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and this is david pecker, the then—chairman and ceo of american media incorporated. he was part of a catch—and—kill scheme in 2016, where he'd buy the rights to stories that made trump look bad and then would refuse to publish them. 0ur correspondent nada tawfik has been following today's events and told us what we heard. a court has finished for the day, it stopped early for passover because a juror had a dental emergency. but we've been updating on it all and i'm here with my colleague, kayla epstein, who had a front row seat to all this. let's speak about the prosecution first because this is a complex case, how did they do in distilling it down for the juror? the prosecution was basically trying to provide _ the prosecution was basically trying to provide a road map for these average — to provide a road map for these average new yorkers to be able to understand the case. they had to walk them — understand the case. they had to walk them through these secret payments and shell companies, and alleged _ payments and shell companies, and alleged fake invoices
and this is david pecker, the then—chairman and ceo of american media incorporated. he was part of a catch—and—kill scheme in 2016, where he'd buy the rights to stories that made trump look bad and then would refuse to publish them. 0ur correspondent nada tawfik has been following today's events and told us what we heard. a court has finished for the day, it stopped early for passover because a juror had a dental emergency. but we've been updating on it all and i'm here with my colleague,...
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media incorporated, which is the parent company of the national enquirer, for his story, forcing her to keep quiet. which brings me finally to david pecker. he was the then chairman and ceo of that tabloid and part of a catch and kill the scheme to support donald trump's 2016 presidential run. so essentially what he would do is buy the rights to stories that made donald trump look bad, he would then refuse to publish them to suppress damaging information. and he is expected to be the first witness called after the opening arguments. a few minutes ago the former president made remarks to the waiting media. just president made remarks to the waiting media.— president made remarks to the waiting media. just want to say before we _ waiting media. just want to say before we begin, _ waiting media. just want to say before we begin, this _ waiting media. just want to say before we begin, this is - waiting media. just want to say before we begin, this is done i waiting media. just want to say | before we begin, this is done as election interference, everybody knows it, i am here instead of
media incorporated, which is the parent company of the national enquirer, for his story, forcing her to keep quiet. which brings me finally to david pecker. he was the then chairman and ceo of that tabloid and part of a catch and kill the scheme to support donald trump's 2016 presidential run. so essentially what he would do is buy the rights to stories that made donald trump look bad, he would then refuse to publish them to suppress damaging information. and he is expected to be the first...
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she's being paid $150,000 by american media incorporated. they think donald trump is going to pay back. he doesn't. and david pecker's like, okay, well, that's on me. i'll take the hit, maybe even advised by his lawyers is don't be reimbursed right now. the jury is seeing an email from davidson to cohen with wiring instructions. so at some point cohen is being given. here's where you wire the money. michael cohen. and at this point, they're trying to rush her cohen to pay or at least team trump to pay because david pecker doesn't want to get stuck with the bill again, is that right yes. >> that is correct. one of the reasons that we know the david pecker, it did not find this deal or to a caching and kill it because he was not reimbursed when he paid for the story of karen mcdougal. now, you also see in the next few and the next few days, because we've heard other witnesses talk about just how chaotic this was, how much pressure cohen was under. we have another update. it says this is the fourth or fifth time i set my wiring instructions to
she's being paid $150,000 by american media incorporated. they think donald trump is going to pay back. he doesn't. and david pecker's like, okay, well, that's on me. i'll take the hit, maybe even advised by his lawyers is don't be reimbursed right now. the jury is seeing an email from davidson to cohen with wiring instructions. so at some point cohen is being given. here's where you wire the money. michael cohen. and at this point, they're trying to rush her cohen to pay or at least team trump...
