improper relationship with special prosecutor nathan wade. we ll have both hearings covered for you tomorrow morning right here on morning joe. a lot going on. that does it for us this morning, we ll see you tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on ana cabrera reports, victory for democrats, tom swasey winning new york s special election. cutting the gop s already razor thin majority in the house and had maybe giving democrats a new road map for november. plus for the first time in 150 years, house republicans impeach a cabinet secretary. what s next as the bid to oust alejandro mayorkas now moves to the senate. and three of donald trump s legal cases set to reach a crescendo in the next 48 hours. from new york to georgia, we ll break down what to expect. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ann reporting from new york. we kbin with the big win for democrats overnight, tom suozzi claiming victory in new york s special election flipping a
talking right now, chris, the former divorce attorney, terrence bradley for nathan wade, he s on the stand behind me in the fulton county courthouse. there s been so much back and forth, a lot of legalese about the scope of his knowledge, whether terrence bradley found out information about nathan wade s personal life. the defense said there was fraud perpetrated on the court, that nathan wade lied in affidavits, the judge says no. the thing called the crime fraud exception, the idea that the attorney/client privilege can be pierced that you can get into the otherwise private and confidential communications if a crime of fraud has been perpetrated. the judge said no, you have not met the standard. it does not apply here. i m not going to allow the questioning into these type of scope of relationship questions, about willis and wade. terrence bradley is not answering those questions at the time and the lawyers are moving forward carefully, trying to ask questions on a question
affair. d.a. s father john floyd called by fani willis s side to corroborate her testimony. but as far as the key question of when she started dating her colleague nathan wade, he said this. when did you learn that your daughter had a romantic personal relationship with mr. wade? about seven weeks ago. i just found out when other folks found out. we are keeping our eyes on the courtroom where any moment now that hearing is scheduled to resume. plus, devastating consequences. that s what president biden promised in 2021 for russia, if vladimir putin s staunchest critic alexei navalny died in prison. now that it s happened, the president didn t waste any time blaming putin. while insisting russia has been paying a price ever since navalny was arrested he also said the u.s. is figuring out what else can be done. it s not every day someone faces the possibility of losing $370 million. that s exactly what donald trump is facing as we wait for the huge decision from ha ne
friday. we begin with new york judge arthur engoron dealing a body blow to the trump business empire. ruling that trump organization must pay more than $350 million in penalties. donald trump don t business in the state of new york for three years, his two adult sons donald trump jr. and eric trump are barred from doing business for two years. now to put this all in context new york attorney general leticia james asked engoron for $370 million in penalties. the judge also extended the use of an independent monitor to oversee the trump organization. in his ruling engoron says, quote, defendants complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological. they re accused only of inflating asset values to make more money. the documents prove this over and over again. defendants did not commit murder or arson. they did not rob a bank at gunpoint. donald trump is not bernard madoff. defendants are incapable of admitting the error of their ways. the support is not constituted t
how hard you tried to be on trial trump prosecutor fani willis fires back during a contentious hearing. see her removed from the case, plus the hunter biden bombshell, an fbi informant. now charged with lying about bribes, blowing a hole in the gop is teach me case. and just hours from now, a fraud ruling from a new york judge could torpedo donald trump s business empire good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it s friday, february 16 happy friday. we made it. it s 05:00 a.m. here in washington and it s also 05:00 a.m. in new york where donald trump is gonna be in court today to learn just how high a price he ll pay for fraudulently inflating his financial statements for a decade, the states seeking more than $370 million and a ban on trump doing business in new york also this morning in atlanta, fulton county district attorney fani willis will take the stand for a second day. she s testifying in that hearing ab