now, in this new york civil fraud case, this judge arthur engoron ruled against you for almost half a billion dollars plus interest that runs every day when i first read like $87,000 a day. how will you put up that kind of money because you have a bond to put up even if you appeal you got to put up escrow money. that's -- it's a lot of dough. >> it is a form of navalny, a form of communism or fascism. the guy is a nut job.

any minute now we expect to hear from judge arthur engoron. this is a friday afternoon. this will happen shortly by our best estimation. you remember this. sometimes it's hard to deal these cases straight. we expect that any minute now he will decide and come forward with a statement about former president trump. how much will he have to pay for the business fraud case in manhattan. letitia james thinks he should pay $370 million for misvaluing in her interpretation his properties. now, she claims that that was business fraud. he claims that this is a no fault situation, that the banks didn't ever complain that they got paid all of this. we watched this go back and forth. there she is smiling november 1 in the courtroom. she spent a lot of time coming to watch how this case was playing out. james also wants president trump to be banned for life from doing any business in the state of new york. obviously he made his name here in new york as a real estate magnet. he has several of his marquee properties here, including trump tower. probably the most famous of all of the tr

we begin with new york judge arthur engoron dealing a body blow to the trump business empire. ruling that trump organization must pay more than $350 million in penalties. donald trump don't business in the state of new york for three years, his two adult sons donald trump jr. and eric trump are barred from doing business for two years. now to put this all in context new york attorney general leticia james asked engoron for $370 million in penalties. the judge also extended the use of an independent monitor to oversee the trump organization. in his ruling engoron says, quote, defendants complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological. they're accused only of inflating asset values to make more money. the documents prove this over and over again. defendants did not commit murder or arson. they did not rob a bank at gunpoint. donald trump is not bernard madoff. defendants are incapable of admitting the error of their ways. the support is not constituted to judge morality. in this case applying the law to the facts, the court intends to protect the integrity of the

so we've been waiting for judge arthur engoron to issue this ruling, and now we have it. we still have to continue to read through it. our team is doing that. as i speak, but of real significant win for the new york attorney general and a loss for donald trump in this case that goes to the heart of his reputation that reputation that he was successful real estate businessman, that he wrote to the white house. the judge finding here that there was fraud, there was liability and saying that trump needs to pay back more than $350 million. boris, brianna yeah, it goes so much to his identity. this is clearly one of the cases. one of the legal issues, issues that he's facing that bothers him the most here as the attorney general in new york had argued that it was the marketplace that was harmed here and was seeking to recoup this disgorgement. are these ill-gotten? i can gains let's go ahead and bring in paula reid or achieve legal correspondent to talk about what she is seeing here with our understanding here, paula bit, this is really hot off the presses. this ruling yes, th

you get an arthur engoron and get a. >> circle system like this.'m not asking you about two sides, i'm asking a constitutional process system. there has to be a better way here? >> i think there is a better way. the problem new york was always democratic. it always had its problems. it had its avenging district attorneys but it also had the premier corporate law system. larry: right. >> not only was center of business it was the center of business law and that has been shattered here. so a lot of businesses can put up with a lot of the nonsense, the political rhetoric, the eat the rich campaigns but they could rely on this legal system. that's gone now. i mean the face of the new york corporate law system is now letitia james and that's a face that launched a thousand ships towards florida. larry: yes. >> why would trump or other companies stick around to see who is going to be the next target? larry: well-put, jonathan turley, well-put. you're exactly right. byron york, thank you ever so much. great column today. we'll see how this stuff plays out

judge arthur engoron ordering the former president to pay nearly $355 million in damages for exaggerating the values of his best-known properties, including trump tower and mar-a-lago. trump's sons, donald and eric, also fined. the a.g. argued, why did the trumps get to inflate the values of their properties to get loans and insurance when everyday americans cannot? trump lashing out just moments ago. aaron katersky is here. >>> also, the breaking news out of russia tonight. the sudden death of the well-known putin critic, alexei navalny. tonight, president biden making it clear he believes putin is behind the death of navalny. and tonight here, you will see the last known video of him, seemingly okay just hours before his death and joking. martha raddatz with late reporting. >>> amid the troubling news from russia, alexei navalny dead, president biden fuming, asking republicans in the house why they are taking a two-week vacation instead of helping ukraine fight back against putin, as they continue to block any funding to help ukraine. rachel scott live in washington. >>> the high drama

now, in this new york civil fraud case, this judge arthur engoron ruled against you for almost half aillion dollars plus interest that runs every day. when i first read it like $87,000 a day. how would you put up that kind of money because you have a bond to put up even if you appeal you got to put up escrow money. that's -- it's a lot of dough. >> it's a form of navalny. it is a form of communism or fascism get state and the state will devour you. that's his point. i think it's fairly clear. is he being targeted because of what he believes. even americans who don't love trump can see the rank unfairness of these cases. but the mere fact that donald trump raised his own plight in an answer about navalny sent the russian collusion kooks back down a russian rabbit hole. >> should americans and the rest of the world be concerned about what is happening with republicans, some of whom are embracing russia in some ways, embracing putin, i'm talking about former president trump here? >> this is a man who has praised vladimir putin's policy decisions he has called him a friend as well. >> don

