His lawyers latest moves and the battle of the Special Counsels request for a Protective Order. While jack smith fires back with his own response. Then ron desantis about face on his biggest 2020 election lies, as he attempts to revamp his 2024 campaign. And a look ahead to tomorrows political special election in ohio. What it could mean for the states constitution and the fight for abortion access. As the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. Good evening once again. I am stephanie ruhle. We begin this evening in washington, d. C. Where lawyers for former president Donald J Trump have responded to Special Counsel jack smith request for a Protective Order in the 2020 election case. Trumps team countered with a narrower Protective Order that would allow him to publicly discuss some of the evidence collected by the government ahead of the trial. The Special Counsels office came back just hours later urging judge chutkan to forego and additional hearing and sign off on the governm
I am stephanie ruhle. We begin this evening in washington, d. C. Where lawyers for former president Donald J Trump have responded to Special Counsel jack smith request for a Protective Order in the 2020 election case. Trumps team countered with a narrower Protective Order that would allow him to publicly discuss some of the evidence collected by the government ahead of the trial. The Special Counsels office came back just hours later urging judge chutkan to forego and additional hearing and sign off on the governments proposed Protective Order. Jack smiths team said donald trump once to try this case in the media rather than in the courtroom. And our friend Glenn Kushner Glenn Kirschner said it best last week, judge tanya chutkan, she doesnt play. And we saw that tonight when she wasted no time responding at nine pm on monday night, ordering to see both sides and getting them to agree on a time for a hearing on this Protective Order, on or before this friday. All this after the former
Today on inside politics, more problems, more money. Donald trumps donors foot an enormous legal bill and the trump coconspirator accused of trying to destroy evidence for the boss sees the inside of a federal court. The polls. All of them. All for donald trump. Republican voters fall in line behind the frontrunner as ron desantis reasons for running appear to fall flat. And the president corrects how he counts. Joe biden acknowledges his Seventh Grandchild for the first time and now he hopes it returns to being a private matter. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Up first, Saving America or saving his skin. Today we see on paper how much money from donors donald trump spent on legal bills. Sources put that number north of 40 million for his own defense and the defense of those who are sticking with him. This morning, cnn cameras captured the glimpse of one of those individuals Carlos De Oliveira, the man federal prosecutors say schemed with mr. Trump and w
Reubens. He was a true original and a bright light in many, many peoples lives. He will be missed. Paul romans was 70 years old. Thats it for us, the news continue. The source with Kaitlan Collins starts now. Tonight, straight from the source. Donald trump expecting another indictment quote any day now. And as legal peril grows, so does his political power. The staggering new numbers and 40 million ways that his base may help keep him out of prison. Plus, trumps newest codefendant and maralago manager ups emerges from obscurity to the center of the storm, swarm today by cameras at his First Court Appearance but not as last. Could his indictment and up helping his boss delay that trial until after the election . And as President Biden reverses a trump decision to move Space Command to alabama, some politicians are blasting the politics are behind it. We will speak to one of the next. Im Kaitlan Collins and this is the source. Tonight trump is predicting that his next indictment is immin
Vladimir putin is a mobster whose gangsters killed her husband. Powerful Republican Senate leader, Mitch Mcconnell has announced he will step down later this year. He is the longest serving republican leader in the us senate, and says hell step down from the role in november of this year. The high court in Belfast Rules A Uk decision to offer immunity for crimes committed during the troubles is in breach of eu legislation. The cases brought by relatives of victims who claimed it was unconstitutional. With claims the death toll in gaza has reached nearly 30,000, new details emerge about a potential ceasefire. Good evening. The Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell, a towering figure in american politics, will step down as the gop leader in november. The Kentucky Republican said he will continue to serve, but from november he will hand the reigns of the Senate Republican conference to someone from the next generation. Mcconnell turned 82 last week. Heres part of his announcement this