The Prosecutions Witness List is taking shape. This morning, david. He is the catch and kill former publisher of the national enquirer, expected to be called first, also expect to testify former trump fixer, Michael Cohen and stormy daniels, the recipient of the Hush Money along with former Trump Aid Hope hicks, the former Playboy Playmate Karen mcdougal, and former White House staffer, kellyanne conway. Our panelists here, cnn senior legal analyst, elie honig, franklin for his Staff Writer with the atlantic, mac oermann, former Senior Advisor to the tim Scott President Ial Campaign and kate bedingfield, former White House Communications Director there is here. Good morning to all of you on i mean, how many historic day is l here . Were going to have here but this is one. What do you expect today . Well the opening statements, first of all, are as the name suggests, its your first shot at the jury. I mean, this is talking about first impressions. This is when you get to make these open
Trump hush money trial. And im Jake Tapper in washington today, a Courtroom Collision filled with history shattering precedent, and a Stock Possibility that one of the two major candidates for president this fall will be a convicted criminal sometime soon the government and the defense will give two very different narratives about what happened been in that Closing Stretch of the 2016 campaign, prosecutors planning to present a mountain of evidence documents, and witnesses to corroborate it. All, alleging the Donald Trump as you near to plan to buy the silence and Stormy Daniels with whom he allegedly had a dalliance, and allegedly cover up what he did by Falsifying Business Records now, the defense plans, campaigns, and altogether different picture to argue that the Prosecutions Case is built on Puzzle Pieces that do not fit together and built around the Line Hi of a convicted perjurer, michael cohen. The former Trump Fixer who has sworn to exact revenge on his onetime boss today, we
threats and possible protests, the indictment still under seal styled the people of the state of new york against donald j. trump. cnn learning the grand jury voted to charge him with more than 30 counts related to business fraud. after hearing from an unidentified witness for about 30 minutes thursday, convicted felon i am a disbarred lawyer, but i also brought the documents there s plenty of testimony corroborating testimony to go around. trump fixer, michael cohen met with prosecutors and testified to the grand jury and multiple occasions in this year s long investigation. right hand was convicted on federal charges. and sentenced to three years in prison in part for his role paying off porn star stormy daniels. to keep her quiet in the lead up to the 2016 election about her alleged affair with donald trump. it s a fight against his rejection of truth and his manufacturing of stories that really motivated her to try to cooperate in any way
president donald trump and his court date set for former president donald trump on tuesday in manhattan, where district attorney alvin bragg has brought an indictment against him. trump is planning to leave his mar-a-lago estate on monday for new york and then on tuesday, authorities will take his mug shots and fingerprints before escorting him to his arraignment. nypd and secret service already working together to bolster security at the courthouse as they track any threats and possible protests. the indictment still under seal styled the people of the state of new york against donald j. trump cnn learning the grand jury voted to charge him with more than 30 counts related to business fraud. after hearing from an unidentified witness for about 30 minutes thursday, i am a convicted felon. i am a disbarred lawyer, but i also brought the documents there s plenty of testimony corroborating testimony to go around. trump fixer, michael cohen met with prosecutors and testified to the grand j
trump cnn learning the grand jury voted to charge him with more than 30 counts related to business fraud. after hearing from an unidentified witness for about 30 minutes thursday, i am a convicted felon. i am a disbarred lawyer, but i also brought the documents there s plenty of testimony corroborating testimony to go around. trump fixer, michael cohen met with prosecutors and testified to the grand jury and multiple occasions in this year s long investigation, right hand, cohen was convicted on federal charges and sentenced to three years in prison in part for his role paying off porn star stormy daniels to keep her quiet in the lead up to the 2016 election about her alleged affair with donald trump. it s a fight against his rejection of truth and as manufacturing of stories that really motivated her to try to cooperate in any way certainly to get the truth out. trump denies the affair and any wrongdoing. $30,000 payment