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alvin bragg then took all of that evidence and then built upon it to bring this case. >> does alvin bragg have a theory on why prosecutors never brought this case. >> i don't know what his theory is, our sense is that they couldn't prosecute trump while he was president, because you can't do that on doj policy and then michael cohen would be the main witness but federal prosecutors did not want to rely on him because he's been convicted of several crimes an not told the truth and that is something that trump lawyers will attack cohen for. bragg was willing to take the chance on michael cohen being his chief witness, but i don't think the feds wanted to do that. >> when history is written, i think michael cohen as a witness is something that bragg seemed to take into account as he built his case and he saw it in the witnesses coming in and out for many, many, many months. you could talk about the -- what the last sort of year and a half has been like for alvin bragg? >> i think that ever since he filed these charges, if you want to start there, but frankly we could start a year before when
alvin bragg then took all of that evidence and then built upon it to bring this case. >> does alvin bragg have a theory on why prosecutors never brought this case. >> i don't know what his theory is, our sense is that they couldn't prosecute trump while he was president, because you can't do that on doj policy and then michael cohen would be the main witness but federal prosecutors did not want to rely on him because he's been convicted of several crimes an not told the truth and...
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after a flurry of new filings at the end of the day from alvin bragg asking judge merchan to expand the gag order and donald trump defense lawyers filing their objection to expanding the gag order laming that donald trump did nothing wrong this weekend and attacking judge merchan's daughter. he granted the request to expand the gag order which now forbids donald trump from commenting on the judges family or the district attorney's family. their families were not previously covered by the gag order. the judge also warned donald trump, as requested by the district attorney, that if he continues to disrupt the case, donald trump will lose his legal right as a defendant to even know the names of his jurors in the case. the first line of alvin bragg's filing in the case tonight says, quote, defendants dangerous, violent and rhetoric fundamentally threatens the integrity of these proceedings and is intended to intimidate witnesses and drop participants alike, including this court. the district attorney is asking the judge to clarify or confirm his previous gag order on donald trump. it protec
after a flurry of new filings at the end of the day from alvin bragg asking judge merchan to expand the gag order and donald trump defense lawyers filing their objection to expanding the gag order laming that donald trump did nothing wrong this weekend and attacking judge merchan's daughter. he granted the request to expand the gag order which now forbids donald trump from commenting on the judges family or the district attorney's family. their families were not previously covered by the gag...
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alvin bragg, a coauthor of this new article from the new york times, next. t. students... students of any age, from anywhere. using our technology to power different ways of learning. so when minds grow, opportunities follow. ♪ (vo) verizon small business days are coming. so when minds grow, april 22nd to the 28th. get a free tech check. and special offers and deals. don't miss out. partner with our experts today. all of the things that you're looking for in a pad, that is always discreet. look at how it absorbs all the liquid. oh my gosh! and locking it right on in. look at that! totally absorbed. i got to get some always discreet. >>> monday, the first criminal trial american present is underway in new york and the first prosecutor to file the charges is about to become a household name. a new article on the new york times magazine profiles manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. starting next week he will try to convince a jury that donald trump attempted to defraud voters and the government when he made a hush money payment to a former adult film star. dreading that
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if i was working with alvin bragg, tomorrow morning i would argue that this is conduct covered by the gag order which included statements directed at jurors or potential jurors. when you make disparaging comments about people in the jury pool, that is covered by the gag order. for the reasons you say, preserving the integrity of the process and public confidence in the process and the jurors themselves. if people get wind of who they are and believe they said things that are false to harm trump, they can find themselves harassed or attacked. if i was in alvin bragg's shoes i would be aggressive in jumping on this tomorrow. >> the washington post has a extraordinary peace out that is describing the trial as a symbol of trumps complete break with new york city. the place where he built his name. i was thinking about it last night walking past trump tower, you think new york city in the 80s, trump in a limo. this trial areas that image. >> i have written about this for a long time. i always thought if there is one kind of rosebud to understanding trumps psychology, it is his new york roo
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amy, let's talk about alvin bragg. talk to me about what you think he brought this case after first deciding not to. that's become an issue, certainly in the opening statement today. what kind of a prosecutor is he? what can you tell us about the man that we don't know who is in charge of the first trial of a former president in american history? >> look, alvin is a lifelong prosecutor who has over and over again brought cases rooted in the very same themes and issues on display here. while this might be a case against a former president and certainly a high-profile one at that, it's very much aligned with the storts of cases he's brought throughout his career, including when we worked in the attorney general's office together. alvin bragg, matthew colangelo who is part of the defense team, gave an fantastic opening statement, directly oversaw the case we brought against the trump foundation, the ways in which donald trump over and over and over again exploited and broke the law in order to further his own interests, h
amy, let's talk about alvin bragg. talk to me about what you think he brought this case after first deciding not to. that's become an issue, certainly in the opening statement today. what kind of a prosecutor is he? what can you tell us about the man that we don't know who is in charge of the first trial of a former president in american history? >> look, alvin is a lifelong prosecutor who has over and over again brought cases rooted in the very same themes and issues on display here....
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kim barker, "how alvin bragg hitched his fate to trump." i want to bring back vaughn hillyard at the courthouse. what's happening right now as it comes to the inside the courtroom preparation for jury selection to begin? >> reporter: we're not at jury selection yet. there's a name that has been currently discussed over the last ten minutes inside the courtroom between prosecutors, donald trump's defense attorney todd blanche. that name we will continue to come back to is david pecker, the former ceo of american media, which is the parent company of the "national enquirer." what the back and forth was over was over the prosecution's questions about potential evidence they could bring before a jury. in that evidence, it ties directly back to david pecker. in the august 2015 meeting at trump tower between michael cohen, david pecker and donald trump over the potential plan to not only have catch-and-kill stories to help benefit donald trump and his political campaign, but also they were pointing to evidence that the prosecution wanted to prese
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alvin bragg in a manhattan court. days later, he was arraigned. >> our yasmin vossoughian with that reporting. thanks. back with us now, paul butler, and joining us someone you just saw in that piece, "new york times" investigative reporter suzanne craig. welcome, suzanne. paul, let me start with you and your legal expertise. we just went through the key players in this case. we mentioned some of the witnesses that could be called by the prosecution. who could have the biggest impact? >> i think hope hicks could be a star witness as she was involved in calls with michael cohen and donald trump and ami. she doesn't have michael cohen's baggage. it's just the opposite. she was team trump all the way during the period that's the subject of this indictment, so that makes her especially credible, and she will be able to connect the hush money payments to trump's presidential ambitions. >> hope hicks, ronna graph, michael cohen, serious trump insiders or former insiders in the case of michael cohen, suzanne. what's your sen
alvin bragg in a manhattan court. days later, he was arraigned. >> our yasmin vossoughian with that reporting. thanks. back with us now, paul butler, and joining us someone you just saw in that piece, "new york times" investigative reporter suzanne craig. welcome, suzanne. paul, let me start with you and your legal expertise. we just went through the key players in this case. we mentioned some of the witnesses that could be called by the prosecution. who could have the biggest...
