Shes crazy. And she also wants the jurors to judge her for her occupation. The peoples witness apparently holds her own. She said, if i was going to make this up, i wouldve made it a much better story. Tonight, The Cross Examination of the woman at the center of the coverup trumps denial of the fair hurt his defense. The denial puts the jury in the position of trying to choose who they believe. The relics i cause the defendant to storm off. Im not supposed to be here. We are so innocent. Is a sitting republican senator help skirt the judges gag order . This is a bunch of democrats saying, we want to make sure that donald trump cannot talk. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The manhattan election interference trial rolled on today. There were some fireworks and there was a lot of mudslinging. Some of it even came outside the courtroom, not from trump, but from another florida man. United states republican senator rick scott. A real live senator missing
Defense. She was mocking Stormy Daniels. Donald trumps attorneys mock and shame Stormy Daniels. She wants the jury to think Stormy Daniels is a liar and she is crazy and also wants the jurors to judge her for her occupation. And the peoples witness apparently holds her own. And she said if i was going to make this up, i would have made it a much better story. Tonight, The Wild Cross Examination of the woman at the center of the coverup and why trumps denial of the affair hurt his defense. The denial puts the jury in the position to choose who they believe. And the two big rulings that caused the defendant to storm off. Im not supposed to be here. Plus, is a sitting republican senator helping skirt to the judges gag order . This is just a bunch of democrats saying we want to make sure that donald trump cant talk. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. Donald trump selection Interference Trial rolled on today. There were some fireworks and there was a
To quote Stormy Daniels, when somebody attacks me, im going to defend myself. Those were some of the final words from the Adult Film Star before she was excused from the stand in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial. It is good to be back with you. Im chris jansing, alongside my colleague, andrea mitchell. Defense lawyer suggested she was trying to extort him, and capitalizing on his fame with merchandise, prosecutors for their part pointing out that daniels was the target of nasty, threatening tweets for even coming forward about an alleged affair with donald trump. They asked daniels been telling the truth net positive or net negative in your life. Daniels response, negative. Over the next hour, well bring you live updates from the courtroom, the latest witness who will be back after the lunch break, a bookkeeper at the Trump Organization who handled checks, including of course the key checks, the ones in question in this hush money case. So lets bring in the panel joining us now, nbc Nati