Room, i will see you soon for two full weeks in the courtroom, the Hush Money Case the payoff to adult film star Stormy Daniels with testimony from Michael Cohens banker. Also on the stand, trumps longtime assistant, rhona graff, known for her appearances on The Apprentice. Why hur testimony left her former boss smiling all of this after tabloid executive david pecker wrapped up his pivotal testimony for the next hour for will take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel. Are reporters and experts are all standing by to break down all of todays most important developments and to look ahead to whats next welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I will blitzer with a Special Report in this room that trump trial today and lets get right to the Breaking News, the trump trial gets closer to the heart of the criminal charges against the former president , Michael Cohens bank are starting to testify on the arrangements for the Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels cnns Kara Scannell is outside the courthouse in new york for us. Cara court wrapped up by for the week just a little while ago, give us the latest yeah. Well, if david pecker, the tabloid king, has testified for ten hours this week, he is off the stand, but he helped narrate the jury through the catch and kill scheme that prosecutors say donald trump was involved in to help his campaign. Then they took the jury inside the Inside Trump Tower and give them an insight through the eyes of trumps former longtime assistant a new witness, former president Donald Trumps assistant of 34 years took the stand on friday, shedding light on the Inner Workings of the Trump Organization in trumps Hush Money Trial or rhona, let me add to cost rhona graff, whose office was next door to trumps on the 26th floor, tower said she was in control of his calories lender and maintaining his contact list at the Organization Graff confirmed to contact she maintained were for former playboy model Karen Mcdougal and adult film star Stormy Daniels to women who alleged affairs with trump, both of which he denies. Mcdougals Contact Entry included a phone number, email, and two addresses. Daniels contact listed herself phone she testified as far as she can remember, trump never used email to communicate prosecutor susan hoffinger, ask graph if she had seen daniels at trump tower graph responded that she vaguely recalled one seeing daniels in reception on the 26th floor then it was trumps attorneys turn to crossexamine graph. Susan nicholas, ask graph about trumps interest and casting stars and Celebrity Apprentice suggesting that was the reason daniels was spotted at trump tower. Graph responded, thats what she assumed testifying. I vaguely recall hearing him say that she was one of the people that may be an interesting contestant. Since on the show. Thank you. Good job as trumps assistant, ghraieb often appeared on The Apprentice trump profit. He asked me to call you and tell you to meet him tomorrow morning at the new york stock exchange. Grabs said in her testimony that she felt The Apprenticed elevated trump to rockstar status nicholas also focused on demonstrating trump and graph had a good working relationship. She asked if trump was a good boss. Graph responded, i think that he was fair and respectful boss to me she added, sometimes it would peak is headed and say go home to your family, which i thought was very thoughtful of him. As graph testified, trump sat with a closed lips smile, tilting his head to get a better view of his former assistant, trumps team made clear graph was testifying under subpoena with nicholas asking you dont want to be here, do you . Correct. Graph replied earlier, trumps attorneys worked hard to undermine a foundational witness for the prosecution. Extabloid executive, david pecker, who is back on the stand for his fourth day of testimony during trumps attorney, emile bove as questioning of the former National Enquirer publisher. He attempted to discredit one of the prosecutions key witnesses, trumps x personal attorney, Michael Cohen. He asked pecker if He Felt Cohen was prone to Exaggeration Pecker agreed he was after court, trump weighed in on the trial eight days that we sitting in this courthouse. I just want to thank everybody for being here you have to separate through this hey, Everybody ElseMichael Cohens banker would then took the Witness Stand in the afternoon and he was describing how he helped Michael Cohens setup the bank account that he ultimately used for the Shell Company that transferred that 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels. Theres no court on monday, but this banker will be back on the Stand Tuesday for more questioning by prosecutors before trumps lawyers will get a turn at him. Wolf, Kara Scannell outside the courthouse in new york. Thanks very much. I want to bring in our legal experts right now, Cnns Katelyn Polantz and norm eisen are here and former trump attorney Tim Parlatore is here as well. And caitlin, let me start with you. I want to read an interesting line from Michael Cohens banker, gary pharaoh. This is what gary farro testifying. Every time Michael Cohens spoke to me, he gave a sense of urgency and this was one of those times breakdown the significance of the bankers testimony today that is set to continue. Were told next week yeah, when Michael Cohen says that to gary farro as hes testifying, its a moment where Michael Cohen wants to set up an account with this private bank in 2016 where gary farro works. This is the bank through which the payment ultimately is going to be set up to be paid to Stormy Daniels from Michael Cohen, 130,000 to keep her story quiet. And what hes doing is piecing in new parts of the puzzle. The prosecutors want to be able to show the jury every step of the money and the effort toward paying off Stormy Daniels from Donald Trumps sphere. Gary pharaoh is one of the people that can do that both with his testimony and with his evidence, he can help them show the documents, the emails, the exchanges, and a crucial document from him that we ended the day with is him testifying that when Michael Cohen was setting up this account through this bag, theres a box to check that says if this is related to political funds, check it. Michael cohen did not check it according to his testimony. Interesting. So