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and alvin bragg after that book came out charged the case. and so i think the pressure points, yeah, there were interpersonal issues, probably. it seems like just in reading mark pomeranz book, he's got a lot of digs along the way, but none of that is relevant evidence for the trial. that i agree with you is what they are looking for, freedling. >> you talk about the jury. jury questionnaires went out today. there are no questions about, you know, whether, you know, who people voted for in the 2020 election, but there are questions about news media consumption. yes, msnbc is on the questionnaire, and whether or not they consider themselves supporters of or consider themselves members of the qanon movement or antifa. how unusual are these questions in the grand scheme of things, and do you feel it's sufficient evidence to find out what channel someone watches and gives an accurate window into their political leanings? >> those questions are pretty standard in any criminal trial. any trial i had we asked those kind of questions. these are inter
and alvin bragg after that book came out charged the case. and so i think the pressure points, yeah, there were interpersonal issues, probably. it seems like just in reading mark pomeranz book, he's got a lot of digs along the way, but none of that is relevant evidence for the trial. that i agree with you is what they are looking for, freedling. >> you talk about the jury. jury questionnaires went out today. there are no questions about, you know, whether, you know, who people voted for...
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he was a congressman and has worked with alvin bragg and todd blanche. we will get his reaction today one of donald trump's first criminal trial after a short break. >>> as donald trump's first criminal trial began today in new york city i couldn't help but think about the split screen the country is watching play out in real time. on the left you have donald trump, the former commander in chief sitting on the defense side of the manhattan courtroom. on the right, you have the current commander in chief, print -- president biden. over the next six weeks the contrast will be stark. we don't know how americans will digested but it will be quite a difference between a guy in the courtroom and the guy governing the country. joining me now is democratic congressman dan goldman of new york. he was an assistant u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york and a former colleague of district attorney alvin bragg and donald trump defense attorney todd blanche. it was quite a dinner party to attend. let me start congressman. one of the things that shopping to
he was a congressman and has worked with alvin bragg and todd blanche. we will get his reaction today one of donald trump's first criminal trial after a short break. >>> as donald trump's first criminal trial began today in new york city i couldn't help but think about the split screen the country is watching play out in real time. on the left you have donald trump, the former commander in chief sitting on the defense side of the manhattan courtroom. on the right, you have the current...
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alvin bragg in the manhattan court days later, he was arraigned. >> now you know the players, looking to break down what we can expect, my legal panel join me next with their thoughts on how this high-stakes trial could actually play out. we will be right back. back. we all need fiber for our digestive health, but less than 10% of us get enough each day. good thing metamucil gummies are an easy way to get prebiotic, plant-based fiber. with the same amount of fiber as 2 cups of broccoli. metamucil gummies the easy way to get your daily fiber. business. metamucil gummies it's not a nine-to-five proposition. it's all day and into the night. it's all the things that keep this world turning. the go-tos that keep us going. the places we cheer. and check in. they all choose the advanced network solutions and round the clock partnership from comcast business. see why comcast business powers more small businesses than anyone else. get started for $49.99 a month plus ask how to get up to an $800 prepaid card. don't wait- call today. >>> the wall street journal's headline summed it up, trump tri
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this is a case that nobody wanted to bring including alvin bragg. it was just at the last minute that he decided to go. it's a case that you're looking back, it goes back many, many years. 2015. maybe before that. and it's a case as to bookkeeping, which is a very minor thing in terms of the law. in terms of all the violent crime going on outside as we speak. right outside as we speak. but this is a case where we paid a lawyer, it's a lawyer. and they call it a legal expense. that's the exact term they used. legal expense. in the books. and another thing that wasn't even said was we never even deducted it as a tax deduction. we never even counted as a tax deduction, but the payment to a lawyer, a legal expense in the books. they didn't call it instruction. they didn't say you're building a building. they call it a payment to lawyer because as you know, cohen is lawyer. represented a lot of people over the years. i'm not the only one. and wasn't very good in a lot of ways in terms of his representation, but he represented a lot of people. but he puts
this is a case that nobody wanted to bring including alvin bragg. it was just at the last minute that he decided to go. it's a case that you're looking back, it goes back many, many years. 2015. maybe before that. and it's a case as to bookkeeping, which is a very minor thing in terms of the law. in terms of all the violent crime going on outside as we speak. right outside as we speak. but this is a case where we paid a lawyer, it's a lawyer. and they call it a legal expense. that's the exact...
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alvin bragg. he also blasted, quote, rad cat left democrats who he says are forcing me to sit in courthouses and spend money that could be used for campaigning. his team is doubling down on efforts to use the trial as a fund-raising opportunity. the trump campaign website today reminding supporters that he's in court right now and making an explicit request. before i step out of the courtroom, i'm calling on 1 million maga patriots to chip in. i want to bring in michael steele, msnbc political analyst. nbc's vaughn hillyard, and catherine christian are back with us. vaughn, let's talk about what's happening in court and maybe how it feeds donald trump's fund-raising. >> reporter: in just the last few moments, judge merchan, upon returning from the lunch break, he's made it clear that he's not making the determination on whether donald trump violated the gag order. just before they went into their lunch break this afternoon, the prosecution presented to the judge three specific social media posts b
alvin bragg. he also blasted, quote, rad cat left democrats who he says are forcing me to sit in courthouses and spend money that could be used for campaigning. his team is doubling down on efforts to use the trial as a fund-raising opportunity. the trump campaign website today reminding supporters that he's in court right now and making an explicit request. before i step out of the courtroom, i'm calling on 1 million maga patriots to chip in. i want to bring in michael steele, msnbc political...
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he did that 34 times koorm to alvin bragg. that's a misdemeanor, but gets bumped up to a felony if the purpose of these false business records was to try to commit another crime. alvin bragg says those other crimes were state and federal campaign violations. and also new york tax laws. what does that mean? it means alvin bragg has to prove that this was all about the campaign. and that's what this witness helped do today. so mr. davidson was the lawyer for both stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. he testified that all of this was about the campaign. it wasn't contrary to what trump wants the jurors to think, about keeping this information from melania. it wasn't about protecting his family. he has text messages and emails to prove it. so ultimately, michael cohen is going to come and say the same thing. what bragg is hoping is that michael cohen will be the kind of most anticlimactic star witness in history because everything that cohen says, alvin bragg wants the jurors to have heard before from other witnesses. >> and it's al
he did that 34 times koorm to alvin bragg. that's a misdemeanor, but gets bumped up to a felony if the purpose of these false business records was to try to commit another crime. alvin bragg says those other crimes were state and federal campaign violations. and also new york tax laws. what does that mean? it means alvin bragg has to prove that this was all about the campaign. and that's what this witness helped do today. so mr. davidson was the lawyer for both stormy daniels and karen...
