Thank you, as always. Thanks to all of you for getting up Way Too Early on this tuesday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Trumps lawyers, theyve been working to paint Michael Cohen as a sleazy liar who is hellbent on revenge, conveniently leaving out the fact trump used him as his own personal porno venmo. After calling 20 minutes over the past month, the prosecution rested their case. When he heard, trump was like, ive been resting the whole case. [ applause ] time to rest. Time to rest. Michael cohen admitted on the stand today he stole money from the Trump Organization. Only in a donald trump trial would the star witness be the one who ends up going to jail. How lucky is donald trump . Donald trump is like a corruption mr. Magoo. Hes just stumbling around, quid pro quoing, metal beams falling all around him, getting out unscathed. Well have more from Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial, including the Dramatic Exchange in court with a trump ally that led to the judge clearing the cou
we really do need a new word for unprecedented. a presidential candidate found guilty on 34 counts is clearly unlike anything with other we have ever seen and it s revealing something about the party he leads. plus, the verdict might not have been possible without the central witness in this case. michael collins attorney will join me to talk about the outcome and attacks against her client. also ahead, the last time i sat down with james comey, he predicted truck could be predicted by the time he accepted the party s nomination. later, running against a convicted candidate should be a lay-up but again, these are not normal times. how is the biden campaign planning to meet this moment? i will talk about it with michael tyler. on thursday evening, a jury of 12 everyday americans delivered a verdict finding the former president guilty on 34 counts and yes, that was historic, no question about it given that nor former president has ever been criminally tried, let alone convi
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