Maccallum this is the story. Right now former President Donald Trump facetoface with his ex trace attorney in Court Michael cohen getting into specifics about conversations he said the former president had about a payment to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election. At the crux of the case is whether prosecutors prosecutors can prove trump intentionally falsified documentation of the payment. Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to congress the former president saying again today he did nothing wrong. Watch. Im innocent. This is a political witchhunt. This trial is rigged. Its a disgrace to new york and its a disgrace to the country. I should be out campaigning now instead of sitting in a very cold courthouse. All day long. Trace former federal prosecutor Andy Mccarthy study my butt first to nate foy live for us outside the courthouse and or manhattan. Good afternoon nate frontmack good afternoon trays. Michael cohen right now if you seconds ago starting to go over the actual wiring
Tomorrow. You dont have to be a news junkie to know what is driveing the trial of Defendant Trump. They have made headway with the jury in this case. The reason, we saw this in court yesterday, is receipts. This trial which is about many different issues and questions about witness credibility and political intrigue and all kinds of stuff, is currently working against trump as a defendant because there are just so many receipts. The receipts include the onslaught of emails and secret text and ndas and as i mentioned last night, i was inside the courtroom yesterday in one of the rare coveted Reporter Seats and i can tell you we saw along with the jury actual literal receipts. The legal kind. Written contracts of this whole sordid scene. The allegations he and allies directly tried to hide. In that campaign year. It is a pile of paperwork that is essentially burying Defendant Trumps main defenses. Now remember, in the first week, trumps lawyers detailed these certain trump defenses. They
You dont need to be a news junkie or lawyer to grasp whats driving the trial and why many have made headway with the jury in this case. The reason is receipts. This trial, which is about all kinds of stuff, is currently working against trump as a defendant because there are just so many receipts. Receipts include the onslaught of emails and secret texts and mdas and as i mentioned last night, i was inside the courtroom yesterday in one of the rare, coveted Reporter Seats and i can tell you we also saw along with the jury, actual, literal receipts. Written contracts of this whole sordid scheme to buy silence of women who had allegations against trump and the allegations that he and allies directly tried to hide in that campaign year. Its a pile of paperwork that is essentially burying trumps main defenses. Remember, in the first week, trumps lawyers detailed these certain trump defenses. They were basically factual denials. Im reminding you what they said. Its simple. The first two are
Tells you what some of them stand in this day and age. All right. Jason carroll. Thank you very much and thanks so much to all of you. Anderson starts now good evening. Welcome to cnn special primetime coverage. The trump hush money trial. The first ever criminal trial. Bill, former president , and theres a lot to bring you from a truncated but busy day six. Thats all the judge wanted Defense Attorney. Hes losing credibility. Also testimony from david pecker, the former tab hi boy publisher, who became the Trump Campaigns eyes and ears. And tonight new reporting and discussions are underway about what to do if the former president is actually jailed for contempt. Quite a de, a lot to get to judge merchans warning came as trump attorney todd blanche tried to answer Prosecution Evidence during Contempt Hearing with the jury, not present the judge saying, quote, youre losing all credibility with the court but making no decision on the matter. Then testimony continued from david pecker, wh
Quote, youre losing all credibility with the court, but making no decision on the matter. Matter. Then testimony continued from david pecker, who took jurors deeper into the world of catch and kill, detailing how his National Enquirer or sought out stories that might damage the Trump Campaign in order to catch them and then bury them. Afterwards, the cameras rolling, viewers watching the former president spoke out about not being allowed. He believes two speak out you have a gag order which to me as a totally i got situation im not allowed to talk, but people are allowed to talk about me so they can talk about me, they can say whatever they want, they can live but im not allowed to see that the sit tat look at my conflicted, judge. Its i dont think anybody interested in well, nor has anyone seen what might happen if hes jail for violating that order, which to be fair does not yet appear to be on the table. It seems unlikely that said theres Breaking News on discussions underway on how