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alvin bragg. these are not actors. they do the boring things that make the rule of law grind. i was walking around new york, i didn't run into a single new yorker going about their lives that had any idea this was happening. one of the most remarkable things at 7:00 in the east, i don't think anything really happened. donald trump, day one, lots more news cycles, more twists and turns but on the first day, the earth still stands. >> yeah. earth one. >> earth one. that's right. >> coffee mug coming, potentially. >> right. >> really interesting points. our special coverage continues plus jen psaki, plus rachel at 9:00, plus lawrence. we'll be right back. 9:00, plus lawrence. we'll be right back. i told myself i was ok with my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. with my psoriatic arthritis symptoms. but just ok isn't ok. and i was done settling. if you still have symptoms after a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq is different and may help. rinvoq is a once-daily pill that can ra
alvin bragg. these are not actors. they do the boring things that make the rule of law grind. i was walking around new york, i didn't run into a single new yorker going about their lives that had any idea this was happening. one of the most remarkable things at 7:00 in the east, i don't think anything really happened. donald trump, day one, lots more news cycles, more twists and turns but on the first day, the earth still stands. >> yeah. earth one. >> earth one. that's right....
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alvin bragg. even trump's lawyer at the time called that post in advised, and it was deleted after millions of people saw it. with that, let's get to our panel tonight. caleb gardner is here, christie greenberg, former federal prosecutor, and former deputy chief of the seventh district of new york's criminal decision, now she is an msnbc legal analyst and george conway, contributing writer at the atlantic. he posted the $175 million bond in the fraud case, a couple of days to spare. this is the reduced amount. supposedly he couldn't post the 464, but now he's got it. what's your reaction? >> it's good. that's a good thing. i think a lot of people reacted negatively to the reaction of the bond, but i think that's based on the misapprehension of what an appellate bond is. the purpose of an appellate bond is to protect the judgment holder, the person who won the judgment in the court below. if there had been no bond because it was simply too large to post, the state of new york would have had no prot
alvin bragg. even trump's lawyer at the time called that post in advised, and it was deleted after millions of people saw it. with that, let's get to our panel tonight. caleb gardner is here, christie greenberg, former federal prosecutor, and former deputy chief of the seventh district of new york's criminal decision, now she is an msnbc legal analyst and george conway, contributing writer at the atlantic. he posted the $175 million bond in the fraud case, a couple of days to spare. this is the...
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and district attorney alvin bragg revealed his plan to cross examine trump. if the former president decides that he does want to testify. that list includes his half a billion civil fraud judgment and the civil verdicts finding him liable for defamation and sexual abuse of writer e. jean carroll. the judge will decide exactly what the jury will be allowed to hear. >> basically go through the judge rules on what things the defendant can be cross examined on, prior offenses, prior litigation, prior stuff that goes to the defendant's credibility. he is not going to like listening to all that. >> meanwhile, trump's republican allies in congress suffered a major blow this afternoon. house gop's impeachment of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas died in the senate. and things are not looking great for speaker mike johnson who just a few days ago was huddling up with trump at mar-a- lago. but now, he risks losing his job. johnson has outraged the far right again by pushing separate bills to help ukraine, israel, and taiwan. the aid package has a $5 billio
and district attorney alvin bragg revealed his plan to cross examine trump. if the former president decides that he does want to testify. that list includes his half a billion civil fraud judgment and the civil verdicts finding him liable for defamation and sexual abuse of writer e. jean carroll. the judge will decide exactly what the jury will be allowed to hear. >> basically go through the judge rules on what things the defendant can be cross examined on, prior offenses, prior...
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alvin bragg beat him in the criminal conviction of the trump organization. the new york attorney general took down his fake university and his fake charity. so, monday, april 5th, 2024, will be the worst day of trump's public life because it is the first time he is personally being brought to judgment in a criminal court. >> barbara, i am taking my glasses off and having some lawyer talk. we are all former trial attorneys and prosecutors. let's talk inside baseball. we've all tried cases before and cases that i've had somewhat of a very public atmosphere or press cases, if you will. that's what we call them. donald trump has a ridiculous, almost super bowl public platform with respect to the amount the people he can reach and the narrative he can sell. if you are trying this case as the prosecutor, how do you keep the public environment, the circus-like atmosphere, from interfering with how you go about doing your work. >> it's an important point. i remember being a prosecutor and cases that were getting a lot of press attention and one of the things we said
alvin bragg beat him in the criminal conviction of the trump organization. the new york attorney general took down his fake university and his fake charity. so, monday, april 5th, 2024, will be the worst day of trump's public life because it is the first time he is personally being brought to judgment in a criminal court. >> barbara, i am taking my glasses off and having some lawyer talk. we are all former trial attorneys and prosecutors. let's talk inside baseball. we've all tried cases...
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against manhattan da alvin bragg he says should be more focussed on crime in the city. >> alvin bragg does nothing. he goes after guys like donald trump who did nothing wrong. violent, criminal murders, hundreds of murtders all over the city, they know who they are and they don't pick them up. they go after trump. >> okay. let's forget for the moment that major crime -- the facts that major crime in new york city has actually gone down this year. incessant attacks from bragg and trump and the right have been a way to expand their reach to attack other progressive prosecutors. >> he's one of maybe a dozen or more across the country that get elected on an ideological agenda, usually with funding from people like george soros. >> they weaponized the d.a.'s office there, as they have other soros' funded d.a.'s offices around the country. >>> joining me is joyce vance and rashad robinson. thank you both for being here. i want to go to you first, rashad. the day that donald trump's jury selection began in his trial, election interference trial, he floated this memo that named george soros a
against manhattan da alvin bragg he says should be more focussed on crime in the city. >> alvin bragg does nothing. he goes after guys like donald trump who did nothing wrong. violent, criminal murders, hundreds of murtders all over the city, they know who they are and they don't pick them up. they go after trump. >> okay. let's forget for the moment that major crime -- the facts that major crime in new york city has actually gone down this year. incessant attacks from bragg and...
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and now alvin bragg after that book came out, charge the case. so, you know i think the pressure points, yeah, where their interpersonal issues, probably, it seems like in just reading his book he's got a lot of digs at alvin bragg along the way but none of that is relevant evidence for the trial and i don't think any of that will be coming up but i agree with you, that is what they are looking for. >> needling. you talked about the jury, jury questionnaires went out today. there are no questions about you know, whether who people voted for in the 2020 election but there is questions about news media consumption and whether or not they consider themselves members of qanon or antifa. how unusual are these questions and do you feel like it's sufficient evidence to find out what channels someone watches and whether or not that gives an accurate window into things? >> those questions about where you consume your news media are pretty standard. any trial i had, we asked those kind of questions. these are interesting because it's do you also follow tru
and now alvin bragg after that book came out, charge the case. so, you know i think the pressure points, yeah, where their interpersonal issues, probably, it seems like in just reading his book he's got a lot of digs at alvin bragg along the way but none of that is relevant evidence for the trial and i don't think any of that will be coming up but i agree with you, that is what they are looking for. >> needling. you talked about the jury, jury questionnaires went out today. there are no...
