that is the dynamic that is going on with judge juan merchan.him is to hold out the stick without actually hitting trump with it. >> that something, we started this segment talking about the ways in which trump is running right up to the line, right wing media saying go get arrested, sit in a cell for six hours, it is not only going to be great for your brand, it will be great for fundraising. we have details, trump raised $5.6 million in the first week of the hush money trial, an average of $1 million a day. he knows where his bread is buttered. >> it is so perverse that all of a sudden these law and order republicans care deeply about the humanity of the criminal justice system. jesse watters comparing trumps treatment to guantanamo bay prisoners. i fantasize that we will see some movement as a result to actually improve the prisons and the courthouse is. it's not going to happen but it is incredible to see how they are waking up all of us at and what it is actually right to be a criminal defendant. >> as it concerns one particular person who

judge juan merchan will rule on this monday and tuesday.is going to have a hearing because donald trump is still fighting his gag order and prosecutors want to hold trump in contempt for violating the gag order. let's start with the sandoval hearing, charles. what do you expect the judge to say? can you explain to folks who maybe didn't see you earlier this week, how run-of-the-mill normal this hearing is? i have heard people say, why does trump get to hear all the evidence about him to make a decision. people should know that is how the process is. >> we will go to law school for 30 seconds. with this case stood for is that you have to present any uncharged bad acts that you seek to question the defendant about should they take the stand. in this case, just like other cases, if you try cases in new york state, you will almost always have a sandoval hearing because you want to prepare the other side to know, if you put your guy on the stand, these are the things they will be subject to having to answer questions about. in many cases, it can

we will see what judge juan merchan says .own the gauntlet and put him on notice. but, this is explicitly trained, it seems, as a provocation. >> melissa murray, the jury, this is his second public statement about the jury. very specific, specifically, clearly a violation of the gag order. >> 100%. i think judge juan merchan is presently interested here in securing the privacy and the safety of the jury. this is a civic duty, a public service. no one is asking to be here. they are doing their duty and he wants to keep them safe. this is going to be the place where he lowers the boom. this will not be tolerated going forward. >> andrew, the day began with judge juan merchan in his chambers with the lawyers from both sides and a juror , an alternate juror, one of the jurors who, over the weekend, got scared and thought this is more than i can take. made a call to the court saying i don't know if i can do this. the judge wanted to hear from that juror today. we have seen the transcript. so, completely understandable how this juro

march 26, judge juan merchan enters that original gag order. merchan enters an expanded judge order after trump attacks judge merchan family online. april 8, trump seeks appellate relief from that gag order. but, on april 9th, an appellate court justice relies -- denies and that really spread on april 10th, trump attacks michael cohen and stormy daniels untruth social. on april 13th, attacking true social. two days later, the d.a.s office files its first motion to hold trump in contempt for his alleged april 10th and april 13th violations. on the same day, judge merchan sets the contempt hearing for april 24th at 2:30 and orders trump to respond to the allegations by 5:00 p.m. on friday, april 19th. now, judge merchan later changes the date and time of that hearing to april 23rd at 9:30. that is this coming tuesday. but, on that same day, trump attacks michael cohen on true social and so does his official campaign website. the next day, april 16th, trump attacks michael cohen untruth social and so does the official campaign website. on april 17

again, we're going to continue our coverage of this breaking news that is happening just as judge juan merchans of -- merchan was announcing they had a full jury, 12 jurors and six alternates, outside the courthouse, a person set themselves on fire which immediately brought a huge response. now the question is just about an hour from now when the lunch break is expected to be over, what will happen, what will this mean for the trial, when might we learn exactly what happened here when the man set himself on fire. we'll continue our coverage right after this. inue our cover right after this er and happier . the farmer's dog makes weight management easy with fresh food pre-portioned for your dog's needs. it's an idea whose time has come. ♪ i have type 2 diabetes, but i manage it well ♪ ♪ jardiance! ♪ ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance ♪ ♪ at each day's start! ♪ ♪ as time went on it was easy to see ♪ ♪ i'm lowering my a1c! ♪ jardiance works twenty-four seven in your body to flush out some sugar. and for adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease,

late last night, judge juan merchan expanded the gag order against trump, making family members including his and the d.a.'s off limits. in a blistering order, the judge rejected trump's arguments that attacks on merchan's daughter including posting her photo amount to core political speech, calling them baseless and farcical. he wrote that trump's pattern of going after family members serves no legitimate purpose. quote, it merely injects fears in those called to participate in proceedings that not only they, but their family members as well are fair game for defendant's vitriol. also trump posted a $175 million bond just days before the deadline. but that allows him only to keep his assets while he appeals. if he loses, he is still on the hook for the $454 million judgment, plus interest. nbc's garrett haake is in washington. joyce vance is a former u.s. attorney, law professor at the university of alabama and msnbc legal analyst. and msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin joins me now on set. anybody who read this, the judge didn't mince words, even just rejecting trump's legal team's ar

