but first, a moment in court the judge called outrageous and simply not allowed. good day. i m chris jansing alongside andrea mitchell and katy tur and they are back in the courtroom. the judge is now planning to issue a new instruction to the jury after trump s defense attorney made a remark that the jury, quote, cannot send someone to prison based on the words of michael cohen. the judge did not like that at all and blasted todd blanche for even raising the idea of trump going to prison. it s not in the jury s purview. and of course, you can t unring the bell and now we are all watching to just see how the prosecution tries to rebut the defense s portrayal of michael cohen as someone with an ax to grind and quote, the greatest liar of all time, that he called the gloat. vaughn hillyard is with us, danny, catherine christian. both are msnbc legal analysts. okay, they are already back, as we said. we have a little bit of color from inside the room. all the attorneys are
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Subscriber only A court has heard how a 50-year-old man knew it was wrong to be attracted to young girls when he engaged in sexual conversations in what he described as a fantasy world . Jason Scott Hastie allegedly planned to meet an undercover police officer, who he believed was a 14-year-old girl, after having online sexual conversations with her between December 28, 2019 and January 15, last year a court heard. The Dulong resident pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to using the internet to procure children under 16 and grooming a child under 16 years with intent to expose to indecent matter. He also pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child exploitation material.
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