developments from trump s many legal problems. we begin with developments about the former president s rough time in court over fraud today. closing arguments underway in the case against trump and his two eldest sons in the entire allegedly fraudulent trump organization. you can see trump in atep dance. he s been in more courtrooms than campaign events. he turned towards cameras every time he could. he lashed out at the judge and the attorney general. and he did his set of grievances. there were closing arguments on behalf of donald trump by trump himself got involved briefly. as we reported on this program yesterday here on msnbc, donald trump is a civil defendant here. his request to speak during closing arguments or give some sort of grand closing statement, that was denied by the judge for a simple reason. donald trump s own lawyers basically refsed the rules that would bar personal attacks. you can see some of the court sketches as that was all dealt with. now the judge
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hosted by alex witt will start at 5:00 a.m. eastern. that is going to do it for me. deadline white house begins right now. hi there, everyone. happy friday. it s 4:00 in new york. donald trump s once loyal attorney general bill barr recently said that the classified documents probe was the most threatening to trump, and brand new reporting in the new york times reveals why that may be the case. new york times out with some blockbuster new reporting that shows that special counsel jack smith is leaving no stone unturned in his pursuit of answers to questions about trump s conduct. namely, whether he sought to obstruct efforts by the government to get back classified documents. some of which contained incredibly sensitive national security secrets. from that new times story, quote, federal prosecutors investigating former president trump s handling of classified documents have obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for him at mar-a-lago. it
manhattans, he will face a 34-count indictment related to hush-money payment made in the run-up to the election, jen psaki says democrats might want to consider restraint. where does that leave democrats? what should they be doing about the indictment news? let me start with what i don t think you should be doing. as much as you may want to, now is not lock them up t-shirts and mugs, that is what trump and his supporters would do. now is not the time to celebrate, brag, predict outcome of the legal cases. if you can, i would put your head down and stay out ever it for now. greg: moderate democrats have doubts about the case. it is a very, very sad day for america, very sad day, especially when people believe the rule of law or justice is not working the way it is supposed to and biassed, we can t have that. no one should be above the law. no one should be a target of the law. it will lead to political theater. greg: grab your bucket and mop, the media is wetting their p
regularly schedule programming. they left a lights on, they lifted dogs by the way dogs? tonight, how the murdoc monopoly seated trust to trump and how we re all paying for it then, she is the face of the republican party congress. personal inquiry, point o personal inquiry there s no such thing tonight, new reporting on how marjorie taylor greene i helping to fund vulnerable house republicans. in my interview with a freshma democrat, using social media t expose the truth about congress most of the really angr voices in congress are totally faking it. and as a supreme cour delays action on abortion pill ruling, senator tammy duckwort on the republican vote to en abortion care at the va. we re going to vote t overturn the veterans affair department s new abortio policy when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york, i chris hayes. fox news has settled the defamation suit brought agains them by dominion votin systems. but the underlying problem,