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i'm going to make the decision to read the attacks on judge merchan's daughter. trump posted this to his millions of followers. judge merchan is totally compromised and should be removed from this trump non- case immediately. his daughter, lauren, is a rabid trump hater who has admitted to having conversations with her father about me. and yet, he gagged me. she works for to joe biden, kamala harris, adam schiff, and other radical leftists who campaigned on getting trump and fund raise off the biden indictments. including this witch-hunt, which her father presides over, a total conflict and attacking biden's political opponent through the courts. former d.a. cy vance refused to bring this case as did all federal agencies including elections. that has been disseminated,, that is out there. what, in your view, is the appropriate response? >> that, nicole, is the republican party's nominee for the presidency of the united states, in november of 2024. the republican party has enabled donald trump up to this point. for the past 3 1/2 years, and it's determined to enab
i'm going to make the decision to read the attacks on judge merchan's daughter. trump posted this to his millions of followers. judge merchan is totally compromised and should be removed from this trump non- case immediately. his daughter, lauren, is a rabid trump hater who has admitted to having conversations with her father about me. and yet, he gagged me. she works for to joe biden, kamala harris, adam schiff, and other radical leftists who campaigned on getting trump and fund raise off the...
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judge merchan has not granted those days off as of yet. he said, if it interferes with one of the jurors wanting to celebrate the holiday, observe the holiday, he will address it then. as of now, it seems april 22nd, 23rd and april 29th and 30th, the court will adjourn at 2:00 p.m. eastern standard time. again, they're just kind of going through the scheduling right now, some of the details beginning the jury selection process. one more thing i do want to mention, there was a motion in place to adjust the jury questionnaire, wanting the prosecution and the defense to hone in on the political affiliations of these potential jurors, those motions, guys, were totally denied. this jury questionnaire that we have in our hands, that stays in place. >> okay. again, as you outlined that jury questionnaire has some very, very specific questions that can get at people's political affiliation and their love or hate for the defendant. yasmin vossoughian, stay close. richard gabriel, thank you for offering your expertise and insights. >>> up next, all
judge merchan has not granted those days off as of yet. he said, if it interferes with one of the jurors wanting to celebrate the holiday, observe the holiday, he will address it then. as of now, it seems april 22nd, 23rd and april 29th and 30th, the court will adjourn at 2:00 p.m. eastern standard time. again, they're just kind of going through the scheduling right now, some of the details beginning the jury selection process. one more thing i do want to mention, there was a motion in place to...
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this is the challenge that judge merchan will have to deal with immediately in this case. he has paused his timing on hearing the question of violations of the gag order already, but this one, with jury selection in process, ready to resume tomorrow morning, this one, it seems impossible to see how the judge can wait on that. we will discuss that in a moment with andrew wiseman. it's always important to remember, something about donald trump, and the way he lies, because no one proves just how much donald trump flies better than donald trump, and he did that again today. and this time, he proved that his lawyers are liars, too. donald trump has claimed repeatedly that the manhattan criminal trial that he must now attend has kept him from campaigning for president. his lawyers have falsely represented the same thing, publicly. judge merchan said, at the outset , there would be no wednesday session in the criminal trial of donald trump so donald trump knew all along there would be no session today and today, when donald trump had no obligation in court anywhere in the countr
this is the challenge that judge merchan will have to deal with immediately in this case. he has paused his timing on hearing the question of violations of the gag order already, but this one, with jury selection in process, ready to resume tomorrow morning, this one, it seems impossible to see how the judge can wait on that. we will discuss that in a moment with andrew wiseman. it's always important to remember, something about donald trump, and the way he lies, because no one proves just how...
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. ♪ now, together the names bragg and merchan sound like a slip and fall fehrman. you know the kind that lives off filing personal injury claims, workers' comp cases against alleged wrong doers. but, what we're learning today shows us that bragg and merchan should be the ones on the defensive here because both seem intent on inflicting harm. harm against trump. and harm against the faith that we are supposed to have in our justice system. now, if you are wondering why and are almost 250 year history we hadn't ever put a president or a former president on trial, the comments from dismissed jurors should answer the question. >> i couldn't be impartial. our job as a juror, right? is to be impartial. like to be unbiased. >> do you feel like the people that you were speaking with in that jury room that you sat with all day on tuesday, that they can put together a fair and impartial jury because of that sense of duty? do you think that's possible? >> i'm not sure about that. everybody has biases. and, you know, you know, stereotypes in their mind. so you have to be reall
. ♪ now, together the names bragg and merchan sound like a slip and fall fehrman. you know the kind that lives off filing personal injury claims, workers' comp cases against alleged wrong doers. but, what we're learning today shows us that bragg and merchan should be the ones on the defensive here because both seem intent on inflicting harm. harm against trump. and harm against the faith that we are supposed to have in our justice system. now, if you are wondering why and are almost 250 year...
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april 1st, judge merchan enters an expanded judge order after trump attacks judge merchan family online. april 8, trump seeks appellate relief from that gag order. but, on april 9th, an appellate court justice relies -- denies and that really spread on april 10th, trump attacks michael cohen and stormy daniels untruth social. on april 13th, attacking true social. two days later, the d.a.s office files its first motion to hold trump in contempt for his alleged april 10th and april 13th violations. on the same day, judge merchan sets the contempt hearing for april 24th at 2:30 and orders trump to respond to the allegations by 5:00 p.m. on friday, april 19th. now, judge merchan later changes the date and time of that hearing to april 23rd at 9:30. that is this coming tuesday. but, on that same day, trump attacks michael cohen on true social and so does his official campaign website. the next day, april 16th, trump attacks michael cohen untruth social and so does the official campaign website. on april 17th, trump reposts untruth social, fox news' host jesse watters' claim about prospective
april 1st, judge merchan enters an expanded judge order after trump attacks judge merchan family online. april 8, trump seeks appellate relief from that gag order. but, on april 9th, an appellate court justice relies -- denies and that really spread on april 10th, trump attacks michael cohen and stormy daniels untruth social. on april 13th, attacking true social. two days later, the d.a.s office files its first motion to hold trump in contempt for his alleged april 10th and april 13th...
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merchan is off the bench right now. they're waiting for the first group, 96 potential jurors are going in. they're going to make their way into the courtroom pews. can you just talk a little bit about the burden that these 12 jurors and six alternates are going to carry through this process? and i wonder how much of that is going through their minds as these questions begin. >> great questions. so i think all jurors in all cases carry a burden. but to your point, chris, this is -- >> the world is watching. >> the world is watching, and here's an overused word, which is actually applicable here, this is unique, and that won't be lost on the jurors. judge merchan did something that i think is wise. while the lawyers will know the names of the jurors, the names of the jurors aren't being made public. and that's got to help. i think any juror, whether you're a fan of mr. trump or you don't think very highly of mr. trump understand that there's perhaps some risk involved here. and so judge merchan was smart to address that e
merchan is off the bench right now. they're waiting for the first group, 96 potential jurors are going in. they're going to make their way into the courtroom pews. can you just talk a little bit about the burden that these 12 jurors and six alternates are going to carry through this process? and i wonder how much of that is going through their minds as these questions begin. >> great questions. so i think all jurors in all cases carry a burden. but to your point, chris, this is --...
