Laura ingraham, this is the ingraham angle, thank you for joining us tonight. The conspiracy of dunces, that is the focus of tonights angle. It is bad for the Trump Hush Money Trial Prosecution when the New York Times feels compelled to call out the cases weakness. Jed shugerman, Law Professor at boston called alvin braggs case a historic mistake, writing, their vague allegation about a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 election more concern about unprecedented use of state law and avoidance of election crime or fraud. Thats all . Beyond that, he writes, it is legal for a candidate to pay a nondisclosure agreement, hush money is unseemly, but it is legal. Bottom line here. As honest objective minds concluded, underlying conduct alleged is a violation of federal Campaign Finance rules, one problem with that, the fec looked at the case and decided against pursuing it. From day one, alvin bragg was a man on a political, not a legal mission. It was to charge trump with whatever just to k
it, ranting against a judge, a scene described as completely out of control, and it didn t stop inside the courtroom because just minutes ago, he posted about the judge on truth social. what s going on there? well, the judge already admonishing the former president multiple times for rambling, not answering questions, and using the court as a political rally. will he take action before the day is over? plus, with trump facing multiple other trials, what could today s spectacle mean for those other cases, we ll tell you who was in the courtroom today taking notes. but we begin outside that courthouse with nbc s vaughn hillyard. it was a volatile morning. trump isn t waiting to get back on the stand. he s posting on social media. tell us the general mood around the courthouse. reporter: donald trump, the days he has been at the courthouse hearing the testimony of others, usually at lunch break he walks out and speaks to the camera for several minutes commenting on the cas
12 new yorkers have affirmed the principle that no one in america, not even a former president, is above the law. a jury unanimously found donald trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. the criminal case hinged on the testimony and evidence of the trials narrator, trumps fixer turned foe, michael cohen. he joins us here now. he is the author of disloyal, the true story of a former personal attorney to president donald j trump and how trump weaponized the u.s. department of justice against his critics. is also the host of the mea pope and political podcast. i am so busy. i want to get some context here. when this all began for you in many respects, at that time trump is in the white house, you had gotten caught up in this thing on your way to prison , how, having this, full-circle and watching what occurred this week, do you appreciate that role? that narration? i thought it was very interesting and important for you to frame this chapter in this c
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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