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by special counsel jack smith here in the district. she imposed this gag order, barring trump from targeting witnesses in the case, members of the court staff, and even the special counsel itself. t she imposed that gag order at the request of prosecutors, but she did not limit his ability to talk about washington, d.c., the potential jury pool, or the justice department, which prosecutors had also sought protection for those two groups. but here, she has argued, she has said look, i u...

colleagues who have been covering the trial from the beginning. msnbcs legal analyst lisa rubin, "new york times" investigative reporter susanne craig, and former federal prosecutor and former sdny criminal division deputy chief, kristy greenberg. >> katy, lets set the stage for whats going on at trump tower where we anticipate him speaking in about an hour, right? >> the assembled press is here. this is the first time i believe everyone has been back in this lobby since the donald tru...

sentence and non-prison sentences virtually the same. and in fact, a prison sentence, maybe he gets a sentence, but they expect, they hoped that it would be stayed immediately and that it would not go into effect. and so this is all i guess short-term political strategy i still think that we should just be aware that there is also a very good possibility that he does not get a prison sentence lets hear right. just based on the facts of this particular case but the fact that so many tru...

well, lets start with the big news overnight that donald trump has become the first president in american history to be convicted of a crime. lets take a look at some of the front pages. this is the times. pictures of him in the new york court, where he was tried and found guilty on all counts of falsifying business records. the daily telegraph... he has his eyes closed there. lets have a look at another trump page. closed there. lets have a look at anothertrump page. —— closed the...

dealing with the election could somehow provide a writ for the justices to get involved. if you talk to legal experts it seems a narrow path, but is there a path? >> yeah, bret, there is certainly a path. the supreme court has stepped in in other criminal cases primarily when the death penalty is at issue and has stayed, you know, the proceedings. but it is not unprecedented. you have bush versus gore and ibm. several cases the supreme court has indicated they will put a freeze and hol...

my advice for everyone is to go with golo. it will release your fat and it will release you. good to be with you, im katy tur. breaking news out of new york city. donald trump jr. just took the witness stand here to testify about the trump organization and decisions to inflate or deflate assets to lower taxes or secure bigger loans. joining us now, nbc news senior legal correspondent and coanchor of "saturday today" on nbc, laura jarrett. don jr., a defendant and now a witness. whats...

>> donald trump is now counting on those three as portrayed by "snl" in his new york fraud trial. and today he whined, leave my children alone, like they were toddlers on a playground. and today donald trump jr. took the witness stand for the first time, answering questions about his role in the alleged scheme to falsely inflate the trump organizations assets. eric and ivanka are waiting in the wings. also tonight, arizona secretary of state adrian fontes joins me on set following ...

stake through the heart of the trump business and brand. you can see him here entering the courtroom a few hours ago. he is the first member of the family to be called as a witness by state prosecutors, but he will not be the last. his brother eric is set to testify, as well as his sister ivanka, and his dad, the ex-president himself, who is scheduled to take the stand monday. donald trump jr. along with his brother eric trump have spent their entire careers at the trump organization. ...

right here on cnn outfront. >> next, breaking news, the jury asking questions, sending notes to the judge. i watched them in the courtroom today. >> the and in women now deciding trumps fate, telling the judge they want to re-hear testimony from two key witnesses, plus justice alito defiant. tonight refusing to recuse himself from cases guides january 6, blaming his wife again and again in a rare letter to congress, ill talk to congressman jamie raskin. it says he knows how force alito...

>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to "the lead." >> im pamela brown in for jake tapper in washington, d.c. tonight, as israel ramps up the bombardment of the terror group hamas, innocent civilians are finally being allowed to leave war-ravaged gaza. and egyptian official tells cnn that 361 foreign nationals left gaza and entered egypt through the rafah crossing today. the u.s. state department confirms some of them were americans. and sources say the group includes two...