special coverage of this escalating trump probe in new york and tonight right now you re watching a special live edition of the beat. we re following the pressure donald trump which actually exploded from the arrest talk this weekend to today s blockbuster testimony before the grand jury? some out of court-statements that broke within the last hour. moments ago this trump-aligned witness speaking out. my only mission there today was to tell the truth about what michael cohen was saying at any point in time. michael cohen decided on his own, that s what he told us, on his own to see if he could take care of this. is that what he told us? was all of the remarks made factual? mr. michael cohen is here to respond in a moment. this is not just journalism. this is aspects of the probe spilling out because mr. costello did speak to the grand jury today that s why he was so newsworthy. mr. cohen remained a key grand jury witness in a case that donald trump now says will lead to
welcome to our continued coverage. the new york criminal trial of former president donald trump. i m rachel maddow joined by my colleagues. also, lawrence o donnell is with us pick we are going to be joined by the star witness for the prosecution in this trial, michael cohen. he will speak to us exclusively. his first reaction to this verdict tonight. michael cohen will be joining us in one moment live. 4:20 p.m. p.m. and it is we, the jury have reached a verdict. 45 minutes later at 5:05 p.m. the jury was back in the courtroom and is seated. the defendant donald trump was seated as well. the judge addressed the four people. and the judge. without telling me the verdict, how s the jury? and yes, they have reached a verdict. take the verdict, please. with the foreperson please rise to the members of the jury agreed upon a verdict? yes. and how say you to the first count of the indictment, charging donald j trump with the crime of falsifying business records in the first degre
end up breaking with trump world and this was not the road orchestrated for you, was not where you wanted to be? great question, andrew, and from the very first meeting that i had with him and jeffrey citron, all they wanted me to do was sign a retainer agreement and all bob costello was interested in doing was promoting his relationship with himself and rudy giuliani. i never trusted rudy. i watched him try to manipulate the game when he was trying to get more involved in the trump sphere every time bob costello would mention rudy giuliani, there was a picture of his cell phone where he s trying to prove to me he just spoke to rudy, i realized that what they re doing to me is what
as a way for him to deflect. it is the biden administration. the biden administration is weaponize against me because i m leading in all the polls. the whole nine yards that he does. that is a donald trump. he is deflecting. because he knows what he did. and just part of the statement from rachel. jeffrey acknowledged that the department of justice, the main justice reached out to the southern district of new york to whitewash donald trump s name from any of the allegations. they wanted to go back in time and undo the sentence that i d already pled guilty to. in order to whitewash donald trump s name out of it. that is the most dangerous thing that anybody could ever do. especially as a president to weaponize. let me tell you. this is very dangerous for what is potentially coming down the road. if in fact, god forbid that donald would end up back in the
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