we are so grateful. the beat with katie phang starts now. it s so good to see you. welcome to the beat. i m katie phang in for ari melber. we re going to start with what could be a consequential plea deal. the new york times reporting former trump organization ceo alan weisselberg is in negotiations with manhattan prosecutors to plead guilty again, but this time to the charge of perjury. now, this deal would require weisselberg to have to admit that he lied on the witness stand in trump s civil fraud trial and that he lied under oath in an interview with the new york attorney general s office. weisselberg previously admitted to orchestrating an off-the-books scheme within the trump organization for which he spent 100 days at rikers jail last year. this breaking news just came out from the new york times. your reaction to this news? i guess timing is everything, right? we are waiting for judge arthur engoron to issue his ruling on the remaining counts that were under
trump, if and when he defames heard client again. we re gonna spend a lot of time talking about that case tonight. conservative attorney george conway is standing by here in washington. he s the person who introduced carroll and caplan, and he s got the emails to prove it. plus, legendary democratic strategist james carville is coming up in just a minute to talk about how the looming general election is anything but normal. and the dangers associated with talking about it in normal terms. i do want to start tonight with something that e. jean carroll said, just this morning, that really stuck with me all day. what was it like being in the courtroom with donald trump? well, terrifying, until i got there. the weeks leading up to it, no sleep, couldn t eat, couldn t do and then, i sat down, robbie said, good morning miss carroll, can you please spell your name for the court. i spelled my name. i looked out, and it was like, he was, like, nothing, like an emperor without cl
multiple civil war historians, the group of capitol police officers, and rose and barr, are at least someone named roseanne barr, who purports to live in the same state where the real roseanne barr actually lives. now what to all of these people in organizations have in common? well, they have all signed on to amicus briefs. formally telling the supreme court their opinion on the question can be removed from the balloon state of california colorado for violating the 14th amendment. now just as a refresher the third section of the 14th amendment disqualified former government officials from holding office if they engage in insurrection or give aid or comfort to those who did. to th you don t hear anything legal experts say that the paces on track for a trial. the judge, aileen cannon, or the schedule for pretrial motions. they pushed all of the deadlines a couple of months. so even though that cases that we still scheduled for may. legal experts believe that judge cannon has s
his mountain of legal troubles. new reporting from the new york times revealed the ex president has spent a staggering $50 million of donor money on his legal bills and he has a lot of legal bills to pay. he faces 91 felony counts in four cases. a lawsuit that threatens to take down his family business. not to mention the millions he owes e. jean carroll after losing two lawsuits. from that new york times reporting, quote, mr. trump has used funds in his political action committee known as save america to underwrite his legal bills. the account was originally flooded with donations that were collected during the period immediately after the 2020 election. he was making widespread and false claim of voter fraud. with save america s coffers nearly drained last year, mr. trump sought to refill them through a highly unusual transaction. he asked for a refund of $60 million that he had initially transferred to a different group. a pro trump superpac to support his 2024 campaig
all in with chris hayes starts right now. ith chris hayes starts tonight on all in. alina habba said the defense calls president donald trump, and everybody s job just dropped. the republican front runner takes a stand, as we await an immunity decision, and the maga cronies sentenced to jail. the top line here is that. tonight, are the slow wheels of dust of justice engaging dimmock and then, is donald trump derailing the border deal to get himself elected? if he doesn t want us to solve the border problem, because he wants to blame biden for it. it s really appalling. and a check in on the state of the democratic party, amid fresh new evidence of the biden vote. the u.s. economy grew at a shocking pace. and i love that shocking pace. an all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. so, donald trump s closing arguments to voters in new hampshire, this past weekend into election day on tuesday. the issue he s most focused on now,