Donald Trump learns the rules don’t change when you’re a criminal defendant
Andrew Weissmann, former top prosecutor at the Justice Department, Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News Correspondent, and Erica Orden, Legal Reporter for Politico join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss the first two days of the hush money trial with Donald Trump being forced to hear potential jurors opinions of him and his conduct in the courtroom.
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#donaldtrump #trump #trial
If Michael Cohen did time for campaign finance crimes so should the guy who signed the checks.
Cohen served time for tax evasion and lying to congress.
« is that your signature on the check? Are you a child that doesn’t know what you sign? « « Guilty « « 2 years in prison less one day & 3 years probation « Bye bye presidency
Biden and his son should be in jail!
The guy that told his attorney to get a second mortgage on his house,pay Stormy the money,and 45'd pay him back. Cohen knowing 45 like he does,can you imagine how nervous Cohen was until he got those reimbursement checks? He could have lost his home!!
Right?!
I will support the guy with 81 years behind him over the guy with 91 criminal charges in front of him.
Even if he can't remember yesterday ? You're a d head then aren't you.
@@robmcfarlane3602 Better than a fascist...
@@robmcfarlane3602a fraud and a criminal vs forgetfulness. Good choice choosing the fraud. Not very bright are you?
Get out of this false bubble. It's no wonder the polls increase for Trump every day, now in the lead.These are fabricated allegations and political interference by far left criminals
@@robmcfarlane3602 Please explain to us what covfefe means. Or how Nikky Haley becomes Nancy Pelosi in 45's head. Cognitive decline, perhaps? 🙄
Biden-Harris 2024 🇺🇸
I think this is an important clarification: It was stated that the jurors are responsible for Trump’s fate. I believe that’s incorrect. The jurors are not the ones responsible for Trump’s fate: Trump is responsible for Trump’s fate, and he has already determined that fate through his own actions. The jurors are responsible for understanding those actions, and unbiasedly matching those actions to existing laws. That’s it.
Correct, and a very important point.
Well put.
Yes. I agree!
An incredibly important distinction - spot on.
Trump is responsible for his behavior but it's up to the jury to hold him accountable. His fate will be determined by whether or not he is held accountable, so I think it is correct to say that his fate is in the hands of the jury.
Donald Trump should held accountable ‼️
Dude, that's a _terrible_ idea. Have you not heard about Trump University? Trump Steaks? Trump Airl-...........oh wait. My bad. I thought you said "Donald Trump should be in charge of accounting". He'd have a hard time tracking Yahtzee scores.
For...?
The far left should be put accountable for there fabricated allegations and political interference. Trump continues to win most voters over.
If you are used to privilege accountability feels like persecution.
Nailed it.
Bingo
It certainly feels that way to Trump. He can't believe he isn't above the law.
@@jeffplimpton9171to the pro Hamas Democrats, no one is above the law..... Except for millions of illegal migrants🎉🎉🎉
@@TheOpenSociety777Derp!
Reading all these stupid pro-MAGA comments is hilarious. Trump is done. The GOP is done. MAGA is doomed. Long live democracy. USA over MAGA.
TRUMP 2024😁
Very well said. 💙
😂😂you do know that the FEC already investigated this and found no crime was committed. Do you what the FEC is?
@@replenisher11The EC is Electoral College. The F...well ya know
@53merlin yes, for Prison.
He has the same mentality of most criminals. Uncontrolled anger, lying and being the victim.
$1000 fines won't send the message. Jail time will.
The dems are in freak out mode🤣. They know trump is winning so they’re election interfering by making up fake charges to attack him with hoping that he doesn’t make it to the White House again🤣🤣🤣
No one could have said it better ruby. "I didn't do it. Prison scene..."Yeah we all didn't do it." dT has just had more practice on the wrong side, (for him) of the wall. He belongs inside freeing the public from his anger and divisiveness.
