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Manhattan prosecutors Monday read to the jury transcripts of former President Donald Trump's notorious "Access Hollywood" tape, prompting one legal expert to describe it as both "cringy" and "damning."

The reading came after a debate between District Attorney Alvin Bragg's team and Trump's lawyers over whether the video could be aired in Trump's criminal hush money trial. Judge Juan Merchan ultimately ruled the transcript was permissible but not the video.

Political expert and veteran newsman Jonathan Alter was sitting in the courtroom Monday with a good view of the jury and the back of Donald Trump and his lawyers.

Speaking to MSNBC, Alter explained that the "split screen" between this view and that of his political opponent is not a good one for Trump.

Donald Trump's rambling rant outside of his courtroom as the first day of testimony ended Monday was so littered with false information that MSNBC cut from it to fact check.

Chris Jansing stepped in to explain that viewers who overheard the impromptu speech may be misled.

Donald Trump's attorney may have oversold his defense during opening statements to the jury, a legal expert argued.

Lawyer Todd Blanche told jurors that $420,000 in payments to Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen were not reimbursements for payments to adult movie actress Stormy Daniels, but were instead given to cover legal services.

Prosecutors lost little time objecting to Donald Trump's attorneys Monday, firing off a complaint in opening statements as the former president's team made claims about why payments were made to adult movie star Stormy Daniels.

Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche had said that the hush money deal with Stormy Daniels was made to protect Trump's family from the story becoming public.

Donald Trump is already sick of sitting in court for his hush money trial after one week, which observers say increases the chances of an outburst from the former president.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee was ordered by New York Judge Juan Merchan to attend his trial or risk jail time, and sources told CNN's Dana Bash that Trump is already frustrated by his lack of control over the process.

Twelve jurors and six alternates have been empaneled to sit in judgment of Donald Trump in his hush-money trial, but a legal expert worries that might not be enough.

Jury selection proceeded more quickly last week than many observers expected, although one juror dropped out citing personal safety concerns and another was dismissed after prosecutors raised concerns about his credibility, and legal analyst Danny Cevallos told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that more jurors might be necessary.

Donald Trump insists he will testify in his Manhattan hush money trial, but CNN's Elie Honig doesn't think that would be a wise decision.

The former president has repeatedly said he would take the stand in his own defense on 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment his then-attorney Michael Cohen made to adult film star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election, but Honig said he would not advise Trump to testify.

As a man police are linking to conspiracy theories set himself on fire in a park outside the courthouse where Donald Trump has been sitting all week, witnesses described the scene inside the trial.

Reporters were just beginning to relay the information that a jury had been chosen when word came in of the fire. CNN quickly carried live footage of the flames.

Donald Trump's latest outbursts that prosecutors say violated the gag order in his hush money trial were egged on by a key witness in the case, his former White House lawyer told CNN on Friday.

Speaking to Wolf Blitzer, Jim Schultz said that as long as Cohen is speaking out, then Trump will continue to as well.

CNN's Kate Bolduan fact-checked Donald Trump's Friday morning rant outside the courtroom as he returns for Day Four of his criminal trial.

The quadruple-indicted ex-president complained Friday morning about a gag order imposed on him by New York justice Juan Merchan that prohibits him from commenting publicly on witnesses and jurors in the case, and prosecutors argued that Trump has already violated that court order seven times since the start of the trial.

The U.S. House of Representatives moved one step closer to voting on a series of foreign aid bills that have been strongly opposed by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and other MAGA lawmakers, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said other Republicans are growing tired of their antics.

The House Rules Committee got enough Democratic support to advance the funding bills, which includes additional aid to Ukraine, in the face of a motion to vacate against speaker Mike Johnson filed by Greene and supported by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), and the "Morning Joe" host compared the dynamic to his own time as a congressman.