michael cohen cannot be trusted. michael cohen is the greatest liar of all time. the judges sharp rebuke to trump s attorney. he was livid, right? he was livid as he should be. and the prosecution tells the story of a conspiracy to corrupt the election. this meeting cannot be overstated. trump was overtly discussing purchasing the story to keep it from being published. this scheme could very well be what got president trump elected. tonight, rachel maddow recaps the closing arguments with lawrence o donnell, alex wagner, jen psaki, and katie phang, all inside the courthouse. plus nicolle wallace, chris hayes, joy reid, ari melber and stephanie ruhle as special coverage of trump on trial begins now. thank you for joining us tonight. we know you have every option in the world for where to follow the news of this remarkable moment in american history. it makes us all the more grout more glad you are with us. i am rachel maddow with chris hayes and nicolle wal
history unfolding right now. judge juan merchan has finished giving the jury instructions. when that happens, former president trump s fate in his new york criminal trial will be in the hands of the jury. 22 days from opening statements, 22 witnesses took the stand and a marathon length closing argument yesterday particularly from the prosecution. both the defense and the prosecution taking all day long to do that. we ve been following it all together minute-by-minute. reminder on the right-hand side of your screen is the box that gives you some color from the courtroom and play-by-play. we also will wait together to see what the jury decides on the 34 felony counts brought against the former president and current presumptive republican presidential nominee. history making indeed. i m harris faulkner. closing arguments didn t wrap up until almost 8:00. i was on the air as that was happening at 7:55 last night. in total, the jury was listening to nearly eight hours of summatio
important. reporter: never more important. they re going through the counts, and then they re associating each count obviously with the invoices and with the checks as well. and let me remind folks, by the way, i m doing this all day, so i may sound like i m repeating myself, but i do think it is important when it comes to the counts, you have 12 counts when it comes to ledgers, 11 counts, invoices, 11 counts, checks as well. and let me quickly read you this part in which they talk about the count. in order to find defendant guilt on count one, on or about february 14th, 2017, in the count of new york and elsewhere, the defendant personally or by acting in concert with another person or person made or caused the false records of the business records of an enterprise, specifically invoice to michael cohen. number two, the defendant did so with intent to defraud, intent to commit another crime, or aid in commission thereof. and he goes on to say that there are 34 counts that
situation room, stay with cnn are special live coverage of this truly historic criminal trial continues right now. on the lead with jake tapper cnn breaking news and welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, donald trump s hush money trial is in its final phase as the prosecution is in the midst of giving its closing arguments, court will be back from break at any moment. the prosecution has been arguing that president trump, quote, quote, corrupted those around him, and he got them to lie and covered up unquote. trump picked michael cohen as his fixer. the prosecution says, quote, because he was willing to lie and cheat for donald trump this follows nearly three hours of closing arguments from trump s defense attorney todd blanche, who attacked michael cohen using trump like nicknames, calling him the gloat not the goat, the glutes. the greatest liar of all time. he also said that michael cohen is quote literally like an mvp of liars and added quote, i don t know how many leinz
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