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    Watch The Beat with Ari Melber Highlights: April 18

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  • Trump’s prison nightmare gets real as full jury gets seated in criminal trial

    10:33
  • NY lies haunt 'narcissist' Trump as jurors gear up for criminal trial

    07:52
  • MAGA Panic: New Speaker faces same GOP revolt that put him in power despite Trump nod

    05:35
  • Losing already: Trump criminal trial begins with losses on delay and Jan. 6 hearing

    10:51
  • Why Trump fears prison: Trial begins, and DA has receipts for jailable felony

    11:58
  • Humiliating: ‘Sleepy Don’ caught napping again at his criminal trial

    06:54
  • Trump’s trial starts: After failed delay tactics, Trump becomes 1st ex-POTUS to face criminal trial

    11:42
  • Rachel Maddow on Trump's criminal trial: He is dragging a ‘litany of criminality’ into elex

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  • Trump trial starts: D.A. argues Trump guilty of lies & 2016 crime

    11:50
  • Trump trial begins with a bang: See the DA’s damning case to bust Trump for jailable felony

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  • Why could Trump be convicted in NY? Lies and tabloid schemes, says insider

    07:31
  • Checkmate for Trump? Tabloid crimes are key to DA’s case to convict Trump for jailable crime

    11:54
  • MAGA's loser panic sets in as Trump retreats from dastardly women's rights crackdown

    08:01
  • He's going down: Trump's prison fears rise as trial insider previews damning case

    12:12
  • ‘Liar’ versus indicted fraudster: Trump goes on trial as former foe speaks out from prison

    06:23
  • Shocking prison interview: ‘Trump will be convicted’ in hush money trial, says Michael Avenatti

    15:44
  • ‘Deadbeat MAGA tears’? Trump may lose 2024 over bleeding cash and fraud fines

    07:21
  • Yikes: See Trump roasted and dunked on by Larry David as 'Curb' ends

    06:08
  • How do you report on wanna-be-tyrant Trump? Media under scrutiny for downplaying risks

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Legal bomb hits Trump: Special counsel eyes contempt in Mar-A-Lago stolen docs case

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In a dramatic escalation, the Department of Justice is pushing to hold Trump’s team in contempt over the Mar-a-Lago documents case. This secret process first reported by The Washington post is a clear escalation from a frustrated team of prosecutors over Trump’s conduct in the process of returning classified documents. This dramatic move also signals Jack Smith, the new Special Counsel, is going on offense in this probe. It comes as Trump’s team found two more classified documents in Florida and the same day we learn the special master review is officially over. Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn and Maya Wiley a former civil prosecutor in the famed SDNY join MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber on “The Beat.”