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trump's long time executive assistant taking the graff also testified she entered contact information for karen mcdougal, a former "playboy" model who claims she had a year-long affair with trump. that she typed in two addresses, a cellphone number and an email address. >> she was hired by the trump organization in 1987. >> reporter: becoming a familiar face to tv audiences on "the apprentice" as the ever president outside his office. and today's personal assistant walking with a cane entered the man hat encourtroom passing her old boss. trump dropping his head when her name was called. her testimony was brief. all the years of record keeping, packing a punch. she kept trump's calendar and contacts and she entered information for porn star stormy daniels including her mobile phone number. and there was nor. of she testified she had a vague recollection of seeing daniels in trump tower in the reception area on the 26th floor. trump denies he had an affair with daniels. but prosecutors say she was p $130,000 to keep quiet before the election and trump falsified business records to cover
trump's long time executive assistant taking the graff also testified she entered contact information for karen mcdougal, a former "playboy" model who claims she had a year-long affair with trump. that she typed in two addresses, a cellphone number and an email address. >> she was hired by the trump organization in 1987. >> reporter: becoming a familiar face to tv audiences on "the apprentice" as the ever president outside his office. and today's personal...
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tim o'brien, what can you tell us about rhona graff? >> there's much more here than simply rhona graff was in the inner circle with donald trump. donald trump doesn't use e-mail, and all e-mail that was sent into the trump organization was screened by rhona graff. rhona graff's hard drive at the trump organization is a gold mine of information about the comings and goings on a daily basis of the trump organization. you know, they've always famously said donald trump doesn't leave a paper trail behind himself, which makes it difficult for prosecution to keep up with what he was doing. the reality is there's a massive paper trail surrounding rhona graff, and perhaps the manhattan d.a. already subpoenaed her hard drive and has looked through it. but, you know, she is the sort of communication equivalent of allen weisselberg who is the financial crypt keeper at the trump organization. she's a very material witness, and i imagine there's very hard documentation behind any fact pattern, they may allege when they question her. >> i know you ha
tim o'brien, what can you tell us about rhona graff? >> there's much more here than simply rhona graff was in the inner circle with donald trump. donald trump doesn't use e-mail, and all e-mail that was sent into the trump organization was screened by rhona graff. rhona graff's hard drive at the trump organization is a gold mine of information about the comings and goings on a daily basis of the trump organization. you know, they've always famously said donald trump doesn't leave a paper...
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but graff shed no light on that. graff testified even though she no longer works for the trump organization, the company is paying her legal bills. the jury also hearing from gary farro, who helped facilitate the payment from cohen to daniels, but the day began with them trying to undercut the testimony of david pecker, former publisher of "the national enquirer" and key witness for prosecutors testifying at length about how he helped silence people who could have hurt mr. trump's election chances. mr. trump's lawyer sought to raise questions about pecker's memory and motives on cross-examination. pecker defiant at one point saying, i've been truthful to the best of my recollection. the tabloid mogul also undermining the idea mr. trump wanted to bury those stories about women to protect his family, a common refrain from the defense. instead, pecker said he believed it was all to protect his campaign. >> i do have to begin by wishing melania happy birthday. she's in florida. >> reporter: melania trump notably absent a
but graff shed no light on that. graff testified even though she no longer works for the trump organization, the company is paying her legal bills. the jury also hearing from gary farro, who helped facilitate the payment from cohen to daniels, but the day began with them trying to undercut the testimony of david pecker, former publisher of "the national enquirer" and key witness for prosecutors testifying at length about how he helped silence people who could have hurt mr. trump's...
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and rhona graff's prosecution finished. joining us is criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos, and former new york assistant attorney general adam pollock. the direct is over. cross-examination is happening. why was the direct so short? i'll start with you, danny. >> she's not that critical of a witness in terms of her story to tell. she's mostly establishing places, dates, times, especially necessary with a character like donald trump who never e-mails, which, by the way, as a defense attorney, i can tell you how often people are undone by their own e-mails or text messages or messaging apps or whatever the case may be. you don't have that with donald trump. you have to call someone like this witness to establish things like where he was on a certain day what communications he had. even who was in his contacts because it seems like someone else was in control of his contacts. a bit of a throwback to the way this would work in the 90s or the 80s. but this is a witness that won't be nearly as exciti
and rhona graff's prosecution finished. joining us is criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos, and former new york assistant attorney general adam pollock. the direct is over. cross-examination is happening. why was the direct so short? i'll start with you, danny. >> she's not that critical of a witness in terms of her story to tell. she's mostly establishing places, dates, times, especially necessary with a character like donald trump who never e-mails, which,...
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rhona graff, under defense cross-examination in meetings. she was not testifying by choice this but nonetheless, telling prosecutors that she kept contact information for the two women her boss had denied knowing intimately, including stormy daniels cell phone number and two addresses just for karen mcdougal. she also said she vaguely recalled one seeing daniels at trump tower on the 26th floor then when prompted by the defense, she said it might have been in connecit
rhona graff, under defense cross-examination in meetings. she was not testifying by choice this but nonetheless, telling prosecutors that she kept contact information for the two women her boss had denied knowing intimately, including stormy daniels cell phone number and two addresses just for karen mcdougal. she also said she vaguely recalled one seeing daniels at trump tower on the 26th floor then when prompted by the defense, she said it might have been in connecit
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so one of the witnesses we saw today that was rhona graff. she is one of the people that was working at the trump organization with donald trump. and the things she's testifying to, our bot going to become building blocks that other witnesses will probably share similar information about or underline what she had witnessed and is telling the jury about the trump was signing checks often, and then it wasn't unusual for donald trump to sign checks when he was on the phone or had people in this office. so he she is the person that is putting trump. they're looking at the paperwork that we're going to see as evidence in this case as well. >> then on top of that, we're starting to see the things that really need to be shown to the jury to establish that this catch and kill scheme happened, that there were agreements with these people that were coming to sell stories either to the national enquirer or stories that donald trump and michael hello, in wanted to have buried one of those things. >> is this american media incorporated national enquirer's
so one of the witnesses we saw today that was rhona graff. she is one of the people that was working at the trump organization with donald trump. and the things she's testifying to, our bot going to become building blocks that other witnesses will probably share similar information about or underline what she had witnessed and is telling the jury about the trump was signing checks often, and then it wasn't unusual for donald trump to sign checks when he was on the phone or had people in this...