. $453 million that is the amount judge arthur engoron has ruled donald trump has to pony up in his new york civil fraud case which includes nearly $100 million in interest. that number will continue to grow until he pays. and if that was not enough to ruin trump's weekend plans, engoron also ruled trump is barred from personally running a business in new york for the next three years. yes, the man who built his whole brand around being a successful and wealthy businessman and real estate tycoon has been hit with an unimaginable fine. engoron's ruling also hit the elder trump's sons finding eric trump and donald trump jr. $4 million apiece and allen weisselberg $1 million. letitia james reacted to the ruling. >> donald trump may have authored the art of the deal, but he perfected the art of the steal. this long-running fraud was intentional, egregious, illegal. today, we are holding donald trump accountable. we are holding him accountable for lying, cheating, and a lack of contrition, and for flouting the rules that all of us must play by. >> moving on, this ruling is not all that surpr

at the last minute today, donald trump's lawyers emailed judge arthur engoron, saying, as the court is the monitor that the court appointed remains in place. as such, -- from a brief stay of enforcement of the judgment. to the contrary, the prejudice to the defendants is considerable. the judge replied, dear mr., robert you failed to explain, much less justify, any basis for a stay. i am confident that the appellate division will protect your appellate rights. >> judge engoron has obviously ran out of patients with the clown car of trump lawyers and donald trump, who so unprofessionally it disrupted his courtroom and humiliated themselves in the process. joining our discussion now andrew weissmann is, former fbi general counsel and former chief of the criminal division in the eastern district of new york. he is the co-host of the msnbc podcast prosecuting donald trump. also with us, -- he is also the coauthor of the trump indictments: the historic charging documents with commentary, and a label on february 27th. and barb mcquade is with us, a former u. s. attorney and law professor at

at the last minute today, donald trump's lawyers emailed judge arthur engoron, saying, as the court ist appointed remains in place. as such, there is no exigency or potential prejudice to the attorney general from a brief stay of enforcement of the judgment. to the contrary, the prejudice to the defendants is considerable. >> dear mr. robert, you failed to explain, much less justify, any basis for a stay. i am confident that the appellate division will protect your appellate rights. >> judge engoron has obviously ran out of patients with the clown car of trump lawyers and donald trump, who so unprofessionally it disrupted his courtroom and humiliated themselves in the process. joining our discussion now andrew weissmann is, former fbi general counsel and former chief of the criminal division in the eastern district of new york. he is the co-host of the msnbc podcast prosecuting donald trump. also with us, also the coauthor of the trump indictments: the historic charging documents with commentary, and a label on february 27th. and barb mcquade is with us, a former u.s. attorney and law

that is part of judge arthur engoron's civil fraud ruling against donald trump.on also found the republican front runner more than $350 million, with pre judgment interests, trump already owes more than 450 million. a spokesperson for the trump organization called the ruling a quote horse miscarriage of justice. in his decision, engoron said, quote, defendants refusal to admit ever -- constrains this court to conclude they will engage in that going forward, unless judicially restraint. joining me in new york, msnbc correspondent -- and washington d.c., they've it bearing whole. >> ty, lisa. since we've been hanging out so much this week, i want to start with you. because, you know, this is a big number. i declare how you dress it up or dress it down, that's a big number for him. what goes through how the judge came to this, what this means for donald trump, and what is potential impact is on his business opportunities in new york? >> so, michael, the number that the judge arrived at here largely comports with the relief that the attorney general asked for. it was

. >>> and just 25 worked, that's all it took for judge arthur engoron to reject donald trump's desperate plea to stave off that enormous civil judgment. $355 million plus interest that's already 100 million and counting. we start in russia, on a day it was hit with more than 500 u.s. sanctions, the most since the war began, the focus for vladimir putin and his allies is clearly domestic, not international politics. worried about russia's ongoing signs of respect and grief following the death of alexei navalny, russia has now given his mother an ultimatum, either agree to a secret funeral for her son without a public farewell or know that he will be buried in the penal colony where he died. so far she's refusing their demands, but that standoff showing again how concerned putin is about domestic descent. and if he's feeling any pressure from u.s. sanctions we see no sign of it yet. there are real questions about when or even if today's sanctions will have any significant impact and so far spending on the war has boosted russia's economy. i want to bring in nbc's chief foreign corresponden

judge arthur engoron is poised to rule on how much money donald trump and his codefendants oh for frauding trump nervous? that's next nervous? that's nex you want to see who we are as americans? i'm peter dixon and in kenya... we built a hospital that provides maternal care. as a marine... we fought against the taliban and their crimes against women. and in hillary clinton's state department... we took on gender-based violence in the congo. now extremists are banning abortion and contraception right here at home. so, i'm running for congress to help stop them. for your family... and mine. i approved this message because this is who we are. >>> one big potential expected ruling this week on the donald trump legal front is right here in manhattan where judge arthur engoron is expected to announce his decision in the civil fraud trial brought by new york attorney general letitia james. trump could face hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties. he and his sons could also be barred from running any business in the state of new york. joining me now, msnbc political analyst and senior exec

