Alleged assassination plot against president zelenskyy. We begin this hour with a looming deadline for former president donald trump. His legal team has six hours to respond to Special Counsel jack smiths request to limit what trump can say about the ongoing 2020 election interference case. The request for a special order came after the doj said trumps social media posts could, quote, have a harmful, Chilling Effect on witnesses or adversely affect the Fair Administration of justice. The doj cited a post in which the former president wrote, quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. Campaign called the postpolitical speech and said it was meant for the former president s political adversaries, but just this morning, trump put out another set of posts attacking the Special Counsel calling on the judge presiding over the case to recuse yourself and accusing mike pence, former vp of disloyalty. Joining us now nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian and tali farh
alleged assassination plot against president zelenskyy. we begin this hour with a looming deadline for former president donald trump. his legal team has six hours to respond to special counsel jack smith s request to limit what trump can say about the ongoing 2020 election interference case. the request for a special order came after the doj said trump s social media posts could, quote, have a harmful, chilling effect on witnesses or adversely affect the fair administration of justice. the doj cited a post in which the former president wrote, quote, if you go after me, i m coming after you. campaign called the post-political speech and said it was meant for the former president s political adversaries, but just this morning, trump put out another set of posts attacking the