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>> well today is interesting for me because rhona graff took the stand and i know rhona graff from being on the show. she is the nicest woman in the world. i always wondered how she made it through more than 30 years working for a difficult donald trump. >> but she literally is his gatekeeper. >> she knows all his schedules. and even though hur testimony was really short, the prosecution is being strategic. they got in those nuggets that rhona knew that donald trump had stormy daniels and karen mcdougal's phone numbers in his directory, rhona controls everybody's all the phone numbers that donald trump needs access to and the fact that stormy day and hills was in trump tower. she has a memory of her being there and regardless of what the purpose of stormy daniels being there was at that time, when you have michael cohen coming in, who the defense is going to completely argue as we all know, has credibility issues, placing stormy in the building, a trump tower power is an advantage rather than just stormy and donald trump being in a photograph together, it's sort of little nuggets that ev
>> well today is interesting for me because rhona graff took the stand and i know rhona graff from being on the show. she is the nicest woman in the world. i always wondered how she made it through more than 30 years working for a difficult donald trump. >> but she literally is his gatekeeper. >> she knows all his schedules. and even though hur testimony was really short, the prosecution is being strategic. they got in those nuggets that rhona knew that donald trump had stormy...
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trump's longtime gatekeeper, rhona graff, was in many ways to trump's right-hand for 34 years. and this moment on the apprentice accurately captures her central role in organizing trump's personal and professional life trump province. he asked me to call you and tell you to meet him tomorrow morning at the new york stock exchange? >> i can tell you it was a reporter if you needed to reach trump, he called graph time. i was at trump tower to see trump when i was a business reporter or on the apprentice, she was there at her desk and his office door. she came and went from his office at her own whim. and that was unique she was always formal. he was always mr. trump to her, but she had stature and she controlled access to him. in fact, she wants told real estate weekly, quoting rhona, everybody knows in order to get through to him, they have to go through me. and she told prosecutors she not only remembered seeing stormy daniels and the reception area of trump tower before trump ran for office. but then it was quote, unquote, office chatter that trump wanted daniels on the appren
trump's longtime gatekeeper, rhona graff, was in many ways to trump's right-hand for 34 years. and this moment on the apprentice accurately captures her central role in organizing trump's personal and professional life trump province. he asked me to call you and tell you to meet him tomorrow morning at the new york stock exchange? >> i can tell you it was a reporter if you needed to reach trump, he called graph time. i was at trump tower to see trump when i was a business reporter or on...
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it's an entry in our system for stormy, stormy daniels, graff testified. i believe it contains her mobile phone number. graff said she also had a vague recollection of seeing daniels at trump tower in the reception area on the 26th floor. did you know at the time that she was an adult film actress, the prosecutor asked? graff answered, yes, i did, and she recalled hearing trump saying daniels may be an interesting contestant on "the apprentice." the jury saw another entry graff made in trump's contacts, karen mcdougal, the former "playboy" model who like daniels claims to have had a sexual relationship with trump. trump denies both affairs, but this week david pecker testified he paid mcdougal's $150,000 to keep quiet in the midst of the election. pecker told them about a thank you dinner trump hosted for him at the white house. it's your dinner, pecker said. as the two walked out, he said president trump asked, how is karen doing? the defense suggested buying and burying salacious stories was standard operating procedure. pecker conceded "the national enq
it's an entry in our system for stormy, stormy daniels, graff testified. i believe it contains her mobile phone number. graff said she also had a vague recollection of seeing daniels at trump tower in the reception area on the 26th floor. did you know at the time that she was an adult film actress, the prosecutor asked? graff answered, yes, i did, and she recalled hearing trump saying daniels may be an interesting contestant on "the apprentice." the jury saw another entry graff made...
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the state briefly calling ronna graff, mr. trump's longtime executive assistant to the stand this afternoon. graff confirming contacts were saved on the company's computer system for karen mcdougal and stormy, an apparent reference to stormy daniels. prosecutors say both women were shopping stories of sex with mr. trump ahead of the 2016 election, encounters he denies. >> are you nervous about stormy daniels' testimony? >> reporter: at the heart of the case, a $130,000 payment michael cohen made to daniels, so she wouldn't go public and how prosecutors say that payment was disguised, but graff shed no light on that testifying even though she no longer works for the trump organization, the company is paying her legal bills. the jury also hearing from gary farro, a former banker at first republic bank who helped facilitate the payment from cohen to daniels, but the day began with the defense team seeking to undercut the testimony of david pecker, the former publisher of "the national enquirer" and a key witness for prosecutors t
the state briefly calling ronna graff, mr. trump's longtime executive assistant to the stand this afternoon. graff confirming contacts were saved on the company's computer system for karen mcdougal and stormy, an apparent reference to stormy daniels. prosecutors say both women were shopping stories of sex with mr. trump ahead of the 2016 election, encounters he denies. >> are you nervous about stormy daniels' testimony? >> reporter: at the heart of the case, a $130,000 payment...
