With donald trump. That means Stormy Daniels testimony, the testimony that wrapped up today, will be the only testimony this jury hears that is directly from a woman accusing donald trump of trying to keep her quiet about affair before the 2016 election. Now, there are lots of reasons why Karen Mcdougal might not want to testify and there are lots of reasons why the prosecution might not want to call on her to testify. We are going to get some expert help unpacking all of that and what that means for this case in just a second. But, Karen Mcdougal not testifying also makes the testimony we did get today from Stormy Daniels all the more important and it makes the crossexamination of Stormy Daniels today, it makes that all the more important. The defense crossexamination today is probably most accurately described by a phrase i am loath to say, that it really does describe what happened today when Stormy Daniels was questioned by trumps lawyer, Susan Necheles. The focus was pointing Stor
Today was day 12 of trumps criminal trial and it started with another hearing on his repeated and pretty flagrant at times violations of his gag order which is put in place because he cannot seem to help himself from attacking the judge, the jury, are potential witnesses. To date judge merchan city violated the order for the 10th time. For comments he made when he attacked the integrity of the jury that will determine his fate. The judge found trump in Contempt Of Court and fined the expresident another 1000 bringing the fines up to 10 grand. Judge merchan said he was prepared to go farther. He warmed of donald trump does not stop violating the order, he would be left with no choice but to consider jail time. He made it clear he does not take the threat lightly calling it a last resort. He also said, quote, mr. Trump, its important to understand that the last thing i want to do is put you in jail. You are the former president of the United States and possibly the next president as well
Free you . What do you make of the fact that after attempting to at least verbally say he was going to compete to get you out of russia, donald trump then turns on you . That is tonights the reidout. Inside was jen psaki starts now. Today was day 12 of trumps criminal trial and it started with yet another hearing on his repeated and flagrant attempts and violations of his gag order, which was put in place because he cant seem to help himself from attacking the judge, the jury, or potential witnesses. Today, judge juan merchan ruled trump violated that order for the 10th time. This time for cummins he made during an interview late last month when he attacked the integrity of the jury that will determine his fate. The judge again found trump in Contempt Of Court and he find the express and 1000. 00, bringing the total up to 10 grand. Judge juan merchan said he was prepared to go further. You want if donald trump does not stop violating his order, he will be left with no choice but to con
Congratulations. Thank you. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Really happy to have you here. Ready . The clerk. This is the people of the state of new york against donald j. Trump, smz71911 24. Appearancing starting with people. Prosecutor joshua steinglass, for the people, assistant District Attorneys joshua stein glass, michael colangelo, becky mangold, christopher conroy, and catherine ellis. Good morning, emil bove, joined by donald trump and todd blanche, susan necheles. The judge, good morning. Good morning, mr. Trump. So the matter called into the record is the peoples motion for contempt, meaning the prosecutions motion for contempt. The judge says, quote, before i hand down my decision, i wanted to address the defense and mr. Trump. Mr. Trump, as you know, the prosecution has filed three separate motions asking this court to find you in contempt. In a moment, im going to hand down my decision on the third motion. Which i in which i find you in Criminal Contem
Inside with jen psaki starts now. Okay. This may come as a shock to you but donald trump actually didnt spend the day in court today. But, not to worry, he will be back in court tomorrow. Plenty to watch, im sure. When it comes to the case in manhattan, he is, of course, innocent until proven guilty. That is how it works. He has already been found liable for Business Fraud and for sexual abuse. He is still facing criminal charges in washington, d. C. And in florida. And, in georgia. He was also just named and unindicted coconspirator in arizona and in michigan. Right now, the basic thrust of his Campaign Message is that president s should be immune from prosecution so they can attempt a coup and commit crimes at will. That is basically where we are right now. And yet the leaders in the Republican Party are closing ranks around their likely nominee, including many who clearly know better. Consider this. Just a few months ago, Florida Governor ron desantis basically mock people who bend