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bragg's argument is legally flawed. the federal election commission determined there was no campaign finance violation. the department of justice agreed. those two entities have exclusive authority over federal elections. the state has absolutely no authority and the city, bragg, has no authority. bragg never wanted to bring this case. no prosecutor such as alvin bragg should be involved in this case. the judge is totally conflicted and everybody is talking about it. an embarrassment to new york. legal analyst michael moore, cnn doesn't think the prosecution has proven its case. senator john kennedy respected gentleman, the trial says more about politics than an alleged crime. if you want to hide something from bragg you put it in the law books. it hasn't proved to be a felony. there was no crime. everybody is saying there is no crime. but i've been here for almost four weeks in an ice box. i call it the ice box listening to a judge who is totally corrupt and conflicted. highly respected lawyer, hush money is not a crim

i didn't i didn't violate any law is this scam bragg cannot prosecute federal election law. >> it's not a very serious fiction. >> doj declined to bring the action as you know, doj long time ago this case, it was going to be brought in which it shouldn't ever been brought should've been brought seven or eight years ago? it didn't do, that because they wanted to bring in red in the middle of the election and especially since we're leading and every poll it's a weird situation with judge has allowed prosecutors to refer to election violations and as you know, the federal elections look at it and they didn't bring any thank it's under their jurisdiction. i was from jonathan turley, andrew mccarthy, nda's are legal in common. yet bragg alleges trump's was illegal i have no way illegal in it seems that drops crime by blue state lights when winning the election. that was my ghraieb. i wanted elections i'm supposed to win against hillary clinton and that's not a crime either republicans in new york, it's not a crime bragg wants to prosecute trump for federal okay. i'm finance crimes, something

bragg: i did my job.ur job is to follow the facts and the law without fear of favor, and that is what we did here. i feelrk alongside phenomenal public servants to do that every day. in matters that you write about and lots of matters that you do not. i did my job, we did our job. many voices out there. the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury, and the jury has spoken. sv>> many people have said the prosecution is flawless. just wondering how you feel at this moment. how do you feel? mr. bragg: mr. stein glass, i think some of you probablyaw him speak for a little bit the other day. [laughter] job, as has this team. i will just say enough is gratitude to our system. i talked about the jurors at the beginning of my remarks. we have a phenomenal system. 12 everyday new yorkers listened to the judge's directions. they were careful and attentive. so i feel deep gratitude to work alongside them, to be a part of the system. i just want to echo this is what we are doing every day. during this trial,

bragg, ari, because the thing that struck me most about what alvin bragg said tonight, in addition to all the things he wouldn't say, were four words. i did my job. alvin bragg has been under consistent attack by trump, by his allies, by the larger republican party, and that attack is not one that is in isolation. that attack also contains a healthy amount of racism spoken and unspoken. i think alvin bragg, while he was not celebrating as jen noted, no spiking in the end zone here, alvin bragg was very happy tonight to say, i took my time, i did my job. i went where the facts and the law took me without fear or favor. in that way, this investigation and this prosecution were no different than the work that this office does day in and day out. i think he took a lot of pride in saying that. alvin bragg is known as a very methodical prosecutor. when he took office, he wasn't just willing to take the words of the people who had been helping cy vance, mainly mark pomeranz and carrie dunn, but he wanted to make sure he was comfortable with the theory of the case. i'll also remind you the th

that is what alvin bragg said. that has been a redefinition of courage, would -- which i think is interesting. courage used to have a different definition, but now things we took for granted in terms of people believing in the rule of law, we had to redefine what that means. if you think about what alvin bragg did, he took a case with a team of prosecutors. i have empathy for the lawyers, because having been a trial lawyer the amount of work it took to get this across the finish line, it is an incredible amount of time and energy. it is a without fear or favor approach they took. they did not let themselves be skewed by the following analysis. even if you have all of the elements of the crime, even if you have probable cause, even if you can meet all of those elements, sometimes you stop yourself and consider what the jury nullification could be. do you have enough to get the jury to care? i sat here at this table while we talked about opening statements and i said for so long. the first indictment, the first to go