maria: then after all of this, late friday judge arthur engoron released his evictor in new york attorney leticia a james' fraud trial against president trump, ordering trump to pay more than $355 million in fines while barring trump from serving as an officer or or director of any new york corporation or other legal entity in new york for a period of three years. of course, new york where he's built his empire. joining me right now in this "sunday morning futures" exclusive is texas republican senator ted cruz. great to see you this morning, thanks for being here. >> great to be here. maria: your to all of this. >> look, i think we are seeing a systematic and sustained assault on the rule of law. we're seeing an assault on the constitution, and we're seeing fundamentally an assault on democracy. what has happened in washington, it's really frightening and it's really sad. democrats have become radicalized, and they have decided that partisan politics matters more than the rule of law. they're willing to weaponize the department of justice, they're willing to utterly abuse government powe

>>> also breaking, white powder found in an envelope sent to judge arthur engoron. he's the one who hit donald trump with nearly a half a billion dollars judgment, and it comes on the same day we're learning about the former president's newest attempt to get out of having to pay. >>> and he's the witness that republicans had been trying to land for months in their impeachment inquiry, but hunter biden came to capitol hill armed with a blistering opening statement saying he's been hunted by republicans for a political house of cards built on lies, the high drama and contentious exchanges continuing right now behind closed doors with questions coming fast and furious about the biden family and hunter's business. >> so much to get to. major breaking news, mitch mcconnell walking out onto the senate floor and giving that huge announcement, he will step down as republican leader in november. nbc's garrett haake is reporting on capitol hill. also with us, matthew dowd, senior msnbc political analyst, and michael schmidt, "new york times" washington correspondent and msnbc

he wrote judge arthur engoron in this scathing opinion, they are accused only of inflating asset values to make more money. the documents prove this over and over again. this is the venial sin, not a mortal sin. defendants did not commit murder or arson. they did not rob a bank at gunpoint. donald trump is not bernard made off yet defendants are in capable of admitting the error of their ways. instead, they adopt a see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil posture that the evidence belies and you'll remember donald trump, eric trump, and don junior all took the stand and testified in this case. the judge rejecting their testimony and rejecting the testimony of the expert witnesses they put on in this case. significant though, ruling against the trump organization and it's going to significantly shake up how they do business and how donald trump will come up the money to pay this bill. riana, and kara, we've also learned that trump will have to pay tens of millions of dollars in interest right? >> that is in addition to the nearly $355 million, the way that we've calculated the map. this

judge arthur engoron has already found trump and his executives engaged in fraud. he now needs to decide on the issue of intent and what penalties trump and his company should pay. meanwhile, former president trump is expected to be in the new york court tomorrow morning to attend a pretrial hearing for the hush money case against him involving adult film star stormy daniels. trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to payments made to daniels during his 2016 presidential run. he has pleaded not guilty to all the charges at the same time. in atlanta, there will be a hearing in the election interference case on allegations of misconduct against fulton county d.a., fani willis. willis is accused of having an improper relationship with special prosecutor nathan wade. we'll have both hearings covered for you tomorrow morning right here on "morning joe." a lot going on. that does it for us this morning, we'll see you tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. >>> right now on "ana cabrera reports," victory for democrats

and now arthur engoron said i saw that "new york times" article, if somebody perjured themselves in my courtroom during this trial where i haven't entered an opinion yet, i would like to know more about that. please give me more information so that i can take that into consideration as i render my decision here about the future not only of the trump empire, but how much money can be clawed back from the individual participants. and that includes, chris, allen weisselberg, who had a $2 million severance agreement with the trump organization after he was sentenced for criminal tax fraud in another case to which he pled guilty, they gave him this $2 million severance agreement, that was raised during the trial as somewhat suspect. now the attorney general's office says, you know what, we want that $2 million back, whatever portion of it you already have, that's part of that $370 million that they're asking judge engoron to award to them. so this is relevant in that civil case, as well as to potential future developments with respect to mr. weisselberg's own criminal future. >> relevant, b

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. >>> in a new york city courtroom friday, state judge arthur engoron ruled in the civil fraud trialorts from seth doane, then martha teichner. >> reporter: just one day before his untimely death, russian opposition leader alexei navalny appeared in good spirits during a court hearing. russian officials say the 47-year-old putin critic collapsed and died friday inside this penal colony, high above the arctic circle. he had been serving a 19-year sentence in harsh conditions, accused of extremism. >> he was in prison. he was a powerful voice for the truth. >> reporter: president joe biden joined other world leaders condemning russia >> make no mistake. putin is responsible for navalny's death. >> reporter: navalny staged massive anti-kremlin protests, crew crusading against corruption. >> corruption is something that mr. putin choose like a foundation of his regime. it's agreement between him and his allies. guys who can steal money, who can enormously rich, but you should be loyal. >> reporter: as russian president vladimir putin's chief critic, navalny became putin's biggest target.

