I would love to talk i will talk about it. Theyre not taking away my First Amendment rights. Donald trump claiming earlier this week that no one is going to stop him from speaking about his criminal case. Today, judge Tanya Chutkan laid down the law and told trumps lawyer that trumps words will have consequences. And the First Amendment is not absolute. Plus, attorney general Merrick Garland appoints a Special Counsel to investigate hunter biden . And republicans are predictably complaining about it after spending months demanding exactly that. And good evening, everyone. Happy friday. Tonight was a big night for donald trump, who discovered that after all, at least to the criminal Justice System, he is no different from anyone else. Despite his fame and political prominence, he cant just publicly abuse witnesses because hes on the campaign trail. The judge who taught him that lesson today is named Tanya Chutkan. I have a bunch more to say on her in a bit, but we begin the reidout toni
Twitter. Smith obtained a Search Warrant for trumps account for evidence of criminal offenses. These fancy people used to say, well, a recession is inevitable. Ironically the Vice President is set to hold a Grassroots Reception on Marthas Vineyard. And that is called bidenomics. Forget flying first class, how about a trip to the universe. Virgin galactic is flying paying customers to space and theyre taking off this morning here on fox friends. President biden wrapping up threepoint utah today. Brian this after dodging questions from peter doocy about alleged ties to hunters business dealings. Ainsley look at that come to you, mr. President. Steve peter, i believe you are in new mexico, the president left new mexico and has continued his west coast trip. Tell us a little bit about that opportunity to pose the first question about devon archers testimony last week. Peter so lets talk about the opportunity to do it then. Lets go back to that video this is disclaimer for anybody watching
Accountable. In their motion for a protective order, the Justice Department says, quote, such a protective order is needed in this case the because the defendant has released statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys and other associates in legal matters pending against him. In recent days the defendant has issued multiple posts, either specifically or by implication including the following which the defendant posted just hours ago. If you go after me, im coming after you. The filing including a screen shot of that ominous threat. Prosecutors went on to say, quote, if the defendant were to begin issuing public posts using details or, for example, grand jury transcripts obtained in discovery, it could have a harmful, Chilling Effect on witnesses or adversely affect the Fair Administration of justice in this case. That request by the Special Counsel triggered a battle between team trump and the doj. Here is how the New York Times wrote this. John lauro, one of tru
Its very significant. The weight of resources are no longer in your favor, i dont care how much money you necessarily have. What theyre doing now is likely expected a not guilty plea where he will formally tell the court he has notice of all the charges against him, and they will set some date in the future in terms of when he will have to either have discovery provided to him, there likely is not going to be a Motion Schedule for the things that you would argue about what would come into evidence, thats going to be longer down the road. But the notion of a rap sheet is so significant with these different indictments, particularly because of this reason normally if somebody has charges against them, trials in the same vicinity, youre talking about maybe if they are convicted theyre going to run concurrent sentences, meaning this one will run on top of the other and the other. Its not going to be youll serve five years for this one, then ten years for another, five for the next. It will
Into custody by the government he tried to overthrow. What weve been fighting for all along is accountability and justice. Several Trump Supporters of being here with signs and flags. There are also a lot of people whove been carrying signs that say things like lockup. Were getting Realtime Information from reporters that are in the medium. Former President Donald Trump is standing facing the judge. He says not guilty. Every bad thing they can get him convicted came out of his mouth. This is a very sad day for america. Donald trump has never respected this country. He said this country was trash and garbage. The filth and the decay. And now he wants to lead it again. None of this is normal. This is our life now. After that i think we need to start tonight with a deep breath. Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Americas 45th president , Donald John Trump returned to washington, d. C. Today as a criminal defendant. Trump appeared in federal court for his third arraignment since