you are watching the beat with ari melber. we re covering this conclusion of donald trump fraud trial. there he was in court, the second time he s been in the courtroom this week, instead of campaigning in iowa. it s a telling sign of how personal this all is to trump, as you can see him there. he basically has opted out of the traditional campaign activities. he was not required to attend, but that s what it looked like in the courtroom today. we also heard from the attorney general who has been on something of a streak here. she already won the fraud finding portion of this. now they re fighting over potentially penalties. the judge also gave donald trump a chance to speak today, but required he had to comments only on facts and law if he did so. trump didn t stick to that, went into a ran, speaking for about five minutes, arguing this is wrong and a fraud, and he actually tried to attack the judge in the courtroom, making a reference to his own agenda. that was about eno
mr. trump s fingerprinted through a digital figure consistent, but his mugshot, they used an existing photo. special counsel watches from the front row as the ex president pleads not guilty. for donald trump, america had never before had a president twice impeached. america had never before had an ex president indicted, let alone twice indicted. today, on the day of his federal harassed, america starts yet another new chapter. joy reid, nicole wallace, chris haines, lawrence o donnell, already melber, alex wagner, stephanie ruhle, jen psaki, plus our legal experts and reporters, all here for msnbc s special coverage of the first federal criminal indictment of a former u.s. president. good evening, and thank you for being with us for our special primetime coverage, of a day that will go down in american history as unimaginable, inconceivable, unthinkable, and also equally hey, what took you so long? i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters with joy reid, chris area
the government that he wants donald trump arrested again. advised of his right, again. and booked, this time, on 37 federal felony counts. mr. trump was fingerprinted through a digital figure consistent, but for his mugshot, they used an existing photo. special counsel watches from the front row as the ex president pleads not guilty. for donald trump, america had never before had a president twice impeached. america had never before had an ex president indicted, let alone twice indicted. today, on the day of his federal harassed, america starts yet another new chapter. joy reid, nicolle wallace, chris hayes, lawrence o donnell, ali melber, alex wagner, stephanie ruhle, jen psaki, plus our legal experts and reporters, all here for msnbc s special coverage of the first federal criminal indictment of a former u.s. president. good evening, and thank you for being with us for our special primetime coverage, of a day that will go down in american history as unimaginable,
stuff. did you know the end of pink richard nixon, i think $18 million for what he had? in an indictment watch. the trump attorney for the case directly to jack smith in washington. the exact same thing happened in manhattan. just to bet stories make an argument and leaving charges. tonight sorry no bronze night showdown and what it can mean for charges. he could be wearing an ankle bracelet while accepting the nomination. plus, former cia director john brennan on the national security concerns. then, a roundtable of white house insiders, kate bedingfield, robert gibbs, and me. but there s an awful lot of really good republicans. the maga republicans are different breed. and the republican field shrinks by one. and that is the strategy. every candidate we needs to see the responsibility of getting out quickly. new hampshire governor, kristen, joins me live when all in starts right now we good evening from new york i am jen psaki in for chris hayes tonight. a
people. this is now the second indictment that trump is facing since he went in office after manhattan prosecutors charged with 34 felony counts earlier this year over alleged hush money payments. and a post on his truth announcing the indictment, trump wrote the correct biden administration has informed by attorneys that i ve been indicted. i am an innocent man. tonight, trump posted a formative video repeatedly claiming that investigation is a hoax. politically motivated. they can t stop because its election interference at the highest level there is never been anything like what has happened, they figured that the way that they would stop us is by using what is called that s what this is. it s wolf warfare for the law. it s called election interference. they re trying to destroy the reputation. and they can try to win the election. joining us now is msnbc colleagues, ari melber and lawrence o donnell, also with us is laura jarrett, nbc news senior legal corresponde