'Extraordinary': Hear what happened in court as Trump tried to delay his criminal trial

MACHINATION MACHINE THAT IS

DONALD JOHN TRUMP LATE TODAY, A

NEW YORK APPEALS COURT JUDGE

DENIED HIS MOTION TO DELAY

MONDAY'S HUSH MONEY, CRIMINAL

TRIAL AND APOLOGIES FOR NOT

PREFACING THAT WIDTH. STOP ME

IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE

BECAUSE YOU HAVE, HERE'S THE

HEADLINE FROM JUST TWO DAYS

AGO, APPEALS COURT DENIES AND

OTHER TRUMP ATTEMPT TO DELAY

TRIAL. AGAIN, THAT WAS MONDAY,

SEEKING MORE TIME TO PURSUE A

CHANGE OF VENUE MOTION. DID

YESTERDAY AND ASKING FOR MORE

TIME TO CHALLENGE THE GAG

ORDER. THEIR CLIENT IS UNDER

TODAY. IT GOT EVEN RICHER WITH

ONE ON TRUMP ATTORNEY ARGUING

FOR MORE TIME TO FILE MORE

DEFENSE MOTIONS TO WHICH STEVEN

WU ARGUING FOR THE MANHATTAN

DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

SAID WAS SIMPLY NOT THE WAY

THESE THINGS WORK. WE'RE GOING

TO LEAVE THAT FOR LEGAL PANEL

TO SORT OUT IN A MOMENT. ONE

THING THOUGH IS CLEAR THESE

LAST THREE MOTIONS ARE ONLY THE

MOST RECENT ATTEMPTS TO DELAY

OR DERAIL THINGS LAST WEEK, YOU

FOLLOW THE MOTION DEMANDING THE

TRIAL JUDGE RECUSED HIMSELF FOR

THE SECOND TIME. THE FIRST WAS

LAST SUMMER. HE HAS ALSO TRIED

TO EXCLUDE TESTIMONY FROM HIS

ONETIME LAWYER AND FIXER,

MICHAEL COHEN THAT WAS DENIED

LAST MONTH. AS WAS HIS MOTION

TO DO THE SAME FOR STORMY

DANIELS AND KAREN MCDOUGAL AND

MOTIONS TO EXCLUDE VIRTUALLY

EVERY PIECE OF PROSECUTION

EVIDENCE, INCLUDING ON THE

CATCH AND KILL SCHEME, WHICH AT

THE HEART OF THE CASE. AND WE

SHOULD POINT OUT AS A CRIMINAL

DEFENDANT, EVEN ONE WHO ONCE

TOLD POLICE AND I QUOTE, PLEASE

DON'T BE TOO NICE TO CRIMINAL

SUSPECTS. THE FORMER PRESIDENT

HAS EVERY RIGHT TO DO WHAT HE

IS DOING, EVERY RIGHT TO TRY TO

DELAY JUSTICE EVEN WHILE

COMPLAINING AS HE DID YET AGAIN

TODAY ON HIS SOCIAL NETWORK

THAT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN

CHARGED THREE YEARS AGO INSTEAD

OF DURING THE CAMPAIGN. AND

EVEN OF COURSE, THOUGH HE'S

SHOWN UP FOR NUMEROUS PRETRIAL

HEARINGS IN THIS AND OTHER

TRIALS. NONE OF WHICH HE WAS

REQUIRED TO AND RAISING MONEY

OFF THEM ALL THE WHILE SO MORE

ON TONIGHT'S RULING FROM CNN'S

KARA SCANNELL, WHO JOINS US

NOW. SO WHAT IS THE LATEST

ARGUMENT FROM THE TRUMP TEAM?

THIS VIOLIN?

