being wrongfully detained. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, joins us from moscow. what should we make of what went on in court today? ida what should we make of what went on in court today? in court today? no real surprise, i have to say- in court today? no real surprise, i have to say. evan in court today? no real surprise, i have to say. evan gershkovich - in court today? no real surprise, i have to say. evan gershkovich did| have to say. evan gershkovich did not look surprised at the outcome, he listened calmly in the moscow city court house behind me as the judge declined his appeal against pre trial detention. speaking to his lawyers afterwards, they did not seem surprised. this is the first time we have seen mr gershkovich since he was arrested nearly three weeks ago. just before the start of proceedings today, tv cameras were allowed briefly into the courtroom. we got in just for a allowed briefly into the courtroom. we got injust for a minute allowed briefly into the co
to make an address to the joint houses. so that will be the more formal part of his visit and his schedule today. later in the day, towards the evening, there will be a banquet dinner, there will be toasts by both the president and the tea search. and then that will round off his thursday evening and we will then see the next part of his trip to county mayo. like i said, his ties from his great great grandfather in valon are in county mayo. so a beautiful site there of the official residence of president michael d headings. and president biden will meet him as part of proceedings today. he started off his visit to northern ireland, a
some legal analysts were highly critical of the charges. now that trump s running again, a filthy d.a. is assassinating your right to vote. what s the crime? well, the indictment says trump made a false entry in the general ledger. lock him up! facts are established, they re in black and white. they re in michael cohen s sentence, he directed and coordinated hush money now to the entire class of politicians ask media figures who cheered the proceedings today, donald trump represents an existential threat. a threat to the regime that s run our country into the ground for decades, a threat to the credibility of the media that he calls out relentlessly. in terms of a case that s being brought against a former president, it s a little underwhelming. there s, there s not more to it. if donald trump had retired in 2020 the, would he will be arraigned today? of course not. this is the boldest election interference ever attempted in
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