Thats a Scenario Questioning if theres real accountability, if donald trump the nominee of the Republican Party, if he can effectively delay or punt so many of his trials, then is there accountability . Well, it depends how you answer and the simple or simplified narrative dont actually capture whats happening in these strange and extraordinary times. That brings us to our top story. Here is convicted trespassers were about to explain for the january 6th attack. You can see him pushing forward. This is passing police lins to break into the capitol that day. Witnesses said he fashioned weapons, hiding them in his pants pockets. His name is charles hand, hes a january 6th convict from georgia. Hes someone the Republican Party claims should not be able to vote. The party has stripped Voting Rights from millions of people based on these criminal records. Trump opposes Voting Rights for felon. Now as trump is embracing january 6th felons and other criminals and those convicted of sedition,
Me. Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber and we have a packed show tonight. Michael cohen is here. You know the name. Lanny davis joins us later tonight as we track what could become a verdict that would hinge more than anything else on Michael Kahns testimony and by the end of the hour, al sharpton is here for a cultural moment unlike anything weve ever tried on the beat before. You see him there was james brown. The reverend is here joined by an artist making his big debut tonight, henry mack. Our top show story shows why verdict is on the way and trumps criminal trial, his Defense Lawyers resting their case today telling the judge theyve completed their mission without ever having to call trump to testify, as is their right. They finished after less than two days in control. Trumps lawyers call just two witnesses compared to the 19 witnesses the d. A. Called, some of whom you can see right here, the star witness cohen, former trump aid hicks, Stormy Daniels, a Tabloid Chief and an arr
Here. You know the name. Lanny davis joins us tonight as we track what could become a verdict that could hinge more than anything else on mierk call cohens testimony. Al sharpton is here more than anything else weve tried on the beat before. You see us with james brown. The rev is here. An artist making his beat debut harry mack. Our top story shows why a verdict is on the way in trumps criminal trial. His Defense Lawyers resting their case today telling the judge theyve completed their mission without ever having to call Defendant Trump to testify as is their right to call or not call. So they finished after less than two days in control. Trumps lawyers called two witnesses compared to the 19 witnesses the da called. Some of whom you can see right here. The star witness cohen, former trump aides like hope hicks, Stormy Daniels, tabloid chief and an array of many different important people. Now legally youre looking at the typical mismatch. The da the the prosecution calls more witness
trial and the prosecution s first witness, an f.b.i. agent returns to the stand today and now as we understand under cross examination by the defense. so we re watching for that to wrap up and should that happen in the next little while, then the decision would be made by the prosecutors again if they want to redirect based on anything they may have heard in that cross examination by the defense. again, this is the prosecution s first witness, the f.b.i. agent who worked on hunter biden s case. his ex-wife, by the way, kathleen buell, could be up next. his ex-girlfriend, hallie biden, is also expected to testify. hallie biden was married to hunter s brother, beau, who died years ago. a live report from the courthouse and former federal prosecutor andrew cherkasky will be with me to break down the very latest from that courthouse. president biden repeatedly said he could not do anything about the chaos that he has caused on his watch at our southern border. now five months bef
maybe that would change some of this. is there a difference between someone who is a rampant drug user, addiction in a different category and then criminal behavior as it pertains to either one of those things? we have to look at the law. the law has some degree of arguable ambiguity when it comes to the idea when you apply and possess a gun that you can t be a drug user or addict. that is something that s in the mind of the user themselves. there is a specific intent requirement, we talked so much about specific intent elements in our last few weeks with the trump trial. but hunter biden they will have to prove specifically knew that he was a drug user or drug addict at the time of the purchase and the possession of the gun. that s a difficult thing to do because oftentimes drug addicts and users may be in denial or altered state not thinking the same way normal folks would. the idea of being a drug addict