new york as a criminal defendant facing 34 felony charges in connection with an alleged scheme to cover up extra marital encounters, one with a porn star , one with a former playboy playmate of the year. we ran the comments from district attorney alvin bragg earlier, so too, will we bring trump to you and jake, whichever donald trump shows up whether he s angry to find defensive, mocking or all of the above, it will be a far different donald trump. from the one earlier today on the 15th floor, the manhattan criminal court building with no one holding the door for him on the way into his arraignment, or the donald trump, who sat stone faced at the defense table for the first what could be many such appearances to come. we don t yet know what the former president makes of this. we could learn shortly, and as we wait for him to speak, we have, as only cnn can a team of correspondents. legal and political analysts help make sense of what happened today and what happens next. let
Documents case. Once upon a time that case was set to take off, may 20th. Less than two weeks from today. We have been waiting for judge cannon to set a trial date, since march. We got the news the judge has postponed that trial indefinitely. This means the onset donald trump ends up in a florida courtroom before the general election, those odds are slim to none, which is good news for the former president. But, less apparent good for the former president was the fact today donald trump was back in manhattan criminal court. Today was the 13 of the Hush Money Case against him, and it was by no means a normal day. Today, we got testimony from the central figure at the heart of this case, Adult Film Star, stephanie clifford, a. K. A. Stormy daniels. As far as the spectacle of this trial goes, today was a blockbuster. A lot of the testimony really sounded like it was ripped from the tabloids, which makes sense because the story at the center of this case is quite literally about tabloid sl
to again the judge and the jury at the appropriate time. in court today. trump attorney todd blanched, he defended the former president s various statements on social media, which, as you know, many people have considered to be beyond the pale in terms of the names. he s called individuals, including calling district attorney alan bragan animal, he defended them by citing your podcasts. your other interviews that you ve done in the run up to the case, perhaps this interview itself will will be cited in the future. um, what s your take on that? i m at the defendant in this case when i was the defendant in the case, donald was very quick along with his acolytes to attack me on whatever platform that they had access to it the time. this is not michael cohen is not the defendant donald, you are and so i will continue to speak truth to power. i will continue to provide transparency to the american people so that they understand to the extent that i
evidence, something that i said going back to when i had spoken with george stephanopoulos and said that my loyalty belongs to my wife, my daughter, my son and my country, and i believe that it s important that everyone who commits a crime be held accountable. and if those crimes were relevant enough by the southern district of new york to hold against me, then certainly it should be. it shouldn t matter that it s donald j. trump or former president or anyone. now this is up to alvin bragg and his prosecutorial team. two. provide um you know the information to again the judge and the jury at the appropriate time. in court today. trump attorney todd blanched, he defended the former president s various statements on social media, which, as you know, many people have considered to be beyond the pale in terms of the names. he s called individuals, including calling district