We are grateful. Hi katie. Hi, thank you so much, and welcome to the beat. Tonight, there could be a delay in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial in new york. More on that in a moment but we start with breaking news. Judge cannon denying without prejudice trumps motion to dismiss counts one through 32 and is classified documents case. Her ruling coming in moments ago. She said trumps arguments are better suited to be argued later on in connection with other motions. In other words, she punted the decision. It comes after trump and jack smith faced off in a federal courtroom in florida today, trumps attorneys arguing to dismiss the entire superseding indictment against him, claiming the president ial records act gives them the authority to take and claim those classified documents as his own personal property. In the motion, trumps lawyers wrote, President Trump exercise virtually unreviewable authority to designate the records as personal. In court, trump lawyer todd blanche arguing, quote,
It evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. Live from 30 rock, we begin this evening with the drama in d. C. As Donald Trumps legal team starts with the Department Of Justice yet again. The judge overseeing the trump 2020 election case, tanya chutkan, has responded to the latest filings around the governments request for a protective order by scheduling a hearing for friday morning at 10 am sharp that is not what the former president s attorneys were hoping for after judge chutkans initial order to set a hearing by the end of the week Trump Lawyers responded by complaining about their obligations in their other federal case, and then offering availability next Monday Or Tuesday. While the former president is not planning to appear in fridays hearing, he doubled down on the very behavior at the center of it all in New Hampshire earlier today. How can my corrupt political opponent, crooked joe biden, put me on trial during an Election Campaign that i am winning by a lot . And forced amy
I would love to talk i will talk about it. Theyre not taking away my First Amendment rights. Donald trump claiming earlier this week that no one is going to stop him from speaking about his criminal case. Today, judge Tanya Chutkan laid down the law and told trumps lawyer that trumps words will have consequences. And the First Amendment is not absolute. Plus, attorney general Merrick Garland appoints a Special Counsel to investigate hunter biden . And republicans are predictably complaining about it after spending months demanding exactly that. And good evening, everyone. Happy friday. Tonight was a big night for donald trump, who discovered that after all, at least to the criminal Justice System, he is no different from anyone else. Despite his fame and political prominence, he cant just publicly abuse witnesses because hes on the campaign trail. The judge who taught him that lesson today is named Tanya Chutkan. I have a bunch more to say on her in a bit, but we begin the reidout toni
Latest filings around the governments request for a protective order by scheduling a hearing for friday morning at 10 am sharp that is not what the former president s attorneys were hoping for after judge chutkans initial order to set a hearing by the end of the week Trump Lawyers responded by complaining about their obligations in their other federal case, and then offering availability next Monday Or Tuesday. While the former president is not planning to appear in fridays hearing, he doubled down on the very behavior at the center of it all in New Hampshire earlier today. How can my corrupt political opponent, crooked joe biden, put me on trial during an Election Campaign that i am winning by a lot . And forced amy nevertheless to spend time and money away from the Campaign Trail in order to fight bogus, made up accusations in georgia. Thats what theyre doing. And well be able to go to iowa today, i wont be able to go to New Hampshire today because im sitting in a courtroom on bowl s
An important but controversial part of its policy to deter migrants attempting to come to the uk illegally by boat. Joining me to discuss it on my panel for the next hour is the democratic strategist Mary Anne Marsh and Phillip Rycroft former permanent secretary in the department for exiting the european union. Also on the programme. Arizonas blistering heat wave continues as us President Biden heads to the state to promote his clean energy plans. Under an hour until the deadline for Donald Trumps legal team to respond to a Justice Departments request that could limit what information the former president is permitted to share publicly. First lets focus on the barge for Asylum Seekers here in the uk. The government hopes that around 500 men can be housed on board the vessel called the bibby stockholm. But so far, just 15 are on board. Ministers say the barge will be better value for taxpayers than hotel rooms, which are costing more than six Million Pounds a day. There have been concer