‘He was not rehearsed’: David Pecker, key figure in ‘catch and kill’ scheme takes stand in NY trial

Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News Correspondent, Susanne Craig, New York Times Investigative Correspondent and Lisa Rubin MSNBC Legal Correspondent joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the first day of opening arguments in the hush money trial in New York involving Donald Trump with David Pecker who was at the center of the catch and kill scheme taking the stand. 

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[Never-mind]

I still remember the national hissy fit Republi-cons had over Bill Clinton's affairs, and lies about affairs, but now crickets about Benedict Donald.

[lf]

You couldn't pay me enough to lie down with 45.
$130000?
Ms. Daniels was grossly underpaid for services rendered.
Emphasis on the word "gross".

[christianhoffman]

If that story had been published at the very least 100, 000 Americans who are no longer with us would still be here. What happens when there is another national emergency and he decides to withhold information from us **again** ? God forbid what if there is another novel virus?

[Baddestchik]

John Edwards had more sense and pride to step back when his affairs went public. Trump is classless, tacky, dunce, very narcissistic.

[VA-loul]

Trump Trump Trump... I look forward to the day when there is no more Trump!

[theprimalpitch]

Not an affair, not a fling, not a romance of any kind, not even a one night stand. He ambushed her in a hotel room

[tenkloosterherman]

Eagerly waiting for the testimony of Stormy Daniels about "the most boring 5 minutes of her life".

[TheBibleSkeptic]

Keep that in your notes for when Trump cries "witch hunt": Election interference is just "democracy".

[johnandrews]

Normalizing criminal behaviour doesn't make that criminal behaviour legal.

[pikayell]

Donny, your secrets are about to be exposed and they're not pretty. I can see why you've done everything you could to delay this trial.

[andredicke]

Finally the mushroom in the courtroom 😂! With love from Holland 🇳🇱

[lqpbq]

Wait a minute did you say that Trump lied to the American people? I'm shocked!

[joycesmith]

I can’t believe that he is even allowed to run for president. What a disgrace! This country has gone to pot…. To even to have this man a candidate 😢

[TeresaDragstrem-tsrq]

This is what I’ve learned from all this:
Life is so much harder if you live without integrity.

[jayarrington]

Cheque Book Journalism - paying to get a story - is one thing. Paying to own and hold and stop a story is an altogether different thing.

[nanowise]

Hoping that the jury is afforded all the protection it can - the case is strong but the weak point is the unanimous requirement.

[SA-ksvz]

So basically Trump's team defense is to say that breaking the law is actually not breaking the law, up is down, wrong is right.

[ivannunez]

But he did say at the end that he did this for Trump. He tried to hide it till the end of the testimony. Trump is done.

[alibarron]

Can you imagine being an attorney and having to state in your opening that "evidence doesn't matter", because there is no other defense you can put out?

[mariannedanastasio]

i just want justice for crying out loud so sick of trump the lying bully!