Candidacy. Well, i appreciate that, rory kennedy. Best of luck with the documentary. You can watch it tonight at hbo. That is tonights readout. Inside tonight with jen psaki starts now. Good evening from washington, im Michael Steele in for my friend jen psaki who is wrapping up a well deserved vacation and will be back with you next week. We have a lot to cover tonight so settle in. I do want to begin with a headline. Trump employs images of violence as political fuel for Reelection Fight. Now you might be thinking, yeah, i saw this over the weekend. After all, donald trump posted a video on his social media depicting President Biden with his hands and feet tied up in the back of a pickup truck. And at the same time on that same site, trump not only lashed out at the judge presiding over his trial but also at the judges daughter. So yeah, i would say he is employing images of violence in his Reelection Fight right now. That headline is not from over the weekend. It is from september o
Straight from the source denied. That was fast seven jurors have been chosen in all trumps first criminal trial on day two, a sharp warning to the former president from the judge. Dont even think about intimidating potential jurors after the judge Saw Trump Muttering and gesturing in close proximity to a potential juror, and what is it like to be in that jury pool . But the former president turned defendant . Watching your every move as you are being considered to decide his fate. My source tonight will tell us all about it. Im sarah sidner in for Kaitlan Collins tonight. And this is the source an immigrant from ireland and Oncology Nurse corporate lawyer, a grandfather from puerto rico, a young english teacher, a recent college grad and civil litigator seven strangers who have at least two things now in common, they all live in new york city, borough of manhattan. And theyre all seated on the jury. That will decide if donald trump should be a convicted felon. Thats more than half of t
trump s gag order is mostly upheld in the federal election subversion case. an appeals court admonishing the former president while giving him a green light to attack the special counsel, jack smith. also tonight, the new criminal indictment of hunter biden and the legal and political fall-out. the president s son accused of spending millions on a lavish lifestyle instead of paying his taxes. and the michigan gunman who killed four classmates at a school back in 2021 is now sentenced to life in prison without parole. the teenager hearing emotional statements from the victims families and then telling the court, and i m quoting him now, i am a really bad person. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, donald trump gagged again. an appeals court agreeing the former president of the united states should be barred from public statements about witnesses and other key
the courthouse. lisa rubin, catherine christian and caroline polisi. thank you all for being with us. in the meantime, ken, what can we expect from this hearing and remind us of the parameters of the current gag order. reporter: it prohibits former president trump from criticizing the prosecutor, special counsel jack smith and members of his team, court personnel and witnesses or potential witnesses in the case. it does not prohibit him from criticizing the justice department or the biden administration or saying that this entire prosecution is corrupt. but what the judge concludes is when former president trump makes specific attacks on individuals on social media, it s often the case that those individuals are then harassed and targeted by trump followers. that happened in the case of the judge herself, who was the target of a death threat after former president trump criticized her. so former president trump s lawyers are saying this is a violation of his first amendment
the judge overseeing donald trump s federal election subversion criminal case just reinstated the gag order she issued on the ex president earlier this month. a significant development made by u.s. district judge tanya chutkan who denied trump s request to pause the initial order while his appeal plays out. she also lifted a temporary freeze on the gag order that she issued on october 20th while she considered his request. now, you may recall the gag order, which was limited and initial scope, had prohibited donald trump from making certain statements about the special counsel s team, or potential witnesses, including any comments that directly targeted the courts personnel. potential witnesses, or the special counsel and his staff. here s some important context on this late breaking developments on the sunday evening. earlier this week, following a report that is former chief of staff mark meadows might have actually reached an immunity deal with the special counsel, donald