i love to work. so i m just having it all. you might let need the escape from the kids for a few hours. it will be awarded sanity, but they have george santos and his crazy shenanigans interwave made a minute, nothing made sense anymore. nothing, the world was upside down. alicia, to see my friend. enjoy the rest of your evening off, good evening, welcome to ayman tonight. e. jean carroll s new legal threat just days after winning her court case against trump, she s considering picking another fight with the ex president. that, and santos circus. george santos facing 13 several charges, the new indications for republicans might finally drop him. plus, the definitive clarence thomas timeline. we take you back almost 20 years to get to the bottom of this series, i am let s get started. donald trump might soon be facing e. jean carroll in court yet again. this, week the twice impeached and now indicted ex president was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation, th
Good morning. Its 11 00 a. M. Eastern, and 8 00 a. M. Pacific. I am jose diazbalart. We begin with the latest of day two of the criminal trial against former president donald trump. Hes charged with 34 Felony Counts and accused of falsifying Business Records related to a hushmoney payment to Stormy Daniels. Trump who is the presumptive nominee for the president is coming facetoface with jurors that will decide his legal fate. We heard from trump this morning before he headed into court. I should be right now in pennsylvania, in florida, in many other states, north carolina, georgia, campaigning. The judge should recuse himself. Also this morning, prosecutors asked the judge to both fine trump and hold him in contempt for recent social media posts accusing him of violating his gag order. And joining us, msnbc legal contributor, and a civil rights attorney and former prosecutors and msnbc legal analysts and served as a prosecutor in the bill cosby case. Yasmin, get us up to speed of what
it is good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, we re officially on verdict watch. the fate of a former president now being debated by 12 new yorkers who have never served on a jury before. the final instructions they were given in a case that could alter the outcome of a presidential election. also ahead, trump s red hot reactions. his flurry of online posts before heading to the courthouse, and how his campaign is raising money off the deliberations. defining reasonable doubt, how dueling arguments on michael cohen, stormy daniels, and even the access hollywood tape could come into play. sifting through a mountain of evidence, two jurors, jurors number four and number six instructed on how to use a laptop to call up any evidence they want to take a look at. we look at the critical documents at the center of donald trump s 34 felony counties. our reporters are following all of the latest developments. let s begin with yasmin
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. Comments are anything to go by. The New York Times reported that the serving White House Counsel Don Mcgahn has done more than 30 hours of voluntary interviews with the special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team of prosecutors. Shortly there after we got new reporting from the times about the president s personal lawyer being sqozed, for look of a better term. The Wall Street Journal is first on the story as they have bone the criminal intrigue surrounding president trumps long time lawyer Michael Cohen from the very beginning. But following the initial reporting a couple weeks ago that the potential charges Michael Cohen might be facing, now the New York Times as of yesterday and the Associated Press as of today, who have both match that had story. So the Wall Street Journal and the ap and the New York Times, all now reporting that Michael Cohens legal vulnerability may be at least in part rehated to
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Is whether or not the testimony of other women who have been assaulted by the former president could be introduced to trial. in other words, one of the most powerful pieces of evidence was other accusers, who came aboard and said that donald trump then assaulted them. basically, it showed a pattern of activity, an ammo of sorts. i think that was powerful evidence. but the courts are generally reluctant to admit that evidence. you will recall a similar issue on the criminal context of the bill cosby case. that issue comes to mind, generally speaking, i think robbie kaplan is very correct to be confident about how this will all unfold. molly, a few moments ago, you probably saw that clip of donald trump continuing to attack e. jean carroll, even after this verdict came in, just unbelievable town hall, folks, clapping, cheering, laughing at his comments.