witness store. right now in new york, it s the prosecution s turn as we speak josh steinglass is delivering his closing argument, and donald trump s hush money trial/election interference, and directly addressing the holes the defense tried to poke in michael cohen s testimony. and steinglass says the case against mr. trump boils down to three key points, that there were, in fact, false business records, the false records were designed to cover up an election conspiracy, and that donald trump himself was involved. is it enough to counter the defense laid out by attorney todd blanche, donald trump s attorney in the closing argument this morning, or has the defense done enough to sway at least one person in that jury box, and how soon could the jury start deliberating. judge merchan says jurors are willing to stay late today, so we re also going to talk about what that means for tomorrow s schedule, including jury instructions. there s so much to go over, back with us, nb
defense attorney punctuating the defense s last chance to convince the jury to acquit in the first criminal trial of a former president. i m chris jansing, anchoring along side my colleagues andrea mitchell and katy tur has made her way back from the courtroom. we re here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. and in that downtown courthouse, history is being written during closing arguments today. donald trump s attorney todd blanche just wrapped his closing argument, leaning into the word lie, using it 25 times as he tried to attach it to the prosecution s star witness, michael cohen. and the court just broke for lunch. after that the prosecution is expected to start their closing arguments for the jury. can they deliver a powerful argument as to why 12 citizens should make a historic decision to convict a former president of the united states. i want to bring in former fbi general counsel and former senior member of muller probe and msnbc legal analyst andrew weizma
greg: high i m greg gutfeld with judge jeanine curiel, ricrichard fowler. dana perino. the five. make no mistake about it, i am here because of quickly joe biden, the worst president in the history of our country. he is destroying our country, this country is being destroyed rapidly, not slowly, rapidly. on the borders, energy, inflation, everything. afghanistan. everything about what he s done. he s destroying our country and he s destroying it with weaponization. this is purely his weaponization. greg: that was trump earlier today. the court is taking a 20 minute break and we ll see if he steps up to the mic again. prosecution still making closing arguments as the hush money trail gets ready for its climax. despite six weeks, 22 witnesses and tawdry testimony, america still no closer to knowing what donald trump did wrong. that trigger except pay a scummy lawyer. the ex-president s lawyer todd blanche arguing there was no intent to defraud a no conspiracy to influen
room. i ll see you bright and early tomorrow and around the world to a special report here in the situation room the trump trial today i m wolf blitzer were following breaking news, right now. the prosecution in donald trump s criminal trial is getting the last word before the judge sends the case to jurors who will decide the former president s faith prosecutor, joshua steinglass, pressing on with his marathon closing arguments trying to counter attacks. that a star witness, michael cohen made during the trump team s summation earlier today. cnn s kara scannell has been inside the courtroom all day. she s joining us now. she s outside qarrah bring us up to speed on this climactic moment in this truly historic trial what prosecutor joshua steinglass is now entering his third hour of these closing arguments in his focus right now is on the payments. this is the heart of the case. the repayment to michael cohen, and how it was booked in donald trump s company s books and re
now with trays. andres gallagher information mcauley and this is the story, right now prosecution about an hour in the closing arguments and former president trump s criminal trial. the greatest leire of all time. outside the courtroom stark reminder that all of this is happening against the backdrop of the 2024 election the biden campaign holding a news conference during robert de niro. cream trump weekly firing back. watch. we don t want to act wake up after the election saying again? my god. what the hell have we done? if you don t think this is politics why do the democrats will out a retread like robert de niro to try to change the size subject? hannah brandt has been inside and take but first to the correspondent nate foy he is life are as outside the courtroom as you has been for the past few weeks. good afternoon. hi, trace. right now prosecutors are really addressing michael cohen s credibility concern saying former president donald trump picked coh