michael cohen cannot be trusted. michael cohen is the greatest liar of all time. the judges sharp rebuke to trump s attorney. he was livid, right? he was livid as he should be. and the prosecution tells the story of a conspiracy to corrupt the election. this meeting cannot be overstated. trump was overtly discussing purchasing the story to keep it from being published. this scheme could very well be what got president trump elected. tonight, rachel maddow recaps the closing arguments with lawrence o donnell, alex wagner, jen psaki, and katie phang, all inside the courthouse. plus nicolle wallace, chris hayes, joy reid, ari melber and stephanie ruhle as special coverage of trump on trial begins now. thank you for joining us tonight. we know you have every option in the world for where to follow the news of this remarkable moment in american history. it makes us all the more grout more glad you are with us. i am rachel maddow with chris hayes and nicolle wal
Trump and his maga amis love to feed their base is president joe biden s department of justice has been weaponized against trump. how else could you explain trump being charged with 88 criminal counts in both state and federal courts? 34 of which he was convicted of just last week? they cannot for a moment believe that the doj and local prosecutors are simply following through with their mission to uphold the rule of law. but just to remind you, it was trump s doj in 2018 that first prosecuted trump s former lawyer, michael cohen, trump s coconspirator in the hush money election interference scheme. remember, there were three people at that trump tower meeting in august 2015 who conspired together to influence the 2016 election through unlawful means. the former publisher of the national enquirer, david pecker, cohen, and trump. pecker s company signed a nonprosecution agreement and he received immunity from federal
Gutsy. maybe some people were annoyed by it. but i thought it was pretty gutsy. i enjoyed it. i thought it was a fantastic event tonight. sean: i thought it added to the flavor of it, for sure. laura: you bet. i enjoyed it. and i like just talking to you. sean: i miss you attacking me every day. laura: thanks for putting on the type of amis, sean. from good to see you. thanks for pointing it out as usual. joining us right here in the spin room, the man in the middle of the stage tonight, florida governor ron desantis. governor, how are you. good to see you? good to see you. sean: laura was saying she thought you got stronger throughout the night. about your open was particular strong and a message that most americans believe. this is a nation in decline. then you went into america first policy. then you talked about ukraine. you know? we are not securing our borders. why are we spending all of that money when europe won t even step up? look, i think the nation is in dec