America reports. We are in the fourth week and there is still no evidence whatsoever connecting trump with any criminal wrongdoing. A crime that is not charged. Its a crime that prosecutors wont tell the defendant what it is. I dont know what they were going to do. This trial is rigged. It is dishonest, its a disgrace to new york, its a disgrace too the country. Sandra that was earlier and now a live look outside this newark Supreme Court where a jury has been hearing directly from the prosecutions star witness Michael Cohen. X attorney for former President Donald Trump. Hello and welcome everyone. I am sandra smith in new york as we kick off a new week. John center, glad to have you backward im john roberts in washington and this is america reports. Ct. In lunch break now. So far Michael Cohen has testified that his duties at the Trump Organization included killing negative stories about his boss. He started detailing the steps to shut down the Stormy Daniels story before the lunch br
The lead cnn, if you ever miss an episode will lead. You can listen to the show news tonight in the trump trial star witness, Michael Cohen, wrapping up his first day of Blockbuster Testimony detailing the Stormy Daniels Hush Money Deal and how donald trump was allegedly tellinjurors his former boss was only concerned about the impact on his 2016 president ial campaign and that trump and im quoting now wasnt thinking at all about his wife melania, for the next hour ill take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel with new transcripts breaking down all of todays most important developments and looking ahead to whats next welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world i will blitzer with a Special Report in the Situation Room that trial today lets get right to the breaking news in todays highstakes testimony against donald trump, Michael Cohen, Zeroing In On what trump knew about the Stormy Daniels Hush Money Deal and the alleged criminal but we will cover up.
Theres no way to unring the bell in our view. Blanche also accused the prosecution of purposely trying to embarrass trump. And trying to enflame the jury following a conversation between the prosecution and Stormy Daniels. Her testimony has now been different after the lunch break. Shorter answers. Less narrative. Lets get right to it. Back with us, nbc news correspondent, Vaughn Hillyard and joining us for the hour, former fbi General Counsel and nyu law professor, andrew weissman, adam pollack and amy parnes. Okay, vaughn, catch us up on whats going inside right this very second. Reporter theyve been going back and forth over that period of time between august of, October Of 2016 when daniels entered into that 130,000 agreement to keep her story silent with cohen. She believed he was a party up until March Of 2018 when she appeared on 60 minutes and publicly detailed the encounter in 2006. It was not until the Wall Street Journal story by the Wall Street Journal in January Of 2018 in
Shes on the stand right now. Shes actually being grilled by one of trumps lawyers, susan necheles. Shes been a Backseat Player so far. Its apparent that today was her big day. Stormy daniels is on cross after hours of testifying to some of the things donald trump and his allies, enablers have spent Tens Of Thousands of dollars trying to hide and suppress. Stormy daniels went through all of the painstaking details of her 2006 Sexual Encounter with donald trump down to the pattern that she remembers seeing in the trumps hotel room. Many objections sustained. Stormy daniels described reluctantly agreeing to have dinner with donald trump, thinking it could be good for her career. At one point during their time together, she said she asked herself, quote, how did i misread this so badly to get here . Thats when it became intimate. Sitting ten feet away from the expresident , Stormy Daniels said that donald trump would call her sometimes, two to three times a week. From nbc news reporting fr
Mattresses made affordable im tom forming in washington and this is cnn 9 00 p. M. Here in new york day ten, of the Trump Hush Money Trial and ending with a false claim from the defendant that hes not being allowed to testify. The day began with prosecutors seeking additional Contempt Judgments against him, but things really heated up during the testimony. Stormy daniels and Karen Mcdougals former attorney, Keith Davidson, the prosecution played the Phone Conversation that Michael Cohen secretly recorded and cnn exclusively obtained featuring donald trump taking an active role in the Karen Mcdougal deal. Were going to bidens been talking about that and the present that it may have had on the jury throughout the program, if youre just joining us here, is that but i need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend david so im going to do that right away. Id actually come up to me and ive spoken to Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up wi