael cohen. this will come down to the determination of judge merchan over whether donald trump actually violated the gag order and any consequences that may...
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where michael cohen and trump and david pecker had this agreement where david pecker would be the eyes and ears of the campaign and look out for those negative stories. give cohen a heads up and try to suppress it. so it's important he is the lead off witness because it sets the stage. he's the one, of course he was in charge of at the head of ami, in charge of the national enquirer. it sets the stage and just sort of provides for the jury. it started as soon as donald trump announced he was running for president. >> charles, does it matter that they were long time friends, associates, people who worked together for a long time? does that give him more credibility? >> i think it does. the prosecutors are going to tie that into their narrative around why you should believe him and why he's credible. i think when you're setting the stage, giving a jury a very clear picture around what's happening, you have to give to the jury a reason why you should be believing these witnesses and their testimony. so for the reasons you've just mentioned, i think that pecker is going to be a very import
where michael cohen and trump and david pecker had this agreement where david pecker would be the eyes and ears of the campaign and look out for those negative stories. give cohen a heads up and try to suppress it. so it's important he is the lead off witness because it sets the stage. he's the one, of course he was in charge of at the head of ami, in charge of the national enquirer. it sets the stage and just sort of provides for the jury. it started as soon as donald trump announced he was...
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that's why they're starting with pecker. they're setting the stage with this scheme they're calling it. as a defense attorney, i feel the need to inform everybody the catch-and-kill process is not illegal. the act in and of itself of keeping information from the public in this manner is not illegal. what is being alleged which is illegal is the way they went about accounting for it, and that it was a campaign contribution above the limit for reporting purposes for the federal election commission. i think the prosecution, again, is going to try to paint this picture of things being generally bad in this area. then they're going to hit the documents, the specific pay stubs and the checks and things like that. >> we understand the opening statements have begun. matthew coangelo is saying good morning to everybody there. maya, juries change. they get in as individuals, right? they come into that room as individuals, but they have to act as a group. what kind of change are you looking for as a defense lawyer or as a prosecution o
that's why they're starting with pecker. they're setting the stage with this scheme they're calling it. as a defense attorney, i feel the need to inform everybody the catch-and-kill process is not illegal. the act in and of itself of keeping information from the public in this manner is not illegal. what is being alleged which is illegal is the way they went about accounting for it, and that it was a campaign contribution above the limit for reporting purposes for the federal election...
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that is david pecker and michael cohen. that establishes the agreement as long as the jury believes the witnesses, right? then once you have the agreement? what's it for? it's to conceal the fact and these are the words that are going to come from the judge, that come from the judge. to conceal the agreement to unlawfully influence the 2016 election. so that goes back to your . point as why would michael cohen do that? how does he benefit from that? he does not benefit from this agreement. donald trump is the one who benefitted and the witnesses we believe will be lined up are the ones like hope hicks who was on the campaign and we know from the search warrant from the southern district of new york that the precise times of calls calls that we know that the district attorney is looking at to establish hope hicks as a campaign operative actively and consistently in communication with michael cohen including a call that donald trump was on. right? all of this evidence to your point unless there is some way that the defense ca
that is david pecker and michael cohen. that establishes the agreement as long as the jury believes the witnesses, right? then once you have the agreement? what's it for? it's to conceal the fact and these are the words that are going to come from the judge, that come from the judge. to conceal the agreement to unlawfully influence the 2016 election. so that goes back to your . point as why would michael cohen do that? how does he benefit from that? he does not benefit from this agreement....
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there were relationships between this man, david pecker, celebrities, people like donald trump who he is apparently going to acknowledge he wanted to squash this story as one former employee said, he knows where the bodies are buried. >> he does, and this is why he's an important witness. the question will be, can the prosecution, to whatever extent they're able to, elicit why, particularly in the case of stormy daniels. that is a part of alvin bragg's case. it's not necessarily essentially to his burden of proof. the charges do not require that alvin bragg establish the purpose of the catch and kill in this instance was connected to access hollywood. it's the story they're selling but it's not required by law. yes, you're absolutely right. this is someone who's going to really get into the details for the prosecution in terms of exactly what was the purpose for this. the question will become, in this instance, as it relates to stephanie clifford, aka, stormy daniels, was it about the "access hollywood" case and avoiding the fallout for the election. >> great to have you here in the s
there were relationships between this man, david pecker, celebrities, people like donald trump who he is apparently going to acknowledge he wanted to squash this story as one former employee said, he knows where the bodies are buried. >> he does, and this is why he's an important witness. the question will be, can the prosecution, to whatever extent they're able to, elicit why, particularly in the case of stormy daniels. that is a part of alvin bragg's case. it's not necessarily...
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in that evidence, it ties directly back to david pecker. in the august 2015 meeting at trump tower between michael cohen, david pecker and donald trump over the potential plan to not only have catch-and-kill stories to help benefit donald trump and his political campaign, but also they were pointing to evidence that the prosecution wanted to present tied to negative stories about donald trump's primary rivals, including ben carson, marco rubio. folks may recall salacious headlines about alleged infidelity of ted cruz that the "national enquirer" published. inside that courtroom, they showed -- with no jurors or potential jurors, they showed some of the headlines and some of this evidence that they would like to bring forward to establish the case that donald trump had ill intent that led to him writing those reimbursement checks to michael cohen knowing what he was agreeing to. judge merchan, despite the dispute of todd blanche, donald trump's attorney, said he will allow that evidence directly tied to pecker's meeting at the meeting in 201
in that evidence, it ties directly back to david pecker. in the august 2015 meeting at trump tower between michael cohen, david pecker and donald trump over the potential plan to not only have catch-and-kill stories to help benefit donald trump and his political campaign, but also they were pointing to evidence that the prosecution wanted to present tied to negative stories about donald trump's primary rivals, including ben carson, marco rubio. folks may recall salacious headlines about alleged...