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media incorporated for her story forcing her to keep quiet, which brings me to the then chairman and ceo of that tabloid who was part of a catch and kill scheme to support mr trump's 2016 presidential run. he would essentially buy the rights to stories that would make trump look bad and then refused to publish them, to suppress the damaging information. he is expected to be the first witness called after the opening arguments. ads, to be the first witness called after the opening arguments.— to be the first witness called after the opening arguments. a slate of intriuuuin the opening arguments. a slate of intriguing potential— the opening arguments. a slate of intriguing potential witnesses - the opening arguments. a slate of intriguing potential witnesses that j intriguing potential witnesses that could be called over the coming days. we can show you live pictures of trump tower as we wait for donald trump to leave his home. media from around the world have their cameras everywhere in new york following donald trump. outside the courthouse and trump tower. we have corresponded t
media incorporated for her story forcing her to keep quiet, which brings me to the then chairman and ceo of that tabloid who was part of a catch and kill scheme to support mr trump's 2016 presidential run. he would essentially buy the rights to stories that would make trump look bad and then refused to publish them, to suppress the damaging information. he is expected to be the first witness called after the opening arguments. ads, to be the first witness called after the opening arguments.—...
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media incorporated, which is the parent company of the national enquirer, for his story, forcing her to keep quiet. which brings me finally to david pecker. he was the then chairman and ceo of that tabloid and part of a catch and kill scheme to support donald trump's 2016 presidential run. so essentially what he would do is buy the rights to stories that made donald trump look bad, he would then refuse to publish them to suppress damaging information. and he is expected to be the first witness called after the opening arguments. let's speak to nikki beaver, national political director of the national federation of republican women. she's in alexandria, virginia. what impact do you think this trial is having on the upcoming election? it is having a huge impact and it is having the opposite impact the democrats intended for it to have. the american people are not full by this witchhunt, this is a trial that should have happened years ago. we see through his political opponents. president trump us political opponents are persecuting him in a trial while he is trying to run for president
media incorporated, which is the parent company of the national enquirer, for his story, forcing her to keep quiet. which brings me finally to david pecker. he was the then chairman and ceo of that tabloid and part of a catch and kill scheme to support donald trump's 2016 presidential run. so essentially what he would do is buy the rights to stories that made donald trump look bad, he would then refuse to publish them to suppress damaging information. and he is expected to be the first witness...
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pecker's state of mind is concerned that he and the american media incorporated may have been violated in the campaign file the mic finance laws is inadmissible to show trump's state of mind. and i don't think that point is being made to the jury. i think bragg is going to rely on pecker's nonprosecution agreement and has concerns about the campaign finance laws to suggest that trump had the same concerns and knew he was covering up a crime. that's what the state's theory is. >> sandra: jonathan i want your response to this as we know they are all back in the courtroom. we know this redirect is going to continue they are expecting a half-hour more of that. there is a new truth social post from the former president's account it is lengthy but in it it says "we request that judge merchant immediately lift the gag order so that president trump is able to freely state his views, feelings, and policies." it appears this, jonathan, was sent out over his truth social account when they were on their lunch break as they reenter the courtroom a moment to go. >> right. the judge is not going to b
pecker's state of mind is concerned that he and the american media incorporated may have been violated in the campaign file the mic finance laws is inadmissible to show trump's state of mind. and i don't think that point is being made to the jury. i think bragg is going to rely on pecker's nonprosecution agreement and has concerns about the campaign finance laws to suggest that trump had the same concerns and knew he was covering up a crime. that's what the state's theory is. >> sandra:...
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pecker, the former head of american media incorporated which is the publisher of the "national enquirer" spent on as witness to describe what is called an illegal scheme with donald trump to buy negative stories about him to help the trump election campaign. pecker explain the process at the tabloid how the stories are prepared and their case sometime spot and how it was up to him to okay paying for the "juicy stories." one of those juicy stories was from former "playboy" playmate karen mcdougal to. they claim she had an affair with trump which the inquirer bought for $150,000 but did not run as part of that catch and kill scheme. trump defense lawyer told the jury that the former president did not violate the law. the former president thought that checks to the lawyer michael cohen over his legal expenses and not his prosecutors claim to reimburse cohen to pay stormy daniels. "i have a spoiler alert. there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. they put something sinister on him." prosecutors say is illegal at about 34 checks that trump made out t
pecker, the former head of american media incorporated which is the publisher of the "national enquirer" spent on as witness to describe what is called an illegal scheme with donald trump to buy negative stories about him to help the trump election campaign. pecker explain the process at the tabloid how the stories are prepared and their case sometime spot and how it was up to him to okay paying for the "juicy stories." one of those juicy stories was from former...
