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
Special counsel jack smith announcing the third indictment of donald j. Trump after months of investigating the former president and his allies and their efforts to overturn the 2020 president ial election. This hour well have indepth coverage of the accusations against trump and the new information were learning about his attempt to stay in power from that sweeping federal investigation. And well also look at how this latest legal issue could impact the president ial campaign as he has used previous indictments to boost fundraising. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, august 2nd, a historic day. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting it with us. And well begin this morning with history once again. Former President Donald Trump who took an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the United States constitution has been indicted for allegedly trying to subvert that very same document. In washington, d. C. Yesterday a federal grand jury of trumps own peers convene
consequence opportunity a war crime. here s what she said. there s records of illegal cluster bombs being used by the russians. if that s true, what is the next step of this administration, and is there a red line for how much violence will be tolerated against civilians in this manner that s illegal and potential a war crime? it would be. i don t have any confirmation of that. we have seen the reports. if that were true, it would potentially bell a war crime. this is something the administration has grappled with for months and months, especially since ukraine started asking for the munitions saying they could make a difference, particularly baas russia has been using them. as jake sullivan said today, the u.s. had been deferring, making a decision on this, kind of punting this down the road until it became absolutely necessary. now they feel ukraine does need it on the battlefield, because they were running low on ammunition. president biden said that in an bur view e
You know, tommy left us a note, and the note said, please forgive me, my illness won today. Look after each other, the animals and the global poor for me. All my love, tommy. So he didnt have anything in there about take some time off. And why usa usa . Usa why is america such an extraordinary country . We are not unified by virtue of being one ethnicity or one ideology or one religion. We are unified by one constitution and one rule of law and in the values under our constitution. [applause] it is an aspiration, its a challenge to us. The constitution shouldnt be some kind of fetish document. It should be the living commitment that we all have to make democracy work in the service of the common good. That is the constitution that comes out of the civil war and reconstruction. That is the constitution that we have been fighting for since then. And weve got to keep fighting for it. [crowd chanting] trump trump trump [applause] please raise your right hand and repeat after me, i donald j
where he ll finally experience consequences for some of his actions. next week, tuesday, marks the beginning of the second e. jean carroll defamation trial. news on that later on. but first things first, developments ahead of closing arguments. tomorrow in new york s $250 million civil fraud lawsuit. the judge revealed he would not allow donald trump to deliver part of those closing arguments himself as he had requested. the reasoning, neither trump nor his attorneys ever got back to the judge agreeing to preconditions. in truth, it is hard to imagine what trump wanted more, an opportunity to put himself at the center of proceedings to deliver his message in his own way, or an opportunity like this, to complain, whine about being silenced, despite the fact his own team failed to respond to the judge on time. remember, in both cases, e. jean carroll s defamation and new york s civil fraud, trump s guilt has already been determined. these decisions will only settle the punish.