Joy: Stormy Daniels could take down Trump — not stolen documents or Jan. 6

but we begin tonight with a date set for the first criminal prosecution of a former American president, of course, I'm talking about Donald Trump and that date is April 15, mark your calendars, no, it is not one of the two trials for trying to overturn the 2020 election or mishandling classified

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when he left the White House, this one is for falsifying business records to hide Hut money payments that Trump signed before the 2016 presidential election, those checks were written by Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels and keep her quiet about her alleged sexual relationship with Trump while Melania Trump's third wife was pregnant with their fifth child.

Now I know that the idea of ​​Trump taking care of Stormy Daniels is not the image you want dirtying your mind. at dinnertime, just as this trial is not the one most people expected, but it may well be the only criminal case that goes to trial before the November election, but that doesn't mean it isn't an important case because in the end it is not a trial about paying a porn star, it is about lying to the American electorate to influence an election by suppressing negative information about the candidate. Trump paid Ms. Daniels to keep their relationship a secret not from Melania but from voters, which is why he did it and remember that the reward came at a time when Trump was facing harsh backlash to the Access Hollywood video in the one where Trump claimed he

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woo women for you-know-what, while courting once-reluctant evangelical voters, and let's not forget that Michael Cohen went to jail in part for those same payments, so why Shouldn't Trump, who was listed as an individual in the indictment against Michael Cohen, do it today on what was originally scheduled to be the first day of the trial?

Trump's lawyers failed in their attempts to convince the judge to delay it further or even dismiss it. Judge Juan Marshan was described as unusually furious when he criticized Trump's lawyers for accusing the Manhattan District Attorney's Office of prosecutorial misconduct, but provided nothing to support the claim before making his ruling. Maran added that quote: It's strange that we're even here and we've

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n advantage of this time. Trump has said he would appeal that decision, but the judge said that, whether he appeals or not, he hopes to see Trump in court next month for trial and, although Trump may eventually have to face it. responsibility for at least some of his actions, is still taking breaks While today's hearing was underway, a New York appeals court judge handed him a rather hefty fine, reducing the bail required for his civil fraud verdict and giving you more time;

He now has 10 days more. to post bail of $175 million instead of the original amount of nearly $500 million that was due today, the appeals court gave no explanation for his leniency. I'm joined now by Melissa Murray, a law professor at New York University and MSNBC legal analyst, Tim Obrien, senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion and MSNBC political analyst, and Tristan Snell, former deputy attorney general of New York and author of Taking down Trump 12 rules for prosecuting Donald Trump for someone who did it successfully. Thank you all for being here. Let me start with you. Not Melissa. appeals court's explanation of why they gave you more time, can you explain?

So, this is a panel of five judges. We don't know what their reasoning is, but it seems clear from the order that they thought Judge Enron's order limited the rights of Donald Trump's family. ability to run this company and, of course, imposing that huge $465 million fine was excessive, they reduced it to $175 million, which is exactly the amount that the Trump organization had pushed for in the first place and they basically kept all the other conditions related to it. with the family. functioning of the organization with the exception of the imposition of a special monitor to review all the things that are kept, so it seems that this intermediate appeal in court was incredibly sympathetic to Donald Trump, so it is a victory for him today , but not a total victory because 1,175 thousand 175 million dollars is still a lot of money;

He'll probably have to put up about 200 million in liquid assets or collateral to get a bond for this, so he's not out of the woods yet, but this is a significant win for him and it doesn't change the underlying rule he still owes the 455 he still owes. again this is just while you're appealing that decision yeah you have $175 million uh you can probably get it I doubt I think they're pushing you against the wall right now in terms of what you have on hand that's liquid and that an insurance company would feel comfortable bonding because the sureties there aren't going to want to

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small pieces of a bunch of different real estate that they're going to buy. want to go after your cash.

What baffles me is that he already said last week that he has 500 million after a year ago he said that he had millions in both and then in between those two moments he said that I actually have nothing, yeah. and I and I think in that context I think the appeals court did no service to the defendant being clear and honest with the court, even though I think the public court clearly thinks that and Goran overstepped his bounds. I think you know they've stuck with the size of the judge, not the size of the ruling, but with what Trump needed to present to appeal, but they've also stuck with it, keeping the kids out of the business and some of the others. punitive things that Andoran implemented around the business, which tells me that they felt he overstepped his bounds by saying all that and that's what gets resolved in an appeals process.

