but first, a moment in court the judge called outrageous and simply not allowed. good day. i m chris jansing alongside andrea mitchell and katy tur and they are back in the courtroom. the judge is now planning to issue a new instruction to the jury after trump s defense attorney made a remark that the jury, quote, cannot send someone to prison based on the words of michael cohen. the judge did not like that at all and blasted todd blanche for even raising the idea of trump going to prison. it s not in the jury s purview. and of course, you can t unring the bell and now we are all watching to just see how the prosecution tries to rebut the defense s portrayal of michael cohen as someone with an ax to grind and quote, the greatest liar of all time, that he called the gloat. vaughn hillyard is with us, danny, catherine christian. both are msnbc legal analysts. okay, they are already back, as we said. we have a little bit of color from inside the room. all the attorneys are
i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. andrea mitchell picks up our coverage right now. right now on andrea mitchell reports family matters, the first lady shows up in court as the jury selection begins for hunter biden s trial, a trial that the prosecution says will include testimony from his late wife and laid brother s widow. the white house is pushing back on bibi netanyahu s saying that he did make the proposal. former president trump railing against his conviction and raising a ton of money and supporters since his verdict. next up, his meeting with propace officer and sentencing next month, just days before the republican convention. i m okay with it. i think at a certain point there s a breaking point. good day, everyone. jury selection has begun in wilmington, delaware, for the first criminal trial of a sitting president s son. first lady jill bide is not in the courtroom along with hunter s wife, his sister ashley and her husband, the president s son
Separate counts in this case for a total of 25 years in prison with a conviction. frankly the evidence seems strong. i know in my former office, we typically brought these kinds of cases only if we believed the defendant was in in sway a danger to public. nonetheless,i clear if you re addicted to drugs, you can t have a gun. according to the indictment, hunter biden said he was not addicted to drugs, which i think the prosecution will aim to show was false. it seems that the etched is strong. now, whether ultimately he will receive any prison time for this i think is a much closer question. mark, one of the things that s very clear is this family is rallying around him. it wasn t necessary to be at the state dinner last week, but they re showing a real show of
Thought it was a wrapup of everything globally, and then they both backed away from the deal. that leaves us back to square zero, and i americanly find the tax case to be a bit more serious. they re not always brought. it depends on the tax loss, but it also brought more frequently if there s also an effort to conceal other illegal behavior. that appears to be the allegations in the hunter biden tax case. mark, there any evidence at all of political interference by the justice department or by the president in what the justice department is doing here, as republicans are claiming? you know, despite those claims, they have not been able to point to or proud any interference whatsoever in the independent counsel s investigation. the type of case we re showing here is a difficult thing to be used as an example. against, the evidence is fairly
Straightforward, it s about his addictive condition at the time he went to buy that gun. mark califano, thank you. barbara mccwade, thank you for starting us off. the november election is coming into focus with a debate on june 27th. then the rnc coming up after sentencing. the biden campaign national co-chair mitch landrieu joins us in just 90 seconds. stay with us. just 90 seconds stay with us (restaurant noise) [announcer] introducing allison s plaque psoriasis. she thinks her flaky gray patches are all people see. otezla is the #1 prescribed pill to treat plaque psoriasis. allison! over here! otezla can help you get clearer skin