Strikes Many Americans as contrary . Most fundamental democratic principles, yes, he said, no. In fact, he said, i think a lot of people like it all right. Eric, thank you. And thanks to all of you. Its time for ac30, 60 good evening. Thanks for joining our special palm time coverage and the trump hush money criminal trial. They nine saw something remarkable former president held in Contempt Of Court and threatened with jail time. And the lawyer who represented two of the women who alleged affairs with trump, testifying about the deals he made to buy their silence, the contempt ruling made history and made the man you see there, a convicted criminal, judge, juan merchan, finding he violated the gag order. He is under nine times quoting from his ruling, this Court Rejects defendants arguments and finds that the people have established the elements of Criminal Contempt beyond a reasonable doubt. Criminal contempt, no, sitting or former president has ever been found guilty of any crime be
Have a good weekend. Today was day four, day four of testimony in the first criminal trial of a former president. Trumps lawyers were able to finish crossexamining the lead witness, Tabloid Publisher and trump insider david pecker. We will talk about how that went in just a second, but today we got to see the prosecution second witness. Someone who worked closely with donald trump for decades, including on tv. Hi, good morning, this is mr. Trumps office. Hi, good morning. Mr. Trump would like to meet you at 9 00 at tavern on the green. Good morning, it is rhona calling. Mr. Trump is meeting with Miss Universe at trump model management. Do you think youll be ready . We can do it. Thanks, rhona. Thanks, rhona. Rhona graff, Donald Trumps longtime executive assistant and occasional costar on The Apprentice. The prosecution appears to have called her because she is the person who handled trumps calendar and contacts and email, which trump himself does not use. Ms. Graf appeared in court und
Either and film from the outside aaron nick watt. Thank you very much. Those mass something weve started to see it all these protests toto conceal identity. Thank you. And thanks to all of you. Its time for henderson good evening from new york or the Tabloid Publisher who said the former president was a mentor to him, described today what he did to help that mentor when the white house and high from washington, where the Supreme Court heard arguments today for and against making any former president immune from criminal prosecution. Fusion for acts in office. And letting this one off the hook for trying to stay in the white house despite losing the election to courtrooms. Two cases, one person at the center of both, which in itself is something that a single individual should be responsible for todays legal traffic jam. And tonights splitscreen special primetime converge here in new york. The former president s criminal trial continued with more testimony from his onetime friend and fo
note, i wish you a very good night. from across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me and i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight, the defense makes its case for reasonable doubt. the real argument was michael cohen cannot be trusted. michael cohen is the goat. the greatest liar of all time. the judge s sharp rebuke to trump s attorney. he was livid. he was livid as he should be. reporter: and the prosecution tells the story of a conspiracy to corrupt a presidential election. steinglass says the value of this corrupt bargain cannot be overstated. trump was overtly discussing the story to avoid it being published. this scheme could very well be what got president trump elected. tonight, rachel maddow recaps the closing arguments with lawrence o donnell, alex wagner, jen tsaki, and all in the courtroom. plus nicole wallace, chris hayes, ari melber, stephanie ruhle. as trump on trial begins. now. thank you for joining us tonight. w
voting them out once and for all. norah: the cbs evening news starts now. tonight, a new york, new york, just hours from getting the historic case of the state of new york versus donald trump. i am norah o donnell, thank you for being with us. lawyers are summarizing the six-week trial after more than 20 witnesses and hundreds of pieces of evidence. prosecutors trying to prove to things beyond a reasonable doubt, that triumphal supplied business records tied to payment of stormy daniels, and that those payments were made to cover up another crime, consider that conspiracy to violate state election law. they had their turn attacking the evidence and witnesses especially former trump fixer michael cohen telling the jury he is the mvp of lawyers. cbs s robert costa was inside the courthouse for all the day s highlights. reporter: allies say donald trump arrived confident at court this morning purred this is a very dangerous day for america. reporter: flanked by sev