. >> reporter: tensions flared when the judge, juan merchan, heard trump audibly uttering something, as his attorney questioned a potential juror. the judge chastised trump's behavior saying "i won't tolerate that. i will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom." of 96 potential jurors, 87 were excused, including carol mcgee, who said she would have . >> i frankly don't like him, i don't like a lot of the things he has said. this is a historic moment. and what needs to be upheld here is the institution of the right to a fair trial in this country, no matter who the defendant is. >> reporter: behind the scenes, sources close to trump tell me he feels like he is caged sitting inside that courtroom, and they say those grievances about this trial will

this is a game of chicken between judge juan merchan and donald trump.nald trump a martyr for his millions of followers, nor does he want to imperil the jurors and the prosecution and the witnesses here. this is a very delicate line that he's promising and i'm not surprised we haven't seen a ruling just yet. >> so much to follow. you will both be working hard and i will be watching you both. thank you so much for taking the time this evening. i appreciate it, tristan snow and mellissa murray. >>> coming up, lindsey graham shrugs off the national enquirer's catch and kill scheme and instead claims a lot of people do this sort of thing. i have a feeling like like what great has lachlan cartwright has some comments. the number two at "the national enquirer" joins me, next. next. i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. thanks to skyrizi i'm playing with clearer skin. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months. and skyrizi is just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower a

if judge juan merchan were to make a ruling now and find mr. trump and then mr. at it anyway. >> you run out of room. >> exactly. he may not, he may not want to paint himself and that. >> judge kiesel, philip hamilton, thank you both. >>> still ahead, the conservative members of the "bend over backwards to help trump one more time. what interstate didn't mean for the rule of law. that's next. at's next. i got rapid relief... and reduced fatigue with rinvoq. check. when flares kept trying to slow me down... i got lasting steroid—free remission... with rinvoq. check. and when my doctor saw damage,... rinvoq helped visibly reduce damage of the intestinal lining. check. for both uc and crohn's: rapid symptom relief... lasting steroid—free remission... and visibly reduced damage. check. check. and check. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal; cancers, including lymphoma and skin; heart attack, stroke, and gi tears occurred. people 50 and older with a heart disease risk factor have an increased r

judge juan merchan acknowledge the fines might not be enough to deter trump and warned more violations could result in jail time. >> judge merchan did exactly what should be done, and probably what was expected to be done. >> reporter: as court began for the first time, one of trump's children, eric trump, joined the former president. prosecutors played videos of trump weeks before the 2016 election, responding to allegations he sexually harassed women, concerned about how it could impact his chances of becoming president. >> i have no idea who these women are. the 5% of the people think it's true, and maybe 10% think -- we don't win. >> reporter: the focus then turned to keith davidson, an attorney who represented stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. both claimed they had sex with trump, which he denied. davidson first described bringing mcdougal's tail, which called a blockbuster story to the "national enquirer" an warned he would bring it elsewhere if they didn't quickly pay her. davidson also quit nomex as it was the "access hollywood" table where trump was caught saying he could gra

judge juan merchan is expected to rule over what the prosecution can ask trump if he takes the stand.sday, a hearing is scheduled to assess trump's potential violations of the judge's gag order. joining us as former fbi general counsel andrew wiseman, the former senior member of the probe and a professor at the new york university school of law and msnbc legal analyst mary mccord, formal principal deputy attorney general for the national security division. they cohost the prosecuting donald trump podcast and they prosecute. trust me, they are good. >> i have not checked out the latest episode. even though i downloaded the podcasts they push to me. have you discussed monday, the podcast? or have you yet to record the episode? >> we did discuss. this was a cool episode. we had robert de niro and glenn close reading parts of the statement of facts that were produced along with the indictment a year ago by alvin bragg and then we broke it down and analyzed what we expected the trial to reveal to prove the facts and a statement of facts. i think it is a nice preview of what we will be hear

