Not happen . Initially i dont think theyre going to say, theyre going to know whether or not trump knew about this deal or not. They have gone all over the place. Trump, the ceo, too high, doesnt know whats going on and then something else. I think theyre undecided. As a defense lawyer, you do that at times. You dont have the burden of proof. The prosecution does. So when you stand up and close it, youre going to say, i dont even have to be here to stand up, the only person you have to hear from is them. If i did nothing and the judge would tell the jury and they didnt prove their case, my client needs to be acquitted and thats what the law requires, but i do think jurors as reasonable people expect a counternarrative that makes sense. Theyre here to bring the rational to judge and the prosecution put forward a documents heavy rational and this counterrational of attacking stormy and going on and on again and get morgue and more tangential is undermining their case. How much does the w
At times as money grubbing, inconsistent, driven by personal hatred, even rolling out that shes crazy line of attack against her. At one point Attorney Susan Necheles said you have, quote, a lot of experience making phony stories about sex. To which daniels replied wow thats now how i would put it. The sex in the films is real just like what happened to me in that room. To try to prove that Stormy Daniels profited off her association with donald trump, trumps Defense Lawyers pointed out stormy sold merchandise to which Stormy Daniels fired back, quote, not unlike mr. Trump. Team trump also suggested that Stormy Daniels opposed trump politically and wanted to take him down. A line of questioning that comes with a lot of risks for the expresident s team. As nbc news reports the defense spent considerable time trying to prove that daniels had a political motive for wanting to out trumps story, trying to hurt his election bid. Wouldnt that bolster the prosecutions arguments trump had for w
Times by Donald Trumps lawyer today as she grilled Stormy Daniels during Cross Examination trying to portray her as a liar and an extortionist out to shake down the former president. The trial just breaking for lunch moments ago, but earlier today daniels facing really tough questioning accused of fabricating the salacious story of her sexual encounter with donald trump, something she has repeatedly denied. And under direct, she said telling her story actually put her life in danger referencing trumps notorious social media posts saying, quote, if you go after me, im coming after me. Daniel was asked who she thought trump was talking about. Her response, i wasnt sure but i thought it was me. Daniels is now finished after spending seven hours and 17 minutes on the stand, making way for Rebecca Manochio, a junior bookkeeper who worked as Allen Weisselbergs assistant. He was the chief Financial Officer at trump org. Im Chris Jansing reporting live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. F
To disagree. A conversation to be continued. Its our turn to hand it off to our colleagues. Thank you all so much for being with us. Our reporters continue to update us from the courtroom and outside the courthouse. Its been a great couple of hours with you at home as well. Chris jansing and Andrea Mitchell pick up with much more news next. Stormy daniels back on the Witness Stand for her second day under only in the criminal trial against former president donald trump. The defense team portraying daniels as a liar looking for quick cash. Prosecutors taking their Second Chance to question their witness after the defendant and presumptive president ial nominee on his way into court promised very interesting things electric todays proceedings. Good day, im Andrea Mitchell, along with my colleague, Chris Jansing here in new york. For the next three hours, we will bring you live updates on exactly what is going on inside that manhattan courtroom. What has been going on all day long. Thats
Here. Stormy daniels is under Cross Examination by Donald Trumps Defense Attorneys right now. It is day two of the Nasty Storytelling Sex Film Worker who the prosecution picked even though she has no direct involvement exactly with what the case is about. Her salacious testimony against the former president has some legal experts in fact saying she is now hurting the prosecutions case. Not a problem for trump. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. On tuesday the defense got Stormy Daniels to admit that she hates the former president. Trumps attorneys are now pressing her on her motivations to sell her story and the timeline of her decisions. Intense backlash to what many have called a description of her alleged romantic encounter but the judge said she went too far but not enough to declare the mistrial. The testimony of Stormy Daniels that was salacious, that was the point of it. Listen, there is no person on planet earth that believes donald trump has been celibate al