A new deadline in the federal prosecution of former President Trump expires in hours, and this as intrigue in georgia grows. A new subpoena is on the table as the grand jury weighs whether or not theyll charge trump. A cnn exclusive. A new report shows that ukraine is not makieing extensive progrs against russia. A sobering new report in this morning. And now, warrants issued after a brawl in alabama. A group of white boaters accused of jumping a black boater. With john berman and omar jimenez, this is cnn news cent central. We are following a lot of new developments following donald trump. The grand jury that handed up the indictment against him are back at it meeting in washington, d. C. , in the federal courthouse, and this as Special Counsel jack smith and the Trump Legal Team have a 3 00 p. M. Deadline following the election of the subversion case, and this is as the trumps team wants looser rules about what evidence he can share publicly before the trial. And trump says that the
Confronting donald trump on issue after issue without ever naming the former president. And starting with an impassioned plea to help ukraine defend its country against Vladimir Putin. Bowing down to a russian leader, i think it is outrageous, dangerous and unacceptable. Taking to task donald trump and far right republicans for whitewashing january 6. My predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth about january 6. I will not do that. Here is the simple truth. You cant love your country only when you win. Calling out House Republicans telling them to stop Playing Politics on the border and pass the bipartisan bill. We have the simple choice. We can fight about fixing the border or we can fix it. Im ready to fix it. Send me the border bill now. And he delivered a forceful defense of womens Reproductive Freedom, critical Campaign Issue for democrats. Those bragging about overturning roe v. Wade have no clue about the power of women. But they found out when Reproductive Freedom
During his arraignment not to influence a jury or try to intimidate witnesses or anyone else involved in the case in any way. With this third indictment, donald trump now stands accused of numerous Crimes Involving his conduct from before, during, and after his presidency. Theres been a lot of legal activity surrounding the former president over the past few months. But, the historic nature of this moment should not be lost in any of us. We are seeing the rails of justice turning as they should to address the attempted coup that many of us watched unfold in realtime back on january 6th. The former president s coconspirators to move the sticks to this to the port. Hard to deceive and convince many people for many different walks of life to go along with their plan. The fake electors had to convince fake documents. Members of congress had to persuade to stand up and object to the certification of certain states votes. The supporters they called to gathering, washington d. C. , on january
They just think the governments ask is too broad. Both parties have until 3 00 p. M. Today, right now, to agree on a date this week to show up in d. C. For a hearing on the order and while jack smith gave tomorrow, thursday, and friday, Donald Trumps team is asking for another extension. This time in the next week. The judge has said she wanted the matter settled before this weekend. So how does she respond on the day . How does she respond to the arguments as well . Both for and against the order . And what does she do if donald trump refuses to comply with her order . Her ultimate order. Jail time is normally an option for contempt of court. Could that really be on the table . If not, what else could be done to keep an antagonistic defendant in line . We have news on the grand jury that Indicted Trump next week. Theyve met again today. What does Bernie Carrick have to do with it . He just met with the Special Counsels team. What was he asked . Joining me now is nbc news justice and i
Accountable. In their motion for a protective order, the Justice Department says, quote, such a protective order is needed in this case the because the defendant has released statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys and other associates in legal matters pending against him. In recent days the defendant has issued multiple posts, either specifically or by implication including the following which the defendant posted just hours ago. If you go after me, im coming after you. The filing including a screen shot of that ominous threat. Prosecutors went on to say, quote, if the defendant were to begin issuing public posts using details or, for example, grand jury transcripts obtained in discovery, it could have a harmful, Chilling Effect on witnesses or adversely affect the Fair Administration of justice in this case. That request by the Special Counsel triggered a battle between team trump and the doj. Here is how the New York Times wrote this. John lauro, one of tru