Trump trial begins: Rachel Maddow, Ari Melber, and MSNBC breaks down historic moment

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Politics, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Daily News, Versant, Government

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Monday, April 15, and is joined by Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki, Chris Hayes, Nicolle Wallace, and Joy Reid to break down the latest from day one of former President Trump's criminal trial in New York. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Historic the first criminal trial of an ex-president.
0:06.2	When you're a start they let you do it.
0:08.2	You can do anything.
0:08.9	Donald Trump off the campaign trail and in the courtroom.
0:13.2	I'm going to jail because of my decision
0:16.0	to help Mr. Trump.
0:18.4	They made it sound like I had no choice.
0:20.0	A tabloid case shaping the election.
0:22.8	We cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct.
0:27.0	MS NBC's special Trump on trial starts now.
0:38.0	Good evening, I'm Ari Melber here at MS NBC Headquarters, where our all-star lineup is covering his first criminal trial of a former president, Rachel Maddo,
0:41.5	Jen Saki, Nicole Wallace, Alex Wagner,
0:43.8	Chris Hayes, and later Joy Reed, Stephanie Rule,
0:46.2	and Lawrence O'Donnell all with us.
0:48.2	Today is the first time Donald Trump sat
0:51.0	as a defendant for the actual start of any criminal trial.
0:55.4	We are passed indictments, arraignments, all those pretrial motions, and the many, many failed attempts by Trump and his lawyers to delay this judgment day today in New York.
1:08.8	He lost those efforts and this defense table is not where he wanted to be today.
1:14.0	But Manhattan, D.A. Alvin Bragg has now achieved results where other prosecutors were thwarted.
1:19.0	Bragg taking a campaign year cover-up and charging it as a felony plot. About 500 New Yorkers showed
1:25.5	up today as potential jurors in this case. They may not recall the many details of this story
1:32.1	that now dates from seven years ago, most of the courtroom
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