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Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
mystery-ak:
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Delivery of testimony by Cohen is 'cautious and flat' as he tries to get jury on his side
From Rob Crilly, Senior Political Reporter inside the courtroom:
Michael Cohen's delivery is considered, cautious, flat.
If jurors were expecting a 'pants on fire' type, or a 'jerk', as other witnesses put it, then they are not getting one.
And that is exactly why prosecutors were so happy to get previous witnesses to dish the dirt on him.
In doing so, they have 'inoculated' the jury against his worst points.
We know that Cohen is a convicted perjurer but the prosecution is hoping the jurors are all thinking: Oh, maybe he's not so bad after all.
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--- Quote ---08:41
'It’s fantastic! That’s unbelievable!' Trump's reaction to National Enquirer stories
Donald Trump was over the moon when the National Enqurier ran positive stories about him or negative ones about his rivals.
The tabloid magazine would send over stories before they were published, and the editorial team often sought input from Trump.
Cohen would show Trump, and he would say: 'It’s fantastic! That’s unbelievable!'
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--- Quote ---08:39
Cohen: Trump said a lot of women would come forward when he announced his run for president
Donald Trump was concerned that many women would come forward when he announced his run for president, Michael Cohen told the court.
The former president’s ‘fixer’ also detailed how he would preview National Enqurier stories and covers before they were published.
Trump and his team knew the power the tabloid had as it was sold in so many supermarkets and bodegas.
Therefore they tried to place positive stories about Trump and negative articles about his opponents.
Cohen revealed that he was in close contact with the National Enquirer publisher at the time, David Pecker, and editor Dylan Howard.
‘Negative ones (stories) I would receive from David or Dylan Howard was Hillary Clinton wearing very thick glasses, some allegations she had some brain injury
‘It was Ted Cruz, a photo of his father with lee Harvey Osawald claiming (he) was involved in the assaination of JFK
‘Article on Marco Rubio in a swimming pool with a bunch of other men claiming they were having a drug binge of some sort.’
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mystery-ak:
08:58
How Trump melted when Cohen told him about Karen McDougal: 'She’s really beautiful'
Prosecutors took Cohen through the period where he learned about bombshell claims by former Playboy playmate Karen McDougal's claims of an extended affair with Trump. 'Boss I gotta talk do you,' Cohen told Trump as he walked into his office on the 26th floor of Trump Tower, he recalled.
'Come in,' I went in
Cohen says he asked Trump if he knew who Karen McDougal was, or 'anything about the story.'
'His response to me was: 'She’s really beautiful.'
'I said, "Okay but there’s a story ..."' Cohen testified.
That was just one early scene in a chain of events that would result in a $150,000 payment to McDougal. According to Cohen, ex-National Enquirer boss David Pecker would put up the money, but Trump told him, 'I’ll take care of it,' meaning he would pay him back.
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mystery-ak:
2 minutes ago
Trump is either sleeping or showing a lot of discipline in keeping his eyes closed for full half hour
At this point, here's what I can say: Trump is either sleeping or staying very disciplined to his plan of keeping his eyes closed during Cohen's testimony.
He's now been sitting slumped in his chair with his eyes closed for at least 30 minutes.
He has jerked his head forward slightly at least twice. Besides that, he's been completely still
mystery-ak:
Eric Trump is posting to X from the courtroom
'I have never seen anything more rehearsed!' Eric wrote on X in the middle of Cohen's testimony.
He is seated immediately behind his father in the courtroom Monday.
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https://twitter.com/EricTrump/status/1790032069797482582
mystery-ak:
a few seconds ago
Trump perks up before his voice is heard on secret recording about hush money made by Cohen
Trump perked up, opened his eyes and appeared to say something to his lawyer Todd Blanche right before his own voice was heard on a recording secretly made by Cohen discussing setting up a "company for the transfer of all of that info about our friend David."
"David" was David Pecker, and the conversation was about a $150,000 payoff to Karen McDougal, Cohen testified.
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