and an important one. all right, we have a lot to get to tonight, after another day of major testimony in donald trump s first criminal trial. michael cohen, was back on the stand today, facing cross- examination from todd blanche. for anyone who is county, mr. cohen has been on the stand for more than 14 hours with more to come on monday. and nearly all day today todd blanche tried to undermine mr. cohen s credibility as a witness. blanche spent half the morning recalling different episodes when michael cohen lied publicly, lying to congress, lying in court, lying about whether or not he sought a party, if it essentially forcing one: to admit that he has been untruthful. blanche also tried to paint: as something as a renegade, a man who spent the 2016 election cycle casting out on his own, speaking to the press both publicly and privately, without donald trump s consent, or his supervision. blanche tried to call into question michael cohen s memory, his ability to recall key
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todd blanche, was going to be terrible. and he actually believes that todd blanche is the worst of the three lawyers and now i have come to agree with that after watching today. my other guest is the person who actually found the $130,000 game going on and started the criminal investigation of michael cohen. and here s the thing, you know him. you all know andrew weissmann. that is who found the $130,000. he started everything that you are seeing in that courtroom. incredible. the gift that keeps on giving, andrew weissmann. coming up right here. thank you. thank you, both. we are going to take you inside the courtroom today for the next hour, but american political history demands that we begin with what happened outside the courthouse today when the republican party boldly and bravely rose up in spirited defense of adultery with porn stars, paying off porn stars to buy their silence and hiding payoffs to porn stars by republican candidates. the republican party did
we will hear argument this morning in case 23-939. trump versus the united states. reporter: tonight, new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker how is our girl. as his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the supreme court. this court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. a private attorney to spearhead his challenges to the election results. what was up with the pardon for president nixon? if everybody thought that presidents couldn t be prosecuted what was that about? if it fails completely it is because we have destroyed our democracy on our own, isn t it? tonight, rachel maddow, nicole wallace, joy reed, chris liz. lawrence o donnell, lisa ruben all here as msnbc s special coverage of trump on trial begins now. who has the time? who has the time? you are telling me that simultaneously, we have nearly three hour
don t go anywhere. i will be back with rachel maddow and the whole gang for special coverage of trump on trial that starts right now. the ex-president of the united states. two american courtrooms. facing criminal trial in one. i will go in now and sit. and making a desperate case to avoid justice in the other. we will hear arguments this morning in trump versus the united states. tonight, new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. reporter: trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker, how is our girl? as his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the supreme court. this court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. a private attorney who was willing to spread false claims of election fraud what was up with the pardon for president nixon? if everybody thought presidents couldn t be prosecuted, what was that about? if it fails completely it is because we have