BONUS: Ari Melber breaks down Donald Trump's criminal trial
The Beat with Ari Melber
Ari Melber, MS NOW
4.6 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2024
⏱️ 83 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Ari Melbert from MSNBC. |
| 0:02.2 | Thanks for listening to the Beat with |
| 0:03.4 | R. E. Melber Podcast. |
| 0:04.8 | We want to share some extra programming today, |
| 0:07.2 | so buckle up and stay tuned for a special edition from |
| 0:10.5 | MS NBC brought to you by the Beat with Ari Melber podcast. |
| 0:14.1 | Welcome to our new special. |
| 0:21.1 | New York versus Donald Trump. I'm Ari Melber and we are |
| 0:24.3 | bringing you our new breakdown of exactly what's happened this past week, which was |
| 0:28.0 | really the last week of arguments in this historic criminal trial of Donald |
| 0:31.6 | Trump, the first ever for a former president, as you certainly |
| 0:34.6 | know by now. |
| 0:35.6 | Now this final week was a short one, but a lot actually happened. |
| 0:38.6 | Michael Cohen was back on the stand, finishing his four days of testimony, and Trump's lawyers began and ended their case. |
| 0:45.4 | So we basically in one week saw the DA and the defense team both rest. |
| 0:50.5 | And we saw the defense witnesses who at times stumbled. |
| 0:53.4 | Here's how it played out. |
| 0:54.6 | The defense wrapped up with Michael Cohn |
| 0:58.5 | after three days of cross-examination. |
| 1:01.1 | It was a grueling three days. The prosecution has now |
| 1:04.8 | rested its case. The defense has also just now called its first witness. |
| 1:09.5 | Robert Costello back on the stand later this morning after yesterday's fireworks. |
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