Pelosi’s chilling testimony, Trump demands TV trial, plea deal revelations

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Paul Pelosi takes the stand in trial of his accused attacker. A man looking for his wife, Nancy Pelosi, allegedly hit the 83-year-old in the head with a hammer in his own home. Our panel discusses the chilling details. Plus, Trump “Demands” for his federal election trial to be televised. And, more plea deal revelations: an ex-Trump attorney says the then president “was not going to leave” the White House whether he lost the election or not. Also tonight: Donald Trump Jr. testifies for the defense in The Trump Organization’s New York civil fraud trial, a Jewish-Palestinian family join to discuss how they’re processing the Israel-Hamas war, and following conduct controversy the Supreme Court announces a code of ethics - but does it pass muster? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nancy Pelosi's husband on the stand, what he says tonight about the night an intruder looking for his wife nearly killed him.
0:09.0	Tonight on Laura Coates'Doht's life. So what is it about the political rhetoric in this
0:21.4	country that got us here.
0:23.6	An 83 year old man hit in the head with a hammer in his own house.
0:28.0	His skull was fractured allegedly by a man looking for his wife then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
0:35.0	Now the defendant's own attorney says the attack was motivated by David D. Pap's belief,
0:40.0	belief that Nancy Pelosi was part of a quote
0:43.4	a plot to manipulate the country
0:46.2	to spread lies and to steal votes from Donald Trump.
0:50.6	Now he has pleaded not guilty in this matter but Paul Pelosi testifying today
0:56.1	about the moment that he woke up at 2 o'clock in the morning to find a stranger in
1:01.5	his bedroom quote it was a tremendous shock to recognize that somebody had broken into the house
1:08.2	and looking at him and looking at, you know, the hammer and the ties, I recognize that I was in serious danger.
1:17.5	So I tried to stay as calm as possible.
1:21.7	Pelosi testifying that he led the intruder downstairs, thinking that police could
1:26.0	grab him maybe more quickly there, saying, quote, I knew that my only shot was that if we were
1:31.3	downstairs and the police came, it would be much easier to arrest him.
1:35.4	God knows what would have happened if we were upstairs.
1:41.0	Remember the police body cam video of what happened next?
1:44.0	We're going to show it to you and I remind you that it is difficult and
1:48.0	disturbing to watch.
1:50.0	How are you doing?
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