Hi there everyone welcome to Monday it's all happening four o'clock in New York as we

kick off what will be the second week of witness testimony in Donald J. Trump's criminal election interference,

hushmani trial. It's important to take stock and remind ourselves none of this is normal. It is not

normal to have an ex-American president stand trial as a criminal defendant.

It is not normal for that same criminal defendant to also be the Republican Party's current

presumptive nominee for the upcoming presidential election.

We learned a great deal from David Pecker during his time on the witness stand last week about

exactly how the catching kill scheme that was used to benefit Donald Trump

when he was running for president the first time worked. It worked by burying stories that would have been

harmful to his reputation. We heard from Trump's longtime assistant, Rona Graf.

We learned from her that both Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, the women paid to keep their

stories quiet ahead of that election, were both names in Trump's Rolex.

So this week we expect to hear new evidence and new testimony from new witnesses further detailing

the criminal conspiracy to influence what voters thought of Donald Trump ahead of the 2016 presidential

election.

We also expect to hear more about the payments

that Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen made

to hide his ex-boss's extramarital affairs with the adult film star and the former Playboy Playmate.

Tomorrow we will hear more from Michael Cohen's former banker, Gary Pharaoh.

After that, it's anyone's guess who comes next, frankly. It could be

anyone from Trump's former spokesperson Hope Hicks to Karen McDougal or Stormy Daniels.

Any one of them could possibly take the stand as a week goes on.

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