Its now 4 00 in new york. This Morning A Key chapter until the first ever criminal trial of an american expresident came to a close. The Testimony Phase of the people of the great state of new york vermont vs. Donald trump is over after the defense rested its case and trump in the end did not testify. Although just a few weeks ago, he said this, quote, im testifying. I tell the truth. Whatever that means. Happening right now in court, prosecutors and trumps Defense Attorneys are discussing the instructions that the judge will give to the jury. Its incredibly important. Where donald trump faces 34 Felony Charges for falsifying Business Records in order to conceal another crime. Well keep you posted on all of the updates out of those proceedings. We turn to the dramatic events this morning in court. Team trump resting its case, one was a paralegal and the other was the attorney robert cost tell la lo. Whatever credibility he had left after his outburst in court, the ones that resulted in
Right now. Hi, ari. Hi, nicole, thanks so much. Today marks a serious, even grim day for defendant donald trump, who of course, was indicted, booked, and had his mug shot taken very famously in an election case regarding possible crimes in the 2020 race in the georgia rico case. He was also indicted by federal Prosecutor Jack Smith in two cases which carry serious charges but, like the georgia case, are actually not currently on track to go to trial by the election. But for trump, the only case where it now matters that he is a criminal defendant is in new york, where trumps trial reached its Inflection Point today as d. A. Braggs team has just told the judge today that the d. A. s office has proven its case based on the evidence and ethus intoning the well known phrase, quote, your honor, the people rest. Thats today in the only case that looks to be going to trial by the eelection. That means the prosecutors literally rest their case and take the position theyve supplied enough evide
Lisa ribbon, Suzanne Craig and katie vang were inside the courthouse. Plus nicolle wallace, and Catherine Christian as special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins. Now. Good evening and thanks for joining us for our msnbc prime time recap of the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump. Im here tonight along with my colleagues. Big night. Todays proceedings unexpectedly to me were like that helpful moment in the old Agatha Christie style british detective story. Youve been following along more or less, you know who most of the characters are, you can at least remember most of their names. You know the basic plot of the mystery but then there is this kindness, this great helpful moment in the story where the detective sits down under some stupid pretense with some other character and in their conversation they give you all the answers. Its okay you havent been playing close attention all along. They are going to recap the whole story and not only will they get to the big answer, th
Welcome to a special twohour edition of the beat. Im katie phang. Were nearing the end of the first Criminal Trial of a former u. S. President donald trump. Next week the case could be in the hand of the jury. Before that happens, Michael Cohen will be back on the Witness Stand Monday for a third day of cross examination by trumps defense attorney todd blanche. The defenses focus so far has been to try and portray the states key witness as a serial liar, someone who cannot be trusted and who is only out for revenge against his former boss. The word lie was used more than 60 times in court yesterday. Through what felt at times like A Meandering Cross Examination Blanche may have been able to poke a hole in cohens credibility as a witness during questioning about one of the phone calls from october 2016 that cohen testified earlier in the week he had made with trump, allegedly telling him the payoff to Stormy Daniels was being handled. Yesterday cohen admitted that he was having trouble
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