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his name is gary pharaoh. gary pharaoh is a banker who worked with michael cohen at the time that the payments were made to former playboy model, karen mcdougal and porn actress and director stormy daniels, both of whom alleged romantic entanglements of sorts with mr. donald trump. this comes after rona graph was called as the second witness in the trial. rona graph, she's on the screen right there. she's a longtime trump assistance. she worked for trump since he hired her in 1987 after she cold calls to trump organization were on a graph, testified i'd two contacts you maintained at the trump organization were for karen mcdougal & stormy daniels run a graph was on the stand for less than half an hour earlier today, trump's attorneys cross-examined david pecker, the former tabloid magnate and longtime friend of donald trump. let's dive into all of this with my panel. so jamie put rona graph into context for us a lot of people who know trump world were excited about this testimony. she was a vice president for
his name is gary pharaoh. gary pharaoh is a banker who worked with michael cohen at the time that the payments were made to former playboy model, karen mcdougal and porn actress and director stormy daniels, both of whom alleged romantic entanglements of sorts with mr. donald trump. this comes after rona graph was called as the second witness in the trial. rona graph, she's on the screen right there. she's a longtime trump assistance. she worked for trump since he hired her in 1987 after she...
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. >> hello sandra the direct examination of gary pharaoh is underway he's a former senior managing director at first public bank and speaking about his professional history with president trump's former lawyer michael cohen he worked with kellan from 2015 until to the best of his recollection 2018 or 2019 he says he was assigned cohen as a client because he was knowledgeable and skilled enough to deal with clients who may be a bit difficult he said that cohen had several accounts at first public bank if there is some reporting that this is the bank that cohen used to wire the 130,000 payment to adult film actress stormy daniels so right now they're talking about his history as a banker and working with cohen and this comes after you mentioned the cross-examination finished for president trump's longtime executive assistant rhonda graft after days of david packer test when the graft was done in less than an hour she said she vaguely remembers seeing adult film actress stormy daniels at trump tower before the election assuming that stormy was there to discuss possibly joining the apprentice s
. >> hello sandra the direct examination of gary pharaoh is underway he's a former senior managing director at first public bank and speaking about his professional history with president trump's former lawyer michael cohen he worked with kellan from 2015 until to the best of his recollection 2018 or 2019 he says he was assigned cohen as a client because he was knowledgeable and skilled enough to deal with clients who may be a bit difficult he said that cohen had several accounts at first...
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i want to read an interesting line from michael cohen's banker, gary pharaoh. this is what gary farro testifying. every time michael cohen's 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. we're told next week yeah, when michael cohen says that to gary farro as he's testifying, it's 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 he's 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 trump's 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
i want to read an interesting line from michael cohen's banker, gary pharaoh. this is what gary farro testifying. every time michael cohen's 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. we're told next week yeah, when michael cohen says that to gary farro as he's testifying, it's a moment where michael cohen wants to set up an account with this private bank in 2016 where gary farro...
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blanche is asking pharaoh, so todd blanche, trump's attorney is asking gary pharaoh, who's on the witness stand about his initial meeting with michael cohen at trump tower when he took on cohen as a client. and how pharaoh spoke to cohen a few times a year again, todd blanche trying to undermine the significance of gary pharaohs testimony and they we can note too that our team is reporting that the jurors have been taking notes as his cross-examination is going to. >> they also are saying that trump is sitting next to his lawyer, apparently with his eyes closed as which doesn't necessarily mean that he's sleeping, but he has been known to fall asleep in this in this trial, i was going to ask we have federal prosecutors who have done this for a living this is a long trial or this is going to go on for how many more weeks? at least six more here for three more, four more weeks. >> and so these jurors are hearing from you know, todd gary farro. they're gonna hear from all the different witnesses. i mean, it's some point there's the prosecution up. this is a question for you guys. >> did they
blanche is asking pharaoh, so todd blanche, trump's attorney is asking gary pharaoh, who's on the witness stand about his initial meeting with michael cohen at trump tower when he took on cohen as a client. and how pharaoh spoke to cohen a few times a year again, todd blanche trying to undermine the significance of gary pharaohs testimony and they we can note too that our team is reporting that the jurors have been taking notes as his cross-examination is going to. >> they also are saying...