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bragg. it's news but it will be interesting to hear from michael cohen tonight on msnbc, the first place i believe he'll be speaking since the verdict. andrew, can you speak on that and how they are still going to launch this appeal strategy going on cohen but the sentencing could be harsher if they base this on aggravating factors. >> it will be interesting. the timing of the sentencing and the appeal is going to be very much what i would say, nicole, in your lane. it will be the politics lane in terms of what they think may happen on appeal and whether they think that is something that will benefit them. if they think that it will be useful to have an appellate brief in before the election so that they can get some lackeys to say, oh, yes, this is a -- there's tons of legal error here, they will do that. but for the moment, you know, there will be a sentencing. there is no question that the judge is going to -- no matter what sentence it is, i have to say, this is -- this is in front of a

and so, alvin bragg had a decision to make. it was his decision, and his decision alone to make that decision to go forward with this case. and as i was sitting in that courtroom and watching this evidence unfold, i could see why alvin bragg made the decision to do this, why when he looked at all of this evidence his conclusion had to be i can't possibly not bring this case. this evidence can't emerge later, and the world can't see this evidence later and ask me why i didn't bring this prosecution. at the very same time, especially when michael cohen was testifying, i could see why the southern district of new york federal prosecutors didn't bring this case. because they were worried about how michael cohen would perform as a witness. what alvin bragg had to do when he decided to bring this case, he had to do one simple thing that's the hardest thing in the world. he had to bring a perfect case. he had to assemble the perfect team, including, by the way, the paralegals who were standing up there with him tonight at that press c

he let bragg get away with a trial that bragg didn't want to push and should have done it seven years ago if they were going to do it. they should have brought the case seven years ago not in the middle of my presidential election where we're leading biden by a lot. they brought it right in the middle election. the local court misused to enforce a federal law where he has no authority or jurisdiction. they have a federal law they're using with no authority and under the federal law i did nothing wrong. andy mccarthy, bradley smith, the number one expert in the country. testimony would have established that trump did not willfully violated federal election campaign act because ndas are not campaign expenses. nothing wrong with an nda. many companies, they sign them on an hourly basis. ndas can -- trump did not have a legal duty with respect to them. he could not have intentionally flouted the known legal duty. in other words, he is innocent. law fare run amuck against a former president. represents the greatest effort to interfere and steal an election. donald trump did nothing wrong.

so it's not so much anderson, i say, why didn't die, but why did alvin bragg, alvin bragg salt something that he felt he wanted to pursue that could be pursued productively. that was important and i think today vindicates his decision. i applaud them for it, and i applaud the office for what did you are you surprised at all that jurors came back, with a guilty counts on a 34 counts. >> i mean, each one there had been some talk that perhaps they would have find him not guilty on some somewhat easier charges, guilty. they found him guilty on everything obviously, interesting, i was going i didn't know how this case was going to land with the jury, and i think there was a lot of speculation that there was gonna be a hung jury and and at the end of the day, as i as the case was developed and as the trial started you really saw the building blocks the careful way the prosecution built the building blocks of its case with so much physical evidence, documentary evidence, witness testimony so i was really not surprised at this verdict. >> i think get occurred perhaps a day earlier than i thought

so, and especially not alvin bragg. remember, he came into office with a very long list of things that he would not bother to prosecute. so, he will gloat a little bit but he may have won the battle and lost the war. i will be surprised i will be surprised if the rest of america reacts the way that manhattan and the press corps reacted to this verdict. i think it's a sad day for people who like a justice system that actually is blind. >> bret: okay, legal eagles if you will stand by, please. let's bring in our panel political moore. hugh houthi, leslie marshall, democratic strategist and byron york chief political correspondent of "the washington examiner." hugh, your reaction today? >> it's not surprising but i'm very disappointed. it's actually a travesty in the justice system, bret there are so many grounds on which to appeal beginning with the conflicts that the judge has that are obvious. the sort of conflicts that dick durbin and sheldon whitehouse are arguing should get alito off of a case having to do with the j

so, i don't see bragg as a dewey. i think that this is going to be part of a very troubling legacy for not just bragg but for the new york legal system. it's a sad day. and i know that everyone basically fulfilled their narrative tonight, right? i mean, trump was able to show that there was a political prosecution that gave him very little chance in manhattan. i think that's pretty accurate other side filled anywhere narrative is he a convicted felon. when it comes to the law, i think that we also have to take that leap of faith, to believe that we have a legal system that is stronger than all of this, that the people around here who are celebrating the demise of an individual are going to be disappointed. this isn't necessarily a demise. trump did not look like he was surprised at all. you know, some defendants look like they are heading to jail. he looked like he was heading to dinner. he really did not register it. this is going to be a long road. >> laura: yeah. >> we're going to see how it plays out. i have faith

