it s now 4:00 in new york. this morning a key chapter until the first ever criminal trial of an american ex-president came to a close. the testimony phase of the people of the great state of new york vermont vs. donald trump is over after the defense rested its case and trump in the end did not testify. although just a few weeks ago, he said this, quote, i m testifying. i tell the truth. whatever that means. happening right now in court, prosecutors and trump s defense attorneys are discussing the instructions that the judge will give to the jury. it s incredibly important. where donald trump faces 34 felony charges for falsifying business records in order to conceal another crime. we ll keep you posted on all of the updates out of those proceedings. we turn to the dramatic events this morning in court. team trump resting its case, one was a paralegal and the other was the attorney robert cost tell la lo. whatever credibility he had left after his outburst in court, the ones
to those words and admit he has a financial stake in how donald trump s hush money trial plays out. tons of details and memorable moments in his testimony today including an admission cohen stole from the trump organization and that he paid one client with cash stuffed in a brown paper bag. just before the trial broke for the lunch break, the prosecution started its redirect by focusing on the stormy daniels payments and pushing back on the defense s suggestion they were correctly labeled as legal work cohen did for donald trump. the question now, did multiple days of cross-examination destroy cohen s credibility in the eyes of the jury, and could that help donald trump s defense get the former president off the hook, or do they believe him? do they believe hissy kwens? a key thing that was raised out of the earshot of the jury when they went to lunch, chris, this whole issue of the c-span clip that showed keith schiller and donald trump were on a stage in a rally when tr
hi, everyone, welcome to monday. the people of the great state of nuclear reactor versus donald j. trump is entering a new chapter. the prosecution rested and team trump has started its defense. on the stand right now, attorney robert costello who according to michael cohen formed a back channel to donald trump himself in the year 2018. that s when michael cohen was the target of a federal criminal investigation. costello claiming that michael cohen told him trump did not know about the hush money payments to stormy daniels. cohen has testified on direct that he was still in protect trump mode at the time. that he didn t tell costello. the prosecution rested its case, though, just in the last hour after methodically brick by brick restating the elements of their criminal case against the ex-president. they sought to clean up some of the damage done by trump defense attorney todd blanche with an assist from their star witness, trump s ex-attorney, michael cohen. prosecutor sus
the stand tomorrow. laney davis standing by for a preview. plus, andrew weisman watched the testimony this week and they will join me today. somehow a fictional cannibal was not the most interesting thing he said. biden spokesperson joins me with her reaction. later, my friend and colleague stops by to talk about his new book and how small acts of courage of the engines of dem being democracy. okay. the date was january 12th, 2018. this was the headline in the wall street journal. trump lawyer a raged $130,000 payment for adult-film star s silence. obviously that was a dpraby headline even by 2018 standards. there was a lot going on at the time. the big news that night was actually the sitting president of the united states saying something completely racist about african countries. but that story from the wall street journal, the one about the hush money for the porn star still broke through that night. quite a story today in the wall street journal. and i quote, trump
qunol. the brand i trust. on this new hour, how far will trump go to get some cash? his reported pitch for a quid pro quo with big oil companies. and trump has a nikki haley problem as the clock is ticking for him to name a running mate. and calling out republicans for giving more rights to appliances than women. i m aman moyelledy, let s do it. i made a pledge to your state, you have highest energy costs in the country. in the first year, they will be reduced by 50%. because we are going to drill, baby drill. that was trump bragging about dismantling president biden s green agenda if he wins a second term in november. now his positions on climate policy are on sale to the highest bidder. a stunning new report by the washington post details a meeting at mar-a-lago last month between donald trump and about two dozen top oil executives. dourg a dinner, one executive complained they spent $400 million lobbying the biden administration and had nothing to show for it. th