Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper what were going to start today with our Law And Justice lead a stern warning for donald trump today from the bench. Keep violating your gag order and your Hush Money Cover of case, and you may well end up in jail. Judge juan merchan, Finding Today The Trump via lord, violated that gag order for the 10th time. He find a trump 1,000 which is the maximum penalty. But judge, where shine went on to tell the former president , quote, at the end of the de, i have a job to do and part of that job is to protect the dignity of the judicial system and compel respect as much as i do not want to impose a jail sanctioned and ive done everything i can to avoid doing so i want you to understand that i will if necessary, and appropriate, unquote. Today weve also heard testimony from two witnesses who went through check by check, the payments made by donald trump to his former attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen. Those payments are at the very heart of this case because
Americans and book your first cleaning today for just 19. Im Katelyn Polantz at the federal court in washington. And this is cnn beep six, donald trump hosts The Apprentice 2024 edition with potential running mates maralago, but with all the challenges of being trumps number two, including a new refusal to rule out violence. Again, if trump loses, who does trump think can deliver four . Kim vp contender north dakota governor doug burgum joins me exclusively next and campus crackdowns, more arrests as colleges tried to turn from chaos to commencement, could protests continue and effect democrats hope for November Biden campaign cochair Mitch Landrieu and former senator and University Of Florida present sen. Ben sas ahead plus star turn riveting trial testimony recalls the damning access Hollywood Tape from trumps 2016 campaign. This was locker room boom, talk. Im not proud of it as the case against trump takes shape, can he defy political expectations again hello im. Jake tapper in wash
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Sides. Frankly, painting him as someone who had some time times in her words, go rogue, but also casting doubt on the Defense Theory that cohen paid off Stormy Daniels on his own initiative in general, the picture she painted was a handson donald trump deeply involved in the details of his business and his campaign, motivated largely by political considerations. And that he was fully aware of what the payment to Stormy Daniels had ball what him in 2016, weve just gotten the full Trial Transcript from today, including the context of hope hicks is final answer to the Prosecution Question about what then President Trump said in 2018 when news of the Daniels Payout finally broke and im quoting now from that transcript he wanted to know how it was playing and just my thoughts and impinge opinion about this story versus having the story a different kind of story before the campaign, had michael not made that payment joining us once again tonight, new york defense attorney arthur aidala, cnns
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