nobody knows what the crime is because there s no crime. nobody knows what the crime is. the d.a. didn t name the crime. they don t know what the crime is that s what the problem is it s a disgrace. this thing ought to be ended immediately. the judge ought to end it. laura: for several weeks, alvin bragg s team elicited testimony from their star witnesses, stormy daniels, michael cohen, they had virtually no relevance to proving the elements of the crime charged. given this as i said earlier, the motion for directed verdict should have been granted by any judge worth his or her salt. in other words, no reasonable jury could have found that the crime charged was committed because the evidence wasn t presented. but, that would actually require an objective jurist. but trump faced a badly conflicted one and one the left is obsessed with. with respect to judge merchan, i mean, i am like now, you know, i have like a man crush on him. he is such a great judge that it s hard t
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good evening. we begin with the closing arguments in the historic first ever criminal trial of a former u.s. president. arguments that are still under way as we speak. in fact, the 12-member jury in donald trump s hush money election interference trial is hearing its seventh hour of summations right now. nearly three hours for the defense followed by four hours for the prosecution with the clock still running. it appears they will continue tonight until the prosecution finishes. over the last four hours the prosecution has been arguing that the case comes down to three things. that they claim they have proven. one, that there were in fact false business records that the false business records were intended to cover up conspiracy related to the 2016 election. number three, that donald trump was personally involved. prosecutor joshua stein glass has been taking them through it, starting with the meeting with trump, michael cohen, and the former national enquirer publisher dav
happened this past week, which was really the last week of argument in this historic criminal trial of donald trump. the first ever for a former president, as you certainly know by now. this final week was a short one, but a lot happened. michael cohen was back on the stand finishing his four days of testimony, and trump s lawyers began and ended the case. in one week we saw the d.a. and the defense team both rest. and we saw the defense witnesses, who, at times, stumbled. here is how it played out. the defense wrapped up with michael cohen after three days of cross-examination. it was a grueling three days. the prosecution has now rested its case. the defense has also just now called its first witness. robert costello back on the stand later this morning after yesterday s fireworks. he was nearly tossed from the witness box and his entire testimony was nearly stricken from the record. an extraordinary moment. his whole attitude on the stand can have the defense
week of the historic and first- ever criminal trial of former president trump. this was a tough week. dramatic testimony from the woman at the center of the hush money plots. she has become the most famous through her encounter with donald trump. there was testimony and key days of testimony from witnesses who were in donald trump s orbit that could cooperate some of the financials for the jury. we have more on that. prosecutors have been laying out the pieces of this scheme to influence the 2016 election. we can tell you that as we recount why it was a tough week for trump, according to the public remarks here, working off the public evidence, we are at the end of it. we have two witnesses left according to the das team. michael cohen, will begin monday. one other witness and they will be ready to rest as soon as the coming week. michael cohen is central to the das case and has testified under oath that donald trump was in on everything. he knew about everything. everyth