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a former chairman and ceo of american media incorporated, explained his publications had practiced, quote, checkbook journalism where they paid thousands of dollars for stories. the publications would also purchase stories to prevent them from being published by other outlets and then bury them. he also testified trump met with him after the 2016 election to thank him for being the campaign's, quote, eyes and ears, scooping up information that could prove harmful to trump and reporting it back to michael cohen. pecker is expected to resume his testimony later this morning. before the testimony resumes judge merchan will hold a hearing to decide whether he's in violation of a gag order. that order prohibits trum frump attacking witnesses, jurors and other people involved in the case. prosecutors say trump has violated the gag order ten times. they want him held in contemp and fined $1,000 for each violation. judge merchan's options range from a stern warning to a modest fine to a short stint in jail. but trump did not appear to be too concerned about that yesterday. he went on a rant to re
a former chairman and ceo of american media incorporated, explained his publications had practiced, quote, checkbook journalism where they paid thousands of dollars for stories. the publications would also purchase stories to prevent them from being published by other outlets and then bury them. he also testified trump met with him after the 2016 election to thank him for being the campaign's, quote, eyes and ears, scooping up information that could prove harmful to trump and reporting it back...
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media incorporated, which is the parent company of the national enquirer, for his story, forcing her to keep quiet. which brings me finally to david pecker. he was the then chairman and ceo of that tabloid and part of a catch and kill the scheme to support donald trump's 2016 presidential run. so essentially what he would do is buy the rights to stories that made donald trump look bad, he would then refuse to publish them to suppress damaging information. and he is expected to be the first witness called after the opening arguments. thanks to meghan for that, he has started given his evidence before proceedings wrapped up for the day. of course this is a judicial process but taking place within a very political process context,. earlier i spoke to nikki beaver, national political director of the national federation of republican women, and i asked her what impact this trial was having on the upcoming election. it's having a huge impact, and it's having the opposite impact the democrats i think intended for it to have. the american people are not fooled by this witch hunt. this is a t
media incorporated, which is the parent company of the national enquirer, for his story, forcing her to keep quiet. which brings me finally to david pecker. he was the then chairman and ceo of that tabloid and part of a catch and kill the scheme to support donald trump's 2016 presidential run. so essentially what he would do is buy the rights to stories that made donald trump look bad, he would then refuse to publish them to suppress damaging information. and he is expected to be the first...
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pecker, the former head of american media incorporated the tabloid's publisher is expected to be their first witness today. he will likely testify about his conversations with trump and michael cohen about the payoff scheme. daniels, karen macdougall and cohen are expected to be key prosecution witnesses against the former president. but, you know trump's attorneys will try hammer cohen's credibility by pointing out that he served time in federal prison for tax evasion, campaign violations and lied under oath to congress. for his part. the former president has harshly attacked the case saying he thought he was paying for legal services when he signed the checks to cohen. >> called -- i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. some accountant, i didn't know. marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you get indicted over that? >> well, everyday here in court. the former president, when he arrives or leaves he makes statements. today we expect no difference. he will likely continue to harshly attack this case. as he will have to sit behind the w
pecker, the former head of american media incorporated the tabloid's publisher is expected to be their first witness today. he will likely testify about his conversations with trump and michael cohen about the payoff scheme. daniels, karen macdougall and cohen are expected to be key prosecution witnesses against the former president. but, you know trump's attorneys will try hammer cohen's credibility by pointing out that he served time in federal prison for tax evasion, campaign violations and...
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media incorporated that an election violation was made. this is where the prosecution is in front of the jury heavily emphasizing that, yes, there could be all of these questions around the 2018 back and forth between david pecker, american media and federal prosecutors. ultimately, through that agreement with federal investigators and in this fec agreement, that both the foremost reason that the karen mcdougal agreement was made over the election and that an fec affiliation agreement, there's an acknowledge an illegal in-kind contribution was made. this is a chance for the prosecution to drive this home before the jury and try to make david pecker that ultimate crucial witness that they need him to be. >> do it before the lunch break so it stays with them for a while. vaughn hillyard, thank you. >>> joining me now, i'm glad we have a new guest, professor lawrence tribe who taught constitutional law at harvard for five decades. >> good to be with you. >> especially with this trial going on and with the supreme court argument. let's look at
media incorporated that an election violation was made. this is where the prosecution is in front of the jury heavily emphasizing that, yes, there could be all of these questions around the 2018 back and forth between david pecker, american media and federal prosecutors. ultimately, through that agreement with federal investigators and in this fec agreement, that both the foremost reason that the karen mcdougal agreement was made over the election and that an fec affiliation agreement, there's...
