Seeing trumps very own words and rhetoric in a court filing as it gets. Attorneys for the expresident accuse the Special Counsel of asking the court to, quote, take the extraordinary step of stripping President Trump of his First Amendment freedoms during the most important month of his campaign against President Biden. They say, quote, now keenly aware that it is losing that race for 2024, the prosecution seeks to unconstitutionally silence President Trumps but not President Bidens political speech. On pain of contempt. End quote. Now, if all this sounds familiar, its because trumps attorneys have been making this argument for months now. As the New York Times notes, almost from the moment mr. Trump was indicted, his legal team has raised a First Amendment defense. Its also a defense that jack smith anticipated. His indictment of donald trump on the Election Interference Case says on the second page, the defendant had a right, like every american, to speak publicly about the eleioand
news night. laura coates live starts right now tonight. drugs, a gun, a document, and an alleged lie, another their historic trial. this time the president s son. so just who are the 12 jurors who will decide? hunter biden s state plus president biden tries at a new tougher message against trump, but not the public. what he just told a group of donors. and it was the foul seen round the world, but it has now become something now a little bit more hasn t been the new twist and the caitlin clark story tonight. i m laura coates, live alright, stop me if you ve heard any of these statements before, the cases, an unusual prosecution that quote, would not have been filed gantz anyone else? is the result of prosecutors have in quote, bowed to political pressure and the entire thing is quote, unquote, politically motivated can you guess which case i m talking about? no, it s not donald trump s conviction in manhattan though all of those things hadn t thought about that case
With a honda civic. This is around 9 30. And 24th street. And gainer avenue. They initially spotted a black corvette driving recklessly in the neighborhood. The witnesses said it sped through a stop sign and sped into another car. The passenger in the honda civic died. Firefighters picked apart the car. They were transported to the hospital in critical condition. And now, police told us the driver of the corvette ran from the scene. Not releasing a whole lot of details. Where they found him or why he was driving recklessly to begin with. We are working to get more from Richmond Police. We will pass that along. Marty. No word on the age or the gender or alcohol, drugs, being involved possibly in this wreck . Reporter well, for the suspect, we know he is in the early 20s. 20 or 21 yearsold. He is from richmond. Including the man who passed away. And unclear what the ages were this morning. And unclear if they were involved in the crash. That is something they are looking into at this poi
Thousand points earlier in the day. The s p 500 lost 64, the nasdaq fell 189. Meantime, the u. S. Senate is poised to confirm President Trumps third u. S. Supreme Court Nominee. The process, after the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, just before the election has caused huge controversy and prompted democrat boughs of retribution. What that would look like we dont yet know. The vote on the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett is expected in about an hour and a half. Congressional correspondent chad pergram is live on capitol hill tonight with the very latest. Good evening, chad. Good evening, bret. Justice Clarence Thomas will swear in barrett tonight. This confirmation will long be known for speed cast against the specter of coronavirus this before an election. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell promised just hours after Ruth Bader Ginsburg died that the senate would muscle through a nominee despite the looming election. The senate hasnt confirmed a nominee this late in a p
State of florida. Hes booked in Pinellas County jail and according to the officials there, he was booked at the request of the Justice Department. We anticipate that hes going to face charges. The pictures, i think you already have, are of him holding the speakers podium, one of the many people who mobbed, who ransacked the capitol and posted pictures of themselves or were captured on social media images showing what they were doing at the capitol. We know so far the Justice Department has announced charges against at least 13 people. There are a number of other arrests or charges that are still under seal. We expect some more arrests over the weekend and we expect to see some more charges into the next week. Were told, fred, that the investigators from the fbi, the atf, the u. S. Marshals, as well as the metropolitan police here in washington are working with prosecutors around the country, around the clock, to try to find some of these people. A lot of them have gone back to their ho