they went after alvin bragg. and what's scary about that is why would all of these people, one of the ways you become a big gop donor, you are successful about something. these smart successful business people, this group doesn't care. they know now more than ever, trump is especially weak and humiliated. if they side with him now and stand with him publicly now, he is going to owe them. and what is really scary when we are talking about ultimate power, now there is a whole universe of people saying i will stand with this guy because he is weak. this is a group of people who want to have ultimate power and they want this man to be president so we don't have a normal judicial system. think about the moment we are in. 12 americans sat there for five weeks. hours and hours. the justice system worked. the fact there are still people out there saying i'm okay with it, that is really a moment to think about where we are. >> it deals with filing. but i think when we consider to kind of the point four different diems tha

let's hear from alvin bragg followed by todd blanche who was on "watters world" last night with jesseack to back. here you go. >> i did my job, our job is to follow the facts and the law without fear or favor and that's exactly what we did. i did my job, we did our job, many voices out there, the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury and the jury has spoken. >> i wanted to be the one that is arguing because he's a smart guy and knows what he's doing and we made every decision together, man and i did four times in one year end four different jurisdictions for different jurisdictions, running and winning we will wake up tomorrow and fight it is not over. maria: we will cover this all morning, we have a lot coming up in expert analysis, quick break and we stay on the unprecedented story all morning long futures are searching for direction ahead of the april pce index this could be a market mover at 8:30 a.m. eastern, dow industrial gun 39 in affect on 73, technical strategist adam turnquist is here on that, reaction to the trump verdict as well, the power panel is back consult

what do we know about alvin bragg?any moment now is going to take to that microphone and say, trump, we got him. what do we know about alvin bragg, the district attorney? >> well, we know that , president >> well, we know that, president trump refers to him as fat alvin. so we can start with that. but going from there, he's a vindictive , petty individual a vindictive, petty individual who has brought a case that nobody else would take. the state of new york wouldn't take it. the federal government wouldn't take it. but alvin bragg, this individual here believes that he's above all forms of the process, and he is going to be the one who takes it. so he's a megalomaniac. he's a narcissist. this is his 15 minutes of fame that he stretched out into a year . and stretched out into a year. and now, against my biggest wishes , now, against my biggest wishes, this man has had a substantive and real impact on the way this election is going to go. and that's terrible for the country because he does not represent anybody, let al

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manhattan da alvin bragg showed up in court today.front row seat and watched the proceedings. the former president calling the case fake catka scam to keep them off the campaign trail. here he is earlier. >> i'm not going to be out campaigning for another record two as these corrupt thugs tech and that includes the judge. he should throw this case out. this case should go no further. every legal expert, the ones and many more, another one. many of them. they came out and they said this case should not go forward. it's not a case there's no crime. >> let's bring in judge, cohost of the five of the courthouse again today. judge great to have you with us. when you are talking earlier about all of your years as a prosecutor all your years as a judge you know all of this in and out which is such a great value to us. so tell me your take away from what you saw in there today? >> i was going to come in and talk about what i listen to. it was very drab and technical. laying the foundation for business records, at&t verizon and then irrelevant

what do we know about alvin bragg?any moment now is going to take to that microphone and say, trump, we got him. what do we know about alvin bragg, the district attorney? >> well, we know that , president >> well, we know that, president trump refers to him as fat alvin. so we can start with that. but going from there, he's a vindictive , petty individual a vindictive, petty individual who has brought a case that nobody else would take. the state of new york wouldn't take it. the federal government wouldn't take it. but alvin bragg, this individual here believes that he's above all forms of the process, and he is going to be the one who takes it. so he's a megalomaniac. he's a narcissist. this is his 15 minutes of fame that he stretched out into a year . and stretched out into a year. and now, against my biggest wishes , now, against my biggest wishes, this man has had a substantive and real impact on the way this election is going to go. and that's terrible for the country because he does not represent anybody, let al

let's listen to alvin bragg. good evening, first and foremost, i want to thank the jury for its service, jurors perform a fundamental civic duty. their service is literally the cornerstone of our judicial system. we should all be thankful for the careful attention, that this jury paid to the evidence and the law and their time and commitment over these past several weeks, 12 everyday new yorkers and, of course, our alternates, her testimony from 22 witnesses, including former and current employees of the defendant, media executives, book publishers, custodians of records and others. they reviewed call logs, texts, messages and emails. they heard recordings. they saw checks and invoices, bank statements and calendar appointments. this type of white collar prosecution is core to what we do at the manhattan district attorney's office. in the 1930s, district attorney thomas dewey ushered in the era of the modern independent professional prosecutor. we're now nearly years dedicated professionals in this office have bu

