the need for proof of any actual election fraud listen. it can t just be, you know, somebody tweeted this. it s got to be demonstrable facts that can be laid out with evidence because that s what a court of law is going to look to, not just an allegation, but actual facts and so i feel i m hopeful you know, i m hoping rudy comes on the show tomorrow and he has some of those facts and i hope the legal team continues to lay out the specific evidence because that s what it s going to take to prevail in court. they were all pinning all of their hopes on rudy and sidney powell explains why team trump would go on to lose 61 times in court, judge after judge after judge in courts all across the country, some of those judges appointed by donald trump himself, as well as the united states supreme court dismissed trump s claims of fraud and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election through the courts and they lost because as they very well knew, as ted cruz knew, there wasn t an
congress, and democracy itself. this is another member of the ex presidents inner circle. he was indicted, and republicans are caught on tape planning to dispatch an army of activists to polling sites to target and potentially overturn votes in democratic precincts. the reporter who understood those tapes joins me later in the show. plus, the lawyer who scored an unprecedented victory for sandy hook families against the gunmaker in that case has turned his attentions to the gun maker in the uvalde texas massacre. i will talk to him about that legal strategy that could be the turning point in the war over guns in america, and what you might not know about how the gun industry markets directly to young men. then, day 101 of the war that vladimir putin plans to wrap up in three days. i will talk to lieutenant colonel vindman about how russia s war of choice in ukraine has changed. what is likely to come next, and likely, today, by the way, is the first day of the general electio
Donald trumps criminal trial. The witnesses, the receipts, today, prosecutors began by actually arguing the defendant should be held in contempt again for new fresh Gag Order Violations even after he lost the last Gag Order Clash on tuesday. Prosecution looking at statements that trump put out about witnesses. As well as attacking the jury itself. Prosecutors say trumps violations are corrosive to the fair trial that he deserves and that the system requires. They also accuse them of creating an air of menace that could affect these jurors. Also denouncing persistent and escalating rhetoric. Now the judge found that trump lost his previous defense about this. Ruling that he did violate the gag order, fining him about 9,000. And that was just this week. Trump has clearly broken the rules. I say that again, not as a criticism, but based on what we have observed in the trial. What the judge has ruled. Here he was just last night. I dont think there has ever been a more conflicted judge. Cr
Im going back to the courtroom tomorrow. I will be back here tomorrow at 10 00 p. M. , on the last word, to report it all again tomorrow night. The 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts now. Start tonight, dramatic moments in Donald Trumps Criminal Trial as his lawyers go after a key prosecution witness. What happened in the courtroom and why trump says he might not testify anymore. Plus, todays surprise speech from President Biden. What he said about the unrest on college campuses. And later, im talking to you, Robert De Niro. The legendary actor sounds the alarm about another trump term, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Ruhle. We are 187 days away from the election and today Donald Trumps attorneys were on attack mode in his new york Criminal Trial. They went after key witness keith davidson, the lawyer who negotiated Hush Money Deals for Stormy Daniels and karen mcdougal, attacking his testimony and using him to go after
This is the beat. In a moment we have The One And Only James Carville here and hes been making some news lately. But we begin right now with Breaking News. Atlanta d. A. Fani willis has scored her first conviction. A guilty plea in the Georgia Trump Coup rico case. If this sounds new to you, not just Breaking News but a first, it is the first plea deal in that case. That is significant. Were going to get into why. The individual, not that famous. And if youve ever followed any of these kind of cases, you know that you dont always start with the big fish, you work your way up. So this is the whole list of rico defendants. Well leave this on the screen for you. You remember some of them. You remember the mug shots. You see trump and giuliani up high. Some of the lawyers to the right there. Well, down on the bottom you see what this means. The first conviction there of defendant hall, now a convict. This is the first rico conviction. Hes a bail bondsman. He was a trump codefendant. The cr