special counsel jack smith is looking for in the classified documents probe. as with the $5 million defamation and sexual abuse judgment against donald trump, his own words are once again being used against him in a court of law. this time we re of course talking about that stunning february 2021 audio recording. donald trump bragging about a secret document with plans to attack iran at bedminster. to a writer working on a book, the discovery of that recording according to report from the wall street journal we discussed on this program last week, we know was a watershed moment that helped spur doj into pursuing a criminal case against the ex-president. days after his indictment on 37 felony counts, the ex-president claimed this. there was no document. that was a massive amount of papers and everything else talking about iran and other things, and it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. i didn t have a document per se. there was nothing to declas
this is america s newsroom. so finally the prosecution will rest its case. after the jury took a field trip to the crime scene. they toured the kennels where they say alex murdered his son and wife. he told investigators he wasn t near there. he had to reverse that story on the hand. they paint him as a serial liar with the means, motive and opportunity. this defendant, on the other hand, has fooled everyone everyone, everyone who thought they were close to him and everyone who thought they knew who he was. he has fooled them all. and he fooled maggie and paul, too. and they paid for it with their lives. dana: team fox coverage. nancy grace is here with analysis. let s begin with jonathan serrie in atlanta to set the scene for us. good morning, dana and bill. in their closing arguments, the defense for alex murdaugh are expected to push their theory that perhaps two shooters were involved with the murders of maggie and paul murdaugh and that the initial crime scen
there s a point where as the legal sort of process whirls on, the political screws get turned to him as well this time around with opponents like chris christie and others making some arguments as ex-prosecutors? well, i m not going to be optimistic that this me neither. you know, it s about 30% of america that are buying everything this guy sells. it s so dumb. it is so dumb. i mean, he is so stupid. it is just amazing how stupid he is. it reminds me of making closing arguments and andrew can probably relate to this. but i always loved as a prosecutor because you got the last word and invariably the defense would in their closing arguments say, well, nobody could be this stupid, and i d always stand up in my rebuttal and say if we have to open the prison doors for stupid, we won t have anybody in prison because everybody who does criminal activity at some level is dumb. they think that i won t get
morning. thank you. bill: thanks. dana: take care. there is only one person who had the motive, who had the means, who had the opportunity to commit these crimes. bill: you can hear a pin drop yesterday. lead prosecutor making closing arguments in the double murder trial in south carolina. the jury set to hear the defense s closing arguments only minutes from now. we ll take you to the courtroom then. scales of justice are supposed to be impartial . senate republicans accusing the a.g. merrick garland of favoring the far left. senator mike lee will make his case for us in a moment. month? very car loans can be expensive, and the payments high. consolidate that car loan into a newday home loan and save hundreds every month.
crimes trial of the three white men convicted of killing ahmaud arbery got under way. the prosecution trying to prove the three men targeted arbery because of his race. now, they called nearly 20 witnesses, including several who say they heard racist and discriminatory remarks. the defense called just one witness before resting on friday. joining me from atlanta, nbc s blayne alexander, who has been covering this for us. give us the lay of the land, where are we and what can we expect in court today? reporter: well, as you said right now the prosecution has just gotten under way, giving the closing arguments. remember, their entire focus of this case is essentially proving that the three men who have already been convicted in a state courtroom of the murder of ahmaud arbery, now the federal government has the burden of proving that they did so, that the events that ultimately led to his death back in february of 2020 were motivated by race. so, we re hearing from the prosecution righ