Us this afternoon for a small sliver of it. Jessica, thanks for being with us this week. Stay would see an end because the lead with jake tapper starts right now i heated hearing today for a different criminal cases involving donald trump, who lead starts right now the hush money coverup trial is quiet today, but another case is turning into a Shouting Match. Attorneys Attorneys Trading Barbs in that federal classified documents case in florida. As trumps codefendants, walt nauta accused his prosecutors of selectively and vindictively charging him with a crime plus new video showing the very moment that five young israeli women were kidnapped by the terrorists of from us. The footage is horrifying and graphic why their families wanted this video released. Now and uh, judges ruling today on the Iconic Graceland Mansion did something im im trying to scam their way into buying the property once owned by elvis welcome to the lean on jake tapper. Were going to start today with our Law And J
Calgarians permit good afternoon, i martha maccallum, and this is we are in this husso step of this process and President Trumps trial in new york city. Right this minute the lawyers in the judge are debating what instructions, parameters, they will lay down for the jury before they go into deliberate my this is for the framework, the path that the judge says look, this is what you can consider how this is what you cant consider in this case. So that we will have Closing Arguments set for next week so youve just got this enormous golf of time between the Jury Instructions and the Closing Arguments were all these jurors will go home, that is eight leads, over the memorial day weekend. We are also waiting for the judge to rule on the trumps team which has been sort of a Standing Request and the necklace again right no and the judge said he is in the process of considering it and wont say when he will determine whether or not this case should be thrown out. Mr. Trump we have that was put
Quite a few republican lawmakers who risked losing control of the house floor yesterday because so many of them were up in New York City vying for a seat at Donald Trumps criminal trial. In just the last two weeks, the speaker of the house, mike johnson, along with representatives, lauren boebert, matt gaetz, bob good, byron donalds, andy biggs, mike waltz and matt norman have gone to manhattan to be seen on camera publicly supporting donald trump at the courthouse. Yesterday, so many went up that a Republican House oversight hearing to hold Merrick Garland in contempt had to be postponed nine hours. Then when it finally started, it abruptly stopped because Marjorie Taylor greene asked the democrats if any of them employed the daughter of the judge who was overseeing Donald Trumps trial. Do you know what were here for . Point of order. You the one talking about i think your fake eyelashes are messing up hold on. Holden. Order. Mr. Chairman. Thats beneath even you. I would like to move
Do you have an invention idea, but dont know what to do next collin venn help today. They can help you get started with your idea called now 807, 100020 well, tonight on a Special Edition of laura coates live, Michael Cohens former attorney, lanny davis, is here with us in studio. Does he think cohen kim with dan, whats coming for him on the stand . And weve got anthony scaramucci, who will join us later in this hour. His name was invoked in court today and well ask him about that moment and the political cavalry, The Dark Trump has called it. Good evening. Im laura coates alongside abby phillip right here in dc, and we do coordinate our outfits intentionally for you after 11 00. The question also is Michael Cohen motivated by redemption or revenge . Thats a Choice A Jury is going to have to answer and be presented with the prosecution is asking the jury to look past all and i mean, all of cohens many lies and ms and to believe that their star witness, when he says that trump not only
Infighting on the right as tensions explode. And tonight, republicans have no clear way out of the mess of their own making. A new Government Shutdown threat just over a month away, and very real questions about funding the military and the war in ukraine. Already, as republicans are searching for a new speaker, the same magafueled turmoil that took down mccarthy is on display. Multiple republicans already announcing bids, including jim jordan and Steve Scalise. Some on the far right and Foxs Sean Hannity floating Donald Trumps name as speaker. One republican senator giving his gop house colleagues some advice. This ousting of Speaker Mccarthy and now we have a pro tem as speaker. I dont have a lot of advice for my house colleagues, other than this. Follow your heart, but take your brain with you. Id also advise all of my house colleagues to be sure and take their meds. Take your meds. Now, thats a republican senator giving that advice. Kevin mccarthy now has two historic bookends to h