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 MSNBCA pair of students in New York City took it upon themselves to attend the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president on Tuesday, with one telling MSNBC afterwards that it was especially "funny" to see Donald Trump's lawyer, Todd Blanche, get "annihilated" by Judge Juan Merchan.
On Chris Jansing Reports, Hope Harrington and Owen Berenbom shared their experience in the courtroom. In addition to continued testimony from former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, Tuesday's proceedings saw Merchan grill Blanche, who struggled to defend what prosecutors say were Trump's repeated and willful violations of the gag order in the case. Merchan has not yet ruled on a potential punishment for Trump.
Harrington in particular recalled the moment Merchan told Blanche that his discursive responses to his questions meant that he was losing all credibility" with the court.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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 Yuki Iwamura/GettyFormer National Enquirer boss David Pecker testified on Tuesday that he agreed to be Donald Trump's "eyes and ears" during the then-presidential candidate's campaign for the White House, describing in detail a "highly, highly confidential" effort to bury bad stories about Trump and promote negative ones about his political rivals.
The bombshell moment about the so-called catch-and-kill scheme came amid Pecker's hours-long time on the stand, during which he explained the levers his tabloid pulled in helping get Trump elected.
Pecker said it all began in mid-August 2015, when he attended a meeting at Trump Tower with Trump and his former personal lawyer and "fixer" Michael Cohen. According to Pecker, Cohen invited him there, saying "the boss" wanted to see him.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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