hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york on state of the union day when president joe biden delivers that state of the union address to we thought it was important to remember that that address will take place in what amounts to a crime scene. for which there has yet to be accountability for many of its perpetrators. members of the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th have been swept into the largest investigation in justice department history. more than 950 of them from all 50 states have been arrested. at least half of them have pleaded guilty to charges. on trial right now at this very moment on the rare and historically significant charge of seditious conspiracy, the right-wing militia groups, the oath keepers and the proud boys, the groups that form the tip of the spear of the mob that reached the capitol on that day, january 6, 2021. what about the campaign staffers? attorneys, activists, officials, the members of congress who helped put into motion complex
Good to be with you, im katy tur. The Hush Money Trial of former President Trump. Defense attorney todd blanche is going through cohens direct hm. Cohen is talking about his dealing with the press as a Quote Surrogate of mr. Trumps campaign, and the secret recordings he made of the former president. Blanche is starting to dig into the stories cohen attempted to bury about trump. This goes back to early days of this trial, alongside National Enquirers david pecker. Joining us now, Nbc News National Correspondent Yasmin Vossoughian outside the court, back with us. Chuck rosenberg, catherine christian, and Danny Cevallos. Yasmin, what is happening right now . Reporter theyre talking about the calls beginning in june of 2016. This is when cohen alleges he informed the former president of the united states, his boss at the time there was a meeting between mcdougal. This was the beginning of the payoff by ami. It was october in which the payoff was made to Stormy Daniels, initial contact bet
On this. Thank you so much for joining us you always learn something clear. Fold belt. They dont want exact worth an all right. Thank you so much for joining us. This is Cnn News Central seen in special coverage of the donald trump Hush Money Trial continues. Big day today on the sand t intention all back on the stand. You are looking at live pictures of 100 Centre Street in downtown manhattan, where in just minutes, Michael Cohen will be back under oath and donald trump will be watching as his former fixer tries to stitch together the prosecutions case for a jury that could send the former president of the United States to jail welcome to our viewers. Im john berman in new york youre watching Cnn Special Live Coverage of Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up, try not jake tapper in washington dc today, prosecutors want Michael Cohen to say more about the last piece of that sentence the cover up, part. That is the crux of the governments case against the 45th president. I was following his
Point out we still need prosecutors to connect donald trump to the actual actions that are taking place here. Donald trump did not say set up this llc. Its important to remember that Michael Cohens testimony has to be supported at some point to where did donald trump instruct you to do this specifically. Its time for us to hand it over. Thank you all for being with us. We appreciate all of you. Thats going to do it for us this hour. Andrea mitchell and katy tur will pick things up after a quick break. Ill see you back at 1 00 eastern time. Keep it here. Lots going on. Good day, everyone. The star witness takes the stand. Now the critical figure in the hush money case. Michael cohen, once Donald Trumps loyal attack dog, is now facetoface with his former boss for the first time in months. Cohen is the lynch pin of the prosecutions case. They argue cohen acted at trumps direction in an attempt to illegally influence the 2016 election. The defenses counter, once a liar, always a liar. Pain
Us. Former new york assistant attorney general adam pollock joins the conversation, and Criminal Defense Attorney and former manhattan prosecutor, duel role, duncan levin is still with us. I want to call you a slashy in the immortal words of zoo lander, model and actor. Michael cohen on the stand for about four hours now. Vaughn hillyard, bring us up to speed. Reporter currently the line of questioning is around the actual execution of the Nondisclosure Agreement that Michael Cohen says that donald trump was party to with Stormy Daniels and her agent and attorney Keith Davidson, in the explicit question which gets at the heart of the falsification of Business Records arguments in charges against donald trump is currently playing before the jury as we speak. The question directed by the prosecution to Michael Cohen just one minute ago was very explicit. Was this Nondisclosure Agreement for the purposes of paying Michael Cohen as a legal retainer to which Michael Cohen said no and said t