Trump Trial Week 5…Chaos in the courtroom!
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Former US President Donald Trump’s trial in New York is in its sixth week, where he’s accused of trying to cover up a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. He’s pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records and also denies having a sexual encounter with Daniels.
This week, there was a moment of chaos when Justice Merchan ordered the jury out of the courtroom to admonish defence witness Bob Costello for his conduct on the stand.
Sarah and Anthony, alongside the BBC’s US reporter, Kayla Epstein, take a look at Costello’s evidence, and when we could expect a verdict on the historic trial.
HOSTS: • Sarah Smith, North America editor • Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent • Kayla Epstein, BBC reporter covering the trial in New York
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | It's been another dramatic week in New York City, |
| 0:08.4 | as Donald Trump's criminal trial approaches its climax. |
| 0:12.4 | We heard more from Star Prosecution Witness Michael Cohen. |
| 0:15.5 | The defense called their own surprise witness and the judge Juan Mershaun showed a rare |
| 0:21.0 | flash of anger. We have almost reached the point where the jury will |
| 0:25.3 | decide Donald Trump's fate. Guilty, not guilty. What happened this week to push the |
| 0:30.9 | jury one way or another? It's time to break it all down. |
| 0:35.0 | Welcome to AmeriCast in court. |
| 0:37.0 | AmeriCast. |
| 0:40.0 | AmeriCast from BBC News. |
| 0:43.0 | The first ever criminal trial of a former president of these United States. |
| 0:46.7 | Trump is facing 34 felony charges related to so-called hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. |
| 0:53.1 | How do we know you're telling the truth? |
| 0:55.2 | Because I have no reason to lie. |
| 0:56.4 | I'm in New York all the time with the Biden trial, a fake trial. |
| 1:00.8 | Don wants to have few tough days lately. |
| 1:03.0 | From being forced to sit for days on end, you might call it stormy weather. |
| 1:08.0 | They do it to try and take your powers away. Hello, it's Sarah Smith here. |
| 1:17.0 | I have made it back to Washington, D.C. where I'm in our BBC Bureau. |
| 1:20.0 | And it's Anthony Zerker and I'm welcoming Sarah back here. It's nice to be sitting next to you again. |
| 1:24.3 | And it's Kayle Epstein here in New York. |
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