Donald trumps new york Hush Money Trial trial. Todd david packer will be first witness to steak t take te stand, stormy daniels, and Michael Cohen could take the stand, among others. Youre watching fox and friends first, im todd piro. Carley im carley shimkus. A long and tedious process. Brooke singman is here with det details. Brooke before Opening Statements begin, the judge is expected to rule on what prosecutors can bring up from previous cases. Manhattan District Attorneys Office is looking to crossorder about the judgement will in the new york city trial and bring up the verdict from the carroll case. The first witness will be david packer, meings ads mited to burying negative stories about trump. He is expected to recount several stories he had with mr. Trump about the hush money. Packers company paid 250,000 to stormy daniels. Michael cohen made the payments to daniels and will be a key witness in the case. The prosecution must prove trump was involved in the coverup. Listen to
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