it is 4:00 new york. it is not every day that a former president of the united states is in a courthouse. much less as a defendant in the case that threatens to bring down the entire brand that he used to propel himself into office in the first place. today, donald trump was back in court in the $250 million civil fraud trial in new york. before walking in, trump lashed out as he so often does at the judge, the trial, at the new york attorney general who brought the lawsuit. he did not mention judge engoron s clerk, who has been a frequent target of his, he remains under a gag order that prohibits him from talking about court staff. inside the courtroom, accounting expert eli bartov took the stand and testified that in his expert opinion the attorney general s claims of a years long pattern of fraud, manipulating the values of trump s real estate assets were baseless. there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud, he said. dold trump was reportedly visibly pleased.
it is not permissible to fight alongside hamas, even if it s to liberate palestine, as they say. that is still nationalist. it s not a religious war. and a man charged with dozens of crimes takes on a man who s widely accused of being far too old for the job. how s the us election going? voters know both of these men very well. and right now, despite all of the court cases that donald trump is facing, they appear to be leaning towards him. israeli troops have cut gaza in two and have penetrated to gaza city. it sounds, from the kind of thing that benjamin netanyahu and his allies have been saying, as though they re planning to stay there for the long haul. but how long is the long haul? and at what point does israel declare its mission finished? above all, what kind of political structure does it leave behind to govern gaza? and in the meantime, israel needs help in negotiating the release of the 220 or so hostages hamas has seized, and in setting up the so called humanitaria
the answer may surprise you. it is not permissible to fight alongside hamas, even if it s to liberate palestine, as they say. that is still nationalist. it s not a religious war. and a man charged with dozens of crimes takes on a man who s widely accused of being far too old for the job. how s the us election going? voters know both of these men very well. and right now, despite all of the court cases that donald trump is facing, they appear to be leaning towards him. israeli troops have cut gaza in two and have penetrated to gaza city. it sounds from the kind of thing that benjamin netanyahu and his allies have been saying, as though they re planning to stay there for the long haul. but how long is the long haul? and at what point does israel declare its mission finished? above all, what kind of political structure does it leave behind to govern gaza? and in the meantime, israel needs help in negotiating the release of the 220 or so hostages hamas has seized, and in setting
tonight on the reidout mr. trump has repeatedly and consistently misrepresented and inflated the value of his assets. and before he takes the stand, i am certain that he will engage in name calling and taunts and race-baiting. and call this a witch hunt. but at the end of the day, the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers. and numbers, my friends, don t lie. and attorney general tish james was right about trump, on the wednesday stand today in his civil fraud trial, trump was belligerent, showing his usual lack of respect for the rule of law and the people who administer it. also, tonight, how trump will be using this trial and his future trials as a campaign platform. plus, new reporting on what trump might do on day one if he returns to the white house, including possibly invoking the insurrection act. and the panic amongst some democrats about president biden s sagging poll numbers now that we re just one years away from election day. i m jaso