weissmann, professor laurence tribe from harvard law school, glenn kirschner, who so valuable eat was in the room today during this argument, during which, i think even donald trump knows, the whole thing collapsed. the defense that could save him, the immunity defense collapsed before his eyes. when you re arguing about navy seal commandoes being able to assassinate your political rivals, i think you are not winning. i m a lay person, i can t wait to talk some more in your hour, but my layman s opinion is that that s not a winning strategy. you re halfway through law school, based on what you ve just said. i m learning from the best professors there. i will be watching tonight. have a good show. ight have donald trump endured the worst day of his life as a criminal defendant today. was donald trump s first time in a courtroom as a criminal defendants for anything other than his arrangements. donald trump was not allowed to speak, and we can only imagine the intensit
americans who are worried about these issues. it is important read. it s a book that everyone needs to read as we talk about all the others. this is the thing that matters. it s very yellow. josh green, congratulations on publication day, my friend. thank you for the book. that is our show for tonight. now it is time for the last word, with lawrence o donnell. good evening, my friend lawrence. good evening, alex. we have professor andrew weissmann we have professor laurence tribe from , we have glenn kirschner who so valuable was in the room today. during this argument during which i think even donald trump knows the whole thing collapsed. the defense that could save him, the immunity defense, collapsed before his eyes. when you are arguing about navy seal commandoes being able to assassinate your political rivals, i think you are not winning. i am a lame person, i only went to tv law school, i can t wait to be taught somewhere in your hour, but by layman s opinion
outside the courthouse but, yesterday, the biden campaign held the surprise event there. i don t understand that. we will tell you who was there and dig into that campaign strategy. also ahead, the latest from gaza where israeli forces are moving into the city of rafah. it comes days after an israeli air strike ignited a deadly fire at a camp for displaced palestinians. let s dive in to our top story. after 21 days of heated testimony, the defense and the prosecution delivered closing arguments yesterday in donald trump s criminal hush money trial. nbc news laura jarrett has a recap. the first trial of an american president soon in the hands of seven men and five women. prosecutors closing their case arguing former president trump orchestrated a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election to pull the wool over voter s eyes, they say, by ordering the payoff of stormy daniels and covering it all up. they tried to establish a pattern of mr. trump damaging stories
amendment. but here was the biggest issue to come to this court involving donald trump in this case. they were done with it in an hour and 15 minutes and trump s lawyer ran out of things to say. and what s interesting is you got the sense that each of the three judges made all of the points they wanted to make. i hate to say it, lawrence, but john sauer almost felt like a prop. this was the judges show. they were dropping truth bombs, they were dropping logic bombs and consistency bombs. the consistency bomb was one of my favorites. when they pointed to what another trump lawyer said on behalf of donald trump in the second impeachment trial when he said don t convict donald trump in the senate trial
i hate to say it, lawrence, but john sour almost felt like a prop. this was the judges show. they were dropping truth bombs, they were dropping logic bombs and consistency bombs. the consistency bomb was one of my favorites. when they pointed to what another trump lawyer said on behalf of donald trump in the second impeachment trial when he said don t convict donald trump in the senate trial because he could be arrested and prosecuted by the department of justice, and he had a doj knows what to do with a person like him. and so i believe it was judge pan who highlighted the inconsistency between that and what john sauer was arguing that only if he were impeached and convicted in the senate trial would doj be permitted to