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what we have is gary pharaoh on the stand he will outline how this hush money payment to stormy daniels played out in terms of michael cohen setting up a she“ terms of michael cohen setting up a shell company, and llc to then transfer that money to stormy daniels's lawyer. that will be the kind of bulk of the morning. we will see donald trump's lawyers cross—examine him and remember donald trump will keep trying to distance himself from any of these records of the payment itself, saying he had nothing to do with it. this lays the groundwork for michael cohen's testimony?— this lays the groundwork for michael cohen's testimony? absolutely. what we heard from _ cohen's testimony? absolutely. what we heard from the _ cohen's testimony? absolutely. what we heard from the prosecution - we heard from the prosecution speaking to prospective jurors was that they wanted to make sure first of all that they understood they would be going through a lot of records and would be comfortable with that and also they used an analogy that just because with that and also they used an analogy thatjust
what we have is gary pharaoh on the stand he will outline how this hush money payment to stormy daniels played out in terms of michael cohen setting up a she“ terms of michael cohen setting up a shell company, and llc to then transfer that money to stormy daniels's lawyer. that will be the kind of bulk of the morning. we will see donald trump's lawyers cross—examine him and remember donald trump will keep trying to distance himself from any of these records of the payment itself, saying he...
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now on the stand is bank executive gary pharaoh. i'm joined now by presidential historian douglas brinkley doug, thanks very much for joining us as we approach the end of this first week of testimony at trump's hush money case, what's your perspective on this historic trial? >> well, first off, i think it's been a good week. the trial seems to be moving smoothly. there hasn't been a lot of outside agitation unreasonably blocking streets with protest or anything trump seems to be taking the strategy of being bored, closing his eyes. that this is it's just a witch hunt against election interference. he has predicted will use the courthouse steps any chance he get as i can't paint platform, but i don't think it's going well for trump. i think the evidence seems to be very strong. what does one juror decide can make get difference, but this isn't helpful for trump's reelection campaign. wolfe even if it affects, if, if a guilty plea comes in, he may is not going to go to jail. he he might have two. it'll be appeal till after the electio
now on the stand is bank executive gary pharaoh. i'm joined now by presidential historian douglas brinkley doug, thanks very much for joining us as we approach the end of this first week of testimony at trump's hush money case, what's your perspective on this historic trial? >> well, first off, i think it's been a good week. the trial seems to be moving smoothly. there hasn't been a lot of outside agitation unreasonably blocking streets with protest or anything trump seems to be taking...
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. >> banking executive gary pharaoh the third witness will return to the stand on thursday after he testified on friday that he helped set up the bank account eventually used by former president donald trump's lawyer michael cohen to pay stormy daniels in the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election and keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter. it encounter former president donald trump denies, this transaction is the manhattan da alvin brexit case which alleges trump the payment by falsifying business records, trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges against him. republican congressman chairman at the house judiciary jim jordan says this case and other indictments against trump are about politics. >> alvin bragg, the crime is trying to get to, president trump was trying to get to conspiracy to obstruct the 2016 election. then jack smith is saying president trump was involved in a conspiracy to interfere with the 2020 election. it seems that the truth is really alvin bragg and jack smith are in a conspiracy to impact the 2024 race and fani willis as part of the eff
. >> banking executive gary pharaoh the third witness will return to the stand on thursday after he testified on friday that he helped set up the bank account eventually used by former president donald trump's lawyer michael cohen to pay stormy daniels in the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election and keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter. it encounter former president donald trump denies, this transaction is the manhattan da alvin brexit case which alleges trump...
