Starts now good evening. Welcome to our continuing special coverage of the trump new york Hush Money Trial. I was privileged which to watch some of day 11 inside the courtroom. Today was both fascinating was fascinating to see up close. Hope hicks, once a top advisor to former president , testifying for the prosecution recounting first the access Hollywood Tape coming out, then the Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal revelations finishing her direct testimony with a potentially damaging account of what the former president s said in retrospect when the daniel story finally broken 2018, then moments later, hope hicks started crying. Hicks in that final answer saying, quote, it was mr. Trumps opinion that it was better to be dealing with it now and that it would have been bad to have that story come out before the flexion, which could bolster the prosecution case that the former president was motivated by campaign and not necessarily Family Concerns and suppressing both that and the Karen
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
Obsessed with this . One individual and taylor swift at the center of a wild Conspiracy Theory is spreading like wildfire among its Trump Supporters Special Report ahead. Lets go out, find and good evening. Im erin burnett and outfront tonight, the Breaking News, Stormy Daniels and trump tower, trumps longtime assistant on the stand late today. She said she saw Stormy Daniels and trump tower, and she testified that she maintained contacts for both Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal for donald trump. Trumps longtime gatekeeper, rhona graff, was in many ways, trumps righthand for 34 years. And this moment on The Apprentice accurately captures her central role in organizing trumps personal and professional life he asked me to call you and tell you to meet him tomorrow morning at the New York Stock Exchange . I can tell you as a reporter, if you needed to reach trump, he called graff anytime i was at trump tower to see trump when i was a Business Reporter or on The Apprentice, she was there
Earlier. The defense tried hard to undermine former National Enquirer publisher david pecker and upcoming witness, Michael Cohen. Trumps attorney, emil bove, a asking if he believed cohen was prone to exaggeration, pecker agreeing that he was the end of it all, the former president had this to say about the trials so far this is eight days that we all sitting in this courthouse. This is all bidenrun indictment its an order to try and win election political opponent nothing like this has ever happened eight days country is going to hell and we sit here day after, day after day, which is their plan well, the foreign president offer no evidence. Of course, who any of those claims. Theres no evidence that any of what he said is true. And im joining us tonight, new york criminal defense attorney arthur aidala, also attorney and former apprentice contestant stacey schneider, cnn Political Commentator earl lewis cnn legal analyst lets karen friedman, agnifilo and elie honig and cnns Kara Scan