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and rhona graff also testified, look, trump doesn't use email. we all know that. i set up his outlook contacts for him, basically, i was maintaining his electronic rolodex. these aren't my contacts. they're for him. the other thing she did is she's eminently credible. she didn't give prosecutors some of the admissions they wanted. they were trying to establish trump had a business reason to have stormy in his rolodex, in particular, he was looking at her as a plausible candidate for the celebrity apprentice. she wouldn't necessarily go there. she said yeah, i have a vague recollection based on some office chatter that she was talked about as an interesting candidate. but never did she say i heard it directly from trump. i overheard trump talking about her. rather, she saw her once in the reception area of the business offices at trump tower. said she knew she was an adult film star, but she never had a conversation with trump about her. if she had been a plausible candidate, rhona graff would have been close enough to know that. >> i never watched "the apprentice"
and rhona graff also testified, look, trump doesn't use email. we all know that. i set up his outlook contacts for him, basically, i was maintaining his electronic rolodex. these aren't my contacts. they're for him. the other thing she did is she's eminently credible. she didn't give prosecutors some of the admissions they wanted. they were trying to establish trump had a business reason to have stormy in his rolodex, in particular, he was looking at her as a plausible candidate for the...
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as graff testified, trump sat with a closed lips smile, tilting his head to get a better view of his former assistant, trump's team made clear graph was testifying under subpoena with nicholas asking you don't want to be here. do you? correct graph for applied earlier trump's attorneys worked hard to undermine a foundational witness for the prosecution ex-tabloid executive david pecker, who is back on the stand for his fourth day of testimony during trump's attorney, emile bove as questioning of the former national enquirer publisher. he attempted to discredit one of the prosecution's key witnesses, trump's x personal lazzarini, michael cohen. he asked pecker if you felt cohen was prone to exaggeration. pecker agreed he was after court. trump weighed in on the trial, eight days that we sitting in this courthouse i just want to thank everybody for being here. >> this, is like. everybody else michael cohen's bank or took the stand friday afternoon, he described to the jury how he helped cohen set up the shell company that was ultimately used to transfer the $130,000 payment to stormy d
as graff testified, trump sat with a closed lips smile, tilting his head to get a better view of his former assistant, trump's team made clear graph was testifying under subpoena with nicholas asking you don't want to be here. do you? correct graph for applied earlier trump's attorneys worked hard to undermine a foundational witness for the prosecution ex-tabloid executive david pecker, who is back on the stand for his fourth day of testimony during trump's attorney, emile bove as questioning...
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rhona graff, donald trump's longtime executive assistant and occasional costar on the apprentice. the prosecution appears to have called her because she is the person who handled trump's calendar and contacts and email, which trump himself does not use. ms. graf appeared in court under subpoena and testified her legal bills were being paid for by the trump organization, even though she does not work there anymore. so while rhona graff was not a hostile witness, it is a safe bet she didn't really want to be there. the prosecution used her testimony to establish donald trump had contact information for stormy daniels and karen mcdougal, the two women with whom trump is alleged to have covered up affairs and today they were able to show exhibits. trump's old microsoft contacts list, showing injuries -- showing injuries for stormy daniels and karen mcdougal, complete with phone numbers. when trump's lawyers get the chance to cross-examine rhona graff, they really didn't rebut what the prosecution had established, which was that donald trump was in contact with stormy daniels and karen
rhona graff, donald trump's longtime executive assistant and occasional costar on the apprentice. the prosecution appears to have called her because she is the person who handled trump's calendar and contacts and email, which trump himself does not use. ms. graf appeared in court under subpoena and testified her legal bills were being paid for by the trump organization, even though she does not work there anymore. so while rhona graff was not a hostile witness, it is a safe bet she didn't...
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well, before gleaves closes the show, ladies and gentlemen, garrett graff garrett graff. good evening, everyone my name is al hungerford. i am the executive director of the adam society at the manhattan institute. and on behalf of the manhattan, it is my pleasure to welcome to tonight's discussion with abigail shrier and her new bo
well, before gleaves closes the show, ladies and gentlemen, garrett graff garrett graff. good evening, everyone my name is al hungerford. i am the executive director of the adam society at the manhattan institute. and on behalf of the manhattan, it is my pleasure to welcome to tonight's discussion with abigail shrier and her new bo
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well, before gleaves closes the show, ladies and gentlemen, garrett graff garrett graff.
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>> graff said in her testimony that she felt the apprenticed elevated trump to rockstar status nicholas also focused on demonstrating trump and graph had a good working relationship. she asked if trump was a good boss graph responded, i think that he was fair and respectful boss to me. she added sometimes who had peak is headed and said they go home to your family, which i thought was very thoughtful of him as graff testified, trump sat with a closed lips smile. tilting his head to get a better view of his former assistant, trump's team made clear graph was testifying under subpoena with nicholas asking you don't want to be here, do you? correct graph for applied earlier trump's attorneys worked hard to undermine a foundational witness for the prosecution. x executive david pecker, who is back on the stand for his fourth day of testimony during trump's attorney, emile bove as questioning of the former national enquirer publisher. he attempted to discredit one of the prosecution's key witnesses, trump's x person it's an old attorney, michael cohen. he asked pecker if you felt cohen was p
>> graff said in her testimony that she felt the apprenticed elevated trump to rockstar status nicholas also focused on demonstrating trump and graph had a good working relationship. she asked if trump was a good boss graph responded, i think that he was fair and respectful boss to me. she added sometimes who had peak is headed and said they go home to your family, which i thought was very thoughtful of him as graff testified, trump sat with a closed lips smile. tilting his head to get a...
