New York hush money trial judge considers if Trump violated gag order

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🗓️ 23 April 2024

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Former President Trump's hush money trial continued Tuesday. On the witness stand, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker described the relationship between Trump and the tabloid during the 2016 campaign, where it would squash negative stories about him and publish critical ones about his rivals. But as William Brangham reports, the judge has to rule on Trump's behavior outside the court. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0	It was the second day of testimony in former President Trump's criminal
0:04.4	hush money trial in New York City. On the witness stand today, former National
0:08.7	Inquirer publisher David Becker, who described a 2015 agreement with Donald Trump to try to kill
0:15.0	negative stories about him and run negative stories about his political rivals.
0:19.6	William Bringham joins us now with more. So William, the judge now has to rule
0:24.8	on Mr. Trump's behavior outside the courtroom,
0:27.3	is that right?
0:28.0	That's right, Jeff.
0:29.2	Today began with a very tense hearing
0:31.5	over whether the former president has been violating the gag order
0:35.2	that was imposed on him after Trump criticized witnesses, the judge, and the judge's daughter.
0:41.0	Georgetown University's Mary McCord is a former acting attorney general for national
0:45.2	security and she has been following this and all of Trump's cases very closely.
0:49.6	Mary, so nice to see you again.
0:51.5	Thanks for being here. So this hearing,
0:54.1	whether Trump was violating the gag order.
0:56.7	That gag order prohibits him from making statements
1:00.3	about the witnesses and certain members of the court and jurors.
1:04.2	Prosecutors alleged he's violated that 10 different times.
1:07.8	What is he accused of doing?
1:09.8	Well, he's violated in a number of ways.
1:12.3	Originally, they sought to have this hearing on contempt,
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