Republicans attend Trump's criminal trial, apparently to help him flout gag order

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🗓️ 16 May 2024

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Tonight on The ReidOut, we lead with the tensions escalating as Donald Trump mobilizes his staunchest MAGA loyalists in a brazen attempt to flout the judge's gag order on his behalf, a desperate move as his criminal trial for allegedly engaging in a hush money scheme edges towards a verdict. Plus, in an unexpected turn, President Biden has swiftly orchestrated two presidential debates with Trump, in a departure from the norm, promising an unprecedented showdown on the political stage. All this and more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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0:00.0	Tonight on the readout.
0:05.0	the readout.
0:07.0	I do have a lot of surrogates and they are speaking very beautifully.
0:11.0	They come from all over Washington and they're highly respected.
0:15.0	Republican candidate for President of the United States is going through mental anguish
0:20.6	in a courtroom that's very depressing, very depressing.
0:24.0	Donald Trump brings in his most loyal maggots
0:30.0	cosplaying is Trump to break the judge's gag order for Trump as his
0:35.1	criminal trial heads towards a conclusion. Also tonight two presidential
0:41.0	debates come together very quickly today as President Biden challenged
0:44.9	Trump to two debates and Trump accepted.
0:47.8	But the debates will be a significant departure from what we're used to. Good evening everyone, I'm Jason Johnson in for Joy Reed.
0:58.0	We begin tonight with Michael Cohen, the man who once said he take a bullet for Donald Trump,
1:03.2	who will be back on the witness stand tomorrow and day two
1:06.0	of cross-examination by Trump's defense team
1:08.3	and his hush money election interference trial.
1:11.4	The defense's goal to try to poke enough holes in
1:15.0	Cohen's credibility and testimony about Trump's involvement in the conspiracy to
1:19.7	falsify business records to cover up the $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
1:30.0	We saw some of that yesterday in Trump attorney Todd Blanches dramatic first go at
1:35.2	Cohen where he spent hours attempting to paint Cohen as a liar who was just out for
1:40.2	revenge against his former boss even trying to use Cohen's own words against him.
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