the fellow with just security. and andrew weissman. former chief of the criminal division. he is an msnbc legal analyst and coauthor of the best selling book the trump indictments. i would like to begin tonight quickly because we need to get to florida quickly. with the gag order issue in manhattan, the trial is over. the trump lawyers say no need for a gag order to protect witnesses or protect the integrity of a trial that is over. the t district attorney says not so fast. there is still an integrity of the proceedings that need to be protected and certainly, the jury continues to need to be protected. what do you expect judge merchan to find in these pleadings? i think he will require additional briefing and the state has said that they will propose some modification as
prosecutor told the judge in writing that the judge has quote an obligation to prevent actual harm to the integrity of the proceedings to protect the orderly administration and to avoid risks to the administration of justice. the court has an obligation to protect the integrity of these proceedings and the fair administration of justice at least through the sentencing hearing and the resolution of any post trial motions. today in florida, donald trump s favorite judge aileen mercedes cannon, a judge pointed by him, scheduled three days of hearings in the criminal case where donald trump is accused of violations of the espionage act and illegal possession of classified documents. those hearings are scheduled for june 21st, june 24th, and june 25th. one of the defense arguments that judge cannon will consider
in those hearings is that jack smith s appointment, the judge will also consider the prosecution s motion to change donald trump s conditions of release to impose a gag order on donald trump to prevent him from making false statements to thanks alex present foreseeable danger to those in this case. the government s request is necessary because of several intentionally false inflammatory statements recently made by trump that distort the circumstances under which the federal bureau of investigation. donald trump has been lying and raising money on the lie that the fbi was quote authorized to shoot me. when the fbi executed a search warrant at donald trump s
talking falsely about law enforcement because the state is saying it poses a real threat to law enforcement. the fact the judge is not hearing that for weeks and weeks with no restrictions is so cavalier with respect to the safety of the potential witnesses. even if you are going to rule against the government eventually, you would want to hear that quickly and say this is just like asking for a bill of particulars. something that is not of any import. the idea you would say this is the first order of business and i want to hear from the parties is really shocking in terms of what it means in terms of her sense of responsibility. that would to me be the number one thing that i would take her
just the extraordinary nature of the request at this time when he is facing a very real threat of imprisonment. that is such a great point. you are trying desperately not to antagonize your judge in any way who has the discretion involving your sentence. to florida and judge cannon s announcement about the series of hearings. the way to begin with her is which one is the most unusual? i think the most unusual and the most serious and the one that calls into question her objectivity and fitness for being on the bench, she has an application by the government. whatever the merits of it are, the application is that you need to restrict what donald trump can say when he is