That hindsight in this next year. Cassidy hutchinson, once again wiser thank you very much for joining us. I cannot thank you enough, the book is enough by cassidy atkinson. Any questions that you and the audience still have our answered in this book. Cassidy hutchinson, gets tonights last word, The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts now. 1 tonight, the scathing ruling from a new york judge saying that donald trump repeatedly committed acts of fraud and that his Financial Statements were based and a fantasy rope, and the clock is ticking on a potential government shutdown. Whats at stake as the debates continue. Plus senator bob menendez back on the hill, as all democrats are calling for his resignation. And then looking ahead to tomorrows gop debate and new concerns over spreading disinformation, as The 11th Hour gets underway on this tuesday night. Good evening once again, i am Stephanie Ruhle, live at Msnbc Headquarters here in new york city, and we begin this evenings broadcast with a major league blow for one donald j trump. The judge here in new york ruled that he committed fraud and a lot about his net worth for many years. The decision comes as part of new York Attorney general Letitia James 250 Million Dollar lawsuit against trump and his company. The judge found trump, quote, repeatedly submitted fraudulent financial documents about the value of its assets to banks and other Insurance Companies, and that his Financial Statements were, quote, based in a fantasy world, not the real world. Earlier tonight, New York Times reporter Suzannah Craik Has reported extensively on its finances, describing exactly what the judge told trumps lawyers at the hearing that led to the days ruling. At one point, the judge, i dont even want to paraphrase, it was so good. He was so angry, he started pounding on his desk, looking at the Trump Lawyers and say, you cannot make false statements about the business, that is what this statute prohibits. He was just like, shut up. They had all these excuses for why the Financial Statements were essentially worthless. This really means that the civil trial can move forward, and is set to begin next week. Meanwhile, trumps Fighting A Requesfrom special counsel jack smith for a limited gag order in the 2020 eleion case. But yesterday, trumps lawyers told the court that order would silence him to take away his First Amendment rights. As a former president battles many legal starts, the current President Joe Biden was at the uaw picket line in michigan today, supporting striking autoworkers. My colleague Dave Gutierrez was there. In a historic visit by u. S. President on the picket line, biden threw his full support it Full Throttle support behind the uaw strikers. You gave up a lot. Now, they are doing critically well. Guess what, they should be doing critically well too. President biden and the General Motors plant outside detroit with a uaw, Standing Shoulder to shoulder with Union President shawn fain. It is about the auto workers who are part of the fabric that theyre working across this country. The union as a number of demands, including 40 pay hikes. Today, the president says he supports bargaining for that. Each offering roughly 20 races. The white house has not been directly involved in the negotiations. Do you think that the president has been as involved as he shouldve been during this whole process . No, i dont. Ford worker tomika alice thinks the president should have acted sooner. I know hes busy and has a schedule, but i do believe because this is very huge and how it can affect the economy, that he should have been a little bit more involved. Tomorrow, donald trump will skip at the gop primary debate. He will head to michigan to speak to workers at the auto strike. We have a lot to cover, so lets gets the smarter with our lead off panel tonight. Sam stein is here, a veteran journalist and white house expert for politico. Attorney joyce vance, whos been 25 years as a federal prosecutor and tim ryan, wrote the book on donald trump, trump nation, the art of being the donald, and he is that Opinion Editor at bloomberg. Tim, you know that i am starting with you. How damaging is this ruling for donald trump and the image of the self made millionaire . I mean, its damaging in a number of ways. Its damaging in terms of his own personal family legacy. The trump family was born and bred and the new york metropolitan area. He always prided himself on being a new yorker. He inherited most of his wealth early on from his file is there, and a rooted that were in new york. And this ruling its essentially, if they dont successfully appeal it, and the ruling stands, its a Death Sentence for most if not all of the businesses that he operates in new york. The judges have revoked at their certificates of operation. Most of Donald Trumps wealth is concentrated in a handful of small buildings. He talks about the Speaking Tours and the licensing, but the reality is, most of his wealth was tied up and about five buildings, and most of those were in new york, so it is essentially going to force them to start to scratch, not to liquidate the holdings, southern to people who know that there is a fire sale, because he is selling them under duress, and there is a substantial Fine Associated with. This also prohibits the children, previous the two sons from Operating Business in new york again. Trump had a long series of scams behind them, should have gotten them we know already about all of the things that their chair had forbidden from Operating Charities and the state of new york. All of the children, for ten years, they cannot sit on charity boards, dick about that. But then there is trump university. There is a laundry list of that we know of. Along with the ridiculous stuff, trump mattresses, trump ties, trump water, you name it, but that is not where most of his money was tied up in. So its not a death blow to his entire business, but it is a death blow to the linchpin of his business based in new york. Its embarrassing, and i think it is the combination of decades of misty lakes that have finally caught up with him. Its obviously humiliating, but behind image, joyce, because you can always twist a story to your likeness, i want you to break down the consequences legally for donald trump. The legal consequences are severe. I think, steph, we have to acknowledge that trump will obviously appeal the judges decision here, how a three judge panel will look at it, we dont know. But this is an investigation Letitia James put together over years. It was not a flyby witch hunt like trump already suggested on social media. This was millions of pages of documents, this was talking meticulously to witnesses, and putting together this narrative about persistent pattern of fraud and under and over about the russian. The case appears to be one that are very strong, and the consequences for trump come