2016 campaign. Those words were in a text message sent from Keith Davidson, hes the attorney for both of the women at the heart of the story. Playboy playmate Karen Mcdougal and porn star Stormy Daniels. It was a text sent to the National Enquirer, dylan howard. And davidson is on the stand right now on day nine of the donald trump Election Interference hush money trial. With Explosive Testimony being given right now about his dealings with ami and Donald Trumps inner most circle. Earlier today, he told the court and the jury that dylan howard texted him back a response, quote, talk first thing. I will get you por than anyone for it. You know why. Davidson said that he understood even back then that the owner of the National Enquirer, that david pecker and donald trump were good friends. Two weeks after the texts were exchanged, Karen Mcdougal met with howard, where she alleged that she had an affair with donald trump that went on for several weeks to months. And ami declined to pick u
Trumps lawyers are looking to shred david peckers testimony and damage his credibility. Plus, whats next after Supreme Court arguments on president ial immunity, and the prominent republican who now says president s should not be immune from prosecution. Also ahead, dramatic demonstrations continuing on College Campuses as propalestinian protests lead to hundreds of arrests. Good morning, and happy friday. It is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with the breaking news out of a manhattan courtroom where the first witness called in Donald Trumps Hush Money Case is back on the stand this morning. This time facing questions from trumps attorneys. Now, trumps team attempting to poke holes in david peckers testimony. Pecker is the former publisher of the National Enquirer who has testified that he was involved in efforts to catch and kill stories that could have hurt trump during the 2016 campaign. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is outside the courthouse. Also with us, jo
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Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Very troublesome for the president here. The fact is if President Trump were president right now, he could be indicted for these Campaign Finance violations, couldnt he . Absolutely. When you look at the way the prosecutors have described it, when you look at the way Michael Cohen described it in court, these documents, its criminal information, so its essentially laying everything out. If this was an indictment and trump, donald trump was not the president , we could be looking at an indictment against the president. We could also, you know, if this was an indictment, look at this as the president being an unindicted coconspirator. Think of that, and certainly, the ramifications of that. Its really serious here. Well see what happens from here. The other thing in these documents that the prosecutors have talked about was that Michael Cohen, and we dont know who these people are, was working w