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and that's sort of the dynamic that's going on with merchan, and merchan knows that, too. and so the trick for him is to hold out the stick without actually hilting trump with it. incredible. >> and that is something -- we started this segment talking about the ways in which trump is running right up to the line. right-wing media is saying go get arrested, sit in a cell for six hours, it's not only going to be great for your grant, it's going to be great infund-raising. i think trump raised $5.6 million in the first week of the hush money trial, an average of $1 million a day. he knows where his bread and butter is coming from. >> it's so perverse all of a sudden these republicans care so deeply about the justice system. comparing trump's treatment to guantanamo bay prisoners. it's incredible to see how they're waking up all of a sudden to what it's actually like to be a criminal defendant. >> well, as it concerns one particular person who might face jail time. >> that's what this is about. they are worshipping their cult leader. >> why haven't we gotten a ruling from judg
and that's sort of the dynamic that's going on with merchan, and merchan knows that, too. and so the trick for him is to hold out the stick without actually hilting trump with it. incredible. >> and that is something -- we started this segment talking about the ways in which trump is running right up to the line. right-wing media is saying go get arrested, sit in a cell for six hours, it's not only going to be great for your grant, it's going to be great infund-raising. i think trump...
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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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judge merchan told them to be there bright and early next monday morning. now, before this case can begin 12 jurors and 6 alternates have to be impanelled. really seven jurors being impanelled means it's only a third of the way done. yesterday when of96 jurors were called into the courtroom they were all askednt simply do you think you can be y impartial in this case. more than half of them said no, and that half was cept home. and that is the point. at the point, the process of questioning potential juror tuesday make sure the people that make it into the final jury can beth impartial. the point of jury selection in this case, in particular more than normal is to separate the politics from the case. today trump's defense team questioned potential jurors about their past social media posts the defense team thought showed anti-trump bias. to a meme posted by a juror's husband in 2016. maybe those individuals do have strong feelings about donald trump but also feel strongly in a court of law they can put aside those feelings and generate a decision without bi
judge merchan told them to be there bright and early next monday morning. now, before this case can begin 12 jurors and 6 alternates have to be impanelled. really seven jurors being impanelled means it's only a third of the way done. yesterday when of96 jurors were called into the courtroom they were all askednt simply do you think you can be y impartial in this case. more than half of them said no, and that half was cept home. and that is the point. at the point, the process of questioning...
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that is the dynamic that is going on with judge juan merchan. the trick for him is to hold out the stick without actually hitting trump with it. >> that something, we started this segment talking about the ways in which trump is running right up to the line, right wing media saying go get arrested, sit in a cell for six hours, it is not only going to be great for your brand, it will be great for fundraising. we have details, trump raised $5.6 million in the first week of the hush money trial, an average of $1 million a day. he knows where his bread is buttered. >> it is so perverse that all of a sudden these law and order republicans care deeply about the humanity of the criminal justice system. jesse watters comparing trumps treatment to guantanamo bay prisoners. i fantasize that we will see some movement as a result to actually improve the prisons and the courthouse is. it's not going to happen but it is incredible to see how they are waking up all of us at and what it is actually right to be a criminal defendant. >> as it concerns one particu
that is the dynamic that is going on with judge juan merchan. the trick for him is to hold out the stick without actually hitting trump with it. >> that something, we started this segment talking about the ways in which trump is running right up to the line, right wing media saying go get arrested, sit in a cell for six hours, it is not only going to be great for your brand, it will be great for fundraising. we have details, trump raised $5.6 million in the first week of the hush money...