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media incorporated, of course david pecker is no longer the publisher, but this is getting at the ability to enter these records into the -- into the courts in front of the jury here. and that is where we find ourselves nearly two hours now into david pecker's second day of testimony. chris? >> vaughn, get back to us if there is any other major breaking news from inside that courthouse. but, catherine, let me start with you, with what he just talked about, right, there is what people say, and what documentary evidence, what phone calls, what other kinds of evidence prove and i want to give you the analysis of what just happened from lisa rubin. she writes the prosecution is asking the series of questions to allow admission of ami business records that pecker himself might not be on. she said it is important because as the chairman and ceo during the time period in question, pecker can authenticate the records and get them into evidence. the defense is objecting, saying this is hearsay, why is this important? >> it is legally called laying the foundation. so, the prosecution is laying the
media incorporated, of course david pecker is no longer the publisher, but this is getting at the ability to enter these records into the -- into the courts in front of the jury here. and that is where we find ourselves nearly two hours now into david pecker's second day of testimony. chris? >> vaughn, get back to us if there is any other major breaking news from inside that courthouse. but, catherine, let me start with you, with what he just talked about, right, there is what people say,...
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. >> the first witness in the trial is david pecker, the former head of american media incorporated, the publisher of the national enquirer. he's expected to outline the scheme by the tabloid to influence the 2016 election by paying former playmate karen mcdougal to keep the story of her alleged affair with trump under wraps. the court is also expecting to hear from michael cohen, stormy daniels and former president trump himself has said he'd like to testify, though it's unclear if he will. in new york. connor hansen, fox news. >> new at noon. we're hearing from more google workers who were arrested or fired for protesting against a contract google has with israel. 28 workers were fired after the sit in and protest last week at google offices in sunnyvale. it was over the company's $1.2 billion contract with the israeli government and military, dubbed project nimbus. many of the fired workers claim they did not directly participate in the sit in, though google engaged in further indiscriminate retaliation against 20 plus workers, including many nonpartisan bystanders. >> it is clear
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he is the former ceo of american media incorporated, who bought and buried damaging stories about trump. >>> meanwhile, south dakota's republican governor, kristi noem, says she'll stand by former president trump even if he gets convicted in his criminal hush money case. >> i'm hoping these jurors can come in and be unbiased and will let this case go forward in a swift manner that allows president trump to get back on the campaign trail. americans deserve to hear from their candidates. the democrats and the activists are using this trial to derail him, to keep him in court instead of out talking to americans about what their real concerns are. their real concerns are their everyday lives. they need a leader in the white house who gets up every day and puts them first and doesn't raise their taxes, doesn't overregulate them, take away freedoms, and give all our money to other countries instead of taking care of america first and keeping you are safe and secure. >> i want to say for the record, there is no evidence that president biden is involved in this. this is a case that is being bro
he is the former ceo of american media incorporated, who bought and buried damaging stories about trump. >>> meanwhile, south dakota's republican governor, kristi noem, says she'll stand by former president trump even if he gets convicted in his criminal hush money case. >> i'm hoping these jurors can come in and be unbiased and will let this case go forward in a swift manner that allows president trump to get back on the campaign trail. americans deserve to hear from their...
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72 year-old david told the court today that when he was president and ceo of american media incorporated, which published the national enquirer. he had the final say on which stories would get published& that quote on the celebrity side of the magazine industry, at least on the tabloid sayyed, we used checkbook journalism and he said they paid for stories that practice was just part of what prosecutors say. we're plans between donald trump and trump's former lawyer, michael cohen to pay women who alleged they'd had affairs with trump to keep quiet why mr. important is he can talk about the plan to execute the scheme and this is also important. this election interference case doesn't involve just stormy daniels it involves karen mcdougal, karen mcdougal is a former playboy model who the new yorker magazine first reported had an affair and with trump. >> prosecutors say, and the enquirer were part of a scheme to pay mcdougal and stormy daniels for their stories about their alleged affairs with trump. and then to bury those stories. >> so it's called catch and kill as an approach, story is
72 year-old david told the court today that when he was president and ceo of american media incorporated, which published the national enquirer. he had the final say on which stories would get published& that quote on the celebrity side of the magazine industry, at least on the tabloid sayyed, we used checkbook journalism and he said they paid for stories that practice was just part of what prosecutors say. we're plans between donald trump and trump's former lawyer, michael cohen to pay...