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bragg is sworn in with speculation over whether he will pursue charges. on april 7th, 2022, he releases a statement saying in part the investigation continues. in august of 2022, allen weisselberg pleas guilty and agrees to testify against the trump organization. four months later, the trump organization is convicted, found guilty of tax fraud and eventually alvin bragg calls a new grand jury. >> we finally got answers on the political, financial, legal, moral, public corruption scandal. >> reporter: and in march of 2023, trump posts on true social of an imminent arrest. and while the arrest on that day did not happen, on march 30th, 2023, mr. trump was indicted on 34 counts. days later in a manhattan courthouse, he was arraigned. he's pled not guilty. >> charging a former president of the united states for the first time in history. on a basis that every single pundit and legal analyst said there is no case. there's no case. >> donald trump's got to be in court every single day. it's supposed to take four to six weeks. you take a look at this witness lis
bragg is sworn in with speculation over whether he will pursue charges. on april 7th, 2022, he releases a statement saying in part the investigation continues. in august of 2022, allen weisselberg pleas guilty and agrees to testify against the trump organization. four months later, the trump organization is convicted, found guilty of tax fraud and eventually alvin bragg calls a new grand jury. >> we finally got answers on the political, financial, legal, moral, public corruption scandal....
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>> if it wasn't, i sure you and your listeners alvin bragg and his team of prosecutors would never have brought this case. >> you think we will be surprised by some of the corroborating evidence? >> i do. >> back with me are melissa and john. let's tackle the latest news of the day, trump saying seemingly defended lee that he would testify. can you paint a picture of the disaster that would be for him. >> it's unorthodox for any criminal defendant to take the stand in his or her own defense because again, any criminal trial, the burden is on the government to prove the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. any kind of doubt can be room for a jury to acquit, so the defendant doesn't have to do anything. the burdens on the prosecution so giving the prosecution an opportunity to poke holes in your story and to shore up their own story, disastrous. most lawyers would tell their clients know, do not do this. but again, most lawyers don't have donald trump as a client and as michael said, this has got to be nerve-racking for the defense team because this is a man who consistently shows
>> if it wasn't, i sure you and your listeners alvin bragg and his team of prosecutors would never have brought this case. >> you think we will be surprised by some of the corroborating evidence? >> i do. >> back with me are melissa and john. let's tackle the latest news of the day, trump saying seemingly defended lee that he would testify. can you paint a picture of the disaster that would be for him. >> it's unorthodox for any criminal defendant to take the stand...
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alvin bragg insists his case isn't about business records. his case is also about election interference. so he's saying that the reason that all of these payments were made to trump's people who trump had relations with and in some cases, people who made false claims about trump, it wasn't because trump was concerned about melania, which is his defense. he didn't want his family members to be embarrassed, this was all about the campaign. it was about the 2016 campaign. so, again, bragg has a good point when he says this is as much about election interference as what's going on in washington, d.c. >> and it is striking here, katy and chris, that for whatever reasons, you rarely see a defendant in court without any member of the family, not the sons, not the daughter, either of the daughters. you know, nobody, and clearly not melania. obviously there are a lot of reasons why that would be the choice, but from watching, at least reading this google doc, he is really very much alone there. that's what the jury is saying, right? >> we could end up
alvin bragg insists his case isn't about business records. his case is also about election interference. so he's saying that the reason that all of these payments were made to trump's people who trump had relations with and in some cases, people who made false claims about trump, it wasn't because trump was concerned about melania, which is his defense. he didn't want his family members to be embarrassed, this was all about the campaign. it was about the 2016 campaign. so, again, bragg has a...
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which alvin bragg -- and there's been criticism as well for alvin bragg. the case presented to the jurors will be a documents case. >> reporter: there was a major victory with respect to michael cohen, which is what he's allowed to say about the prior criminal prosecution form the trump folks wanted to be able to to have him time about the other crime he pled guilty to, notably pleading to lying before congress they said they had no question of questions the conviction of the campaign violation. not only does he have to talk about the underlying facts of hundred campaign violation, which as you know, dove tails with the facts that will be alleged for this case, but more importantly they said michael cohen needs to tell the jury here that they pled guilty, so that they understand as a cooperator, there was a period of time that michael cohen might have disavowed what he did for donald trump, but no longer. allen, there seen to be some -- he's not a good poker player. it appears there's plenty to complain about. and, a big loss, when you look it "access holl
which alvin bragg -- and there's been criticism as well for alvin bragg. the case presented to the jurors will be a documents case. >> reporter: there was a major victory with respect to michael cohen, which is what he's allowed to say about the prior criminal prosecution form the trump folks wanted to be able to to have him time about the other crime he pled guilty to, notably pleading to lying before congress they said they had no question of questions the conviction of the campaign...
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alvin bragg in a manhattan court. days later he was arraigned. yasmin vossoughian, nbc news. >> joining us now, nbc news senior correspondent garrett haake, good to have you. two days left, how is donald trump handling this? >> we'll probably find out in 45 minutes to an hour when he has this news conference at mar-a-lago with mike johnson on another topic. we have not seen very much of trump over the last couple of weeks. he has been preparing for the trial to start, meeting with lawyers. he has been posting about it on social media, which is always a pretty good window into his mind, and you see his frustration with the judge in particular and with the gag order that he feels like is limiting his ability to cast this in the political terms that he wants it to be in. how much of this news conference today is about its official topic, election interference and how much of it is about this trial. i think it will be about the best rosetta stone we can get for exactly what's on trump's mind. >> that's a very good point. let's also ask about what don
alvin bragg in a manhattan court. days later he was arraigned. yasmin vossoughian, nbc news. >> joining us now, nbc news senior correspondent garrett haake, good to have you. two days left, how is donald trump handling this? >> we'll probably find out in 45 minutes to an hour when he has this news conference at mar-a-lago with mike johnson on another topic. we have not seen very much of trump over the last couple of weeks. he has been preparing for the trial to start, meeting with...
