Or, alternatively, trump can take his phone with him but his Defense Counsel has to babysit him to make sure he does not copy anything onto his phone. And if the defendant takes notes, regarding sensitive materials, the Defense Council must inspect those notes. It is sort of like the sats, only its all part of a federal criminal indictment. As the prosecution argued for that provision, they noted dryly and pointedly, trump has shown a tendency, a desire to hold on to material which he should not have. Yes, that is correct, trump was caught having taken more than 300 classified documents with him to his Florida Beach house when he left the white house. The reason this all had to be ironed out today is because Special Counsel smiths team is going to start handing trumps Team Evidence to review before they all go to trial. Those rules are part of a much larger protective order that judge chutkan ordered today, outlying what evidence trump cannot share from this case outside court. And we
Thank you for your coverage, my friend. You bet. Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Former President Donald Trump, former President Donald Trump got some marching orders today. The judge overseeing Special Counsel jack smiths case into trumps attempt to overturn the 2020 election, judge Tanya Chutkan, today she laid out some new rules for the former president , as far as the next phase of this criminal indictment. When mr. Trump want to go over sensitive evidence, like Witness Emails or Audio Recordings in his testimony, he is not allowed to bring anything into the room with him that could be used to copy that sensitive material. Like a smartphone, if trump is reviewing this material on his own. Or, alternatively, trump can take his phone with him but his Defense Counsel has to babysit him to make sure he does not copy anything onto his phone. And if the defendant takes notes, regarding sensitive materials, the Defense Council must inspect those notes. It is sort of like t
Again, that wasnt the perceived goal here. That was the perception among his supporters that think its gone too far. Lets get more from Griff Jenkins. Thats right, neil. Fox news confirmed that former President Trump is indeed in the courtroom right now. He entered at about 3 52 p. M. So just under ten minutes ago. Hes wearing a blue suit, a red to you. Flanked by his two attorneys. Fox has confirmed that we expect him to plead not guilty to the four felony charges hes facing in this indictment. Three are conspiracy charges, one is obstruction. Before he entered that courtroom, a little less than an hour ago, his motorcade entered the garage here at the federal courthouse. He was processed and fingerprinted. Theres no mug shot taken because the court says theres plenty of pictures of him to provide. Hes not arrested. But he is obviously being processed. Now we wait for this Court Proceeding to get underway at the time of our note from our producer, jay gibson inside, the Magistrate Jud
this is a historic moment for the united states supreme court and for american democracy. the justices about to consider whether donald trump is constitutionally barred from being president again. we ll hear the unprecedented arguments and the court s responses live. welcome to cnn s special live coverage of the trump ballot battle at the u.s. supreme court. i m kaitlan collins live outside the supreme court. and i m jake tapper. the nation s highest court will review this landmark case. the division by colorado s supreme court to disqualify former president trump from the 2024 ballot based on what some call the insurrectionist ban 12349th amendment to the u.s. constitution. today the nine justices, three of them nominated by trump, are poised to have the most direct impact on a presidential election since the supreme court decided bush v. gore nearly a quarter sentry ago. now among the questions before the highest court in the land today, did trump incite an insurrecti
trump s prediction there is, again, it s not their role to abide by what the impacts could be in terms of bedlam or the political impact, but also if they were to abide by that, they re essentially giving in to trump. i mean, remember that he is the one that helped cause helped fan the flames that led to the insurrection, however they decide, right? and that is still an ongoing threat that people are dealing with, people of both parties, legislated officials, people in the judiciary who are not political at all because of this rhetoric. so it s already happening regardless of how the supreme court decides on this, and i think that s important to remember. jen psaki and michael steele, our thanks to both of you. let s do a quick reset at the top of the hour, i m ana cabrera alongside my colleagues, josé diaz-balart and andrea mitchell. thank you for being with us as we continue our special coverage of the arguments before the supreme court that we brought to you live on a