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judge merchan, quote, have you spoken with mr. avenatti about what he means? blanch responded, no, of course not. to which judge merchan responded, then how can you interpret what he believes? this is coming down to a moment where this gag order and donald trump will be held in contempt for violating the gag order. we have nine more posts to go through. this is just post number one. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you for that update. let's bring back our legal panel. chuck, just a reaction to what we are hearing from the defense now as it is their turn in this gag order hearing. >> it is their turn and you're hearing what you would expect to hear, that it wasn't willful and that mr. trump has first amendment rights to speak, particularly during a political campaign. i don't find it terribly avowing. the fact he was only replying to mr. avenatti doesn't cut it for me. >> do you believe that avenatti is now the subject of the hearing, again? >> wouldn't it be nice if some people, not naming names, but just go away, but in any event, mr. trump isn't just responding to
judge merchan, quote, have you spoken with mr. avenatti about what he means? blanch responded, no, of course not. to which judge merchan responded, then how can you interpret what he believes? this is coming down to a moment where this gag order and donald trump will be held in contempt for violating the gag order. we have nine more posts to go through. this is just post number one. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you for that update. let's bring back our legal panel. chuck, just a reaction to...
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and that's why merchan sort of exploded and said mr. blanche, you are losing all credibility with the court. this is a judge who lives and breathes the law. he wants to see evidence and legal citations at all times. and so what he was essentially asking blanche to do was direct me, for example, to posts that your client was responding to. you tell me that your client was responding to political attacks on him, direct me to the post that he's actually responding to. he asked blanche to do that eight or nine moved on to a ser of reposts. they're not directing others to make a statement and again, merchan was like, please, help me find the case law that supports your argument. at that point, blanche admitted there wasn't in. it was just a plain language reading of the gag order. that doesn't go over very well when the author of the gag order is the person you're making your argument to. presumably they understand what they meant by their words, maybe more so than the parties do. so it was not a good showing for team trump at all. and you c
and that's why merchan sort of exploded and said mr. blanche, you are losing all credibility with the court. this is a judge who lives and breathes the law. he wants to see evidence and legal citations at all times. and so what he was essentially asking blanche to do was direct me, for example, to posts that your client was responding to. you tell me that your client was responding to political attacks on him, direct me to the post that he's actually responding to. he asked blanche to do that...
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judge merchan my other question is this is not a repost at all? mr. blanche, no. judge merchan no. this is something that was said on tv, and your client had to type it out. he had to sit there, use the quotation marks, the shift key, type everything out, then add those additional words. your argument that these are repost and therefore they are not a violation, that does not apply to exhibit 10, is it? mr. blanche, number 10 is not a repost, agreed. judge merchan, so what is your argument as to exhibit 10? >> is ambiguous whether this statement violates the gag order. the gag order sets donald trump is prohibited from making or directing others to make public statements about any prospective juror or any juror in this criminal proceeding. so donald trump cannot make any statement about a juror. no statement at all. that gag order warning could not be more clear. the defense lawyer insulted the intelligence of the judge and everyone there in the courtroom. when he then said "president trump is being careful with your honor's rules and-- the judge interrupted saying, you mr. blanche
judge merchan my other question is this is not a repost at all? mr. blanche, no. judge merchan no. this is something that was said on tv, and your client had to type it out. he had to sit there, use the quotation marks, the shift key, type everything out, then add those additional words. your argument that these are repost and therefore they are not a violation, that does not apply to exhibit 10, is it? mr. blanche, number 10 is not a repost, agreed. judge merchan, so what is your argument as...
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no court on wednesday because judge merchan has to do his other cases. there are no maga supporters out there. maybe one or two people that we have seen outside the courthouse. >> yeah. lawrence has been taking pictures of the -- >> we were joking about it. there's nobody there. >> the lack of people outside the courthouse. the trump supporters showed up when he told them to show up, and a lot of those people are still in jail. >> that's true. >> for january 6th. so i do think you can only tell your support toes show up so many times and if they're in jail, that's going to hurt. and that is a little surprising to me. the thing about the three older kids are they work for their dad or at least two of them do. i would think that -- why they don't show up in the courtroom is -- if it were my dad, i would be there. >> well, thank god your dad is not donald trump. >> that's right. very much not donald trump. >> thank gosh, excuse me. molly, thank you for being here. it's always good. >>> up next, there are new in yp criminal case. the mar-a-lago classified do
no court on wednesday because judge merchan has to do his other cases. there are no maga supporters out there. maybe one or two people that we have seen outside the courthouse. >> yeah. lawrence has been taking pictures of the -- >> we were joking about it. there's nobody there. >> the lack of people outside the courthouse. the trump supporters showed up when he told them to show up, and a lot of those people are still in jail. >> that's true. >> for january 6th....
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does judge merchan respond? he imposes an illegal unconstitutional prior restraint on trump's constitutional rights. >> laura: mike, i have got say michael cohen should keep that little emoji hat on because he needs one of those little cap guns too when he does that put that hat up as a backup? that's the funniest thing i have ever seen. we are supposed to actually take him seriously. well, i can't get it big there all right, mike, great to see you. what's it going to take to be trump's v.p. one of the contenders rising on the list. he's with us next. ♪ >> laura: axios is reporting north dakota governor doug burgum is moving up the v.p. ladder. why? what do we know about him? since becoming governor of north dakota in 2016 he signed a six week abortion ban and enacted the largest tax cut in the state's history. before that a pretty successful businessman. he worked at microsoft as a senior vice president and founded a venture capital firm. he joins me now. governor, great to see you tonight. i'm going -- tough
does judge merchan respond? he imposes an illegal unconstitutional prior restraint on trump's constitutional rights. >> laura: mike, i have got say michael cohen should keep that little emoji hat on because he needs one of those little cap guns too when he does that put that hat up as a backup? that's the funniest thing i have ever seen. we are supposed to actually take him seriously. well, i can't get it big there all right, mike, great to see you. what's it going to take to be trump's...