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manhattan district attorney alvin bragg and his team are the prosecutors in the trial. bragg is a harvard educated democrat and assistant attorney general of new york. on december 6th, 2022, d.a. bragg secured the conviction of the trump organization and payroll organization for conspiracy, criminal tax fraud and falsifying business records. >> the focus in the last 24 hours has been almost exclusively on trump. >> donald trump was invited by alvin bragg in a manhattan court. days later he was arraigned. yasmin vossoughian, nbc news. >>> be sure to tune in for our special coverage in the first of former president trump's criminal trials. it starts monday morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern here on msnbc. >>> up next, we just heard for the first time from the family of an ohio teen who was shot while holding a toy gun. what they're demanding now as police continue their investigation. >>> plus, an nbc exclusive with the missouri teen who survived being shot in the head after he rang the wrong doorbell, the trauma he still feels and how he's trying to chart a path forward next. h
manhattan district attorney alvin bragg and his team are the prosecutors in the trial. bragg is a harvard educated democrat and assistant attorney general of new york. on december 6th, 2022, d.a. bragg secured the conviction of the trump organization and payroll organization for conspiracy, criminal tax fraud and falsifying business records. >> the focus in the last 24 hours has been almost exclusively on trump. >> donald trump was invited by alvin bragg in a manhattan court. days...
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now, as manhattan district attorney alvin bragg explained, this falsifying these records, it is a common white-collar crime that his office prosecutes all the time. >> my office, including the talented prosecutors you saw an arraignment earlier today, serve hundreds of falsified business records. this charge, it can be said, is the bread and butter of our white-collar work. >> you probably haven't heard of those other cases, because they are generally pretty mundane. a case against a bronx business owner indicted for failing to report over $1 million in income, avoiding paying $60,000 in taxes. allegedly filing fraudulent certificates of liability insurance, and a mental health therapy aide allegedly defrauding workers compensation benefits. these are all people that got prosecuted for this. but it's a really key part against alvin bragg's case that separates it from those typical everyday white-collar crimes. the indictment lays out a claim for how trump falsified those business records with intention to fraud and to attempt to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission the
now, as manhattan district attorney alvin bragg explained, this falsifying these records, it is a common white-collar crime that his office prosecutes all the time. >> my office, including the talented prosecutors you saw an arraignment earlier today, serve hundreds of falsified business records. this charge, it can be said, is the bread and butter of our white-collar work. >> you probably haven't heard of those other cases, because they are generally pretty mundane. a case against...
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what is it like for alvin bragg, for his colleagues? what you expect this week? >> well, let's see if it happens on monday. >> you think there's a chance at one? >> anything can happen, when you have donald trump, but assuming that some unforeseen event doesn't happen, jury selection will start on monday. now, this is an office that has many big high profile draws, but clearly the former president of the united states is the biggest. this is the biggest case in the offices history, and clearly in alvin bragg, who has only been office for 2 years, but it will be biggest case of his history is district attorney. so, i agree. i don't believe that there's any chance that donald trump will testify. most defendants don't, and he won't testify. if he were, like by some strange chance to testify, the judge would have to keep sending the jury out of the room, because there might come a point where the judge would have to shut him down. so, it is different than the civil fraud case. he didn't testify in his own case-- >> and it was civil. >> and he was called there by the
what is it like for alvin bragg, for his colleagues? what you expect this week? >> well, let's see if it happens on monday. >> you think there's a chance at one? >> anything can happen, when you have donald trump, but assuming that some unforeseen event doesn't happen, jury selection will start on monday. now, this is an office that has many big high profile draws, but clearly the former president of the united states is the biggest. this is the biggest case in the offices...
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all of this is going to come together in a picture of what alvin bragg is trying to put together with documents and other people cob rating it. >> we don't know which witnesses each side will call, but trump is on one of two witnesses on the defense list. let me show you some of how he's faired recently in depositions. >> i don't even know the woman. it's marla. >> you say marla is in this photo. >> that's marla. that's my wife. >> here. >> that's e. jean carroll. >> so again, i think our viewers are familiar with that. he points to a picture and says it's marla, who he was married to, and it's e. jean carroll. >> he's so used to casually laying lying. he's in a deposition. there are consequences. he can't recognize his wife from decades in the past. nor the woman who is suing him for defamation and sexual assault. and donald trump on a witness stand or donald trump under oath is a dangerous place for his defense team to be. because he wilts under the fact pattern. and journalists who know how to interview him, if you corner him in a place where he can't get away with these appeals to
all of this is going to come together in a picture of what alvin bragg is trying to put together with documents and other people cob rating it. >> we don't know which witnesses each side will call, but trump is on one of two witnesses on the defense list. let me show you some of how he's faired recently in depositions. >> i don't even know the woman. it's marla. >> you say marla is in this photo. >> that's marla. that's my wife. >> here. >> that's e. jean...
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so a few days ago, trump's team served a subpoena without notifying alvin bragg's team or asks for authorization from the court. to serve a subpoena on a third party. and served it just a few days ago and is asking for a number of things and ultimately, mark pomeranz, when he was running this before, he was the special district attorney running this investigation. presumably, he has a lot of information, a lot of emails. a lot of memos he wrote in view of this prosecution, but all of that was turned over to the da when he resigned. quite some time ago. as the da points out in their papers, look, we have talked to him. do you have anything on the personal devices? and, they lay out, look, here are all the efforts we get to get things from him. there is nothing that he has that you don't already have. >> pomeranz sort of stands as a figure for those who don't believe that the bragg investigation is as credible. pomeranz left it, like, there is a long. there is documented tension between him and da bragg's office over this case in particular. it feels like trump is trying to use him as a weapon to
so a few days ago, trump's team served a subpoena without notifying alvin bragg's team or asks for authorization from the court. to serve a subpoena on a third party. and served it just a few days ago and is asking for a number of things and ultimately, mark pomeranz, when he was running this before, he was the special district attorney running this investigation. presumably, he has a lot of information, a lot of emails. a lot of memos he wrote in view of this prosecution, but all of that was...
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bragg up at night. on most cases, you have people who are trying to find any excuse not to sit on a jury. they are really doing their best and you know this people. any question, their hand is up, they have something to say, they need a sidebar with the judge. can tell this people. here, that is going to be less of an issue because it is such a historic case. it is the first criminal trial involving a president and can see people, even if they think the answer is yes, the election was stolen, well, i'm not going to, i know why they are asking that and i want to be seated so i'm not going to tell you what i think. that is where jury consultants will be important. >> gene wilder is needed. all of his computer screens. there is a threat that judge merchan has put out there . in the context of its pending the gag order to include judge merchan's family members, in the context of making this very articulate argument for what donald trump is doing to the rule of law and why he needs to be gagged, for lack of
bragg up at night. on most cases, you have people who are trying to find any excuse not to sit on a jury. they are really doing their best and you know this people. any question, their hand is up, they have something to say, they need a sidebar with the judge. can tell this people. here, that is going to be less of an issue because it is such a historic case. it is the first criminal trial involving a president and can see people, even if they think the answer is yes, the election was stolen,...
