Key witness Michael Cohen testifies against Trump

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

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🗓️ 13 May 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Monday, May 13, and reports on Michael Cohen's testimony in Donald Trump's criminal trial. Kristy Greenberg, Molly Jong-Fast, Maya Wiley and Duncan Levin join. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome everyone to a two hour addition of the beat tonight as we go through a big day in court.
0:07.0	I'm Ari Melber we have our special coverage and we begin right now with the prosecutor's star witness taking the stand.
0:13.8	You may have heard about it, you may have readied for it.
0:15.9	We are now here, the former Trump lawyer, Michael Cohen,
0:19.8	testifying about the work he did for Trump,
0:22.3	saying under oath, this was the dirty work of a quote fixer.
0:28.1	And recounting today and the jury hearing it from his mouth for the first time, the road to the
0:32.0	hush money payments at the center of
0:34.3	this felony case against defendant Trump.
0:37.8	Big day in the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump.
0:42.1	The star witness takes the stand against Donald J Trump.
0:45.3	Former fixer Michael Cohen now the star witness in the New York versus Trump trial.
0:50.0	Cohen on the stand.
0:51.3	Extraordinary showdown today in court.
0:53.5	The man at the center of the Hush Bunny Payments scandal is testifying.
0:57.6	The ex-president coming face to face with the man who used to do his dirty work,
1:01.8	who now has turned into the key witness.
1:05.7	Our own Nicole Wallace there, putting it succinctly from dirty work to key witness.
1:11.2	Prosecutors began today with questions about the deals made for what they call
1:16.3	the catch and kill plot, including model Karen McDougal story of her time with with Trump and that would have been a significant
1:24.4	event having a significant impact on the campaign if exposed Trump if exposed
1:31.6	it would of course hurt and expose Donald Trump I should say now
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