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in his several page order, judge merchan writes that donald trump willfully violated the orders, not only attacking potential witnesses, stormy daniels and michael cohen, but also by discussing the jury and the implication that to a certain extent there could have been individuals who were trying to make their way on to this jury in an effort to taint them. liberal activists that they were referred to. the judge determined that reposts by donald trump, some of those violations were in fact statements made by donald trump. and that he was not cloaked with some protection because he was simply reposting them, but by doing that act, he therefore was affirming the content of those very posts. and now this is notable. number one, 9:30 a.m. eastern time, this upcoming thursday, there is another hearing about potential other violations that the d.a.'s office alleges donald trump has violated. and as you noted, each fine was just $1,000 for each of the violations. and judge merchan in his order made it clear the court in the state of new york does not have the discretion to increase that fin
in his several page order, judge merchan writes that donald trump willfully violated the orders, not only attacking potential witnesses, stormy daniels and michael cohen, but also by discussing the jury and the implication that to a certain extent there could have been individuals who were trying to make their way on to this jury in an effort to taint them. liberal activists that they were referred to. the judge determined that reposts by donald trump, some of those violations were in fact...
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but after the issue of the six days from now, merchan's decision? >> merchan appears to be scheduling gag orders by the week and that may have been a wise choice because if you schedule them out a week or so, then you just roll together all the alleged violations because they're on an ongoing basis. but, since he hasn't decided on the first gag order violation hearing, that, of course, will govern how he rules in the future as to the next gag order hearing. but it may be the case that he has to just keep holding these, maybe once a week, for all the alleged violations. and the violations run the gamut, some you saw on the board, i can see both sides of saying david pecker is nice. i can see glen kirschner arguing nice is something you say in organized crime, to suggest you better testify the way we want you to testify. messing with witnesses is really delicate business. courts have to protect witnesses and jurors alike. but at the same time, every gag order implicates constitutional concerns and constitutional concerns that are crashing into each ot
but after the issue of the six days from now, merchan's decision? >> merchan appears to be scheduling gag orders by the week and that may have been a wise choice because if you schedule them out a week or so, then you just roll together all the alleged violations because they're on an ongoing basis. but, since he hasn't decided on the first gag order violation hearing, that, of course, will govern how he rules in the future as to the next gag order hearing. but it may be the case that he...
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well, it clearly frustrated judge merchan responded, mr. blanche, you're losing all credibility with this court. the stakes are high, like we find to start, but could ultimately include jail time. prosecutors argue that trump's disobedience of the order is willful. it is intentional, he knows what he's not allowed to do, and he does it anyway. that's what chris conroy said. blanche says president trump does in fact know what the gag order allows him to do and not allow him to do and there was absolutely no willful violation of the gag order. back with us, vaughn hillyard, catherine christian and chuck rosenberg. so, catherine, how often, if at all, and, again, we're just reading it, we weren't in the courtroom, have you seen this kind of exchange, the judge, practically jumped off the page, he was frustrated. >> i've seen it. it doesn't happen a lot, but there are lawyers, usually on the defense side, who, you know, zealous advocates, they have to push the envelope. now, what you don't want as a lawyer, no matter which side you're on, is to
well, it clearly frustrated judge merchan responded, mr. blanche, you're losing all credibility with this court. the stakes are high, like we find to start, but could ultimately include jail time. prosecutors argue that trump's disobedience of the order is willful. it is intentional, he knows what he's not allowed to do, and he does it anyway. that's what chris conroy said. blanche says president trump does in fact know what the gag order allows him to do and not allow him to do and there was...
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merchan cut her off saying there will be no delay. we will give you on the name of our first and our only witness on monday. we will commit to you that you will not get to cross- examination. if we see that person's name in any tweets or posts by your client, that will be the last time we grant you that courtesy. nicole? >> that is fascinating. it has not started yet and the prosecutors are already giving them, attorneys eyes only information because this trial needs to be protected from the defendant himself. take me inside what the final day of jury selection, they were sleeking the final alternates today. >> i know today is taylor swift day and i am a huge swiftie but the theme of today if we had to put it in a song is david bowie and queen's "under pressure" you saw juror upon juror, or perspective juror upon juror crack and show their nervousness in participating in this proceeding. we had a young woman who said that her father was friends with a, let's call him a big nemesis of the former president and eventually when she was qu
merchan cut her off saying there will be no delay. we will give you on the name of our first and our only witness on monday. we will commit to you that you will not get to cross- examination. if we see that person's name in any tweets or posts by your client, that will be the last time we grant you that courtesy. nicole? >> that is fascinating. it has not started yet and the prosecutors are already giving them, attorneys eyes only information because this trial needs to be protected from...
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when judge merchan pressed mr. blanche on what specific attacks trump was responding to, blanche struggled to answer, which led the judge to say i've asked you eight or nine times to show me the exact posts that trump was responding to and you have been unable to do that even once. blanche's response, president trump trump has been very careful foocomply with your honor's rules. judge merchan, you mr. blanche, are losing all credibility, i have to tell you that right now. joining me the manhattan d.a. joyce, what are the implications of losing the confidence of the judge in like 48 hours? >> so, yeah, i mean it's never a good thing, right, alex? i think we're all trying to find different ways to express the fact this is the worst development for donald trump's lawyers this early in the trial, and their client has forced it upon them. if donald trump were a normal defendant, his lawyers would have taken him out of the courtroom, sat him down, and had a meeting with him where they would have said to him we cannot def
when judge merchan pressed mr. blanche on what specific attacks trump was responding to, blanche struggled to answer, which led the judge to say i've asked you eight or nine times to show me the exact posts that trump was responding to and you have been unable to do that even once. blanche's response, president trump trump has been very careful foocomply with your honor's rules. judge merchan, you mr. blanche, are losing all credibility, i have to tell you that right now. joining me the...
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i'll see you tomorrow morning said merchan. what are we learning about merchan, glenn? >> first of all, when a defendant is so dangerous that we have to ask for what are called protective orders, not all that unusual, but usually reserved for some of our nation's most violent offenders, what we do is we will ask the judge to direct the defense counsel not to provide information to the client. that gets a little dicey, but we use protective orders not infrequently, it sounds like judge merchan is not even willing to do that, and what i say is safety first. you know, the system needs to rise up and protect these witnesses. so as a courtesy, i absolutely agree. i would almost always give the defense notice of the order of call. that is who are the witnesses who we are expected to put on the stand tomorrow and the next day and the next day. it's the courteous thing to do, but safety first. so you know, and we continue for whatever reason nicolle, we're all talking about how fines won't mean anything to him. but you know, the law actually has a vehicle to hold a dangerous pr
i'll see you tomorrow morning said merchan. what are we learning about merchan, glenn? >> first of all, when a defendant is so dangerous that we have to ask for what are called protective orders, not all that unusual, but usually reserved for some of our nation's most violent offenders, what we do is we will ask the judge to direct the defense counsel not to provide information to the client. that gets a little dicey, but we use protective orders not infrequently, it sounds like judge...
