welcome to our continued coverage. the new york criminal trial of former president donald trump. i m rachel maddow joined by my colleagues. also, lawrence o donnell is with us pick we are going to be joined by the star witness for the prosecution in this trial, michael cohen. he will speak to us exclusively. his first reaction to this verdict tonight. michael cohen will be joining us in one moment live. 4:20 p.m. p.m. and it is we, the jury have reached a verdict. 45 minutes later at 5:05 p.m. the jury was back in the courtroom and is seated. the defendant donald trump was seated as well. the judge addressed the four people. and the judge. without telling me the verdict, how s the jury? and yes, they have reached a verdict. take the verdict, please. with the foreperson please rise to the members of the jury agreed upon a verdict? yes. and how say you to the first count of the indictment, charging donald j trump with the crime of falsifying business records in the first degre
and neither did melania. you have to ask yourself the question why? i can understand why melania didn t to be honest with you. hush money case, the whole notion of donald having this sexual relationship not just with stormy daniels, but with karen mcdougal as well. i m sure melania was trying to preserve her own sense of identity and maybe to protect t barron as well. you wouldn t invoke melania trump repeatedly, which they did, including blaming her for coming up with the locker room talk defense to the access hollywood. they introduced her to the jury. that s why i wondered she never showed up. andrew weissmann is not in this room and i think we can