right now. tonight on the reidout, . i lost my name, my sense of security, all because of a group of people starting with number 45, and his ally, rudy giuliani, decided to scapegoat me. donald trump s repulsive attacks have already devastated the lives of people like georgia election worker ruby freeman. an appeals court heard arguments on the gag order designed to protect others from the wrath of trump and his maga rival. mike lee revised an old and discredited conspiracy theory about january 6th, the very same mike lee who says america is not a democracy. we begin tonight with the expedited destruction of the voting rights act. earlier today in a 2-1 decision, a panel of judges on the 8th circuit court of appeals said that only, only the federal government, not private citizens, and civil rights groups can sue under a key part of the voting rights act. effectively gutting the legislation in seven states. the decision upheld a lower court ruling. the case sought
both sides about gagging donald trump. now, jack smith did win the first round in the d.c. coup case, but that gag order has not been am place. indeed, it was held for this review today. the special counsel s team says donald trump has clearly shown in his violent rhetoric and his calls for violence and his calls for other things that sounds like witness intimidation means he has to be gagged. trump s lawyers say the gag order, first of all, is overly broad. second of all, they think the whole thing in its entirety is basically a violation of the first amendment, first speech rights afforded to everyone, including especially a presidential candidate engaged in free speech, which can include legitimate criticism of the current administration, which oversees the justi department. now, special counsel jack smith was in court today. despite the judge s pushing back at prosecutors at times, we could tell you one headline from the new york times is this, they write that based on