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The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell

agree to. the judge then let donald trump speak today, anyway, since it doesn't matter because there's no jury present and no one could be unduly influenced by the are irrelevant let ramblings of a 77-year-old man who doesn't know what your relevance means. we begin tonight with a report from inside that courtroom today. leading off our discussion tonight, i would like, felt senior legal correspondent for the messenger. he was in the courtroom today. also with us, andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and former chief -- a professor at nyu law school and co-host of the podcast prosecuting donald trump and msnbc legal analyst. adam, you are in the room. what did we miss by not being in the room? >> well, the glare of judge engoron looking at trump who was basically prompted to answer a simple question, do you agree to the ground rules. instead of answering the question, whether he agreed to the ground rules, he just went right into his speech. and it's worth reviewing those ground rules. the ground rules were, as you noted, lawrence, the ones that are standard, that every lawyer must abide to in closing arguments. they were keep it relevant, keep it consistent to the material facts in the evidence, don't go off on a campaign speech. don't testify. don't introduce new evidence. and he ran roughshod over every single one of those rules. trump introduced new, quote

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The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle

fraud case against him. but there was one specific point that i want to highlight. >> they drove exxon out of new york, and exxon had jobs, and taxes, and the exxon is very happy in texas. what's happening here, they're going to be moving out of new york also. >> tish drove exxon out of new york? for facts sake, exxon left new york in 1989. when tish was working at the legal aid society. and now they're gonna say this is about election interference? tish open this investigation in 2019, long before this election. all of this is nonsense, but what impact do these lies that he is pushing have on the justice system when you have a defendant just pushing these kinds of things? >> ordinarily, in a civil or criminal case, a lawyer in closing argument would be barred from making that kind of argument. the motivation or history of the prosecutor's of absolutely no relevance in deciding whether this defendant is liable for the claims that are asserted in the complaint against him, period. so to bring in all this other stuff has nothing to do with his case. and donald trump may or may not

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BBC News

condoned, praised or glorified the events of the 7th of october, both at the time and later, stand guilty of a violation of article three of the convention as being complicit in genocide —— articles three e of the convention. and against the duty to prevent their side under article one. south africa has given succour and support to hamas at the least, as has been pointed out. clearly of relevance to a discussion of the situation is the facilitation of humanitarian assistance, something that hardly fits well with accusations of genocidal intent, as my colleagues will demonstrate, israel's activities in this area need to be addressed and not swept aside as south africa seeks to do. prime amongst the rights of the

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Chris Jansing Reports

and in a twist has asked fulton prosecutors for help obtaining the material. why would they want this stuff, and how likely is it to happen? >> well, they want all the information they can get their hands on. i think it's unlikely that the court, and it was kind of discussed in december whether or not the state had an obligation to help the defense obtain evidence that's not part of the state's case. it's information they would like to have to see whether or not there's some relevance to their defense, but the state is obligated to provide information in their possession or in their possession they intend to use during the trial, and this does not appear to be part of that file. so i don't believe judge mcafe is going to compel the state to assist the defense in getting this information that's not -- that they have no authority over, nothing to compel the state department from turning over the requested files.

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CNN News Central

>> i don't think that's likely at all. here's why. the judge and donald trump's team, we have now learned, have been in a back and forth over the last several days and weeks negotiating this. and the deadline the judge gave donald trump to accept the terms has already passed. i think if they try to pull a surprise and have donald trump stand up, i think the judge is going to say absolutely not. you missed your deadline. i think this is a really important point. you're not allowed to stand up and say whatever you want in court, whether you're a party or a lawyer or some hybrid of those things. no matter who speaks in court, you're constrained by the rules of evidence, by the rules of relevance. i think the judge was absolutely well within his rights to say you're not allowed to get up here and speak about irrelevant issues, to attack people, and we have seen some of the consequences of that playing out in real time. i think the judge was well within his rights to put these conditions, not even conditions, just the rules of the court, on what donald trump can and cannot say, and i think the judge will say you missed your chance. i gave you until noon yesterday and you missed it.

