this morning. welcome to with sunday morning futures, i m maria bartiromo. today, political persecution. president trump gears up for the fight of his life after what he called a rigged trial and and election interference. just ahead, trump organization executive vice president and president trump s son, eric trump is here on next steps after the former president is found guilty of falsifying business records. plus, the verdict sparking a wave of support for the 45th president with money flooding in to his campaign. the campaign locking up $50 million in 24 hours after the verdict. capped with an additional $100 tomillion from a major donor if as a 45 goes to bright with blue new jersey for the ufc fight, and the crowds rally behind him. [cheers and applause] maria: coming up, former u.s. attorney and director of martial intelligence john ratcliffe on why the guilty verdict does not seem to matter to trump s supporters. plus, former white house senior adviser and america fi
this morning. welcome to with sunday morning futures, i m maria bartiromo. today, political persecution. president trump gears up for the fight of his life after what he called a rigged trial and and election interference. just ahead, trump organization executive vice president and president trump s son, eric trump is here on next steps after the former president is found guilty of falsifying business records. plus, the verdict sparking a wave of support for the 45th president with money flooding in to his campaign. the campaign locking up $50 million in 24 hours after the verdict. capped with an additional $100 tomillion from a major donor if as a 45 goes to bright with blue new jersey for the ufc fight, and the crowds rally behind him. [cheers and applause] maria: coming up, former u.s. attorney and director of martial intelligence john ratcliffe on why the guilty verdict does not seem to matter to trump s supporters. plus, former white house senior adviser and america fi
we are wrapping our part of our special recap of today s closing arguments in trump s criminal trial but do not go anywhere. coverage continues with the last word, and lawrence o donnell, who spent all day today in court and has the back pain to prove it. i was working on my posture for most of the day, rachel. two full reporters notebooks today. i ve never filled up two in the day before, i think. certainly not on the courtroom day. it went on longer than any of us expected, i think longus than most thought was necessary but it was one of those no stone unturned closings by the prosecution. the defense, i thought, was as effective as they could be, given the cars that have been dealt them. they have some contradictions in their theory of the case but this is a criminal defense team trying to defend donald trump. good luck with that. it s going to look pretty messy. judge merchan said at the outset that he likes for the jury to get both summations on one day i felt like h
of today s closing arguments in trump s criminal trial, but do not go anywhere. our coverage continues with the last word and lawrence o donnell who spent all day today in court and has the back pain to prove it. good evening, my friend. i was working on my posture for most of the day. but look, rachel, two full reporters notebooks and a day. i ve never filled up to before, certainly not in a courtroom day. it went longer than any of us expected. longer than most of us thought was necessary, but it was one of those no stone unturned closings by the prosecution. the defense, i thought, was effective as they could be given the cards dealt them. they have some internal contradictions in their theory of the case, but really this is the criminal defense team trying to defend donald trump. good luck with that. it is going to look pretty messy. judge merchan said at the outset that it is a practice in his courtroom where he likes the jury to get both summations on one day. i was
the value of this corrupt is the meeting cannot be overstated. this theme cooked up by these men could very well be what got trump elected. tonight, rachel maddow recaps the arguments with lawrence o donnell, jen psaki, andrew weissmann, lisa rubin, and katie phang who were all inside the courthouse. and nicolle wallace, chris hayes, joy reid, ari melber, and stephanie ruhle is special coverage of trump on trial begins. , now. thank you for joining us tonight. we know you have every option in the world for where to follow the news of this remarkable moment in american history. it makes us all the more glad you are with us. i am rachel maddow and i am here with the great chris hayes and nicole wallace. the one and only lawrence o donnell who was in the courtroom today in the closing arguments in the hush money, former president donald trump, lawrence will join us in a moment. he is still down at the courthouse it will join us as soon as he can get to a camera which w