Testimony can resume at 9 30 tomorrow. I want to bring in msnbcs katie phang, msnbc senior national politics reporter, joathan allen, and all live outside the courthouse for us. Also here with us is former Manhattan Assistant d. A. , catherine christian, and former brooklyn prosecutor, charles coleman. In our last hour, lisa was mentioning that David Pecker didnt give much really time for the prosecutors to, you know, talk to him about his story before the testimony because he gave very long answers. How effective was he as the first witness on the stand . Well, its a great question, andrea, because even though he was only on the stand for a brief moment of time before the
Analyst and cohost of the Msnbc Podcast how to win 2024. Ruth benghiat, History Professor at nyu, and author of strongmen, mussolini to the president. And charles coleman junior, msnbc legal analyst, civil rights attorney, former brooklyn prosecutor, and the host of the charles coleman podcast. Thank you all very much for spending part of your Saturday Evening with me. Clare, your reaction to that stunning Back And Forth between Trumps Lawyer and the member of the appeals court. Well, im ashamed to say he is from missouri. Im ashamed that. Well frankly, and the right has to be very disappointed, maga has to be very disappointed, because they have been peddling to america that all of the Ivy League schools are hotbeds of socialism and communism, and brainwashing to the progressive left. This guy is a harvard law grad, how embarrassing for harvard
Ruth benghiat. History professor At Nyu and charles coleman junior, msnbc legal analyst and former brooklyn prosecutor. Okay so ruth, when a reporter Asked Trump whether he agrees of his lawyers will this whole thing that he can order a Seal Team six to assassinate political opponent. This is how he responded, listen to this. If a President Of The United States does not have immunity, he would be totally ineffective, because he will be able to do anything. It will mean he will be prosecuted, strongly prosecuted perhaps, as soon as he leaves office by the opposing party. So a president in the united states, im not talking just me, im talking any president , has to have immunity. So ruth, is he avoiding the question . Or is he continuing to make the case for, in the words of Emperor Palpating from star wars, unlimited power . Yeah, the dream of every authoritarian, and the reality of all of the leaders that trump holds up as his role models. Because they are not democrats,