I wanted to keep him on for the whole hour so im glad he is in yours. I know the feeling. I know that feeling very well. Have a good show. Thanks alex. Thank you. Well, breaking news tonight, Federal Judge Aileen Mercedes cannon was appointed by donald trump denied a motion to dismiss the Criminal Case. Alleging donald trump violated the Espionage Act by allegedly possessing classified documents after he left the presidency. Jack smith and donald trump were both in the front row of the courtroom today while judge cannon heard arguments from both sides on the trump motion to dismiss. Donald trump did not have to be there. But he was there in the front row. Dangling a Supreme Court nomination in front of his trial judge. Judge cannon knows that her future as a Trump Appointee depends on how she handles this case and what voters do on election day. So far, she is handling this case in any way she possibly could to please donald trump. If donald trump wins the presidency again, he would su
Trump in the four years. Thanks for taking that up to the end of the show. Appreciate it. Thank you. That does it for me today. Deadline white house, thankfully, starts right now. Hi, there, everyone. 4 00 in new york. Kicking, claim p xleeming, crying, whining, donald trump and his legal team back dwhoog they do today. Seeking to delay, delay, delay, delay justice. Todays effort at that in the federal criminal case brought by special counsel jack smith for illegally hoarding classified documents at his private club in maralago. The disgraced president watching on with no obligation to do so set to convince district judge cannon to dismiss some or all charges against trump. Did so through various after neuers. First a Motion Wiping away the first 32 counts on the theory the main statute used against trump is unconstitutionally vague. The second even more audacious, a Motion Dismissing the indictment entirely on the grounds of the president s records act completely bars prosecution. The
Thanks for having me. That is all in on this thursday night. Good evening, alex. Amazing, were talking about the word contraception as something thats being litigated in the United States of america. Were going to have more on that later on our show as well. Thank you, my friend. And thank you for joining me this hour. Today we got the news that Donald Trumps one criminal case, the one criminal case that was likely to go to trial before the november election, may be delayed. Manhattan District Attorney alvin brags Hush Money Case was set to go to trial on march 25th, less than two weeks from today, but now that date is in question. Now, trumps legal strategy in all of his cases has been to push them off as long as possible, preferably until the month of nevuary. But todays delay is not coming from trump, or at least not directly. Today d. A. Braggs office consented to a 30day delay in the start of trial, but not because d. A. Bragg needs another month. Theres a new trove of records tha
Go that far. It prevents trump from publicly sharing materials that quote, the government designates as sensitive. That includes things like personal information of possible witnesses, recordings, and testimony. The defense argued a protective order would infringe on trumps First Amendment rights. But chechen noted quote, the need for the criminal case to proceed in no order, and to protect the integrity of the process means theyre gonna have to be limits on the defendant speech. And later in the hearing, she emphasized that trump is quote a criminal defendant. He is going to have restrictions like every single other defended. It was the first time both sides met in a courtroom with trusted, this Federal Judge assigned oversee the case. Well meet with her again in a few weeks, on august 28th to disrupt the, discuss the trial date. The Special Counsel Team that is proposed starting that trial on january 2nd 2024. That is a sign of how fast the government wants this case to move forward.
And thank you to you at home for joining us this evening. Donald trumps fourth criminal indictment, number four appears to be buffets away. Nbc news is now reporting that Fulton County District Attorney fani willis is expected to present her case to the grand jury next week. We know the d. A. Willis has been investigating trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. Her investigation appears to have quite a bit in common with the federal case being brought by Special Counsel jack smith in washington, d. C. The case in georgia may prove to be different than dak smiths case in one very meaningful way. To understand that, we have to go back to 1979. The City Of Atlanta was experiencing an unprecedented wave of crimes. It wasnt Nbc Nightly News in august of that year. During the First Six Months of the year, crime and atlanta was up 30 . Robbery and aggravated assault were upset many percent. Murder was up to. Atlanta has had 140 homicides the, highest total since 1973. That wa