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the state briefly calling rhona graff, mr. trumps longtime executive assistant to the stand this afternoon. rhona graff confirming contacts were saved on the company's computer system for karen mcdougal and >>>, an apparent reference to stormy daniels. prosecutors say both women were shopping stories of with mr. trump ahead of the 2016 election, encounters he denies. at the heart of the case, a $130,000.00 payment michael cohen made to daniels so she wouldn't go public and how prosecutors say that payment was disguised. but, rhona graff said no light on that, testifying even though she no longer works for the trump organization, the company is in her legal bills. the jury also hearing from gary farro, a former banker at first republic bank, who helped facilitate the payment from michael cohen to daniels. the day began with the defense team seeking to undercut the testimony of david pecker, the former publisher of "the national enquirer", and a key witness for prosecutors, testifying at length about how he helped simon's people
the state briefly calling rhona graff, mr. trumps longtime executive assistant to the stand this afternoon. rhona graff confirming contacts were saved on the company's computer system for karen mcdougal and >>>, an apparent reference to stormy daniels. prosecutors say both women were shopping stories of with mr. trump ahead of the 2016 election, encounters he denies. at the heart of the case, a $130,000.00 payment michael cohen made to daniels so she wouldn't go public and how...
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rhona graff says she has respect for donald trump. as she left, you could see him try to get up and briefly say hello to her. things were very different when the defense got a chance to finally cross-examine the former publisher of the national inquirer david pecker. they tried to get him to poke holes the prosecution narrative saying essentially the catch and kill scheme was good business for pecker and he cooperated with prosecutors because he was in the middle of a media acquisition deal and did not want that to be impacted. pecker hit back. he said he had been truthful the entire time and understood the catch and kill scheme to be in service of donald trump's campaign. the defense struggled to put a hole in the prosecution narrative. >> briefly, what will you be watching in a week to come? >> after president biden said he would be happy to debate donald trump, donald trump defiantly left the courtroom man said he would debate him anytime anywhere including here, next week, denied, or you been at the white house -- tonight, or even
rhona graff says she has respect for donald trump. as she left, you could see him try to get up and briefly say hello to her. things were very different when the defense got a chance to finally cross-examine the former publisher of the national inquirer david pecker. they tried to get him to poke holes the prosecution narrative saying essentially the catch and kill scheme was good business for pecker and he cooperated with prosecutors because he was in the middle of a media acquisition deal and...
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now, let's, talk about rhona graff. that was interesting to me in particular, because first of all, the experience of donald trump to be in this courtroom having long-term associates like david pecker, and then somebody who worked for him for 34 years. they were so close that she actually was on the platform for the inauguration. she talked about. that's how close relationship was. and many identify her as the gatekeeper if you want to talk to him, talk to rode here, she is saying i don't want to be here. she's there from a subpoena. what impacted her testimony, have i think she connected a couple of hours for the prosecution, but i think she was also very effective defense witness because you have to remember new yorkers, especially the new yorkers, who have been there for awhile now, these are people that chances are. they've voted for mayor giuliani. they know donald trump from back when he was a real estate guy, from back when he did this celebrity apprentice, she has the opportunity to humanize him in to remind peo
now, let's, talk about rhona graff. that was interesting to me in particular, because first of all, the experience of donald trump to be in this courtroom having long-term associates like david pecker, and then somebody who worked for him for 34 years. they were so close that she actually was on the platform for the inauguration. she talked about. that's how close relationship was. and many identify her as the gatekeeper if you want to talk to him, talk to rode here, she is saying i don't want...
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of testimony on friday, and jurors also heard from trump's former longtime personal assistant, rhona graff, as well as michael cohen's banker, who arranged his home equity line of credit which cohen used to pay stormy daniels $130,000 in hush money. >> cnn's kara scannell has more a new witness, former president donald trump's assistant of 34 years took the stand on friday, shedding light on the inner workings of the trump organization in trump's hush money trial, rhona, let me add to call split's rhona graff, who's office was next door to trump's on the 26th floor, trump tower said she was in control of his calendar nar and maintaining his contact list at the organization, graph confirmed to contact. >> she maintained were for former playboy model karen mcdougal, and adult film star stormy daniels, to women who alleged affairs with trump, both of which he denies. mcdougal's contact entry included a phone number, email, and two addresses daniel's contact i've listed herself phone she testified as far as she can remember, trump never used email to communicate prosecutor susan hoffinger, ask
of testimony on friday, and jurors also heard from trump's former longtime personal assistant, rhona graff, as well as michael cohen's banker, who arranged his home equity line of credit which cohen used to pay stormy daniels $130,000 in hush money. >> cnn's kara scannell has more a new witness, former president donald trump's assistant of 34 years took the stand on friday, shedding light on the inner workings of the trump organization in trump's hush money trial, rhona, let me add to...
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graph what email from our graff -- they are laying out the details of what she knows how long she worked for the former resident. this is the initial phase of her appearing as a witness, jonathan. >> right to. this is where trials can become mind-numbing because witnesses will lay the foundation as far as records. once again it is proving stuff that is not seriously contested perry what is being contestant is still being debated is a crime in any of this. and the fact we have this roaring debate as to what they are actually suggesting in the second week of the trial i think how poorly handled the case has been by the judge. this gets back to andy and i said in finance violations where they kept on saying essentially guilty of a cooperation agreement of those types of violations. he had some interaction with the ftc. whether he violated election laws does not to get attributed to trump or to his state of mind. it's not even clear what that violation was but there are lots when you are being pursued by the justice department and local district attorneys would be pleading guilty. they were
graph what email from our graff -- they are laying out the details of what she knows how long she worked for the former resident. this is the initial phase of her appearing as a witness, jonathan. >> right to. this is where trials can become mind-numbing because witnesses will lay the foundation as far as records. once again it is proving stuff that is not seriously contested perry what is being contestant is still being debated is a crime in any of this. and the fact we have this roaring...
