to noon eastern and catch me as a legal analyst right here on msnbc all week as we join all things from trial. for now, stay tuned because inside with jen psaki begins right now. right now. strategist tim miller are standing by to tell us why she did it. and where the party goes from here. we are reaching the beginning of the end for trump s criminal trial in york. the law firm for here into a deep dive into the closing c arguments. judge juan merchan s instructions will be crucial for the 12 men and women who deliver the verdict. retired judge is going to tell us what to watch for and later, nbc s favorite son lou russert on the loss of his dad. he traveled around the world and why john baynard told him to get the heck out of washington. of washington. so stop me if you ve heard it before, republican speaks the truth about donald trump, donald trump smears, tags and belittles them, republican falls in line rather than face excommunication from the party. really, ho
He knew and where he knew his money was going. The folks will recall, when it comes to Stormy Daniels specifically, in January Of 2018 is when the Wall Street Journal first broke the story of the Stormy Danielsmichael cohen arrangement. Again, that was January 2018 after the Reimbursement Checks had been made. Fast forward, four months later, in April Of 2018 Donald Trump was finally asked about that 130,000. I want to read you he was on Air Force one when a reporter asked did you know about the 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels. Trump replied no. When asked again, he added on, quote, youll have to ask michael cohen. Michael is my attorney. Youll have to ask michael. Already the prosecution is prepared to make the case to this jury that Donald Trump had instructed this payment to go forward, something that Donald Trump months after the story broke actively denied in public
that s that s would is so shocking to me. i guess dana, is that when i m walking around this state and talking to people, talking to people across the country. they don t even know which trial this is they re like, i don t remember which one. this wasn t about is this the one they re coming after him for this or this, what they really care about is that they re trying to figure out how to pay their gas bills. they re trying to figure out how to pay their electricity and put food on the table well, for their kids. and they want a president back in the white house that puts america first. the decides that americans should be a priority and not lead and invasion like we d have happening at the southern border continue to happen that they really care about the citizens that are here in the united states. governor, i just want to push on this question of what actually happened because donald trump himself acknowledged in 2018 that he authorized payments to stormy daniels and reimbursed mi
after him for this or this what they really care about is that they re trying to figure out how to pay their gas bills. they re trying to figure out how to pay their electricity and put food on the table well, for their kids. and they want a president back in the white house that puts america first. the decides that americans should be a priority and not lead and like we d have happening at the southern border continued happened that they really care about the citizens that are here in the united states. governor, i just want to push on this question of what actually happened because donald trump himself acknowledged in 2018 that he authorized payments to stormy daniels and reimbursed michael cohen. we actually have the reimbursement checks to cohen signed by donald trump. so those are the facts. are you comfortable with this michael cohen worked for president trump. president trump paid his legal fees, he paid his michael cohen legal fees and bills. and that s what this trial we r
key issue in this case are his payments that prosecutors say were made to silence stormy daniels and then the crime, they say, was the cover-up of falsifying business records. they re also speening a the trump organization for more information. they want the e-mails between the trump organization and the white house from january 20, 2017, inauguration day through the end of that year. that time period is crucial because that is when these reimbursement checks were made. they want to establish how much or how involved trump was when he was at the white house in his personal business and they ve also asked for any severance and non-disclosure agreements and a number of people including hope hicks and ivanka trump and they want e-mails between trump s longtime assistant and melania trump and they want to establish that for meetings and travel that he was involved with during a two-year period. a heck of a lot of information they re going after in this case. donald trump has asked for