to the forefront with damages that will be assessed and a trial that starts on monday. But the media the remedy here is that he loses the corporate licenses, the certificates that is required by new york law to file in order to do business in new york. You know, the District Attorney here had arrived to the states Attorney General here had long tentacles. She took action last year when trump tried to create a parallel Corporate Structure in delaware to bring all of the assets that the trump entities in new york under her jurisdictions so that she could not siphon anything off. Here, we have reason to believe that she will continue to be vigilant about protecting the hardfought victory that she has won tonight. I just want to remind our audience, for people who say that this is just a big business, this does not have to do with me or he is a performer, issue border, maybe an exaggerated, here is why it matters. When he is over valuings assets, he is doing, he is lying to banks and Insurance Companies to get himself better terms so that he can get bigger loans, or he lies in other instances so that he can pay less taxes. If you think it does not have anything to do with you, it does, because you dont get to do that in your personal life, in your professional life, its not an option. The irs will come knocking. I want you to talk, sam, about tish james here. She says that she is looking forward to presenting the rest of her case and charles. What is a stick up for . Well, a whole lot, obviously, reputation. Shes put her career on this case. Shes obviously being targeted with aggression by trump supporters, stand by the prosecution. Apparently political. Todays ruling by the judge was an immense victory for her. It would not go to appeal, but a notch for her. Going forward, she has doubled with Higher Office ambitions, possibly could catapult her to those types of conversations. In the interim, this is the stuff that will be hovering around the 2024 campaign and it gets at the fundamentals, elemental part of trumps biography. Remember, when he ran in 2016, it was decades of being a premier businessman with a show to boot about making money. What she is essentially doing in the case is dismantling that image, piece by piece. Now, trump has changed the image, and now his business is not real estate really, is politics. And he is turning this around on her, but one part of his biography is really being put under the microscope by her and her investigators. So far, it looked pretty well for trump. I want to stick with this notion of a premier businessman, tim, because one response from a trump spokesperson was the following. It is important to remember that the Trump Organization is an american success story. I am taking a deep breath here, pam, because a success story. If Donald John Trump just held on to the real state that he inherited from his father, he would actually be the Multi Billionaire He Claims to be. Instead, this man bankrupted his company multiple, multiple times. He guided everything, essentially everything he made in new york city. If you cannot make money running a casino, its hard to qualify yourself as a great businessman. There are few people that dont open the catcher to surge or, take the money out and see that. I also think that is charming and a little bit erratic that alleah of all peoples talking about what a great businessman he is, when she built up her own Legal Practice around him from advising small Real Estate Firms in new jersey, including a parking lot company. Hes not an absolute observer of what makes for largescale corporate successor in the United States. Donald trump as a Self Promoter is an unmitigated success. Donald trump is a marketing wizard success. Donald trump is a hands on business operator, who creates a value for shareholders or long Term Employment for thousands and thousands of employees, hes not. Donald trump is a man born on third base and spent his life telling everyone he hit a triple. Had he not been born into a wealthy family, you not have been insulated from his business and legal mistakes, and he might have been just a but no, but for the fact that fred trumps money insulated him from a financial downfall, from a financial comeuppance for decades. Joyce, you set a moment ago, trump does plan to appeal the ruling, but that is not all. He is also suing the judge. Given both of those things, this is hard one to start next week as planned . I think its likely that we will see the pieces fall into place for this trial to go forward. A delay of a few days or a week wont be significant here. What matters at this point is that the judge has entered a motion for summary judgment. That means that there are no material, factual issues in dispute for a jury to decide, so the judge has gone ahead and and third judgment that amounts to a corporate Death Penalty in the state of new york. What is left that trial is a determination on some additional issues of the Premiere Assessment of damages. That can go forward a pace. Sam, i am giving you the last question and the hardest question, because youve covered donald trump and his universe for years. The judge also sanctioned his lawyers from Making Arguments that the judge already rejected saying, are you kidding me, youre wasting your time. Each have to pay 7500 bucks. Im not saying that is a ton of money for them, but doesnt it raise the question, yet again, why would a respectable lawyer want to represent him . There is a saying that Trump Lawyers are not lawyers, and that is true. A lot of them found themselves in real dire straits, none more than perhaps rudy giuliani. Yeah, its a remarkable thing that people continue to saddle up with trump, knowing the history of being a legal representative for him. Its not just that you get sanctioned, but he has a document history of not essentially paying his legal bills. More recent lawyers demanded money in order to join to case, that was not a smart idea. Being in that universe of being a parking lot Real Estate Lawyer and being elevated to a president ial campaign spokesperson, it can draw a lot of people. But its true that a lot of people will refuse to work for him knowing they say that comes with him. That is a factoid to africa, and amazes me every time i hear. Just imagine, a trump appointed attorney, and youre asked the former president of the United States of america to represent him, and your response, sure, dude, but you have to pay me upfront. Its amazing. As long as i know you, at the end of the day. Its amazing. You have to pay cash upfront. Sam stein, tim obrien and the populace joyce vae,hank you for starting us off this evening. When we come back, a very serious conversation. What is at stake in the shutdown fight . Well do proposals from the republicans, what could become and how it could impact people all around this country. 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