against donald trump finally begins in court. then, what we know about fan willis s plans amid ne reporting of another grand jur investigative investigatin election crimes. and former chief of staff ro klain on today s reelectio rollout of his former boss - it s time to finish the job. finish the job that s when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i chris hayes. and i m not going anywhere you know, the election o donald trump issued in an er of politics suspended, particularly when i came to how people tucked in public before the trump era, it fel like there were some boundaries there were things that politicians just could not say things that would beyond the pale, and as we change ove time but there were some shared sense that those existed but of course, the e presidents whole approach, fro the beginning of that campaign was about transgressing thos very boundaries. and, as of yet, facing no real punishment for it that combination o transgression
audience tonight, what we ar learning about what finally di tucker in with brandy zadrozny and ben smith. plus, stunning allegations i the opening arguments as the rape and defamation lawsui against donald trump finally begins in court. then, what we know about fan willis s plans amid ne reporting of another grand jur investigative investigatin election crimes. and former chief of staff ro klain on today s reelectio rollout of his former boss - it s time to finish the job. finish the job that s when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i chris hayes. and i m not going anywhere you know, the election o donald trump issued in an er of politics suspended, particularly when i came to how people tucked in public before the trump era, it fel like there were some boundaries there were things that politicians just could not say things that would beyond the pale, and as we change ove time but there were some shared sense that those existed but of course, the e
he will to show you. and that is the advice that e. jean carroll took until motivated to share her story and come forward walk me through - we should say, we are expectin testimony from those women we are. are we expecting testimony fro both those women and we ar also expecting testimony fro e. jean carroll as early a tomorrow wow the trump lawyer, tacopina, who people have probably see on air here, what was his th nature of his opening argument said tha e. jean carroll made this up she made this up with lisa birnbach and carol martin. suing donald trump but he convinced there too and he recommended - objection, your honor sustained roberta kaplan, who is the attorney here. objection, your honor. sustained, the jury to disregard that out of order, but it s clear what they are trying to do here
and that announcement. i just didn t know what to mak of it, and particularly, the window which was, like bot farm comically wide, but als precise. what was your read on this document it s a letter to law enforcement basically saying t get ready for what might nee to happen should there b indictments of these very, you know, well known figures including the former president first, as to timing, we v always thought that she woul try to move at the beginning o a grand jury that s why focus was recentl on these few weeks, but then there was also this blowup tha was revealed in her motion t recuse the attorney, because she is trying to secure some cooperators, it would appear i interpret that as meanin that she will either be good t go at the beginning of january or at the beginning of september. since she says september 10th, it applies to me also that i will be early in that session, which makes sense. it gets a little arcane, but she wants to bring charges a
and raped her. crowley told the - back in 1996, and that h defamed her when she said sh made the whole thing up. she filed this lawsuit to hold donald trump accountable for what he did to her in th dressing room and for what h did years later when h attacked her integrity joining me now is msnbc lega analyst lisa rubin, who was in the courtroom there today. lisa, it s great to have you here thanks for having me. - i guess the first question is, just, like, what s this trial? it s a strange, unusual set of circumstances that we have a civil trial that is going to try to get to the bottom o this assault right, we have a civil tria about an act that, fundamentally, is when w understand to be criminal. - and the judge was very clea with the jury today. the standard of proof is not the one that would apply in criminal trial all they have to find is tha