@@Ck_p37 Trump is a loser. Everybody knows it. Everything Trump touches dies. Nobody is freaking out, but hey - keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better.
@@Ck_p37dude lost the popular vote twice lol 😂😂😂😂 what a loser. He’s going to keep losing trails and elections once a loser always a big loser lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂
My man Andrew Weissmann your are a brilliant man. Always making sense of things. Great reasoning! Love your tempered voice of right.
❌Donald Trump❌ needs to go to jail so America can move on😂
I highly doubt that his cult members would move on. At least not entirely peacefully.
@@Chiungalla79 They wont, look at Jan 6th, they want us to forget but they still cant get over the fact that they lost the confederacy
@@Chiungalla79Democrats are trying to start a civil war😮
@@Chiungalla79The lunatic Democrats are trying to start on the civil war😮
@@roadwarrior6039 Calm down; calm down and don't forget to take your meds.
How can anyone still support Trump? I've lost faith in religion and in humanity after watching Trump destroy the foundation of our nation
By checking him on the ballot. That’s how.
How could anyone support him in the first place?
Don't allow hom yhat power in your life.😢
The dems are in freak out mode🤣. They know trump is winning so they’re election interfering by making up fake charges to attack him with hoping that he doesn’t make it to the White House again🤣🤣🤣
@@Ck_p37 He's losing, like he lost before.
Stop lying to us! Trump is NOT being treated like any other person would be treated. The judge needs to throw the book at this guy - literally!
What book, skippy🤣
I know! If he was any other person he wouldn't be getting politically prosecuted.
I'll never stand together with anyone voting for the party who thinks it's ok for children to be at drag shows or for teachers to be teaching kids about pronouns that dont really exist @@Haywood118
@@swimminginthoughtsTell it to the Grand jury..
*Democrats and Fake News MSNBC are playing political theater in an Election year.* _Thats all it is!_
Biden 2024
Trump 2024
If after all the convictions, indictments and evidence you still want to vote for trump you are truly lost.
Even O.J. didn't act this guilty in the courtroom.
NOPE NOPE 😂😅
OJ had taken acting classes.
The dems are in freak out mode🤣. They know trump is winning so they’re election interfering by making up fake charges to attack him with hoping that he doesn’t make it to the White House again🤣🤣🤣
@@Ck_p37 Trump was indicted by 4 different grand juries composed of ordinary American citizens, not "The dems." And by the way, we're giddy with glee, not in freak out mode.
Acting classes or not, he listened to his lawyers. Also he was locked up. It was very real for him.
vote blue across the board for democracy, womens reproductive rights, our countries sanity
No WAY!
@@taliabraver Then enjoy your dictator.
@@thomasbullen5239 Then you enjoy your half dead mumbling so called President!
A person doesn’t get 91 criminal indictments being a lawful citizen. They can’t make those up. There has to be credible evidence to be brought to that point. Plus anyone who supports a person in this situation along with a list of bankruptcies, failing social media account, unable to pay his bond and the host of lies he spews daily needs to really take a step back and see things in a different light. A lot of others have, but more need to.
What is more telling to me is the number of people who will completely discard our legal system because their hero is charged with crimes. Trump will be given every opportunity to clear his name. But that is the kicker with all this even his MAGA faithful knows he is guilty as charged.
You could find 91 indictments on anyone...........even half you a holes that think you are angels.
@@everettcalhoun8197 But you need someone way better than Biden to run your country.
@@robmcfarlane3602 The bottom line it is not Trump.
@@robmcfarlane3602but the PAB-trump is not that person.
