karen fáfreedmant( served as th chief assistantçó district attorney in the manha(ép d.a. s office.w3 both joined me now. michael cohen testified that trump had a lengthy relationship. have a listen. i was involvedñr in several these catch-and-killçó episodes. these catch-and-killt( scenario existed between david pecker and mr. trump along before i starte1 working for him in 2007. karen, explainxd us to the significance of david pecker coming back to testify to the grand jury today. yeah, so, there isn tñ2hp lo of question of factok here abou whether or not payments were made. that s not going to be proven by books and records, including the fact that these payments that were made, 11 of themjfñr while trump w+w■ sitting presmant, were made and false entriesxd we retainers. the question that is really for the grand juryw3 to decide ñiis3 trump involved in these payments? did he know about them? did hew3 know about the purpose? did he know that these
qok problem, do you think? well, there is the circling of ther whenever he gets in trouble. that happens with his base, and so i think part of that is showing up in the polls. but as ymg■t( mentioned, there the thing you re talking about. desantis is not an entertainer, so he can t be judged by thatfád )jáááu)(rp standard and he s a terrible politician. there s no part of him that actually shines, and when that doesn t happen, he can not get ahead, and also he refuses toe1 engage trump directly, even though trump continuesi] to enge him directly, so for that base, it looks like they1 one who is fighter up against someone who is not a fighter. ■ and also someone who seems like they have a glass jaw. i, for one, will get my popcorn ready for anyxd trump-desantis presidential primary debate on stage. that one, i will not miss, i ll tell youxde1fá that. charles blow, ap0jd(rpáe your reporting from waco, appreciate thank you for your time tonight.
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