Weve heard the opening statements from the defence, we are now heading into hearing from the first witness into hearing from the first witness in donald trumps trial in new york, a crucial moment in the trial. Lets speak to ankush khardori, In Washington A senior Staff Writer and columnist for Politico Magazine and a former federal prosecutor. Thanks very much for coming on the programme. Thanks very much for coming on the programme programme. Thanks for having me. Weve heard programme. Thanks for having me. Weve heard the programme. Thanks for having me. Weve heard the opening programme. Thanks for having me. Weve heard the opening from programme. Thanks for having me. Weve heard the opening from both sides, what have you made of it . I thought it was a fairly conventional opening from both sides, not much of a surprise to those of us whove been following this closely. The prosecution has framed this as an election interference case, an effort by trump to bury a story that could have influenced the 2016 election, and the defence is basically saying, look, this case is all about the prosecutions key witness, michael cohen, a serial liar and convicted felon, and trump is like lawyers got up and said it keys the key witness who is a liar,