america s most famou presidential statements. today, wow they are going to arrest me. can t believe this i happening. president trump, will you come speak to us the ex president surrenders he is arrested but. fingerprinted. criminally charged with 34 felonies in a manhattan courthouse. these are felony crimes i new york state no matter who you are. prosecutors say he ran a criminal scheme to conceal damaging information, unlawful activity from american voter before the 2016 election former president trump plead not guilty he is frustrated. he is upset. tonight the substance of the case. the people versus donald trump joy reid, already melbourne, alex wagner stephanie bowl all here for msnbc special coverage of the first ever criminal indictment of a forme president of the united states good evening and thank you for being with us here tonight i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters in new york along with lawrence o donnel and joy reid, and nicole wallace
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ask not what your country ca do for you mr. gorbachev teared down this wall states criminal indictment of former president of the united states good evening and thank you for being with us here tonight i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters in new york along with lawrence o donnel and joy reid, and nicole wallace, and chris hayes we are going to be joined by more of our closest colleagues over the course of this evenin tonight, as part of the specia coverage we know that you have ever choice in the world tonight as to where to get your news abou this historic event. that makes us all the more grateful that you are here together with us tonight. so, here is how it works just got the transcripts we know exactly how it went. the clerk. calendar number one, indictmen 71543 of 2023, people of the state of new york versus donal j trump. appearances. prosecutor, christophe conwright for the people, your honor. and judge, with me are kathryn mccaw, matthew cullen julio, steve
lisa ribbon, suzanne craig and katie vang were inside the courthouse. plus nicolle wallace, and catherine christian as special coverage of trump on trial begins. now. good evening and thanks for joining us for our msnbc prime time recap of the criminal trial of former president donald trump. i m here tonight along with my colleagues. big night. today s proceedings unexpectedly to me were like that helpful moment in the old agatha christie style british detective story. you ve been following along more or less, you know who most of the characters are, you can at least remember most of their names. you know the basic plot of the mystery but then there is this kindness, this great helpful moment in the story where the detective sits down under some stupid pretense with some other character and in their conversation they give you all the answers. it s okay you haven t been playing close attention all along. they are going to recap the whole story and not only will they get to t
tonight, the michael cohen testimony begins. the guy we saw this morning was credible and calm, if not a little freaked out. donald trump s former fixer testifies that the candidate himself led the conspiracy. the most repeated line of michael cohen s testimony was just take care of it. this is a total disaster. women will hate me. the most important thing the jury heard today, he wasn t thinking about his wife. this was all about the candidate. tonight, rachel maddow recapped the testimony with lawrence o donnell, lisa rubin, suzanne crane and katie phang, who were inside the courthouse. plus, nicolle wallace, chris hayes, jen psaki and catherine christian as a special coverage of trump on trial begins, now. good evening and thanks for joining us for our msnbc primetime recap of the criminal trial of former president donald trump. i m here tonight along with my colleagues, lawrence o donnell and katie phang and nicolle wallace and chris hayes. big night, you