Shes on the stand right now. Shes actually being grilled by one of trumps lawyers, susan necheles. Shes been a Backseat Player so far. Its apparent that today was her big day. Stormy daniels is on cross after hours of testifying to some of the things donald trump and his allies, enablers have spent Tens Of Thousands of dollars trying to hide and suppress. Stormy daniels went through all of the painstaking details of her 2006 Sexual Encounter with donald trump down to the pattern that she remembers seeing in the trumps hotel room. Many objections sustained. Stormy daniels described reluctantly agreeing to have dinner with donald trump, thinking it could be good for her career. At one point during their time together, she said she asked herself, quote, how did i misread this so badly to get here . Thats when it became intimate. Sitting ten feet away from the expresident , Stormy Daniels said that donald trump would call her sometimes, two to three times a week. From nbc news reporting fr
Good morning, it is 10 00 eastern. Im ana cabrera alongside jose diazbalart for special breaking news coverage. Donald trumps Hush Money Trial is back under way in a manhattan courtroom and a significant witness is in the courthouse this morning, as proceedings get under way. Adult film star Stormy Daniels, who we learned is expected to testify today. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is at the courthouse. Here with me in new york for the hour, danny cevallos, criminal Defense Attorney, catherine christian, former assistant Manhattan District Attorney and jeremy solan, former attorney in the manhattan d. A. s office. Vaughn, kick us off, we have a witness on the stand right now, who well get to in a moment, but, again, this morning we expect Stormy Daniels at some point today to take the stand and the judge before the jury was even called in already set some parameters around her expected testimony. Fill us in. Reporter right. Some could say this was a long time coming. This began all the way back
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
Welcome to our breaking News Coverage of the historic donald trump hush money, Criminal Trial. I will flutter in washington, Anderson Cooper is just outside the courthouse in new york for us today, a truly blockbuster witness, right at the heart of this case, Stormy Daniels has been testifying the Adult Film Start has delivered a times very salacious testimony detailing her first meeting with trump back in 2006 and their ensuing Sexual Encounter which trump denies ten years later, daniels was paid to keep quiet about that alleged affair. And thats the payment that launched this case. Anderson over to you . Thats right it on its face that Hush Money Deal was perfectly legal prosecutor said the crime was in the bookkeeping which allegedly involve Falsifying Records to conceal them. Nature of the transaction. Im here with you and chief Legal Affairs correspondent paul arenas, Unit Chief Domestic Correspondent for mattingly. Of course, the question is, did trump know about the the way this
The military now will be having to go back over there reporting requirements. Russia is a criteria country, not a nonfrat country. Probably allowed to date her but that presents significant Counter Intelligence risks im sure the house and Senate Intelligence Committee Oversight will take a hard look at this. Bill story on our radar now. Thank you for coming on. Sorry its short. His mom was talking earlier today and hope to have her on tomorrow. Dan hoffman. Thank you. Dana a live look at the new york courthouse where Stormy Daniels is expected to testify in the criminal trial of former President Trump. Thats your plot twist for today. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Nice to be here with you. Bill good morning to you, dana marie, William George has hello. Im bill hemmer. A blockbuster day in court or it might be, right . The word was at 8 00 a. M. Stormy daniels would be on the stand. It hasnt happened yet but on the witness list. Her attorney went public ear