Andrew Weissmann is brilliant and he is always piercing but gentle in his voice 👏👏👍👍
The dems are in freak out mode🤣. They know trump is winning so they’re election interfering by making up fake charges to attack him with hoping that he doesn’t make it to the White House again🤣🤣🤣
@@Ck_p37 Geoffrey Berman was a United States District Attorney for the Southern District of New York, he was told at the time by the trump led Department of Justice to not pursue any charges against donald trump, that's why Michael Cohen was the only one charged and convicted. Cohen went to jail for this same very scheme yet trump, faced no accountability. In the Cohen charging document, trump's name was changed to individual 1. If you want we can discuss trump's Florida charges and him stealing classified documents and refusing to return them, if you like?
@@Ck_p37 Please stop spamming this forum. Thanks.
@@jacekpaszkowski2000 Bill, George Jr and Barry also took documents, it's called the presidential records act.
@@jacekpaszkowski2000 He never made it through sentence number one.
He seriously has always thought that there are no rules that pertain to him or that he has to obey
The dems are in freak out mode🤣. They know trump is winning so they’re election interfering by making up fake charges to attack him with hoping that he doesn’t make it to the White House again🤣🤣🤣
@@Ck_p37 the only one who is freaking out is your temper tantruming toddler Dumpy
@@Ck_p37 Trump will see the big house before any Whitehouse.
@@everettcalhoun8197 just scroll through all the posts reporting him for spam. He's just copy/pasting that same thing in every thread.
The Party of Law and Order showing they don't stand for anything at all.
The GOP twists truth to fit their need. Justice is far less important than power in their minds. It's not a democracy for them anymore.
Republicans have never stood for anything ever. They've only ever stood against things.
YES THEY DO!. They stand for ANARCHY! 😒......
Actually they do stand for lying to the public and making the wealthy and corporations richer off the ignorance of average citizens. They do have a purpose.
Lore and odor...
The little boy who wanted to be king.
I don't understand how you think he wants to be king though.
@@swimminginthoughts just the first day! he said so!
@@swimminginthoughts Liberals… am I right?
@@jerryjerry7561to the southern border. Do you have short term attention span?
@@swimminginthoughtsthat’s why you don’t get taken seriously
I just don't understand the "awe" experienced by potential jurors when seeing djt. As a juror, I felt amazed and in awe (and a little bit afraid) of the legal system and the court and the gravity of my part in deciding someone's fate. DonaldTrump is just a man who was on a tv show and did a terrible job in a public service role as Potus. He is nothing more than a rich conman. Good luck to all jurors and I hope they all vote based on the evidence and the truth.
He's propped up by the position he had no business occupying.
I love the back and forth with these people. Very bright. Good on their feet.
Has Truth Social filed bankruptcy yet?👎
Only in the moral sense of the word.
Its almost there....
Their first quarterly report ought to seal that deal - if they even make it that far. The stock will completely collapse when and if he exercises those zillions of additional warrants.
They lose much more $ and they will be a penny stock!!
The dems are in freak out mode🤣. They know trump is winning so they’re election interfering by making up fake charges to attack him with hoping that he doesn’t make it to the White House again🤣🤣🤣
Truth Social has lost 7 billion so far.😅
And?
So what!Do you like funding all the illegal people?Do you like having a President the world makes fun of?We look so silly.Msnbc is so stuck on Trump!They talk about him 24/7 it cracks me up.What are they going to do when they cannot blame Trump?Biden is to old.
Up 16% today Jesus.
@@pestilentruth2164 What are these people going to do when Trump wins?I am going to crack up!
@@pestilentruth2164 15% get it right...Just like trump trying to overinflate everything....SMDH
has he learned? because he's still doing it and no effective punishment has been levied
The dems are in freak out mode🤣. They know trump is winning so they’re election interfering by making up fake charges to attack him with hoping that he doesn’t make it to the White House again🤣🤣🤣
I don't know how any of them are able to say David Pecker's name without laughing. I wouldn't be able to. 😂
"Donald trump learns..." Hahaha, yeah right.
HE LEARNS HOW TO BREAK THE LAW BETTER IF ANYTHING & THAT STILL DOESN'T WORK OUT FOR HIM EITHER 😅😂
Oooo i just hope he stands up and walk out😂😂😂😂...
