Calling on a judge to stop donald trump from continuing to claim fbi agents were involved in a plot to assassinate him during his search of his maralago home during the classified documents investigation. Trump made a suggestion in a Campaign Fundraising email and has been repeated by conservative media outlets. Late friday, smith filed a notion in judge Eileen Tenants court saying, those statements create a grossly misleading impression about the intentions and conduct of federal Law Enforcement agents falsely suggesting that they were complicit in a plot to assassinate him smith added that the false statements expose sba agents, some of whom will be witnesses at the trial, to threats of harassment. We have reporters covering all of the developments for you. We will begin with julie sirkin on capitol hill. Julie, welcome. The prosecutors request is different from a gag order, but what exactly are they asking of the judge . Reporter this is a first, let me just say, alex, in this case
Longtime adviser dan scavino could post from his social media account. Today, his campaign was blaming a nameless staff member for posting a video referring to the creation of a unified reich and its far from the first time hes invoked rhetoric echoing hitlers germany. We begin tonight with the next phase of the historic first criminal trial of a former u. S. President. That is because the defense in Donald Trumps Hush Money Election Interference Trial rested its case today. And counter to trumps many claims, they rested without Hearing A Word from him on the Witness Stand. Closing arguments are scheduled to begin one week from today, and before the jury begins its deliberations the judge will provide the jury with their instructions. That outline what Verdict Jurors should deliver based on what they determine to be true through the evidence that was presented. Each word in those Jury Instructions is critical to whether trump is found guilty or not guilty by the jury. This afternoon, j
Client without guarantee of a repayment. Well hear about notes that Allen Weisselberg took in documenting the repayment. I think those notes also have Michael Cohens handwriting on it. I think youll hear more about those notes. Those notes, its exhibit 35 the reason i remember it, incredibly strong proof for the prosecution. Mary mcchord and i theres an episode of our podcast talking about just that exhibit and why it is so devastating. And then finally well be taken into the oval office, where Michael Cohen has a conversation with donald trump about the repayment scheme. So, those are the remaining pieces. Finally the jury will hear about all of the things that Michael Cohen has pleaded guilty to, and hell have to explain why he pled guilty to something he now says he is not guilty of. That might be a bit of a difficult part of the testimony, and then well get to Cross Examination. That for Michael Cohen is kind of the ball game. The direct should go swimmingly, it is going swimmingly
Have a good show. Thank you, nicole. Welcome, everyone, to a twohour edition of the beat tonight as we go through a big day in court. Im ari melber, we have our Special Coverage, and we begin right now with the prosecutors star witness taking the stand. You may have heard about it, you may have readied for it, we are now here. The former trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifying about the work he did for trump, saying under oath this was the dirty work of a, kwot, fixer. And recounting today and the jury hearing it from his mouth for the first time, the road to the payments at the center of this physicalny case against Defendant Trump. Big day in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. The star witness takes the stand against donald j. Trump. Form fixer Michael Cohen now the star witness in the new york versus trump trial. Cohen on the stand. An extraordinary showdown today in court. The man at the center of the Hush Money Payments Scandal is testifying. The expresident coming
possible. in a close enough election anything can plausibly be safe to decide it. really the slice of electorate biden neds to reach. i think that s totally plausible, yes. the difference makers. that s where we are 2024. thank you, my friend. today the jurors in trump s new york hush money case began deliberating. and while we have absolutely no idea what those 12 new yorkers will ultimately decide trump himselfde and his conservative apologists are already setting their expectations. what didth i say from the beginning of this trial donald trump cannot get a fair trial in new york city regardless of the outcome. to me should be an acquittal, but i m not a new york liberal. i really hope donald trump gets r acquitted, and if he doe it will be a miracle because of howau loaded this judge has bee from the start. these charges are rigged. the whole thing is rigged. trump and his promoters are falsely claiming the whole trial is p rigged. they re priming their