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The ReidOut with Joy Reid

Trump's defense rests without Trump testifying

The ReidOut with Joy Reid

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🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The ReidOut, Joy Reid leads with Donald Trump, who last month claimed that only he and his long-time advisor Dan Scavino could post to his social media account. Trump is now having his campaign blame a nameless "staff member" for posting a video referring to "the creation of a unified Reich." This incident is not the first time Trump has invoked rhetoric echoing Hitler's Germany. We also bring you the latest as Trump's defense rests without Trump testifying in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial. Listen now to this episode of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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Tonight on the readout.

0:05.0

Dan is the only one that can do that.

0:08.0

Where are you Dan?

0:10.0

Most powerful men in politics, I say.

0:12.0

The most powerful man in politics I say. It's the only one that can do it without my

0:17.5

not he can press it. Linda he's got the number even Linda doesn't have it

0:20.9

although I give it to you, I trust you implicitly.

0:24.0

Donald Trump, just last month stating that only he and longtime advisor Dan Scavino

0:30.3

could post from his social media account.

0:32.6

But today his campaign was blaming a nameless staff member

0:36.1

for posting a video referring to the creation of a unified Reich.

0:41.5

And it's far from the first time he's invoked rhetoric echoing Hitler's

0:45.4

Germany. But we begin tonight with the next phase of the historic first criminal

0:52.2

trial of a former US president.

0:55.0

That is because the defense in Donald Trump's hush money election interference trial

0:59.0

rested its case today.

1:01.0

And counter to Trump's many claims, they rested without hearing a

1:04.3

word from him on the witness stand. Closing arguments are scheduled to begin one

1:09.6

week from today, and before the jury begins its deliberations, the judge will provide the jury with their

1:15.2

instructions that outline what verdict jurors should deliver based on what they determined

1:21.1

to be true through the evidence that was presented.

1:24.8

Each word in those jury instructions is critical to whether Trump is found guilty or not

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