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what you see today is how fair judge merchan is. the "access hollywood" tape scene, we all have seen that cannot be shown to the jury. he said it's presidential. however it can be read to the jury. he also said the deposition that was taken in the jean carroll case cannot be shown, too presidential. the sandoval hearing, the prosecutors are going to ask for prior bad acts. the general rule is anything beyond ten years is considered too remote. so if they ask for prior bad acts of donald trump beyond that, the judge will probably say, no, that's too remote. i don't know what the 13 bad acts are going to ask for. i doubt the judge is going to allow them to ask any questions about the three opening indictments. he of course has a fifth amendment right and there are three open indictments. they're not convictions. the civil fraud trial he should be -- donald trump could be cross examined not he was found liable of falsifying business records why? because he was charged with that here. but he might be liable in the fact the judge found h
what you see today is how fair judge merchan is. the "access hollywood" tape scene, we all have seen that cannot be shown to the jury. he said it's presidential. however it can be read to the jury. he also said the deposition that was taken in the jean carroll case cannot be shown, too presidential. the sandoval hearing, the prosecutors are going to ask for prior bad acts. the general rule is anything beyond ten years is considered too remote. so if they ask for prior bad acts of...
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judge merchan's goal and job, quite frankly is to bring it to verdict. and there are certain things that are, you know, bumps along the way, and this is one of them. he also wants to take his time to make sure he makes the right decision. the legislature did not give this judge or any of us a whole lot of options with respect to contempt. you can hold someone in contempt by fining them which probably doesn't mean a whole lot to donald trump. or you can send them to jail for a short period of time. that's going to complicate this and slow things down to get to the finish line. so while it appears there seems to be a series of violations by donald trump, certainly judge merchan is going to take his time to get it right and to keep this trial on track. >> you do make a good point. a thousand dollar fine to donald trump is not the same to a thousand dollar fine to most people in america. putting him in jail has implications far beyond what it would mean for a normal defendant who defied a judge's order. you have done more than a few high profile cases of you
judge merchan's goal and job, quite frankly is to bring it to verdict. and there are certain things that are, you know, bumps along the way, and this is one of them. he also wants to take his time to make sure he makes the right decision. the legislature did not give this judge or any of us a whole lot of options with respect to contempt. you can hold someone in contempt by fining them which probably doesn't mean a whole lot to donald trump. or you can send them to jail for a short period of...
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here in new york, judge merchan is getting blunt with donald trump. continue violating the gag order and go to jail, he says. merchan ruled that nine of donald trump's social media posts stepped over the line, fining him $9,000. but also concedes that more needs to be on the table to deter someone of donald trump's wealth. defendant is hereby warned that the court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will impose incarceration. judge merchan will consider four more alleged violations thursday. first, there has been more testimony today. a banker is off the stand. now on the stand, another lesser known witness. first, it was the head of c-span's archives. now a man who produces court documents. eric trump is in the courtroom today. the first member of the trump family to make an appearance at this hush money trial. he is in the gallery just behind his father. vaughn hillyard joins me from outside the courthouse and catherine christian and former u.s. attorne
here in new york, judge merchan is getting blunt with donald trump. continue violating the gag order and go to jail, he says. merchan ruled that nine of donald trump's social media posts stepped over the line, fining him $9,000. but also concedes that more needs to be on the table to deter someone of donald trump's wealth. defendant is hereby warned that the court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances,...
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the judge merchan just overruled that objection. we'll try to get a better understanding of how that scene played out. to the discussion that you were just having, what todd blanche is trying to paint donald trump as an unwitting actor here. somebody who was unaware of exactly how the ledger was being filled out, exactly what he was writing checks for and that michael cohen was not getting just reimbursed, he was getting paid because he was his long-time personal lawyer. he is trying to make the case that the ledger is much like a checkbook, and it's just a little denotation here, trying to make out donald trump to be a more sympathetic, unwitting actor in all of this, someone who is being unfairly indicted and charged and prosecuted and that the focus of the hush money payments in and of themselves and maybe salacious, but that in itself is not a crime. todd blanche here trying to make donald trump seem to the jury as somebody who is an innocent man who is being unfairly victimized. >> and vaughn, as you were speaking we're hearing
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debated judge juan merchan said he would not allow the infamous access hollywood tape to be shown or video of trump's deposition in the e jean carroll lawsuit that found him liable for defamation. karen mcdougal, a model who says she had an affair with trump in 2006 and was paid $150,000 to keep quiet about it. will be alleged how to testify. attorneys also argued about how much the jury can be told about michael cohen's crimes. >> i did it at the direction of in concert with and for the benefit of donald j. trump, the credibility of trump's former fixer, who admitted he orchestrated the hush money payment to stormy daniels will be one of the most bad over elements of the case. prosecutors also ask the judge to find trump for social media posts attacking witnesses involved in the case, saying he violated a gag order. the judge scheduled a hearing for next week to settle that matter. the trial is expected to last six to eight weeks. it may be the only case against trump to face a jury before the 2024 section. the presumptive republican nominee, complaining about the judge as he walked
debated judge juan merchan said he would not allow the infamous access hollywood tape to be shown or video of trump's deposition in the e jean carroll lawsuit that found him liable for defamation. karen mcdougal, a model who says she had an affair with trump in 2006 and was paid $150,000 to keep quiet about it. will be alleged how to testify. attorneys also argued about how much the jury can be told about michael cohen's crimes. >> i did it at the direction of in concert with and for the...
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judge merchan told blanche to his face he was losing all correct. and here is my colleague with all the details. >> reporter: tonight, mr. trump's long time friend david the former publisher of the national enquirer offering the jury a rare glimpse into the underworld of tabloid tactics as they seek to show he covered his business records to pay off stormy daniels with hush money. says he agreed to serve as the eyes and ears for rumors that could hurt mr. trump adding what i would do is pub accomplish positive stories about trump and negative stories about his opponents. there was a series of glowing headlines about then president trump a. admitting today the enquirer made up a story linking cruz's father to the man who assassinated jfk and a completely untrue story about mr. trump fathering a child with his housekeeper so the doorman couldn't take the story elsewhere. the day began with the judge taking the defense team to task over mr. trump's post on social media. targeting cohen and stormy daniels. the state seeking to hold mr. trump in criminal
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judge kaplan, judging goren, judge merchan, about the district attorney. he did not say a word about the witnesses. >> he's remove the offending posts and posts and i expect he'll pay the fines. so it'll be interesting to see what happens thursday morning, but i don't think judge marchand will be pushed to the wall on this interesting on trump's remarks after the trial today, i want to play a brief extra of what he said. listen to this order is not only munich, it's totally constitution totally unconstitutionally says, how do you respond to that? >> well first of all even the even a gag order that is unlawful is not to be contested by violating it you can appeal it. you can do all kinds of things which the defense attorneys already have. and the gag order has been upheld not only that, i'm confident that it would be upheld in the future, it's really quite limited as you can see, mr. trump is able to carry on about all kinds of things about the case about the gag order, about the judge, and all of that. and that's well within his rights. so his complaint ab
judge kaplan, judging goren, judge merchan, about the district attorney. he did not say a word about the witnesses. >> he's remove the offending posts and posts and i expect he'll pay the fines. so it'll be interesting to see what happens thursday morning, but i don't think judge marchand will be pushed to the wall on this interesting on trump's remarks after the trial today, i want to play a brief extra of what he said. listen to this order is not only munich, it's totally constitution...
