Wednesday, May 29, 2024
The 7
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🗓️ 29 May 2024
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Wednesday briefing: Trump trial closing arguments; Robert De Niro; D.C.’s new giant pandas; Josh Gibson; and more
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| 0:00.0 | Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York goes to the jury today. |
| 0:06.0 | That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Christina Quinn in for Hannah Jewel. |
| 0:12.0 | It's Wednesday, May 29th. |
| 0:14.1 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:16.7 | Trump's hush money trial had closing arguments yesterday. In court, defense lawyers once again |
| 0:28.2 | tried to shred the credibility of key witness Michael Cohen. They argued that the prosecution's entire case is |
| 0:35.3 | built around the word of Trump's former fixer, who was a convicted liar. They called him |
| 0:40.4 | quote, literally the greatest liar of all time. |
| 0:44.3 | Prosecutors alleged that a hush money scheme could very well be what got Trump elected in 2016. |
| 0:50.9 | They told the jury that Trump knew of and directed efforts to falsify business records. |
| 0:56.4 | This was related to the reimbursement of a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. There was a lot of action outside |
| 1:05.4 | the courthouse yesterday too. In a pretty bizarre scene, Robert DeNiro attended a |
| 1:10.9 | news conference staged by the Biden campaign. He spoke about what it would |
| 1:15.5 | mean if Trump was reelected. When Trump ran in 2016 it was like a joke. This |
| 1:22.1 | buffoon running for president. No, never could happen. We'd |
| 1:26.2 | forgotten the lessons of history that showed us other clowns who weren't taken seriously |
| 1:31.6 | until they became vicious dictators. |
| 1:35.2 | With Trump, we have a second chance and no one is laughing now. |
| 1:40.8 | Jury deliberations are set to begin today and soon jurors will be asked for |
| 1:46.2 | the first time in history whether to convict a former president of the United |
| 1:50.3 | States. A verdict could come quickly or could take days or even weeks. |
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