Donald Trump is in court for day one of his hush money trial
The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle
MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle
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🗓️ 16 April 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight the trial begins. |
| 0:03.0 | Donald Trump has used his megaphone to attack everything about this case, |
| 0:07.6 | but now he's stuck in the one place where he can't hold court. |
| 0:11.5 | But it hasn't been all bad for him today. We'll explain why |
| 0:14.7 | Trump's media stock could keep dropping and still land him a cool billion |
| 0:19.8 | dollars. And Ohio Democratic senator Sherrod Brown joins to discuss his race against a Trump-backed election |
| 0:27.4 | denier and what it means for control of the Senate as the 11th hour gets underway on this |
| 0:32.4 | Monday night. |
| 0:35.0 | Good evening once again, I'm Stephanie Rule, |
| 0:41.0 | live from 30 Rock Rock and we are now |
| 0:42.8 | 204 days away from the election. |
| 0:46.0 | Today, the likely Republican presidential nominee, |
| 0:48.9 | who also happens to be the former president, |
| 0:51.9 | faced his first court on trial. He is the first American president to be |
| 0:56.7 | tried in court on criminal charges. In case anyone needs reminding of what all of this |
| 1:01.6 | is about, this is about? |
| 1:02.6 | This is the case stemming from hush money payments |
| 1:05.5 | made to Stephanie Clifford, who goes by the poor name, Stormy Daniels, |
| 1:09.8 | ahead of the 2016 election. |
| 1:11.8 | Today began with decisions from the judge about what |
| 1:14.2 | evidence would be allowed in. Then it was all about choosing the people who |
| 1:18.6 | will decide Trump's fate in this case, a very difficult decision. My colleague Laura Jarrett has the latest. |
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