as hell. she s guilty as hell. i will say this. hillary clinton has to go to jail. okay. she has to go to jail. the party that has campaigned for more than six years on their plans to lock up their political opponents, well now they re crying foul now that one of their own, donald trump, is facing possible indictments for actual crimes. and as we await the first of possibly multiple criminal charges, republicans are all coming to trump s defense, as usual, and promising to haul anyone who dares to prosecute trump before congress. and we begin tonight with the potential indictment of donald j. trump over allegations he illegally paid hush money to adult film actress stormy daniels during his 2016 run for the presidency. the indictment of a former president would be a stunning moment in american history. full stop. it s an event that looms as grand jurors heard today from attorney robert costello who was called to testify at trump s request. he was a legal adviser at one
she should be locked up. tell you right now. she should be locked up. she should. that s right, lock them up. you should lock them up. lock up the bidens. lock up hillary. hillary clinton, i didn t say lock her up, but the people don t say lock her up, okay. donald trump s getting a bit desperate ahead of his sentencing making the ludicrous claim that he never said hillary clinton should be locked up. it s on tape, donald. plus, michael cohen s reaction to trump s guilty verdict and the potential of prison time. and the far right continues to embrace authoritarianism with politicians and commentators flocking to el salvador to attend the inauguration of the man who calls himself the world s coolest dictator. it s a big warning sign for the type of government they want to run if trump becomes president again. but we begin tonight with the real meaning of law and order. as the reality has set in that their soon to be official nominee is a convicted felon, republican
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc in new york city. another new first for this country. the first trial of a sitting president s son getting under way in delaware just days after the end of donald trump s historic trial. what will the impact be both personally for the president and politically for his re-election. we ll go live to the courthouse where jury selection has been going on since 8:30. plus, the man who became the face of the covid response, dr. anthony fauci coming face-to-face with his congressional critics for the first time since leaving his post. the demand by one democrat for an apology, and what provoked an emotional response. the latest drama from capitol hill coming up. potentially devastating news for the families of israeli hostages. prime minister netanyahu saying today that president biden got it wrong on the details of a potential peace deal. and in his words, the claim that israel has agreed to a cease-fire without its conditions bein
donald trump, now convicted felon, stands across these three criminal enterprises . we made this based on our legal analysis and reported it for the first time last night but the underlying facts are known but here they are together. the leaders have been convicted of serious crimes across quite a long range of time. trump s new convection is still sinking in across the nation and the process will play out. he is awaiting sentencing. it completes this picture of criminality that surrounds him because of the people he picked and whom he often stood with and they stood by him as long as they divide police and law enforcement and defended him, they stay together. this band of, quite literal, convicted felons. criminals. while last week was understandably first focused on the conviction of one man, in order to see the broad reality you have to see how his conviction did cap off these years of crimes by many people across different enterprises. only now is he joining those other a
times over the years, and every time he joined us, he helped us achieve our main goal, to get better and smarter. that was easy for him. ben white was the very best. i will forever be grateful for the knowledge he shared with us, bought more than anything, for his friendship. this is a hard and competitive business and having a friend in this business like ben was a gift and i will treasure our friendship forever. our condolences go out to his entire family and all those who are grateful to know and love him. thank you, ben. i will miss you and on that note, i wish you all a very safe and good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks at nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. the republican party s presidential front runner was convicted by a jury of his peers on 34 felony counts. that is the reality. the republican party must now grapple with it. if they were into reality. so, that s an issue. what makes this all even more di