TOGETHER. I'LL SIMPLY EXPLAIN. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. >>> WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO. >> WE BEGIN THIS HOUR WITH DAY SIX OF THE CRIMINAL TRIAL OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. >> THAT'S RIGHT. COURT IS JUST ABOUT TO WRAP UP, AND TODAY STARTED WITH A HEARING ON TRUMP'S POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF THE JUDGE'S GAG ORDER. PROSECUTORS OUTLINED 10 INSTANCES WHERE TRUMP POSTED ABOUT THE JURY AND WITNESSES THEY SAY VIOLATES A STRICT GAG ORDER. TRUMP'S ATTORNEY APPEARED TO STRUGGLE TO EXPLAIN HIS CLIENT'S POSTS. THE JUDGE GOT FRUSTRATED WITH TRUMP'S ATTORNEY SAYING YOU ARE LOSING ALL CREDIBILITY WITH THE COURT. >> TODAY WE HEARD MORE KEY TESTIMONY FROM DAVID THE FORMER PUBLISHER OF THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER. HE ALLEGEDLY HELPED ORGANIZE WHAT'S KNOWN AS A CATCH AND KILL SCHEME TO STOP NEGATIVE STORIES ABOUT MR. TRUMP FROM BECOMING PUBLIC DURING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. LEADING US OFF THIS HOUR, NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT REHEMA ELLIS IS OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. REHEMA, I KNOW COURT HAS JUMPED WRAPPED UP OR ABOUT TO WRAP UP. TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE GAG ORDER EARLIER. >> Reporter: YEAH. WITH THE GAG ORDER, THAT DISCUSSION WENT ON EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE ANY OF THE JURORS WERE BROUGHT INTO THE COURTROOM, AND IT WAS A CONTENTIOUS TIME IF YOU WILL BECAUSE THE PROSECUTOR WAS ASKING FOR THE JUDGE TO IMPOSE THIS GAG ORDER TO ENFORCE THIS GAG ORDER, IF YOU WILL, SAYING THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR INCARCERATION, BUT THEY SAID IT SEEMS LIKE THE DEFENDANT IS ANGLING FOR IT. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT A REPOST OF A FOX NEWS ANCHOR SAYING SOMETHING, AND ACCORDING TO THE PROSECUTION, HE SAID THE REPORT WAS A VIOLATION BECAUSE IT WAS A NOT-EXACT QUOTE. AND THE JUDGE SAID TO TRUMP'S DEFENSE ATTORNEY, SO YOUR CLIENT MANIPULATED IT. HE SAID I WOULDN'T USE THE WORD MANIPULATED IT, HE SAID. AND THE JUDGE THEN SAID YOUR ARGUMENT THAT THESE ARE REPOSTS DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS. THE JUDGE SAYS THEN, YOU ARE LOSING CREDIBILITY, YOU ARE LOSING ALL CREDIBILITY WITH THE COURT. I HAVE TO TELL YOU. AND THOSE ARE THE JUDGE'S WORDS. A TENSE MOMENT IN THE COURT. THE JUDGE DID NOT MAKE ANY DECISIONS ABOUT THAT GAG ORDER. HE SAYS HE WILL DO THAT AT A LATER TIME. DAVID WAS BEING QUESTIONED BY THE PROSECUTION, AND BASICALLY ESTABLISHING THE CLOSE RELATION HE HAS WITH DONALD TRUMP AND THAT DONALD TRUMP INTRODUCED HIM TO MICHAEL COHEN AND THAT THEY SET UP A RELATIONSHIP WHERE MICHAEL COHEN WOULD BE AN INTERMEDIARY, IF THE YOU WILL. AND THAT IF DAVID EVER HEARD FROM MICHAEL KEN, HE SHOULD KNOW HE WAS HEARING FROM DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE HE WAS RELYING ON HIM. AND THEY, TOGETHER THEY SET UP THIS SCHEME ABOUT CATCH AND KILL STORIES, WHICH IS PART OF WHAT ALL