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pharaoh, taking the stand. pharaoh worked with trump's ex lawyer, michael cohen, expected to be a key witness in the trial. alan dershowitz joined me yesterday on sunday morning futures with his take on the trial so far. watch. >> there is no crime in manhattan. you cannot figure out what the crime is. that's why they're putting on all this evidence of noncrimes, trying to persuade the jury that pahush money is a crime, it's n. you can't suddenly resurrect this and turn it into a crime by invoking a federal statute which the federal government he refused to invoke and the federal election commission refused to invoke. there is no crime. maria: joining me now is former acting attorney general, matt whitaker. thank you for being here. i've got to get your take on this. number one, do agree that there's no crime and number two, if so, what is this then? is this all theater to make the public believe that donald trump is a criminal? >> it's all political theater. it's all intended to not only change the public's vi
pharaoh, taking the stand. pharaoh worked with trump's ex lawyer, michael cohen, expected to be a key witness in the trial. alan dershowitz joined me yesterday on sunday morning futures with his take on the trial so far. watch. >> there is no crime in manhattan. you cannot figure out what the crime is. that's why they're putting on all this evidence of noncrimes, trying to persuade the jury that pahush money is a crime, it's n. you can't suddenly resurrect this and turn it into a crime by...
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pharaoh. on friday he set up a shell company that prosecutors say was used to move the money to pay off stormy daniels. so far no witness has tied trump directly into the alleged scheme to hide his alleged affairs both with stormy and allegedly with karen mcdougal to hide them from the public to protect his presidential campaign. that's not part of the charges but is a base theory on this case. we could get more when cohen takes the stand. he is a convicted felon and convicted perjureor and liar. obsession with getting trump. he cannot be trusted. as you may know cohen served time in prison and pled guilty to tax evasion, campaign violations, lying to congress. the prosecutor has defended him saying michael cohen, like other witnesses in this trial, has made mistakes in the past. he lied. he lied to protect his boss. and you will learn that cohen is committed to making sure the defendant is held accountable for his role in this conspiracy. on the hearing on thursday, we will see if judge merch
pharaoh. on friday he set up a shell company that prosecutors say was used to move the money to pay off stormy daniels. so far no witness has tied trump directly into the alleged scheme to hide his alleged affairs both with stormy and allegedly with karen mcdougal to hide them from the public to protect his presidential campaign. that's not part of the charges but is a base theory on this case. we could get more when cohen takes the stand. he is a convicted felon and convicted perjureor and...
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all of this is very important and additionally, gary pharaoh had things to say about what the bank would have wanted to know about this transaction that moved so quickly. very unusually quickly he said in his transcript he was being asked by prosecutor becky mangled. so now we've looked at the account opening documents for a consultants in some detail, right? gary farro responded, yes. >> mangled said, we'll probably more detail than anybody wanted. >> so he laughed and then she continued. did any of the account opening paperwork indicate that the account would be used to make a payment on behalf of a political candidate gary farro? no mangled, would the banks process for opening the account be different if mr. cohen had indicated the account would be used to make a payment on behalf of a political candidate. he said there would be additional scrutiny the transcript then continued mangled. the prosecutor asked him, would that have delayed the opening of the account? quite possibly, the banker said, is it possible that the account wouldn't have been opened at all? >> it's possible. >> the
all of this is very important and additionally, gary pharaoh had things to say about what the bank would have wanted to know about this transaction that moved so quickly. very unusually quickly he said in his transcript he was being asked by prosecutor becky mangled. so now we've looked at the account opening documents for a consultants in some detail, right? gary farro responded, yes. >> mangled said, we'll probably more detail than anybody wanted. >> so he laughed and then she...
