Ari Melber/ Tacopina
Ari Melber was involved in a heated exchange with Trump attorney Joe Tacopina in an edition of his show The Beat on March 14, 2023.
  • A Trump lawyer tried to grab MSNBC host Ari Melber's papers during an interview Tuesday. 
  • Melber was challenging him about hush-money payments to a porn star. 
  • The exchange centered on a Manhattan DA investigation into Trump's alleged role in the payments. 

Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for former president Donald Trump, tried to grab a paper from MSNBC host Ari Melber during a heated exchange on Tuesday. 

During an interview, Melber challenged Tacopina about whether Trump knew about a payment made by lawyer Michael Cohen to adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels, ahead of the 2016 election.