a blockbuster ruling from judge arthur engoron in the trump civil fraud trial.t is ordered to pay over $350 million, very close to the $370 million that was being sought by new york attorney general leticia james. a very sizable financial penalty along with being barred from personally running a business in new york for three years. hitting at the heart of how the ex-president portrays himself as a successful businessman. a.g. james accused donald trump of inflating his net worth to obtain loans and other financial benefits even before the trial took place the judge found trump and his business libel for fraud. what followed was a ten-week trial with over 40 witnesses filled with drama where a gag order was imposed on the former president after he disparaged the judge's clerk. all now coming down to this momentous ruling, one that was judge engoron's decision and his alone since there was no jury in this case. trump is expected to appeal the ruling and called it a, quote, gross miscarriage of justice by contrast the attorney general who said in a statement that,

today, a new york judge, just death arthur engoron order trump to pay a colossal penalty, which with interest, looks at 400 and $50 million. justice engoron also barred mr. trump from serving in any leadership roles in any new york company, including the one that bears his name, the trump organization for three years. the reason this penalty is so massive is because the fraud was too. as justice engoron put him as rolling today, the frauds found here lead off the page and shock the conscience. new york attorney general letitia james investigated trump's businesses for years, and what she found was that trump had been fraudulently inflating's net worth by billions of dollars for a decade. i don't mean just in the press and on tv ads for trump urinary tests, but in financial assistance and loan applications. and that means not only was trump tricking the public into thinking he was wildly successful, he was tricking banks and insurance companies to give him loan emirates that he did not qualify for. he cheated. he is a cheat. and making sure that no one sheets, that the world of busine

today judge arthur engoron writing, trump's "complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological," calling trump "incapable of admitting the error of his ways." the former president attended 10 days of the trial. >> this trial is ridiculous. >> reporter: and on the witness stand, he attacked judge engoron to his face, complaining, "this is a very unfair trial. i hope the public is watching." in his ruling today, the judge knocked trump's testimony for "long, irrelevant speeches," adding "his refusal to answer the questions directly, or in some cases, at all, severely compromised his credibility." the judge today also punishing trump's two eldest sons, eric and don jr., who trump entrusted with the company when he was president. both brothers had testified all they did was sign documents their accountants prepared, insisting they didn't check what was actually in them. >> whoever was bringing me a document, if it was more accounting, it was probably from accounting. if it was more legal, it would be from legal. and, "hey, are we okay signing this document? do you believe it to be

judge arthur engoron, still deliberating, is considering the argument that trump and his company should pay $370 million for fraudulent claims. in the meantime, allen wi weisselberg who was trump's chief financial officer in his real estate empire is on the verge of pleading guilty for the second time. cnn's katelyn polantz is with us now. let's start with the timing here from judge engoron, who initially told us january 31st, he'd have a verdict. >> reporter: john, it takes time to write a verdict. we're waiting for this wherein opinion from judge engoron who heard the trial that went on for months in the fall and into december. they closed the trial about three weeks ago, and the judge had said publicly he was hoping to come to a decision on the damages that the trump organization should face by the end of january. that obviously didn't happen. we're into february. now, a court spokesperson is saying publicly, it might not be until mid-february, a couple weeks, and things could change still for when there might be a final decision from the judge on what should happen here to the trump

judge arthur engoron is finally getting the spotlight he wanted so badly at the start of trump's nework civil fraud trial. late today, he ordered the former president and his companies to pay $355 million. claiming they are liable for, quote: persistent and repeated fraud. falsifying business records, issuing false financial statements. and insurance fraud. but that's not all. engoron also banned trump from operating a business in new york for three years. and two of his sons, don jr. and eric, who i will speak with in moments, were banned for two years. each of the boys are ordered to pay $4 million in fines. >> you build a great company. there was no fraud. the banks all got their money. they used the statute -- it's a consumer fraud statute that's never been used for a thing like this before. they used it on me. if i weren't running, none of this stuff would have ever happened. none of these lawsuits would have ever happened. nothing -- i would have had a nice life. >> judge jeanine: and the irony here is the attorney general brought a case under a law that is typically used to pr

