Alexis. Congratulations on your graduation. And on that note, i wish you a very good night. From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. Ill see you at the end of tomorrow. Really happy to have you here. Here we go, ready . The clerk, this is the people of the state of new york against donald j. Trump smz 71911 24. Appearances, starting with the people, prosecutor joshua steinglass, for the people, susan, becky mangold, christopher conroy, and katherine ellis. Good morning. Defense council bove, joined by President Trump seated to my left and joined by todd blanche, susan and kendra wharton. The judge, good morning. Good morning, mr. Trump. So the matter called into the record is the peoples motion for contempt, meaning the prosecutions motion for contempt. The judge say, quote, before i hand down my decision, i did want to address the defense and mr. Trump. Mr. Trump, as you know, the prosecution has filed three separate motions asking this c
Thats going to do it for me tonight but now, it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, rachel. You know, if i seem a little off my game tonight it is because i made a mistake last night. I started to read jen psakis book before going to sleep. Which means i almost didnt get to sleep. For example, can you imagine a white house Chief Of Staff changing a diaper in the white house . On a baby that is not his baby . Lets start there, okay . Wow. That took a twist at the end. I thought i knew where you were going but then it was like someone elses baby. Okay and guess whose baby it was okay and jen psaki has worked for the last three democratic nominees for president. Do you want to guess which one she was terrified of . John kerry, barack obama, joe biden, the answer will be coming later when jen psaki joins us. Which one gave her a bear hug after the Job Interview . Which one actually did not hire her for the job she interviewed for. It is every one of these things
President ial election, prosecutors in the Trump Election Interference Hush Money Trial today have turned to the core of the actual crimes, the actual criminal acts and criminal charges against the expresident. That scheme to cover up Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels, using falsified business records. On the stand right now, Trump Employee deborah tarasoff. She handled payroll. Her testimony is critical. She explains that only donald trump could sign checks that came from his personal account. Thats the one used to reimburse Michael Cohen for the Hush Money Payments. Trump did that, even after becoming president of the United States of america. She also testified that if trump did not want to sign a check, he didnt have to. She was one half of a double whammy against the expresident today. Testifying after mcconney. He was a codefendant of the expresident. That was back in the Civil Fraud Case Against Trump and the trump org. He testified that most of the money used to reimburse M