I’d walk out if I saw that sewn on face. 🧟♀️
Should we call you stitches or skin flap? 😷
😂😂😂😂
i hope so too so he can be thrown in jail
@@Liberal_Triggereryou can call me Al
Hmm . . . A pressure cooker situation. The diaper might not be enough to hold it all in . . .
It's clear that the DOJ and most Judges are fed up with his disrespect for anyone including the law.
I believe that most judges and the current DOJ are following the law as it is written and that is why Trump appears to get preferential treatment. I am confident that new precedents will be set post Trump and will make the justice system and the constitution even stronger. There has never been a a president with this many alleged crimes before.
The rules have been changing all the time for Trump. This must end.
The dems are in freak out mode🤣. They know trump is winning so they’re election interfering by making up fake charges to attack him with hoping that he doesn’t make it to the White House again🤣🤣🤣
The dems are in freak out mode🤣. They know trump is winning so they’re election interfering by making up fake charges to attack him with hoping that he doesn’t make it to the White House again🤣🤣🤣
@Hellocrybaby is a bot....
Obviously a bot, you can't post the same message 20 times in one minute.
@@Ck_p37 Trump is winning so much that he soiled his diaper again.
The judge soon won't have to worry about gagging Donut Don, he'll be doing plenty of gagging in prison.
After the strip search, he should be ok. 😊
@@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mrAnd a microscope for the mushroom😂
Truth Sociopath stock falling faster than Winston can create accounts.
Not THAT fast, but it's going nowhere, but down down down👎
Truth Sociopath!! 😂 Love that.
"when you're a criminal defendant, they let you do it"
The dems are in freak out mode🤣. They know trump is winning so they’re election interfering by making up fake charges to attack him with hoping that he doesn’t make it to the White House again🤣🤣🤣
@@Ck_p37 bait
@@luiscuellar685 just report him for spam. I already have close to 20 times on this video for copy/pasting that to nearly every thread.
I love Andrew Weismann’s take on things. Thanks for bringing experienced legal experts to cover this trial.
A man his age might not make it through eight weeks of court
Also get a life Ali Velshi, no one cares about your app
Fingers crossed!
We can only hope!
Judge to TRUMp: "Whose House??" "MY HOUSE"......
Since the beginning of 2020 this man has been exposed of so much of wrong doing that he has none to his credit for any goodness’s
❌Donald Trump❌ should be suspended from running for presidential office😂
Democracy has always upset the corrupt. 😆😆🤦♀🤦♀
Yeah! That's totally not constitutional but as a Democrat I don't care!
@@EducatingDims247yeah because running elections like we live in Belarus doesn’t sound corrupt.
@@ksteele13 I make no excuses for the 2020 election. But that wasnt Democracy. 🤔🤔🤷♀🤷♀
That's never going to happen Juan. 🤣
I smell toast with orange marmalade. Bye Donny .
trump used to say that the law was for poor people.
Yeah, I can imagine him saying that. For someone who considers himself above us, he sure is dumb.
@@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr been listening to him for decades, dumbest person on the planet!
@@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr💯💯😂😅🤣😅
Biden’s speaking rational productive things, While DUMP is rage posting abt His TRIAL
Alternate reality
Keep cryin! Thanks for the laugh!
Bidumb speaking rational? Now that's a real joke.💯🤪🤪🤪
@@davidc3943 Actual reality.
That's because JB actually cares about the American people, and well, djt only cares about djt!!
Wrong! The jurors are not being asked to "give their opinion about Donald Trump"! They are being asked to impartially weigh the evidence presented at trial to determine if Donald Trump broke the law. Two very different things.
He was talking about the jury selection.
@hawsrulebegin7768 true, but OP has a point, too. It's NOT a requirement "not to have an opinion" but instead to have the ability to issue an impartial judgment, even with opinions.