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media incorporated run by david pecker paid 1998 play man or the year karen mcdougal, $150,000 for the rights to her story as david pecker put it today, the her story about a quote, romantic relationship with the republican presidential nominee donald trump and before karen mcdougal, david pecker acknowledged and other catch and kill story involving now disproven claim, a false claim by a doorman who was claiming that trump had fathered a child with a woman outside his marriage, that dorman was paid $30,000 pecker testified today he agreed to by the story which cohen replied, the boss will be very pleased. it's a story that becker are today said was 1,000% false all this is prosecutors are working their way toward the stormy daniels allegation at the center of the case? joining us now to discuss kim masters, the editor at large at the hollywood reporter, kim, thanks for joining us. so you've been reporting on powerful people and their scandals and their attempts to hide and suppress those scandals for decades. what was your reaction watching pecker describe his quote, mutually benefici
media incorporated run by david pecker paid 1998 play man or the year karen mcdougal, $150,000 for the rights to her story as david pecker put it today, the her story about a quote, romantic relationship with the republican presidential nominee donald trump and before karen mcdougal, david pecker acknowledged and other catch and kill story involving now disproven claim, a false claim by a doorman who was claiming that trump had fathered a child with a woman outside his marriage, that dorman was...
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and was the head of ami american media incorporated publishing staples of grocery store magazine stands such as the national enquirer fire or us weekly, or in touch. my not on the stand because of the latest diet trend or alien abduction testified today, we used checkbook journalism, meaning they paid sources for stories and key to this case, the concept behind the term catch and kill. that's when packer or his publications would hey, people for their stories so as to purposefully not publish the stories, keeping them from the public met with trump in august 2015, pledging to be the campaign's eyes and ears prosecutors alleged he went on to pay $30,000, for example, to a former dorman at trump-world tower or the dorman had claimed that trump had a child outside. is marriage, the national enquirer investigated, found the claims to be false, but they still paid the dorman 30 gran to keep it quiet in 2018, ami has admitted to paying karen mcdougal, a former playboy playmate of the year hundred and $50,000 to suppress her story of having an affair with donald trump. to quote, prevent it fro
and was the head of ami american media incorporated publishing staples of grocery store magazine stands such as the national enquirer fire or us weekly, or in touch. my not on the stand because of the latest diet trend or alien abduction testified today, we used checkbook journalism, meaning they paid sources for stories and key to this case, the concept behind the term catch and kill. that's when packer or his publications would hey, people for their stories so as to purposefully not publish...
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. >> is this american media incorporated national enquirer's agreement with karen mcdougal. here's her signature. that's quite important. the fact that she's signing this, the fact that it spells out the $150,000 that the national enquirer did pay to her and expected that trump organization might pay them back, although they ultimately didn't and then we also see the prosecutors finding ways over and over again to tie this all to donald trump's campaign that, that being the key motivation here's an example of that. you're going to hear that from witnesses on the stand, but you're also going to see emails potentially text messages, other communications in this michael cohen, the personal attorney to donald trump, who trump's team is going to want a pin a lot on and the distance trump from and say he was just my attorney, michael cohen here king specifically about the campaign. there's a lot of people coming through the line who's going to corroborate some of these things? michael cohen, keith davidson hope hicks from the campaign to underline that point. and then finally, wol
. >> is this american media incorporated national enquirer's agreement with karen mcdougal. here's her signature. that's quite important. the fact that she's signing this, the fact that it spells out the $150,000 that the national enquirer did pay to her and expected that trump organization might pay them back, although they ultimately didn't and then we also see the prosecutors finding ways over and over again to tie this all to donald trump's campaign that, that being the key motivation...
