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May 2024
20m 58s

Thursday, May 16, 2024

LESTER HOLT, NBC NEWS
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Former President Donald Trump’s attorney accused Michael Cohen of lying on the stand in his ongoing hush money trial, President Biden asserted executive privilege over records of his interviews with a special counsel who ended up criticizing his memory, the Texas governor pardoned a man convicted of murdering a protester, and more in tonight’s broadcast.

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