This is a very dangerous scenario that, its a dangerous game that they are playing. And i was at the d. C. Courthouse thursday for trumps appearance, and i was not the only one. We are here at the Trump Indictment talking to everyone here about whats going on here. Sir, excuse me, what are you doing here . Our friends at the good liars join me next hour to share what they heard from the trump faithful. Also this hour, dramatic new video of a drone attack on a russian oil tanker. The latest on the impact it might have on russian troops. And we are following that extreme heat still going on continuing to make millions in this country. Plus, a giveaway. New york city, look at those crowds. Leading to absolute chaos. Dozens injured, many more put in danger, at a famous twitch streamers under arrest. A live report on that is ahead as well. We begin, though, with that Breaking News of the judge in the Election Interference Case ordering trumps team to respond by monday to prosecutors request
would impact their willingness to cooperate with the investigation. that means that someone or more than one person is cooperating with the doj. and number three, disclosure of the government affidavit would chill future cooperation in other high-profile investigations. what are those other investigations? the doj also adds, quote, the government does not object to unsealing other materials filed in connection with the search warrant whose unsealing would not jeopardize the integrity of this national security investigation. mark warner and marco rubio sent a private letter yesterday to the director of national intelligence and attorney general merrick garland to request more information on the records seized. and the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, mike mccall, made this argument on cnn earlier. the affidavit of probable cause in support of the warrant, we need to see that in congress on the intelligence committee. if it s such a national security thr
permitted to disseminate any of the information that the prosecutors are about to turn over. witness identities, witness statements, grand jury transcripts, because, you know, you can envision donald trump becoming pretty darn upset when he reads about the testimony that witnesses have been giving against him in the grand jury including many republican witnesses. so, the prosecutors want to make sure he says nothing, he posts nothing, that would endanger those witnesses and what they added into the mix, in requesting this protective order, is judge, look what he just posted. if you go after me, i m coming after you. that would naturally, i think, has a tendency to chill and perhaps intimidate the witnesses who know they are going to be called to testify against donald trump. so, essentially, they are afraid that through discovery, right? the former president will be seen with his attorneys, coming up on document that may has a named witness or something taking a picture or not taking
trump s basement and why. the department of justice says it opposes the release of the affidavit behind the search warrant. that s the document where prosecutors lay out in detail their probable cause to believe a crime was committed and why they thought they would find evidence at the former president s home. in a new filing, the doj writes, quote, disclosure at this juncture of the affidavit supporting probable cause would cause significant and irrepairable damage to this ongoing criminal investigation. it contains highly sensitive information about witnesses, specific investigative techniques and information required by law to be kept under seal. if disclosed, the affidavit would serve as a roadmap to the government s ongoing investigation. okay. that s new information. there are three key take aways in this filing. number one, they say there s an ongoing criminal investigation. in other words, this is more than just a retrieval of sensitive documents. number two, they say, quote, r