escalated. those militia groups have attacked commercial and other ships in the nearby red sea. the night, the u.s. and its allies struck back, firing on targets in yemen. we ll have more on all of this is just ahead, but first, let s turn to a former president and the son of a current president in court within hours of one another. today in your city, it began with a bomb threat at the judge overseeing trump s fraud case. and then later, trump made what was his second court appearance of the week, showing up for closing arguments in that civil fraud trial. he and s company face a 370 million dollar penalty for allegedly inflating s wealth on statements for banks and insurance companies. the judge did give trump five minutes to make remarks on his civil defense, but as nbc s laura jarrett reports, that turned into a rant, and that rant was all about the airing of trump s grievances. reporter: facing the prospect of losing control of his namesake company, and a
closing arguments in that civil fraud trial. he and s company face a 370 million dollar penalty for allegedly inflating s wealth on statements for banks and insurance companies. the judge did give trump five minutes to make remarks on his civil defense, but as nbc s laura jarrett reports, that turned into a rant, and that rant was all about the airing of trump s grievances. reporter: facing the prospect of losing control of his namesake company, and a massive civil penalty, mr. trump briefly took matters into his own hands, declaring himself an innocent man, delivering a nearly five-minute speech, largely grievances against the new york attorney general and judge overseeing the case, who he accused of having his own agenda. all that forcing judge arthur engoron, who previously resisted granting the former president permission to speak in closings to call on mr. trump s attorneys to, quote, control their client.
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the electability nod. 63% give trump the nod on issues. the argument that most of the former president s challengers are making is that trump lost in 2020. he was at the head of the ticket in 2018 at least even though he wasn t on the ticket. he was the leader of the party in 2018 and 2022 when he was getting involved in the mid-term elections, and that they can t win with him. what is it? can the republican party win with donald trump at the helm again? i think history has said no. he won one election and has been proven to be a loser every other time. i don t understand why republicans who think their most important issues is electability still back him. he was beaten soundly by joe biden there 2020 and as a democrat, i hope he is the
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Imagine being one of the thousands of DOJ attorneys slogging away on criminal…