served minister trump saying he sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room and the 90s. he said she was a liar. it s terrible what s going on. it s a total false accusation and i don t know anything about her. reporter: and may, a different jury that mr. trump had sexually abused and defamed carroll, after he left office. awarded her $5 million. laven this second jury to decide only damages for what he said about her while he was president. carroll alleged his original remarks unleashed a torrent of threats online from trump supporters and tarnished her reputation. but mr. trump s attorney tonight blasting the judge for barr or mr. trump trump deny carroll s claims. before i walked into court, that judge decided that every single defense president trump had, we were not allowed to rise in front of the jury. trump cold the verdict absolutely ridiculous and said he would appeal. in a statement, carroll said, quote, this is a great victory for every woman
amount of damages trump was already found liable for both sexually abusing carroll and defending her in an earlier civil trial. nbc s laura jarrett has more. reporter: carroll originally served minister trump saying he sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room and the 90s. he said she was a liar. it s terrible what s going on. it s a total false accusation and i don t know anything about her. reporter: and may, a different jury that mr. trump had sexually abused and defamed carroll, after he left office. awarded her $5 million. laven this second jury to decide only damages for what he said about her while he was president. carroll alleged his original remarks unleashed a torrent of threats online from trump supporters and tarnished her reputation. but mr. trump s attorney tonight blasting the judge for barr or mr. trump trump deny carroll s claims. before i walked into court, that judge decided that every single defense president trump had, we were no
developments from trump s many legal problems. we begin with developments about the former president s rough time in court over fraud today. closing arguments underway in the case against trump and his two eldest sons in the entire allegedly fraudulent trump organization. you can see trump in atep dance. he s been in more courtrooms than campaign events. he turned towards cameras every time he could. he lashed out at the judge and the attorney general. and he did his set of grievances. there were closing arguments on behalf of donald trump by trump himself got involved briefly. as we reported on this program yesterday here on msnbc, donald trump is a civil defendant here. his request to speak during closing arguments or give some sort of grand closing statement, that was denied by the judge for a simple reason. donald trump s own lawyers basically refsed the rules that would bar personal attacks. you can see some of the court sketches as that was all dealt with. now the judge
i want to promise you this, i am going to make sure that in no way do i enable donald trump to ever be president of the united states again. and that s more important than my own personal ambition. [ applause ]. breaking news from the presidential race, trump s most persistent critic on the campaign trail, chris christie, announces he is dropping out. also tonight, trump often claimed to have unlimited power as president. now his pitch for absolute power. and his claims of immunity from any legal consequences should be setting off alarm bells. and yet, all we re hearing from republicans are the sounds of silence. good evening, everyone. we begin tonight with breaking news. just one day since the attorney for the former president of the united states argued in federal court that a president has the authority under the theory of absolute immunity to murder their political opponent. only one republican, one, reacted to that insane idea. former new jersey governor, chris
tonight, the trump white house and foreign cash. a new report from house democrat showing donald trump received millions of dollars from foreign governments while he was in office. then, ron desantis ramping up attacks on nikki haley. but does he have a shot at victory? and an 11th hour exclusive. your warning on how a third party challenger could help donald trump win in 2024. it memo to possible donors as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again i am stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. today donald trump made it official. he wants voters to put him back in the white house but today there were stunning revelations about what he was doing during his first term. trump was raking in millions in cash from foreign nations while he was in office. at least 7.8 million bucks according aeport from democrats and the house oversight committee which they titled white house for sale. the report says 20 foreign government