The dems are in freak out mode🤣. They know trump is winning so they’re election interfering by making up fake charges to attack him with hoping that he doesn’t make it to the White House again🤣🤣🤣
@Leslie54272 must be a bot, copying the same message over and over.
Old Smelly Briefs is quivering in his gold sneakers! 🤣🤣🤣
😂😅😂😅😅😂
I can’t stand the smarmy jerks that don’t believe jurors keep their mouths shut during a trial… if I was on the trump trial I would want to hide what I am doing from everyone, even my spouse.
I think that those jerks don't trust people easily.
That's where I think Kaplan was smart in telling his jurors not to even admit they'd sat at that trial. He was worried about their safety! That's where I think Merchan was wrong in letting the attorneys have jurors name. If any of them get hurt or doxed because of that,the families need to really lay into Merchan for that!
The dems are in freak out mode🤣. They know trump is winning so they’re election interfering by making up fake charges to attack him with hoping that he doesn’t make it to the White House again🤣🤣🤣
@@Ck_p37 Just can't stop drinking the kool-aid. .
@@Ck_p37Copy/paste comment. That means nothing.
Keep up the good work Vaughn !!!
I loved hearing Nicolle laugh hysterically off camera!!
...all he's known for is sleeping and muttering 🤣🤣
Trump is the old story of the little boy being made to behave. He says, Outwardly I'm sitting down but inside I'm protesting.
Hahaha I'm sitting down, but it's not because you're making me.
Demented people often fall asleep and mutter .This is simply his symptom profile .
Sleepy Donnie is losing, the World is laughing at him, he's finally getting his Karma. 💤 😴
Criminal detention soon.
Absolutely make Trump be accountable He should be imprisoned at super max in Colorado
We know there’s an App! I thought about downloading it after the first ad. But now it’s pishing me off. Pump the brakes Please!!
Vote blue
I thought Biden was supposed to be the sleepy one?
Donnie Tantrum
Donnie Porko
Your Daddy.💋
The STINK!!@ is going down
They does for DJT if the Supreme Cour and Congress t has anything to do with it.. and that's really sad... People please Vote Blue all way down the board..
They seem to change for him. How many gag orders now?
How he’s learning when he’s still breaking the law and the rules and they don’t and won’t punish him
Lock him up Lock him up Whole entire life no accountability Whole entie life never been hungry Never needed clothing Never had to worry about tomorrows rent or safety Taught by a rich bigot ....his father Never even needed good grades Even got used to everything i say is right How on earth do you think he feels at this age he isnt better than us, privileged, uncountable no matter what he does This man has been a disaster to our nation Never again
And “his generals” remember that 😝
can you imagine being in the jury, they said the room was really hot and you have diaper donny just stinking. I wonder if the jurors could complain to the judge about his smell
I really like how childish your comment is!
Donnie is going to have so much fun learning prison rules. Imagine the last things you get to learn in this life would be prison rules. What a way to go.
He may be on janitorial duty? Mr . CLOROX
@audio2664 Nah Donnie's too lazy to work. He'll get his lawyers to argue he's too old to do any work. So he'll just end up rotting away in prison. He'll overeat and his health will deteriorate and that will be the end of Trumpy.
Awesome woman! Jon, so smart to have her on!! I am grateful for her work!!
Enough with the loud obnoxious ads for your app at the end of every video.
TUCK FRUMP
Why is the party of law and order, standing for someone who does not think law and order does not apply to him?
A question to the jurors might have been, "Do you think that you can stare down fear, for the sake of Justice?" Because that, is exactly what will be required of them, in my opinion.
Judge Announces Trump Will Not Be Permitted To Go To Son's Graduation Or To The Bathroom Until Trial Finished
😂😂😂
How T. can still be a "viable" candidate for PRESIDENT is unbelievable!
Have you seen the rest of the republican party? Remember, in 2015, before stinky Donny announced his candidacy, Ted Cruz was one of the frontrunners.
