MSNBC’s Ari Melber is joined by Joy Reid, Lawrence O’Donnell, Jen Psaki, and Chris Hayes to discuss day one of his criminal trial in New York. (Bookmark The Beat’s YouTube playlist, updated daily: https://msnbc.com/ari. Connect with Ari on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AriMelber IG: https://www.instagram.com/arimelber Merch: msnbc.com/beat5)
Former President Donald Trump might have to be removed from the courtroom in Manhattan if he exhibits his typical behavior — and former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance has some thoughts on how that might work.This comes after Judge Juan Merchan gave Trump a standard defendant warning that outbursts at trial might lead to his detention — and after his own attorneys pleading with him to stay calm and not blow up."Judge Merchan tells Trump that if he disrupts the trial they will proceed without him...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens Monday with jury selection. The case will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle campaigning with sitting in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks to defend himself against charges involving a scheme to bury allegations of marital infidelity that arose during his first White House campaign in 2016. TRUMP REQUEST TO DELAY HUSH-MONEY...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens Monday with jury selection. The case will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle campaigning with sitting in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks to defend himself against charges […]
Monday is the beginning of Donald Trump's New York trial that will decide whether he is just as guilty as Michael Cohen was in the hush money scheme involving an adult film star. Trump, who faces 34 felony counts in the case, is accused of paying off Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to keep her mouth shut about their purported affair. Despite three attempts this week to delay the trial, it is moving forward. All the while, a new poll shows that 64 percent of Americans see the matter as...
Second day of jury selection in New York criminal case sees former president hear how some New Yorkers feel about him as attorneys question prospective jurors
The Former commander-in-chief faces cases in Washington, Florida, New York and Georgia – all while campaigning to become president once again. Josh Marcus explains each one and the lengthy prison sentences that could be attached
Donald Trump's boast that he would be more than willing to testify at his upcoming hush money trial was greeted by a great deal of skepticism by one of his former lawyers on Saturday morning.During an extended interview on MSNBC's "The Weekend," former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen blew a hole in the idea that it would be a good thing for the former president to take the stand as he faces 34 felony counts related to paying off adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.Speaking with...
The dismissals reduced to five the number of jurors who have been seated for the first-ever criminal trial of a former president.
Trump Media filed to register additional shares of its stock on Monday, sending the share price tumbling
After three days of jury selection, 12 Manhattan residents were been selected to sit on the panel that will decide the fate of former president Donald Trump
12 jurors seated by the end of day three in the Trump trial. Two jurors were dismissed on Thursday dropping total seated down to five before more were added. Judge directed employers and physical appearance details that could be used to identify jurors not be released amid concerns over juror privacy. Finding jurors who believe they can be fair and impartial is proving difficult