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Joyce Alene
Hugo Lowell
Maxwell Alejandro Frost
Douglas Brinkley
Kristi Yamaguchi

w/ Katie Phang at 12pmET on MSNBC!

NEW: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes confirms five Trump officials redacted in the indictment:

— John Eastman
— Boris Epshteyn
— Christina Bobb
— Jenna Ellis
— Mike Roman

Mayes’ office says in statement more names to be confirmed as soon as they are served

This work by courtroom sketch artist Edvard Munch is called “The Nap”

New: Supreme Court expressed interest in remanding the Trump federal Jan. 6 case to a lower court to review whether it contained any officials acts that should be expunged -- an outcome that could inject new delay into the case. w @martinpengelly theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Trump advisors understood to have been indicted in Arizona over efforts to overturn 2020 election day privately say they haven’t been formally notified, per ppl familiar. If they have been charged, expectation is that they will retain local counsel in AZ.

New statement from Trump spokesperson on Arizona indictment:

BREAKING: Arizona prosecutors have charged 11 fake electors for their roles in efforts to subvert the 2020 election. mcusercontent.com/cc1fad182b6d6f…

friendly father kim jong un SLAPS m.youtube.com/watch?si=S8Z5p…

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Judge Merchan held off holding TRUMP in contempt of the gag order. But he appeared deeply unconvinced by Trump lawyer Todd Blanche, telling him he was losing all credibility with the court. The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

I’m in for Ari Melber tonight at 6 pm ET on The Beat with Ari Melber 📺!

We’ve got so much to talk about after today’s court proceedings in Trump’s NY election interference trial!

Joining me:

Joyce Alene
Hugo Lowell
Maya Wiley
Lachlan Cartwright
Adam Kaufmann
Molly Jong-Fast

TRUMP watched the judge presiding in his New York criminal trial admonish his lawyer and heard ex National Enquirer chief PECKER confirm the arrangement to help the Trump 2016 campaign. The Guardian latest theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

When ex-National Enquirer chief PECKER told Trump he should buy the Karen McDougal story, TRUMP apparently responded: 'Anytime you ever do anything like this, it always gets out.”

The last two...oh snap.

TRUMP is chatting with his lawyer Todd Blanche, who had a rough go of it when Judge Merchan warned him he was losing credibility with the court -- a major rebuke -- w the gag order. Blanche appears to be jokey with Trump possibly to reassure the client... and perhaps himself