Tells you what some of them stand in this day and age. All right. Jason carroll. Thank you very much and thanks so much to all of you. Anderson starts now good evening. Welcome to cnn special primetime coverage. The trump hush money trial. The first ever criminal trial. Bill, former president , and theres a lot to bring you from a truncated but busy day six. Thats all the judge wanted Defense Attorney. Hes losing credibility. Also testimony from david pecker, the former tab hi boy publisher, who became the Trump Campaigns eyes and ears. And tonight new reporting and discussions are underway about what to do if the former president is actually jailed for contempt. Quite a de, a lot to get to judge merchans warning came as trump attorney todd blanche tried to answer Prosecution Evidence during Contempt Hearing with the jury, not present the judge saying, quote, youre losing all credibility with the court but making no decision on the matter. Then testimony continued from david pecker, wh
Quote, youre losing all credibility with the court, but making no decision on the matter. Matter. Then testimony continued from david pecker, who took jurors deeper into the world of catch and kill, detailing how his National Enquirer or sought out stories that might damage the Trump Campaign in order to catch them and then bury them. Afterwards, the cameras rolling, viewers watching the former president spoke out about not being allowed. He believes two speak out you have a gag order which to me as a totally i got situation im not allowed to talk, but people are allowed to talk about me so they can talk about me, they can say whatever they want, they can live but im not allowed to see that the sit tat look at my conflicted, judge. Its i dont think anybody interested in well, nor has anyone seen what might happen if hes jail for violating that order, which to be fair does not yet appear to be on the table. It seems unlikely that said theres Breaking News on discussions underway on how
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Forfeiture of wrongdoing, in existence in illinois over 160 years. so i think it will be an uphill battle in the appellate division. but have you to understand the hearsay laws and the exceptions, because there are several of them a dozen or so, 20 to 30. but you really have to understand the facts of the case. if in fact, there is a situation like drew s law or the doctrine of forfeiture of wrongdoing, understand the ramifications and how to get that evidence into the court. this case was purely a conviction by the jurors based on the fact that the hearsay evidence came in, period, the end which is another part of that. the case was based on the fact that years later, they exhumed the body to the second autopsy, after the initial one was ruled accidental and then brought the charges up. david, i want to tell you, when i was there, tell me how you would handle a defendant like
Declareant. so avery is right. what the prosecution is trying to do is put in evidence of statements that supposedly his third wife made to other people and his missing wife made to other people. and they re going to try to tie that in to show some sort of intent to commit murder against his wife. now, listen. the trial judge who heard the motions on this back in may ruled that the evidence was not reliable and therefore it is not going to be admissible. and he applied the law as it stood, in the state of illinois to that ruling. the prosecution had 30 days to appeal that decision, marty. 30 days. it s simple. you must appeal it in 30 days. and they didn t. they missed the deadline. they did not go to court, they didn t ask for an extension of time, they just blew the filing deadline. so before we get into the intricacies of the hearsay laws in illinois, it s over and out. they lose. i ve got to keep you guys on the schedule because i know how it goes. let s get on to our sweat l