s and bragg. politics is suppressing negative information and -- if that's a crime start building new prisons. >> dana, you use the word shift before and it is not a long shift given what we're seeing in front of us going from a constitutional republic to a banana republic. all that has to happen is that the rule of law stops being the foundation of a flourishing democratic society and becomes a political weapon. it is normalized as a political weapon. that's why i can't help when i hear alvin bragg say he did his job, when we all know as we sit here that no one -- no one would have been prosecuted on this manufactured offense, which is so cap itchous other than trump. i don't think this is so much about trump as how you try to preserve this legal order that we have and the society that we have if you don't have law that is actually carried out without fear of favor and where law becomes a political weapon. i fear for what happens to us. >> bret: let me follow up on that. bragg is likely going to

everybody said it was a non-case, including bragg, bragg said until i ran for office. and then they saw the polls, i was leading the republicans and democrats and leading everybody. and all of a sudden they brought it back. it is a very sad thing that is happening in our country and it is a thing that i'm honored -- in a way i'm honored. it is not pleasant. it is very bad for family, friends and businesses, but i am honored to be involved in it and somebody has to do it. i might as well keep going and be the one. we're fighting for our constitution. the money that was paid was paid legally. there was nothing illegal. in fact, the lawyer in creating the nda. because at that time he was a fully accredited lawyer, he wasn't a fixer. i never thought of him as a fixer. the media called him a fixer or the prosecutor called him a fixer. he was a lawyer. and he was fairly good. later on i didn't like what he did. i didn't like that when i became president he went around and made deals with companies. when i heard that, he was gone. he was gone. and he had payments coming to hi

bragg. mr. bragg should be disbarred. mr. bragg has violated the brady rule. y old happylf a centur rule. the emails he has access tentur the emails. mr. costello said he only showemr cosd six to the grd jury, but he had access to all of them. e contemporarykept communication between the lawyer and his clienraryt fr which mr. costello got got a waiver. this is a very, very big case, a very, very big matter. so whe n that government witness is on the stand, that means the district attorney and the government are vouching for the truth, the integrity, testin the testimony of that witness and that witness was put up there, despite the fact that the government knew from these emails and mr. costello's testimony that he' s a liar. and even if it wasn't a brady violation, and you don't have your main witness compomebody who has a complete and he doesn't go to prison for a thousand different reason, goes to prison because he's a liar now suborningasons he, per. i've been talking about this on radio and.n radi judge jeanine brought it up earlier, touched on it, and u.

this is bragg.hen i announced i was running for president along time later they decided to revive the case and they got a judge who was responsible for another case that was also brought in destroy the life of a very good man, destroyed the life of a very good man who went to prison once and then they just put them in pris again because they said he lied. i looked at the statements he made. he did not remember something and they put him in jail. they destroyed him. with me for many years. honest man. if you look at what he did, it never happened, there has never been anything like this, over the education of his grandchildren. over he did not report that he had a car or two cars on his income. i wonder how money people have cars, i wonder how many people said i have a car? i guess you do have to report it. i would say almost nobody does, nobody thinks about it. they destroyed this man. they put him in jail again because they did not want him to testify. they did not want him to testify. that is why

nothing to bragg about. just like alvin bragg, the da. who brought the case. constitutional law attorney and fox news contributor jonathan turley is standing by. first is eric shawn to catch us up on what already has happened in the courthouse. >> well, a lot is happening outside the courthouse as far as inside the courthouse right now, it is the case being put forward for former president trump by his defense attorney todd blanche. he is echoing exactly what his client said this morning when he arrived in court. manhattan district attorney has no case. >> everybody says it is crazy. this is not a trial that should happen. it is a very sad day. this is a dark day in america. we have a rigged court case that should have never been brought. >> in his summation blanche said trump had nothing do do with preparing the checks and thought he was properly paying michael cohen for his legal services. blanche said president trump is innocent. he did not commit any crimes. the district attorney did not meet the burden of proof period. blanche told the jury the case is no

alvin bragg pursues him in a criminal case.t is a pivotal moment that is unfolding right now, not just in front of the courthouse, as you watch those defenders of th