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the former chair manned and ceo of american media incorporated explained his publications had practiced, quote, checkbook journalism where they paid thousands of dollars for stories. the publications also purchased stories to prevent them from being published by other outlets and bury them. pecker also testified trump met with him after the 2016 election to thank him for being the campaign's, quote, eyes and ears, scooping up information that could be harmful to trump and then reporting it back to michael cohen. pecker is expected to resume his testimony later this morning. let's bring former litigator lisa rubin and former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor chuck rosenberg. good morning. lisa, you are in the overflow room yesterday. watching all of this, keeping track of donald trump's facial gestures and perhaps nodding off. what was your big takeaway from yesterday, day one? >> the big takeaway is this is a crime about falsification of business records. yet, what the government seems to have the most evidence of is of the underlying conspiracy. what still is unknown to me is how the
the former chair manned and ceo of american media incorporated explained his publications had practiced, quote, checkbook journalism where they paid thousands of dollars for stories. the publications also purchased stories to prevent them from being published by other outlets and bury them. pecker also testified trump met with him after the 2016 election to thank him for being the campaign's, quote, eyes and ears, scooping up information that could be harmful to trump and then reporting it back...
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we should note that david pecker and american media incorporated which he was the ceo of at the time were granted immunity, a non-prosecution agreement back in 2018 when federal investigators were looking at michael cohen, charged michael cohen and ultimately sentenced michael cohen for the cooperation of the likes of david pecker. pecker has cooperated with investigators, and this is why today's testimony, the first time the public inside the courtroom will be able to hear from pecker himself, is going to be so crucial. the question here is with court getting out at 12:30 today, just how far into the testimony will the prosecution actually be able to get into its questioning of the former publisher of the "national enquirer." >> tell diya, as we look at what juan merchan is telling the jury, there are entering aspects for someone who doesn't do this on a daily basis. telling the jurors do not read or listen to any accounts of this case on the radio or the internet, do not do research at a library or the internet or any other news source. you must not google anything about the case o
we should note that david pecker and american media incorporated which he was the ceo of at the time were granted immunity, a non-prosecution agreement back in 2018 when federal investigators were looking at michael cohen, charged michael cohen and ultimately sentenced michael cohen for the cooperation of the likes of david pecker. pecker has cooperated with investigators, and this is why today's testimony, the first time the public inside the courtroom will be able to hear from pecker himself,...
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he's the former ceo of american media incorporate, the parent company of the national enquirer. pecker revealed he was present at donald trump's 2015 campaign announcement at trump tower and said former trump attorney cohen told him he should be there. three months later the three men had a meeting. prosecutions alleged that's when the election scheme hatch. pecker told trump and cohen he would be their quote eyes and ears on stories that could be damaging to trump. he would run positive stories about trump and run negative stories about his opponents. the articles included stories about then-trump rivals and now allies senators ted cruz and marco rubio and ben carson. pecker said cohen would call and say, we'd like you to run an an article on a specific target. the enquirer would embellish it from there. the we cohen referred to, pecker said he understood it to me cohen and trump. barbara, can you go back to what is the law that prosecutors are trying to prove that trump broke, or what is the crime that trump committed, that he's sitting there in court for and how does pecker's
he's the former ceo of american media incorporate, the parent company of the national enquirer. pecker revealed he was present at donald trump's 2015 campaign announcement at trump tower and said former trump attorney cohen told him he should be there. three months later the three men had a meeting. prosecutions alleged that's when the election scheme hatch. pecker told trump and cohen he would be their quote eyes and ears on stories that could be damaging to trump. he would run positive...
