Jury selected in Trump hush money trial in Manhattan
The regular jury as well as alternates are now finalized in the first criminal trial against a former U.S. president.
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'Demonization of Ukraine': McConnell slams Tucker Carlson and Trump for delaying Ukraine aid bill
President Biden signed the $95 billion aid bill today, which includes aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and forces ByteDance to sell TikTok. Senate Minority Leader McConnell blames Tucker Carlson and former President Trump for the demonization of Ukraine. NBC News' Ryan Nobles has more details on the package.
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'Don't worry about the salacious details': Legal teams preparing for Trump trial to resume tomorrow
Ex-National Inquirer publisher David Pecker is back on the witness stand tomorrow as former President Trump's hush money trial continues. MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin and MSNBC legal analyst Charles Coleman weigh in on how both sides are preparing.
'It's sleazy; it's tawdry': Donny Deutsch on exhaustion factor from Trump trial
The Morning Joe panel discusses Donald Trump's hush money trial and Donny Deutsch discusses why he believes the average American looks at the trial and says they've had enough.
'Rough day' for Trump legal yesterday: Judge Merchan's gag order ruling could come at any time
A potential decision could come at any time from Judge Merchan on whether former President Trump violated the gag order in his hush money case. The trial is expected to resume tomorrow. MSNBC's Lisa Rubin, former federal prosecutor Kristy Greenberg and trial attorney Kelly Hyman provide more insight.
David Pecker described plan with Trump to help his 2016 presidential campaign
The New York hush money trial against former President Trump continued with more testimony from David Pecker about his relationship with Trump and Michael Cohen and how they worked together.
'Donald Trump is incapable of running anything': Union slams Trump in new ad
North America’s Building Trades Unions is endorsing President Biden for 2024, and the union is out with a new ad slamming former President Trump. NABTU President Sean McGarvey joins Morning Joe to discuss.
Lisa Rubin: Expect to see an opinion from judge that fines Trump on gag order violation
Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing former President Trump's hush money trial, on Tuesday held a hearing on whether to find Trump in criminal contempt for violating the provisions of a gag order. Legal analyst Lisa Rubin discusses.
Mitt Romney: You don't pay someone $130,000 not to have sex with you
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, reacted Tuesday to Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial, saying everybody has made their own assessment of Trump's character.
'Incarceration is an option': Trump appears to want the judge to throw him in jail
At a contempt hearing to determine whether Donald Trump should face punishment for violating the gag order in his New York criminal trial, the prosecution observed that Trump appears to be angling for an incarceration penalty. Former federal prosecutors Joyce Vance and Duncan Levin join Alex Wagner to discuss how Judge Merchan should address Trump's disregard for the gag order, particularly given Trump's apparent eagerness to pick a fight with the court that he can exploit for political gain.
'They blew it': Judge shreds Trump's defense in gag order hearing
The judge in Donald Trump's New York criminal trial called out one of Trump's attorneys, saying he's already losing credibility with the court. Plus tabloid publisher David Pecker was back on the stand to testify about how he helped Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. George Conway, Charles Coleman, Molly Jong-Fast, and Susan Glasser join Stephanie Ruhle to discuss.
Not even subtle: Trump used National Enquirer to smear his opponents, court testimony confirms
Alex Wagner looks at how Donald Trump used his relationship with then-publisher of the National Enquirer, David Pecker, to manufacture negative stories about his political opponents when they were performing too well against him during the 2016 campaign, and explains why showing the National Enquirer to be motivated solely by helping Trump's campaign is key to Trump's prosecution in his New York criminal trial.
