Alex Murdaugh takes the stand in his own defense

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Alex Murdaugh, the former South Carolina lawyer accused of killing his wife and younger son, takes the stand in his own case and became emotional as his lawyer asked him questions about the crime. He admitted to lying to investigators, but denied killing his family. Plus, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy defends giving Fox News Jan. 6 video. Charles Coleman, Avery Wilks, Blake Douglas, Jamie Raskin, Mark McKinnon, Jason Johnson, and Brian Schwartz join.

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0:00.0	Tonight, the bombshell testimony from a murder suspect taking the stand in his own defense,
0:09.8	telling the jury he lied and stole, but he didn't kill his wife and son.
0:14.4	Will they buy it?
0:15.9	Then the Tucker tapes, Congressman Jamie Raskin is here to respond to Speaker McCarthy's
0:20.7	move to put 44,000 hours of January 6th footage into the hands of one Fox News host.
0:29.3	Then disgraced crypto king Sam Bankman freed hit with four new criminal charges, some
0:34.8	related to political donations.
0:36.9	As the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.
0:45.0	Good evening once again, I'm Stephanie Ruhl.
0:47.5	We begin this evening with riveting testimony from a defendant in a double murder case making
0:52.4	national headlines.
0:53.8	Alec Murdock, the former well-to-do South Carolina lawyer accused of killing his wife and
0:58.8	son, took the stand in his own defense today.
1:02.0	He insisted he was innocent, but he also admitted to lying to investigators.
1:06.6	During testimony Murdock broke down several times, including when his attorney asked him
1:11.5	to describe the murder scene.
1:13.3	I think I jumped out of my car.
1:17.6	I'm not exactly sure what I did, but no, I got out of my car.
1:25.2	I know I ran back to my car, called 911.
1:29.3	I just went back and forth between them.
1:32.2	Paul was so...
1:34.2	He was so bad.
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