Indicted, highly classified documents in bathroom and the ballroom down at maralago. And federal judge aileen cannon, the Trump Appointed lawyer who came to this case with only three years on the bench and with very little experience in running criminal trials. Cannon whose rulings in the case so far have repeatedly drawn scrutiny and reversals and rebukes by higher courts. And now judge cannon is under fire once again for what the Washington Post diplomatically calls, quote, an unusual order regarding jury instruction. Quote, even though cannon has not yet ruled when the trial will be held or a host of other issues, shes skipping ahead to the very end, to Jury Instructions, asking prosecutors and Defense Attorneys to consider two different hypothetical situations. Writing in part, quote, in the first scenario the jury would be allowed today review a former president s possession of a record and make a factual finding, whether it is personal or president ial, using the Definition Set f
Racketeering indictment. The Clock Ticking before they turn themselves in to the Fulton County jail next friday, with Pressure Mounting for some or all of trumps 18 codefendants to cooperate, you might think trump would be bending over backwards to ingratiate himself with them, keeping them from freaking out and flipping. Doesnt look like it. Not so much. Take Rudy Giuliani, facing 13 charges in Fulton County. Cnn today reports that giuliani made a hail mary pilgrimage to maralago in april in what is described as a mission to make a personal and desperate appeal to former President Donald Trump to pay his legal bills. By going inperson a source familiar with the matter told cnn giuliani and his lawyer believed they could explain facetoface why trump needed to assist his former attorney with his ballooning legal bills. According to reporting trump verbally agreed to help with some of giulianis legal bills without committing to any specific amount or timeline. Nbc news has not independen
Reelected. Ill get reaction from quintin folk, president for the Biden Harris Campaign. And Steve Phillips standard of democracy. And inside the fight to enshrine abortion laws. And breaking with the boss. Former Vice President mike pence on january 6th and his decision not to endorse donald trump. The fact that the president continues to insist that i had the right to overturn the election that day is a fundamental difference. But i want to be clear that, you know, ive forgiven the president in my heart for what happened that day. Im jonathan capehart, this is The Sunday Show. Its official, biden versus trump. And what is shaping up to be the first president ial general election rematch in nearly 70 years. Sure it feels like deja vu all over again. But this 2024 version is all together different. Biden seeks reelection with a strong record to stand on and defend. A record that includes a booming economy despite all those hair on fire prediction that the u. S. Would slip into recession
Violent mob against the u. S. Capitol and his own Vice President on january 6th. The Justice Department won the battle and politico reports Special Counsel jack smith obtained an extraordinary array from twitter about trumps account. While it remained unclear what sorts of information the messages contained and who exactly may have written them, it was a revelation that there were private messages associated with the twitter count of mr. Trump, who has famously been cautious about using written forms of consideration with his aides and allies. Hes reportedly sent over direct messages that were sent, received and stored in draft. Politico reports this, quote, u. S. District judge Barrel Howard held twitter, now known as x, in Contempt Of Court in february be fining that company 350,000 for missing a deadline. And he lit into twitter for taking extraordinary and apparently unprecedented steps to give trump an advantage. At one point the judge asking being quote, is it because the new ceo
Indictment of donald trump. The federal judge overseeing trumps Election Fraud case has responded to a court filing from special counsel jack smith late last night. Smith wants a protective order after trump posted this last night. It says, quote, if you go after me, im coming after me. Smith wants the judge to stop trump and his legal team from publicly discussing sensitive evidence and hes citing that social media post as one reason why. The judge has given trump until monday. Smith called it an unnecessary delay when trump asked to push it back. A california democrat who served on the january 6th select committee, congressman, thank you for joining me. Your sense of what has been taking place over the last 24 hours, the special counsel is asking the judge to issue this protective order to restrict trump and his lawyers from publicizing sensitivity evidence. Theyre noting this social media post that came from trump yesterday evening essentially leveling a threat. An unspecified gener