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does it match the crimes as outlined by alvin bragg? does this change anyone's mind? the facts, as they are being present -- presented, may not change public views because a lot of people assume donald trump has done a lot of these things and they either care a lot and think it's outrageous or don't care and think he is being persecuted. >> to peter's point, does the evidence fit the crime? the burden of proof is always in the prosecution in a criminal case. do you share that concern, that the misdemeanor crime exists, it's a class three felony, and i'm hearing the common denominator messaging from david pecker which is that everything that was done, the "catch and kill" scheme, et cetera, was done to benefit the campaign and not donald trump, personally. >> that might have something to do with why we are hearing these nice comments about david pecker from the former president. if he can get jurors to have the feeling that these payments took place because of personal warmth between david pecker and trump or the fact that they were friends for a long time, that does s
does it match the crimes as outlined by alvin bragg? does this change anyone's mind? the facts, as they are being present -- presented, may not change public views because a lot of people assume donald trump has done a lot of these things and they either care a lot and think it's outrageous or don't care and think he is being persecuted. >> to peter's point, does the evidence fit the crime? the burden of proof is always in the prosecution in a criminal case. do you share that concern,...
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and so alvin bragg says that this post on social media from tweet is a legal word that means trump is willfully in violation of a court order. trump says he's not. he says the court order applies to court staff and their families but that doesn't include the judge, so d.a. bragg is asking for a clarification on that point. >> and also today trump's lawyers are moving to dismiss the entire case claiming there is too much prejudicial publicity, pretrial publicity to get a fair trial. one could argue it's basically his statements on truth social. president biden has certainly been absolutely clear in not talking about the cases themselves, because he doesn't want to get into that mess talking about something under the justice department. in any case, will this succeed? can they get a fair trial in new york when there's been so much publicity about the case? >> he absolutely can get a fair trial, so it's not that jurors won't know anything about the case. that's not the standard. the standard is whether they can objectively judge these fairly technical legal crimes that trump is charged w
and so alvin bragg says that this post on social media from tweet is a legal word that means trump is willfully in violation of a court order. trump says he's not. he says the court order applies to court staff and their families but that doesn't include the judge, so d.a. bragg is asking for a clarification on that point. >> and also today trump's lawyers are moving to dismiss the entire case claiming there is too much prejudicial publicity, pretrial publicity to get a fair trial. one...
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alvin bragg has been pointed in making sure this case is not about sex for money or hush-money, and hush-money in and of itself is not illegal. remember, these are misdemeanor charges of falsifying business records as its core, at their heart, and alvin bragg bumped up authorize misdemeanor charges to felony charges because the falsification was done during another crime, and he has not charged that crime, and the other crime is a campaign finance law violation, and that's the payment of money to stormy daniels, and we are calling that hush-money, and that was an illegal campaign contribution above the legal limit and he was trying to hide the contribution through the falsification. that's a convoluted legal theory, and it's novel in the way bragg has charged it and it has raised the eyebrows of some legal scholars and commentators. the john edwards case, you recall that, and it's not the rock solid campaign violation itself, and then the second part of the crime he needs to prove is sort of interesting. >> it could be minutes before we got that magic 18 number, vaughn, and what is the latest?
alvin bragg has been pointed in making sure this case is not about sex for money or hush-money, and hush-money in and of itself is not illegal. remember, these are misdemeanor charges of falsifying business records as its core, at their heart, and alvin bragg bumped up authorize misdemeanor charges to felony charges because the falsification was done during another crime, and he has not charged that crime, and the other crime is a campaign finance law violation, and that's the payment of money...
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. >> why governor kathy hochul are you allowing recidivism, firing alvin bragg for allowing criminals to keep doing it over and over again. i will call your office today, kathy hochul. i would love an answer. >> okay. maria bartiromo is going to demand the governor fire the attorney general. fire the ag. >> yeah. the manhattan district attorney is duly elected official. he actually faced many opponents in the democratic primary when he was first running for election. i would like to think that there are many new yorkers who would think that calling kathy hochul and calling for alvin bragg's removal would be election interference about this case that is about election interference and not about a porn star and her formed affair with the president. >>> let's go to florida. so much to keep in mind. aileen cannon a ruling now giving trump until may 9th to disclose the specific classified documents he wants to use at his classified documents trial. it does just feel like she's just induling whatever small, minor thing he brings up in order to give him more time. it's just so clear now. >>
. >> why governor kathy hochul are you allowing recidivism, firing alvin bragg for allowing criminals to keep doing it over and over again. i will call your office today, kathy hochul. i would love an answer. >> okay. maria bartiromo is going to demand the governor fire the attorney general. fire the ag. >> yeah. the manhattan district attorney is duly elected official. he actually faced many opponents in the democratic primary when he was first running for election. i would...
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and, rest assured, alvin bragg and the prosecutorial team over at the district attorney of new york's office would not have brought this case unless they thought they were going to be successful. >> trompe wants to put you on trial. >> someone has to inform donald that he is the defendant in this case. i sat in his seat a couple years back. i know what it's like. i wish there was somebody that i could have gone ahead and blamed for everything. it is always somebody else's fault when it comes to donald trump. never his, it is always somebody else's fault. another one on trial, he is. >> you told politico commuted a question and answer that came out on friday and you talked about how you plan to defend yourself in this trial, as you are because you know they are going to attack you in cross examination. he also said that people should prepare to be surprised. you said i wish that when people state that relate to congress, you do me the courtesy of finishing the sentence, that you did that for the benefit of donald trump. all people know is the headlines and this is much more than the he
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., alvin bragg, and todd blanche, what should people, people like to project onto these prosecutors or defense attorneys. what should people know or understand about them, their style, their strengths, as they watch the trial unfold? >> the great thing about being a prosecutor is i had no idea what their political leanings may have been when we were prosecutors together. we did not discuss that. that is not a prosecutors job. they are true professionals. d.a. alban bragg will treat this case with the respect that the justice system deserves and will only speak through his prosecutors in court and court documents. you will not see press conferences. he will not politicize this. he will let the facts and the evidence speak as to whether they are applied sufficiently to the law, and todd blanche is also a professional. he's been a defense lawyer for a while and was an excellent prosecutor and i think that you will see much better defense lawyering from todd blanche then you might have seen in the civil case that donald trump had a couple months ago. >> i wanted to ask about jury selection
., alvin bragg, and todd blanche, what should people, people like to project onto these prosecutors or defense attorneys. what should people know or understand about them, their style, their strengths, as they watch the trial unfold? >> the great thing about being a prosecutor is i had no idea what their political leanings may have been when we were prosecutors together. we did not discuss that. that is not a prosecutors job. they are true professionals. d.a. alban bragg will treat this...