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media incorporated, the owner of the national enquirer perhaps purchaser story, and he suggests that karen mcdougal actually preferred the national enquirer's approach because she didn't necessarily want her story published, but it's also something to see the kind of offers he tossed out on behalf of his client. the first offer was over 1 million, and then to pay her to be a calmness. so he's going through step-by-step. >> what he did to try to get this deal for his client and it's important that we're going to get to the stormy daniels aspect and that agreement that keith davidson also negotiated. >> but what we learn from david pecker last week is that karen mcdougal is someone that trump was very much checking in with long after he was already in the white house david pecker recalled when he visited the white house, donald trump asking him, how's karen doing? >> several times, the former president, then candidate, and then president would add david pecker. there's the meeting at trump tower with several future white house officials and the former president where after they left, t
media incorporated, the owner of the national enquirer perhaps purchaser story, and he suggests that karen mcdougal actually preferred the national enquirer's approach because she didn't necessarily want her story published, but it's also something to see the kind of offers he tossed out on behalf of his client. the first offer was over 1 million, and then to pay her to be a calmness. so he's going through step-by-step. >> what he did to try to get this deal for his client and it's...
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media incorporated this. >> i did that. there's a non-prosecution agreement. clearly, the the defense wants to raise questions in the jurors minds about the motivation of david pecker and how come he got to pass. whereas donald trump does not absolutely absolutely the ideas to do everything they can to undermine the motive and the credibility of mr. pecker. >> is it common to it's to have a non-prosecution agreement with a coconspirator yes and no, it depends on how badly you need this testimony and it depends on how culpable he may have been. prosecutors make deals with people who have participate, who are or conspirators in elicit acts. >> sure. >> all the time. been sometime you take your witnesses as you find them that was always when i was a prosecutor, that was always a standard summation line. i had i went to central casting. i wouldn't have picked this particular person to be my witnesses is the guy i'm stuck with. ladies and gentlemen, and sometimes you have to make these these deals what stands out to you so it is
media incorporated this. >> i did that. there's a non-prosecution agreement. clearly, the the defense wants to raise questions in the jurors minds about the motivation of david pecker and how come he got to pass. whereas donald trump does not absolutely absolutely the ideas to do everything they can to undermine the motive and the credibility of mr. pecker. >> is it common to it's to have a non-prosecution agreement with a coconspirator yes and no, it depends on how badly you need...
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most importantly for this case david was the chairman and ceo of american media incorporated. you'll hear them referred to as ami. there's a company that runs the national enquirer, the famous or infamous tabloid, and the crocks of david is testimony goes to this practice that they would engage in called catch and kill, where they would purchase the rights to a story that would have been unflattering according to donald trump and then kill it and then not run it and they're going to focus specifically on three incidents of catch-and-kill in this trial. first of all, stormy daniels this is the charge. the charge relates not to the act of catching and killing. that's not the crime, but the final is not a crime, right? exactly. not a crime to catch and kill, not a crime to pay hush money. but the final dancing the went behind that the allegation is that was falsified also not charged in the indictment, but it will come into evidence. the scheme to catch and kill the story from karen mcdougal, who likes stormy daniels, alleged that she had a sexual encounter with donald trump. tha
most importantly for this case david was the chairman and ceo of american media incorporated. you'll hear them referred to as ami. there's a company that runs the national enquirer, the famous or infamous tabloid, and the crocks of david is testimony goes to this practice that they would engage in called catch and kill, where they would purchase the rights to a story that would have been unflattering according to donald trump and then kill it and then not run it and they're going to focus...
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david, who was the head of ami american media incorporated basically had a meeting with donald trump and michael cohen in the beginning of the campaign, essentially saying that he would help donald trump get elected yeah, i'll be your eyes and ears. >> and he did help him both to amplify stories that would help him. so stories that weren't great about his opponents. and also by suppressing stories that could hurt trump's chances. now when it comes to the stormy daniels hush money payment that was not made by ami or david, but they did help to suppress two other stories. another alleged affair with karen mcdougal, and then a story via dorman that turned out to be false, alleging that trump on pad a child out of wedlock, but these were two stories that was willing to catch and kill by the right, that's the term that was used internally. >> catch and kill, catch the story and then kill it. yeah. hey, the person pay karen mcdougal for the rights to her story, but never actually published that story exactly. >> and he is such a perfect witness to kick goff this trial. he's such a colorful
david, who was the head of ami american media incorporated basically had a meeting with donald trump and michael cohen in the beginning of the campaign, essentially saying that he would help donald trump get elected yeah, i'll be your eyes and ears. >> and he did help him both to amplify stories that would help him. so stories that weren't great about his opponents. and also by suppressing stories that could hurt trump's chances. now when it comes to the stormy daniels hush money payment...