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graph -- graff, the company was paying her legal beales -- bills. and helping facilitate the payment from cohen to daniels. seeking to undercut the testimony of david pecker, the former publisher of the national enquirer and key witness. testifying about how he helped silence people who could have hurt his election charges. mr. trump's lawyers sought to raise questions about motives. at one point saying, i've been truthful to the best of my recollection. also undermining the idea mr. trump wanted to bury those stories to protect his family, a common refrain from the stance. instead, he believed it was all to protect his campaign. >> i have to wish her a happy birthday. she's in florida. >> miliania trump, absent. the former president needs to be in court on tuesday, thursday, and friday of next week. wednesday, he will be using that time to campaign in the battleground states of wisconsin and michigan. alex? >> okay, dasha burns. thank you for that. he is the former assistant deputy general. host of the podcast talking fits. thank you very much for
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also on the stand today was rhona graff, trump's longtime executive assistant. graff testified that the trump organization had stormy daniels and karen mcdougal's phone numbers in a database. daniels and mcdougal claim that they had an affair with trump. graff says she also vaguely remembers seeing daniels at trump tower. >> it's very cold in there. for one purpose. i believe they don't seem to be able to get the temperature up. it shouldn't be that complicated. >> financial executive gary farrow took the witness stand for the last hour of the trial today. he'll be back on the witness stand on tuesday, reporting from lower manhattan. i'm morgan mckay, fox news. >> joe biden says he is willing to take on donald trump once again on the debate stage. >> i don't know if you're going to debate your your opponent. >> i am somewhere i don't know when i'm happy to debate him. >> president biden said in an interview with howard stern today that he is willing to engage in a debate. until now, the biden campaign had not promised on whether he would participate in a debate.
also on the stand today was rhona graff, trump's longtime executive assistant. graff testified that the trump organization had stormy daniels and karen mcdougal's phone numbers in a database. daniels and mcdougal claim that they had an affair with trump. graff says she also vaguely remembers seeing daniels at trump tower. >> it's very cold in there. for one purpose. i believe they don't seem to be able to get the temperature up. it shouldn't be that complicated. >> financial...
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. >> friday afternoon, trump's former personal assistant, rhona graff took the stand. she was one of his longest serving employees hired back in 1987, admitting she had a vague recollection of spotting stormy daniels in trump tower. graff considered trump's gatekeeper, said she was responsible for updating the company contact list. trump denies he had an affair with daniels, but prosecutors say she was paid $130,000 to keep quiet before the 2016 election, and trump illegally falsified business records to cover it up. graff also testified she entered contact information for karen mcdougal, a former playboy model who claims she had a year long affair with trump. trump denies the affair, but david pecker, former publisher for the national enquirer, testified that at trump's direction, the tabloid bought mcdougal's story but never ran it. in order to protect trump's political campaign, pecker also took the stand, answering questions about a conspiracy to catch and kill news stories that could be damaging to trump. when he ran for president, the defense, claiming the nation
. >> friday afternoon, trump's former personal assistant, rhona graff took the stand. she was one of his longest serving employees hired back in 1987, admitting she had a vague recollection of spotting stormy daniels in trump tower. graff considered trump's gatekeeper, said she was responsible for updating the company contact list. trump denies he had an affair with daniels, but prosecutors say she was paid $130,000 to keep quiet before the 2016 election, and trump illegally falsified...
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friday afternoon on, trump's former personal assistant rhona graff took the stand. she was one of his longest serving employees hired back in 1987, admitting she had a vague recollection of spotting stormy daniels in trump tower. graff considered trump's gatekeeper, said she was responsible for updating the company contact list. trump denies he had an affair with daniels, but prosecutors say she was paid $130,000 to keep quiet before the 2016 election, and trump illegally falsified business records to cover it up. graff also testified she entered contact information for karen mcdougal, a former playboy model who claims she had a year long affair with trump. trump denies the affair, but david pecker, former publisher for the national enquirer, testified that at trump's direction, the tabloid bought mcdougal's story but never ran it. in order to protect trump's political campaign, pecker also took the stand, answering questions about a conspiracy to catch and kill news stories that could be damaging to trump. when he ran for president, the defense, claiming the nation
friday afternoon on, trump's former personal assistant rhona graff took the stand. she was one of his longest serving employees hired back in 1987, admitting she had a vague recollection of spotting stormy daniels in trump tower. graff considered trump's gatekeeper, said she was responsible for updating the company contact list. trump denies he had an affair with daniels, but prosecutors say she was paid $130,000 to keep quiet before the 2016 election, and trump illegally falsified business...
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david pecker's case, establishing that affection and rhona graff's case, those were important things. with davidson, we're sufficiently far away from contact with trump himself, that i think it is not even necessary for the prosecution to spend a lot of time there. there are going to be people, though, who will come into the courtroom and i think establish that they have no animosity with trump will be important as it was with pecker as it was with rhona graff and those people include two people who are very close to donald trump, hope hicks, and his former white house secretary madeleine westerholt who is key to the actual crime charged here, the falsification of business records. when you think of the logistics of that, those checks were sent from the trump organization in new york to washington, d.c. at the white house and someone had to put them in front of donald trump for his signature and that person is madeleine westerholt and establishing she doesn't wish trump ill will be important for prosecutors. >> i think another point that was really important that keith davidson raised
david pecker's case, establishing that affection and rhona graff's case, those were important things. with davidson, we're sufficiently far away from contact with trump himself, that i think it is not even necessary for the prosecution to spend a lot of time there. there are going to be people, though, who will come into the courtroom and i think establish that they have no animosity with trump will be important as it was with pecker as it was with rhona graff and those people include two...
