live. reporter: what we saw on the hill is of things to come. gop lawmakers appeared to eager to settle a few scores in the process, set the table for a major take down on the line. first up, it is twitter, former brain trust trying to explain away what gop lawmakers called election interference and partnering with intelligence agencies and lying and betraying the public trust. i think you guys got played by the fbi. twitter should have reinstated the post account immediately. what some called twitter s censorship regime which often labeled fact as disinformation, like you know the hunter biden s laptop story? i will be the first to admit that we didn t always get it right. we all know now. this was not russian disinformation. it was not disinformation. no, it was not. and as you can well imagine, gop lawmakers were slamming twitter today. marjorie taylor green saying to the executives, you discuss me. nancy macey saying, thank god for elon musk, who in the he
opinions. but juries have to be unanimous. you can become the leader of the free world with less than 50% of the votes but you cannot be convicted even of jaywalking without the full agreement of your fellow citizens. pundits critique the lawyers the defendant s testimony on the witness stand and judge cliff newman s evidentiary rulings. i thought judge newman did an outstanding job under very difficult circumstances. the lawyers on both sides enjoyed good reputations but cases are really won or lost because of judges or lawyers. is the evidence injuries a focus on for it i said i would rather have a false exculpatory statement that a confession. and now you see why. a light you can prove will seal a defendant s fate quicker than any other type of evidence of previous alex murdaugh lie about not being present at the murder scene that did him in. for all of the forensics and ballistics in gunshot revenue, blood splatter, the phone, navigation data it was a lie. it exposed him
opinions. but juries have to be unanimous. you can become the leader of the free world with less than 50% of the votes but you cannot be convicted even of jaywalking without the full agreement of your fellow citizens. pundits critique the lawyers the defendant s testimony on the witness stand and judge cliff newman s evidentiary rulings. i thought judge newman did an outstanding job under very difficult circumstances. the lawyers on both sides enjoyed good reputations but cases are really won or lost because of judges or lawyers. is the evidence injuries a focus on for it i said i would rather have a false exculpatory statement that a confession. and now you see why. a light you can prove will seal a defendant s fate quicker than any other type of evidence of previous alex murdaugh lie about not being present at the murder scene that did him in. for all of the forensics and ballistics in gunshot revenue, blood splatter, the phone, navigation data it was a lie. it exposed him
watch. murdaugh spent hours, as trace pointed out, on the stand answering questions about his opioid addiction, his finances, stealing millions from clients, even being disbarred, but he denied he was desperate enough to kill. did you shoot a 300 black out into her head, causing her de death? i didn t shoot my wife or my son any time, ever. the disgrace south carolina lawyer on trial for allegedly killing 52-year-old maggie murdaugh in their 22-year-old son, paul, or paw-paw, as he kept coming in for some reason, back into a 21. murdaugh admitted to lying to cops about being at the estate kennels earlier in the evening on june 7th, the day the bodies were later found. i lied about being down th there. and i m so sorry that i did. most of all, i m sorry to mags and paw-paw. i would never intentionally do anything to hurt either one of them. boy, it does not look good for him. he also said that he initially lied about being at the dog kennels because of his years lon
Many times, but it does bear repeating today. Survey after survey show that Donald Trumps numbers have risen with each of his four indictments, and the first gop debate, which he skipped, changed nothing as to his hold on the party. Look for deeply at the polls, and you find the reason why. Republicans largely share trumps opinion that the indictments are political. One recent example, the Wall Street Journal earlier this week found that trump is the first choice of 59 of republican primary voters, up 11 since april. His lead over his closest competitor, ron desantis, just keeps rising. Desantis is at 13 nationally, barely ahead of the rest of the field at this point. Why is trump so strong despite being indicted four times . Because republicans largely agree with his claims of election fraud. That same Wall Street Journal story points out this, asked about the indictments of trump, more than 60 of republican primary voters said each was politically motivated, and without merit. Some 7