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The people of new york versus donald j. Trump. I should be in florida now. I should be in a lot of different places campaigning, and im sitting here. For the first time in history, prosecutors lay out a criminal case against a former american president to a jury. This case is about a conspiracy to corrupt the 2016 president ial election. Tonight the Opening Statements from the prosecution and the defense. And the first witness takes the stand. We should be expecting a lot more of david Rachel Maddow was inside the courtroom to see it all. We got a real road map today as to how this case is goi...

Everything you just heard, what is the legal significance? >> well, in terms of the law the campaign violations are an obvious one. but in terms of the strength of the evidence to show that, i thought the times story just before the quote that you had was significant because it shows knowledge of both men, cohen and trump, of what ami is doing with playmate mcdougal. he says, should we buy her story directly or should we buy it from ami? and then the question is should we pay in the check or should we do it by cash, and he's encouraging cohen. trump is encouraging cohen to do it by check, whic...

Questions. was michael cohen in the habit of secretly recording the president in the process of representing him. and two, why did he feel compelled to secretly record him about this matter? >> uh-huh. let me bring in john flannery on some of these questions. mr. flannery, when you look at everything you just heard, what is the legal significance? >> well, in terms of the law, the campaign violations are an obvious one. but in terms of the strength of the evidence to show that, i thought the times story just before the quote that you had was significant because it shows knowledge of both men, ...

And that's when keith brought it to ami. >> so did you know that keith, your attorney, was going to go to ami, which is the parent company which owns "national enquirer" and other magazines? >> he said ami. i didn't know what ami was. we have this company that, you know, they'll probably want to hear your story. so -- >> and what was the thought of selling the story in your mind? >> to get my truth out there. i wasn't looking for money, clearly, but when he said, it's worth many millions, i'm like, you know -- >> that was something hard to pass up? >> sure. of course. but if you fast forward i...