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Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Another round of Election Sabotage is underway. And the trump official who says his warnings about the psychological damage of separated families was ignored. Good evening, from new york, i am chris hayes. Paul manafort is a shrewd liar so says the prosecution in the Opening Statement in the trial. Opening statement and even the testimony of first witness hours ago, Paul Manafort facing 18 counts. Bank fraud, tax evaluation, and conspiracy charges. Work w...

Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Allegations in the u. S. So we talked about this sort of circumventing the american tax system. Overseas payments and overseas Bank Accounts and never reported which is what is alleged. What is the bank fraud part of the case. It is the prosecutors allege that after 2014, when the spigot of cash was turned off, he needed to fund his lavish lifestyle. What he had was Real Estate Holdings that he purchased through the bogus loans. What he did, was he began ...

To try to have a strategy potentially putting the prosecution on trial arguing for something like nullification. >> so im very interested in what the defense opening statement looks like in the hours to come nick guy, as you know, the biden family clearly has an extensive history in the state of delaware. could this impact potentially jury selection? there oh sure, but again, i think thats gonna be all vetted during jury selection to the extent that people have a prejudice one way or the other. ...

Mr. Sharaf, good to see you again we are told that the Defense Opening Statement will be about 20 minutes long. Prosecution, 40 minutes. What do you expect the Defense Opening Statement to focus on . How are they going to try to frame this case for the jury on behalf of mr. Trump jake, were looking to focus on the facts and cutting through all the sensationalism, all the sort of lurid details that have been aired in the media for years is going to be difficult. But at the end of the day, if the ...

After a deceased woman's toxicology report showed an abnormality — a chemical compound found in several brands of over-the-counter eye drops — suspicions grow over her caregiver's story.

Goal in opening statements is threefold. first of all, obviously, you want to highlight all of the incriminating evidence you will be able to prove that you will bring to their attention during the trial. almost as important as highlighting the incriminating evidence is not hiding any of the weak spots from the jury. you want up front for the jury, anything that might feel like a short ball in the evidence. the one thing the prosecutor never wants to hear in a defense opening statement, buddies ...

After this alleged abuse occurred. but prosecutors started out with a very clear, at times dispassionate, explanation of the events, talking about a victim named jane who was 14 years old at the time. they say that she met both maxwell and jeffrey epstein at summer can when she was only 14 years old. prosecutor laura pomerantz, the u.s. assistant attorney, said what jane did not know was at that summer camp would be the beginning of a nightmare, calling both maxwell and epstein predators. an ope...

At the defense, and talk about rick gates who is a central witness here. the defense opening statement focused on rick gates who is paul manaforts deputy. and look, it was all this guy, the guy who is cooperating who is going to be testifying against our client, he is the guy in this. you cant trust him. >> it is often the approach of defendants where it is always someone elses fault. it seldom works especially in a case like this where the evidence will be visible to the jurors. they will see h...

Of money in, but an ostrich jacket is bought by somebody who is flamboyant and wants to sort of really relish and wear their money. >> someone who has been spending too much time around the oligarchs former soviet republic possibly. >> exactly. but it is going to make a defense that he wasnt involved in his business is very hard. >> so jill, we got to first look at the defense, and talk about rick gates who is a central witness here. the defense opening statement focused on rick gates who is pau...

Reasonable doubt. the defense is usually the one that raises a lot of questions, because the defense is trying to establish reasonable doubt. so in my opinion, he did hit on a number of significant points for the prosecution, but he spent a lot of time on things that i think are relatively clear. i think it is clear to those jurors that george zimmerman followed trayvon martin. in the defense opening statement, the defense conceded that. the position has been he followed him, but thats not illeg...