donald trump had his rights read to him by new york judge juan merchan, acknowledging he understood and officially became the first former president ever to stand criminal trial. during the proceedings, trump it appeared irritated at times and board at others even appearing to nod off at one point. later perking up when jury selection began. turning to face potential jurors as they filed into the courtroom. the juror questionnaire opposed 42 questions including if they have ever attended a trump rally or if they follow the former president on social media. more than half of the 96 prospective jurors today were excused, many after saying they could not be fair and impartial. >> this is going to be a difficult task, because there is virtually no one who has no opinion about donald trump. whether you voted for him, or you voted against him, you still have an opinion about the criminal case against him. >> reporter: trump is accused of skimming to funnel payments to stormy daniels through his former a lawyer michael cohen. both him and hicks are expected to be called as witnesses. >> i'm ho

judge juan merchan ruling trump violated the gag ordinary nine times, slapping him with a $9,000 fine, the most allowable, and a warning, if trump keeps it up, it may be "necessary and appropriate" to throw him in jake. the ruling coming on day nine of the trial. trump repeatedly complaining how cold it is in court. >> i'm going to sit in a freezing cold ice box for eight hours, nine hours or so, they took me off the campaign trail. >> reporter: for the first time, a member of trump's family accompanying him to court. his son eric, who sat behind his father. prosecutors today laying out the hush money payment at the heart of the case, showing the jury how trump's former fixer michael cohen arranged to pay porn star stormy daniels for her story of an alleged affair with trump to keep it from voters before the 2016 election. today prosecutors calling daniels' former lawyer, keith davidson, who helped broker the deal. he testified daniels' story had been floating around the internet for years, but trump's team made no effort to buy it until the final weeks of the 2016 campaign, after the

with trump watching intently, judge juan merchan asked the man if those posts still reflect his opinion. "it's not far off base," he responded. and was immediately excused. and with jury selection now over, trump's lawyers made one last-ditch effort to delay the case. but an appeals court turned them down. >> the trial starts on monday, which is long before a lot of people thought. the judge wants this to go as fast as possible. that's for his reasons, not for my reasons. >> david: let's get right back to aaron katersky. opening statements on monday. we still don't know the first witness? >> reporter: we don't, david, because prosecutors refuse to reveal the names, fearing if they do, trump would only go on the attack. the judge said, under the circumstances, that's understandable. he said there's nothing else to clarify, nothing else to argue, the judge was plain, david,

judge juan merchan should have had the ethical spine to recuse himself, given his family's politicalivism here anen ad because look, in this case, even a width of a conflict is way too much.cohe then there is trump's old attorney michael cohen, theli arprosecution star witness, he s admitted later with zero credibility there. of course, the case itself. b6 has sho to show trump commitd the alleged fraud as an illegal campaign expenditure to make it a felony. now, this is absurd. in new york the eighth has normn authority to make federal h campaign finance determinationsv a fact that conflicted judge should have cited to dismiss the case d at the outset. now, the fact is, stormy daniels thoughtrumt she had the leverage over trump in 2016, and she use that leverage to extract some money here at like other politicians who had made embarrassing mistakes, donald trump was, apparently, trying to get that episode behind him. l show trial.itica. but is designed to do one thing: to blunt trump's momentum and give bragg a shot at a higher, office. and the end as often the case, donald trump is

first, new york judgment juan merchan excused juror number 2, a nurse, who said she no longer believed she could be impartial. aspects of my identity have already been out there in public, she said. yesterday alone, i had friends, colleagues, and family push things to my phone. then he dismissed juror number 4, who had called trump fascinating and mysterious. after it emerged someone with the same name was once arrestedr allegedly ripping down conservative political posters, according to prosecutors. trial consultants save the vetting of these potential jurors is critical. >> there is extra caution because you do not want to go through six weeks and all of this and then have a problem with a jury that could cause a mistrial. >> reporter: trump was mostly quiet in court, occasionally staring into the jury box, but he has continued to rage about the case on social media. alarming prosecutors who claimed he has violated the judge's gag order seven times. it's ridiculous. it has to stop. late today, the former president sharply criticized the judge and district attorney alvin bragg. >> you

