Request to limit what the former president can say about the case against him. Now accusing federal prosecutors of trying to restrict trumps First Amendment rights. Do they have a case on this at all . Trumps former white house lawyer ty cobb will be with me. Plus, a deadly strike. Russia ramping up attacks on civilian targets. We are learning tonight of a russian plot to assassinate the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. And an alarming scene as a massive brawl breaks out between a black man and a group of white voters in montgomery, alabama. And tonight police are vowing to make arrests. Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, team trumps response. The former president s legal team just now responding to a request from the Special Counsel that came after trump posted if you go after me, im coming after you. All caps. Trumps team arguing that his ability to share information in the January 6th Case is covered by the First Amendment. They say in a trial
those are the only three words spoken by donald trump s codefendant walt nauta in miami today in an arraignment hearing that lasted only five minutes. walter replied yes, your honor, when judge edwin torres asked him if he had read the charges against him and consulted with an attorney. the delay in walt nauta s arraignment occur because washington-based attorney, stanley woodward, took three weeks to find a local florida lawyer who would join the defense team as required by florida rules. walt nauta s local florida lawyer is a least experienced lawyer in the case and has never handled high pressure federal litigation. the new york times reports of the 34-year-old lawyer, sasha dadan, his limited experience with the federal courts. her name doesn t appear at all in pace, or the nationwide database federal cases. but she has handled numerous local cases in fort pierce, florida. that is where judge aileen mercedes cannon, who is overseeing mr. trump s prosecution, is based and
lawyer is the least experienced lawyer in the case and has never handled high pressure federal litigation. the new york times reports that the 34-year-old lawyer, sasha dadan, quote, has limited experience with the federal courts. her name doesn t appear at all in pacer the nationwide database federal cases. but she has handled numerous local cases in fort pierce, florida. that is where judge aileen mercedes cannon, who is overseeing mr. trump s prosecution, is based and where the former president s trial with mr. nauta will eventually be held. ms. dadan has been active in republican politics mounting an unsuccessful campaign for the florida house in 2018. the application for search warrant of trump s florida home, that reveals that before he was codefendant walt nauta, the justice department and fbi referred to him as witness five. the revelation came after judge bruce ryan how reinhart unredacted more sentences of the affidavit used by the justice department to obtain a s
experienced in the department of justice. they have investigated this case to the highest ethical standards and they will continue to do so as this case proceeds. the case jack smith is referring to could proceed in new jersey, according to legal experts, which could explain some of the things trump was not charged with in the indictment filed in the southern district of florida. also tonight, what to expect when president biden attends a major gun control summit tomorrow in connecticut. senator chris murphy joins me. plus, i have a big announcement about a blockbuster reidout special next week with a very special guest. they don t get much bigger. i will spill the beans a little later. but we begin tonight with the wild card in the mishandling of classified documents case against the twice impeached, twice indicted former president, donald trump. the wild card is the judge, who is set to oversee the case, u.s. district judge aileen cannon. you may remember her as the t
former president trump s home in florida. we do not know a lot about what will transpire in that hearing, but we do know that trump s team is already taking issue with some of of the judge s directives dlaming they do not want to tip their hand over potential legal defense if the former president might be indicted. more on that and the trump team s latest filing on the court of appeals in just a minute. plus hurricane feast owe na strengthened into a category 3 storm potentially on track to become a category 4. there s the map. you can see turks and caicos getting pounded. it has been crushing the caribbean islands for days leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake. coming up, the potential impact for folks up and down the east coast. finally, my conversation with the deputy secretary of state wendy sherman on the united nations general assembly and president biden s scheduled speech tomorrow. this morning the u.n. chief started things off by telling the assembly that th