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Trump on Trial New York v. Donald Trump

it's only a week ago. hard to believe. giving us what you thought were the key impressions. what's your big takeaway here today, lisa? >> there's a bunch of them. chris, sue and i were sitting here listening to rachel talk with you about her impressions. it want to underscore a couple things she said. first of all, the prosecution's opening statement was, as she said, tight, scripted, chronological, methodical in its narrative. the defense was sort of anything but, a bunch of themes tied together very loosely, not presented in any particular order. part of that is to be expected. as the defense you're looking to rebut some of what you've heard from the prosecution. it also speaks to the particular experiences of the lawyers involved. todd blanche who represents former president trump sheer a career former prosecutor. he spent nine years in the southern district of new york at the u.s. attorney's office, the federal prosecution here in

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The Rachel Maddow Show

with federal crimes. and then, michael cohen struck a plea deal with federal prosecutors with the u.s. attorney's office in the southern district of new york. he pled guilty to campaign finance violations and other charges. he admitted that he had arranged this payment to ms. daniels and to another woman who said she had a nine month long affair with trump. he said he arranged these payments, he coordinated to make sure these women would get paid. to stay quiet about their allegations of infidelity. in order to help trump's presidential campaign. now, when michael cohen pled guilty, president trump responded by calling him a rat. that's nice. when michael cohen pled guilty, he admitted that he hadn't paid out this hush money of his own accord out of the goodness of his heart. he admitted in court filings, he swore in person, in federal court he had been directed to

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The Rachel Maddow Show

should bring charges against a democratic lawyer who should be. decided not only had the counsel not done anything to warrant being prosecuted, he actually hadn't done anything at all. he was innocent of what he was accused of. jeff berman had not resigned and he said so. he refused to go. and he did that in part because he had seen what he had done in another u.s. attorney's office. it was in the dc u.s. attorney's office that the schemes went even further. bar and the dc u.s. attorney's office had succeeded in ousting the u.s. attorney there.

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The Rachel Maddow Show

and instead, installing his own people. that u.s. attorney's office in dc then immediately moved to drop the charges and undue the guilty plea from trump national security adviser mike flynn. they moved the recommended sentence from roger stone who had been convicted of multiple felonies. they also folded to the pressure to bring charges against obama's white house counsel. that case was so palpablely weak, the jury voted to acquit in less than five hours. that very rarely happens to federal prosecutors but it happened there because there was no case. because trump insisted that the prosecution be brought forward. one u.s. attorney's office looked into it and said are you kidding? there's nothing here. the other one went ahead and did it. because that's what trump demanded. even though there was no case. jeffrey berman saw what had happened in the dc u.s.

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The Beat With Ari Melber

why? because he had that period of time and he would say this is the version of the story before the story changed again? >> he is able to give michael cohen's nonpublic story at the time, when he had the post motivation to poin the finger at donald trump, michael cohen signed a complete privilege waiver so he didn't release anything privileged and said this is the information that when the southern district of new york was investigating this case, they interviewed michael cohen, then they interviewed bob costello and they had michael cohen sign a privilege waiver and then based on the information that bob costello gave them, that is why the u.s. attorney's office decided not to bring this case because they knew they couldn't rely on the word of michael cohen. so even though -- >> well i have to jump in on this -- >> the determination is admissible, but the information is. >> and i would jump in, whether or not cohen waived that for the

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FOX Friends First

nikki haley is running. we don't need another mouthy politician who tells you what she thinks you want to hear to get your vote and get into office and do her donor bidding. she was in another state and said people of iowa votes needed to be corrected. >> brooke: haley and desantis spent most time fighting one another. they found common ground calling out president biden on ev plsz. >> day one, we take biden's green new deal and tear it up and throw in the trash can. he wants to mandate electric vehicles, car companies will go bankrupt, it will hurt liquid fuel. you will have rolling blackouts if they kneecap production in this company. to have everybody drive an electric car, that is not even smart.

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FOX Friends First

he should be prosecuted. >> todd: problematic exchange with hunter with hillary vaughn. >> why did you put your dad on speaker phone with your business partners if he had noinvolvement in your business? >> do you have a dad, does he call you? do you answer the phone? >> yes, why did you need to talk to him during business meetings if he had nothing to do with your business? >> todd: how many admission to the contrary is what you saw on the screen? >> i mean issue obviously hunter biden did include his dad in business dealings to impress his clients and make himself look connected. that is his business, with his father being in office. he is facing serious tax charges, appearing as soon as

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FOX Friends First

today and gun charges. contempt of congress or other case that is a misdemeanor is least of his worries and why his lawyer is willing to do this spectacle to score cheap political points. >> todd: throughout history, tax charges get alleged people in jail. looking at you, al capone. how worried should hunter biden be that he will land behind bars above all else? >> these have always been most serious charges, surprised they had the courage to bring them. this is the u.s. attorney's office in los angeles was initially believed to have blocked it. that being said, we need to look at the two most serious tax years that have expired and that is something a u.s. attorney

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Fox News at Night

and b while why at the national security issue, public safety issue. here's someone who h should not have been here, should have been deported, but should have been prosecuted by the u.s. attorney's office for unlawfully entering for a fourth time. he should have done state prison time in colorado followed by federal prison. i'm shocked as to why that didn't happen. >> trace: your not the only one. a lot of people are shocked about this. what is more shocking is that bloomberg wrote the following year. "san francisco beefed up its efforts this month to reverse the slide of police officers by lifting the starting pay for officers with zero experience to $112,000 plus a year. the highest rookie cops and big u.s. cities nearly double the level he new york city and more than what many u.s. secret service agents make." i mean, how in the world do you get more police? you can't even buy them off anymore. >> the sad thing is all the efforts of politicians dehumanize, discredit

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The Faulkner Focus

on thursday to answer for nine tax charges, three of them are felonies. harris. >> harris: thank you very much. focus now criminal defense attorney and former assistant district attorney phil holloway. happy new year, good to see you. first of all, should there be any concerns of a conflict of interest between the attorney general -- u.s. attorney's office matthew graves who was appointed by joe biden? >> great to be with you, happy new year to you as well. when we were-in-law school we learned a legal doctrine said what's good for the goose is good for the gander. in this particular case if the u.s. attorney can prosecute in criminal court people that are associated with joe biden's chief political opponent, then certainly if he is going to maintain any credibility he has no option in my view but to prosecute hunter biden in the like fashion. look, what hunter did was

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