the judge will rule sanctions in a hearing next tuesday i am j spokude about judge juan merchan earlieray. listen to this. >> absolutely this should not be allowed. he is conflicted like nobody has ever been. >> so that was just moments ago, laura. and he posted on truth social talking about the same issue about th e gag order saying, "i iawant to speak and be able to respond." called the trial unconstitutional work we said take off the gag order. this was notably after michael cohen appeared on cable news talking about former president donald trumpt he. perhaps that is what he wants to respond to the first things first, this jury needs to be selected of the seven so far.the i can tell you four of them are men, three are women, 96ay prospective jurors were sworn in at the end of court today. tomorrow is an off day so they will come back thursday and fill out thowe rest of this jury.o but right nobew opening statemes are set to begin on monday ofit next week.ed. i mention things moving on aek little bits. quicker than we expected. timeit is supposed to take up te weeks if that timeline h

with trump looking on, two jurors selected earlier in the week removed by judge juan merchan. the first, an oncology nurse, asking to be let go, saying she "definitely has concerns now" about her identity becoming public. she had already received questions from friends, colleagues, and family, adding, "i don't believe at this point that i can be fair and unbiased." another juror ousted for a different reason -- prosecutors determining an i.t. consultant did not answer the juror questionnaire truthfully by failing to reveal his arrest in the 1990s for "tearing down political advertisements." lawyers for the prosecution and defense then questioning a new batch of jurors to fill out the rest of the 12-person jury, plus six alternates. as trump looked on, prosecutors warning, "some of the witnesses have what you might consider some baggage," ticking them off one by one -- "a tabloid publisher," "a porn star," and a "former lawyer" for trump who has pleaded guilty to other crimes. "will you keep an open mind?" the prosecutor asked. at the end of the day, a rush of activity, seven n

one man about a 2017 facebook post where he wrote of trump, “get him out and lock him up>" judge juan merchan dismiss him from the case. trump stayed mostly quiet, but at one point the judge chastised him for “audibly muttering” as a woman answered questions about what trump's lawyer described as her “extraordinarily hostile facebook posts.” one of those was a video of people dancing the day after the 2020 election, captioned, "full on dance party at 9 6th street." judge merchan warned trump's lawyer that trump was muttering “in the direction of the juror”" saying, “i will not tolerate that. i will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom.” trump is charged with falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels to conceal their alleged affair from voters before the 2016 election. that payment was made through trump's former lawyer and fixer michael cohen. trump denies the affair, and today, he insisted all he did was pay cohen's legal fees. >> i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. some accountant i didn't know mar

they were cited in front of juan merchan. that is why they have set the date of the hearing on tuesday to go over the violations and see what judge juan merchan says. if you find season held in contempt of court because he violated the gag order. i imagine and assume that prosecutors in the case will watch the rally incredibly close. you think about the timing of this. this is the first campaign rally happening after this trial is up and going before opening statements happen on monday. i imagine the former president is coming armed and ready to deliver not only part of his defense if he decides to take the stand but also likely to attack manhattan d.a.s office and their case here. >> the other hat you are wearing is being outside of the courtroom all week during the jury selection. what were some of the biggest takeaways for you with opening statements set for monday? >> reporter: emotion. many of the potential jurors understanding the gravity of the situation of the trial they were going to oversee and eventually decide the

and judge juan merchan granted that. >> david, jury selection was anticipated to pay weeks, maybe two weeks. but we're nearly done after just four days. what do you make of the pace of this case so far? >> jose, i'm less focused on the pace than i am how generous the judge has been with the defense, with regard to jury selection. i'm not saying the judge has done anything improper, but what often happens in jury selection is you ask who here cannot be fair and impartial, people raise their hand, then you have follow-up, if i explain the law to you, are you telling me you're going to disregard the law or can you set your bias aside and sit and hear the evidence on this case and be fair and impartial, people often say yes and then it is a battle about who can rehabilitate those people or get them stricken for a reason that says they can't comply with the law. you take that out and excuse jurors when they raise their hands, things are going to move much for quickly than they normally would. >> and so, what would you think is probably the -- what would be the better way to sift through th

judge juan merchan explaining, "a fair juror is a person who has no bias or prejudice in favor of or against a party or witness." with trump watching from the defense table, more than half the potential jurors then raised their hand, signaling they could not be fair and impartial -- an unusually high number. those people immediately excused. one of them heard in the hallway saying, "i just couldn't do it." about a dozen other people were excused for other reasons. the ones that were left were then called to the jury box to answer one by one a seven-page questionnaire screening for bias. trump following along, holding the questionnaire in his hand. the judge excused one woman who answered yes to a question about whether she had strong opinions about trump that would interfere with her ability to be fair. a man who works at a bookstore said, "i believe that nobody is above the law, whether it be a former president, a sitting president, or a janitor." the judge allowed him to remain in the jury pool. but by the end of the day, not a single juror had been seated. >> it's a scam. it's a p