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Jose Diaz-Balart Reports

as long as trump's attorneys meet certain conditions. he's already been found liable of fraud, so the court will really be deciding how big of a penalty, he, his family, his company will face. back with us now is former u.s. attorney barbara mcquade. trump's attorneys have to meet certain conditions on the scope and the timing and what is considered permissible for the closing argument. just how unusual and controversial is this idea of trump delivering at least part of his own closing? >> it is an incredibly bad idea. i think in most cases people would consider this tantamount to legal malpractice to allow their client untrained in the law to get up during closing argument. there is a time and place for witness to testify, and that's -- trump can deliver his own remarks from the courthouse steps afterwards. but in closing argument, there are relevance considerations to talk about. there are things within the parameters of the law to talk about. and there is a risk that anything you say in court can be

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BBC News

cleared for a couple of hours but for years and years at your life and your finances, for years and years at your life and yourfinances, your for years and years at your life and your finances, your reputation for years and years at your life and yourfinances, your reputation is ruined. that�s the universal dimension to this story. the particular reason why is resonated here in the uk is because it chimes with a sort of mood of disquiet in this country. a sort of sense that things aren�t quite right, things haven�t been working properly for some years, whether that�s government, large companies and i�m not saying these sentiments are necessarily fair. but i think why it resonates and this particular story solidifies it all, that idea of the little guy, the poor person up against an unsympathetic system that just doesn�t work. and crushes them and take years and years. i think that�*s the international and national relevance. that's the international and national relevance.- that's the international and national relevance. , national relevance. yes, the weight ofthe national relevance. yes, the weight of the state — national relevance. yes, the weight of the state working _ national relevance. yes, the weight of the state working against - national relevance. yes, the weight of the state working against them, | of the state working against them, that was the phrase the labour mp was campaigned for many years, kevin jones told me early a short while

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The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer

trump's arguments that he's's a victim and being muled? >> he's going to make that argument anyway. he made this request, no doubt, knowing that he probably will be denied. it's a highly unusual thing for a party, who is represented by counsel, to act on his own behalf to give -- to cross-examine a witness, or in this case to give a closing argument. all the judge did here was say, okay, i'll let you do it, but you have to obey the rules that lawyers have to follow when they're making closing arguments. you can't testify when you're giving a closing argument. you have to make -- you have to tell the truth. that's something donald trump isn't capable of doing, and you have to adhere to the general rules that govern trial proceedings, including relevance, and you can't make personal attacks. basically that had be, i'm sure, 80% or 90% of what trump would

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The ReidOut

going to land you the unfortunate fate of having to deal with elise stefanik's nonsense. why is elise stefanik? >> you know, you just look at someone like her and you shake your head because she is the quintessential example of someone who is willing to sell every last ounce of their soul for political power and relevance. she is now becoming the kellyanne conway of this election cycle for donald trump. she will say and do anything in order to maintain that proximity to power because she's never been more relevant in her entire life than she is now as she's preening and begging to be donald trump's environment. that's the bottom line. the fact she would go out and say things that are so blatantly false and the level of propaganda, i called her baghdad bob level, baghdad bob level and lipstick level propaganda. what she repeated on "meet the press" is so beyond the pale that it's disgusting.

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The Rachel Maddow Show

bolsonaro has faded into political relevance. six months after he left office last year, electoral officials barred him from running again until 2030. and many right-wing leaders have shunned him. why have there been such contrasting reactions to such similar threats? researchers and analysts point to a multitude of reasons, including the country's different political systems, media landscapes, national histories, and judicial responses. but one difference especially stands out, steven levitsky, a harvard professor, coauthored a book of how democracies a dime, studied both resilient and american democracies, says that leaders on brazil's right, quote, publicly, clearly, and unambiguously accepted the results of the election and did exactly what the democrat politicians are supposed to do. he says that is strikingly different from how republicans responded in the united states. united states

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