>> SO TODAY'S ISSUE, AS YOU

SAID, THAT YOU WERE OTHER

ISSUES EARLIER IN THE WEEK

TODAY, THE FOCUS WAS ON TRYING

TO GET THE JUDGE TO RECUSE

HIMSELF FROM THE CASE. THE SAME

ARGUMENTS WE HAVE HEARD IN THE

LOWER OF ARGUMENT WHERE THEY

SAY THAT THE JUDGE IS IMPARTIAL

BECAUSE HIS DAUGHTER COULD

POTENTIALLY PROFIT BECAUSE OF

WORK OR COMPANY DOES FOR

DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGNS. THE OTHER

ARGUMENT WAS THIS, JUDGE, JUDGE

MORE SEAN HAD DENIED TRUMP'S

EFFORTS TO TRY TO DELAY THE

TRIAL UNTIL THE SUPREME COURT

RULED ON PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY

IN A COMPLETELY SEPARATE CASE

AT THE FEDERAL CRIMINAL

CHARGES. THEY'RE APPEALING THAT

AND THEY WANTED THE JUDGE THE

APPELLATE JUDGE, TO PUT THE

TRIAL AND HOLD FOR THAT. I

MEAN, THE THE APPELLATE JUDGE

ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE

ERROR, BUT TRUMP'S MAIN

ARGUMENT WAS THEY JUST WANT

ANOTHER BITE AT THE APPLE FOR

SOME OF THIS THE DA'S SAYING,

YOU'RE NOT EVEN FOLLOWING THE

RIGHT PROCEDURE HERE. THESE ARE

THINGS YOU CAN APPEAL UNTIL THE

CASE IS OVER. WHAT WAS

INTERESTING IS WE ACTUALLY

HEARD FROM A LAWYER FOR THE

COURT TODAY WHO'S SPEAKING ON

BEHALF OF JUDGE MORE SEAN TO

THIS ISSUE OF RECUSAL SAYING

THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO

EVIDENCE, NO PROOF THAT HE

STANDS TO BENEFIT BECAUSE OF

HIS DAUGHTER'S JOB. AND THE

JUDGE PRETTY SWIFTLY DENIED

THIS IN THERE ARE SOME SPECIAL

ACCOMMODATION MADE TODAY IN THE

COURT. WHAT HAPPENED?

>> YEAH. I MEAN, THE COURT'S

CALENDAR WAS PRETTY PACKED THIS

AFTERNOON. THEY HAD ORAL

ARGUMENTS FROM OTHER CASES THAT

HAVE BEEN PENDING FOR AWHILE.

SO IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THIS

GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE CASE,

THE TRIAL STARTING ON MONDAY,

THEY WENT INTO THE BASEMENT OF

A COURTROOM AND REARRANGE

TABLES AND CHAIRS TO CREATE A

BENCH FROM THE JUDGE, INCLUDING

PULLING OUT A PUFFY, BIG

PROCEDURAL CHAIR FOR THE JUDGE

ARRANGING TABLE SO THE LAWYERS

HAD PLACES TO ARGUE AND THEN

REPORTERS WERE SITTING ON

CHAIRS AND TABLES IN THE BACK

IT WAS REALLY EXTRAORDINARY.

AND WHAT I HEARD WAS THAT AS

THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE EVER

DONE THAT, BUT CLEARLY TAKING

ALL OF THESE APPEALS VERY

SERIOUSLY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE

ALL BEEN SWIFTLY DENIED, I WANT

TO BRING IN OUR LEGAL ANALYST

KAREN AGNIFILO AND ELIE HONIG

ELLIOTT, THE TEMPO OF THIS.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT? I MEAN,

THREE HEARINGS, THREE DAYS,

THREE DEFEATS THIS IS

RIDICULOUS.

>> LET'S JUST SAY THAT

STRAIGHT UP. I MEAN, WE TALKED

LAST WEEK, HENDERSON. I SAID

NEXT WEEK, MEANING THIS WEEK,

EXPECT TO SEE A FLURRY OF

MOTIONS

>> BUT THE

>> PACE AND THE NATURE OF THESE

FILINGS, IT'S OUTRAGEOUS. AND

LOOK, I HAVE DEFENDED AND WE'LL

DEFEND DONALD TRUMP'S RIGHT.

