Jury hears opening statements at Donald Trump's New York criminal trial

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Opening statements got underway today in Donald Trump's first criminal trial. Also, as the Senate takes up the long awaited aid package for Ukraine, Speaker Johnson comes under attack from far-right House members. Plus, a keynote conversation with a Nobel Prize winning journalist about the U.S. election and threats to democracy across the globe. Hugo Lowell, Neal Katyal, David Fahrenthold, Stuart Stevens, Juanita Tolliver, Debbie Lee James, Ray Mabus, Louis Caldera, and Maria Ressa join.

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0:00.0	Tonight opening statements in Donald Trump's first criminal trial.
0:06.7	What happened today in court and what prosecutors say he orchestrated a scheme to corrupt
0:12.0	the 2016 election.
0:13.8	Plus what is next for Speaker Mike Johnson
0:16.6	now that the House has passed aid for Ukraine?
0:19.6	Then we are days away from Supreme Court arguments on Trump's immunity claim.
0:24.8	Some retired military leaders are warning.
0:27.6	This case is about national security.
0:30.1	Three of them are here.
0:31.4	As the 11th hour gets underway on this Monday night
0:39.1	Here we go good evening once again. I am Stephanie Rule and we are now
0:43.5	197 days away from the election. But we're not talking about the
0:48.3	election today opening statements got underway in Donald Trump's first criminal trial.
0:54.6	The former president was forced to sit in silence as lawyers from the Manhattan District
0:59.8	Attorney's Office alleged he and his allies were part of a conspiracy to
1:04.4	influence the 2016 election. The goal? To bury negative stories about Trump so
1:09.7	voters would never see them. Trump's lawyers told the jury he had no involvement in any
1:14.5	cover-ups and that there was nothing wrong with trying to influence an election.
1:18.5	NBC's Laura Jarrett was in court and has the details.
1:23.0	Tonight prosecutors painting a stark portrait of former President Trump in their opening statements during his
1:29.2	hush money trial. A case Mr. Trump has argued is designed to derail his campaign.
1:35.0	This is done as election interference. Everybody knows it.
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