Of his current and third wife. She did not support her husband in court and stayed in florida, to be clear, there were seven other days of the trial and those were not her birthday and neither she nor her family have set foot in court to support trump, so far. Her birthday was such a big deal to donald trump that he used his first moment walking into court to complain about having to sit in court rather than being with his third and current wife on her birthday. Then, this text went to Trump Supporters. I would love to be with Melania Trump on her birthday, but instead, im stuck in court it said, i am humble asking you to please Stand By My Side today this is code, for send cash. He also repeated a lie that hes told over and over in court, im at the heavily guarded courthouse. Security is that of fort knox, also that maga will not be able to attend this trial. Thats a lie, no one is preventing any member of the public from coming to trial. The two tourists from alaska took time out of
Special coverage of the donald trump Hush Money Trial until then. Thanks very much. Thanks for watching. Erin Burnett Outfront starts, right now outfront next two Crucial Court hearings for former President Trump in manhattan, former Tabloid Executive testifying today about working with trump to kill stories that could hurt the campaign. And the Supreme Court. Tonights signaling a good further delay. Trumps january 6 case. After the arguments today exactly what trump wants their im from the white house lawyer ty cobb is here, plus violent clashes on College Campuses before its a tasers and tear gas used on propalestinian protesters. As a Major University cancels its main graduation. Lets go out front and good evening. Im erin Burnett Outfront tonight. Aid Breathtaking De and the trump trials two hugely consequential moments happening in two separate court rooms, two separate cities at the very same time crossexamined amination beginning for the first key witness in trumps criminal tria
The people of new york versus donald j. Trump. I should be in florida now. I should be in a lot of different places campaigning, and im sitting here. For the first time in history, prosecutors lay out a criminal case against a former american president to a jury. This case is about a conspiracy to corrupt the 2016 president ial election. Tonight the Opening Statements from the prosecution and the defense. And the first witness takes the stand. We should be expecting a lot more of david Rachel Maddow was inside the courtroom to see it all. We got a real road map today as to how this case is going to go. As donald trump goes on trial. He seems old and tired and mad. Tonight Rachel Maddow, joy reid, chris hayes, Lawrence Odonnell, alex wagner, jen sake, stef knew rhule, katie pham, and nbc legal experts are all here. Special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins now. Thank you for joining us tonight for this special Primetime Recap of the first ever criminal trial of a former u. S. President
welcome to prime time weekend. i am nicolle wallace. let s get right to the week s top stories. the extraordinary moment when donald trump went from four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse to defamation to suddenly in an instance in liable for sexual abuse and defamation. it is the start of a long legal odyssey for donald trump. the republican party has followed him willingly down the rabbit hole toward autocracy. the country now has to grapple with it as well. having already spent the trial in an environment completely out of his control defendant donald trump will be subject to the rules and processes of the criminal justice system. he has been convicted of a felony. his right to vote even on a ballot that bears his name is likely to remain only because of a quirk in his current home state of florida. the washington post reporting if the former president have been convicted in republican dominated florida or most other states, he would not be allowed to v
he could be convicted. and how does the biden campaign plan to meet this moment. i will talk with michael tyler. on thursday evening a jury of 12 americans delivered a verdict finding the former president guilty on 34 accounts. and that was historic. no former president has ever been criminally tried let alone convicted. but it was also important because it confirms that the legal system has the capacity to hold any american accountable no matter who they are. and while it s proof that the legal system functions as it should, it exposed how broken the republican party is right now. in the aftermath of the conviction, the majority of the party lined up behind him to attack the judicial system. take mike johnson. he s second in line for the presidency. he called the verdict absurd and said his friends on the supreme court should overturn the conviction. i believe the supreme court should step in. this is dangerous to our system. the justices on the court, i know many of the