65/ Press:
Prosecutor: Did Speaker Ryan do a call with House members and do you know what he said?
Trump's lawyer Bove: Objection, may I be heard at sidebar?
Justice Merchan: Approach
[After sidebar]
Justice Merchan: The objection is sustained
65/ Press:
Prosecutor: Did Speaker Ryan do a call with House members and do you know what he said?
Trump's lawyer Bove: Objection, may I be heard at sidebar?
Justice Merchan: Approach
[After sidebar]
Justice Merchan: The objection is sustained
66/ Phang:
Hicks: Trump always liked to weigh in on statements,” and “we were all working together on it in the conference room.”
67/ Klasfeld:
Questioning turns to the 2016 debate:
Hicks traveled with Trump there, and she was present for the debate, where the "Access Hollywood" tape came up as "one of the first questions."
Hicks says Trump reiterated that this was "locker room talk, just talk."
"Words, not actions," she says.
68/ Klasfeld:
After the debate, the New York Times about Trump's behavior — but the prosecutor cuts her off before she says more.
That's because the "behavior" in question is Trump's alleged sexual assault of two women — a topic the judge barred from trial as unduly prejudicial "rumor."
69/ Press:
Hicks: At the debate Sunday in St. Louis, the Access Hollywood tape was among the first questions. After the debate, there were more reports.
Prosecution: Did you attend the rally in Greensboro NC on Oct 15?
Hicks: Yes
[Jury hears: If 5% believe, we don't win]
Orden:
Hicks testified that in the wake of the release of the Access H tape, she asked Michael Cohen “for help chasing down a rumor” about another tape. Colangelo asked Hicks to refrain from detailing the rumored other tape.
70/ Klasfeld:
Video:
Trump denies allegations by women — the nature of which is not before the jury.
This is the line prosecutors must walk:
They must show Trump's campaign in tailspin after the "Access Hollywood" tape, sparking motive to cover up a spectrum of alleged sexual misconduct.
Only some alleged behavior, though, they can speak by name.