this is bragg. and when i announced i was running for president they decided to revise this case and they got a judge, who was responsible for another case that was also brought and destroyed the life of a very good man. he went to prison once and then they just put them in prison again because you lied. he did not live. he didn't remember something and they put him in jail. they have destroyed them. he was with me for many years. he was an honest man. if you look at what he did supposedly, and never happen. the never been anything like this over the education of his grandchildren. he did report that he had a car on his income. i wonder how many people so that i have a car and i guess you do have to report it but almost nobody does they don't even think about it they destroyed this man. they put them in jail again because he didn't want to just testify. that's why he went to jail. they put them in jail twice. he is 77 years old. normally i would save us and all day but i don't feel 77. nobody ever s

shannon bragg or the head clouds. >> it should be patently obvious that the leading republican candidate for president. on trial natural one it's done. what for who he is trump is that potential nemesis of the democrats, by the way just got done code i may receive i'm reading a few now for the first time, i can look at open. >> i'm just giving you does everybody says break lows and so does mershid lows. the judge hate step of trump his take a look take a look take a look at where he comes from. >> any reliance on council i can't rely on the scott was canceled. i don't have any reliance on council might be the only one that doesn't every line that we have there's so many bad decisions. this got everything we asked for. >> we get enough. >> so he says biden despises bread blows had show description of. and so the same who's taken it upon himself to serve up as a code prosecutor? >> this is from the greek greg, jarryd, very talented it's a persecution not a prosecution of any legitimacy bragg is a abuses position and spend tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer you some, many people from h

bragg didn't want to bring it. then he brought it because of money and -- >> bill: you are an attorney. as you clarify not practicing. and we just had -- we had a row with jonna and andy. all three of those people aren't buying the story. are they or we missing something? >> you read the key part from the controller yesterday. was michael cohen a lawyer? yes. okay. this is a legal expense? yes. there was a step beyond. if you read forward to the questioning right after that. so even if you say okay, this somehow was not a legal expense. even if the prosecution can make that argument, the next part of what was asked by trump's counsel president trump did not ask you to do any of the things you just described, correct? to which the controller says he did not. so even if for some reason you can make an argument this was an illegal expense which is an inten able argument you have the added step did trump know about this, direct it or was he just signing checks? >> dana: listen to call for number three about an unfair t

liz: let me restate, can da bragg win the case and alvin bragg win the case without michael cohen?> i think he can because da bragg is relying on a jury that hates donald trump and a judge with no business being in the case and he's conflicted with donald trump recordless of the evidence. regardless of the evidence. he can win without michael cohen. liz: small businesses will see their taxes double if biden gets his way and he gets reelected doing away with the trump tax cuts. plus, former acting ice director ron pitello and suspected ice terrorist from uzbekistan crossed the border into arizona and inside the u.s. for nearly two years without getting caught. we'll talk about it on "the evening edit". ♪ there are many ways to do things. at old dominion freight line, we do them this way. this way has people who start early. people who care and inspire each other to do things the way they should be done. this way uses technology (♪) and goes the extra mile (♪) to deliver your promises on-time, every time. this way is why we're the number one national ltl carrier for quality. for us,

he is if you think p bought it the star witness for alvin bragg. as far as the gag order, i have to say it seems like such a reason to threaten the former president with jail seems like an overreach by the judge but they've made it very clear their position and their feelings about donald trump. maria: yeah. well, i mean, as the former president is facing this gag order, we had an opportunity to speak with of others in his world. yesterday, latlara trump joined. here's what she said. >> this is by design. no one is disillusioned by any of this. we know exactly what this is. the goal is to keep donald trump trapped in a courtroom in manhattan, unable to get out on the campaign trail. he made two campaign stops, wisconsin and michigan. that's how he's going to have to do idos this. he's going to have to stop at places like joe biden would never do, like the bodega of visit in harlem where the democrats never assumed a guy like donald trump would go. many were cheering for him. we're raising a million dollars a day. we're capitalizing on the days he's

that's exactly what bragg is doing here.t's why when costello said he thinks this would get overturned on appeal he is right on the facts, i think. but definitely right on law. the d.a. here has gone beyond his legal authority and actually treading on the power of the federal government. >> dana: thank you for your time and the trial continues. cohen is on the stand, cross examination underway. we have more great analysis coming right up after this very quick break. but because it's gold - they think it must be complicated. it isn't. not with rosland capital. with rosland... the entire process from start to finish is built on one concept... one... keep... it... simple. rosland capital - a trusted leader in helping people acquire precious metals. gold bullion, lady liberty gold and silver proofs, and our premium coins, can help you preserve your wealth. call rosland capital at 800-630-8900 to receive your free rosland guide to gold, gold & precious metals ira, and silver brochures. with rosland, there are no hassles, no gimmi