what is your theory as to why judge juan merchan has not issued a ruling yet ? >> i think , katie, we just don't know. there are a couple of possible different reasons. one is that this is a judge who, when faced with a decision about whether to enforce his gag order or not, is going to blink. maybe the specter up in the former president in custody even for a limited time, he's too concerned about what that triggers. but, this is not a judge who gives the appearance of being concerned about that sort of a decision. he has been very forthright, very straight up the middle in his rulings. there is also a possibility he is letting the evidence accumulate and showing there is no possible alternative, that trumps ongoing string of violations of the gag order forced the judge to take steps to enforce it at this point in time. it could be very interesting when we have the second hearing, perhaps we will get a ruling on the first one in the context of that. >> don't love, hugo, when joyce speaks so elegantly but she's basically saying judge juan merchan is setting up to

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she's also known the judge at the center of this case, juan merchan, for 15 years.tart where we left off there. a lot of people want to know what's going to happen with the fact that the prosecution is charging time after time donald trump has violated the gag order that judge juan merchan put in place. a lot of them have asked the question, why is he not ruling on this, what's he waiting for? you know him. you probably have some idea of how he works. do you have an answer for them? >> i don't have a precise answer, but i can tell you that obviously this trial is in a fish bowl. judge merchan's goal and job, quite frankly is to bring it to verdict. and there are certain things that are, you know, bumps along the way, and this is one of them. he also wants to take his time to make sure he makes the right decision. the legislature did not give this judge or any of us a whole lot of options with respect to contempt. you can hold someone in contempt by fining them which probably doesn't mean a whole lot to donald trump. or you can send them to jail for a short period of

>> yeah it, shows that this democrat manhattan judge juan merchan is a partisan activist in a robe. udge donated to president biden's campaign against trump in 2020. he donated to another anti-trump cause. his adult daughter, lauren merchan is a leading democrat consultant including for joe biden kamala harris, adam schiff and many other democrats. she has a clear financial interest. she raised nearly $100 million on her father's criminal prosecution. criminal trial president trump unprecedented trial of a former president and a leading presidential candidate. he should clearly recuse a former federal clinton judge in new york came out on cnn and said this on april 5th. but he is refusing to recuse. so it shouldn't surprise anyone that he has trump illegally gagged and in this criminal trial for the next two months instead of on the campaign trail. >> laura: now, we'll get into more of that in a minute. chris, today on msnbc, they were trying to discuss jury selection and kind of put everybody's concerns to rest. watch. >> can donald trump get a fair jury in manhattan? it's overwhelm

. >> este martes, antes de los testimonios, el juez juan merchan escucha los argumentos sobre si donaldviolo o no la orden con publicaciones en redes sociales sobre dos testigos del juicio. >> enlazamos con karla amezola, que esta en la corte buenas tardes, carla. >> ¿que sabemos de esto? >> vamos contigo, cuentanos octavio, ¿que tal? >> muy buenas tardes. >> como bien lo dice, son ciertas publicaciones que ha hecho donald trump en su red social truth social las que l han traido hasta esta audiencia que se celebro justo antes de que reiniciara el juicio historico que se esta llevando aqui en el tribunal de manhattan en su contra la audiencia fue sobre esta orden de silencio que el juez juan merchant impuso amplio este mes prohibiendole, como lo dices, hablar y atacar publicamente a testigos y a miembros del jurado. >> segun los fiscales, violo esta orden tras una serie de publicaciones en redes que ha hecho desde poco antes de que arrancara la seleccion de jurado la semana pasada. >> pidieron una sancion de mil dolares por cada publicacion y que las borrara de las redes. >> pero trump h

at the same time, judge juan merchan could also rule today on whether the former president violated his gag order. yesterday key witnesses in former trump attorney michael cohen stated he would stop posting or speaking publicly about the trial until after its conclusion. cohen is not under a gag order but has been the target of many of trump's recent rants. though donald trump gave an interview to the abc affiliate in philadelphia this week where he criticized michael cohen, and now one of trump's former attorneys is weighing in on those remarks. here's what trump said followed by new comments from his former lawyer, tim parlator. >> michael cohen is a convicted liar, and he's not no credibility whatsoever. he's a lawyer and you rely on your lawyers, but michael cohen was a convicted liar. he was a lawyer for many peopleinate just me and he got in trouble for things outside what he did for me. >> seemed to be in direct violation of the order as it is written. i think it's problematic for him especially while the judge is currently sitting and trying to decide the issue. >> tim, you're n

