the documents had been returned. it also including this new photo showing documents with classified markings laid out on a carpet. some of them found in a desk in the former president s personal office. the filing also says some of the documents were so sensitive, fbi agents and justice department attorneys needed additional security clearances to look at them. doj also says trump s request for a special master is quote unnecessary and would significantly harm governmental interests including national security interests. the former president has until 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight to respond. a federal judge in florida will hold a hearing tomorrow on his request for a special master. with us now to take a closer look, nbc news homeland security continue julie ainsley, a former prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst and frank figliuzzi, an msnbc national security analyst. julia, what else are we able to learn from this court filing? one of the things, buried in a footnote, they say
Decade doing trumps dirty work. Credibility issues are why the prosecution used the 20 witnesses who proceeded cohen to basically corroborate his story before they even put him on the stand. It is also why trumps defense team has singlemindedly sought to state their case on discrediting him. Even in cases that might not be read crucial to rebutting the prosecution. For that reason the defense may think they racked up a victory for themselves today because during the crossexamination this morning, cohen admitted that he stole from the trump organization. In addition to the reimbursement for the hush money for stormie daniels, cohen was also given 50,000. That money was supposed to be a repayment for what cohen spent to hire a tech from to rig an online poll on trumps behalf. We dont have time to get into that detail. But as cohen said on the stand, he only paid trump 20,000 and kept the rest for himself. Asked point blank today whether he stole from the trump organization, cohen said, y
And lets just say that a lot happened today in lower manhattan. Lucky for us, we have the perfect person to talk about it with. Diane perry has been serving as counsel for Michael Cohen during the trial and has given an interview about the testimony. We will talk to her in a moment. Her client, Michael Cohen, of course is the star witness in the case and he returned to the stand today for a third day of crossexamination. From the beginning, we have known that putting Michael Cohen on the Witness Stand was a high risk and high reward proposition for the prosecution. On one hand, he is the central player. After all, he paid Stormy Daniels out of his own pocket pick he said he did it at Donald Trumps direction and said donald trump was fully aware of the plan to cover it up. Those are the key details. At the same time, cohen is a convicted felon who pled guilty to lying to congress and making false statements to a bank. Not to mention he spent over a decade doing trumps dirty work. And th
strategy to convince the judge to allow the trumps to keep running their company. plus, is there real hope for a hostage deal that could lead to the release of 80 women and children held by hamas. prime minister netanyahu telling msnbc military pressure is key, even as the hospital system is collapsing. i ll speak to one man who was with his brother just moments before he was taken hostage. l.a. in the midst of a computer nightmare after a massive fire forces officials to shet down part of a key frae way indefinitely. investigators say they ve completed their investigation into what started the fire as the city lays out its plan to help the 300,000 people who use that road each and every day. we start with day one for the uphill battle for the defense as donald trump and family fight to hang on to their new york business empire. trump s lawyers at the civil fraud trial calling donald trump jr. to the stand. he asked the courtroom sketch artist to make him look sexy. sound
and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. president biden has support for the people of ukraine and is unwavering. we support ukraine come not out of charity but because the people of ukraine and their future is an our strategic interest. although these talks are happening thousands of miles apart, the goal is singular. assuring key european allies at the united states is a reliable partner for joining us now is former january 6th select committee senior advisor and former congressman denver winkleman and w spokesperson julian porter. good morning. you have the vice president narrating for the world actually and where the administration is going and what the next important steps are about and putting money on the table, additional dollars on the table. how does that affect these talks more broadly? and move the needle specifically here in the u.s. as everything is such a battle when it comes to ukraine and even with issues in israel? the administration still seems