up and rule on what is team trump s most brazen claims that the documents trump horded in mar-a-lago in a bathroom, a bedroom and a basement, documents containing some of this nation s most secret and protected national security secrets actually belonged rightfully to trump because the presidential records act, or the pra. special counsel writing this, the court should be wlaer at the outset that trump s entire effort to rely on the pra is not based on any facts, it is a post hock justification that was concocted more than a year after he left the white house, importantly, trump has never, never represented to this court that he, in fact, designated the classified documents as personal. he made no such claim in this motion to dismiss in his reply, or at the hearing on march 14th, 2024. despite every opportunity, and every incentive to do so. and the reason is simple. he never did so. now, here s why smith wants to settle this particular issue once and for all right now, ti
thanks for spending part of the day with us. the beat with ari melber starts now. hello. we have breaking news. jack smith s prosecution of donald trump has scored another procedural victory tonight. it goes to questions of accountability, and whether trump will be allowed to use and abuse the following and the power his has to undercut this important method of holding him accountable. the news ruling limits what trump can say in the case. for example, publicly attacking potential witnesses, court staff, and many of the other staff involved. he s tried these antics in other cases. this is the big case currently on schedule to begin in march, and could result in his conviction or imprisonment. one difference, though, is the court did revise the order. the ruling say that some aspects of trump s public statements pose a significant and imminent threat to the fair and orderly adjudication of the ongoing criminal proceedings against defendant trump. now, in the official argum
with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. good morning. home of the xfinity 10g network. it s sunday november 19th. i am charles coleman junior, filling in this morning for my friend ali velshi. unfortunately, at least tested positive this morning for covid, we are wishing him a very speedy recovery. we begin this morning with a litany of legal matters that donald trump faces in the weeks ahead. less than 24 hours from now, a panel of judges at the court of appeals for the d.c. circuit will hear arguments regarding the gag order filed against the former president in the federal election interference case. that order was originally imposed last month by the presiding judge, tanya chutkan, intended to stop trump from making incendiary comments related to the case, including threats against possible witnesses. attorneys with the special prosecutor s office say that the gag order is necessary to ensure a fair trials
this morning there were signs it could be happening again. the wall street jurm reported that big tech companies are using their power to silence certain political views. both google and web hosting service go daddy stopped providing hosting support for daily storm area white supremacist website. the hotel website airbnb announced it will perm nernt in any eventually ban white supremacists from booking booking rooms. pay pal won t let them use the payment platform. no one is weeping for the daily stormer, mentioning their name probably got us written up as dangerous alt right sub investigatives. there s a principle at stake and is worth defending. we should be concerned by the prospect of big companies using their power to enforce ideological conformity when it seems to affect people we don t like as it does now. especially now we should be concerned. support for free expression seems to be fading on the left
point. it s proof of how robust that right is. tech companies aren t the g
linked that same group to those who perpetrated the attack in charlottesville. i don t know i can t tell you i m sure senator mccain must know what he s talking about. but when you say the alt-right, definal right to me. you define it. define it for me, come on. define it. senator mccain defined them as the same group what about the alt-left that came charging at the, as you say the alt-right, do they have any semblance of guilt? let me ask you this, what about the fact that they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs, do they have any problem? i think they do. as far as i m concerned, that was a horrible, horrible day wait a minute, i m not finished. i m not finished, fake news. that was a horrible day. [ inaudible question ] i will tell you something, i watched this much more closely
nationalist rally in charlottesville, the facts were plain before, during and after the bloodshed. the fact that the president had ht his disposal saturday, a fact he ha