Deadline in the 2020 election interference case. Hes got until 5 00 p. M. This afternoon to respond to special counsel jack smiths request for a protective order. Smith is trying to block trump from disclosing evidence and making Public Comments that could intimidate witnesses or undermine the case. Smith asked the judge to step in after trump issued a vague threat on social media on friday. He wrote in all caps, quote f you go after me, im coming after you. This morning, were also keeping a close watch on Fulton County, georgia, where trump is facing another potential indictment for trying to overturn the election. The streets around the courthouse are being shut down as the grand jury considers charges. Trumps lawyer went on a media blitz and appeared on all five networks sunday morning. He floated a new defense for trump, alleged will pressuring mike pence and georgia officials to overturn the election results. Youre saying that asking is action. No, asking is aspirational. Asking i
speech, you re not engaging in a fraud on the government. that s a case from 1924. what did it actually set as precedent? so what john lauro is doing there, it doesn t answer the question, it frames the question. it actually involved a person who was urging people not to register for the selective service, for the draft. and the court there said well this is speech. this doesn t cross the line over into conduct. and that s exactly what the question will be in the trump case. was he just engaging in speech and political speech and dissent or was he crossing over the line into actual conduct? i think prosecutors are going to point to the submission of the fake elector certificates to say was this conduct? but that s the key question. that case doesn t answer it. it frames what the question will be. what about it is that we re seeing and hearing from the former president s defenders in congress. let s listen here to senators
what happened on january 6th was not peaceful. mike pence will be one of our best witnesses at trial. based on what vice president pence will say, the government will never be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that president trump had corrupt or criminal intent. that s what this case is about. mike pence said all this week is that what president trump did was wrong. he never said it was criminal. he said it was wrong. never said it was criminal. with more on where all trump s legal cases stand. elie honig back with us. let s walk through the most recent efforts to overturn the election, january 6th. the third indictment landed. we can assess where we are and what s happening soon because we ll have more action today. this, of course, is doj special counsel jack smith s indictment of donald trump, related to the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election. this is in federal court in washington, d.c. important to note, the focus here is not so much on the capitol attack
deadline in the 2020 election interference case. he s got until 5:00 p.m. this afternoon to respond to special counsel jack smith s request for a protective order. smith is trying to block trump from disclosing evidence and making public comments that could intimidate witnesses or undermine the case. smith asked the judge to step in after trump issued a vague threat on social media on friday. he wrote in all caps, quote f you go after me, i m coming after you. this morning, we re also keeping a close watch on fulton county, georgia, where trump is facing another potential indictment for trying to overturn the election. the streets around the courthouse are being shut down as the grand jury considers charges. trump s lawyer went on a media blitz and appeared on all five networks sunday morning. he floated a new defense for trump, alleged will pressuring mike pence and georgia officials to overturn the election results. you re saying that asking is action. no, asking is aspirational.
in october. there will be voting going on or september. no judge is going to have a trial that close to the election. now, what s already taken? the manhattan case. the hush money case that is scheduled to start at the end of march. yep. that is going to carry us through april. the mar-a-lago case is scheduled to start at the end of may. that is going to carry us through june. and i think through july. so, where is there a spot for the january 6th case? trump s team said they believe it will take nine months to try it. i think that s wildly overrated, overstated. but what if it s half that time, four months. there is no four month gap. one of these has to move. this moves. unless this was by the way, important point, alvin bragg more than signaled multiple times he s willing to come off the date or try to if necessary for the others. this will all be fluid, but there s only so much time to move these cases. this is a good visual representation of what our 2024 will look like.