. >> laura: left is still fanning itself over friday's ruling arthur engoron. the letitia james like wiley coyote. to pay off the judgment we will enforce judgment enforcement mechanisms in court and we will ask the judge to seize his assets. >> laura: oh the pregnant pause. she is either auditioning for higher office or for a seat on "the view." either way, she and the judge are the ones who should be brought up on fraud charges. remember, for supposed fraud with no victims. trump was ordered to pay 355 million in penalties plus 98 million in interest with $87,502 in interest added every day. now, unless he wants to pay the entire amount while he appeals, he going to need to post appeal bond worth more than $540 million. all right that sounds fair, doesn't it? last night trump gave us a sense of what he might claim on appeal. >> excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed. nor cruel or unusual punishment inflicted. that's the eighth amendment. i have a lot of cash but that doesn't mean he can take it. i mean, do you know what he did? i th

engoron, who decided the heart of the states fraud case months ago, finding the trump family wronglyhe value of some of its most iconic properties on financial statements to receive better deals on bank loans. this trial was to sort out the penalty. mr. trump and his adult children all took the witness stand, in the hopes of fending off a decision with a massive consequences for their real estate portfolio and family legacy. >> i became president -- >> mr. trump's defense team arguing that there is no victims, the banks were repaid and testified that they did not rely on mr. trump's evaluations. the former presidents attorneys have implored the judge not to impose a fine akin to the corporate death penalty, but today, the judge writing, quote, donald trump is not bernie madoff. yet defendants are incapable of emitting the error other ways. instead, they adopt a see no evil, hear no evil posture that the evidence belies. >> tonight, both trump and the new york attorney letitia james 's who brought the case, confirmed and spoke about the judges decision. >> letitia james, that is anoth

engoron and a judicial system like this. ask you to choose sides more of a constitutional process question. there's got to be a better way here. >> i think there is a better way. the problem is new york was always democratic. it has always had its problems. it's avenging district attorneys. would it also had was the premier corporate law system not only the center of business it was a center of business law. that has been shattered here. a lot of businesses could put up with the nonsense, the political rhetoric eat the rich campaigns because they could rely on this legal system. that is gone now. the face of the corporate law system that's a face that launched 1000 ships towards florida. why it would trump or other companies stick around to see who is going to be the next target. >> well put, well put you are exactly right. byron york thank you ever so much. great call them today we will see how this stuff plays out. we will see how it plays out it is hard to predict. anyway folks, moving on to the kudlow show i've got one f

engoron.ing previously found trump very guilty of fraud, judge engoron ordered him to pay $355 million. ♪ celebrate his fines! come on! ♪ and the punishment is more than just the cash. engoron also banned trump from serving as an executive of the trump organization or any other new york company for three years. [cheering] business man. not that anyone would ask him to run their company these days. i wouldn't ask him to run a food cart. "we're out of wieners. i ate all the wieners, but since i am out here fighting for you, really you ate the wieners. that'll be, uh, $355 million." but it gets worse, by which i mean so much better. because the $355 million ruling also came with back so trump was formally ordered to pay the state of new york $454 million. [cheers] and every day that donald trump doesn't pay up, he's charged an additional $114,553 and four cents. four more cents! four more cents! four more cents! thank you. you're a wonderful mob. no surprise, trump is appealing the ruling. but he

however, following the historic ruling from new york supreme court judge arthur engoron yesterday, that will soon change. on friday, judge engoron handed down his decision and trump's civil fraud trial ordering the ex president to pay over $450 million dollars for his company. trump organization's deceptive financial practices. that judgment include over but $350 million in penalties, plus an additional almost $100 million and interest alone. interest that will continue to grow until trump is. up the former president eldest sons were also hit with fines, don junior and eric both executives and the family business have been ordered to pay $4 million. age and fraud as decision had trump into places that could really hurt him the most. his wallet, which we all know about, and his ego, which we all see. trump is now barred from personally running any company in new york for a total of three years, his sons were hit with two-year bans. judge engoron also ordered the apartment of two overseers, monitor and an independent director of compliance to watch out for the company. so the parable ensu

. >> laura: sol, on this new york letitia james case and the judge arthur engoron judgment, i mean, it breath away when i first saw it on friday. this is an effort to drive him not only out of new york but out of business. and that message to other entrepreneurs or business people in new york is? >> don't screw with the uniparty. and it's not just political candidates. they are the most in danger. any really truly radically conservative candidate is in great danger by this kind of activity. all you need is a by i can't say result oriented judge and a d.a. who actually runs on indicting you. but, really, anybody is at risk, any business that runs afoul of the progressive orthodoxy, it can be on any of the hot button social issues. so i think it's going to have a real effect. it should be very embarrassing to the state of new york and, again, i can't emphasize it enough. she ran on a platform of getting trump and then oversaw the case. totally improper in my view. >> laura: all right. former prosecutor andrew weissman, along with other far left prosecutors, are out circling the wagons fo

as for this civil fraud trial, judge arthur engoron wrote in his 92-page opinion the former presidentis sons engaged in a years-long financial fraud to deceive banks and lenders, and he said they showed no remorse in doing so. he ruled trump submitted false financial statements to banks to secure more favorable loan terms and said he didn't find mr. trump to be a credible witness writing, quote: overall, bob trump rarely ponded -- donald trump rarely responded to the questions asked and frequently interjected long, irrelevant speak speeches on issues 235r beyond the scope of the trial. his refusal to answer the questions directly or in some cases at all severely compromised his credibility, end quote. the former president slammed the ruling as a sham. >> you know the great -- you build a great company, or there was no fraud. the banks all got their money, 100%. they love trump. they testified that trump is great, great customer, one of do our customers. they testified beautifully. >> reporter: meanwhile, attorney general letitia james called it a massive victory. >> donald trump may h

