two months later, the baby s body found just a few miles from the home, a german-born carpenter was ultimately found guilty and was executed the crime led congress to pass a law that made kidnapping a federal offense. and thank you for watching newsnight. laura coates live starts right now. what a week and it s only the first day of march tonight. and laura coates live thanks. really could not be any higher donald trump s preferred legal strategy, it comes down to a single world. well, actually three words, say with me delay, delay delay. you know, what it looks to be working. the mar-a-lago classified documents case could get pushed back until now, maybe even after the election in november. and there has been no decision today from a judge in that make-or-break hearing of whether da fani willis and fulton county should be removed and disqualified, frankly, from georgia s election subversion case. the judge says, he will rule within two weeks, but the clock is ticking.
this vicious persecution is a travesty of justice. this is a political hit job. i m going to have to sit here for months on a trail. i think it s ridiculous. it s unfair. trump often whines about the unfairness of it all. the two tiers of justice. well, he s right, there is a tier for trump, who remains a free man, and another tier for the many other americans who go to prison for much less than what he s done. also tonight, brave mourners defy the kremlin outside the funeral of russian opposition leader alexei navalny. crying out, putin is a murderer, and we won t forgive. we ll discuss how their valor contrasts with the weakness and capitulation of the putin and trump stooges in america s republican party. plus, on this first day of women s history month, we ll call up the bey hive to discuss how beyonce who is number one on the country music charts is helping shine a light on the black pioneers in the genre, particularly black women. but we begin tonight with the w
you for joining us. anderson starts now denied on 360 trump lawyers pressed one judge to delay the documents case and another to disqualify the georgia da details tonight from key day on a crowded legal calendar that could push one or both cases past election day. also tonight, president biden says us forces, which are air dropping food into gaza the fears of widespread famine growing and desperation plain to see plus the latest on the winter storm that could dump six to 12 feet of snow. that s feet, not inches on parts of california. good evening. thanks for joining us when the trump indictments began coming down and then piling up, it quickly became clear that one day soon we d have days like this one sets of attorneys in two different courtrooms arguing two of his cases, one in atlanta, making final arguments for why judge scott mcafee s should disqualify fulton county da fani willis, who s overseeing his election, racketeering trial. the other in fort pierce, florid
you said it he worked he worked more hours than he was paid and the county paid him for the work that he did. so don t be cute with me and then think that you re not going to get an answer. and i will ask you about the contract in a minute. i asked you about cash. did you ever pay him anything and i m trying to qualify my questions. i m not talking about the contract with fulton county that was paid. i m not talking about that talking about outside of that, did you ever pay him anything other than cash i ve only give them cash a few times and in the course of what we re talking about, so you ve every would go to let her son assurances if we will go to dinner, i wouldn t make him cash because he paid for dinner. i paid for dinner i ve given them cash only a few times and like probably for probably the most money i ve ever handed him is $2,500. the least amount of money i ve handed him a 2,500 $1,000. you never wrote them a check. ma am? i don t have checks so y
answer. i will ask you about the contract in a minute. i asked you about cash. did you ever pay him anything i m trying to qualify my questions. i m not talking about the contract with fulton county that was paid. i m talking about outside of that, did you ever pay him anything other than cash? i ve only given cash a few times in in the course let her finish. if we went to dinner, i wouldn t give him cash. i probably gave him cash four times. probably the most, $2,500. the least, between 500 and $1,000. you never wrote him a check? ma am, i don t have checks. okay. so you have no proof of any reimbursement for any of these things because it s all cash? the testimony of one witness is enough to prove a fact. are you telling me i m lying to you? is that what you re intimating here? i m asking if you have any proof. the proof is what i just told you. you have no written proof. is that correct? so i have some probably some transeses in be leads. i pr