i m in for nicolle wallace. the final day of e. jean carroll versus donald trump with closing arguments focused on a high-stakes question. what is the price to pay for using one of the world s most powerful megaphones to defame someone. first up her attorney addressed the factor looming over the trial, that is, trump s continued attacks on e. jean carroll. she pointed out trump spent the entire trial continuing to engage in defamation, trump dramatically stormed out of the courtroom. the judge noted the incident and kaplan continued. cnn repts that she said, quote, the case is also about punishing donald trump for what he has done and what he continues to do. shd trump tries to, quote, normalize conduct that could hardly be more abnormal. she went on to say, quote, typically when someone is found liable for defamaon, they stop making those statemeven if they don t like t jury s verdict, even if you d t like the jury s decision you follow it. those are the this trial is also
after turning himself in to the miami federal courthouse. hundreds supporters took to the streets outside the courthouse. some even prayed for trump at a cafe that he arbitrarily stopped at as he left the courthouse. seemed kind of relaxed. the justice department is alleging, in case you ve been in a cave, that the former president mishandled classified documents that included u.s. defensive weapons secrets, even an attack plan on an unnamed foreign power. fill in iran. 31 charges file the espionage act. whatever you think of donald trump s actions, let s put it into context. the espionage act is over hundred years old. president woodrow wilson signed it into law to protect the nation from foreign spies during world war i. most prosecutions involving the espionage act have been reserved for actual spies. even trump s worst critics are not alleging that he passed classified material to russia or china, or anybody else. the espionage act makes clear that espionage is defined as
the-out legal proceeding to follow. house judiciary chairman jim jordan on trump getting shackled by the manhattan d.a., former u.s. attorney and director of u.s. intelligence john ratcliffe on why the indictment was dropped just four months before the first gop primary debate for election 2024, less than a year away from the iowa caucus. and house administration if committee chairman bryan steil on alvin bragg s pushback of republicans. then, the ten other lawsuits waiting for donald trump after this. president trump s response from one of his lawyers is here. then the two tiers of justice as hunter biden s art is showcased alongside some of the most renowned artists in new york this week as bank records expose the trail of cash from china to biden family accounts. the new york post smy ran ca divine and government accountability institute president peter schweizer on biden family influence peddling in plain sight. then, is it a kerr application of duty or just incompetenc
i want to bring in elena haba, joining us with reaction on today s arraignment. alina, gives us the mindset of the president, coming back to another club he owns, that he will be spending the summer in. we re all happy to be home. obviously we just got here. he s feeling defiant, ready to fight, as usual, and feeling ready to win. i think that s what s going to happen in 2024 after what they ve done to him yet again today. brian: umm, i understand he came in, was brought up to the 13th floor, was arraigned, there was no pictures there was electronic fingerprinting, i understand. he was brought in, brought out, no pictures. just a sketch that was released. anything else that he described in the courtroom that you want to tell the viewers about? umm, not really anything exciting to be honest.
thanks very much for joining us. what is trump s response? i think he s shocked and disappointed in the state of our country, as he said, he s always put america first. i think that is the best policy, and i agree with everything that jim jordan said. i m really proud of what jim s doing, and i agree with him. and i think, you know, president trump s doing same thing and using his voice which is the loudest voice right now for the republican party to the show the outrage and the shock and disappointment. we can t have politics with these corrupt a.g.s and [inaudible] it can t happen anymore. maria: so let me get your take on other ten lawsuits that you are defending president trump on. i know that you re not the criminal attorney the here, that s someone else, but you ve got ten other lawsuits that you re working on. what are hay? they? yes, i have several lawsuits. but he s not the defendant on many of them. you know, we have letitia james, that s probably the most prominent o