, the venue for an american 1st 100 Center Street in Downtown Manhattan, playing host to a new chapter in u. S history. Today the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Former President Trump is back in the city that made him famous. But this time to face a new reality, the first ever former president to Face Criminal Charges. Good afternoon to our viewers around the world. Im Anderson Cooper, new york and im jake tapper in washington, d c. Were just hours away from the opening gavel. Of the people of the state of new york versus donald j. Trump this is the scene, the Manhattan Criminal Courts complex for mr trump. Will surrender. Were told and then where prosecutors will drop and indictment spelling out multiple charges against him at this very moment, we still do not know exactly what those charges are and how many there are connected to mr trumps alleged scheme to buy the silence of adult film actress and director stormy, daniels said a pivotal 2016 campaign moment. As we come on a
City Donald Tropics back to the leave the courtroom at any moment now he is expected to speak we will take you there live when he does here is what we know right now new york banker gary farrow the third witness to take the stand more on his testimony in just a moments meanwhile the second witness to be called was on the stand briefly she is a former Trump Organization employee and was Donald Trumps longtime assistant multiple decades she worked for him under direct Questioning Graph said she had a vague recollection of seeing Stormy Daniels in the Reception Area of the office on crossexamination she said she assumed daniels being there for the apprentice earlier during the crossexamination of the tabloid executive david packer trumps legal team tried to poke holes in the prosecution claims that the former president is directly tied to buying negative stories to protect his election chances and that is where we are at this hour for a clock on the east coast walk everyone i am sandra sm
Ever criminal trial of an American Expresident started the day. Opening statements this morning in a Downtown Manhattan courthouse in donald j. Trumps criminal case. They made the Opening Statements to the jury and the six alternates. It is about a conspiracy of the expresident and his allies to interfere in the 2016 election. The negative stories about donald trump. The attorney for the prosecution, matthew spoke about a 2015 meeting in trump tower between donald trump, his former fixer, Michael Cohen, and a man named david. The negative stories about Donald Trumps relationships with women was allegedly hashed. It is a scheme commonly referred to as catch and kill. He said in the wake of the release of the access Hollywood Tape which was a political earthquake, Michael Cohen paid former Adult Film Star Stormy Daniels 130,000 to keep her alleged affair with donald trump silent. According to reporting from the courtroom, he said this. At trumps direction, mike cohen negotiated a deal to
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