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his new york city criminal hush money trial began. >> this is really a concerted witch hunt. >> reporter: trump is required to be in court daily, often stopping on his way in or out to rail against the case, accusing him of falsifying business records to hide an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 presidential election. he's pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts. the 12 jurors and 6 alternates chosen last week will be the first american jury to judge their former president. >> there are studies that say that 80% of jurors' minds are made up at the end of opening statements. and it's very difficult to change someone's mind if they've made that initial decision. >> reporter: prosecutors are also expected to call their first witness monday. so rikki, why don't we know who will be testifying tomorrow? >> judge merchan feels very strongly that if the witnesses are known to the defense and to
could be among the first witnesses called. other key witnesses could include adult film star stormy daniels, michael cohen, trump's former fixer, karen mcdougal, an ex-playboy model, hope hicks, trump's former white house communications director, and possibly mr. trump himself. >> are you going to testify? >> yes. >> reporter: the prosecution will make its case to a jury of seven men and five women along with six alternates, alleging that this is a matter of election interference. mr. trump has pled not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 payment made to stormy daniels. prosecutors say it was made to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter. the payment allegedly happened after his "access hollywood" tape leaked during the 2016 campaign. >> how are you? >> nice to see you. terrific. >> reporter: the former president has denied allegations of the encounter with daniels and the payment.
established facts that have never been in dispute. and you would look at this case and say this guy is down bad. there are 34 counts against him. it would appear that he is guilty as sin but at the moment he is out of the slammer and justice does not happen in a fortnight. >> paging rv . >> the tortured poetry of his attorneys. joking aside i think the facts have been long established and we can see that in this case and the 34 counts go far beyond just the stormy daniels case. and the hush money. catch and kill conspiracy alleged here timed around the election. it is a bigger story to be told. i think some of the things that lisa noted that is hanging over this entire trial. we know trump had a dog whistle
this considered juror intimidation, and how concerned are you about the potential for others to drop out? >> yes, it's intimidation and i'm tremendously worried about it. donald trump does not trust the founders to put all of this, and the decision of citizens, as you were saying. he is desperate. he is facing 34 different counts in this trial. opening statements begin tomorrow. this is like taylor swift's new record has 31 songs, it's a double record -- >> pop culture reference. >> absolutely. what is his strategy? to try and remove as many jurors as possible. there are six alternates, he's probably not going to get there, but i think his idea is if he can get rid of a couple, particularly the ones most likely to convict, that is what he's aiming for. i think it's absolutely a violation of the gag order. the gag order, trump is barred
ever seen before. the criminal prosecution of a former american president. for the first time, donald trump will face a jury of his peers in a case that could carry prison time. trump's hush money and election interference trial could be the ultimate test of the rule of law and the nature of accountability in this country. in less than 24 hours, the prosecution and the defense will deliver opening statements in front of 12 members of the jury and six alternates, laying out the evidence for and against trump's guilt. that is in spite of multiple last-ditch efforts by trump's team to delay the start of his trial. as a reminder, trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying records. the manhattan district attorney accuses trump of interfering in the 2016 election by disguising payments to adult film star, stormy daniels, to quiet her allegation of a past sexual encounter with trump, as legal expenses. trump has pleaded not guilty
corroboration to show that he can be believed. and we'll ask this jury to find a former us president guilty. you have these 30, 34 counts of falsifying business records. >> we were just showing some of those people that who who could testify and we have heard reports of the former publisher of the national enquirer, david, could be the first to testify. and according to prosecutors, he's already admitted to running this so-called catch and scheme. to help trump and included paying sources not to tell negative stories. and we do know that he has been granted immunity in exchange for his testimony. what does that mean for his testimony? so in terms of david david was granted a non-prosecution agreement, so he came forward and gave information as to what happened between donald trump admin. >> so well, as what happened with michael cohen in that the reason why prosecutors do is try to get essential
is a criminal defense attorney and former new york prosecutors. >> she joins us now from london, good to have you with us thank you. >> so the first day of a criminal trial of a former us president trump, of course, challenged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records we know that opening statements will happen monday, both sides trying to lay out their case for the jury and preview any evidence what can we expect so today is going to be a very energizing day. >> i'm sure that both sides are on pins and needles because they know that all eyes are walking them. but what we can expect today is the opening statements. and again, i say statement because it's not argument. so the prosecution is going to be very limited in terms of what they say. so the prosecution's going to lay out, set a preview of what they expect the evidence to show, dried to give a preview to this jury layout of how they're going to present the evidence, and then they'll remind the
with lynda kinkade we adjust hours away from opening statements in the first ever criminal trial of a former us president donald trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts because alleged role in a hush-money scheme to conceal an affair with adult film style stormy daniels trump has been outspoken about this trial. once a gag order imposed on him by the judge lifted ahead of a hearing on tuesday, where he'll face accusations of violating that order with some of his social media posts meanwhile, a source tells cnn and the prosecution's first witness will likely be david, the former publisher of the national enquirer, who was said to be a key player in the hush money plot cnn's marshall cohen gives us a closer look at several of the potential witnesses what's finally here, opening statements are expected to begin monday morning in new
doubt that it will be able to delay till tomorrow. >> sorry, in terms of who's gonna be the star witness? yes. people say is michael cohen? yes. people stay is stormy daniels, but really the witness is going to be the documents. those are going to be the most important pieces of evidence. and the witness in this case against donald trump. and of course, michael cohen because michael cohen is going to lay out given narration as to why these documents are important, why the other witnesses are important and technically, at the end, all other witnesses are going to be corroborating what michael cohen says and eventually at closing arguments, the prosecutor is going to be able to argue, look, michael cohen, he said what he said. yes, he has his baggage, but he can be believed why? because six corroboration to show that he can be believed& will ask this jury to find a form. us president guilty of these 35, 34 counts of falsifying business records. >> we were just showing some of those people that who who could