Trump on Trial: The "Big Whoa" Moment (So Far)
Inside the Hive
Vanity Fair
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
As the Trump hush money trial heads toward closing arguments, CNN's chief legal correspondent Paula Reid tells host Brian Stelter about the biggest surprises thus far and previews the range of possible outcomes from the jury. Reid also shares an inside look at day-to-day television news coverage of the trial.
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| 0:39.0 | So we are almost at the end of the Trump-Hush Money trial |
| 0:42.9 | is a conviction all but certain? |
| 0:45.5 | No, absolutely not. |
| 0:46.8 | This case very much rests on the testimony of Michael Cohen, |
| 0:51.2 | a flawed witness, to put it mildly, and it's just not clear what the jury is |
| 0:57.1 | going to make of him, especially once cross-examination is done. |
| 1:01.2 | That is Paul the Reed, who's been covering Trump's criminal trial day and night as the chief legal |
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| 1:14.0 | This week, we're going inside Trump's courtroom from the point of view of a TV correspondent and trial expert. |
| 1:21.0 | Ex-Trump lawyer and fixture Michael Cohen has been on the witness stand this week. |
| 1:25.0 | So what should we all be listening for and what might happen next? |
| 1:29.0 | Paula, we'll get into the details of the case thus far, but every time I have have CNN on I'm seeing you on the screen |
| 1:34.2 | you and I have even been on a couple times together what has it been like for you |
| 1:37.8 | covering this marathon trial without cameras in the courtroom? Well don't get me |
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