i won t be resting. i don t dressed. tonight, the collapse of trump s final witness and the judges crucial decisions about what the jury will decide. then, another former trump s lawyer silenced in court. i don t want to mute you, but i need to move on. and the rnc head of election integrity arraigned for voter fraud. and why samuel alito s ethical nightmare for the supreme court is not going away. created a situation that we are all talking about, so i think it was a mistake. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. after five weeks the first criminal trial of a former u.s. president is nearly over. the defense rested this morning. i called only two witnesses and despite all his bravado and insistence is to the contrary, donald trump was not one of them. we knew that. instead we heard briefly from a paralegal about phone records before a man named robert costello took the stand. costello is a former federal prosecutor. a ver
me. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber and we have a packed show tonight. michael cohen is here . you know the name. lanny davis joins us later tonight as we track what could become a verdict that would hinge more than anything else on michael kahn s testimony and by the end of the hour, al sharpton is here for a cultural moment unlike anything we ve ever tried on the beat before. you see him there was james brown. the reverend is here joined by an artist making his big debut tonight, henry mack. our top show story shows why verdict is on the way and trumps criminal trial, his defense lawyers resting their case today telling the judge they ve completed their mission without ever having to call trump to testify, as is their right. they finished after less than two days in control. trumps lawyers call just two witnesses compared to the 19 witnesses the d.a. called, some of whom you can see right here, the star witness cohen, former trump aid hicks, stormy daniels, a tabloid
the final witness for the prosecution. i have wind, i m not a liar. michael cohen back on the stand. we went through all times michael cohen has led, his legal troubles, the fact that he has been disbarred. under cross-examination from the defense. he is obsessed with revenge against donald trump, that is what they are saying. as donald trump roles and with a full entourage, including the speaker of the house. president trump s is a friend and i wanted to be here to support him. tonight, chris hayes and alex wagner break down what happened inside and outside the courtroom, with rachel maddow, lawrence o donnell, katie phang, and msnbc legal and political experts when special coverage of trump on trial begins right now. good evening from new york, and chris hayes along with alex wagner. thank you for joining us for our special coverage of day 17 of donald trump s criminal trial. we will be joined by rachel maddow and lawrence o donnell in just a minute to bec
my own personal funds from the home equity line of credit. to avoid any money being traced back to him that can negatively impact his campaign. he kept on saying over and over again 10-20 times i swear to god, bob, i don t have anything to donald trump. trump is a con man. he asked me to pay off an adult film star with whom he had an affair. he said specifically and i cross-examine him on this this was my idea. i was extremely proud to be personal attorney to the president of the united states. i did not want to go to the white house. when he was elected he took the whole trump s inner circle to washington with one exception. michael cohen. they left him back in new york. michael cohen was very unhappy about that. this will deftly get reversed but after the election probably if he gets convicted and that s what they want. sandra: former president donald trump s defense team getting other crack today question the prosecution s star witness and former trump lawyer m
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