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so a carrot and a stick from judge merchan to the former president today. back to you. >> bill: that will do it for this minute, right? eric, thank you, eric shawn in lower manhattan. >> dana: here on set with us is law professor jonathan turley, so good having you. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> dana: we have been waiting for gag order announcement we got it and president trump got it too, nine violations, $9,000. more to come. >> basically what we expected. they weren't asking for jail time. the threat was linger out there. the judge wanted to put this sword dangling over his head and the thread is getting thinner. that's basically what the judge is saying. unfortunately, i don't think the judge has re-examined his order. i think it's poorly written. and i also think it's way too broad. and the inclusion of michael cohen in that order is absurd. i mean, you have someone who is making money campaigning against trump and attacking him on this trial and the judge is letting him speak but not for the president to respond. >> bill: here is the abc
so a carrot and a stick from judge merchan to the former president today. back to you. >> bill: that will do it for this minute, right? eric, thank you, eric shawn in lower manhattan. >> dana: here on set with us is law professor jonathan turley, so good having you. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> dana: we have been waiting for gag order announcement we got it and president trump got it too, nine violations, $9,000. more to come. >> basically what we...
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i think it is typical of judge merchan to take his time and be thoughtful about the process and that ties and that is across ties and get it right. i've said on this show before, i think that the gag order is a challenge for the judge because he does want to get through the process. and of course, finding donald trump a few thousand dollars doesn't mean that much jailing him. well, he could he has that is within his rights. do that for 30 days. the legislature hasn't given him a whole lot a whole lot of tools. but at the end of the de, it appears that donald trump is baiting this judge. and perhaps once that so that his his constituents will be appalled and up in arms and he loves that riotous communists you'd about the moment in court today, were the judge told todd blanche that he's losing credibility with the court i mean, you've been on the ventral long time. what how did you read that moment? >> that moment was i think judge merchan telling him your argument is just not making any sense, and i'm hearing you. i'm listening and give me a good argument, helped me through this, but
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the other good way, it sets a tone that merchan is not taking it. >> merchan really comes across as just this very gentile, kind professor who is over it because you didn't do your homework. let's talk, i want to talk about david pecker a little bit. i'm going to call on your media expertise. he did a thing that they don't even normally do in checkbook journalism as he called it. buying really juicy stories and then not publishing them. and he even said in court, which i found kind of stunning, with the karen mcdougal story, they were like, let's buy it. we want to use it, just after the election. we want to even use the story about the guy who claims there's an illegitimate son. they just didn't want to use it until after the election. he seemed to help that part of the case. >> this idea of checkbook journalism, it's a contradiction. there are no checkbooks in real journalism. we're not out there paying for stories in the real journalism world. but it's specifically because donald trump can't exist in a real journalism world. he doesn't want pesky fact checkers, people telling him he's
the other good way, it sets a tone that merchan is not taking it. >> merchan really comes across as just this very gentile, kind professor who is over it because you didn't do your homework. let's talk, i want to talk about david pecker a little bit. i'm going to call on your media expertise. he did a thing that they don't even normally do in checkbook journalism as he called it. buying really juicy stories and then not publishing them. and he even said in court, which i found kind of...
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as to the gag order, josÉ, judge merchan said he will reserve his judgment on whether donald trump has violated it and it's not his timeline on when he will make the determination if donald trump is find and he could warn donald trump that he could serve jail time. >> unbelievable, charles, and this is in the morning before the first witness takes the stand. how would you describe the morning? >> this is not the start you want if you are donald trump, and i have been talking to a number of us on the panel, and i am surprised that todd blanche did not have a better explanation and response for some of the questions that judge merchan has thrown at him. these are not complicated things. while i understand that you are primarily focussed on donald trump and his defense at trial, you have had several days to put together a plausible arguments as to why you should be able to win this hearing against the prosecution and their motion, and in the response that he was responding to stormy daniels, you could put together a few tweets if this was the answer that you planned to give. quite frankly
as to the gag order, josÉ, judge merchan said he will reserve his judgment on whether donald trump has violated it and it's not his timeline on when he will make the determination if donald trump is find and he could warn donald trump that he could serve jail time. >> unbelievable, charles, and this is in the morning before the first witness takes the stand. how would you describe the morning? >> this is not the start you want if you are donald trump, and i have been talking to a...
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we will see what judge juan merchan says . we will see if he lays down the gauntlet and put him on notice. but, this is explicitly trained, it seems, as a provocation. >> melissa murray, the jury, this is his second public statement about the jury. very specific, specifically, clearly a violation of the gag order. >> 100%. i think judge juan merchan is presently interested here in securing the privacy and the safety of the jury. this is a civic duty, a public service. no one is asking to be here. they are doing their duty and he wants to keep them safe. this is going to be the place where he lowers the boom. this will not be tolerated going forward. >> andrew, the day began with judge juan merchan in his chambers with the lawyers from both sides and a juror , an alternate juror, one of the jurors who, over the weekend, got scared and thought this is more than i can take. made a call to the court saying i don't know if i can do this. the judge wanted to hear from that juror today. we have seen the transcript. so, completely und
we will see what judge juan merchan says . we will see if he lays down the gauntlet and put him on notice. but, this is explicitly trained, it seems, as a provocation. >> melissa murray, the jury, this is his second public statement about the jury. very specific, specifically, clearly a violation of the gag order. >> 100%. i think judge juan merchan is presently interested here in securing the privacy and the safety of the jury. this is a civic duty, a public service. no one is...
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she's known judge merchan for more than 15 years. >> are you surprised, judge, that merchan has not already ruled on the gag order? no. i'm not i'll tell you why originally when we first had these alleged violations, i thought it would be one and done and we'll be finished. >> but and while this is pending and he does a hearing to which the defendant is entitled. there was no summary summary violation here when the defendant persists and continues to decide he's seen seemingly violating the order what's the point? what's the point of doing it to rush it, think about it for a minute. >> the goal, judge merchan's goal here is to make sure both sides get a fair trial and to get a verdict and to do that without with as little incident and as much grace as possible. >> this hearing and these get this gag order violations bins are to a great extent a sideshow. and there are plenty of people out there, maybe some of this table who want to get trump no matter what, right? they want to see him in jail, or they want to see him held responsible for this, they want his blood. >> i get that judge machin
she's known judge merchan for more than 15 years. >> are you surprised, judge, that merchan has not already ruled on the gag order? no. i'm not i'll tell you why originally when we first had these alleged violations, i thought it would be one and done and we'll be finished. >> but and while this is pending and he does a hearing to which the defendant is entitled. there was no summary summary violation here when the defendant persists and continues to decide he's seen seemingly...