engoron and a judicial system like this.sk you to choose sides more of a constitutional process question. there's got to be a better way here. >> i think there is a better way. the problem is new york was always democratic. it has always had its problems. it's avenging district attorneys. would it also had was the premier corporate law system not only the center of business it was a center of business law. that has been shattered here. a lot of businesses could put up with the nonsense, the political rhetoric eat the rich campaigns because they could rely on this legal system. that is gone now. the face of the corporate law system that's a face that launched 1000 ships towards florida. why it would trump or other companies stick around to see who is going to be the next target. >> well put, well put you are exactly right. byron york thank you ever so much. great call them today we will see how this stuff plays out. we will see how it plays out it is hard to predict. anyway folks, moving on to the kudlow show i've got one for

judge arthur engoron just happeneded down a $350 first of its kind settlement against donald trump afterinding that trump inflated the value of his real estate when applying for loans. the judge released his opinion six days before the trial began. which makes it a show trial. except instead of judge judy, we get someone no one wants to have sex with. [laughter] now, the fact that no one was complaining about trump's activities including banks that gave trump the money seemed to have no impact on engoron who during the trial did more mugging for the cameras than a times square migrant. and of course, $355 million seems excessive when the amount owed to the banks is zero. that is key. if you can't identify a victim, then the crime had to be reverse engineered. because if the crime was organic, a victim would have started the process. instead they found the man and came up with the crime. does that sound familiar? that's my uncle steve. anyway, this proud legal beagle whose drooling grin has that look of the forcibly medicated was also unbothered that new york's a.g., letitia james took of

engoron, for a 30-day stay, a pause that will essentially push back the deadline when trump has to pay up. once judge engoron's ruling is official, once the clerk enters it into the system which could happen as soon as tomorrow morning, then the clock starts. trump's legal team will have 30 days to file its appeal. but in order for trump to do that, he must first post bond, which means putting down the entire $450 million in damages plus interest. every day trump fails to do so once the clock starts, he'll owe an additional $87,000 in interest every day. that is a lot of money and not a lot of time. and today in a short very terse e-mail judge engoron denied trump's request for more time. he failed to explain much less justify any basis for a stay. i am confident that the appellate tuition will protect their appellate rights. joining me to discuss is lisa rubin, msnbc legal analyst and everybody's not so secret weapon at this point. lisa, thank you for being here. first off judge engoron's e-mail is -- it's almost as if he want to write back unsubscribe, like take me off this mailing l

engoron, for a 30- day stay, a pause that would essentially push back the deadline when trump has to up. once judge engoron's ruling is official, once the clerk enters it into the system, which could happen as soon as tomorrow morning, then the clock starts. trump's legal team will have 30 days to file its appeal. but in order for trump to do that, he must first post bond, which means putting down the entire 400 and $50 million damages, plus interest. every day trump fails to do so, once the clock starts, he will owe and additional $87,000 in interest. every day. that is a lot of money in not a lot of time. and today, in a short, very tours email, judge engoron denied trump's request for more time. he failed to explain lets us justify any basis for a spay. i am confident that the appellate division will protect your appellate rights. joining me now to discuss is lisa rubin, nbc legal analyst, and everybody not-so-secret weapon at this point thank you lisa for being here. first, off judging goren email is almost as if he wanted to write back unsubscribe, like take me off this mailing

his attorneys filed notices today asking states mid level appeals court to overturn judge arthur engoron'spenalties that threaten to wipe out the former president's cash reserves. prosecutors and in former president trump's new york hush money criminal case. nda case are asking a judge to impose a gag order ahead of next month's trial. they cite what they call a long history of making public and inflammatory remarks about people involved in his legal cases. the judge did not immediately rule. the case is being scheduled to begin march 25th. ♪ the head of the republican national committee is on her way out. ronna mcdaniel will leave her post next month following former president trump's endorsement of new leadership for the party. correspondent mark meredith tells us what it all means tonight. >> donald trump is turning the republican party into his own play pen. >> tonight, g.o.p. presidential candidate nikki haley is urging republicans to reject former president trump's plans to install two loyal supporters of the next leaders of the republican national committee. >> the idea that they wo

we are waiting for judge arthur engoron to issue his ruling on the remaining counts that were under trial the last few weeks. do you think that's why we haven't received anything yet from justice engoron? >> that's a great question. i think he's probably taking his time on that opinion because it's an important one. it's very consequential. really, i think, regarding this news, what i would just say is that you have to know that alan weisselberg is giving alvin bragg and his team a heck of a lot. realistically, a prosecutor putting a witness up for the prosecution who's pleading guilty to perjury, you know, that's not going to be a very attractive witness. so in order for that witness to be worth the time, they've got to be giving up something really important. that's what i think is really the news here. >> part of what could happen from alan weisselberg pleading guilty to perjury is the deterrent effect to other trump supporters or trump witnesses that could also themselves be considering, you know what, maybe i shouldn't take the stand under oath under penalties of perjury because peop