Somehow they've gotten themselves in the middle of it now. and they cut out some of the fundamentals of the ruling and have signaled what they think about the entire process and that doesn't feel strange, on the other hand, Donald Trump and people of means routinely get interruptions in the judicial process that we have on average. you know, the parking toll violators, no, no, you were practically laughing, uh, I saw you, I think you want to say something, just and I'm sorry, my spirit, so say it, yeah, yeah, all the way you say it, you you know it first. he had $400 million, he, he said that during one of the Egene Carol cases, you know, in the middle it was like oh, now I have nothing, suddenly it's like, oh, I have $500 million and they're trying to take it, he has 110 billion, oh oh, that's a billion equipment, a billion equipment plus one plus one, let's talk about where he

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get the money, let's play this, this is, well, let me read this, so there's a piece which is called The Trump Media Scam. goes public this could be how he finds the cash Donald Trump has this thing called Social Truth that no one is on except his hardcore fans he's losing a ton of money he's in the red however what is The only thing about this that's really about to go public is whether it's a short-term play like nfts and Trump trading cards, um, only they were expanded a lot, or a long-term plan similar to the Trump Hotel in DC, where corporations, foreign governments and the Republican Party faithfully opened their wallets to favor Curry.

Sitting President Trump will dump his stock quickly once this becomes public and withdraw the money before it all goes down. Will he hold on to the stock and hope to win the White House and then spend four years selling high-priced advertising space? to the coal companies of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to all the Republican candidates who know what is good for him, which is that he could do all this well because it seems like a pump and a landfill could work well to begin with , even if it is locked up. for six months once the company goes public you're fooled so the other thing is your stake isn't going to be $3 billion when as of tomorrow morning I guess it's probably going to be $780 to $800 million , but I can not. he has, but he can't, he has 60% of sh, the board can tell him he can move on, he can take advantage of it to get an exemption from the board, although I think it would expose the company to serious liability from shareholders, I want to say again for the Board to shake up the lock provision and allow you to get rid of this Pro, get rid of the stock.

You're basically putting up a neon sign that says "You're going to sue me in Delaware for shareholder Li," and you're not? I mean, there were two guys from The Apprentice who actually started this, I don't know the whole social history of the truth, two guys from The Apprentice start the social history of the truth, then it will be bought by this kind of shell company, then it will be will go public and somehow Donald Trump gets $3 billion, this sounds like a bomb and wouldn't you if you were still New York AG you wouldn't be prosecuting someone for this appearance?

I am not contrary to popular belief. I don't have a red phone that connects me to my former colleagues. Like that red thing next to it? was the red thought this was the phone I made is this this here I have to believe that there that there at least looking at this yes they can't not be it just no it's the way he gets the money I mean he's using a vehicle spaxs without getting into technicalities, they are designed to bypass the normal IPO process, normal financial disclosure to reassure investors that you are buying something that has a track record and is full and transparent disclosure, and this is a business that is basically built . about Donald Trump becoming president so his post about the truth will be more valuable, that's the business model, let's talk about this other case because the case gives brag, I think Melissa gets little attention because she's Stormy Daniels, it's about you know. ew we don't want to think about Donald Trump with the porn star she also says ew by the way um stor Daniels and I love her she's great uh she's earned her money talk about this case because actually this is the case that is going to happen. no, I think that's right, and again, I think it gets little attention because the facts are so salacious and so lascivious, but it's kind of election interference and Alvin Bragg has always talked about it in the sense that this is like the lead up to What we see on January 6th is the dress rehearsal that holds information from the voting public to maximize or optimize their chances of election and again do anything to win and we see that again happening on January 6th so again I think the two cases actually run together and we dismissed or pooped this case to our detriment and this is what Tim I want to say today, one of Donald Trump's fans, I guess we're assuming that while he was in court because our reporters They saw him in court, it wasn't typical, but someone actually posted on their social media something comparing him to Jesus the Christ and this is the week before Easter weekend it's next weekend and they compare him to Jesus and They quote Psalm 109 in the new King James Version, but I think there are a few lines. so that they are lost he says that there be an accuser at his right hand when he is judged that he is found guilty he says that his children be continually wanderers and beg that the creditor see all that he has let his posterity be cut off in the next generation that his name be blotted out may the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord and why because he did not remember to show Mercy but persecuted the poor and needy man do not mess with a former Sunday school teacher about the Bible the The greatest sin in the Bible is to persecute the poor and immigrants.

Citing that and not knowing the Bible is probably a small mistake on the part of losing track of what Christianity should be about love, love and forgiveness at its core. in essence, you know in the Bible and you, they're comparing someone who doesn't love, who doesn't forgive, who's a cruel racist and him and he's trying to burn down the Constitution, he's the last person on Earth who should be compared to any religious figure let alone Jesus Christ, and I say this as an agnostic. Hello everyone, MSNBC has a new and improved app. You'll receive real-time alerts and analysis, live blogs, in-depth essays, video highlights, and the best 2024 election coverage.

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