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The Katie Phang Show

someone else's bad behavior as he has never denied actually making those posts and she has actually acknowledged that he is the author of his truth social posts. the timing of the violations may also be an issue at this contempt hearing. the d.a.s office included the dates and times of offending posts, some of them suggesting that trump was actually posting from inside of the courthouse while the trial was proceeding. those of you concerned about the timing of this hearing considering jury selection and opening statements on monday, new york judiciary law seven 51 states that if the contempt is committed in the immediate view and presence of the court, the defendant may be punished summarily. were not so committed, the defendant charged must be notified of the accusation and have a reasonable time to make a defense. so, to comply, judge merchan set the hearing for tuesday morning at 9:30. that will be that reasonable time for trump to make a defense. but, remember how judge merchan ordered trump to file a response by 5:00 p.m. yesterday. well, that time has come and

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The Katie Phang Show

is cross-examined if he takes the stand, with the prosecution arguing that trump's extensive legal history is all fair game as they hope to impeach his credibility. judge juan merchan is set to rule on what can be used by the d.a.s office and we will get that ruling on monday, which is also when opening statements are slated to begin. joining me now for more as former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. listen, let's talk about jury selection. i know it has been chatted over quite a bit, but i did want to ask you specifically about this angle. there are two lawyers that are on this jury. your thoughts about whether or not that was smart to seat two jurors -- let me be clear, excuse me, two lawyers on this jury. let me be clear, they are corporate lawyers, et cetera. but, your thoughts? >> first of all, it is great to be with you, katie, on this saturday. i have a very strong view about lawyers. people would come in the office and talk about the kind of jury they have ceded. when i heard there was a lawyer, or god for bid more than one lawyer on the jury, i

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The Katie Phang Show

specific. what kinds of themes will you be looking for from the prosecution and defense in their openings? >> that is an interesting question. i think we have had a preview of the theme from the prosecution, and that is the emphasis on how this is a serious and important case. you don't have to prove motive in most criminal cases. you don't have to emphasize why a case is important. why is it important to the state, to the country, to the rule of law, and to the doing of justice? i think the d.a.s office feels some obligation and need to emphasize that, which is why they don't like it being called the hush money case, they don't like it being called a simple documents case, but in fact, an election interference case. you will hear them sound over and over again, the importance of why this is significant and why the jury should care, and why this was a serious crime. >> and in terms of witnesses, we did hear from the d.a.s office at the close of business on friday, that they should be

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The Katie Phang Show

social. two days later, the d.a.s office files its first motion to hold trump in contempt for his alleged april 10th and april 13th violations. on the same day, judge merchan sets the contempt hearing for april 24th at 2:30 and orders trump to respond to the allegations by 5:00 p.m. on friday, april 19th. now, judge merchan later changes the date and time of that hearing to april 23rd at 9:30. that is this coming tuesday. but, on that same day, trump attacks michael cohen on true social and so does his official campaign website. the next day, april 16th, trump attacks michael cohen untruth social and so does the official campaign website. on april 17th, trump reposts untruth social, fox news' host jesse watters' claim about prospective jurors. on april 18th, the d.a.s office files its supplemental motion to hold trump in contempt for all of his alleged gag order violations to date. new york judiciary law section 750 states that a court of record has power to punish for criminal contempt, a person guilty of willful disobedience

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The Katie Phang Show

to its lawful mandate. and in order to prove criminal contempt, the prosecution must establish beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of a lawful order, expressing an unequivocal mandate, a violation of the order and that it was made with knowledge and is willful. according to the prosecution, trump's repeated complaints about the gag order is evidence that he is aware of that order and what it prohibits him from doing. in fact, in trump's civil fraud case, trump violated the gag order there on two different occasions. the justice held him in civil contempt and find trump in both instances. the d.a.s office says those violations are also proof that trump knows when a gag order restricts them from saying and doing certain things, that they are also proof that trump knows what happens when his public statements violate a gag order. judge merchan even made it crystal clear to trump earlier this week that the court would not tolerate his gestures and statements to jurors and the courtroom. and trump, he can't claim

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The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell

learned that he had torn down some political advertisements. they did not disclose that to the government and the government had the d.a.s office disclose it dutifully in court and that is why we became two fewer. and one of the most astonishing things was how quickly we went from two steps back to a full panel. it was just at the end of the date in rapid order. >> i thought at 11:00 this morning, like, this is another two weeks of jury selection the way this is going. >> you have to remember that this is the questioning of this pool, but once the questioning is done and you have leaned out of this cause, the people who cannot sit because the judges ultimately agreed they cannot be fair, then it is just the perimeter. you turn and say, lawrence. do you want to strike this person? adam. next.

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Alex Witt Reports

saying a lot of the things that he wanted to say that engoron wanted him to commit to not saying. he got everything he wanted, even though he only got five minutes. just as a spectator, i felt yanked around. i wonder how judge engoron felt. >> let me quickly ask you fore you go, lisa, we take a look at -- include least one more trial in new york. whh of these, if any, do you think is most likely to wrap up with a verdict before the november election? >> my money is still d.c. election subversion trial. i don't think it will go to trial on march 4th, because of the delays occasion by trump's appeal. that having been said, it is the most likely of the federal trials to go to court, and i think there's an understanding on the half of both the state d.a.s when prosecuting former president trump, but the federal trials might need to come first. we can tenuously see -- showing that she doesn't intend

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Life Liberty Levin

ity or t str state trying to cripple the government, it is wrong to say that president of united states is not pardon himself if he is charged or convicted outside of the federal legal process, that is nonsensical. if i'm wrong and the others are right, country is over. there are thousands and thousands of d.a.'s and assistant d b d.a.s and state prosecutors. remember, what is a prosecutor? a bureaucrat. i'm not talking about an elected, i am talking about jack smith is a bureaucrat, and judges for life? they are bureaucrats. you see. so when they interfere in an election, this is a big

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Morning Joe

trial date before the summer, before the november election. it's really going to set the tone for where this thing goes from here. >> going down to fulton county, georgia, ken, mark meadows has said, "i want this in federal court. i don't want to be tried by fani willis." what is your sense of his chances of that? most people say that's probably a long shot. do you think there is a shot he gets it moved out of there? >> i think there is a better chance than, say, donald trump when he tried to do the same thing in the new york case. i've been told the d.a.s could continue to prosecute in federal court. they may have to bring in prosecutors who have federal experience. they may have to file some paperwork to appear in federal court, but nothing would change about this case if he wins, except that it would be heard by a federal judge. it'd still be the state charges. it's a weird 1789 law designed to protect federal officials who are acting under the color of

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Alex Wagner Tonight

justice department and it's special counsel, jack smith, and demanded that willis turn over all documents and communications between her office and federal officials, including anything related to the use of federal funds. now we have seen republicans in congress circle their wagons around mr. trump before it happened after mr. trump was indicted in manhattan, republicans demanded testimony and records from manhattan d.a. alvin bragg's hush money investigation. the d.a.'s, the a bragg's response to all that was basically, it is not appropriate for congress to interfere with pending legal investigations. that fight escalated when mr. bragg filed a lawsuit against jim jordan to block republican demands for testimony and information from mr. bragg's office. bragg only dropped that suit after reaching a settlement agreement with congressman jim jordan. joining me now is jess mcintosh, democratic strategist and former director of communications outreach for the hillary clinton campaign and michael steele, former chair of the republican national

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