Odonnell, the msnbc host, as he did. They reported that same, this way. As he exits, trump turns his head at lawrence, flowers, and mutters under his breath. I was sitting right next to him , next to me. Its my first time in The Trump Trial courtroom, and it seems donald trump was not pleased to see me. It looks like im very far behind donald trump but i am actually in the first row available to the press. Visually, there was nothing between donald trump and me. In the afternoon, i was sitting in another spot and i have my interpretation of what Donald Trumps face and eyes were trying to say to me and what drove him to create a moment that was worthy of a New York Times reporter. What was actually captured in a sketch by the brilliant Courtroom Artist, who will join us at the end of the hour to share what the artist i finds in looking around the trump courtroom, especially at donald trump. She has been in all of The Trump Trials and has seen more of his behavior as a defendant and poss
Sh issue. First time they have r had interesting way to take over the magazine. That does it for me. Hardball starts now. Crime and punishment. Lets play hardball. Today Paul Manafort, the president s campaign. Facing years in a u. S. Prison. Whatever you choose to call it, it is past. For a year and a half our country has been contorted into a reality tv show. This is the day we discovered
reality bites. Good evening, i am chris matthews. Heading into round one now. Investigation is underway at a courthouse just across the potomac. He is facing 18 counts of tax evasion and bank fraud. Charges that predate his time on the Trump Campaign. If found guilty, he could get up to ten years in prison. Facing similar charges in Federal Court in washington. Manafort joined the Trump Campaign in march of 2016. Manafort did work overseas. He also had Business Ties with russia. And he took part in that Infamous Trump tower meeting with russians. Where the Trump Campaign was promis promised damaging
Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Another round of Election Sabotage is underway. And the trump official who says his warnings about the psychological damage of separated families was ignored. Good evening, from new york, i am chris hayes. Paul manafort is a shrewd liar so says the prosecution in the Opening Statement in the trial. Opening statement and even the testimony of first witness hours ago, Paul Manafort facing 18 counts. Bank fraud, tax evaluation, and conspiracy charges. Work with should note which predated his duties on the campaign of donald trump. And zoe fillman. I wrote down the word astonishing greed. We knew the outline of this tale from the indictment and court documents. But another thing to hear it lay out in court. This scheme Whereby Manafort was earning 16 million. But instead of taking the money in a wire transfer, he concocted this elaborate scheme to accept it in loans which werent really loans all to evade taxes. And interestingly, when his client was
desantis. yes, a lot of democrats sort of hope donald trump is the republican nominee because they think he might be the easiest to beat in a general. but they also are trying to define and lock the florida governor in on his positions and shine a brighter light on his positions, as well. and she is the person to do that. as jasmine knows, she covers her extensively. some people often wonder what is she doing, and she s caught in washington a lot because she is often a tie-breaking vote. there is an example the senate s not in, so she can pivot to jacksonville. i also think that one last thing is not only is this about the politics of 2024, but it is the politics about kamala harris. over the 24 hours of two years see has repeatedly been welcome toed by mostly democrats, unnamed, but republicans about her ability to lead as she is second in command to an aging president. so therefore, this is her showing that she can lead on these hot-ticket cultural issues on the main stage just
he s hitting you on territory that he is choosing, he s picking the battlefield echo he s picking covid, he s picking disney and you are kind of always on the defensive and you re not saying what you want to be saying, you re constantly responding to him two trump is also getting a lot of attention because he s always on the attack. it s very difficult to be in a war of words with him and desantis has to be careful because he s going to need trump voters and he s young and he s going to have a long career. so far he s been pretty tough but it means nothing until they start debating each other and i do hope donald trump debates ron desantis i don t think he has to because his lead is so big it but i want to see him debate ron desantis i want to see him debate all of these g guys. trump can t coast, he can t point to my full numbers are great for the next six months okay. he can t coast, this guy is a