Lawyers for donald trump approaching a 5 00 p. M. Deadline as prosecutors push to limit what the former president can say about the federal case against him. And after years of dodging the question, Governor Ron Desantis bluntly said, of course trump lost the 2020 election, as the former president s rival tried to reset his campaign. Plus pink is in the new green. Barbie and taylor twist and beyonce proving to be big business for the u. S. Economy. Welcome to the lead. Im Bianna Golodryga in for jake tapper. We start today with our Law And Justice lead. Donald trump is on the clock. His lawyers have just minutes to let a judge know what they think about a request that would block trump from sharing some of the evidence in the january 6 case. Prosecutors say if trump were to start publicly talking about or posting about evidence in the case, it could have a Chilling Effect on witnesses and they point to this post trump shared on truth social on friday. Where he wrote, quote, if you go a
election, she came forward with a bunch of unusual and unconventional comments that have been tricky bits of information. like the fact that the special grand jury empaneled by the fulton county da, fani willis, the recommended over a dozen indictments. the person named emily corps made a splash, and she sparked a debate within the legal community about her potential impropriety. but today, we heard from the georgia judge who oversaw that special grand jury, judge robert bernie. here s what he had to say on the. matter those grand jurors, including the fort woman, can share some details about their experience. and interview today with the atlanta constitution, judge mike bernie says they cannot discuss their deliberations, but if then assistant da or witness in the grand jury room, they can talk about what happened. that s not deliberations, that s presentation, and they re not prohibited from talking about that nor are they prohibited from talking about the fruit their delib
resolute to see this to the end. our friend, ali velshi, takes us off the air tonight. and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow good evening, thank you for joining us tonight. on tuesday, the 4% of the fulton county special jury investigating donald trump and his efforts to subvert the 2020 election, she came forward with a bunch of unusual and unconventional comments that have been tricky bits of information. like the fact that the special grand jury empaneled by the fulton county da, fani willis, the recommended over a dozen indictments. the person named emily corps made a splash, and she sparked a debate within the legal community about her potential impropriety. but today, we heard from the georgia judge who oversaw that special grand jury, judge robert bernie. here s what he had to say on the. matter those grand jurors
donald trump said you re too honest and he was approached by a gaggle of crock pot lawyers. that doesn t sound like a witness that will do any good for donald trump. let s turn to atlanta and do you expect this to be a sprawling case with many people charged or a more marrow indictment like the one that we saw last week. it is going to sprawl. i think that is quite clear. fani willis has been investigating this case for two and a half plus years. the special grand jury foreperson told us that they recommended the indictments of over a dozen people. that doesn t necessarily mean fani willis is going to follow that recommendation or that that the actual grand jury is going to do that. but all indications are that this will be a very broad indictment. and the wall street journal, it is interesting to see them report today that lawyers who have worked with fulton county district attorney fani willis in the past expect her to invoke georgia s rico ac. what does that mean.
which has gone on more more than a year could be nearing the end. let me get out of the way. the orange barricades began around the fulton county courthouse last week and this morning metal barriers were added to block vehicle traffic. foot traffic is still open. but they are taking security here very, very seriously and in part because of the rhetoric from the former president. former president trump has called this investigation politically motivated. he s called the d.a. fani willis who is leading this investigation a racist and that has added to the security concerns. we have new information to share with you. this just into cnn moments ago, former lieutenant governor here in georgia jeff duncan has been asked or rather subpoenaed to appear before the fulton county grand jury and while he was lieutenant governor he was president of the georgia senate and the same senate that rudy giuliani spread election interference lie and conspiracies and he s been asked