bragg wouldn't say whether he'll seek prison time hear. a former prosecutor, would you ask for prison time? >> i would have to do research and say, okay, what's the sentence like for someone who's committed a similar offense. my feeling is this judge should continue treating donald trump like any other american citizen, neither better nor worse. i would want to look at other people who have been charged with these kind of crimes, what kind of sentence have we asked for, and that's what i think the prosecution should do. i do think that whatever he says between now and sentencing, like what he said yesterday, slamming the process, not taking responsibility -- his guilt, that should be considered by a judge, it would be considered by any other judge with any other defendant in terms of sentencing, and that would mean a harsher sentence than if he were accepting responsibility. look, overall, i think americans should feel somewhat reassured, notwithstanding all the stresses on the system, our democracy worked, justice was done. 12 ordinary am

and that's alvin bragg. i've heard a number of your colleagues talk about this being the weaponization of the government. and because donald trump is the political opponent of biden, but bragg is a state-level prosecutor. he is not under the purview of the department of justice. what do you assign that fault to him well, two things. >> let's go back. first of all, the judge did tell the jury that they can decide amongst multiple different federal crimes to adjudicate guilt on this misdemeanor that they elevated to a felony in state court. so if you're gonna do that, first of all, you have to bring expert testimony from somebody with federal background on those charges. they did not allow that to be brought forward. now, specific to alvin bragg, the issue here is that he ran on the entire position of getting done hammel trump. that was one of the core pillars of his campaign to become the district attorney in manhattan. and so now you have somebody who basically said i'm gonna go get somebody regardless of wh

what happened is mr bragg should be disbarred.rady rule which is a happy century year old rule. the e-mails, he has access to the e-mails. mr costello said he only showed 6 but had access to all them. that is kept temporary communication between the lawyer and his client for which mr costello got away with. it's a very, very big case and a very big matter so when that government witness is on the stand, that means the district attorney and government are vouching for the truth, integrity and testimony of that witness. that witness was put up their despite the fact the government knew from these e-mails mr costello's testimony that he is a liar. and even if it wasn't a brady violation you don't have humane witness as someone who is a complete -- he doesn't go to prison for a thousand different reasons he goes because he is a liar. supporting perjury out of been talking about this on radio and was brought up earlier. the u.s. attorney tolman brought it up. out to expand on this. we lawyers need to police what's going on here, we can

bragg cannot prove his case. they have no evidence and i'm innocent. this is a political witch hunt. nobody has seen anything like it. i tell you what, the appellate division judges should step in. what this judge is getting away with is disgraceful, including the fact that we have thousands of people, 100,000 people in new jersey. they would like to show their support. it is like an armed camp outside. you can't get one person within three blocks of this courthouse. gregg jarrett, you take a look at this statement, we're in the fourth week and there is still no evidence whatsoever connecting trump with any criminal wrongdoing. a crime that's not charged, a crime that in which prosecutors won't even tell the defendant what it is. we have records and they talk about bookkeeping. we call a legal expense a legal expense. we don't call it a construction expense. we don't say concrete work or electrical work. we paid a lawyer a legal expense. it is marked down in the book legal expense. it is perfectly marked down. the other side says let's indict him anywa

bragg doesn't have jurisdiction over the federal one. when we spend so much time what the crime is shows it is shaky. >> dana: this is the judge telling prosecutors to tell their star witness, michael cohen, to shut up. he said i would direct the people could many unindicate the judge is asking him to stop making any more statements about the case. that comes from the bench and you are communicating that on behalf of the bench. michael cohen didn't care. he is on tiktok selling things and he wants merchandise and wants to have a show. he is not listening. >> he is very desperate and doing anything he can to make money at this point. he is also very unhinged. and yes, he is a convicted liar. he is in such a pickle. i think his testimony has the possibility of making stormy daniels look like a sympathetic nun by comparison. he could really fall apart on the stand. he is not doing himself any favors and looking at a person who has fallen so far he feels he has nothing to lose. so all he is going to do is monetize that and you talk about cor