what did you make you were there norm the Court Courtroom all day today or what do you make of how the prosecution has weaved together their first three witnesses well, i think its been very effective. David pecker, a surprise first witness turned out to be a star witness. And he moved us through the entire narrative that prosecutors are trying to tell here, not a Hush Money Case, but a case of Campaign Finance and election violations. Corporate and personal contributions Over The Limit being used to influence the 2016 election. And pecker took us through that narrative starting with the august 2015 meeting at trump tower, where prosecutors say and now they have evidence to back it up. Trumps intent to influence the election was formed. And then he took us all the way to the brink of the Stormy Daniels story, said he wanted no part of it setting up witnesses like gary farro, banker for that fifth and final act of the drama. I thought it was very effective and i thought a crossexamination didnt really rough him up. There were some mistakes in the defense crossexamination first thing you want to read some moments, some comments from rhona graphs cross examination. She was a longtime Executive Assistant to trump at the Trump Organization, the defense played up her admiration for donald trump. Listen to this. This is a quote. This is her it was a very stimulating, exciting, fascinating place to be. Then she said, sometimes trump would peak has said in and say, go home to your family, which i thought was very thoughtful of him. I thought that was a nice extra touch that he would take time to do that trumps lawyer, Susan Nicholas asked her, quote you dont want to be here, do you . And she coronagraph said correct. Whats your analysis them . The point there is that shes under subpoena. Shes not voluntarily coming in to try to help out the prosecution i think that thats something thats consistent across these witnesses. Is that the only one who really is dying to get in there is probably Stormy Daniels and michael so call it the others who are being brought in just to tell their stories was running graph is a prosecution witness and prosecution called her. But did she do a lot to humanize trump before the jury . I mean, i think that she probably did i mean, it sounds like she certainly did i mean, you got to remember before he decided to run for office, a lot of people loved him all of its employees loved him. A lot of new yorkers loved him, although a lot of them to change now and so i think that it does bring people back to an particularly in a new york jury longtime new yorkers that remember him from when he was a real estate executive, brings them back to The Apprentice days as far as hes concerned, The Good Old Days exactly what prosecutors game caitlin from rhona graphs testimony. Yeah. Well even if run a graph has an unwilling witness, someone paid still to have or shes not paid, but her lawyers are being paid by the trump team. The process of organization . Yes. The shes still being used as a witness who can connect the dots in this case. We heard from david pecker earlier this week that he was there witnessing donald trump signing a check and reviewing an invoice that rhona graff presented to him. And so in her testimony, shes one of the people who can build out the idea of how these payments were made and how closely donald trump had control over not just the payments, but also that the Trump Organization was in contact with Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal. Another point that she testified to, britain point, youre their norm inside the courtroom during the entire testimony today, give us a sense of Trumps Energy today compared to yesterday and earlier in the week well thought trials are long and the former president has nodded off on a number of the trial days where you say not enough, fell asleep, fall asleep, not fast asleep. Hes not laying his head down, his eyes on the table. He closes his eyes, he slumps and its understandable, but that did happen again today. His energy has varied when he has worst days one day this week, ive observed he was kind of hunched over as he left the court. There was as if there were a heavy weight on him. I thought his energy was better today and in fact, he spotted me on the aisle and made eye contact a couple of times, pointed his finger. I knew who you were. Hes yes. Yes. Ive ive had prior engagements with the former president including the first impeachment. So he certainly was alert and aware sure of his courtroom surroundings and nor i think more engaged today, particularly doing portions of the crossexamination by his lawyer of pecker because thats so important. And of course, when his longtime assistant rhona graff was on the stand quite animated to immuno trump. Well his lawyer, you understand where hes coming from. Give us a little bit of a sense of how hes processing this week, this past week of testimony, and what hes thinking in doing to prepare for next week well, and i think just to norms point, when you have a long direct examination of a witness, it can get boring and so when the, crossexamination starts, that is going to be when hes going to wake up and it certainly its something we saw when he walked out of the courtroom yesterday, where he said that was really great. What happened and today he seemed to be much more upbeat because there was a lot more crossexamination. And so i think that that certainly affects his mood is being able to see his own sayyed up. Theyre fighting back, has opposed to just sitting back and listening to a long drawnout surf the prosecution. I assuming the coming days well see a lot more that absolutely. And thats thats what happens in trial. Its you its up and down and the more that the prosecution and bore them and the defense can dazzle them, the Better Things turn out for you see what happens. I guys. Thank you very, very much. Just ahead. A closer look. Some of the key evidence presented in court this week and why its likely to be seen throughout the trial. But first, parts of the official transcript from todays court proceedings, just coming out right now and our team has the biggest Takeaway Stay with us. Youre in the situation every piece of evidence tells a story. How it really happy with jesse l. 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