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one of michael cohen's former bankers, gary pharaoh, who helped set up a home equity line of credit through which cohen paid daniels. his testimony will continue when court reconvenes on tuesday. joining me now is lisa reuben, msnbc legal correspondent and tristan snell, former assistant attorney general for new york and author of "taking down trump, 12 rules for prosecuting donald trump by someone who did it successfully." lisa, i'm going to go to you first. hopefully i characterized the day properly now. tell me what stood out to you? >> one moment that stood out most is one you just covered. joshua steinglass was literally right up to the lunch break when he got to that line of questions about "national enquirer" gold. bove was trying to establish through his cross-examination that many facets of the arrangement between trump, cohen, and pecker, the thing prosecutors have characterized as a conspiracy were standard operating procedure. he used those three words so many times it was like his mantra. but steinglass poked holes in that by showing that the payment to karen mcdougal and the p
one of michael cohen's former bankers, gary pharaoh, who helped set up a home equity line of credit through which cohen paid daniels. his testimony will continue when court reconvenes on tuesday. joining me now is lisa reuben, msnbc legal correspondent and tristan snell, former assistant attorney general for new york and author of "taking down trump, 12 rules for prosecuting donald trump by someone who did it successfully." lisa, i'm going to go to you first. hopefully i characterized...
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michael cohen's former banker gary pharaoh wrapped his testimony. he said pharaoh never spoke about trump setting up account to wire daniels 130,000. judge her chon ordered trump to remove nine posts online that say lighted the court's gag order. all but one has been taken down. the next one is still up. trump commented on a post from storm any daniel's former lawyer michael avenatti. he refers to daniels and cohen as sleeze bags. judge her chon fined trump 9,000 dollars for. the fine for someone with trump's considerable wealth doesn't have an impact on him. he threatened trump with jail time if he continues violating the gag order which is notable because there is another gag order hearing on thursday where manhattan prosecutors allege that trump broke the gag order four additional times. we'll send it backs to you, larry. larry: nate foy, we appreciate that run-down. go back to our friend, vivek ramaswamy. they're gagging him. they're holding him hostage in the trial to stop him from campaigning. charges, almost every good lawyer in the country s
michael cohen's former banker gary pharaoh wrapped his testimony. he said pharaoh never spoke about trump setting up account to wire daniels 130,000. judge her chon ordered trump to remove nine posts online that say lighted the court's gag order. all but one has been taken down. the next one is still up. trump commented on a post from storm any daniel's former lawyer michael avenatti. he refers to daniels and cohen as sleeze bags. judge her chon fined trump 9,000 dollars for. the fine for...
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today, banker gary pharaoh will take the stand. he was the money man for trump's former lawyer michael cohen. you will remember cohen was instrumental in making a payment to adult film star stormy daniels to cover up the alleged affair with donald trump. >>> robert f. kennedy jr. is qualified for the california ballot through the american independent party he says. california marks the fourth state where kennedy has officially gained ballot access. the others? michigan, utah, and hawaii. >>> well, the community of half-moon bay stepping up to help farm workers have affordable housing and this issue really came to light and we remember this in the wake of those deadly mass shootings last year in the half-moon bay area. today, the city's planning commission will vote on a new development you see it here behind me. if approved, senior farm workers would be able to move in to as many as 40 units. while the project has seen a lot of support and even some funding, there are some questions about whether the project is too big for half-moo
today, banker gary pharaoh will take the stand. he was the money man for trump's former lawyer michael cohen. you will remember cohen was instrumental in making a payment to adult film star stormy daniels to cover up the alleged affair with donald trump. >>> robert f. kennedy jr. is qualified for the california ballot through the american independent party he says. california marks the fourth state where kennedy has officially gained ballot access. the others? michigan, utah, and...
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we know gary pharaoh that there's a banker who michael cohen did business with. he helped him open up those shell company's where the reimbursements to stormy daniels actually went through he helped him with that home equity line of credit to help with that reimbursement. so this is a lot of the paper trail that we sort of have expected with this with this trial, essentially because of course, the charges here are 34 counts of falsifying business records. so this is getting into all of that paperwork that jurors need to see he and really at the end, john, as we noted yesterday in our conversation, this is to help corroborate the witnesses that are ahead. right. so when jurors here, this evidence and they here witnesses later in this trial, they can say, oh, yeah, i remember that. so that's essentially what's happening here. the groundwork being laid off for future witnesses is certainly important witness on the stand, and it's unclear who's coming next. we don't know. remember. the prosecutors are not putting out the order of their witness list because of the las
we know gary pharaoh that there's a banker who michael cohen did business with. he helped him open up those shell company's where the reimbursements to stormy daniels actually went through he helped him with that home equity line of credit to help with that reimbursement. so this is a lot of the paper trail that we sort of have expected with this with this trial, essentially because of course, the charges here are 34 counts of falsifying business records. so this is getting into all of that...
