Veteran Former Mueller prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, seem right there back at work Andrew Weissmann. We are teeing off his expertise and legal analysis in his msnbc podcast with mary mccord who is also with us tonight. That is right here on your screen prosecuting donald trump. Before we get in any further, i want to begin with an open question to you that i think is on a lot of peoples minds in all fairness, can defended trump get a fair trial with these primaries approaching . Great question. I would broaden that question out. I would say can the government and the defendant get a fair trial . The answer to that is yes, that is going to put a lot of pressure on the judge in the d. C. Case, in the florida case, in the manhattan case. Its remarkable that were talking about three separate criminal cases and maybe even another one. But its important to know that both sides are need her entitle to a fair trump affair trial. And ultimately what the judge needs to do make sure that a
Kind of a preview of how shell run her court and this case. And in deciding whether to grant Special Counsel jack smiths request for protective order limiting what the disgraced expresident can and cannot say publicly about the case, judge chutkan cuts through Talking Points like a hot knife through butter. On the First Amendment protections, they are so fond of citing, mr. Trump, like every american, has a First Amendment right to free speech. But that right is not absolute. Adding that without a protective order, the disclosure of discovery materials could lead to witnesses being harassed or otherwise interfering with a fair trial. What about the fact that trump is running for president. And chutkan did not mince words on that eithe saying, this is a criminal trial and i will not take into consideration the impact will have for have for a political came on either side. He will have all of the rights hesen tieptled to. The existence is not going to have any bearing on my decision. I i
Governor, jeff duncan, confirms to the newspaper that he was notified that he will testify before the grand jury on tuesday. It is all coming as trump is making his first public appearance at the Iowa State Fair today since the protective order ruling in his Election Interference trial. Here is what he told our own Vaughn Hillyard moments ago. I dont have to take a look at it. The whole thing is a fake. Its about biden. They put it out because they cant win an election the fairway. It is all overblown Election Interference. Biden put it out because he cant win the fairway. He is right down in the polls. Mr. Trump, did you intend to overturn the 2020 election. You know the answer to that. Joining me is former federal prosecutor on kyushu dory. And nbc news justice reporter, ryan reilly. Also the author of sedition hunters. Set to be released in october. Let me start with you on this one in the pekingese we are following out of Fulton County. The a. G. Sea getting word now that tuesday t
Brawl at a riverfront started by a group of white men shoving a Black Dockworker. Right now in ohio, a high stakes Special Election for a proposal to make it harder to change the states constitution. How that could have implications beyond the buckeye state. We begin this hour with the very latest on former President Trumps legal troubles. Trumps legal team and jack smiths office is locked in a battle over a protective order in the election interference case. That order is aimed at protecting the governments evidence before trial, and trump wants something much narrower. The judge over seeing the case is ordering both sides to come together for a hearing together. With us, msnbc legal analyst, lisa ruben. Lisa, lets start off by defining what a protective order is in this case. A protective order, jose, is something that governs discovery in a civil or criminal case. Discovery is essentially the evidence that the government would be relying on whether that is statements by witnesses, t
Dead. Well have the latest in just a minute. The biggest oneday strike to hit los angeles in a generation is under way right now. Everyone from mechanics to Traffic Officers are walking off the job. The latest in the series of union labor actions that disrupted the city in recent months. Well explain what it is all about and whats next coming up. We start, though, with former President Donald Trump and federal prosecutors locking horns over what will be one of the central themes of his upcoming federal trial. The right to free speech. Right now the legal teams from both sides are under orders to agree on a hearing date to hash out the scope of a protective order which would set ground rules for what Evidence Trump can and cant disclose. Last night, his Team Rejected the governments original proposal to restrict everything it hands over, arguing that would violate trumps First Amendment rights. Instead, trumps attorneys proposed more narrow limits for only genuinely sensitive materials.