filed a motion in court alleging that that donald trump violated the gag order imposed byjudge juan merchanhattan district attorney has filed a motion in court alleging that that donald trump violated the gag order imposed byjudge juan merchan, three times in recent posts on truth social. the prosecutors are asking the court to fine trump $1,000 per violation. merchan is scheduled to hear the motion next week. every legal scholar said this trial is a disgrace. we have a trump—hating judge. we have a judge who shouldn't be on this case. he's totally conflicted. but this is a trial that should never happen. it should have been thrown out a long time ago. joining me now is jacob eisler. he's a professor of law at florida state university. good to have you with us. help me understand what is going on in court at the moment. how does the questioning go and what are they looking for? 50. questioning go and what are they looking for?— questioning go and what are they looking for? so, the real question is the degree _ looking for? so, the real question is the degree to _ looking for? so, the real q

today, what was on the table was as trump is appealing judge juan merchan's gag order, as expanded toamily and the d.a.'s family now, he's saying that's unconstitutional and the trial itself should be put on hold while the appeal of that issue is being litigated. i want to point out, this is no ordinary appeal. usually a gag order couldn't be appealed until the end of the case when a defendant is convicted. so what they have done here is to sue the judge directly under a particular provision of new york law, where the standard for overturning the judge's action or any action by a state or local government is much higher than it would be for ordinary appeal. i don't expect them to win on the merit. they get a second crack at a stay, rather than being in front of one judge, they'll get to present the arguments to a five judge panel on the same day jury selection is slated to begin. >> let's get this split screen straight. you have jury selection beginning on monday, we'll be outside the courthouse. you have this five-judge appellate panel, which will be hearing this from donald trump's

juan merchan. so, judge merchan has seen many attempts by donald trump to maybe delay the case in its entirety, the latest being this motion to recuse judge merchan. the problem is, there are standards, legal standards that have to be met to recuse a judge. in this particular instance, i along with several other analysts believe he will not reach that legal standard. it is interesting because if you consider it, ali, trump is telling juan merchan, you are bad, you are doing something wrong. but, guess who gets to decide it? juan merchan. in this instance, the allegations that judge merchan's daughter has a job or equity in a company that has democrat clients, the hypocrisy is pretty rank. we see a lot of republicans that make money off of those types of relationships, as well. but, again, if there is impropriety or the appearance of impropriety, that is a standard but that doesn't exist here, there is no legal standard being met. >> and i love that the judge in this case said, you can file the moti

debated judge juan merchan said he would not allow the infamous access hollywood tape to be shown or video of trump's deposition in the e jean carroll lawsuit that found him liable for defamation. karen mcdougal, a model who says she had an affair with trump in 2006 and was paid $150,000 to keep quiet about it. will be alleged how to testify. attorneys also argued about how much the jury can be told about michael cohen's crimes. >> i did it at the direction of in concert with and for the benefit of donald j. trump, the credibility of trump's former fixer, who admitted he orchestrated the hush money payment to stormy daniels will be one of the most bad over elements of the case. prosecutors also ask the judge to find trump for social media posts attacking witnesses involved in the case, saying he violated a gag order. the judge scheduled a hearing for next week to settle that matter. the trial is expected to last six to eight weeks. it may be the only case against trump to face a jury before the 2024 section. the presumptive republican nominee, complaining about the judge as he walked

this followed a dramatic start to jury selection on thursday with judge juan merchan scolding press for reporting some information contained in the juror questionnaire, including specific employers that could potentially identify jurors. this after a female in khaliji nurse was excused after saying aspects of her identity were made public, saying she could no longer be impartial. she tells the judge yesterday alone, i had friends, colleagues, and family push things to my phone, questioning my identity as a juror. i don't believe at this point that i can be fair and unbiased. the second juror dismissed is an older man from puerto rico who says he finds trump fascinating and mysterious. prosecutors questioned if his answer about whether he had ever been accused of a crime was accurate, they identified someone with the same name who was arrested in the 19 for tearing down political posters the exact reason for this jurors dismissal, though, is not known. nearly 100 new prospective jurors came through the courtroom for questioning, at least half were immediately sent home for saying they co

