I will see you at the end of tomorrow. Of tomorrow for most of his life, donald trump is sort himself as a successful businessman he did it first as a minor new york celebrity, and then as a reality tv host. And then however improbably, as candidate for the night and states. Trumps main asset, his Selling Point if you will, the reason were supposed to take him seriously, he was the successful leader of the Real Estate Empire that bears his name. But today, a judge in new york found that trumps Business Empire has built, in part, on rampant fraud. And the judge ordered the dissolution of trumps business is in the state of new york. Heres what he wrote. Ordered, any certificates filed by any of the entity defendants, or by any other entity controlled or been officially owned by donald j trump, donald trump jr. , eric trump, former Trump Organization cfo allen weisselberg, in trumps aviation controller jeffrey mcconney. Cancel. To put that in laymans terms, for now, the Trump Organization
Ever criminal trial of an American Expresident started the day. Opening statements this morning in a Downtown Manhattan courthouse in donald j. Trumps criminal case. They made the Opening Statements to the jury and the six alternates. It is about a conspiracy of the expresident and his allies to interfere in the 2016 election. The negative stories about donald trump. The attorney for the prosecution, matthew spoke about a 2015 meeting in trump tower between donald trump, his former fixer, Michael Cohen, and a man named david. The negative stories about Donald Trumps relationships with women was allegedly hashed. It is a scheme commonly referred to as catch and kill. He said in the wake of the release of the access Hollywood Tape which was a political earthquake, Michael Cohen paid former Adult Film Star Stormy Daniels 130,000 to keep her alleged affair with donald trump silent. According to reporting from the courtroom, he said this. At trumps direction, mike cohen negotiated a deal to
Seeing trumps very own words and rhetoric in a court filing as it gets. Attorneys for the expresident accuse the Special Counsel of asking the court to, quote, take the extraordinary step of stripping President Trump of his First Amendment freedoms during the most important month of his campaign against President Biden. They say, quote, now keenly aware that it is losing that race for 2024, the prosecution seeks to unconstitutionally silence President Trumps but not President Bidens political speech. On pain of contempt. End quote. Now, if all this sounds familiar, its because trumps attorneys have been making this argument for months now. As the New York Times notes, almost from the moment mr. Trump was indicted, his legal team has raised a First Amendment defense. Its also a defense that jack smith anticipated. His indictment of donald trump on the Election Interference Case says on the second page, the defendant had a right, like every american, to speak publicly about the eleioand
ecision today by the nation s highest court that could have major impcations. the unprecedented and historic prosecution of donald trump. the justices announcing they will hearen appeal by a defendant. josepher fisher. he has been indicted on seven charges including obstruction of official proceeding, which is a charge brought by jack smith against dald trump. now fisher is to dismiss that count. central question before the supreme court according to the new york times quote, can the government charge defendant in those cases uederal law that makes it a crime to corruptly obstruct an official congressional proceeding. here s how the times lays out the move. theecision to hear the case will complicate and perhaps delay the start of mr. trump s trial. now scheduled to take place in washington imarch. supreme court s ultimate ruling which may not arrive june will likely address the viability of two of the main counts against mr. trump and could severely limit efforts by the sp
good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. prosecutors are on a fervent, if somewhat frustrating quest, to dig into ivanka trump s history at the trump organization. that trial just broke for a lunch break, but so far the former first daughter was unable to recall many details, not giving the attorney general s team much help as they probe her family s alleged fraud. we ll have a live report in just a minute. plus, election night 2023, want to favor democrats, but as the election sielk l comes to an end, how the dems learn the lessons from last night and turn it into a winning formula for next year. and can president biden ride the borks issue back to the white house. their friendship goes back nearly 40 years but could tie between president biden and bibi netanyahu be crumbling under the weight of war. new reporting on what could be a new deal to ease tensions and get help into gaza. but we start with ivanka trump on the witness stand