“A criminal defendant like no other”

“A porn star, a Playboy playmate, a former fixer”

Deadline: White House - “That jail cell door closing behind him”

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Kate Christobek, Nick Confessore, Donny Deutsch, Rev. Al Sharpton, Sarah Longwell, Rep. Adam Schiff, Harry Dunn, Marc Elias, Alexis McGill Johnson, and Chasten Buttigieg.

“That jail cell door closing behind him”

happy Friday it's 4 o'clock in New York, the NYPD, the Secret Service, a small army of lawyers, and

the more than 500 New Yorkers who were told to report to jury duty on Monday are set to play

The first ever criminal trial of an ex-American president.

Donald Trump for the next six to eight weeks will be thrust into a role he has spent his entire life

trying to avoid. That of a criminal defendant on trial, potentially

inching closer and closer and closer to the one thing he fears most according

No matter what he says no matter how he's bragging and and going on and on about

him not being afraid he goes to bed every night thinking about the sound of that jail cell door closing behind him.

Compounding that specific fear is told to us by his friend Chris Christie.

As he sits at the defense table, the ex-president will have to watch many of his closest

aides and former advisors and employees lay out in painstaking

detail for a jury of 12. What prosecutors allege is an illegal scheme to

cover up hush money payments made in order to hide damaging

information from becoming public and being known by voters.

This is what Judge Mershawn will tell potential jurors Monday, quote,

the allegations are in substance that Donald Trump falsified business records to

conceal an agreement with others to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election.

Now much of the evidence in this case is already known to us in the public.

Drawing on years of experience as communications chief for President George W. Bush and senior advisor for the McCain-Palin campaign, Nicolle Wallace provides political insight and clarity on where the decision-makers stand on complex issues. Join her for analysis and discussion with the key newsmakers every weekday.

0:00.0	Hi everyone happy
0:09.7	happy Friday it's 4 o'clock in New York, the NYPD, the Secret Service, a small army of lawyers, and
0:15.7	the more than 500 New Yorkers who were told to report to jury duty on Monday are set to play
0:20.6	apart in history.
0:22.2	The first ever criminal trial of an ex-American president.
0:26.0	Donald Trump for the next six to eight weeks will be thrust into a role he has spent his entire life
0:31.6	trying to avoid. That of a criminal defendant on trial, potentially
0:36.4	inching closer and closer and closer to the one thing he fears most according
0:41.8	to his friend Chris Christie.
0:44.6	No matter what he says no matter how he's bragging and and going on and on about
0:50.5	him not being afraid he goes to bed every night thinking about the sound of that jail cell door closing behind him.
0:59.0	So a sound bite that will live forever.
1:01.0	Compounding that specific fear is told to us by his friend Chris Christie.
1:06.3	As he sits at the defense table, the ex-president will have to watch many of his closest
1:11.4	aides and former advisors and employees lay out in painstaking
1:16.8	detail for a jury of 12. What prosecutors allege is an illegal scheme to
1:21.5	cover up hush money payments made in order to hide damaging
1:25.3	information from becoming public and being known by voters.
1:30.0	This is what Judge Mershawn will tell potential jurors Monday, quote,
1:33.7	the allegations are in substance that Donald Trump falsified business records to
1:38.1	conceal an agreement with others to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election.
1:44.0	Now much of the evidence in this case is already known to us in the public.
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“That jail cell door closing behind him”

Deadline: White House

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