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so i think the last thing that judge merchan is interested in doing is giving something that he knows that the former president wants. it also plays into the narrative thatjudge merchan is conflicted, and i think it would make it easier for the former president to argue in the higher court. "see? "of course, he is operating under a conflict of interest. "he put me injail." interesting. let's move to the wider trial because this week three starting. what have you made about the case so far, both as someone who's an expert, both in defense and prosecution? the difficulty here in terms of if you want to try to keep score, it's a matter of everyone understanding that the prosecution simply doing well, doing 0k is not going to cut it. it's not good enough. in the united states, proof beyond a reasonable doubt is such an incredibly high bar for the prosecution. if we think of the preponderance of the evidence is tipping the scale from 50—50 to 51—49 proof beyond a reasonable doubt is like 90—10. so to say, well, the prosecution had a good day, prosecution had a good week, not going to
so i think the last thing that judge merchan is interested in doing is giving something that he knows that the former president wants. it also plays into the narrative thatjudge merchan is conflicted, and i think it would make it easier for the former president to argue in the higher court. "see? "of course, he is operating under a conflict of interest. "he put me injail." interesting. let's move to the wider trial because this week three starting. what have you made about...
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judge juan merchan will rule on this monday and tuesday. he is going to have a hearing because donald trump is still fighting his gag order and prosecutors want to hold trump in contempt for violating the gag order. let's start with the sandoval hearing, charles. what do you expect the judge to say? can you explain to folks who maybe didn't see you earlier this week, how run-of-the-mill normal this hearing is? i have heard people say, why does trump get to hear all the evidence about him to make a decision. people should know that is how the process is. >> we will go to law school for 30 seconds. with this case stood for is that you have to present any uncharged bad acts that you seek to question the defendant about should they take the stand. in this case, just like other cases, if you try cases in new york state, you will almost always have a sandoval hearing because you want to prepare the other side to know, if you put your guy on the stand, these are the things they will be subject to having to answer questions about. in many cases, it
judge juan merchan will rule on this monday and tuesday. he is going to have a hearing because donald trump is still fighting his gag order and prosecutors want to hold trump in contempt for violating the gag order. let's start with the sandoval hearing, charles. what do you expect the judge to say? can you explain to folks who maybe didn't see you earlier this week, how run-of-the-mill normal this hearing is? i have heard people say, why does trump get to hear all the evidence about him to...
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judge merchan. it was posted on april 17th at 5:46 p.m. and it says in quotes, they were catching undercover liberal act lists lying to the judge to get on the trump jury. closed quote. and it is attributed to jesse waters. is that in fact what mr. waters said? mr. blanche? he said they are catching undercover liberal activists lying to the judge. and then, not at the time, i don't believe he said in order to get on the trump jury. judge merchan, so, your client manipulated what was said and put it in quotes am i right? i was. i wouldn't use the word manipulation but the rest of the quote is not part of the quote. this is not a repost at all. this is something that was said on tv in your client had to type it out. he had to it is there. use the quotation marks, the shift key and type everything out. and then add those additional words so your argument that these are reposts and therefore they are not a violation. that does not apply to exhibit number 10. is it? mr. blanche, number 10 is not a repost. agreed. so what is your argument as to
judge merchan. it was posted on april 17th at 5:46 p.m. and it says in quotes, they were catching undercover liberal act lists lying to the judge to get on the trump jury. closed quote. and it is attributed to jesse waters. is that in fact what mr. waters said? mr. blanche? he said they are catching undercover liberal activists lying to the judge. and then, not at the time, i don't believe he said in order to get on the trump jury. judge merchan, so, your client manipulated what was said and...
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the judge will rule sanctions in a hearing next tuesday i am j spokude about judge juan merchan earlier today. listen to this. >> absolutely this should not be allowed. he is conflicted like nobody has ever been. >> so that was just moments ago, laura. and he posted on truth social talking about the same issue about th e gag order saying, "i iawant to speak and be able to respond." called the trial unconstitutional work we said take off the gag order. this was notably after michael cohen appeared on cable news talking about former president donald trumpt he. perhaps that is what he wants to respond to the first things first, this jury needs to be selected of the seven so far.the i can tell you four of them are men, three are women, 96ay prospective jurors were sworn in at the end of court today. tomorrow is an off day so they will come back thursday and fill out thowe rest of this jury.o but right nobew opening statemes are set to begin on monday ofit next week.ed. i mention things moving on aek little bits. quicker than we expected. timeit is supposed to take up te weeks if that timeli
the judge will rule sanctions in a hearing next tuesday i am j spokude about judge juan merchan earlier today. listen to this. >> absolutely this should not be allowed. he is conflicted like nobody has ever been. >> so that was just moments ago, laura. and he posted on truth social talking about the same issue about th e gag order saying, "i iawant to speak and be able to respond." called the trial unconstitutional work we said take off the gag order. this was notably...
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judge merchan on his gag order. so, when i see you again, we will dig deep into why michael cohen go on tv all the time not have a gag order. i will see you soon. thank you. we will keep you on top of the former president's trial moment by moment. we are also following all of the anti-israel and jewish hate that is moving across college campuses. we are live on the ground at yale university, george washington university, columbia university, next. ♪ nesses go further with 5g solutions. that's why they choose t-mobile for business. pga of america and t-mobile are partnering on 5g-powered analytics to help improve player performance. t-mobile's network helps aaa stay connected nationwide... to get their members back on the road. and las vegas grand prix chose t-mobile to help fuel operations for one of the world's largest racing events. now is the time to see what america's largest 5g network can do for your business. my psoriasis was all over. then psoriatic arthritis. who knew they could be connected? for me, cose
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. >> este martes, antes de los testimonios, el juez juan merchan escucha los argumentos sobre si donald trump violo o no la orden con publicaciones en redes sociales sobre dos testigos del juicio. >> enlazamos con karla amezola, que esta en la corte buenas tardes, carla. >> ¿que sabemos de esto? >> vamos contigo, cuentanos octavio, ¿que tal? >> muy buenas tardes. >> como bien lo dice, son ciertas publicaciones que ha hecho donald trump en su red social truth social las que l han traido hasta esta audiencia que se celebro justo antes de que reiniciara el juicio historico que se esta llevando aqui en el tribunal de manhattan en su contra la audiencia fue sobre esta orden de silencio que el juez juan merchant impuso amplio este mes prohibiendole, como lo dices, hablar y atacar publicamente a testigos y a miembros del jurado. >> segun los fiscales, violo esta orden tras una serie de publicaciones en redes que ha hecho desde poco antes de que arrancara la seleccion de jurado la semana pasada. >> pidieron una sancion de mil dolares por cada publicacion y que las borrara de las redes. >> per
. >> este martes, antes de los testimonios, el juez juan merchan escucha los argumentos sobre si donald trump violo o no la orden con publicaciones en redes sociales sobre dos testigos del juicio. >> enlazamos con karla amezola, que esta en la corte buenas tardes, carla. >> ¿que sabemos de esto? >> vamos contigo, cuentanos octavio, ¿que tal? >> muy buenas tardes. >> como bien lo dice, son ciertas publicaciones que ha hecho donald trump en su red social...
