“His eyes and ears”

“A wall he can’t tear down”

Deadline: White House - “His fate decided”

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Vaughn Hillyard, Lisa Rubin, Susanne Craig, Harry Litman, Lachlan Cartwright, Tim O’Brien, Anna Bower, Charlie Sykes, Claire McCaskill, Barbara McQuade, Andrew Weissmann, Katie Phang, Neal Katyal, and Jeremy Peters.

“His fate decided”

Hi everyone welcome to Monday 4 o'clock in New York. the case is about a criminal conspiracy.

That is how the prosecution presenting its case and the first ever criminal trial

of an American ex president start of the day.

Giving its opening statement this morning in a downtown Manhattan courthouse

in Donald J. Trump's criminal hush money case.

The trial began in earnest this morning with both sides making their opening statements to the 12-person jury in those six alternates.

The prosecution painted a picture of a conspiracy led by the ex-president and his allies to interfere in the 2016 election

aiming to hide from voters negative stories about Donald Trump. The attorney for

the prosecution Matthew Colangelo spoke about a 2015 meeting in Trump Tower

between Donald Trump, his former fixer Michael Cohen, and a man named David Pekker.

He's the longtime publisher of the National Inquirer.

It's where a scheme to bury negative stories about Donald Trump's relationships with women

It's a scheme commonly referred to as catch and kill.

Calangelo then recounted to the jurors how in the wake of the release of the

access Hollywood tape which was a political earthquake.

Michael Cohen paid former adult film actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep her alleged affair

According to reporting from the courtroom,

Calangelo said this, quote, so at Trump's direction,

Michael Cohen negotiated a deal to buy Ms. Daniel's story in order to prevent American

voters from learning that information before election day.

Drawing on years of experience as communications chief for President George W. Bush and senior advisor for the McCain-Palin campaign, Nicolle Wallace provides political insight and clarity on where the decision-makers stand on complex issues. Join her for analysis and discussion with the key newsmakers every weekday.

0:00.0	Hi everyone welcome to Monday 4 o'clock in New York. the case is about a criminal conspiracy.
0:14.6	That is how the prosecution presenting its case and the first ever criminal trial
0:20.0	of an American ex president start of the day.
0:23.0	Giving its opening statement this morning in a downtown Manhattan courthouse
0:27.0	in Donald J. Trump's criminal hush money case.
0:30.0	The trial began in earnest this morning with both sides making their opening statements to the 12-person jury in those six alternates.
0:37.6	The prosecution painted a picture of a conspiracy led by the ex-president and his allies to interfere in the 2016 election
0:45.5	aiming to hide from voters negative stories about Donald Trump. The attorney for
0:50.4	the prosecution Matthew Colangelo spoke about a 2015 meeting in Trump Tower
0:56.3	between Donald Trump, his former fixer Michael Cohen, and a man named David Pekker.
1:02.0	He's the longtime publisher of the National Inquirer.
1:05.0	It's where a scheme to bury negative stories about Donald Trump's relationships with women
1:10.0	was allegedly hatched.
1:12.0	It's a scheme commonly referred to as catch and kill.
1:16.2	Calangelo then recounted to the jurors how in the wake of the release of the
1:20.8	access Hollywood tape which was a political earthquake.
1:24.2	Michael Cohen paid former adult film actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep her alleged affair
1:32.2	with Donald Trump silent.
1:34.8	According to reporting from the courtroom,
1:36.7	Calangelo said this, quote, so at Trump's direction,
1:40.6	Michael Cohen negotiated a deal to buy Ms. Daniel's story in order to prevent American
1:47.1	voters from learning that information before election day.
	...

“His fate decided”

Deadline: White House

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