be no, because no lawyer has ever had control over what donald trump does. so i think it s a very tricky situation here, because what you have to say is the lawyers are saying one thing, but then donald trump is perfectly capable of doing something else. good point. you know, paula, it s really interesting. do you see anything in this response from the trump team that would lead you to believe that the judge in this case is likely to rule in his favor? it s not a winner take all here. they re not that far apart. it s likely there would be a protective order. the question spoke how broad will it be? how restrictive will it be? it s likely the judge may err on the more restrictive. the question is what would be the broad parameters of the protective order. i m also interested to see how quickly she makes this decision. she didn t even give them an
bret? bret: yeah. heard it before. asha has any live on capitol hill. thanks. bret: former president trump today met a deadline to respond to a justice department proposed order blocking him from sharing details in his january 6th criminal case. tonight we examine the effect multiple indictments and dozens of criminal charges are having on the former president s efforts to try to reclaim the white house. chief washington correspondent mike emanuel joins us tonight with the latest. good evening, mike. bret, good evening to you. former president trump s legal team argues the protective order is overbroad. trump attorneys arguing in a trial about first amendment rights the government seeks to restrict first amendment rights, noting president biden has continually attacked mr. trump, who is this administration s primary political opponent during an election season. the fake charges put forth by the biden sham. we call it a sham indictment.
filing on the january 6th criminal case against the former president. we want to get reaction from a key witness in the georgia investigation of trump and interference in the 2020 presidential election. we re joined by the former republican lieutenant governor of georgia, jeff duncan. he s also a cnn political commentator. thank you for joining us. the president says the sweeping orders violates his first amendment rights. do you think he could threaten i think everything is on the table. even the communication in the last 48, 72 hours he s put out seem ererratic, unmoored from truth. there s similar hall marks i m watching play out in the last few days that bring me back to a
doesn t think that rudy giuliani will be indicted. no, not a chance. reporter: also tonight, trump s lawyers arguing in a new court filing that they shouldn t be restricted from talking publicly about some evidence in the election interference probe. the press and the american people in a campaign season have a right to know what the evidence is in this case. reporter: while so-called protective orders aren t unusual, prosecutors saying it s especially important in this case because of trump s public statements and how they could have a chilling effect like this recent social media post that red if you go after me, i m coming after you. trump also lashing out against his former vice president, calling him delusional and not a very good person. pence saying he would testify if asked. people can be confident we ll obey the law, we ll respond to
now, so we re talking about the economy, talking about energy policy, talking about national security, including border secure where i am today, sharing my gratitude with the two north dakota national guard troops down here, one in aviation, and one in security, doing what is actually the federal government s job. trump has admitted to at least some of the claims in the classified documents case, and is on tape asking the georgia secretary of state for more votes. should he not be prosecuted if these are illegal acts? well, i think here in america everyone is innocent until proven guilty. the biggish issue is not about any one case, whether it s hunter biden s case or president trump s case if georgia is