i'm being labeled now let's stormy daniels and 2018, and we're breaking news and i just in judge juan merchan tonight denying the former president's effort to subpoena information from stormy daniels, including her communications with other potential witnesses in the case gaze back now with the panel also joining us is the washington post devlin barrett, who was in the court today what's out to you from what you saw today in court? so a lot of what david pecker is talking about so far aren't really crimes, but there's sort of setting a setting a stage in setting a scene for this, he's kind of a tour guide to this case so far. but the other thing that really stood out to me was while none of this may be crimes the person he describing donald trump behaves like a jerk. and i think that can be really, really painful for pad for a jury that came out through pecker's testimony today, right? >> i mean, you're describing a guy who's who knows he has apparently when he's running for president, like one of his first like meetings, he's got have are an important meeting. he's got to have it's like, oka

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>> judge juan merchan has a reputation for being tough on white collar crimes, but it's a possibility that if he is convicted of the counts that he could be sent to prison. this crime could carry up to 40 years of incarceration. it is likely that he would run these concurrently rather than consecutively, but it is a possibility. is also possible that ultimately if he is convicted that he faces probation. right now we don't know and it's something that throughout the course of the evidence and ultimately once a verdict is reached that the judge would be evaluating. >> do you perceive of any judge throwing trump in prison? >> no. there's no chance. and here's why. there are things about the criminal justice system that we don't talk about. the facility that you go to has a big decision to play in determining how you serve your time. years ago, if you recall, chris tilton had a dwi. she would go to the facility and be let out early and people would wonder what is going on? what any warden will say is, i don't want him in my facility because i cannot keep him safe. so don't sent him here.

but certainly juan merchan is making it more difficult. you know, he wasn't chosen by.dom selection, which i find shocking. he was picked as the chief administrative law judge theret supposedly because of his great judicial learning and temperament. but i understand that, in fact, he's not that good of a judge ani hed very thin-skinned and h temperament problems. i heard that from a great lawyer that i know in the name of david schoen. j >> laura: speaking of david schoen, david, judge merchan allowed one of the jurors to sit in the case despite obvious political by. watch this. >> they have things ons social media posts that donald trump and his lawyers found troubling. the juror number one had taken a video in the distance what looked like a celebration in the streets of new york for trump loss in 2020. that was it. she showed she was biased andjug there was a language that suggested she might be biased.ot the judge found in this case and this juror could continue. we went david. >> listen, he agonized over another juror in the case whod i had horrible social media po

. >> reporter: the judge juan merchan is expected to be a six to eight week order. trump disparaged michael cohen who already pleaded guilty for campaign finance violations. >> the judge has said that if donald trump violates the gag order, that the first sanction will be that he will not get to know the jurors' identities. >> reporter: some legal experts say pros kutsers and trump's defense team will be looking for stealth jurors, people who lie to get on the jury. jury selection is expected to take weeks. >> longer than normal. thank you. >>> tonight, american scottie scheffler captured magic at the masters. omar villafranca is there with more. >> reporter: it was tight for the start of the final round here at augusta national. for the second time in three years, scottie scheffler is your 2024 masters champion. >> his stardom confirmed. >> reporter: scottie scheffler drained his final putt to win the masters and earn his second green jacket. >> congratulations. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> reporter: the 27-year-old started one stroke ahead of the field and held

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where juan merchan said, i don't think you can make that.that either. there is a level of distrust here. both the defendant and there is a level of distrust that they can be independent from their client. i don't think juan merchan was angry with blanche but if anything, reminiscent of a similar moment with the lawyer who was in the first trial with e. jean carroll where they said, if you give this information to me, i won't share with my client and my client won't do anything with it. and federal judge lou kaplan said something akin to, i don't think you can make that representation. it is less about the lawyer and more about the client. and of course it exists against the backdrop of trump continuing to tweet and the d.a. making an application to hold trump and criminal contempt for 10 social media posts in the last several days that they say endangers those witnesses. on one hand, you have judge juan merchan saying, i'm not going to order them to provide the names of the witnesses and then on the other, you have a hearing coming tuesday o

