form vice president mike pence has to sit for the counsel. a federal judge in washington, d.c. most of pence s argument to avoid testifying. the speech and debate clause shielded him in his role as president of the senate. we re going to explain what the judge said about alleged illegality on the part of donald trump and what it means for pence in a moment. also, what the judge conceded to pence s team. we also have breaking news on the trump hush money case. we re going to explain that so don t go anywhere. joining me now, laura jarrett. from west palm beach near mar-a-lago, and former chief attorney also here in new york, garrett haake for the reporting. all right, laura. i m going to begin with you. let s talk about what you ve learned about former vice president mike pence. what did the judge say about why he is compelling him and ordering him to testify? the headline is that pence will have to testify in front of the special counsel grand jury there in washington, d.
Donald trumps criminal trial. The witnesses, the receipts, today, prosecutors began by actually arguing the defendant should be held in contempt again for new fresh Gag Order Violations even after he lost the last Gag Order Clash on tuesday. Prosecution looking at statements that trump put out about witnesses. As well as attacking the jury itself. Prosecutors say trumps violations are corrosive to the fair trial that he deserves and that the system requires. They also accuse them of creating an air of menace that could affect these jurors. Also denouncing persistent and escalating rhetoric. Now the judge found that trump lost his previous defense about this. Ruling that he did violate the gag order, fining him about 9,000. And that was just this week. Trump has clearly broken the rules. I say that again, not as a criticism, but based on what we have observed in the trial. What the judge has ruled. Here he was just last night. I dont think there has ever been a more conflicted judge. Cr
Hi, everyone. Happy friday. Were monitoring the ongoing criminal trial of donald trump. Were on day iegt eight of of this election Interference Hush Money Trial. Today brought the introduction of websites number two and three for the prosecution. Right this moment, the prosecution is questioning gary farro. He was Michael Cohens banker at First Republic bank. He set up the Home Equity Line Of Credit through which Michael Cohen paid stormy and was reimbursed by donald trump. Its the financial transaction thats at the heart of all of this. The second witness was a woman by the name of rona graph. You may not know the name, but she was in the room for jirs about everything. Shes Donald Trumps longtime assistant. She worked at the Trump Organization for 34 years. She also noted that she was on the stand because she had been subpoenaed and that the Trump Organization is paying for her attorneys. In a very brief line of questioning from the prosecution, alvin braggs team had her authenticate
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Allegedly had affairs with, in order to conceal that information from the public in connection with the election. What i think a critical difference is, is the timing of this and how closely related it to the election and concealment of bad information. That differentiates it from the obama case. If i could just go back to the tweets for one second, hallie. Please. I prosecuted Organized Crime Cases in the Southern District of new york. I supervised that unit. The way that donald trump is talking, and i cant help but think about this, is the way mob bosses talk. When you are loyal, youre a standup guy, and you take the rap in the mob world, you get benefits. If you break and you cooperate, youre a rat, which is another term he used. It is a little jarring to see out in the open, the president of the United States using this language, and sayi
because he was going to be in new york and then when that got postponed, i think they need to coordinate it with security. let s talk about david. you confirmed he went in yesterday. do we know anything more about what he testified to? not really. but you know, his involvement in this is pretty obvious from the jump here. this is somebody who was the person who introduced michael cohen and stormy daniels. he knew how to do it because he had done a similar payment himself. he had bought the story of another woman who claimed, the former playboy play mate, a short time prior. he s interesting because he was a trump friend, ally. he was involved in both of these payments. could describe how they work and potentially when trump knew about them. that s going to be a really key part of this. was michael cohen acting on his own? he could know the answer to those questions and he presumably has more credibility