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you've seen merchan in action. do you feel -- that is going to take an extraordinary amount of fortitude to even consider doing something like that to a former president of the united states who's currently running for president. >> i think he's very conscious of what he's doing and what he's projecting in the courtroom. and i think he's going to protect the jurors because that's the most important thing. his job is to ensure a fair trial, and that means protecting the people who are going to be deciding the facts of the case, which are the members of the jury, members of the public. >> when you talk about trump's inability to control himself, there is something happening i believe tomorrow afternoon called the sandoval hearing. my law degree at television law schools i'm getting closer to taking the bar, but the sandoval hearing is going to determine basically which of trump's misconducts and criminal aktsz could be used if trump were to take the witness stand and undergo cross-examination, is that right? >> that'
you've seen merchan in action. do you feel -- that is going to take an extraordinary amount of fortitude to even consider doing something like that to a former president of the united states who's currently running for president. >> i think he's very conscious of what he's doing and what he's projecting in the courtroom. and i think he's going to protect the jurors because that's the most important thing. his job is to ensure a fair trial, and that means protecting the people who are...
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i mean, you've seen merchan in action. do you feel, like, that is going to take an extraordinary amount of fortitude to even consider doing something like that to a former president of the united states with a current candidate for president. i mean, what is the impression you've gotten of the judge? >> he's a very straight, businesslike, very straightforward, and serious jurists. i think he is very competent. i think he's very, very conscious of what he's doing and what he's projecting in the courtroom. i think he's, and i think he's going to protect the jurors, because that's the most important thing. he, his job is to ensure a fair trial, and that means protecting the people who are going to be deciding the facts of the case, which is the members of the jury. members of the public. >> when you talk about trumps inability to control himself, there is something happening, i believe, tomorrow afternoon called a sandoval hearing. i'm really, my law degree and television law school is, i'm getting closer to taking the bar. b
i mean, you've seen merchan in action. do you feel, like, that is going to take an extraordinary amount of fortitude to even consider doing something like that to a former president of the united states with a current candidate for president. i mean, what is the impression you've gotten of the judge? >> he's a very straight, businesslike, very straightforward, and serious jurists. i think he is very competent. i think he's very, very conscious of what he's doing and what he's projecting...
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i keep going back to judge merchan as well. he is really the most vulnerable person in this, given that trump can continue to say what he wants about the judge on social media, he's not out of the gag order, he has to make these monumental decisions, in terms of history. if he is pushed to put trump in a holding cell even for an hour becomes a line that's been crossed. we've never seen that before in american history. >> it is the job he signed up for. the jurors are in a different spot. even under the most normal of conditions it is hard to send someone to jail and look them in the eye. but these jurors have such a difficult task knowing that the actual philosophical, actual physical violence is against them. and it's got to be very scary being on the jury and frankly being the judge and being around all that. >> yeah, the judge engoron , no, in the e. jean carroll case, suggested that jurors not be revealed, to this day we have no idea who they were. joyce vance, duncan levin, thank you for your time. >>> still ahead tonight,
i keep going back to judge merchan as well. he is really the most vulnerable person in this, given that trump can continue to say what he wants about the judge on social media, he's not out of the gag order, he has to make these monumental decisions, in terms of history. if he is pushed to put trump in a holding cell even for an hour becomes a line that's been crossed. we've never seen that before in american history. >> it is the job he signed up for. the jurors are in a different spot....
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trump was singling out and lying about merchan's daughter. somehow trump still had the gall to post this a few hours ago today. trump called special counsel jack smith alderanged and said that he should bean sanked or censured for the way he is attacking judge aileen cannon. what trump is referencing here is the fact jack smith disagreed with cannon in a legal filing. that is it.th that is the sum total of what donald trump considers an attack when the attacker is someone other than donald trump. whathe makes that post so particularly unhinged is that thert attacker here is very clearly donald trump. trump demonizes people, and then his followers threaten or attack them, and trump doesn't disavow any ofdo it. the pattern is incredibly clear, anddi that pattern has poisoned our national politics. trump has normalized the idea that an appropriate response to political disagreement is physical violence. earlier this year reuters did the math and found that serious threats against federal judges, threats that are soai serious ty trigger an invest
trump was singling out and lying about merchan's daughter. somehow trump still had the gall to post this a few hours ago today. trump called special counsel jack smith alderanged and said that he should bean sanked or censured for the way he is attacking judge aileen cannon. what trump is referencing here is the fact jack smith disagreed with cannon in a legal filing. that is it.th that is the sum total of what donald trump considers an attack when the attacker is someone other than donald...