ANY DEFENDANTS RIGHT. TO

AGGRESSIVELY DEFEND HIMSELF,

BUT THESE MOTIONS, HE'S

BRINGING, FIRST OF ALL, OR

COMPLETELY OUT OF TIME. HE'S

ALREADY BROUGHT MOST OF THEM,

AS KARA SAID, THEY'VE ALREADY

BEEN REJECTED. NOW HE'S JUST

TRYING AGAIN AND THERE'S JUST

NOTHING TO THEM. AND IT'S

INTERESTING, ALMOST BORDERLINE

COMEDIC, TO SEE HOW QUICKLY

THEY'RE BEING REJECTED. WE'RE

SEEING COURTS OF APPEALS REJECT

THESE CASES IN 20 MINUTES, 45

MINUTES. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO

GIVE HIM HIS SAY, BUT THERE'S

NO APPETITE HERE IN THE

JUDICIARY TO MOVE THIS TRIAL.

>> AND KAREN, I MEAN, IS IT

DONE BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY

WEDNESDAY, SO THERE'S A COUPLE

OF MORE DAYS.

>> YEAH, THERE'S TWO MORE

BUSINESS DAYS. I THINK WE'RE

GOING TO SEE MORE ACTIVITY.

THIS IS DESPERATE. THE NUMBER

OF TIMES HE'S BEEN TRYING TO

DELAY THIS CASE THE DA'S OFFICE

SAID IT WAS AT LEAST TEN TIMES.

JUDGE, MORE SEAN HAS EVEN PUT

IN HIS ORDERS THAT THE

DEFENDANT HERE IS TRYING TO

DELAY THIS CASE. THE JUDGES AND

THE APPELLATE COURTS KNOW THAT

THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT WHATEVER

THE MOTIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT'S

PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY OR A GAG

ORDER, IT'S ALSO AN EFFORT TO

DELAY THE TRIAL AND NOT HAVE IT

GO FORWARD. SO THEY'RE GONNA DO

EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE

SURE THAT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN.

THIS CASE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED

FOR A LONG TIME AS ELIE SAID,

MANY OF THESE MOTIONS HAVE BEEN

MADE ALREADY IN MANY OF THESE

THINGS HAVE BEEN DECIDED. YES,

HE DOES HAVE A RIGHT TO DO IT,

BUT AT A CERTAIN POINT, THEY

BECOME FRIVOLOUS AND THEY

BECOME UNTIMELY, AND THEY'VE

ALREADY BEEN AND DECIDED HE HAS

TO WATCH THAT. HE HAS TO WALK A

FINE LINE BETWEEN MAKING TOO

MANY MOTIONS OVER AND OVER

AGAIN. THE SAME THING. I THINK

THE WILDCARD HERE IS IF HE GOES

TO THE SUPREME COURT, TRIES TO

GET THEM TO STOP IT BECAUSE

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT AND TEN

DAYS, THEY'RE HEARING THE VERY

ISSUE THAT HE WANTS TO APPEAL.

THE ISSUE OF PRESIDENTIAL

IMMUNITY AND THAT'S BEING

HEARD ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS.

AND SO HE COULD GO TO THE

SUPREME COURT AND SAY, LOOK,

CLEARLY THE JUDGE HERE, IT IS

BIASED AGAINST ME. I'VE ALREADY

MADE SEVERAL RECUSAL MOTIONS

ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER. HE'S

GAGGING ME, BUT HE DOESN'T GAG

THE WITNESSES AND THE PRESIDENT

CENTRAL IMMUNITY IS AN ISSUE

THAT YOU'RE HEARING IN TEN

DAYS TIME, AND HE WON'T EVEN

GIVE ME TEN DAYS. I THINK HE'S

GOING TO POTENTIALLY PACKAGE IT

ALL UP AND SEE IF TAKE A SHOT

THERE AND SEE IF HE CAN GET AN

EAR OR SOMEBODY WHO HAS NO

CHANCE I WOULD SAY LEGALLY

KNOW, BUT IN THIS SUPREME

COURT, IT'S HARD TO PREDICT

ANYMORE WHAT THEY MAY OR MAY

NOT DO. I DON'T THINK LEGALLY

THERE'S A BASIS FOR IT. THIS

IS STATE-COURT. THIS IS NOT

FEDERAL, AND THIS IS COMPLETELY

SEPARATE PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY

SHOULDN'T APPLY HERE BECAUSE

THIS IS ALL PERSONAL. THIS IS

HIS PERSONAL ATTORNEY

>> YES. SOME OF THESE WERE THE

CHECKS WERE WRITTEN WHILE HE

WAS PRESIDENT, BUT THEY WERE

PERSONAL CHECKS ABOUT PERSONAL

BUSINESS. THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE

ANYTHING TO DO WITH

PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY. SO IT

SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY MERIT OR

SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY LEGS, BUT

THAT'S I THINK HIS LAST

DESPERATE PROCESS OF FOLLOWING

IT OUT WITH THE SUPREME COURT

OR GONEN SUPREME COURT THAT

WOULD THAT AUTOMATICALLY DELAY

JURY SELECTION ON MONDAY?

