Situation room. The lead with jake tapper starts right now cnns Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We are following Breaking News out of Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up Trial in New York City were right, this i mean, it Michael Cohen is facing an incredibly aggressive crossexamination so far, trump attorney todd blanche has gotten cohen to confirm that he wants to see trump convicted in this case, that he makes money off of his antitrump social media posts and even sells merchandise showing trump in jail. Earlier today, prosecutors had cohen explained why he felt there was the Pressure Campaign to keep him from turning against trump. And how and why he eventually flipped from a loyal confidant to a cooperating witness. Prosecutors also tried to get ahead of the defense by having cohen admit to multiple lines. He has previously told including his plea of not guilty his plea of guilty to the tax charges the sent him to prison cohen also owned up to the fact that he lied
Lies, and that audio tape, Donald Trumps hush money trial, has taken a detour into the seedy underbelly of hollywood the lawyer who played the gobetween between each trumpled effort to buy stormy daniels. Silence gave the jury some critical facts about the pan, the pain process to get this deal done now that lawyer also got a dose of hardball from trumps lawyers now did it poison his credibility with the jury . Well, well find out. Im abby phillip, and youre watching a Special Edition of this slide. And im laura coates in todays day in court and it was filled with unsavory stories to say the least. I mean, the sex and there was plenty of that and not just a rumor, trysts between the former president or a porn star or a playmate. The defense put Keith Davidson life on display for the story and his noir like character arc, apparently as the guy who makes things go away for the rich and the very famous the lie is now, there were plenty of those from the former president , including, well,
Trumps relationship with the National Enquirer was even sleazy or than it looked into the lead starts right now former Tabloid Publisher david pecker, under oath on the record revealing just how far donald trump wins, allegedly to protect his 2016 president ial campaign. But when it comes to whether trump committed a felony in the process how damaging was todays testimony. And that infamous meeting in august 2015, what packer said went down in that room that could hurt Donald Trumps case nearly nine years later, plus trumps legal team admonished in court today, scolded by the judge over social media posts by the former president that prosecutors say violated a gag order coming up the tough decision for the judge deciding how to punish trump welcome to the leaf im jake tapper. Were going to start with our Law And Justice lead a dramatic day of testimony in the new york hush money coverup trial. Tabloid mobile. David pecker testified in front of his longtime friend, donald trump, reveali
Thanks for watching. Breaking news tonight explosively, testimony in the trump trial. After Heating Clashes between the judge and the former president s lawyer for the next, hour well take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel as the historic Hush Money Criminal Case unfolds, Tabloid Executive david pecker has wrapped up a second day on the stand as were awaiting the judges ruling on Whether Trump violated his gag order are reporters and experts are standing by to break down all of todays most important developments and look ahead to whats next welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer with a Special Report in the situation room, the trump trial today in our trial coverage tonight, former National Enquirer executive, david pecker, details his efforts to quote, catch and kill negative stories about donald trump with the express goal of helping trumps first president ial campaign. The testimony getting to the heart of the prosecutions a
wiped clean from this led don t want to go and take that gun and wrap you with it what we talked enough that american drawing to a close, the jury now deliberating as the defendant is waiting, americans will soon see if a former and possibly future president could become a convicted felon. plus new cnn reporting on how a cyber attack on a hospital is putting patients lives in danger nurses at several hospitals are now speaking out about a threat and a decision by major league baseball gives several league players stars the recognition that they we re denied for decades to watershed moment for america s pastime and american history we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in, right? get here to cnn news central waiting on a verdict, i m boris sanchez alongside briana keeler and the nation s capital and right now the 12 person jury and former president trump s hush money trial continues let s to deliberate going on more than 3.5 hours now, three h