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It is good to be back with you for this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. Todays testimony in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial turned to some of the most Critical Evidence yet, the invoices, vouchers and checks at the heart of the criminal case against the former president. While it may not have had the same shock value as, for example, Stormy Daniels testimony, it is setting up the jury for whats expected on monday, testimony from the most highly anticipated witness in this case. Donald trumps former fixer, Michael Cohen, the man who says he paid off the adult film star at trumps direction. The prosecution revealing today that they expect to call one other witness besides cohen. Its entirely possible that they rest by the end of next week. I want to bring in nbcs Yasmin Vossoughian whos reporting from outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, also with us, former u. S. Attorney and msnbc legal analyst, Chuck Rosenberg. In studio, jessica roth, a former federal prosecutor for the so
Right now, redirect is about to start. After trumps attorney grilled Stormy Daniels on day two of crossexamination, the lawyer and daniels have been inspiring over the relationship with the former president and why if she wanted to get Her Story Out she instead sold her silence. This is outnumbered. I am Emily Compagno here with Harris Faulkner and kayleigh mceany. Joining us today is senior fellow in Journalism Fellow for the Steamboat Institute Kaylee Mcghee white, and kevin walling. We just got this new photo of Stormy Daniels with her attorney in the witness from yesterday. It was taken before the judge banned photography in the courtroom. Former President Trump having the gag order to lash out about the case earlier this morning. Only with the desperation of President Joe Biden and the left week three bath leftwing that it becomes possible that they want to jail there is Major Political opponent. This should be taken away because this is conflicting. Emily we begin in Lower Manhat
Reached with them. Daniels was doing what many people view as a conventional form of celebrity extortion. She wanted to cash in on her story. But whats interesting is that donald trump was trying to kill false stories as well as stories that were allegedly true. There was a story involving a door man who said he had an illegitimate child. She wanted to kill that, too. Thats not strange for celebrities or politicians. Indeed, many members of congress have engaged in ndas throughout the years. So this is a standard part of politics and entertainment. Now, what they are showing the jury now is that she had this economic motive all along. But also her credibility is in tatters. The real question here is going to be how more sort of narrow the scope of the testimony will be. It is obviously going to be narrower. It is a Cross Examination when it comes to trump. They have a lot of material involving her own conduct, her own life. And you may see the prosecutors start to object as to the scop
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