that is our show for this evening. now it is time for a special defendant trump addition of the last word, with lawrence o donnell. that starts right now. donald trump s principal occupation is defendant. he spent his first couple of years after leaving the presidency as a civil defendant, and then last year became a criminal defendant for the first time in his life on april 4th and just four months later. he became a criminal defendant for the fourth time in his life. it mantra jen, he can make two of the four criminal prosecutions he is facing disappear, but the rest of defendant trump s criminal and civil cases would simply be put on pause for four years. in june of this year donald trump will turn 78 years old. he could be convicted of crimes by then or shortly after, he is june 14th birthday. 78-year-old donald trump will appeal every criminal and civil verdict against him. the state and federal appeals court process could easily use up the rest of a 78 year old life.
defendant trump addition of the last word, with lawrence o donnell. that starts right now. o donnell. that starts right now. donald trump s principal occupation is defendant. he spent his first couple of years after leaving the presidency as a civil defendant, and then last year became a criminal defendant for the first time in his life on april 4th and just four months later. he became a criminal defendant for the fourth time in his life. it mantra jen, he can make two of the four criminal prosecutions he is facing disappear, but the rest of defendant trump s criminal and civil cases would simply be put on pause for four years. in june of this year donald trump will turn 78 years old. he could be convicted of crimes by then or shortly after, he is june 14th birthday. 78-year-old donald trump will appeal every criminal and civil verdict against him. the state and federal appeals court process could easily use up the rest of a 78 year old life. and so the title defendant
massive coverage during the day because fireworks get coverage. however, there wasn t a single relevant second in anything involving donald trump in the courtroom or what he said standing in front of a bunch of flags after he left the courthouse. there s actually no legal news whatsoever in what donald trump did today. that s right. even in the closing arguments in many ways there wasn t anything new. both sides have putting an extensive briefs and said this was sort of an oral version of that. i will say the one thing that i thought was knew from the perspective is the state in its brief had not really addressed all of the trump arguments, and so they took their time in the oral presentation to really refute one by one. so i thought it was very lawyerly and anything that doesn t get covered. they really went through with
was not supposed to happen. and when asked if he s going to agree to the ground rules, to say that he couldn t abide by the ground rules adjusted it anyway. so it was unexpected, but as we have seen in the past, not expected is perfectly expected in terms of the kind of spectacle that greets these events. andrew, all of this got massive coverage during the day because fireworks get coverage. however, there wasn t a single relevant second in anything involving donald trump in the courtroom or what he said standing in front of a bunch of flags after he left the courthouse. there s actually no legal news whatsoever in what donald trump did today. that s right. even in the closing arguments in many ways there wasn t anything new. both sides have putting an extensive briefs and said this was sort of an oral version of that. i will say the one thing that i thought was knew from the perspective is the state in its brief had not really addressed all of the trump arguments, and so they took
here s what he middle about the fellow republican candidates backing what he did on january 6th. it was heartening, but it wasn t anything new. i welcome the fact that almost everybody on that stage made it clear that i did my duty that day, and i think the person people deserve to hear where every single one of the candidates for the republican nomination stand. your impression of mike pence, how he s handling this, is there a chance for him to move the needle in any way or is he just going to be that guy nothing will ever win the needle i can say that with confidence. every time he goes into a pizza ranch in iowa, there will be some republicans that are steamed at him and there always will be. that s been consistent throughout and the thing i found most significant was vivek ramaswamy talking on nbc news, actually, saying what he should have done on january 6th and what was interesting about it is