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he made some interesting rulings already. >> judge merchan is known as a strict judge. that is he adheres to the rules of evidence and procedure. he takes no nonsense. in this particular case, i'm sure the defense would say his rulings have been pro-prosecution. i think that certainly in terms of getting a jury in the box within the first week, that's mighty fast indeed. >> did that surprise you? >> stunning to me. if you look back at the boston marathon bombing case, which affected an entire city, this case in many ways affects an entire country let alone an entire borough of a city, that case took not only a week, but weeks if not months to pick a jury. you're in a different situation here. >> like most presidents, when they speak, they speak to their loyalists, their followers, their voters and also their party. when trump says i will testify, is he just speaking to those who are following him to show that if they put me on the stand i will speak? or is he speaking out of turn? >> he said many times in many other venues that he would testify and then he hasn't. this
he made some interesting rulings already. >> judge merchan is known as a strict judge. that is he adheres to the rules of evidence and procedure. he takes no nonsense. in this particular case, i'm sure the defense would say his rulings have been pro-prosecution. i think that certainly in terms of getting a jury in the box within the first week, that's mighty fast indeed. >> did that surprise you? >> stunning to me. if you look back at the boston marathon bombing case, which...
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judge merchan, i want to read you this part of his order. there can be no doubt whatsoever that the defendant's intent and purpose when reposting to communicate to his audience, he reposts those as thoughts of his own. there will be another gag order hearing over other potential violations the district attorney in alvin bragg's office says violates that gag order. >> is it like a system by which you say, you know, and the judge said, i wish i had the possibility of increasing those fines, right, to $1,000. is it that on thursday he could decide to increase that? how does that work? >> yeah, first, let's just say -- i think this is really important to understand. there's a statute that the judge is paying attention to that says the court has to protect judicial proceedings and the respect for the mandate of the court, the orders of the court. just remember, donald trump was not ordered to be silent about the case. he was only ordered to not speak about witnesses, jurors, court personnel or their families. in other words, the other things dona
judge merchan, i want to read you this part of his order. there can be no doubt whatsoever that the defendant's intent and purpose when reposting to communicate to his audience, he reposts those as thoughts of his own. there will be another gag order hearing over other potential violations the district attorney in alvin bragg's office says violates that gag order. >> is it like a system by which you say, you know, and the judge said, i wish i had the possibility of increasing those fines,...
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what do you see as being the options for judge merchan here with trump? >> what we saw yesterday, sam stein, from the prosecution i think was an effort to dispel this notion this case was about hush money payments or book errors. this case was a criminal conspiracy to keep valuable information out of the hands of voters in an effort to cover it up. and the prosecution for their part, matthew, one of his super powers is able to explain complex legal matters in ways people can understand it. as for this direct question about judge merchan, i would say that this gag order -- what we know about gag orders i think the justice department right now -- the justice system right now is under a tremendous stress test, if you will. and to pass the stress test, what judge merchan, what everyone, all the judges need to do is treat donald trump just like they would every other criminal defendant. and so one of the options you laid them out well. financial penalties, stern talking to, or incarceration. i don't know know that the first step that judge merchan is going to
what do you see as being the options for judge merchan here with trump? >> what we saw yesterday, sam stein, from the prosecution i think was an effort to dispel this notion this case was about hush money payments or book errors. this case was a criminal conspiracy to keep valuable information out of the hands of voters in an effort to cover it up. and the prosecution for their part, matthew, one of his super powers is able to explain complex legal matters in ways people can understand...
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joining us is retired supreme court justice jill kavizer, and she has known judge juan merchan for 15 years, and you know the man, and what is holding him up on giving a ruling on that? >> the defendant's conduct is holding him up. had there been no additional alleged violations, we would have seen a ruling fairly quickly after the hearing last week. but then the new allegations come, and he is going to take his time to make sure that he does this right at this point. hanging over his head is the new violations, and it could also be a point where he does not deal with the penalty until after the trial as well. this is a side show, right, the gag order, and the violations take everyone's eye off of the ball which is the trial. and the judge's paramount job here, and the most important thing is to make sure that both sides get the fair trial they are entitled to, and to make sure that everything is conducted within the laws of this state. and the federal government for that matter, and so he is going to focus on getting through the witnesses first. it is not as though he is sitting arou
joining us is retired supreme court justice jill kavizer, and she has known judge juan merchan for 15 years, and you know the man, and what is holding him up on giving a ruling on that? >> the defendant's conduct is holding him up. had there been no additional alleged violations, we would have seen a ruling fairly quickly after the hearing last week. but then the new allegations come, and he is going to take his time to make sure that he does this right at this point. hanging over his...
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but, a contentious moment in court today between judge juan merchan and former president donald trump when the judge told trump and his lawyers "i won't tolerate that" this is a quote "i won't have any jurors intimidate ghd this courtroom." and that was in response to trump gesturing towards and muttering at a prospective juror as his lawyers were questioning her credibility. another big issue today is the d.a.'s office asking the court to hold trump in contempt for violating a gag order. that's at least their argument. and it relates to several social media posts that trump made about witnesses in the case, including michael cohen and stormy daniels. the judge will rule on any possible sanctions on that in a hearing next tuesday and trump spoke about judge merchan earlier today. listen to this. >> we have a judge who is. [cheers] >> absolutely out of place. he should not be allowed to do it. is he conflicted like nobody has ever been conflicted. >> nate: so that was just moments ago, laura. and he also posted on truth social talking about this same issue about the gag order, saying i
but, a contentious moment in court today between judge juan merchan and former president donald trump when the judge told trump and his lawyers "i won't tolerate that" this is a quote "i won't have any jurors intimidate ghd this courtroom." and that was in response to trump gesturing towards and muttering at a prospective juror as his lawyers were questioning her credibility. another big issue today is the d.a.'s office asking the court to hold trump in contempt for...
