Happy monday, thanks, nicole, welcome to the beat, everyone. We are tracking a Major Development in this criminal trial of trump. The judge today going farther than ever, warning defendant donald trump that he can be jailed if there are more gag order violations. Let me show you exactly what happened. You may have heard about it, but were going to walk through it specifically. The judge telling trump today he can face a, quote, jail sanction. That is the big key part, which is why we put it in big letters. Jail sanction for Defendant Trump if he repeats these gag order violations. Judge merchan drawing a line and directly noting why this is a big deal with the repeated violations of the gag order. Other defendants have been jailed for less. You probably heard about that. But on the other hand, lets be clear, Defendant Trump has not been convicted in this case. And there are practical issues around the unprecedented prospect of jailing an expresident and current candidate for the white
The people of new york versus donald j. Trump. I should be in florida now. I should be in a lot of different places campaigning, and im sitting here. For the first time in history, prosecutors lay out a criminal case against a former american president to a jury. This case is about a conspiracy to corrupt the 2016 president ial election. Tonight the Opening Statements from the prosecution and the defense. And the first witness takes the stand. We should be expecting a lot more of david Rachel Maddow was inside the courtroom to see it all. We got a real road map today as to how this case is going to go. As donald trump goes on trial. He seems old and tired and mad. Tonight Rachel Maddow, joy reid, chris hayes, Lawrence Odonnell, alex wagner, jen sake, stef knew rhule, katie pham, and nbc legal experts are all here. Special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins now. Thank you for joining us tonight for this special Primetime Recap of the first ever criminal trial of a former u. S. President