bragg has no authority to enforce election law, and we did nothing wrong. ted cruz said in over 200 years, never once has a president of the united states been indicted over no crime no crime. hemingway, very smart woman. this is a show trial. there is no actual crime or evidence. mollie hemingway reinspected by everybody, by the way. here is a very liberal gentleman, but a very talented one. critically acclaimed, director oliver stone. haven't heard his name mentioned in a while. it's a new form of warfare. it's called lawfare. even he is talking. i've never had such a liberal or as they say nowadays, progressive support. you are living through what is not only the worst president in american history, that is biden when it comes to domestic and foreign affairs. when it comes to the constitution and rule of law and law of order in regards to the republic, biden's dismantling it, and he's destroying it. i think that beautiful resolute desk in the oval office. the country has never been in this position. we are doing badly and so many different ways, and we a

bragg might be desperate. i think the weekend, we'll see a lot of changes. the other thing that's interesting that bob costello brought up yesterday, he said i was told that all of the proof and the evidence and things i took to alvin bragg's office, the da's office for the grand jury portion of this to get to the 34 indictments, i was told a lot of that was hearsay. but he had e-mails. he had records. so -- and was that attorney/client nda he was released in that, costello can -- so we're not -- michael cohen's a lawyer. we've got costello, they're not going to believe that lawyer. i think alvin bragg is sees brett and -- desperate and i think really showing. maria: mitch. >> michael cohen's a professional liar. he was lying about lying. and i think that the jury's going to see that. the other thing, to cheryl's point, there's a ton of exculpatory evidence that costello provided to bragg's office that may not have been provided to the grand jury corks the grand jury may have been selectively cherry-picked evidence that was used by bragg to get the indictmen

but that's exactly what alvin bragg ended up doing.l after president trump announced he was running for president, which i think just underscores how political this thing is. so we would like to ask alvin bragg what prompted to you change your mind? was it simply the political pressure and we would like to ask mr. colangelo about his interactions with the justice department and/or the white house. >> laura: do you have any information to indicate that colangelo was stupid enough to be in constant contact or intermittent contact with his old friends at doj as this was all going down? >> we don't, but, look, we think -- in light of how bad this is, in light of jack smith, remember this, too, jack smith doesn't get appointed special counsel in these federal cases until three days after president trump announces is he running for office. and fani willis doesn't bring her charges until after president trump announces he is running for president. so, we think they are all political. we think they are all in coordination, all run by the democ

alvin bragg as i kingmaker he made trump president.by making his entire party coalesce behind him two men bound in historiover from bragg unintended consequence made trump president, that is what i am going to argue, now it may sound crazy, unintended consequence it is, but i believe, history will look at it that way when examined years from now kellyanne? >> i am looking forward because now donald trump not stuck in a courtroom can resume regular schedule this campaign trail what verdict does not change at all, the fact joe biden is every minute every second 81 years old not getting better between now and november kamala harris can't put a sentence together even when piped into a teleprompter if you ask, the border trump the middle east trump ukraine trump entire campaign built around take down donald trump, so donald trump has tremendous opportunity as republican pellet nominee to inspire us to instruct us as to what his second term would look like who is in cabinet running mate how are people for the debate i would advise him move f

by alvin bragg. >> trace: strong words >> perhaps the cbc of canada.y perhaps put it best, of verdict, an appeal and for americans, a plunge into the political unknown. that it is. >> trace: kevin thank you. let's bring in the spectators. washington editor amber duke and seattle talk radio host... i want to play a little media montage. this is a joyful media montage from today. watch this. >> thank you to the jurors, thank you to this judge. >> this is a moment of democratic reset. >> accountability is happening here. >> this was a jury that throughout the process was extremely attentive. >> miracle is too strong a word but a day for celebration. >> the jog -- judge who he is attacked repeatedly without any basis is -- it's a remarkable moment. >> you have to live with it. >> trace: miracle? the last guy didn't know the crime any more than anybody else did. he couldn't pick out the crime either and yet so overjoyed. >> it's incredible. cannot surprised to see these people gloating. they very much represent the same makeup that was likely on that jury b

