Causing extreme damage and flipping tractor trailers. Right in front of us, guys. Holy [bleep]. Violent tornado, guys. Violent tornado. Laura well well monitor and bring you more as it comes. But, first, leaked today, we saw mounting evidence not in the courtroom, but outside it that donald trump is winning. After 8 days of sitting through the sham hush money trial, he pivoted seamlessly to the news of the day, including bidens comments on Howard Sterns show that he is happy to debate trump. I have invited biden to debate. He can do it any time he wants. Including tonight. Were willing to do it monday night, tuesday night, wednesday night, thursday night, or friday night on national television. Were ready just tell me where. Laura brilliant. And by the way he looks great. Its hard to see that biden ever debates him but we will start popping the popcorn early for that one. But the point is at 77 years of age, donald trump came out of that courtroom energetic and if fighting form after,
Breaking news welcome to the lead on jake tapper, right now, right this minute. I knew witness in Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up Trial. The prosecution just called its third witness. His name is gary pharaoh. Gary pharaoh is a banker who worked with Michael Cohen at the time that the payments were made to former playboy model, Karen Mcdougal and porn actress and director Stormy Daniels, both of whom alleged romantic entanglements of sorts with mr. Donald trump. This comes after rona graph was called as the second witness in the trial. Rona graph, shes on the screen right there. Shes a longtime trump assistance. She worked for trump since he hired her in 1987 after she cold calls to Trump Organization were on a graph, testified id two contacts you maintained at the Trump Organization were for Karen Mcdougal Stormy Daniels run a graph was on the stand for less than half an hour earlier today, trumps attorneys crossexamined david pecker, the former Tabloid Magnate and longtime friend o
Laura ingraham, this is the ingraham angle, thank you for joining us tonight. The conspiracy of dunces, that is the focus of tonights angle. It is bad for the Trump Hush Money Trial Prosecution when the New York Times feels compelled to call out the cases weakness. Jed shugerman, Law Professor at boston called alvin braggs case a historic mistake, writing, their vague allegation about a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 election more concern about unprecedented use of state law and avoidance of election crime or fraud. Thats all . Beyond that, he writes, it is legal for a candidate to pay a nondisclosure agreement, hush money is unseemly, but it is legal. Bottom line here. As honest objective minds concluded, underlying conduct alleged is a violation of federal Campaign Finance rules, one problem with that, the fec looked at the case and decided against pursuing it. From day one, alvin bragg was a man on a political, not a legal mission. It was to charge trump with whatever just to k
Versus donald j trump. I should be a lot of different places right now campaigning. Im sitting here. For the first time in history, prosecutors layout a criminal case against a former american president to a jury. This case is about a conspiracy to corrupt the 2016 president ial election. Tonight, the Opening Statements from the prosecution and the defense and the first witness takes the stand. We should be expecting a lot more of david. Rachel maddow was inside the courtroom to see it all. We got a road map as to how the case is going to go. As donald trump goes on trial. He seems old, tired, and mad. Tonight, which maddow, Lawrence Odonnell, alex wagner, stephanie ruhle, msnbc legal experts are all here. Special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins. Now. Thank you for joining us tonight for this special Primetime Recap of the first ever criminal trial of former u. S. President , the first ever criminal trial of a major parties summative nominee as their candidate for president. I know R
Front next opening day of trumps trial. And its getting ugly fast name calling, insults, flying between trump and what will be a star witness . Michael cohen. This is the first witness is starting to testify with david how trumps case plus russias new It Girl State Television now fawning over Marjorie Taylor greene, even though she tried but failed to sink america i can aid to ukraine. Here what they are saying tonight about quote on quote moscow, marjorie and Melania Trump now selling more jewelry. Is it to help her husband . Okay. His legal fees. Lets go out front and good evening. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. We begin with trumps trials spilling out of the courtroom on a day when the prosecution and defense laid out their cases for the first time to 12 jurors and the six alternates its in the room and its on this momentous day, the former President Trump and his former fixer, Michael Cohen, are now in a free for all know, it did actually start in the courtroom. It was during Op