Welcome back to the weekend. In less than 24 hours, Michael Cohen will take the stand for his fourth day and Donald Trumps Election Interference trial. He was berated by Heated Cross Examinations Last week by trumps team. Today will be the 19th day in court. The prosecution signaled they wont be calling anyone else to the stand and the defense said last week that trump still has not decided if he will testify. Joining us now is our msnbc justice and Legal Affairs analyst, Anthony Coley. Director of the office of Public Affairs and Senior Advisor to attorney general merrick garland. And legal analyst Kristi Greenberg. A former federal prosecutor and former Criminal Division deputy chief for the Southern District of new york. Say that five times. I want to read you something. This is from the New York Times. The trump trail nears the end. If the jury chooses to believe the governments evidence, a conviction is warranted. Although noted that mr. Cohen remains the linchpin of the case. The
tired of the drama, the distractions, the lies, it s time for conservatives to win again. chris christie, a former prosecutor who convicted child pornographers, corrupt politicians, a successful blue state governor, christie took on the teachers union and won and turned around jersey s most violent city, a real conservative, christie tells the truth and he ll beat joe biden easily. and joining us now the washington post writer, alexi. good to see you. he carved out the lane as the most anti-trump candidate on the campaign trail but, of course, it is a tricky balance here where you want to attack trump but you don t want to alienate all of his voters. how complicated will it be for christie to take his case right to trump if trump won t show up to any debate? well, we ve seen them fighting between fox news
Simply say, well, we didn t post that. we posted it from someone else who made it or we didn t choose that photo. someone else who wrote the article chose the photo. it s not as innocent as it looks in a court of law and so i think that s what trump is going to have to contend with. he might feel good politically or in the zone politically when railing against the legal system or potentially specifics about the case at a rally, but those words will come back to bite him in a court of law. they could come back to bite him to your point even before all this gets started because he has been warned so many times and because he wants to test the court of public opinion, first is the court of law. another hopeful ron desantis stepped off the campaign trail for a few days in the wake of the mass shooting and now this hurricane bearing down on florida, an important moment for him as well. the washington post opinion editor alexi mckinnon. thanks for being with us.