What to know about the gag order in Trump's "hush money" trial

>> HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE BEGIN WITH A NUMBER TO OF TESTIMONY FROM A KEY WITNESS IN THE NEAR CRIMINAL TRIAL OF DONALD TRUMP. THE JURY HEARD FROM THE FORMER LONGTIME PUBLISHER OF THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER. PROSECUTORS SAY HE PURCHASED NEGATIVE STORIES ABOUT TRUMP WITH A PURPOSE OF NEVER PUBLISHING THEM. A PRACTICE KNOWN AS CATCH AND KILL.'S COMMENTS ABOUT OTHER POTENTIAL WITNESSES WERE THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. PROSECUTORS ARGUE HE HAS REPEATED THE BROKEN A GAG ORDER THAT FORBIDS HIM FROM TALKING ABOUT WITNESSES AND JURORS AMONG OTHERS AND WANT THE JUDGE TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT FOR HIS SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. HE AND HIS THE LOW TEAM SAY HE IS JUST RESPONDING TO OTHERS ATTACKS. >> I THINK IT IS A DISGRACE. I DO NOT BELIEVE TO THIS EXTENT IT HAS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE. OTHER PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT ABOUT ME. VERY UNFAIR. >> OUR CAMPAIGN REPORTER AND ATTORNEY JOINS ME NOW. GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE. HOW DID THIS DISCUSSION GO? >> IT DID NOT GO WELL FOR HIM TODAY. VERY CONTENTIOUS AND HE DID. TRYING TO SAY HE IS RESPONDING TO POLITICAL ATTACKS. HE IS JUST REPOSTING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE PUTTING UP AND THEY CLAIM THAT DOES NOT VIOLATE THE GAG ORDER. THE JUDGE ASKED THEM TO SHOW EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS THIS, AND HIS ATTORNEY SAID I DO NOT HAVE ANY CASE LAW. IT IS COMMON SENSE. HE PROCEEDED TO SAY PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING HIS BEST TO COMPLY WITH THE GAG ORDER AT WHICH POINT THE JUDGE GOT REALLY IRATE AND SAID YOU ARE LOSING ALL CREDIBILITY IN THIS COURT. I NOTICED AFTER THIS HE SITS IN THE LEAD ATTORNEYS A SEAT AND THEY SWITCH SPOTS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. >> YOU DO NOT WANT TO ANGER A JUDGE. THIS DID NOT TAKE PLACE IN FRONT OF THE JURY? >> THIS WAS BEFORE THE JURY CAME IN. >> WE SAW HIM SAY THIS WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. REMIND US WHERE THIS GAG ORDER COMES FROM IN THE BALANCE THAT THE JUDGE IS TRYING TO FIND. >> HE IS TRYING TO PREVENT THIS CULTURE OF THREAT AND INTIMIDATION FROM INFRINGING UPON THE FAIRNESS OF THE CASE PROCEEDING. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN PRETTY MUCH ALL OF HIS CASES DURING THE CIVIL FRAUD TROPIC PUTTING UP POSTS ABOUT THE JUDGE'S LAW CLERK AND SHE WAS RECEIVING ATTACKS. I THINK ALMOST ALL OF THEM HAVE RECEIVED CREDIBLE THREATS. THIS IS REALLY TO PROTECT THE WITNESSES AND JURORS IN CORE STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE JUDICIAL PROCESS. >> HE WAS ON FOR A SECOND DAY. FELT LIKE THE FIRST DAY. HE WAS NOT THERE ABOUT LONG TO TELL US WHY HE IS CRUCIAL TO THIS CASE AND WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. >> HE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE CATCH AND KILL SCHEME YOU WERE DESCRIBING. HE IS BOLSTERING MICHAEL COHEN'S TESTIMONY WHO HAS HIS OWN CREDIBILITY ISSUES PETE TODAY WE LEARNED WHAT A KEY ROLE HE REALLY PLAYED AND ALSO HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH MICHAEL COHEN WHO APPARENTLY WAS SHOWING HIM NATIONAL ENQUIRER HEADLINES AND STORIES ABOUT HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS LIKE TED CRUZ AND MARCO RUBIO PUTTING OUT SMEAR STORIES WHEN THEY WERE DOING WELL IN THE POLLS. ANOTHER THING THAT WAS NOTICEABLE IS EVEN THOUGH HE IS TESTIFYING AGAINST TRUMP HE IS VERY WARM TOWARDS HIM. THE MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR HE CALLED HIM WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AND KNEW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO COME FORWARD WITH THESE STORIES WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. HE TALKED AT THE END ABOUT A NOTABLE CONVERSATION WHEN THEY WERE EXPLORING THIS AND MICHAEL COHEN WAS CALLING HIM CONSTANTLY DURING THIS PERIOD AND HAD THEM SWITCH TO SIGNAL BECAUSE HE THOUGHT LAND LINES WERE NOT SAFE. AND THEN HE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DONALD TRUMP WHO ASKED HIM WHAT HE THOUGHT HE SHOULD DO AND HE SAID I THINK YOU SH

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Length: 4min 19sec (259 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 24 2024