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Deadline: White House - “What have we done?”

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Susanne Craig, Andrew Weissmann, Charles Coleman, Yasmin Vossoughian, Marc Elias, Tim O’Brien, Dave Aronberg, Mary Trump, and Mike Memoli.

“What have we done?”

Hi everyone welcome to Thursday's 4 o'clock in New York on day 10 of the Donald Trump election interference hush money criminal trial the sleazy underbelly taking

center stage that whole scheme to catch and kill stories specifically to help the

Trump campaign was exposed again a wealth of evidence from lawyers a porn star and

a tabloid reporter that illustrate the frantic scramble to keep the whole

project going to stop it from going off the rails ahead of election day.

And the chaos that ensued when the hush money payments came to light. On the stand right now is the man

named Doug Dowse. He's a tech expert who works at the DA's office. He comes after hours of

rather extraordinary testimony from Keith Davidson.

The jury saw the agreement between David Denison and Peggy Peterson.

Those were pseudonyms used by Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels, alongside a side letter

written by Keith Davidson that, as he puts it, decodes the agreement between the two and specifically mentions Donald Trump.

The deal was done before Donald Trump's election night upset, a shocker to both Keith Davidson

and National Inquirer editor Dylan Howard.

NBC News reports this on the conversation

Keith Davidson texted the editor and chief

of the National Inquirer. Around 3 a.m. Eastern on the night of the 2016 election.

Quote, what have we done? Keith Davidson texted.

Oh my God, Dylan Howard texted him that night.

Asked what he meant in his text, Keith Davidson said, quote,

He said there was an understanding between the two of them

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0:14.9	Hi everyone welcome to Thursday's 4 o'clock in New York on day 10 of the Donald Trump election interference hush money criminal trial the sleazy underbelly taking
0:19.6	center stage that whole scheme to catch and kill stories specifically to help the
0:25.2	Trump campaign was exposed again a wealth of evidence from lawyers a porn star and
0:31.1	a tabloid reporter that illustrate the frantic scramble to keep the whole
0:35.6	project going to stop it from going off the rails ahead of election day.
0:40.9	And the chaos that ensued when the hush money payments came to light. On the stand right now is the man
0:46.5	named Doug Dowse. He's a tech expert who works at the DA's office. He comes after hours of
0:52.2	rather extraordinary testimony from Keith Davidson.
0:55.8	The jury saw the agreement between David Denison and Peggy Peterson.
1:01.1	Those were pseudonyms used by Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels, alongside a side letter
1:05.8	written by Keith Davidson that, as he puts it, decodes the agreement between the two and specifically mentions Donald Trump.
1:15.0	The deal was done before Donald Trump's election night upset, a shocker to both Keith Davidson
1:21.0	and National Inquirer editor Dylan Howard.
1:24.0	NBC News reports this on the conversation
1:26.6	via text between those two men.
1:28.8	Keith Davidson texted the editor and chief
1:31.6	of the National Inquirer. Around 3 a.m. Eastern on the night of the 2016 election.
1:36.6	Quote, what have we done? Keith Davidson texted.
1:40.6	Oh my God, Dylan Howard texted him that night.
1:43.7	Asked what he meant in his text, Keith Davidson said, quote,
1:47.8	this was sort of gallows humor.
1:49.6	He said there was an understanding between the two of them
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“What have we done?”

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