Donald trump is once again telling us he only accepts Election Results when he wins. Last night at a gop dinner in minnesota he falsely claimed he beat President Biden in the state in 2020. Backcheck. Biden won minnesota by 230,000 votes. Trumps Midwest Campaign stop came on and off day from his Election Interference Trial in new york. It is a pilgrimage of sorts. A suite of republicans joined. Mike johnson parroted trumps lies. Joining us is holy in castro and special correspondent molly jong fast. So good to be here. I have a question for you. After this week of shenanigans by republicans coming up on the train and spending time with dear leader, what was your take away when you juxtaposed that from the drama outside the courtroom and the politics that the republicans were trying to spin about donald trump sitting there with michael cohen, nailing the case. The republican saying ignore that because reality is the reaction was stolen and donald trump is being unfairly maligned and now
Welcome to a special twohour edition of the beat. Im katie phang. Were nearing the end of the first Criminal Trial of a former u. S. President donald trump. Next week the case could be in the hand of the jury. Before that happens, Michael Cohen will be back on the Witness Stand Monday for a third day of cross examination by trumps defense attorney todd blanche. The defenses focus so far has been to try and portray the states key witness as a serial liar, someone who cannot be trusted and who is only out for revenge against his former boss. The word lie was used more than 60 times in court yesterday. Through what felt at times like A Meandering Cross Examination Blanche may have been able to poke a hole in cohens credibility as a witness during questioning about one of the phone calls from october 2016 that cohen testified earlier in the week he had made with trump, allegedly telling him the payoff to Stormy Daniels was being handled. Yesterday cohen admitted that he was having trouble
The 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts now. Tonight, Michael Cohen back on the stand. The former president s defense team grows him on a 2016 phone call and paints him as a liar. How todays heated testimony could impact the jury. Plus, a new trump entourage outside the courtroom. How republican antics in new york are risking gop control in washington. Then, new reporting on why some wall street donors may be warming. As The 11th Hour gets underway on this thursday night. Good evening once again, i am Stephanie Ruhle. We are now 173 days away from the election and today outside of manhattan courthouse people were lined up in the rain, hoping to witness the latest developments in Donald Trumps criminal trial. Inside the courtroom was another day of tough Cross Examination. Defense attorney todd blanche leaned hard into the former fixers credibility issues, pressing for his history of lying and criminal record while accusing him of being out for revenge. Blanche challenged cohens claim
Starts now. Welcome to this twohour the beat. Michael cohen is Donald Trumps selfdescribed fixer. As defendant he was rolling deep today. Trump not only arriving with Top Republican figures but also one of his own codefendants from a different one where hes charged. Jeffrey clark was in the courtroom. I saw him myself and briefly greeted him. It was in that courtroom that we continued that Group Coverage of the defenses, the witness, the lawyers. That was a few hours ago when i was in front of the new york criminal courthouse. I am, of course, a member of our whole wideranging Team Reporting on this historic trial for you. While the d. A. Has been on offense for weeks, with damning receipts, strong witnesses weve told you about. Todays continued heat on Michael Cohen is certainly slowing the prosecutors momentum in this trial. Trumps lawyers conducting a winding relentless crossexamination that has the d. A. s case wobbling. The worse news for the d. A. Is that the jury has now seen Mi
Bestselling author luke russert gets tonights last word. At the 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts now. Tonight, my exclusive interview with senator mitt romney. My wing of the party is like a chicken wing, all right . What else he said about the Republican Party, its presumptive nominee is multiple criminal cases, and the biggest threats facing our country right now. Plus, the stage is set for not one, but two president ial debates. How both candidates are already taunting one another, and what it could mean for the high stakes 2024 race as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. Good evening, once again, i am Stephanie Ruhle back in new york city, and we are now 174 days away from the election. This morning President Biden came out swinging, State Of The Union style. He challenged donald trump to not one, but two residential debates while also taunting him about his new york criminal trial. Trump agreed immediately and asked for more debates. Our own Peter Alexander h