Meet the Press NOW — February 16

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🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Former President Trump is ordered to pay $355 million in the New York civil fraud case and barred from business in New York for three years. NBC News Justice Reporter Ryan Reilly discusses the implications of the FBI informant facing charges for allegedly providing false information about President Biden and his son Hunter. Greg Bluestein, political reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, reports the ongoing hearing over Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis’s undisclosed romantic relationship. Mychael Schnell, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Stephen Hayes join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable.

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0:00.0	If it's Friday breaking news a judge in New York has ordered former President Trump
0:06.3	to pay a staggering $355 million due to business fraud while barring him
0:12.1	from doing business in the state for three years.
0:16.2	Plus President Biden expressing outrage about the reported death of Russian opposition
0:20.0	leader Alexi Navalny saying there is no doubt that Russian President
0:23.6	Vladimir Putin is responsible and that his administration is weighing a response.
0:28.0	And a setback in House Republicans impeachment inquiry to the president as
0:32.4	the Justice Department indicts a once trusted
0:35.1	FBI informant for allegedly lying about President Biden, his son, and
0:41.1	that alleged bribery scheme. Welcome to Meet the Press Now, I'm Kristen Welker on a day in which the
0:57.8	Republican presidential front-runners legal challenges are once again
1:01.7	front and center.
1:03.2	Just moments ago, a New York judge ordered the former president
1:06.1	to pay a stunning $355 million in the civil business fraud trial.
1:12.1	The judge also barred Mr. Trump from conducting business in the state for three years.
1:16.5	His sons are barred from doing business there for two years.
1:19.5	The massive financial penalty is in line with what New York Attorney General Attica James had been seeking.
1:25.0	James though was also calling for Mr. Trump to be banned from doing business in New York for the rest of his life.
1:32.0	In a statement, a Trump legal spokesperson vowed in New York for the rest of his life.
1:32.8	In a statement, a Trump legal spokesperson vowed to appeal the decision calling it part of a politically
1:38.1	fueled witch hunt.
1:40.2	Now we are expecting the New York AG to speak to reporters later this afternoon.
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