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just outside the doors of judge merchan's courtroom yesterday, mr. trump called expected witness michael cohen his former lawyer a liar. >> and when are they going to look at all the lies cohen did in the last trial? he got caught lying in the last trial. so he got caught lying, pure lying. and when are they going to look at that? >> after the contempt hearing, the jury was brought back in, and now former "national enquirer" publisher david pecker is again on the stand. we begin with vaughn hillyard outside the court, andrew weissmann, and former u.s. attorney, chuck rosenberg. vaughn, highlights from the gag order hearing. >> reporter: from the gag order hearing, was the fact that the judge has yet to make a determination on whether donald trump violated the gag order that he placed on him at the beginning of this trial. the prosecution brought forward ten specific social media posts in reference to donald trump's own comments to cameras upon leaving the courthouse in which he attacked michael cohen. now, over the course of nearly an hour and a half
just outside the doors of judge merchan's courtroom yesterday, mr. trump called expected witness michael cohen his former lawyer a liar. >> and when are they going to look at all the lies cohen did in the last trial? he got caught lying in the last trial. so he got caught lying, pure lying. and when are they going to look at that? >> after the contempt hearing, the jury was brought back in, and now former "national enquirer" publisher david pecker is again on the stand. we...
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to this man donald trump from queens, to be held accountable by a prosecutor from harlem and judge merchan when we think about the history the cast of characters is something out of a stage play right? and the poetry shouldn't be lot of on those of house care about the narrative in history into we will dig more into the special tonight can you get at fair trial in new york. you can argue he can get a fair irtrial here in other states where people would be so agased at the tabloid stories and the way it works. today people know about tabloids here. >> i read the new york post, i read the post i read the journal and times and this is new york story. >> and in fairness i mention he is presumed innocent and is not supposed to be it's so scandalous only that convicts hem but if the and the burden is on prosecution the scandal is beyond tabloid to ther to you were getting secret benefits and money collapse the campaign finance system as we know it if everyone could get away with it. nicole and rachel raised something the loss of control and optics and substance. so we will get back into that and
to this man donald trump from queens, to be held accountable by a prosecutor from harlem and judge merchan when we think about the history the cast of characters is something out of a stage play right? and the poetry shouldn't be lot of on those of house care about the narrative in history into we will dig more into the special tonight can you get at fair trial in new york. you can argue he can get a fair irtrial here in other states where people would be so agased at the tabloid stories and...
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judge juan merchan is expected to rule over what the prosecution can ask trump if he takes the stand. tuesday, a hearing is scheduled to assess trump's potential violations of the judge's gag order. joining us as former fbi general counsel andrew wiseman, the former senior member of the probe and a professor at the new york university school of law and msnbc legal analyst mary mccord, formal principal deputy attorney general for the national security division. they cohost the prosecuting donald trump podcast and they prosecute. trust me, they are good. >> i have not checked out the latest episode. even though i downloaded the podcasts they push to me. have you discussed monday, the podcast? or have you yet to record the episode? >> we did discuss. this was a cool episode. we had robert de niro and glenn close reading parts of the statement of facts that were produced along with the indictment a year ago by alvin bragg and then we broke it down and analyzed what we expected the trial to reveal to prove the facts and a statement of facts. i think it is a nice preview of what we will be
judge juan merchan is expected to rule over what the prosecution can ask trump if he takes the stand. tuesday, a hearing is scheduled to assess trump's potential violations of the judge's gag order. joining us as former fbi general counsel andrew wiseman, the former senior member of the probe and a professor at the new york university school of law and msnbc legal analyst mary mccord, formal principal deputy attorney general for the national security division. they cohost the prosecuting donald...
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you know, these players take us inside this case from the perspective of a judge, how is judge merchan approaching this jury selection process? >> well jury selection is a difficult phase of a trial, particularly when it's so high profile, that's why he's used are written questionnaire with so many probing questions that helps to move the word deer. that is the questioning of the jurors along because you can read those answers. but in this court, the lawyers are allowed to question each juror individually and really try to tease out the biases that they may have. so it's not going to be a fast process are the challenges of seating and impartial jury, judge, greater in this case, can trump actually wind up getting a fair trial >> i believe he can get a fair trial, but it's not an easy job to read out those who are biased against him as even he has pointed out, this is manhattan. this is a district that when 25% for biden in the election. so he has a right to really question each juror are carefully and be sure that people who are eventually ceded really can be fair and impartial. look,
you know, these players take us inside this case from the perspective of a judge, how is judge merchan approaching this jury selection process? >> well jury selection is a difficult phase of a trial, particularly when it's so high profile, that's why he's used are written questionnaire with so many probing questions that helps to move the word deer. that is the questioning of the jurors along because you can read those answers. but in this court, the lawyers are allowed to question each...
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let your tuner attorneys do their job, miss the were you surprised, judge merchan hasn't rendered an immediate decision on the gag order violations. yeah. >> i wasn't surprised because he's got to go through each individual instance, the prosecution is alleging and make a determination about whether or not that violates at an also think about what's the penalty going to be to send a message but not go too far. so i think we're having decision was what i would've expected. >> all right. misty marris, jeremy saland. thank you. so both you pecker described the tactics of quote, checkbook journalism and catch and kill. just how often that's used and why it's so specific to this case, that's next what is it about the titanic? >> why are we so obsessed with this ship every piece of evidence tells a story 50 years later? it's still leading people to her death. >> this special, to our titanic premier. >> how would really happen sunday at nine what cnn imagine a future where plastic is not wasted. >> but instead remade over and over into the things that keep our food fresher our family safer.
let your tuner attorneys do their job, miss the were you surprised, judge merchan hasn't rendered an immediate decision on the gag order violations. yeah. >> i wasn't surprised because he's got to go through each individual instance, the prosecution is alleging and make a determination about whether or not that violates at an also think about what's the penalty going to be to send a message but not go too far. so i think we're having decision was what i would've expected. >> all...
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first of all we have justicejuan merchan. now he is a seasoned new york judge who also proceeded over the trump organisation's tax fraud case. next we have alvin bragg. he is the prosecutor, he inherited the trump investigation when he took office in 2021. and his former colleague, todd blanche, who is trump's top trial lawyer. interestingly, he is a former registered democrat before he became a republican and took on the biggest client of his life. it has not been easy to find a jury. in fact, the court has had to whittle it down from hundreds of people to just 12 jurors. their identities will remain anonymous due to security concerns but we do know there are five women and seven men. now for the witnesses. of course, at the heart of the trial we have stormy daniels, the adult film star, who alleges that she received a hush money payment from michael cohen, a lawyer for the trump organisation, just before the 2016 election to keep silent about her claimed affair with donald trump. and this is michael cohen. he is the fixer,
first of all we have justicejuan merchan. now he is a seasoned new york judge who also proceeded over the trump organisation's tax fraud case. next we have alvin bragg. he is the prosecutor, he inherited the trump investigation when he took office in 2021. and his former colleague, todd blanche, who is trump's top trial lawyer. interestingly, he is a former registered democrat before he became a republican and took on the biggest client of his life. it has not been easy to find a jury. in fact,...