So much for ‘ the party of law and order’.
Wrong headline. The rules HAVE changed. And this applies only to him, not "a defendent"
Yeah yeah yeah...No worries
PS - The rules DON'T change when you are a law abiding citizen either. You just DON'T find yourself as a defendant in court very often, but then you have nothing to whine about on Truth Social afterwards either! Mar-A-Lago isn't his house! It's a Club that he owns, and he resides there as sort of a live in janitor!
He's allowed to use the bathroom for storing files too. 😂
Why isn't the jury sequestered and protected by court security for the duration of the trial ?
There's talk about when Trump inevitably violates the gag order, should he be imprisoned or fined. I say neither. Instead he should be forced to re-install the MSNBC app whilst watching the ad for the entire duration of the court case. That'll make sure he never does it again!
Cruel and unusual punishment!
He should be placed in an adjacent room (that they normally use for interviews etc...) and just be made to sit there all day, under supervision. That would remove any chance of martyrdom for him in jail.....
😂😂😂😂
Has anyone reported on the noises when he's filling his diaper in the courtroom?
I like how stupid this comment is!
Do you really think there are audible noises when that happens?
@@swimminginthoughts So, yes?
Shouldn't his diaper muffle any noises when he's doing his duty? 😂
Can't think of any more juvenile comment. Grow up already.
No one ever taught trump that television isn't real.
"Riiight?" "She was, like, riight?" "Riiight."
Don the Con getting his comeuppance.
I notice a pattern where trump supporters turn up in little groups holding hands to leave cryptic comments that make zero sense. They all comment in the same couple of minutes as if to bully and intimidate, too chicken to turn up alone. Bless their hearts
Because often it's one person with a handful of accounts. That's why they're all together.
They travel around in packs. Of course a good number of them are the same person.
I so hope the jurors have the strength and support of family and friends.
I wouldn't feel anything looking at Donald Trump. He's just a two-bit con artist to me.
I'd feel repulsed and nauseous!
Disgust!
Trump is not treated like every other criminal, he's getting a handshake in comparison 🔵💙
He's almost getting paid.
What's it gonna take to get rid of these obnoxious trailing ads with Ali? I'm never downloading your app!
6:46 - Probably needed a diaper change!
Dear Mr Stinky Bottom, how can we help you to go away? Oh wait, vote blue.
Stinky Bottom 😂
What are you 5 years old grow up
The only way he goes away is when he chokes on a KFC Chicken bone. We can vote blue until we're blue in the face, but he'll always claim fraud, which he's already readied his base on.
@@bobevans9955 Keep cryin!
Campaign, which involves more than telling msnbc viewers to vote.
Conviction, Yes. 😄 Jail, Never. 😢
Prison, not jail!!
I like how lawyers never explain where exactly things “come in”. The entire realm of “in” and the vastly larger realm of “out” need to be expanded.
Because to trump, everything is a TV show. EVERYTHING.
Yep! Always worried about his ratings!
Today in Trump history: He lied. (formula can be applied to any day in Trump history...polygraph not included).
Keep telling the public he fell asleep during his trial!! Pound on it. Make sure it destroys any memory people have of the drum beating following release of the HUR report. Start every story with "the defendant who falls asleep at his criminal trial!"
If I was bored I would.
Andrew, speak the truth ,... you nailed it,... everyone knows your speaking the tr4uth !!!!!
FINALLY YOU SAID IT
Stress and slow developing cancer is eating Trump from the inside.
He is a cancer on democracy.
Republicans What! The rules apply to me too?
But nobody bats an eye when a democrat and his crackhead son are corrupt........... Remember the cocaine in the White House?
I believe the jurors will intently listen to the evidence presented on both sides and come to a logical legal conclusion. And be relieved to explain why they ruled as they may to their families afterwards as to the facts that led them to the verdict.
I love it, "the day after he fell asleep".