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i think that merchan has clearly shown that he is drawing the line. he is not going to accept it. so we shall see. i mean, as with everything else in this trial, we have no priors so we cannot say what is going to happen because we don't know one minute to the next, let alone one day to the next. all we know is trump has a really hard time. for example, after he was told to pay $83 million to e. jean carroll, there was a period where he was saying, i didn't do it. and then he started again. $83 million is quite a disincentive so can he keep his mouth shut now? we will see. what will it take? we will find out. >> do you think a couple of hours i rikers is even in the cards? i hesitate to say that because it seems far-fetched. >> first of all, consent can be civil or criminal. if it happened in front of the judge they can say, you summarily committed contempt. if it happens outside or socially, then it is a separate actual hearing. he has a right to challenge that. well, the judge put him up for 30 days on rikers island? probably not. but maybe that's possible. $1000 fine is really
i think that merchan has clearly shown that he is drawing the line. he is not going to accept it. so we shall see. i mean, as with everything else in this trial, we have no priors so we cannot say what is going to happen because we don't know one minute to the next, let alone one day to the next. all we know is trump has a really hard time. for example, after he was told to pay $83 million to e. jean carroll, there was a period where he was saying, i didn't do it. and then he started again. $83...
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. >> give us your reaction to that moment when judge merchan admonished trump's attorney about that audible reaction to something a prospective juror was saying. >> this is not happening in a vacuum. this is not a defendant who got excited and made an utterance. this is someone who has a long track record of using the microphone that's strapped to his mouth to insight his followers against other people. this is someone who was the president of the united states and may well be again. the notion that he would do anything that even encroached intimidating is absolutely unacceptable. i'm surprised the judge didn't stop in the moment and admonish donald trump personally. he showed great restraint by waiting and telling the lawyers that it couldn't happen again. this is an issue that this judge will inevitably face whether it's the ruling next week, trump's conduct. this cannot contain himself. he will not be able to behave. the judge will have to decide what to do about it. >> to the point of not containing himself the identity of these jurors should be kept private and yet we know donald trump
. >> give us your reaction to that moment when judge merchan admonished trump's attorney about that audible reaction to something a prospective juror was saying. >> this is not happening in a vacuum. this is not a defendant who got excited and made an utterance. this is someone who has a long track record of using the microphone that's strapped to his mouth to insight his followers against other people. this is someone who was the president of the united states and may well be...
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what has judge merchan done that could be i don't know useful to other judges in handling their other cases, or what sets this apart so far as it's really full steam ahead? >> it's actually a discreet set of facts, and every motion that comes up, every attempt donald trump's team tries to throw a motion his way, he rules on them very, very quickly. he disposes of them quickly. he doesn't just sit on his hands like we saw in florida. like in new york he's moving things along. when you have a frivolous motion, it should be that much easier to dispose of. >> it's not just mer. chan, too. the appeals court judge dismisses this thing in 12 minimates. there seems to be a uniform judicial stance trump's attempts here are bogus, and it's widely accepted they are bogus. >> right. and this should take 12 minutes, right? this is, oh,ee has a first amendment right to attack the family members of the court and of the district attorney. that's such a laughable argument, you should be laughed out of court if you're going to get up and make that argument. >> having said that, there are some legitimat
what has judge merchan done that could be i don't know useful to other judges in handling their other cases, or what sets this apart so far as it's really full steam ahead? >> it's actually a discreet set of facts, and every motion that comes up, every attempt donald trump's team tries to throw a motion his way, he rules on them very, very quickly. he disposes of them quickly. he doesn't just sit on his hands like we saw in florida. like in new york he's moving things along. when you have...
