bragg. and saying that some of these top committee members calling for him to testify or acting like defense attorneys. yeah i mean, i think that they are obviously rallying around the president and or the former president, because, uh, he s still the big dog in the republican party. and this is the most predictable thing that would happen is that they would come to his defense say that it s a witch hunt without even knowing what the specific charges are. it doesn t really matter. this will always was always going to be portrayed as some sort of witch hunt by democrats. democratically appointed lawyers trying to destroy the president, and they re not going to look at the merits of the case. they re not going to consider the possibility that this indictment is valid. and of course, that you know the indictment was is the result of deliberations by people who were not elected by
began, the judge remove d a jurr for discussing the case outside of the trial. diane gallagher is outside of the court in south carolina. diane, what more did the defense say today as they were presenting to the jury in these final hours of this trial? reporter: jim griffin spoke for about 2 hours and 15 minutes in his closing argument. he hit three major points. the first being the fact that alex murdaugh says he didn t do this. he s innocent until proven guilty. the second part there is the proof beyond a reasonable doubt. we re talking about guilt. that s something we opportunitied griffin to talk about today. because the defense has sort of been trying to create that reasonable doubt, point out circumstantial evidence that doesn t necessarily directly focus on alex murdaugh. throughout the entire trial.
shock wave of that effect and more than likely getting hit of something that could have done differently. although the report, he had a different shirt on and afterwards, he had nothing on them. that made sense, unless you went home and changed. and also, he had hair and eye lashes and nose cavities and mouth cavities and from this witness testimony, we understand there are so much materials that s coming on back. blow back scenarios that s very common during this gunshot wound. this strikes at the heart of the prosecution s case. prosecution says bigger hole is exit wound. will the expert witness from the defense say well, it is exactly the opposite, perhaps, it provides reasonable doubt. what do you make of the
defense pointing at the armorer and saying, that was the person who was responsible, ladies and gentlemen, of the jury, not the actor whose job is nothing to do with guns and bullets or anything like that. he was handed a gun and assured it was safe. how could he possibly have been consciously disregarding a known risk? that is, i think, some version of what you will see the defense say. danny and andrew, his dog, and vaughn, thanks to all of you. we love the dog. no comment. the president staying quiet. more information comes to light about the classified documents that were found at his home and former office. you are watching andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. (cecily) what s up, einstein? (einstein) my network has gone kaput! (cecily) oh, you tried to save a buck on it? (einstein) i got what i paid for. not so smart. (cecily) nah, you re still a genius. but, there is a smarter way to save. (einstein) oh?! (cecily) switch to verizon! for a limited time, get welcome unlimited fo
story. and, finally, we didn t hear any of the defenses. what would be the defense story? what does the defense say in opening and closing arguments? what is there some sort of intent that is unable to be proved here? so those are the things that the justice department will have to do that this committee did not have to do. but, they ve certainly given them a awful lot of helpful information that will make the job easier in a lot of ways. barbara mcquade, please feel free to continue reading, as andrew weizmann and daniel goldman rejoin us, now that they ve been able to do more reading as we continue our where brilliant legal team coverage of this over 800 page report, just released tonight, by the january six committee. minutes before this program began! andrew weizmann and daniel goldman, back with us! i want to say to both of you what i said to barbara, it s very important i ve never been more dependent on the guest on this program as