4 00 in new york. As we kick off what will be the second week of Witness Testimony in donald j. Trumps Hush Money Trial. It is important to take stock and remind ourselves, it is not normal. To have an examerican President Stand Trial as a criminal defendant. It is not normal for that same criminal defendant to also be the Republican Partys current presumptive nominee for the upcoming president ial election. We learned a great deal from david pecker during his time on the Witness Stand last week about exactly how the catch and kill scheme that was used to benefit donald trump when he was running for president the first time worked. It worked by burying stories that would have been harmful to his reputation. We heard from trumps long Time Assistant rhona graf that Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal, the women paid to keep their stories quiet ahead of the election, were both named in trumps rolla dex. So this week we expect to hear new evidence and new testimony from new witnesses further
Thank you for joining us tonight. The conspiracy of dunces. Thats the focus of tonights angle. You know its bad for the trump Hush Money Prosecution when the New York Times feels compelled to publish a piece calling out the cases weakness. Jed sugarman a Law Professor at Boston University called alvin braggs case an historic Mistake Writing their vegas allegation about a criminal scheme to corrupt the 201 president ial election has him more concerned than ever about their unprecedented use of state law and their persistent avoidance of specifying an election crime or about area of fraud. Thats all. Now, beyond that he rightly notes that it is legal for a candidate to pay a nondisclosure agreement. Pay for a nondisclosure agreement, hush money is unseemly but it is legal. All right. Bottom line here. As honest objective legal minds have concluded, the underlying conduct alleged, in figure, is a violation of federal Campaign Finance rules. But, one little problem with that. The fec looke
the riot, after he had been arrested and stopped from coming to the city two days earlier, the prosecution said enrique tarrio organised, orchestrated and took credit for what happened that day. the 39 year old was dressed head to toe in a prison issue orange jumpsuit as he listened to his lawyers urged the judge for clemency. the state had asked for 33 years in jail clemency. the state had asked for 33 years injail but clemency. the state had asked for 33 years in jail but as tarrio himself took the stand, he sounded contrite, he apologised for his actions and said he was embarrassed by what he had done. he also said he now believed donald trump had lost the 2020 election. nonetheless, thejudge lost the 2020 election. nonetheless, the judge said lost the 2020 election. nonetheless, thejudge said he should be sentenced to 22 years in jail, should be sentenced to 22 years injail, and thus the most important and most senior member of the proud boys to take part in the riot of j
center. but again we can report tonight that robert card has been found dead, which means the 48-hour man hunt that is terrorize the state of maine is now over, and we are just moments away from a press conference at lewiston city hall. special coverage of this breaking news out of maine continues in the next hour on the last word, with my colleague, jonathan capehart, who is in for lawrence. good evening john. good evening alice. list just jump right into this, because the breaking news tonight, as alex and explain to you, on forsman officials tell nbc news that robert card, the suspected mass shooter in maine, who killed 18 people and injured more than a dozen others at a bowling alley and bar and grill has been found dead. any minute now officials in maine will be holding a press conference to give us the latest. jonathan detest is with us, but let s go to corresponded where she is in the room where we expect the press conference to begin. kathy? we had problems with
[ cheers and applause ] greg: i know, i know. grade, great, to greg, greg. greg: enough i know it s hard to want what you can t have. happy wednesday. as a heat wave continues in the east so hot in dc biden s temperature got into the single digits. the ap claims at a fundraiser president biden didn t freeze on stage but that he paused first 7 seconds. that s another way to say the same thing next time i get ice cream at the supermarket i go to the paused food aisle. most hispanic support deportation of illegal immigrants that s 1 way to get rid of your mother-in-law. a study ranked san fran as the worst run city so awful that alcatraz is offering tours of san francisco. james carville says he bets trump is a no-show at the debate if he loses the debate he pays a hundred dollars if he wins he gets his ring back from frodo. nationwide insurance dropped coverage for 100,000 american pets not my problem said 1 woman to climate activists desecrated the stone henge monument w