About these elections would russians go to the polls knowing there was almost no doubt president Vladimir Putin would be reelected well, history is set to repeat itself as russians are voting right now. And putin is running against no real opposition. Thank you so much for watching news night. Laura coates live starts right now. Hush. Money, classified documents in a ruling that could change everything. And Donald Trumps criminal cases tonight, and Laura Coates Live well ill, if you add march 25th on your bingo card, looks like you are out of luck. My friends, because thats when Donald Trumps first criminal trial was supposed to start. Now i say supposed to start because its so often happens in the universe of trump legal cases, its delay, delay, delay in this case, delayed all over again. He should actually put on some tshirts just a thought there, like he did when he was with his Fulton County mug shot. See, you thought i was kidding for a second. That was a real thing. Now, manhatta
Addresses posted on a far right website. Growing concerns about what might happen next. Also he promised a Big Press Conference two days ago claiming hed finally blow the lid off 2020 Election Fraud. More signs tonight he was, no surprise, just blowing smoke. And hawaii with a thousand people still unaccounted for a cnn investigation into why mauis Emergency Sirens stayed deadly silent. Good evening and thanks so much for joining us. We begin with Breaking News. The former president s attorneys have weighed in with what they want the trial date to be in the federal election sub version case. It is a long way off. The Justice Department had proposed january of 2024. The former president s attorneys now say the trial should not start until april, 2026. That is more than 2 1 2 years from now. If mr. Trump is elected president again, it is effectively never. The lawyers in their filings saying the Justice Departments proposed date denies them the ability to prepare for trial. Joining us no
Imagine how terrifying donald trump, how terrified he has to be for him to follow the advice of his lawyers. Thats how terrified donald trump is tonight. For the first time. The breaking not surprising news of the night is that donald trump was forced to announce that he will not be having a special press event on monday to, as he put it, refute the 13 criminal charges against him delivered by a Georgia Grand Jury on monday. In a written statement tonight, donald trump said rather than releasing the report on the rigged and stolen georgia 2020 president ial election on monday my lawyers would prefer putting this, i believe, irrefutable and overwhelming evidence of Election Fraud and irregularities informal legal filings as we fight to dismiss this disgraceful indictment, therefore, the News Conference is no longer necessary, exclamation point. That statement is, of course a lie. There is no report. Donald trump has no. Report on trumps lawyers will not be putting irrefutable and overwh
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
Unfortunately. Listen, lawrence, by monday is free and now apparently my april of the year 2026 is booked. Dont be surprised if it happens before that, alex. Okay, i wont be. Thank you, alex. Have a good show. Thank you. Imagine how terrifying donald trump, how terrified he has to be for him to follow the advice of his lawyers. Thats how terrified Donald Trumps tonight. For the first time. The breaking not surprising news of the night is that donald trump was forced to announce that he will not be having a special press event on monday to, as he put it, refute the 13 criminal charges against him delivered by a Georgia Grand Jury on monday. In a written statement tonight, donald trump said rather than releasing the report on the rigged and stolen georgia 2020 president ial election on monday my lawyers would prefer putting this, i believe, irrefutable and overwhelming evidence of Election Fraud and irregularities informal legal filings as we fight to dismiss this disgraceful indictment,