developments from trump s many legal problems. we begin with developments about the former president s rough time in court over fraud today. closing arguments underway in the case against trump and his two eldest sons in the entire allegedly fraudulent trump organization. you can see trump in atep dance. he s been in more courtrooms than campaign events. he turned towards cameras every time he could. he lashed out at the judge and the attorney general. and he did his set of grievances. there were closing arguments on behalf of donald trump by trump himself got involved briefly. as we reported on this program yesterday here on msnbc, donald trump is a civil defendant here. his request to speak during closing arguments or give some sort of grand closing statement, that was denied by the judge for a simple reason. donald trump s own lawyers basically refsed the rules that would bar personal attacks. you can see some of the court sketches as that was all dealt with. now the judge
version. the reidout starts now. tonight on the reidout under no circumstances you are promising america tonight you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. except for he s going crazy. except for day one. meaning? i want to close the border and i want to drill, drill, drill. that s not no, no. that s not retribution. i m going to be i m going to you know, he keeps we love this guy. he says you re not going to be a dictator, are you? i say, no, no, no, other than day one. the day one american dictator whose plans for a second presidency are right out of the play book of venezuelan dictator nicolas maduro. seek vengeance against your opponents, muzzle the press, call off elections. former trump lawyer michael cohen joins me. plus, new reporting on the almost 200 person witness list in trump s georgia election interference case. including pence, barr and bannon. but we begin tonight with a unique
this case. this is a weaponization of justice. this is something that nobody s ever seen to this extent. it s a disgrace. they should pay me damages. that s the way it should be. donald trump going on and on about what he doesn t like about this process. beyond his quotes, well, you could see a few feet behind him where he was speaking in front of the court doors. exaggeration and lies don t work there. trump can talk and talk about the people involved in putting him on trial. he can try to argue from a pr perspective that with his rhetoric he s putting them on trial. that s rhetoric. they re not on trial, not the ag and the judge. when you see trump talking in front of the microphone at a friendly fox town hall, that s the theater. he tried to be more restrained and more friendly, even at times kind of a softer side, if you