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rhona graff was the gatekeeper. she was for years. i hear president donald trump saying get me my messages. she worked for him for so long and what president donald trump's lawyers tried to establish with her is that she did come to trump tower. she had to testify about contact names that she put into his rolodex. stormy -- it did not say stormy daniels and it did not say -- it just said "stormy" with a phone number. stormy daniels came to trump tower in 2007. she writes about it in her book, full disclosure. there was a bit of information , that she had been there. they tried to position this visit as she was coming in to try to get on the celebrity apprentice. she was angling to get on the show. i happen to know from self reporting that nbc would not let that happen, but that is how they were trying to report her as a potential contestant for celebrity apprentice, which came after the apprentice and they had interesting characters on it. i do not think she would have fit in. it was kind of a different thing. >> and i comment on that
rhona graff was the gatekeeper. she was for years. i hear president donald trump saying get me my messages. she worked for him for so long and what president donald trump's lawyers tried to establish with her is that she did come to trump tower. she had to testify about contact names that she put into his rolodex. stormy -- it did not say stormy daniels and it did not say -- it just said "stormy" with a phone number. stormy daniels came to trump tower in 2007. she writes about it in...
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this is where you get this intersection, that is what rona graff faced, as well. you are now on the line, somebody has broken the law. this is obviously an election interference issue, a very serious issue. it is not just a hush money case. so, i am sure hope is being well advised by her lawyers, under no circumstances can you commit perjury in a case like this. just be careful, because the government has access to lots and lots of information. so, you have to tell the truth. i hope that she will do that, even if it hurts mr. trump. >> do you have any sense of any kind of relationship between them now? if they stay in communication? i'm talking about "hopey", as donald trump would call her. >> i actually don't. i actually know that one of my friends, when i worked with goldman sachs, recently married hope. i wish them great success. she is a lovely person. but again, this is just the problem of working with mr. trump. so, maybe to build but are thinking about working for mr. trump don't watch msnbc, but by chance if you are, don't work for mr. trump, because he wi
this is where you get this intersection, that is what rona graff faced, as well. you are now on the line, somebody has broken the law. this is obviously an election interference issue, a very serious issue. it is not just a hush money case. so, i am sure hope is being well advised by her lawyers, under no circumstances can you commit perjury in a case like this. just be careful, because the government has access to lots and lots of information. so, you have to tell the truth. i hope that she...
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. >> hoy tambien declaro rona graff quien fuera asistente de donald trump durante muchos anos dijo que en su agenda tenia la intencion de influenciar la eleccion presidencial de 2016. >> ¿es verdad, senor pequer, que el proposito de cancelar la historia de karen mcdougall era influenciar la eleccion? >> pregunto el fiscal. >> fiscal? >> si, respondio we have another day of court in a freezing cold dentro de la sala, el expresidente se sentaba muy varios parecia quedarse juicio lunes y quien fuera la tenia los telefonos tanto como de stormy daniels. >> a esta ultima la vio alguna vez en la torre trump, sabia que era una actriz de peliculas para adultos y pensaba que ella queria audicionar para the apprentice en la ciudad de nueva york, rogelio mora tagle, noticias telemundo. >> cerradas por una posible amenaza de tiroteo masivo la medida de precaucion fue tomada luego de que circularan fotos donde se veia a un hombre con un arma cerca de distrito escolar de flint. >> fuerzas policiales irr irrumpieron en los salones de clase para asegurarse que no habia peligro. >> las autoridades info
. >> hoy tambien declaro rona graff quien fuera asistente de donald trump durante muchos anos dijo que en su agenda tenia la intencion de influenciar la eleccion presidencial de 2016. >> ¿es verdad, senor pequer, que el proposito de cancelar la historia de karen mcdougall era influenciar la eleccion? >> pregunto el fiscal. >> fiscal? >> si, respondio we have another day of court in a freezing cold dentro de la sala, el expresidente se sentaba muy varios parecia...
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rhona graff also was a short witness. pecker took multiple days for his direct examination, cross, redirect, and then even a rekroz because there were so many efforts to try and both get good testimony out of him and then muddy the waters on the trump team's behalf. >> "the new york times" points out, quote, as the trial grinds on in the weeks ahead, legal experts said the defense team will need to walk a fine line to appease both of its audiences, 12 jurors and a singular defendant. what do you make of how donald trump's legal team has been handling things so far? >> they're trying to make it as if he really is an honorable man, and he didn't do, you know, anything wrong. this was in the opening argument. it almost sounded like we were watching noting hill and julia roberts. the important witness for them is michael cohen. he's subject to considerable cross examination based on his conviction for perjury, and i think the witnesses we're seeing now and lisa has described who else we will be seeing are corroborating what m
rhona graff also was a short witness. pecker took multiple days for his direct examination, cross, redirect, and then even a rekroz because there were so many efforts to try and both get good testimony out of him and then muddy the waters on the trump team's behalf. >> "the new york times" points out, quote, as the trial grinds on in the weeks ahead, legal experts said the defense team will need to walk a fine line to appease both of its audiences, 12 jurors and a singular...
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the first was trump's longtime assistant, rhona. >> let me add the cost rhona graff was a fixture in trump's office for decades. she testified how before trump became president and she was his gatekeeper, keeping close track of his contacts, emails, phone calls, and meetings. >> she told the jury it was a very stimulating, exciting, fascinating place to be court is not in session on monday, but the trial will resume on tuesday. likely wrapping up a banking associate who work closely with michael cohen to build the shell company that he used to pay stormy daniels. and then it's unclear who the prosecution's and next big witness will be. paula reid, cnn, new york are joining me right now to talk more about this trial is jeff swartz. he has a former judge in florida and a law professor at the tampa campus for the thomas m. cooley law school. great to see you again, judge thank you. >> it's nice to see you, too. >> correct. so how do you assess the impact of the testimony from david pecker, the first witness who took the stand for four days this week in the trial i think david pecker was
the first was trump's longtime assistant, rhona. >> let me add the cost rhona graff was a fixture in trump's office for decades. she testified how before trump became president and she was his gatekeeper, keeping close track of his contacts, emails, phone calls, and meetings. >> she told the jury it was a very stimulating, exciting, fascinating place to be court is not in session on monday, but the trial will resume on tuesday. likely wrapping up a banking associate who work closely...