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today, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg appeared to send a strong message to any potential witnesses who may or may not be considering lying for trump on the witness stand. the former chief financial officer of the trump organization was sentenced to five months in jail after alvin bragg's office prosecuted him for lying in his testimony in trumps recent civil fraud case. alan weiselburg is 76 years old and this is his second stint at rikers island. he served three months behind bars just last year for tax fraud. joining me now is former assistant district attorney in the manhattan das office trial division and also a new york criminal defense attorney, great to see you. it sure seems like a message to throw alan michael burton in jail, again, at 76. he was already seen as a tough move to throw him in jail the first time. a second bid right before the criminal trial begins. >> i see it not as a chilling effect that will adversely impact these witnesses to say we shouldn't testify but it will be more in terms of a reality check. if you believe, if you tell a story that isn't true, you
today, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg appeared to send a strong message to any potential witnesses who may or may not be considering lying for trump on the witness stand. the former chief financial officer of the trump organization was sentenced to five months in jail after alvin bragg's office prosecuted him for lying in his testimony in trumps recent civil fraud case. alan weiselburg is 76 years old and this is his second stint at rikers island. he served three months behind bars...
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that was even before alvin bragg was elected district attorney. pecker also admitted that he was well aware that he was breaking campaign finance and election laws when he acted on his catch and kill agreement with donald trump and michael cohen. having cut similar deals with, of all people, trump's apprentice rival and fellow republican show biz performer turned politician, arnold schwarzenegger. what pecker's testimony provided to jurors is how involved trump was in the scheme. how much access pecker had to the trump world, including in the white house. and how much trump relied on pecker to look out for him as his eyes and ears. most importantly, pecker told the court that this was all done not to protect trump's family or melania, no, no, pecker said trump never mentioned his family. it was all to protect trump's campaign. pecker will be back on the witness stand again tomorrow to continue cross-examination. but after today, i wonder if trump still thinks he's a nice guy. joining me now is lockland cartwright who worked for pecker as executive
that was even before alvin bragg was elected district attorney. pecker also admitted that he was well aware that he was breaking campaign finance and election laws when he acted on his catch and kill agreement with donald trump and michael cohen. having cut similar deals with, of all people, trump's apprentice rival and fellow republican show biz performer turned politician, arnold schwarzenegger. what pecker's testimony provided to jurors is how involved trump was in the scheme. how much...
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you have to figure, two weeks before trial, alvin bragg and his team are meeting with witnesses. and these witnesses are coming in and saying this judge can't protect his own daughter. how am i going to be protected ed? there is that push back that alvin bragg says in his brief that the judge needs to show that he is do this trial in a way that people aren't scared motivated by fear not to do their civic duty. so, that is very clear in this order. the judge is saying this isn't really about me. this is about my responsibility to everybody in this trial to make sure that people can do their duty and protect themselves. this is now distract. they don't want to worry about this kind of briefing two weeks before. they want to prepare their case and disrupt the trial. >> we have a quote where he says it's no longer a possibility or likelihood that will exists a threat to the integrity of the judicial proceedings. is this expanded order enough to deal with that threat? >> it may not be. donald trump is a sociopath. nothing will stop him from trying to do what he wants to do which is to
you have to figure, two weeks before trial, alvin bragg and his team are meeting with witnesses. and these witnesses are coming in and saying this judge can't protect his own daughter. how am i going to be protected ed? there is that push back that alvin bragg says in his brief that the judge needs to show that he is do this trial in a way that people aren't scared motivated by fear not to do their civic duty. so, that is very clear in this order. the judge is saying this isn't really about me....
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. >> in january 2022 a new manhattan da alvin bragg is sworn in with speculation over whether he will pursue charges but on april 7 he releases a statement saying in part the investigation continues. in august 2022 he pleads guilty and agrees to testify against the trump organization. four months later the trump organization is convicted, found guilty of tax fraud and eventually alvin bragg calls a new grand jury. >> we finally got answers on the political, financial, legal, moral, public corruption scandal. >> and in march 2023 trump posts of an imminent arrest on truth social. while the arrest on that day did not happen, on march 30, 2023 mister trump was indicted on 34 counts. days later in a manhattan courthouse, he was arraigned. he has pled not guilty. >> charging a former president of the united states for the first time in history on a basis that every single pundit and legal analyst said there is no case. there's no case. >> i want to bring in danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney and legal analyst to talk about what we can expect. tomorrow is a really big day in the hist
. >> in january 2022 a new manhattan da alvin bragg is sworn in with speculation over whether he will pursue charges but on april 7 he releases a statement saying in part the investigation continues. in august 2022 he pleads guilty and agrees to testify against the trump organization. four months later the trump organization is convicted, found guilty of tax fraud and eventually alvin bragg calls a new grand jury. >> we finally got answers on the political, financial, legal, moral,...
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alvin bragg urged the judge to reject the request. his own rhetoric is generating significant publicity and would be perverse to award the defendant with an adjournment based on media attention he is actively seeking. there's been no ruling yet from the judge on that motion, but late today, he did respond to another one of trump's attempts to delay the trial. denying trump's motion for a delay until after the supreme court rules on trump's claim of presidential immunity from his federal election interference trial. it's hard to keep them all straight at this point. joining me now is john butler and msnbc lael analyst. i want to start with aileen cannon. what can jack smith do about it and what we will soon learn -- >> what jack smith can do is to mandamus the judge. mandamus is different from an appeal. appeal is this is a complicated legal issue and the judge may be misinterpreted the law. the mandamus is an order from an appeals court to the judge, you need to follow the law right now. mandamus is saying to the judge, you basically
alvin bragg urged the judge to reject the request. his own rhetoric is generating significant publicity and would be perverse to award the defendant with an adjournment based on media attention he is actively seeking. there's been no ruling yet from the judge on that motion, but late today, he did respond to another one of trump's attempts to delay the trial. denying trump's motion for a delay until after the supreme court rules on trump's claim of presidential immunity from his federal...
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but there's a really key part about alvin bragg's case against donald trump that separates it from those typical, everyday white collar crimes. the indictment lays out a case -- with intent to defraud and intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof. in plain english, the d.a. is saying trump committed the crime he's charged with because he was actually trying to conceal or commit another more serious crime. in the statement of facts about the case, d.a. bragg explain, quote, the defendant donald j. trump repeatedly and fraudulently falsified new york business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election. the defendant orchestrated a scheme with others to influence the 2016 election and in order to execute the unlawful scheme, the participants violated election laws. the whole point of falsifying those business records was to interfere in the election process to protect his presidential campaign. remember the access hollywood tape had just come out, revealing trump's lewd commen
but there's a really key part about alvin bragg's case against donald trump that separates it from those typical, everyday white collar crimes. the indictment lays out a case -- with intent to defraud and intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof. in plain english, the d.a. is saying trump committed the crime he's charged with because he was actually trying to conceal or commit another more serious crime. in the statement of facts about the case, d.a. bragg...
