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
I relish the day i can face him and speak my truth. Stormy daniels take the stand telling the jury what happened with donald trump. The door to the hotel opens, and what is donald trump wearing . Silky pajamas. And how she was paid for her silence. What is illegal is the hush money. If i did not sign the nda, he would not be indicted. Tonight, the impact of her testimony on the case. We are talking a colorful witness. And what her testimony says about the defendant. This is a man who felt entitled to have his way with women. Lisa rubin and harry litman watched it happen and they join me tonight. One candidate in the courtroom and the other on the campaign trail, how are the polls this type . Jen psaki is here when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. I am chris hayes. I think its fair to say today was the biggest of Donald Trumps New York Criminal Trial so far. This morning, the star witness for the prosecution took the stand. Stormy daniels, the woman at the center of
Good morning. It is saturday, april 6. In nine days, Donald Trumps first criminal trial and the first involving a former president will begin in manhattan. Despite becoming the Republican Party presumptive nominee, 2024 has not been off to a great start for the twice impeached indicted expresident. Already penalized hundreds of millions of dollars in a pair of civil cases and soon faces the possibility of being convicted and going to jail. As his legal situation grows more worrisome, trump has escalated his rhetoric. He is abusing his platform to publicly intimidate those involved in his cases and we are already seeing the consequences of it. Late last month, tyler vogel, a 26yearold from lancaster, new york was arrested for allegedly sending threatening Text Messages to two people connected to a highprofile civil case. This week we found out that the targets of the harassment were George Arthur and goran and the new York Attorney general leticia james, two key figures in trumps recent
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fight ahead. another hour of velshi starts now. good morning. there have been many attempts to hold donald trump accountable for his actions over the years. he has been criminally indicted multiple times since leaving the white house in just the e past couple of years he has been found liable for sexually abusing and prodding writer e. jean carroll. now, he is the first former american president to be convicted of a felony. he will be sentenced on july 11th, just two weeks after his first presidential debate against joe biden and one week before the gop officially makes him its presidential nominee at the republican national convention in milwaukee. and his sentencing, he faces the possibility of being penalized with a fine, probation, or prison time. but none of the efforts to hold trump accountable so far have succeeded in humbling the present or changing his behavior or curbing his attacks on the rule of law. he is the same polarizing and boorish politician we have alw