Good morning and welcome to the saturday edition of Morning Joe Weekend. It was a busy weekend, lets get to some of the conversations you may have missed. Had i been President Biden when the Justice Department came, i would have been it made me, President Biden the be gotten the person i pardoned, the little guy. I cant keep up with this. Stephanie is right here. I know she is. That is why i am saying, stephanie, i cant keep up with this guy. They are all saying Mitch Mcconnell says, oh we cant impeach him here, weve got to try. And now that romney is saying, we cant try, weve got to acquit. That is what was so stunning to me. For mitt romney to say, joe biden should have stepped in and pressure prosecutors like, what . Doesnt mitt romney support separate, but equal branches of government . I read mitt romneys book where he talks about being afraid for his family when he voted to impeach donald trump. He was afraid of president ial overreach, what trump could do, yet, when the tables a
Will be back on monday. All in starts right now. Tonight on all in. The justice has become increasingly on embarrassed about displaying himself as partisan. The shocking news about a Supreme Court justice. You have the leaders household disrespecting the flag on display evidently to own their liberal neighbors. Tonight, new concern about the course credibility. This is taking down the Supreme Court. New calls for the justice to step aside from cases involving trump on january 6th. It was a frat Party Atmosphere that was created when they got back from trumps trial. Trumps posse returns as the caucus goes on full attack. I think your fake eyelashes are missing up. And what to expect when the trump trial wraps up next week. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. I am Alisa Menendez in for chris hayes. If theres one thing that donald trump and the Republican Party want you to believe is that they love the American Flag. They stand up for it whenever they can. Back in 2017 wh
Welcome to the journal editorial report, im Edward Lawrence in for paul. Donald trumps New York Criminal Trial Ajuniored for the week on thursday with the prosecutions star witness, mike cohen, undergoing a bruising crossexamination if by the defense. Trump attorney todd blanche trying to paint cohen as a serial liar with a grudge with against the former president. Here with a look at all of this Courtroom Drama and where the case is likely to go is Wall Street Journal columnists kim strassel and bill mcgurn as well as Editorial Board member kyle peterson. So, kim, i want to talk to you first. From what weve been seeing here, there are questions over whether the t. A. Actually provea crime. But you have a favorable judge, you have a favorable new york pool there. There may be a case for an appeal, but the damage if theres a conviction is already done politically, right . Excuse me, yes. No, i think you make a really good point, and this is what they have been aiming at doing ever since
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This is a courtroom roundtable, everyone joining me was at the courthouse and it is basically going to be a gabfest in the hallways. Well, can i just say, trumbo ordered 14 pizzas for lunch. How many did you have . None. I dont know where the pizza was. You know . Hes not the best at sharing, i guess. Who likes a Chicken Ranch pizza . That was one. Anyway, im excited to see your courtroom gabfest. Michael cohen was on the stand for four point five hours today. He was as steady and calm and unfailingly polite as he has been throughout his testimony to everyones surprise. The politeness seems genuine. He says yes sir, and has answers to trumps lawyers crossexamination questions. There was even a moment where the politeness went both ways between Donald Trumps Criminal Defense Lawyer, todd lynch, and Michael Cohen after Michael Cohen give Todd Blackledge a detailed explanation of the new York City Tax business, including regulations of the Taxi Limousine Commission when Michael Cohen owne