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does it match the crimes as outlined by alvin bragg lexi does a guilty verdict change anybody's mind? but the facts of the case is being presented by the prosecution may or may not be enough to change public views. because i think a lot of people assume that donald trump has done a lot of these things, and they either care a lot and they think it is outrageous, or they don't care and they think that he is being persecuted here. >> josh, to peter's point, does the evidence fit the crime? i mean, the burden of proof is always going to be on the prosecution in a criminal case. do you share any concerns like some others have expressed, that the misdemeanor crime exists, the falsification of the business records, but to elevate it to the 1st degree felony that it is, are you hearing enough? because i am hearing the common denominator of messaging from david pecker, which was everything that was done, the catch and kill, et cetera, was done to benefit the campaign and not donald trump personally. >> right, i think that might have something to do with why we are hearing these nice comments a
does it match the crimes as outlined by alvin bragg lexi does a guilty verdict change anybody's mind? but the facts of the case is being presented by the prosecution may or may not be enough to change public views. because i think a lot of people assume that donald trump has done a lot of these things, and they either care a lot and they think it is outrageous, or they don't care and they think that he is being persecuted here. >> josh, to peter's point, does the evidence fit the crime? i...
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he's going after alvin bragg and the judge's daughter. he's planting the seeds of doubt so if he is convicted, he can claim the game was rigged. that is simply a side show. and now, starting tomorrow, it is time for the actual trial. because starting tomorrow, this case is not about the prosecutor or the judge or the judge's daughter. it is about the jurors who will be selected over the next days and weeks in court. made up of men and women serving their civic duty and about the potential witnesses. some of the people closest to donald trump who saw a lot. the prosecution didn't select these people to spend time around donald trump. he did. they've been called to testify against him. among them is michael cohen, who was trump's lawyer. his partner in crime who facilitated the hush money payment at the heart of his case and then paid the price himself in prison time. he's no doubt the star witness. importantly, he is far from the only one crab rating the story. we'll likely hear from stormy daniel, the stormer cult film star who slept with
he's going after alvin bragg and the judge's daughter. he's planting the seeds of doubt so if he is convicted, he can claim the game was rigged. that is simply a side show. and now, starting tomorrow, it is time for the actual trial. because starting tomorrow, this case is not about the prosecutor or the judge or the judge's daughter. it is about the jurors who will be selected over the next days and weeks in court. made up of men and women serving their civic duty and about the potential...
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., alvin bragg is sworn in, with speculation over whether he will pursue charges. but on april 7th, 2022, he releases a statement saying in part, the investigation continues. in august of 2022, allen weisselberg pleas guilty and agrees to testify against the trump organization, and four months later, the trump organization is convicted, found guilty of tax fraud, and eventually alvin bragg calls a new grand jury. >> we finally got answers on the political, financial, legal, moral, public corruption scandal. >> reporter: and in march of 2023, trump posts on truth social of an imminent arrest. and while the arrest on that day did not happen, on march 30th, 2023, mr. trump was indicted on 34 counts. days later, in a manhattan courthouse, he was arraigned. he's pled not guilty. >> charging a former president of the united states for the first time in history on a basis that every single pundit and legal analyst said there is no case. there's no case. >> reporter: joining us now, nbc news national correspondent yasmin vossoughian. so, yasmin, quite a lot to get here. >>
., alvin bragg is sworn in, with speculation over whether he will pursue charges. but on april 7th, 2022, he releases a statement saying in part, the investigation continues. in august of 2022, allen weisselberg pleas guilty and agrees to testify against the trump organization, and four months later, the trump organization is convicted, found guilty of tax fraud, and eventually alvin bragg calls a new grand jury. >> we finally got answers on the political, financial, legal, moral, public...
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alvin bragg's team is doing everything it can to make sure there isn't a hint of anything that could be perceived as bias on the jury because the prosecution very much wants this to be a fair trial. but trump and conservative media are already setting the stage to blame the jury if trump is found guilty. just like they do with elections. the narrative here cannot be, it cannot be, that donald trump lost because of who he is or what he has done. the narrative has to be that the whole thing was rigged. and that brings us to the most pressing part of all of this. the safety of the jurors. by painting the jury as race, trump and the conservative media are putting the target on the backs of these normal people, literally people just showing up for jury duty. at this point, that is part of a very clear pattern. donald trump demonized election workers and then his supporters threatened and attacked them. donald trump demonized court staff and prosecutors and judges and then his supporters threatened and harassed them. donald trump demonized the fbi and now multiple trump supporters have phy
alvin bragg's team is doing everything it can to make sure there isn't a hint of anything that could be perceived as bias on the jury because the prosecution very much wants this to be a fair trial. but trump and conservative media are already setting the stage to blame the jury if trump is found guilty. just like they do with elections. the narrative here cannot be, it cannot be, that donald trump lost because of who he is or what he has done. the narrative has to be that the whole thing was...
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alvin bragg. he called out donald trump, trump is requesting a delay because of all the publicity around it. here's the thing, alvin bragg is not wrong. there's all this publicity because donald trump has created all of this publicity, donald trump has made it this giant ridiculous show. is there any possibility that trump will be successful in getting the delay he wants? >> i'd be totally shocked. not only is he creating this, but the fact of this ridiculous notion is adding to the absurdity of the whole thing. i think bragg called it out for what it is, which is ridiculous. i can't imagine trump will have any success to getting anywhere with this. part of the same kind of ridiculous cycle of arguments that just becomes what he hopes will become an ongoing delay, it doesn't look like it's going to work. >> i have to ask you, lisa, about the guy, the business in l.a., who posted donald trump's bond in a civil fraud case. there was an issue with the way they did their paperwork, they didn't go thro
alvin bragg. he called out donald trump, trump is requesting a delay because of all the publicity around it. here's the thing, alvin bragg is not wrong. there's all this publicity because donald trump has created all of this publicity, donald trump has made it this giant ridiculous show. is there any possibility that trump will be successful in getting the delay he wants? >> i'd be totally shocked. not only is he creating this, but the fact of this ridiculous notion is adding to the...
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bragg and his team have about what happened here. there's also the question of accountability, if he's going going to be held accountable if he double talks. what he does in the courtroom. the gag order that's before him. and he's not enforced to be held accountable to his word. >> no. >> i think the most interesting thing is that the pr campaign works. and this is the part where it's revealing of who we are as a country. >> you always come back to this, and it's always so alarming to me. you like to think, if joe biden beats donald trump in november, that concern is gone. but your point is the concern remains on the table. >> it's the hardest part to correct. you can see a world in which the courts are effective. you can see a world in which the press figures out, how do we cover someone who continues to spout racist, xenophobic language. what's the part of the press in that moment? the hard part is 50% of the country looks at that, and says i'm good with that. i want him to be our leader. that's a cultural question, i guess dependi
bragg and his team have about what happened here. there's also the question of accountability, if he's going going to be held accountable if he double talks. what he does in the courtroom. the gag order that's before him. and he's not enforced to be held accountable to his word. >> no. >> i think the most interesting thing is that the pr campaign works. and this is the part where it's revealing of who we are as a country. >> you always come back to this, and it's always so...