Melissa Murray: Trials are ‘about storytelling,’ ‘who your audience is is critically important’

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April 16, 2024 at 3:05 PM

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Former President Donald Trump is back in court on day two of his hush money criminal trial in New York City, where the painstaking process of jury selection continues. Andrew Weissmann, former senior prosecutor on the Mueller investigation, and NYU Law Professor Melissa Murray join Andrea Mitchell to discuss Trump’s legal challenges and their new book “The Trump Indictments”.

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