Welcome to our special new york versus donald trump. Im ari melber and we are going to get into this criminal trial. Were covering that tonight in the course of this hour. Well have new reporting on the damning testimony, experts from law to the sorted world of new york tabloids. We have experts on that, too, believe it or not. We also tonight have a Beat Special Report on a new separate indictment on a trump lawyer, Boris Epstein, who first admitted his role on the beat. To hear all of that tonight. This weekends with a remarkable contrast from d. C. To new york. Let me tell you what i mean. In Washington A Trump Friendly Court asked trump friendly questions about all of the problems with prosecuting a president. If you read about it, it almost sounded like that kind of trial was a futile project. While right up the east coast an actual trial of an actual former president was Going Forward and the republic did not crumble. It is a contrast that hangs over all of this in america and th
This is cnn breaking news. Breaking tonight, Michael Cohens own lawyer suggesting in court that his client could be hit with a criminal indictment soon. Arguing that its reason to delay the lawsuit by the porn star Stormy Daniels. This as the trump team is hit with a Surprising New lawsuit alleging great detail that the president s 2016 campaign conspired with russia to win the election. The suit by the Democratic Party targeting mr. Trumps son, his soninlaw among others, including the russian government. This hour, ill talk to the dnc chairman, tom perez, in his first interview on the lawsuit. And congressman John Garamendi is standing by along with our analysts. First, well go to miguel marquez. Tell us more about the new hearing in los angeles in the Stormy Daniels case. Reporter yeah, another very dramatic day in court. Lawyers for the president , Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels go at it. The bicoastal legal drama pitting the porn star against the president has its first hearing i
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