Were you ever angry enough a the see him dead . There were times i wanted him gone, but gone doesnt mean dead. Mel just said, well im a single mom now, and now ive just got to get along with my life. I said, well, no, the next thing is weve got figure out who did this to him. After i got off the phone i said, she did it. They couldnt find any forensic evidence whatsoever to establish this was a crime scene. Do you still insist you are innocent . Absolutely. I still think, how could somebody think i did that . I do not think she did actually commit the crime. It turns out it isnt the end of the story. My name is meghan sacks. Im a criminologist at Fairleigh Dickinson university. In simplest terms, criminology is the Scientific Study of what causes crime and how the criminal Justice System responds to crime. Ive written about 25 truecrime books over the years. And i think Melanie Mcguires is perhaps one of the most interesting ones, and baffling. This is Melanie Mcguire, arrested today m
Along with donald trump in georgia. Indicted with them, Trumps White House Chief Of Staff, mark meadows who could face the same fate as nixons Chief Of Staff who went to prison helping carry out his bosss crimes. Trump now facing 91 Felony Counts, most of his rivals for the republican president ial nomination still cant muster the courage to condemn him. And we begin tonight on that very note, donald trump drawing his fourth indictment. That is four more indictments than any prior president of the United States has ever faced. And true to form, trump is having an absolute meltdown on dimestore twitter, truth social. Lashing out against the Justice System and even singling out witnesses. More on that soon. But can we just pause for a second on the Car Mick Progression on all these cases. Just for a moment. The manhattan d. A. Indictment humbled trump in his hometown of New York City forcing him to surrender where the Central Park Five who trump called to execute in a fullpage ad or trie
Alleged coconspirators in that indictment. Charles burnham, defense attorney for coconspirator number 2 from the recent indictment. This is a person who has been confirmed and identified as john eastman, the lawyer, who advised donald trump, who spoke at the January 6th Rally there next to rudy giuliani, and was a key architect of much of what the president and his aides were trying to push heading into the january 6th certification. Charles, first of all, thank you very much for making the time and joining me tonight. Thank you for having me. Absolutely. We put aside some time for this. I want to start with a couple of quick things and then get into the case. But first and foremost, donald trump lost the 2020 election. You accept that fact . Well, look. There is a large portion of the country that has issues with the 2020 election. There are still discussion about things that went on. A large portion of the country believes in goats or horoscopes. Im asking do you accept the results o
who is claiming responsibility, and who is denying any involvement. plus, the border battle. the president taking his toughest stance yet on immigration as the gop-led house pushes ahead with the push to oust his homeland security secretary. also ahead, writer e. jean carroll speaking out publicly about her $83 million victory over donald trump, the message she believes the jury sent to the former president. is the conviction of a notorious double killer about to be thrown out? what we know about the potential retrail in the case of disgraced lawyer alec murdaugh. thanks for being here on a monday. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. president biden is vowing to retaliate after three u.s. troops were killed in a deadly drone attack at a base in jordan. it happened near the border of syria and iraq in a base known as tower 22. two u.s. officials tell us a drone packed with explosives made impact near a shelter where some troops were sleeping.
i m in for nicolle wallace. the final day of e. jean carroll versus donald trump with closing arguments focused on a high-stakes question. what is the price to pay for using one of the world s most powerful megaphones to defame someone. first up her attorney addressed the factor looming over the trial, that is, trump s continued attacks on e. jean carroll. she pointed out trump spent the entire trial continuing to engage in defamation, trump dramatically stormed out of the courtroom. the judge noted the incident and kaplan continued. cnn repts that she said, quote, the case is also about punishing donald trump for what he has done and what he continues to do. shd trump tries to, quote, normalize conduct that could hardly be more abnormal. she went on to say, quote, typically when someone is found liable for defamaon, they stop making those statemeven if they don t like t jury s verdict, even if you d t like the jury s decision you follow it. those are the this trial is also