Deepest condolences to alice stewart, family makes you the rest in peace and may your memory be a blessing . Im wolf blitzer in this room. Thanks very much for watching the news continuous. Next, on cnn tonight on three, 60 disorder in the quarters, the judge in the former president s Hush Money Trial criticizes a Defense Witness for breaking the rules decor, also, Breaking News on the Helicopter Crash that killed a rons president and eight others will have the latest on the investigation. What it means for iran in the world. And later oneonone with comedian bill maher talking trump biden what he thinks is wrong with American Politics and culture good evening. There was drama today in the trump Hush Money Trial. The likes of which we have not seen in the more than five weeks of proceedings. No sooner or the prosecution rested and the defense called another witness, and the judge merchan cleared the courtroom. Rare act after the judge cited that witness, attorney Robert Costello, for im
Saturday night at nine easter a 60 starts now good evening on what was a blockbuster de in the criminal hush money trial. The former president in blockbuster because after what has at times been a meandering crossexamination, the prosecution is most important witness, Michael Cohen today, trump attorney todd blanche was able to repeatedly raised questions about cohens honesty. Not just in the past, but his honesty and his testimony before this jury this week i was in the courtroom this morning just before the lunch break. Blanche presented Text Messages to cohen between him and former trump bodyguard Keith Schiller. The messages were from october 24, 2016 and they appear to contradict it. Testimony cohen gave monday on direct examination that goes to the heart of the alleged scheme to falsify Business Records earlier in the week, cohen testified about texting schiller. He said under oath that he needed to talk to trump urgently schiller was always by his side. He testified that he you
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