we are still awaiting judge arthur engoron's verdict in that case, which could come any day now, very possibly next week. arguments in that case finished about a month ago, but that's not does not stop trump's lawyers from getting into fights with the judge as he weighs his willing. at the president and gordon is worried that one of the top financial executives in the trump organization committed perjury, or that's the reporting. so judge engoron wrote asked for any information about that executive and his possibility of perjury. which seems to remain in comparison to trump's financial dealings. trump's lawyer sent judge engoron a scathing response, a response calling the judges request for information unprecedented, inappropriate, and troubling. well, yesterday, judge engoron fired back. when i sent my straightforward narrow request for information i was not seeking to initiate a wide-ranging debate with council. however, you are misleading response grossly mischaracterizes the letter that i wrote, and i feel compelled to respond. you and your co-counsel have been questioning my impa

engoron, for a 30- day stay, a pause that would essentially push back the deadline when trump has to pay up. once judge engoron's ruling is official, once the clerk enters it into the system, which could happen as soon as tomorrow morning, then the clock starts. trump's legal team will have 30 days to file its appeal. but in order for trump to do that, he must first post bond, which means putting down the entire 400 and $50 million damages, plus interest. every day trump fails to do so, once the clock starts, he will owe and additional $87,000 in interest. every day. that is a lot of money in not a lot of time. and today, in a short, very tours email, judge engoron denied trump's request for more time. he failed to explain lets us justify any basis for a stay. i am confident that the appellate division will protect your appellate rights. joining me now to discuss is lisa rubin, nbc legal analyst, and everybody not-so-secret weapon at this point thank you lisa for being here. first, off judging goren email is almost as if he wanted to write back unsubscribe, like take me off this mail

in the filing, trump's attorney said they want an appeals court to determine whether judge arthur engorond or fact in whether he abused his discretion and/or acted in excess of his jurisdiction. missing from today's filing is any indication that trump has put up the cash or posted a bond in order to stay the enforcement of the judgment won by new york attorney general letitia james. that is something james has made sure to remind trump of each day, noting that the judgment continues to grow by a whopping $114,000 a day because of the interest. and in other trump legal news out of new york, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg is seeking a gag order on trump ahead of his hush money trial scheduled to begin next months. citing his long history of making public and inflammatory remarks about people involved in his legal cases. joining me is mary mccord, former acting assistant attorney general for national security and cohost of the prosecuting donald trump podcast. mary, so good to see you. seems like it was just a few days ago. >> it was. >> let's start with the latest news which is pre

today, a new york judge, justice arthur engoron ordered trump to pay a colossal penalty which with interest will exceed $450 million. justice engoron also burn mr. trump from serving in any leadership roles in any new your company including the one that bears his name. the trump organization. for three years. now, the reason this penalty is so massive is because the fraud was, as well. as justice engoron put in his ruling today, the frauds found here leap off of the page and shocked the conscience. new york attorney general, letitia james, investigated trump and his businesses for years. and what she found was that trump had been fraudulently inflating his net worth by billions of dollars for a decade. and i don't just mean in the press and on tv ads for trump hearing tests. but in financial statements and loan applications. that meant not only was trump tricking the public into thinking he was wildly successful, he was tricking banks and insurance companies into giving him loans and rates that he didn't actually qualify for. he cheated. he is a cheat. and making sure that no one cheats and

lawyers for trump filed a notice of appeal yesterday challenging judge arthur engoron's finding thatident lied about his welt as he grew his real estate empire. writing in court documents, trump's attorney asked the state's appeals court to decide whether the judge committed errors of law and/or fact, and whether he abused his discretion and acted in excess of his jurisdiction. it's unclear how trump would pay the judgment and the roughly $100,000 a day in interest, an amount that will simply grow until it's paid. it's likely the appeals proceedings can last a year or more. meanwhile prosecutors in trump's hush money case are asking the judge to impose a partial gag order on the former president ahead of next month's criminal trial. the manhattan d.a.'s office is looking to bar trump from making or directing others to make public statements about potential witnesses, jurors, court staffers, and members of d.a. alvin bragg's legal team. the d.a. cited trump's, quote, long history of making public and inflammatory remarks about the participants in various judicial proceedings against h

engoron made errors or if he overstepped his role.president has until march 25th to secure a stay, which would pause any payments while the process plays out. and listen to this. coverage of hunter biden's infamous laptop apparently caused a bit of a panic among "new york times" staffers that's according to one former editor who is now admitting, quote: many of my colleagues were clearly worried that lending credence to the laptop story could hurt the electoral prospects of joe biden and the democrats. end quote. and today is cool. national retroday. celebrating a time before smart phones and the internet so we thought we would throw it back and see how we look in different decades. take a look at this picture. here is us in the 160s starring in gilligan's ill. and in the 70s. we fight climb charlie's angels, janice and ainsley you look great. >> brian: i look exactly the same. >> carley: lawrence, ainsley steve and brian ready to rock in an 80's hair band. >> brian: am i bay city rollers? >> steve: that's awesome. look at i have a ta

