michael cohen cannot be trusted. michael cohen is the greatest liar of all time. the judges sharp rebuke to trump s attorney. he was livid, right? he was livid as he should be. and the prosecution tells the story of a conspiracy to corrupt the election. this meeting cannot be overstated. trump was overtly discussing purchasing the story to keep it from being published. this scheme could very well be what got president trump elected. tonight, rachel maddow recaps the closing arguments with lawrence o donnell, alex wagner, jen psaki, and katie phang, all inside the courthouse. plus nicolle wallace, chris hayes, joy reid, ari melber and stephanie ruhle as special coverage of trump on trial begins now. thank you for joining us tonight. we know you have every option in the world for where to follow the news of this remarkable moment in american history. it makes us all the more grout more glad you are with us. i am rachel maddow with chris hayes and nicolle wal
as rachel said, the problem with the attorney general is the poor man goes to work every day in a crime scene. it is the department of justice there is accountability in all different ways i would argue there would be accountability potentially for the ballot talks in 2022 which is gonna be the first election since january six. there is accountability that can pass laws to correct some of these issues and this impropriety that donald trump used to abuse his power and or is in fact a law in the house drafted or number of laws drafted by adam schiff to correct this. the trick here, this is where our urge for information conflicts with how the department of justice works, that is that these criminal investigations particularly one of this magnitude, related to