With the latest, heres our North America editor sarah smith. As donald trump heads to court, waving at the cameras, it looks much the same each day, but theyre not the same. Today, he had to watch a woman who claimed she had sex with him, testify about it. He is accused of falsifying Business Records when he marked a Hush Money Payment to her as Legal Expenses. The Legal Expense that we paid was put down as Legal Expense. There is nothing more you could say. You dont have to put down anything like this, but we put down Legal Expense because it was ilLegal Expense. Is that right, mr attorney . Because it was a Legal Expense. Stormy daniels was paid 130,000 by mr trump to stop her going public with her claims of a sexual encounter, shortly before the 2016 president ial election. The court was shown this photograph of them together, as she described first meeting him at a Golf Tournament in 2006, the day she said they later had sex. It was at this golf course, she said, that donald trump
Anderson cooper back in 2018. Lets take a quick listen to what she said so you. Signed and released a statement. It said im not denying this affair because i was paid and hush money. Im denying it because it never happened thats a lie. Yes. If it was untruthful why did you sign it because they made it sound like i had no choice. But the exact sentence used was they can make your life hell in many different ways. Now, donald trump will have a different view, has expressed a different view of what happened between him and Stormy Daniels. Lets just remind ourselves of some of the comments that donald trump has made about Stormy Daniels i have no idea who these women are. Have no idea. I have no idea. The stories are total fiction there 100 made up they never happened. They never would happen, never met this person, these people, i dont know who they are i dont know who they are now whether they had sex are not in 2006 is not directly relevant to the crimes charged here, but it could be ve
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On the attack. Former President Donald Trump fighting back and lashing out at the judge overseeing His Civil Fraud Trial. Court is set to resume in just a few minutes. More what the trumps are facing and whether this case could have an impact outside of new york state. Thats ahead. Plus, will there be another battle for the gavel . Republican hardliners led by congressman matt gaetz vowing to oust Kevin Mccarthy from his speakership but do they have the notes and Will Mccarthy Cut A deal with democrats. Well take you to the latest. And a socalled pink tax is hurting Womens Health especially among Breast Cancer patients. Were going to explain why. Were following these stories and many more all coming in here to cnn news central. With his Family Business at stake, donald trump is again in front of a judge for the first day of His Civil Fraud Trial in new york. Inside court, where you can see trump with his attorneys sitting quietly before the proceedings began. But outside court hes been
Straight from the source denied. That was fast seven jurors have been chosen in all trumps first criminal trial on day two, a sharp warning to the former president from the judge. Dont even think about intimidating potential jurors after the judge Saw Trump Muttering and gesturing in close proximity to a potential juror, and what is it like to be in that jury pool . But the former president turned defendant . Watching your every move as you are being considered to decide his fate. My source tonight will tell us all about it. Im sarah sidner in for Kaitlan Collins tonight. And this is the source an immigrant from ireland and Oncology Nurse corporate lawyer, a grandfather from puerto rico, a young english teacher, a recent college grad and civil litigator seven strangers who have at least two things now in common, they all live in new york city, borough of manhattan. And theyre all seated on the jury. That will decide if donald trump should be a convicted felon. Thats more than half of t