Underway in a matter of hours and while donald trump himself is not expected to attend, his behavior will be at the center of things, because judge Tanya Chutkan will hear arguments about are opposed protective order that would limit what trump can do with the evidence. The judge will consider those arguments while she is surrounded physically by u. S. Marshals. That new Security Detail was retained after the former president complained about her on his social media site. A sad State Of Affairs to see the judge have to be a full time Security Detail. Nbc news reported this was spotted even if she was inside her own courthouse grabbing coffee in the cafeteria. Thats where we are today, and look, we have to extend the threat concern to of Course Witnesses who are already being targeted by trump and his cohorts in the prosecutors, of course, and the jury, of course, the many jurors, all of this in a high threat environment. Complained about her, more like railed against her and a reminder
Election. Though the dispute is technically over the handling of evidence, its become a proxy war of the expresident s mob boss tactics. Its a little complicated, but incredibly important. Here is where things stand right now. Federal judge chutkan was ordered a hearing over the Justice Departments request for a protective order. The rules governing the process between prosecutors and the defense team. The Washington Post notes such orders can be technical but are routinely approved by judges to protect witnesses and government investigative methods and priorities by limiting evidence by the defense to people authorized by the court. In its argument for a protective order, the Justice Department made a nod to the fact that the defendant has prosecutors explained they wanted to immediately turn over evidence to speed Defense Trial Preparations but were concerned in part over trumps history of posting on social Media Associated with cases against him. Trumps defense team complained the g
we begin this hour with the urgent and dangerous situations that are unfolding today as we begin this new year here on the southern border and in the middle east. a memorial for kassam soleimani is the scene where hundreds are dead and over a hundred injuries that as hezbollah warns that they have their finger on the trigger following the killing of a senior hamas leader in beirut. pete hegseth and trey yingst are standing by with more. first, there are dozens of house republicans, you have seen them in the moments, getting off the buses. they re at the southern border right now. fox has confirmed that next week the much-discussed impeachment hearing for alejandro mayorkas who is in charge of our border with the homeland security under his watch, that hearing for his impeachment will get underway. moments ago, karine jean-pierre blamed republicans for the record surge every day, every month is a new record in the numbers of people that cross our border. we re about to hear fr
accused of waging war on energy in america. all of this is coming up. we want to get right away to the border story. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. dramatic new video now. let s go to it. showing the magnitude of the jeopardy to our sovereign nation. the video shows a large group of illegal immigrants bailing out of a human smuggler s truck followed by a high-speed chase. the driver later lost control and crashed that truck. after hitting speeds of 100 miles-per-hour or more. texas troopers were chasing her down and then had to tackle her down to keep her from getting away. all of this comes as homeland security secretary mayokas is in miami, florida today touting new measures the administration says will put a dent in illegal crossings. two borders. shocking numbers tell a different story than the one coming out of his mouth. cbp sources telling fox there have been nearly 300,000 gotaways just since october. those are the ones our scanners and camer