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Joining us, msnbcs Yasmin Vossoughian outside the courthouse. Temidayo agangawilliams, a former prosecuor and Defense Attorney caroline pull lisi. Yasmin, Jury Instrekss under way right now. Whats going on . Jury instructions under way ahead of Opening Statements, jose and ana. 45 minutes for the prosecution, 25 minutes for the defense. Theyre doing that because theres going to be a lot of details, much of a timeline, a lot of dates and they dont want to overwhelm the jury in the Opening Statements process. Judgments made from the bench that i want to talk about with you quickly, first, when it comes to the evidence if, in fact, the former president decides to testify, judge juan merchan is allowi ....
Good afternoon, so good to be with you. Im jose diazbalart in for katy tur. This is just the beginning. It has been a historic day inside the manhattan courthouse. Both sides completed their Opening Statements in Donald Trumps criminal Hush Money Trial. The prosecution, Zeroing In OnDonald Trumps alleged attempts to interfere with the 2016 election saying they have receipts that prove the former president , quote, covered up a criminal experience by lying in his new York Business records over and over and over again. Now, the defense meanwhile says that former president simply didnt do anything wrong. Quote, theres nothing wrong with trying to influence ....
The United States, donald trump. The prosecutions main message that donald trump and his allies were involved in a criminal conspiracy and cover up. Cnns paula reid is outside the courthouse paula, how did the prosecution and the defense leg out their cases today before the jury . Well dig we heard doing interpretations of events roughly eight years ago. Prosecutors said, look, this is Election Interference, plain and simple they alleged that these payments to Stormy Daniels were part of a conspiracy to influence the 2016 election then they walked through stepbystep, how they allege trump cohen and then publisher the National Enquirer, david worked to suppress negative stories. And then in the Opening S ....