Coffee with Hawk Episode 030: April 22, 2024

The episode covered the first day of testimony in Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan. The prosecution, led by Michael Colangelo, gave their opening statement alleging that Trump conspired with Michael Cohen and David Pecker of the National Enquirer to influence the 2016 presidential election. Colangelo stated that the trio made hush money payments to Karen McDougal, Stormy Daniels, and others to conceal damaging stories about Trump from voters. He portrayed this as a criminal scheme to defraud the electorate.

Trump's defense attorney Todd Blanche countered in his opening statement that Trump is innocent and did nothing illegal. He claimed the allegations are just rumors and what the prosecution said is untrue. Blanche tried to undermine the credibility of prosecution witnesses like Michael Cohen, portraying him as a liar out for revenge against Trump. He argued that Trump's actions amounted to normal confidentiality practices used by media outlets like the National Enquirer.

After the opening statements, the prosecution called their first witness, David Pecker of the National Enquirer. Pecker testified about the "catch and kill" practices the Enquirer employed at Trump's behest to suppress negative Trump stories. The day concluded with the judge ruling that prosecutors can question Trump about prior bad acts from several other legal cases if he testifies on his own behalf.

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