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you have rhona graff come in and say donald trump signs invoices personally. the invoices are attached to the checked. and then you have gary farro come in and say i was the one who did the wire transfer from michael cohen, this $130,000 payment. so eventually we're going to get to michael cohen who's going to say we did the catch and kill scheme. yeah, donald trump knew about it. yeah, i sent this money. yeah, donald trump signed my check. there was an invoice attached, and he knew what he was signing. >> there were going to be a bunch of people in between. for example, the checks went from the trump organization to the white house for donald trump to sign. they got attached to other business records. that may sound boring to many people, but that is part of the bread and butter of the d.a.'s case here in proving that trump falsified business records in service of the conspiracy na david pecker helped to establish last week. >> they're moving fast, does it seem like they're moving faster for six week? >> i think we're on track for six weeks or potentially lon
you have rhona graff come in and say donald trump signs invoices personally. the invoices are attached to the checked. and then you have gary farro come in and say i was the one who did the wire transfer from michael cohen, this $130,000 payment. so eventually we're going to get to michael cohen who's going to say we did the catch and kill scheme. yeah, donald trump knew about it. yeah, i sent this money. yeah, donald trump signed my check. there was an invoice attached, and he knew what he was...
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after his testimony was over, the prosecution called rhona graff, a long time assistants to trump, but legal experts say it looks like a big ask to get all the jurors to agree the payments were a way of interfering in the 2016 election. >> it's not a crime if it wasn't done with the purpose of influencing the election. i personally think they've got an uphill battle. they would have the jurors believe that simply an agreement to influence the election with this catch and kill practice is in and of itself illegal, but it's not. they'll have to go the extra step of proving that federal campaign finance law violation. >> trump also invited president biden to a debate as he left the courtroom. the trial is to resume with more testimony tuesday. >>> victims of sexual assault are speaking out after disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein had his 2020 rape conviction overturned this week. the new york court of appeals determined weinstein didn't get a fair trial, in part because of irrelevant testimonies. mimi haley testified weinstein assaulted her in the case and called the reversal d
after his testimony was over, the prosecution called rhona graff, a long time assistants to trump, but legal experts say it looks like a big ask to get all the jurors to agree the payments were a way of interfering in the 2016 election. >> it's not a crime if it wasn't done with the purpose of influencing the election. i personally think they've got an uphill battle. they would have the jurors believe that simply an agreement to influence the election with this catch and kill practice is...
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the state calling rhona graff, the long-time executive safety ant. contacts were saved for stormy. prosecutors say both women were shopping stories of sex with mr. trump ahead of the election and counters he denies. at the heart of the case, 130,000 payment michael cohen made to daniels. and how that payment was disguysed. graff testifying she no longer works for the organization, but they are they are paying for her bills. also hearing from gary farro. the day began the former publisher of the national enquirer. a key witness for prosecutors. testifying at length how he it silenced people who could have hurt mr. trump's election chances. mr. trump's lawyers questions his motives on cross-examination, saying at one point, i've been truthful to the best of my recollection. a common refrain from the defense, and instead, pecker said he believed it was all to protect his campaign. >> i do wish melania happy birthday. >> melania trump notably absent at trial. >> the trial picks back up monday with more testimony from gary farro. the court is not in session next monday. he will be in tw
the state calling rhona graff, the long-time executive safety ant. contacts were saved for stormy. prosecutors say both women were shopping stories of sex with mr. trump ahead of the election and counters he denies. at the heart of the case, 130,000 payment michael cohen made to daniels. and how that payment was disguysed. graff testifying she no longer works for the organization, but they are they are paying for her bills. also hearing from gary farro. the day began the former publisher of the...
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rhona graff is fiercely loyal to donald trump, and his former assistant of 30 years did not even want to appear here. her time on the stand was limited. she said she entered playboy model karen mcdougal and stormy daniels's contacts into the database for trumps. she also vaguely remembered seeing stormy daniels at trump tower ahead of the 2016 presidential election, but she spoke positively of her former boss, who stood up to give her a brief hello as she left the courtroom. the first witness, david pecker, the defence chose not to be as aggressive with him as they are likely to do trump's former fixer, michael cohen. the soft—spoken former publisher of the national enquirer came off as a reliable witness and he and trump seemed to show a mutual respect, so instead the defence tried to gently prod him to say the scheme was a typical tabloid business decision, the catch and kill scheme, but david pecker said he was being truthful when he said it was done in defence of donald trump's campaign. week one is done in the history books but donald trump will have to face many more familiarf
rhona graff is fiercely loyal to donald trump, and his former assistant of 30 years did not even want to appear here. her time on the stand was limited. she said she entered playboy model karen mcdougal and stormy daniels's contacts into the database for trumps. she also vaguely remembered seeing stormy daniels at trump tower ahead of the 2016 presidential election, but she spoke positively of her former boss, who stood up to give her a brief hello as she left the courtroom. the first witness,...
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rona graff, donald trump�*s long—time assistant for over 30 years. prosecutors had her testify she entered the contacts for the former playboy model karen mcdougal and stormy daniels into donald trump�*s former company contacts and that she vaguely recalled seeing stormy daniels in trump tower ahead of the 2016 election. she admitted on the stand she didn�*t want to be here in court testifying, she respected donald trump and he even stood up and tried to give her a brief hello on her way out. things were different with the former national enquirer publisher david pecker. the defence tried to discredit him, though he was a reliable witness who said he didn�*t hold grudges or have ill will against donald trump. they tried to get him to say that the alleged cash and kill scheme which prosecutors had said is a criminal conspiracy to influence the election, while the defence tried to paint it as a but decision and a standard operating procedure for a tabloid. day individual pecker said he was truthful. he reit raided he did that scheme alongside —
rona graff, donald trump�*s long—time assistant for over 30 years. prosecutors had her testify she entered the contacts for the former playboy model karen mcdougal and stormy daniels into donald trump�*s former company contacts and that she vaguely recalled seeing stormy daniels in trump tower ahead of the 2016 election. she admitted on the stand she didn�*t want to be here in court testifying, she respected donald trump and he even stood up and tried to give her a brief hello on her...
