Behavior and the stakes. It was a bracing message. He will be treated like any other defendant. Trump did not attend the hearing in washington today, and thats fine. You can have these kind of hearings among lawyers. His defense team entered this morning. We saw that, tracked that. Hearing about what, in other cases, might be a more routine matter. What are the rules of evidence before you go to trial . How can it be discussed . So this is basically the framework, ground rules, you may have heard the reference to a protective order. Now judge chutkan rejected Donald Trumps request to speak in broader general terms about some of that evidence. Hell be restricted from publicly discussing the sensitive materials. The ruling came out late today. The judge says if Defendant Trump receives sensitive materials has part of this case, meaning stuff he might not otherwise get but for being a criminal defendant, his lawyers may not allow Defendant Trump to write down any personally identifying in
I would love to talk i will talk about it. Theyre not taking away my First Amendment rights. Donald trump claiming earlier this week that no one is going to stop him from speaking about his criminal case. Today, judge Tanya Chutkan laid down the law and told trumps lawyer that trumps words will have consequences. And the First Amendment is not absolute. Plus, attorney general Merrick Garland appoints a Special Counsel to investigate hunter biden . And republicans are predictably complaining about it after spending months demanding exactly that. And good evening, everyone. Happy friday. Tonight was a big night for donald trump, who discovered that after all, at least to the criminal Justice System, he is no different from anyone else. Despite his fame and political prominence, he cant just publicly abuse witnesses because hes on the campaign trail. The judge who taught him that lesson today is named Tanya Chutkan. I have a bunch more to say on her in a bit, but we begin the reidout toni
Her from office. Basically because he can. State attorney will join me tonight. Also new details on a possible fourth indictment against donald trump in georgia. Which could come in a matter of days. What fani willis could charge him with. Plus, who his codefendants might be. Another big win for democracy. Proposed constitutional change in ohio meant to thwart the will of the public on abortion and other major issues loses by a mile. Clearly we have a lot to get to tonight as you can see. But we begin with an alarming genuinely frightening news. Frightening item of news regarding violent threats against the president of the United States, joe biden. Vice president Kamala Harris and other elected officials. Threats that appear to be tied to Donald Trumps mounting legal peril. Threats came from a utah man named craig d. Robertson, who will not get to plead his case in court because he was shot and killed today by the fbi as they were attempting to execute an Arrest Warrant. But what he d
Donald trump on the president ial ballot rejecting the state efforts to try to brand trump illegally and thus keep him off the ballots this year of its big news no matter how you slice it. Its big for a nation divided by trump, big for an election that is legally intertwined. Its between trumps efforts to overthrow the last election laws and efforts to run right now. There is no way around dealing with what trump has brought. This is also big news for the court itself. Big news longer for voting begins. As the time is reporting today, the decision is the most important ruling. Of handing the presidency to bush the most important such ruling in 25 years. Thats how it played out as the news broke. One of the unprecedented legal questions over the election has been resolved. And unanimous decision they keep donald trump on the ballot. Not just a colorado but across the entire nation. Monumental Supreme Court decision. Huge, inanimate decision today. Reversed colorados decision to ban dona
Today. Nuclear. Did you see maduro, venezuela unbelievable. Even argentina, they went maga. You know, argentina, great guy. Were a recent that just recently heard that saudi arabia and russia will be oh. What . Donald trump slurring his words once again, and unable to remember who the current president is. Displaying his cognitive unfitness just in time for the Supreme Court to hand him another big victory on his way to the republican nomination. Also tonight, trump left highly sensitive classified documents unprotected behind a cheap Shower Curtain in his bathroom at maralago. Now, as the likely republican nominee, were facing the scary prospect that he could start receiving classified briefings again. Plus, after calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza, Vice President Kamala Harris meets with netanyahus chief political rival. While trump says very little about the situation in gaza. But we begin tonight with todays date, march 4th. Today was supposed to be the first day of Donald