For the prosecution shows and tells how donald trump operates like a mob boss. Thats tonight on newsnight good evening. Im abby phillip in new york and tonight, cnn puts a voice and a face to the key facts that you could read on paper in that case against donald trump. Meet brian butler. Hes also known as employee number five in the criminal indictment from special counsel jack smith. Butler is not a random person who trump can suddenly claim. He doesnt know he knows trump and it has known him for 21 years since he took a job as a seasonal valet at maralago. He has years of pictures and messages with everyone important in the trump orbit. He worked for he worked hundreds of p. Stance feet away from carlos de oliviera, the other maralago employee . He was indicted alongside trump, and they took lightly walks together. They were friends, but their paths now look very different. They oliviera is alleged to have lied to investigators. Meanwhile, butler has cooperated and he is helping pros
Cnns Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im Phil Mattingly in for jake tapper today and we are live outside the new york courthouse where today one of dahman ill trumps most loyal aids in the first four, Trump White House employee to testify, took the stand in the hush money cover up trial. Hope hicks acknowledged to the jury she was nervous to testify at times she giggled in one instance, actually cried on the stand leading to a brief delay in the trial now hits describes starting to work for the Trump Organization weve 14 before becoming the Trump Campaign spokeswoman in the 2016 race. And ultimately, the White House Communications director. Now she testified about the campaigns panic behind the scenes when they learned of the now infamous this access Hollywood Tape that donald trump was upset when he heard the news and staffers agreed that this was a crisis. Picks one on the testify that showing learn about Karen Mcdougal, who alleged aid nearly yearlong affair with donald trump when
Now cnn Breaking News yann, welcome to the lean. Im ticked tapper. Were following Breaking News out of new york where Donald Trumps hush money coverup trial its currently underway right now. Attorney Keith Davidson is on the stand. He is the lawyer who represented both 1998 Playboy Playmate of the year, Karen Mcdougal, who alleged an affair with down from and horn actress and director Stormy Daniels, who alleged to a Brief Dalliance with trump. Trump denies both. This afternoon, davidson and as testified about his negotiations with National Enquirer editorinchief, dylan howard to sell the womens stories to that august to publication and how interest in buying Stormy Daniels accounts spiked after the access Hollywood Tape was released in early october 2016, before todays testimony gotten underway, judge juan merchan ruled that donald trump had violated the gag order against attacking members of the jury and witnesses with nine distinct posts on his truth social page, as well as his webs