Starts now. Welcome to this twohour the beat. Michael cohen is Donald Trumps selfdescribed fixer. As defendant he was rolling deep today. Trump not only arriving with Top Republican figures but also one of his own codefendants from a different one where hes charged. Jeffrey clark was in the courtroom. I saw him myself and briefly greeted him. It was in that courtroom that we continued that Group Coverage of the defenses, the witness, the lawyers. That was a few hours ago when i was in front of the new york criminal courthouse. I am, of course, a member of our whole wideranging Team Reporting on this historic trial for you. While the d. A. Has been on offense for weeks, with damning receipts, strong witnesses weve told you about. Todays continued heat on Michael Cohen is certainly slowing the prosecutors momentum in this trial. Trumps lawyers conducting a winding relentless crossexamination that has the d. A. s case wobbling. The worse news for the d. A. Is that the jury has now seen Mi
Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york along with my colleague and friend, Chris Jansing, as history is being made in that Lower Manhattan courtroom. Donald trump is the first former president of the United States to stand as a defendant in a criminal trial. At any moment, could be facing the first witness to testify against him. Thats expected to be former National Enquirer publisher, david pecker. Hes likely to be pressed about alleged efforts to bury damaging stories about donald trump during the 2016 election. Earlier this morning, prosecutors gave their open statement, accusing mr. Trump of a criminal conspiracy to hide embarrassing relationships by preventing them from getting into the press, thus influencing the outcome of the 2016 election then covering it all up. The defense followed saying that mr. Trump did not commit any crimes, describing him as not just the republican nominee, but as the frugal business man, also a husband and a father. Defense lawyer todd bla
Crossexamination. They dont have to prove anything at all. Buns you start making guarantees to the jury, even directly by saying this guy is a liar, were going to show you shouldnt be believe him for this reason. The jury is going to expect you to deliver on crossexamination with these witnesses, especially given that youve got two lawyers on this panel and they know all the Lawyer Tricks themselves. Im very curious to see whether or not theyll be able to pull this off. Im not confident that they can. Paul, something that david just said made me remember one of the last instructions that the judge gave to the jurors, and it was, you can tell your employer youre a juror, but you may not talk about this case. We all know this, right . You must report back to me if any person makes an attempt to speak to you. Do not listen to any accounts of the case on the radio or internet. Do not do research at the library. You must not google anything about the case. In your experience, how difficult
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