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this week the judge in trump's new york hush money case, judge juan merchan extended a gag order because trump was singling out and lying about merchan's daughter. somehow trump still had the gall to post this a few hours ago today. trump called special counsel jack smith alderanged and said that he should bean sanked or censured for the way he is attacking judge aileen cannon. what trump is referencing here is the fact jack smith disagreed with cannon in a legal filing. that is it.th that is the sum total of what donald trump considers an attack when the attacker is someone other than donald trump. whathe makes that post so particularly unhinged is that thert attacker here is very clearly donald trump. trump demonizes people, and then his followers threaten or attack them, and trump doesn't disavow any ofdo it. the pattern is incredibly clear, anddi that pattern has poisoned our national politics. trump has normalized the idea that an appropriate response to political disagreement is physical violence. earlier this year reuters did the math and found that serious threats against federal

it's now 5:00. >>> breaking in the last few minutes, we have a jury so said judge juan merchan to thed five women who have now been sworn in, tasked with deciding nothing less than the criminal fate of a disgraced ex-united states president. we understand from our sources inside the courtroom that the jurors appeared somber as they raised their right hands to swear to hear the case in a fair and impartial manner, all the while the criminal defendant in this case, donald trump watched on. alternates, alternate jurors still need to be selected. this is as clear an indication as ever that opening statements in the criminal trial could begin on monday morning. this is where we start the hour with some of our reporters and experts. former assistant u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst, glenn kirschner is here, joining us former federal prosecutor for fdny jessica roth joins us, suzanne craig and tim ryan are in the check out, you can never leave seats. i'll start with you, we've turned to you on these facts for years now on this trial for days now. we were sitting here as a day that start

separately, judge juan merchan fined trump $1,000 for each of nine gag order violations but wrote ifhe violations continue, quote: jail may be a necessary punishment. >> there will be another gag order hearing on thursday morning where judge juan merchan will consider four additional examples where prosecutors claim trump violated the gag order. separately, the judge ruled this morning that the trial will not sit on may 17th. so trump can attend his son barron's high school graduation. bret? bret? >> bret: nate foy, outside the courthouse. nate, thanks. republican house speaker mike johnson is the beneficiary of unprecedented show of support from democrats. they are crossing the aisle to thwart possible effort by republican marjorie taylor greene to remove johnson from his speakership. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has an update tonight live from capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> bret, democrats have johnson's back, top democratic leaders say if marjorie taylor greene tries to dump johnson, they will vote to block her. it's extraordinary for leaders of one party

issued the gag order was all trump was doing he was trying to amplify defense arguments about juan merchanmerchan's daughter, they claim what that was about was trying to help his lawyers communicate to people how necessary because it was. i don't want to rehash what he posted but that was not the aim. here, what they are trying to do is conflate the political and the legal so that it all collapses into one and take what would be opposition research in an ordinary political campaign and migrate it into this case and the trojan horse of a recusal motion. >> the question is there's always been this sort of there's these two universes like we saw this in the litigation after the election in 2020, which is they can make all the wild claims they want and hosted by republican lawmakers and say all sorts of crazy stuff. as soon as those claims into a courthouse, they got reduced to rubble. what good does it do them to be doing this in a court, i guess is the question? >> it is not that it is the many good in the court, it is that the court is the forum for their political campaign now. the courts

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the judge juan merchan held the former president in contempt of court that just in the last 20 minutes and fine them $9,000. 9 grand. $1,000 each for nine different times that judge merchan ruled the former president has violated the judge's gag order by attacking witnesses in the trial on truth social, as well as two times on the campaign website. that can go up even more by 4,000 because, on thursday, they are going to have a hearing on four more attempted violations, alleged violations of the gag order, when they have a hearing than -- on thursday. so, as it stands right now, potential threat of jail time for the former president, if he continues to attack witnesses and violate the judge's gag order. this morning, the former president arrived and he had some choice words for this trial, saying it should have never have been brought. for the first time we saw a family member accompany the defendant, eric trump, the former president wants middle son who is also an executive at the trump organization was there. first time a family member has sat here. the witness, back on the stand rig

a roller coaster of a day ended with judge juan merchan saying we have our jury. 12 jurors as well as one alternate. five more alternates are needed. this all happened after two jurors were sent home in the morning session toted. the d.a.'s office found one of those jurors, a man, had been arrested for tearing down conservative political signs back in the 1990s. another juror felt she could not serve impartially after her friends and family suspected that she might be a jury. trump was again very critical of the trial while leaving the courthouse tonight. >> the whole world is watching this hoax. you got a d.a. that's out of control. you have a judge that's highly conflicted. >> the manhattan d.a.'s office accuses trump of violating the court's gag order. seven additional times. the d.a. is asking the court to hold trump in contempt for several social media posts, including one of them where trump shared a story calling his former lawyer michael cohen a serial purger. judge juan member chong will decide on any potential punishment for a gag order violation on tools of next week. a tru