Longtime adviser dan scavino could post from his social media account. Today, his campaign was blaming a nameless staff member for posting a video referring to the creation of a unified reich and its far from the first time hes invoked rhetoric echoing hitlers germany. We begin tonight with the next phase of the historic first criminal trial of a former u. S. President. That is because the defense in Donald Trumps Hush Money Election Interference Trial rested its case today. And counter to trumps many claims, they rested without Hearing A Word from him on the Witness Stand. Closing arguments are scheduled to begin one week from today, and before the jury begins its deliberations the judge will provide the jury with their instructions. That outline what Verdict Jurors should deliver based on what they determine to be true through the evidence that was presented. Each word in those Jury Instructions is critical to whether trump is found guilty or not guilty by the jury. This afternoon, j
Reviewing it. We are also expecting additional comments from the white house. The Daily Briefing happens a little later this hour with john kirby, so we will get new information we expect then. The other big story were following, just about 15 minutes, testimony will resume in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial. It has been quite the morning. The jury spent it hearing from jeffrey mcconney, a former Top Executive at the Trump Organization. He handled the reimbursements to Michael Cohen for paying off Stormy Daniels. There are a pile of documents were seeing for the first time, including these checks. If youre familiar with Donald Trumps signatures, those are checks that were signed by donald trump himself after an explanation about the difference between a trust, which was an account for the company, and a, essentially, private account for donald trump. Well, mcconney detailed how he kept notes and Bank Statements related to cohen stored in a locked door and how the Hush Money Checks had t
Be back on the stand and we have the dramatic highlights from Keith Davidsons testimony so far. Plus, Breaking News and traumatic images on the campus of ucla as police move in to disband a Protest Encampment. Well take you there live. It is 10 00 eastern, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. Lets get right to that Breaking News at a courthouse in manhattan, Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial resuming just minutes ago and up first this morning, a hearing on four new alleged Gag Order Violations by the former president , and soon were expecting Keith Davidson, former lawyer for Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal to return to the stand. Our Yasmin Vossoughian is outside the courthouse and here with me, msnbcs katie phang, Criminal Defense Attorney and former manhattan prosecutor jeremy salan and former Assistant Attorney General for new york, tristan snell, the author of the book taking down trump. Yasmin, whats happening so far with this Gag Order Hearing . Reporter so were looking at fou
Senator butler after the swearing in to congratulate her. That is tonights last word. The 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts now. Tonight, history on capitol hill, as Kevin Mccarthy is ousted as Speaker Of The House. The first time this has ever happened. So, what happens next . And from speaker to telling donald trump, dont speak. The new gag order against the former president in the civil fraud case. Then, his downfall shocked the business and political world. Now, disgraced crypto king Sam Bankmanfried is getting his day in court as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. Whoa, baby, have we got one for you tonight. Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Ruhle. And you know we are beginning with the chaos on capitol hill today, brought on by the house vote to remove Kevin Mccarthy as speaker. Keep in mind this is the first time in our nations history that a speaker has been voted out of office. I dont regret standing up for choosing governance over grievance. It is my
Up witness david pecker who is at times combative, and jurors largely avoiding looking at trump, but according to those inside the room, giving pecker their rapt attention. For a day filled with details and inside baseball legalese, no small feat. We have a panel of experts standing by to explain it all. Plus, nothing matters more than how the jury is interpreting the Witness Testimony weve seen so far. How are attorneys on both sides analyzing what jurors are taking away from the questioning. Well ask a Jury Consultant. And for the political stakes of this trial, the campaign. The former president announcing new Campaign Events when hes not in the courtroom while President Biden just made a promise that could have a major impact on novembers race. So a lot to get to. We begin with that Redirect Questioning of key witness david pecker, which began just a short time ago. Prosecutors jumping straight into rebutting some key threats from the defense. One key, for example, steinglass, is t