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Velshi

FROM ‘THE APPRENTICE’ TO ‘THE DEFENDANT’

Velshi

MSNBC

Msnbc, Politics, Weekend News, Ali Velshi, Government, News, News Commentary

4.8687 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Charles Coleman is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by President of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Noah Bookbinder, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Janai Nelson, Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D-U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS), NBC News’ Julia Jester, Host of #RolandMartinUnfiltered Roland Martin, Co-Founder & CEO of Capital B News Lauren Williams, Special Correspondent with Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast, MSNBC Justice & Legal Affairs Analyst Anthony Coley, NBC News’ Matt Bradley, Staff Writer at The AtlanticTom Nichols, Political Analyst on SiriusXM Ameshia Cross

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0:00.0

Good morning. It's Saturday, February 10th, and you're watching Velshi on MSNBC.

0:13.0

I'm Charles Coleman Jr. filling in for my friend and colleague Ali Velshi, and we've got a lot to talk about.

0:20.0

We begin this morning with Donald Trump's new reality TV show.

0:24.2

Now, we all remember The Apprentice, you know, the whole, you're fired thing, but what we're

0:29.6

watching now is more like The Defendant.

0:32.6

It's a terrifying real-life spinoff series playing out in actual courtrooms and on the campaign trail each and every day.

0:40.2

Talk about reality TV.

0:42.3

Now, the stakes in this game show are quite literally American democracy and the rule of law.

0:48.0

Let's be clear.

0:49.0

No one's actually watching it as their quote-unquote guilty pleasure, but everyone is watching. This week's episode

0:55.9

contained plot twists, new characters, and cliffhangers that left us all wondering what's

1:01.3

happening next. So let's discuss. Donald Trump hasn't had many good days in court in the last few

1:07.4

years. I mean, for the guy who once infamously predicted, we'd get tired of so much

1:12.5

winning and all of the winning, he's lost dozens of cases related to his bogus claims of a stolen

1:18.2

election in 2020. For starters, two juries have found him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming

1:24.1

writer E. Jean Carroll, and they ordered him to pay her a total of $88.3 million.

1:30.7

And just this week, a three-judge panel and the D.C. Court of Appeals unanimously rejected his

1:35.8

presidential immunity argument, which was really his best shot at beating back the dozens of criminal charges he's now facing.

1:43.4

I want to say that again, unanimously.

1:46.3

That means his lawyer stood up in front of an entire panel of erudite judges, made their

1:51.7

best legal arguments, and when it was all said and done, each of the judges essentially told

1:56.6

them beat it. But now, ladies and gentlemen, the Supreme Court has entered the chat. And that part

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