Out front next, breaking news, a brutal beatdown for Trump in court today.

The judge telling Trump lawyers they're losing all credibility as the former chief of the

National Inquirer reveals he was quote Trump's eyes and ears during the presidential campaign.

Plus George Conway was in the courtroom today with Trump.

This is Conway, a lifelong conservative, is taking a major leap to help the Biden campaign.

He's going to tell you exactly what he's doing.

It's a big step.

And Republicans turning on, quote unquote, Moscow Marjorie big time tonight.

One senior senator putting the blame on Marjorie Taylor Green for the party losing in November.

Right bullseye. Let's go

out front. And good evening. I'm Erin Burnett. And out front tonight, we begin with the shutdown.

But Judge and Trump's hush money trial telling Trump's lawyers, quote, you're losing all credibility

with the court. This is as they were struggling to defend Trump for 10 alleged violations of his

gag order. And we're actually, as I speak right now, on standby for ruling from Judge Mershan,

after hearing that court watchers described as disastrous, those were the words that we heard,

for Trump. Now, let's just show you this sketch that shows how tense things got in the courtroom.

The judge again and again, pressing Trump's legal team for evidence that Trump's posts were

just responses to, quote, political attacks.

Trump's team, though, did not have a response to that.

And Mershon, in what was a dramatic admonishment, told Trump's team, and I quote him,

well, I'm just telling you that you have presented nothing,

and I've asked you eight or nine times. Show me the exact post that he was responding to,

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