he dates slinky fashion models, belongs to the most eloquent clubs, and it only 30 years of age estimates that he is worth more than 200 million. that is how times described donald trump in 1976. if you asked donald trump then and now, he would say his most valuable asset was his brand, and for decades, the name trump has been synonymous with wealth. trump promoted himself to the world as a business genius. one to be rich? be like trump. you walk down the street sometimes and people will touch you just for the good luck. i ve never figured it out, i ve never really understood it, but it s something that has been happening. at first, at a great offense at it, now i almost have to consider it a compliment. i don t know what it is, but perhaps they re going into a deal or they re going down to atlantic city or they re going someplace and they just want to have a little luck. the myth of trump has always been riddled with inconsistencies. in 1987, trump came out with what w
this case. obviously it centers on classified information and classified documents. the former president disputes that they were even classified, and so that s one of the things she cite i ll read you a part of her ruling where she says the court will be faced with an extensive pretrial motion on a diverse number of legal d factual issues all with a 30-count indictment. jake, what we ve seen already in this case is walt nauta, the former president s codefendant has already eaten up one month just to get arraigned. that is something usually per funkitary, and you can see what strategy the former president and his codefendant have been playing, and it is working. it prosecution had asked for a trial in december that seemed way aggressive the judge said. but putting it in may does put into the realm of possibility that we re not going to get the trial before election day simply because just a few more delays after that and you are now talking about a much later trial. what mig
good morning, it is saturday, february 17th, i m melissa menendez in new york, where simone centers tencent. and michael at msnbc. this morning, call out from the ruling of the criminal donald trump business empire. what the trial could mean for his upcoming criminal trial. plus, we get reaction from ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, the opposition of the death of electing the valley. and the deafening silence from a critical figure. is here as republicans pull of aid to their allies abroad, grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. the man who wants to when the country for the next four years could not run a business in new york state for the next three. that is part of judge arthur engoron s civil fraud ruling against donald trump. engoron also found the republican front runner more than $350 million, with pre judgment interests, trump already owes more than 450 million. a spokesperson for the trump organization called the ruling a quote horse mi
parties to tell all witnesses subpoenaed or expected to appear about the rule. i don t think the remedy is necessarily striking. i think it can go to credibility as well. to that extent, i will unless you want something else to be heard on that. the point is made. do we have an update from mr. bradley? yes, your honor. he should be here 12:20. what i think we should do is have the preliminary conversations about privilege, and take our afternoon break. to that end, i don t know if you want to argue in place there or go to the table. whatever makes you comfortable. maybe it was relayed to you since you weren t in the court earlier this morning, it sounded like you wanted to be heard? it was brought to my attention [ inaudible ] what do you need? [ inaudible ] whatever you need to do. [ inaudible [ ] we are witnessing a lull in this after we heard the testimony of fani willis father. now the judge has been speaking with the attorney for terrence bradley who is
improper relationship with special prosecutor nathan wade. we ll have both hearings covered for you tomorrow morning right here on morning joe. a lot going on. that does it for us this morning, we ll see you tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on ana cabrera reports, victory for democrats, tom swasey winning new york s special election. cutting the gop s already razor thin majority in the house and had maybe giving democrats a new road map for november. plus for the first time in 150 years, house republicans impeach a cabinet secretary. what s next as the bid to oust alejandro mayorkas now moves to the senate. and three of donald trump s legal cases set to reach a crescendo in the next 48 hours. from new york to georgia, we ll break down what to expect. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ann reporting from new york. we kbin with the big win for democrats overnight, tom suozzi claiming victory in new york s special election flipping a