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rona graff, donald trump�*s long—time assistant for over 30 years, prosecutors had her testify that she had entered the contacts for the former playboy model karen mcdougal and stormy daniels into donald trump�*s company contacts, and that she vaguely recalled seeing stormy daniels in trump tower ahead of the 2016 election. but she admitted on the stand that she did not want to be here in court. testifying that she respected donald trump, and he even stood up and tried to give her a brief hello on her way out. well, things were very different with the former national enquirer publisher david pecker. the defence tried to discredit him even though he was a reliable witness who said he didn�*t hold any grudges against donald trump or have any ill will against him. they tried to get him to say that the whole alleged catch and kill scheme, which prosecutors had said is a criminal conspiracy to influence the election — well, the defence tried to paint it as a business decision, kind of standard operating procedure for a tabloid. but david pecker said he had been truthful on the stand. h
rona graff, donald trump�*s long—time assistant for over 30 years, prosecutors had her testify that she had entered the contacts for the former playboy model karen mcdougal and stormy daniels into donald trump�*s company contacts, and that she vaguely recalled seeing stormy daniels in trump tower ahead of the 2016 election. but she admitted on the stand that she did not want to be here in court. testifying that she respected donald trump, and he even stood up and tried to give her a brief...
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. >> asi que termino el testimonio de pecker y despues siguio rona graff, quien fuera asistente por muchos anos de donald trump de donald trump en la torre trump. >> por cierto, que ella admitio que en su agenda tenia los telefonos de karen mcdougall y de stormy daniels de esta ultima dice haberla visto trump, que penso que ella estaba audi audicionando para the apprentice y sabia que se trataba de una artista o de una actriz de peliculas para adultos gracias, bien, ahi estan los detalles, rogelio. >> muchas gracias. >> ¿que el presidente biden dijo por primera vez que esta dispuesto a tener un debate con donald trump en la torre trump. >> por cierto, que ella admitio que en su agenda tenia los t telefonos de karen mcdougall y de stormy daniels. >> de esta ultima, dice haberla visto en la torre trump que penso que ella estaba au audicionando se trataba de julio. >> muchas gracias. >> en el programa de radio howard stern aseguro que esta feliz esta feliz, esa fue su palabra, feliz de debatir con su rival republicano. >> previamente habia habia sido ambiguo, habia dicho que lo haria dependi
. >> asi que termino el testimonio de pecker y despues siguio rona graff, quien fuera asistente por muchos anos de donald trump de donald trump en la torre trump. >> por cierto, que ella admitio que en su agenda tenia los telefonos de karen mcdougall y de stormy daniels de esta ultima dice haberla visto trump, que penso que ella estaba audi audicionando para the apprentice y sabia que se trataba de una artista o de una actriz de peliculas para adultos gracias, bien, ahi estan los...
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and then when rhona graff came up, they used her on cross-examination, not to suggest she some kind of liar or anything, but rather to humanize donald trump. they got her to talk about how he was a decent the boss and a man who she liked and admired. so i think what the defense is doing is they're laying back in there waiting they're really saving their fire here from michael cohen then on the banker that's going to be taking the stand, that brin and john were talking about. >> how important is his testimony. do you think to the da's case? >> so he's the least dramatic witness so far, but i also think he's the most relevant to the actual charges because the crime itself goes to the way in which donald trump and michael cohen structure the payments to stormy daniels, the allegation is that they falsified business records. both of them together around those payoffs. and this is the banker for who worked with michael cohen to help michael cohen free up $130,000. he ended up drawing down on his mortgage in order to pay stormy daniels. so that's sort of half of the transaction. the other ha
and then when rhona graff came up, they used her on cross-examination, not to suggest she some kind of liar or anything, but rather to humanize donald trump. they got her to talk about how he was a decent the boss and a man who she liked and admired. so i think what the defense is doing is they're laying back in there waiting they're really saving their fire here from michael cohen then on the banker that's going to be taking the stand, that brin and john were talking about. >> how...
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that list includes rhona graff, trump's executive assistant, madeleine, and hope hicks, trump's former white house senior advisor who was once considered one of his closest confidants. it is an open question whether or not they'll give up the goods on their former boss, but today manhattan attorney alvin bragg sent a potential message to those who may or may not be lying on the witness stand. allen weisselberg was sentenced to five months in jail after bragg's office prosecuted him for lying during trump's recent civil fraud case. weisselberg is 76 years old, and this is his second stint at rikers island jail. he served three months behind bars just last year for tax fraud. joining me now is jeremy, the former assistant district attorney in the manhattan d.a.'s trial division and also a new york criminal defense attorney. great to see you. it sure seems like a message to throw allen weisselberg enjail again at 76. it was already seen as kind of, you know, a tough move to throw him in jail the first time, a second bid right before the criminal trial. >> i see it not as a chilling effect
that list includes rhona graff, trump's executive assistant, madeleine, and hope hicks, trump's former white house senior advisor who was once considered one of his closest confidants. it is an open question whether or not they'll give up the goods on their former boss, but today manhattan attorney alvin bragg sent a potential message to those who may or may not be lying on the witness stand. allen weisselberg was sentenced to five months in jail after bragg's office prosecuted him for lying...