in that's what bragg would go with, why didn't he just go with it? the tax charge we're hearing late breaking news with the tax charge they will say even if he paid the taxes if he did it with fraudulent intent is enough. that is a state charge under bragg's jurisdiction. he could have charged it. the larger issue that andy was talking about, constitutionally this is bogus. here we are, the case is done. donald trump's side has had their say. only now are they finally finding out the specifics of what it is he is actually being charged with. >> harris: rebecca, i want to read what you are talking about. the third their theory is a violation of taxes. even if it does not result in underpaying of taxes. rebecca, your take on that and what kind of -- what does this do in the mix either for the prosecution or for the defense? >> honestly, where was the evidence that the prosecution showed the jury during the trial? where was the evidence to these elements that are now being read back to the jury and the jury instructions? they weren't there. there is not

by the way alvin bragg -- your previous da didn't bring the case. the ftc said they threw it away and they say you have to be getting. so this -- nobody brought the case and then alvin bragg brought the case and -- when i'm running and leading us what they decided. laszlo bring a case so it's a disgrace but we just heard 2-3 more weeks? i thought we were finished today. and they are finished today that i don't know what's happening. i thought they were going to be finished today and wanted two having more -- 2-3 more weeks, they played right in to the dirty's hands. the judge is so happy about two and mark three more weeks because they all want to keep me off the campaign trail. that's all this is about remedies and what lesson interference, how can you stop it and it's a disgrace. and have the other thing that may be is even more stressful is the gag order. where i can't basically -- out to watch every word i tell you people. you asked me a question got a simple question, i can give it but i can't talk about it because this judge is giving me a gag

well, day 17 of alvin bragg trial from michael cohen, i am still looking for a crime. we hear from gregg jarrett. we have senator tim scott on set. to tell us about joe biden's bottomless pinnochios on economy and inflation, breitbart's john carney and russell vaught talk to us about inflation, donald trump is locked up in a courtroom, joe biden spending a impeac fortune campaigning and mr. trump's lead in swing states is growing larger, charter hurt and katie -- charlie hurt and katie pavlich will join us. day 17 of this trial, gregg jarrett did you 11 anythi learn anything today. reporter: you know that is a great question. the answer is, no. the morning was the second day of cohen. you know, notorious liar and serial purger. he did not lay a finger on trump, he takes witness stand. he doesn't deliver a devastating blow that his former boss. this case is really about the core dim indictment charges misdemeanor that are magically elevated to a felony, you never get to the felony if you knock out following records misdemeanors, cohen it not do that, he explained what t

this is bragg. then when they announced i was running for president, a long time later, they decided to revive this case. they got a judge, judge merchan, who was responsible for another case that was also brought. destroyed the life of a very good man. a very good man. who went to prison once. then they put him in prison again because they said he lied. he didn't lie. i looked at the statements he made. in fact, he didn't remember something and they put him in jail. they have destroyed him. with me for many years. he was an honorable person. he was an honest man. if you look at what he did supposedly, never happened. there's never been anything like this, over the education of his grandchildren. he didn't report he had a car or two cars on his income. i don't know. i wonder how many people here have cars. i wonder how many people said, i have a car that's worth x. how do you figure? i guess you have to report it. i would say probably almost nobody does. nobody even thinks about it. they put this ma

alvin bragg's office. he is pointing to the fact that is filed a freedom of information request for any records of communication between the trump -- the d.o.j. office and the manhattan d.a.'s office. what he is looking at is the fact that former d.o.j. official matthew colangelo was hired to alvin bragg's office and now involved in the prosecution. so lee, i will turn to you here. is there smoke here? >> yeah, it's great the missouri attorney general is looking into this. obviously there is a connection between the biden department of justice and bragg's office with the colangelo example. the third ranking person at the department of justice leaving that position to become an assistant district attorney in one of america's counties to try this case. clearly there is a connection there. bragg campaigned on taking down trump. he didn't say what the charges would be. same thing with james and willis in georgia. they got elected based off the pledge to take down trump but didn't know how they were going to do

bragg. relating to falsifying business records. 0ur north america correspondent nada tawfik has been covering the trial for us and she's been speaking to the bbc digital reporter kayla epstein who was inside the courtroom when the verdicts were read out. an unreal moment here in manhattan when that verdict was read. you can see around me just the amount of police presence, the worlds, the united states media here for as far as the eye can see and in the park, already you can hear chance of lock him up. those who despise donald trump remain in the park. there was a shout of celebration when the news got to them that he had been found guilty. but what about what happened inside of that courtroom? well, joining me as my colleague kayla epstein who was there. what a historic moment to witness. first of all, when thejury moment to witness. first of all, when the jury is started to read count by count that he was guilty, what was his demeanour? 50 was guilty, what was his demeanour?— was guilty, w