The gatekeeper, the publisher, the second week of Donald Trumps trial was all about the witnesses who can put the former president at the very center part of a criminal conspiracy to defraud the american people. Good evening. Im abby phillip and youre watching a Special Edition of newsnight and im laura coates and washington dc. And today, i mean, really redefining what water cooler talk really means. Were on a graph the longtime trump secretary took to the stand and she did it by the way, not by choice. She was there under subpoena and she added small but critical details. The prosecutions case remember, she was the one who entered Contact Details for Stormy Daniels for Karen Mcdougal into the Trump Organization directory. She told the jury the Adult Film Actress whos silenced, tried to buy allegedly was simply labeled, well, what else stormy with her Cell Phone Number filled in graphs said that she saw daniels on floor 26 of trump tower. Thats where the office chatter, of course, com
Earlier. The defense tried hard to undermine former National Enquirer publisher david pecker and upcoming witness, Michael Cohen. Trumps attorney, emil bove, a asking if he believed cohen was prone to exaggeration, pecker agreeing that he was the end of it all, the former president had this to say about the trials so far this is eight days that we all sitting in this courthouse. This is all bidenrun indictment its an order to try and win election political opponent nothing like this has ever happened eight days country is going to hell and we sit here day after, day after day, which is their plan well, the foreign president offer no evidence. Of course, who any of those claims. Theres no evidence that any of what he said is true. And im joining us tonight, new york criminal defense attorney arthur aidala, also attorney and former apprentice contestant stacey schneider, cnn Political Commentator earl lewis cnn legal analyst lets karen friedman, agnifilo and elie honig and cnns Kara Scan
Closed captioning brought to you by mesobook. Com her firm only represents mesothelial most victims and their families. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma call us now good evening. Im laura coates alongside Abby Phillip Our Panel Here In Washington For A Special Edition of laura coates live. If what a day in trump world . Theres court today hearing arguments on trumps claims of absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for anything related to his presidency. Several justices, even seeming open to some level of immunity, while others so much im trying to understand what the dish incentive is from turning the oval office into the seat of Criminal Activity in this country this case could go back to the lower courts, which would severely delay the start of trumps federal Election Subversion trial that could ultimately mean that trumps Hush Money Trial in manhattan may very well be the only criminal trial to actually take place before the election. And on day seven
Admitting that these facts were so inextricably intertwined in a colloquy with justice barrett, that it would be very difficult to separate them out on remand. Thats how i interpreted his statements. Please to translate that for people watching, that means that basically, if it wasnt official act, they would not be able to use that potentially at trial. He was arguing they should be able to use it to paint a bigger picture. But trump has argued, total immunity. He has not said, well, some of these are private x. This would mean the case could at least in part go forward and go to trial, we believe that without the official acts charged in the indictment, there is no case. Weve been very consistent in our position from the start, starting with the District Court proceeding through the circuit. Now at the us Supreme Court, that what were talking about is absolute immunity. Yes. But absolute immunity just for a president s official acts in office. I think thats a crucial distinction. And
Its not a lock, i know a lock. So how can we undo the damage . We could all unsubscribe and switch to xfinity. Their connection is unreal. And we could all unexperience this whole session. Okay, thats uncalled for. Started today, accustoming. Com. Ive had to go montgomery and tokyo and this is cnn cnn Breaking News welcome to cnns breaking News Coverage of the historic donald trump Hush Money Trial. Im wolf blitzer in washington and Boris Sanchez is outside the courthouse in manhattan im this de of the trial, the first witness his nearing the end of his testimony, David Pecker Is Facing Redirect by the prosecution after several hours of cross by trumps Defense Attorney. Much of that cross detailed the former Tabloid Executives history of Purchasing Stories so that he could bury them boris and right now, wolff, the court is taking a break for lunch. The judge instructing the jury, as he always does, to not discuss the case outside of the courtroom de as the first witness testimony, as y