Expert witness. Nobodys ever heard of it before. Thats donald trump yet again making false claims, this time doing so yesterday after testimony wrapped up in his hush money trial. The judge cleared the jury out of the courtroom because of the lawyer trump just referenced. Well have expert legal analysis on that very contentious moment straight ahead. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani and other trump allies accused of Election Interference in arizona are due in court today. Well explain that case and how prosecutors tracked down the former mayor of New York City. Also ahead an update on Campaign Cash of President Biden and donald trump as the rnc ramps up funding to overcome the former president s legal bills. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 21st. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning, and well begin with Donald Trumps criminal hush money trial, which will resume later this morning after the prosecution r
Thank you, as always. Thanks to all of you for getting up Way Too Early on this tuesday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Trumps lawyers, theyve been working to paint Michael Cohen as a sleazy liar who is hellbent on revenge, conveniently leaving out the fact trump used him as his own personal porno venmo. After calling 20 minutes over the past month, the prosecution rested their case. When he heard, trump was like, ive been resting the whole case. [ applause ] time to rest. Time to rest. Michael cohen admitted on the stand today he stole money from the Trump Organization. Only in a donald trump trial would the star witness be the one who ends up going to jail. How lucky is donald trump . Donald trump is like a corruption mr. Magoo. Hes just stumbling around, quid pro quoing, metal beams falling all around him, getting out unscathed. Well have more from Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial, including the Dramatic Exchange in court with a trump ally that led to the judge clearing the cou
concealing design flaws in its planes? a new lawsuit claims it did. good morning, welcome to early start, i m dave briggs. good morning, i m christine romans, tuesday, may 21st, it is exactly 4:00 a.m. in the east. let s begin in washington, it s the judicial branch that may have delivered the most consequential blow on monday. a federal judge ruling president trump s long time accounting firm must turn over his financial records. it s a sweeping judgment backing congress s rights to hold a president accountable. democrats will no doubt wrapping themselves in the ruling as the white house keeps trying to limit congressional oversight. former white house counsel don mcgahn expected to defy a congressional subpoena and not show up for a house judiciary committee hearing today. the white house claimed he is
it is tuesday, may 21st. along with joe, willie and me we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle, jonathan lemire, washington bureau chief and author of the mate tr matriarch, susan page and jeremy bash is with us well. we have a lot going on, including investigations into the trump presidency and attempts to hold the administration accountable. the white house has directed former counsel don mcgahn to defy a congressional subpoena to testify before the house judiciary committee this morning. in a letter to committee chairman jerry nadler, white house counsel said the justice department has, quote, advised me that mr. mcgahn is absolutely
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