judge arthur engoron wrote in a 92-page opinion that former president donald trump and his son engagedars-long financial scheme to defraud banks and insurers. and he said is they showed no remorse in doing so. so now mr. trump is barred from doing business in new york for three years, and a monitor will continue to oversee the trump companies for at least three, removing control from the trump family. edge ron ruled trump he didn't find mr. trump to be a credible witness writing, quote, overall donald trump rarely responded to the questions asked, and he frequently interjected long, irrelevant speeches on issues far beyond the scope of the trial. his refusal to answer the questions directly or in some cases at all severely compromise his credibility. trump's sons donald jr. and eric must pay over $4 million each, and they too are barred from doing business in the state for two years. the former president slammed the ruling as a sham. >> you build a great company, there was no fraud. the banks all got their money, 100%. they love trump. they testified that trump is great, great customer

. >> state supreme court judge arthur engoron had earlier ruled that trump, his two oldest sons and their companies committed fraud by inflating the value of their holdings on financial statements to banks to get favorable loans before the trial began late last year, new york attorney general letitia james asked the judge for a $370 million fine and to block trump and his co-defendants from conducting business in the state at the end of the day. >> uh, this case is about fraudulent statements of financial condition. >> it's been a busy legal week for the former president. a georgia judge heard more testimony on friday about whether fulton county district attorney fani willis should be removed from trump's election interference case. lawyers zeroed in on a romantic relationship willis had with a special prosecutor she hired. even calling her father to the stand. >> so miss willis had not told you about mr. wade prior to that? >> absolutely not. >> that comes just a day after another new york judge set march 25th as the start date in trump's criminal trial involving hush money payments to a

judge arthur engoron ruled the former president and his sons engaged in a years' long financial fraud to deceive banks and lenders. the judge said, quote: their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on the pathological. mr. trump is barred from doing business in new york for three years and a monitor will continue to oversee the trump companies for at least three years. removing control from the trump family. and growing rule that mr. trump submitted false financial statements to secure more favorable loans from banks and will the former president said he relied on accountants. the judge said they relied on the fake numbers that they were given by the trump organization. the judge also said this about the former president's testimony on the stand. quote: overall, donald trump rarely responded to the questions asked and he figuratively interjected long, irrelevant speeches on issues far beyond the scope of the trial. his refusal to answer the questions directly or in some cases at all severely compromised his credibility. the former president, for example, posted that mar-a-l

judge arthur engoron was efforting to release his decision in trump's new york civil fraud trial by todayin a $370 million fine for trump and a ban on doing business in new york. it has also just been over three weeks since a d.c. circuit court of appeals heard arguments over trump's claim of absolute immunity in his federal interference case. more than 50 days since that was put on hold. it gives trump the delay he wants to try to keep the case from reaching trial before november's election. remember, respective jurors were supposed to appear next week to fill out a written questionnaire for use in the jury selection process for the march 4th trial date. that, of course, is now on hold. joining me now is melissa murray, professor of law at new york university and msnbc legal analyst. all of these cases are important. i feel like the american people should know if they're going to elect a guy that he should use seal team 6 to kill his opponents. that's a baseline question we need answered. >> it was certainly the most provocative question at that oral argument. and one that really elicite

today, a new york judge, justice arthur engoron ordered trump to pay a colossal penalty which with interest will exceed 400 and $50 million. justice engoron also burn mr. trump from serving in any leadership roles in any new your company including the one that bears his name. the trump organization. for three years. now, the reason this penalty is so massive is because the fraud was, as well. as justice engoron put in his ruling today, the frauds found here leap off of the page and shocked the conscience. new york attorney general, letitia james, investigated trump and his businesses for years. and what she found was that trump had been fraudulently inflating his net worth by billions of dollars for a decade. and i don't just mean in the press and on tv ads for trump hearing tests. but in financial statements and loan up lucky shuns. that meant not only was trump tricking the public into thinking he was wildly successful, he was tricking banks and insurance companies into giving him loans and rates that he didn't actually qualify for. he cheated. he is a cheat. and making sure that no one s

engoron looms. business capacity of the state of new york as governor kathy hochul was kind of pointing to. >> surely could be no worse news for donald trump defined by his real estate empire there that is a big fine. that is a lot of money. >> he needs to come up with even during the appeals process he needs to have this money put on the table or a loan made by somebody to cover it. so, these -- this has got to be a time of some hard choices for the trump -- for former president trump and his family about how to come up with this huge sum of money. >> trace: trey gowdy now put your legal hat back on for you, sir, if you would. because jonathan turley had this to say about not having any victims in this case. watch. >> part of it is the disconnect here. they said you have what will be over $455 million if you include interest. and then on the other side of the ledger, you have zero. there's not a single dollar lost by these victims. in fact, the people that james calls the victims actually wanted to