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pharaoh. he is michael cohen's former banker. he worked at first republic and if that bank sounds vaguely familiar to you, is because it crashed and burned last year. pharaoh was the one who put the rubber stamp on a brand new shell company for cohen resolution consultants. that was the company that the fixer used to pay the porn star. let's bring in our panel. we have jid rosie here, former federal prosecutor, former trump attorney tim parlatore, allele. it will williams, a former deputy assistant attorney general, and marcus childress farmer, january 6, investigative counsel. everyone, thanks for being here. so first of all trump keeps complaining about this courthouse. is really that gold. i've been i've tried several cases in that courthouse it was hard when i was there, but i think they've done some renovations so i guess the answer is no. >> it is a dingy 19, i think 60s or 70s style bonfire of the vanities might be the best way to describe the courthouse. that probably hasn't undergone
pharaoh. he is michael cohen's former banker. he worked at first republic and if that bank sounds vaguely familiar to you, is because it crashed and burned last year. pharaoh was the one who put the rubber stamp on a brand new shell company for cohen resolution consultants. that was the company that the fixer used to pay the porn star. let's bring in our panel. we have jid rosie here, former federal prosecutor, former trump attorney tim parlatore, allele. it will williams, a former deputy...
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farrell wrapped up his testimony earlier today, pharaoh says that cohen never spoke about trap while setting up an account to wire daniels $130,000. meanwhile george one michelone ordered trump to remove nine post online that violated the court's gag order, all of -- take a look at this next picture of true social. this post is still up. trump comments on the posts from stormy daniels former lawyer michael abernathy, trump refers to daniels and cohen right at the top of that as sleazebag's. judge merchan find trump $1000 for nine gag order violations. he as you mentioned, martha, said in his ruling that the fine of $1000 given trump's considerable wealth doesn't have much impact on him so he threatened the possibility of jail time if trump continues by leading the gag order and that is notable especially because there is another hearing coming up thursday about four additional examples where prosecutors argued that trump did exactly that. was in her back to you. >> martha: >> neil: so a lot of these comments -- or even material that he retreated on true social, without also be in vio
farrell wrapped up his testimony earlier today, pharaoh says that cohen never spoke about trap while setting up an account to wire daniels $130,000. meanwhile george one michelone ordered trump to remove nine post online that violated the court's gag order, all of -- take a look at this next picture of true social. this post is still up. trump comments on the posts from stormy daniels former lawyer michael abernathy, trump refers to daniels and cohen right at the top of that as sleazebag's....
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x trump fixer, michael cohen's former banker, gary farro, will likely be on the stand. remember this entire case is about allegedly falsifying business records in order to cover up a relationship or a dalliance with former adult film actress stormy daniels. pharaoh is expected to walk the jury through how cohen funded payments to daniel through a home equity line of credit with me now, is criminal defense attorney william brennan. i want to shift the focus to the gag order because still we have no ruling from the judge on this donald trump has talked about the jury. >> he's talked about witnesses. he's talked about family members of the judge why is it do you think that the judge has not issued a ruling a contempt ruling yet? >> well, good morning and thanks for having me. i think the reason the judge were john is not yet issued a ruling is that he's juggling a lot of balls, right now. he needs to get this trial to the jury and he's really in a difficult position with regard to penalties because the ultimate penalty it would be a jail time. and if he puts this particula
x trump fixer, michael cohen's former banker, gary farro, will likely be on the stand. remember this entire case is about allegedly falsifying business records in order to cover up a relationship or a dalliance with former adult film actress stormy daniels. pharaoh is expected to walk the jury through how cohen funded payments to daniel through a home equity line of credit with me now, is criminal defense attorney william brennan. i want to shift the focus to the gag order because still we have...