filing today, there is about four main requests. now, one is for a special master. that s a third party to be appointed by the court, who oversees the review of the evidence, on either side of the parties. another ask they have is to pause the doj from reviewing the evidence until that review by the special master has been completed. they re also seeking a more detailed receipt, shall we say, of the property that was removed from mar-a-lago, and they want doj to give them back whatever not within the scope of that search warrant. now, in this suit, trump argues his constitutional rights have been violated, and now there is also confirmation of previous reporting in this filing that trump tried to get some sort of a message to attorney general merrick garland three days after the search. let s just say that message is probably equal parts unconventional and entitled. it says, counsel for the former president spoke by phone on august 11th to the top counter intelligence officia
trial in his federal election interference case, and for the very first time revealing a key case against donald trump. for months now, questions house world about how much donald trump s state of mind matters in this case. did he actually believe that the election was stolen from him, and prosecutors need to show that the ex president knew he had lost the election? well washington post is now reporting this. the justice department weighed in on thedete for the first ti saying that what they need to prove it is not that trump liev the big lie of the election being stolen, but that he knowinglyspread associated lies in a criminal scheme stay in power. so from the special counsel s filing,quot just as the president of a company may be guilty of fraudfor using knowingly false statements of facts to defraud investors, even if he subjectively believes that his company will entuly succeed, the defendant may be guilty of ing deceit to obstruct the government function by which the re
demonstrates to her is urgency. so, one of the things left off the page to me is tom wyndham, when the prosecutors for the government, saying basically we needed this information 13 days ago. we re running up against an elapsing clock. you can feel the timeliness of what they re trying to do and the rush in their investigation. it s not to say it s overly rushed or, you know, impetuous, but you feel some urgency from the government in saying we need twitter to comply, and we needed them to comply yesterday. i want to read from the search warrant for trump s twitter account, and the items that were sought include all direct messages sent, receive, or stored in draft form, all the devices used to log into at real donald trump, location information, ip addresses used into account from october 2020 to january 2021. tweets created, drafted, favored it, or light, including any deleted. so, are we to believe, and are we to believe that trump s lawyers at one point say this, or maybe twitter
new york times. special counsel jack smith has been defeat donald trump s son-in-law and former top white house aide jared kushner. the times reports that in an interview last month, the special counsel focused on whether trump had privately acknowledged that he had lost the 2020 election. in other words, when trump claimed the election was rigged, did he know he was lying? did trump have corrupt intent when he allegedly tried to subvert the election? also today, checks myths senior assistant special counsel, a lawyer named tom wyndham, was let ventral courthouse for the second time this week. mr. wyndham is one of the top prosecutors working on the general sixth probe. that was a role he played before jack smith was appointed special counsel. this afternoon, mister wyndham was back in court, indicating that the current jury is amazing. with all of these new details, it really does seem like jack smith might be getting that
now. thanks, chris. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we start with breaking news out of the new york times. special counsel jack smith has interviewed donald trump s son-in-law and former top white house aide jared kushner. the times reports in an interview last month the special counsel focused on whether trump had privately acknowledged that he had lost the 2020 election. in other words, when trump claimed the election was rigged, did he know he was lying? did trump have corrupt intent when he allegedly tried to subvert the election? also today jack smith s senior assistant special counsel, a lawyer named tom wyndham, was spotted leaving the d.c. federal courthouse for a second time this week. mr. wyndham is one of the top prosecutors working on special counsel january 6th s probe, a role he played before jack smith was appointed special council. and this afternoon he was back in court indicating the grand jury is meeting. so with all these new details at