Katie S. Phang
MSNBC Columnist
Katie S. Phang is the host of "The Katie Phang Show," which airs Saturdays and Sundays at 8 a.m. ET on MSNBC. She is a legal contributor for NBC News and MSNBC based in Miami. She leverages her significant trial attorney experience to provide analysis and commentary on the latest legal issues.
Katie S. Phang is the host of "The Katie Phang Show," which airs Saturdays and Sundays at 8 a.m. ET on MSNBC. She is a legal contributor for NBC News and MSNBC based in Miami. She leverages her significant trial attorney experience to provide analysis and commentary on the latest legal issues.
Latest from Katie S. Phang
Two new docuseries stir up new interest in an old murder case
Twenty years have passed since Scott Peterson was convicted. Despite multiple attempts to reverse that conviction and to secure a new trial, he has failed each time.
It's time for America to reject Donald Trump and his misogyny
Katie Phang reacts to Donald Trump emploring the same sexist attacks he used against Hillary Clinton to target Kamala Harris and urges Americans to reject his misogyny
Judge in election interference case denies Trump’s motion to dismiss indictment
Judge Tanya Chutkan, who's overseeing the election interference case against former President Donald Trump, scheduled an August conference with defense and prosecution teams to determine a schedule for pretrial proceedings.
The Karen Read trial was fascinating. Get ready to do it all over again.
A mistrial was declared in the murder trial for Massachusetts woman Karen Read when jurors were unable to reach a verdict on Read’s charges of second-degree murder of her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, vehicular manslaughter while under the influence, and leaving the scene of an accident causing a fatality.
The Karen Read murder trial highlights a fascinating legal rule
The prosecution has now rested in the murder trial of Karen Read, a Massachusetts woman accused, among other things, of killing her boyfriend in 2022.
The eyebrow-raising legal theory behind Alvin Bragg’s case against Trump
Alvin Bragg took what could have been a straightforward, run-of-the-mill paper crimes case and added a novel element by introducing the theory of “another crime” to his case against Donald Trump.
Why Trump lawyers are likely advising him to not take the stand
Trump’s prior track record when providing sworn testimony in trial has been poor, to say the least. And there’s no doubt the cross-examination of Trump would be brutal.
Why the ‘ick factor’ of Stormy Daniels' testimony is such a powerful force
Stormy Daniels has become somewhat of an inadvertent character witness for the prosecution in the Donald Trump hush money trial, highlighting the bad character of Trump.
To convict Trump, prosecutors need witnesses like banker Gary Farro
Donald Trump’s New York trial started with a bang, calling as their first witness David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer. The beginnings of trials and the ends of trials are what jurors remember best. That’s why a good strategy is to call witnesses such as Gary Farro to the stand in between.
What you missed on Day 6 of Trump’s trial: A witness details salacious stories and the judge bristles at gag order arguments
Testimony in Donald Trump’s historic hush money case resumed Tuesday, with prosecutors urging the court to hold the former president in contempt for attacking witnesses and others, and former tabloid impresario David Pecker returning to the stand with details that linked Trump’s circle to a slew of salacious stories.
What you missed on Day 6 of Trump's trial: A witness details salacious stories and the judge bristles at gag order arguments
Testimony in Donald Trump’s historic hush money case resumed Tuesday, with prosecutors urging the court to hold the former president in contempt for attacking witnesses and others, and former tabloid impresario David Pecker returning to the stand with details that linked Trump’s circle to a slew of salacious stories.