>> NO, ONLY IF THE SUPREME

COURT WERE TO STEP IN AND SAY,

HEY, PUT A HOLD ON THIS. I

AGREE WITH KARA. I THINK IF

THERE'S ONE MORE SHOT THAT

WOULD BE IT. I ALSO AGREE THAT

IT WILL LOSE ON SUBSTANCE.

THERE'S A LEGAL DOCTRINE

CALLED ABSTENTION, MEANING THE

FEDERAL RECORDS INCLUDING THE

US SUPREME COURT, ARE VERY

RELUCTANT TO STEP IN AND PAUSE

THINGS AT A TRIAL LEVEL, AT A

STATE COURT. AND I HAVE TO SAY

THIS

>> WHEN YOU'RE A

>> LAWYER, YOUR CREDIBILITY IS

EVERYTHING AND YOU GET TO A

POINT WHERE YOU START TO LOSE

IT WITH THE JUDGE. IT'S LIKE A

BOY WHO CRIED WOLF PHENOMENON.

IF YOU COME IN EVERY DAY TO

THREE TIMES A DAY AND SAY, OH,

MY GOSH, WE HAVE THIS

EMERGENCY. OH, MY GOSH. THIS IS

SUCH AN URGENT SITUATION. YOU

HAVE TO PAUSE IT. JUDGE, IS

GOING TO START TUNING YOU OUT

AND I THINK TRUMP'S TEAM NEEDS

TO CONSIDER THAT THE FORMER

PRISON SAY SHARED THE SOCIAL

MEDIA POSTS IN DEFENSE OF

HIMSELF FROM STORMY DANIELS,

FORMER ATTORNEY MICHAEL

AVINATAN IS IN PRISON RIGHT NOW

TRUMP ADDED HIS OWN COMMENTARY

CALLING DANIELS IS IN FORM OF

TRUMP FIXER MICHAEL COHEN,

QUOTE, SLEAZE BAGS. THEY BOTH

LIKELY WITNESSES AT THE TRIAL,

WOULD THAT VIOLATE THE GAG

ORDER?

>> 100%? YES. AND UP TILL NOW,

TRUMP HAD BEEN SORT OF CRAFTY

WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS TAKING

OTHER PEOPLE, SAYING THINGS

THAT WOULD HAVE VIOLATED THE

GAG ORDER AND JUST RE TWEETING

OR RETRIEVING THAT, WHICH

THERE'S MAYBE A GRAY AREA. BUT

NOW HE SAYS HE CALLS THE TWO

MAIN WITNESSES SLEAZE BAGS, AND

THIS IS A MOMENT OF TRUTH OR

THE DA THE DA NEEDS TO GO TO

THE JUDGE FIRST THING TOMORROW

MORNING, SAY THIS VIOLATES THE

GAG ORDER. YOU NEED TO DO

SOMETHING IF YOU DON'T ENFORCE

DISCIPLINE RIGHT NOW, IT'S

GOING TO GET AWAY FROM YOU.

>> YOU AGREE WITH THAT GUN?

>> YES. AND AT THE SAME TIME,

IT'S CLEAR THAT TRUMP IS

TRYING TO BAIT THE JUDGE. HE

WANTS MORE EVIDENCE TO GO TO

THE SUPREME COURT TO SAY HE'S

BIASED AGAINST ME AND THE JUDGE

IS NOT GOING TO TAKE THE BAIT.

SO THE JUDGE IS GOING TO DO

EVERYTHING HE CAN TO MAKE THIS

CASE GO. AND SO I THINK THOSE

THOSE QUESTIONS AN