bolduan in for erin burnett, tonight, witness tamperings. cassidy hutchinson said someone in trump s world tried to influence her testimony to the panel and we know now, one of the two examples of possible witness intimidation presented to the committee in that block buster hearing was in fact sent to hutchinson, mark meadow s former aide. what they said to me is as long as i continue to be a team player, they know i m on the right team. i m doing the right thing, i m protecting who i need to protect. you know i ll continue to stay in good graces in trump world. and they have reminded me a couple of times that trump does read transcripts, and just keep that in mind as i proceed through my interviews with the committee. here s another sample, in a different context. this is a call received by one of our witnesses. quote, a person let me know you have your deposition tomorrow. he wants me to let you know he s thinking about you. he knows you re loyal and you re going to do th
Times by Donald Trumps lawyer today as she grilled Stormy Daniels during Cross Examination trying to portray her as a liar and an extortionist out to shake down the former president. The trial just breaking for lunch moments ago, but earlier today daniels facing really tough questioning accused of fabricating the salacious story of her sexual encounter with donald trump, something she has repeatedly denied. And under direct, she said telling her story actually put her life in danger referencing trumps notorious social media posts saying, quote, if you go after me, im coming after me. Daniel was asked who she thought trump was talking about. Her response, i wasnt sure but i thought it was me. Daniels is now finished after spending seven hours and 17 minutes on the stand, making way for Rebecca Manochio, a junior bookkeeper who worked as Allen Weisselbergs assistant. He was the chief Financial Officer at trump org. Im Chris Jansing reporting live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. F
that means there s a lie likelihood that some of the people who have that view will be on the jury that actually has to try the case. and if you are the attorney general looking at that, you have to recognize there s a really, unfortunately, a high degree of likelihood that some people will disregard the evidence, bring politics to the table. we call it jury nullification and it s a very real prospect in any high profile political case and especially so in any punitive case against president trump. i want to play for you something, another facet of everything going on, something republican congressman adam kinsinger last night, making the case the justice department is risking undermining his committee, their committee s work as they have so far been unwilling to charge trump s top aides in contempt of congress for refuse to get appear before the commity, listen.