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judge merchan said he will decide on monday what is permitted in trumps test money. monday is when potentially the first witness testimony is set to begin. with me now, the aforementioned nbc news correspondent von hilliard, who has been reporting on the trial, as well as msnbc legal analyst catherine christian, who served as special assistant da in the manhattan district attorney's office. good evening to both of you. thank you for being with us. let's start with the sandoval hearing, the idea that donald trump says he will testify in his own defense. he is entitled to know what the length of questioning is and it is not a given that whatever the a says he wants to ask will be asked be to the da presents the judge with the length of questioning and the judge determines ? >> this afternoon, the district attorney's office make the case to the judge that a series of other trial determined from the civil fraud lawsuit to the e jean carroll lawsuit, there was a couple years ago trump filed a lawsuit against andrea clinton in which he was punished with a $1 million fine f
judge merchan said he will decide on monday what is permitted in trumps test money. monday is when potentially the first witness testimony is set to begin. with me now, the aforementioned nbc news correspondent von hilliard, who has been reporting on the trial, as well as msnbc legal analyst catherine christian, who served as special assistant da in the manhattan district attorney's office. good evening to both of you. thank you for being with us. let's start with the sandoval hearing, the idea...
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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 a better term, he has also sent that if trump continues to melt off, if he continues to destroy the integrity or attempt to destroy the integrity of those involved in this prosecution, he will lose access to the jurors names. that means, can you clarify what that means and the significance of that? >> this is the real sanction out of that gag order. this is the real thing that trump and his lawyers looked at and said okay, maybe we have to shut him up and make sure he complies with this, which is why i think you are seeing the very, the attacks on the judges daughter being taken up by his lawyers as an end run around the gag order. this sanction is important because the prosecutors would have access to the jury's name. they would to do all the background
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 a better term, he has also sent that if trump continues to melt off, if he continues to destroy the integrity or attempt to destroy the integrity of those involved in this prosecution, he will lose access to...
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in the trump case, judge merchan has made a big show of careful jurisprudence. he has excluded certain things the prosecution has asked to let in and in cases where he has led evidence of acts not charged into the courtroom, specifically the ami transactions, right? he has said this is very directly necessary to establish conspiracy, shared intent. you really can't fully understand what was happening with michael cohen paying off stormy daniels without understanding the trump tower meeting and the transaction to the doorman and the transaction to kill karen mcdougal's account of the affair. it all ties together. >> so it is a smaller net that they cast, if you will, that directly touches -- >> on its face it is a much more reasonable letting enough that outside information. >> i've got to say, though, ronan, that given the magnitude of the weinstein conviction and to have it overturned and now it falls on the shoulders of d.a. bragg day >> to decide to retry the case. he has not formally said he is going to, but he has released a statement saying he will do ever
in the trump case, judge merchan has made a big show of careful jurisprudence. he has excluded certain things the prosecution has asked to let in and in cases where he has led evidence of acts not charged into the courtroom, specifically the ami transactions, right? he has said this is very directly necessary to establish conspiracy, shared intent. you really can't fully understand what was happening with michael cohen paying off stormy daniels without understanding the trump tower meeting and...
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why don't the judges, judge merchan expanded the gag order to include family members, why don't they say, i'm off limits? they are the focus of trump's ire. is it just perceived neutrality? it doesn't seem practical at this point. >> i agree with you, but if you're asking me where do you i think it emanates from? i think it emanates from this feeling that, i'm going to do my duty, i can take, i can deal with it. it's an attack on me personally, and i don't want to inject myself into the process. i need to maintain being objective and fair and not taking sides. and the more i can do that, the better, especially when the risk is just me. i think that judges are seeing, including in this clip that you just read, to allow it to go on with respect to anyone in the process sends a message to everyone in the process that this is allowed. so even though you say, don't do this to witnesses, don't do this to jurors. >> if you're withstanding and you're suggesting it's a new norm. >> the other piece of it that would seem to have profound effects on the judicial system is jury selection and witn
why don't the judges, judge merchan expanded the gag order to include family members, why don't they say, i'm off limits? they are the focus of trump's ire. is it just perceived neutrality? it doesn't seem practical at this point. >> i agree with you, but if you're asking me where do you i think it emanates from? i think it emanates from this feeling that, i'm going to do my duty, i can take, i can deal with it. it's an attack on me personally, and i don't want to inject myself into the...