Alex. We begin with Breaking News, just minutes ago, the judge in the Election Interference case now ordering Donald Trumps team to respond to the governments motion for a Protective Order again in the election case. Stating their position on the matter by five pm on monday. Requests for Protective Order came after the former president posted on truth social, quote, if you go after me im coming after you. Joining us, now glenn kershner, former federal prosecutor and now msnbc legal analyst. He was in the d. C. Courthouse thursday for trumps first appearance. , glen what is the significance of this Breaking News . Aaron, im surprised that when the judge received jack smiths motion for Protective Order, and jack smith quoted donald trump, you know, when donald trump posted what can only be described as a threat, im not surprised the judge has ordered them to now respond at light speed, as you said, i was in court on thursday i saw the judge admonished donald trump as follows. Mr. Trump,
all those theories that were put out, they did not prove to be true. now, mr. trump s next court appearance in the 2020 election probe is in three weeks. that s not slowing down his campaign. trump will be the keynote speaker at tonight s fund-raiser in south carolina for republicans. back to you. back to you that was julie tsirkin. we re gonna head back to glenn kirschner who s just joining us. glenn, what about this timeline of monday at five pm? do you think that s enough time? what do you think the response will be? you know, erin, i have a feeling the response from the defense team will be we agree with the protective order. the protective order is designed to protect the witnesses once the prosecutors turn over the discovery, the evidence to donald trump. to prevent them from disseminating that information, to prevent donald trump from talking about it in his rallies or posting it on his social mediaplform. i fully expect the defense will