steele in for my friend ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. tonight, we begin with a major legal setback for donald trump. after seeking to delay his classified documents trial until after the 2024 election, the twice indicted ex president has been met with major pushback from special counsel jack smith. trump s legal team had argued that under smith s proposed timeline for the trial, which they called unreasonable, a fair trial would not be possible and considerations should be paid to the fact that much of the presidents schedule will be consumed with campaigning. in effect, trump wanted to postpone the trial indefinitely and was using his presidential run as an excuse. but in a court filing this week, assistant special counsel david harbuck did not mince words saying, quote, many indicted defendants are demanding jobs that require a considerable amount of their time and energy, or a significant amount of travel. the speedy trial act contemplates no such factor as a b
tonight, we begin with a major legal setback for donald trump. after seeking to delay his classified documents trial until after the 2024 election, the twice indicted ex president has been met with major pushback from special counsel jack smith. trump s legal team had argued that, under smith s proposed timeline for the trial, which the cult unreasonable, a fair trial would not be possible and considerations should be paid to the fact that much of the presidents schedule will be consumed with campaigning. in effect, trump wanted to postpone the trial indefinitely and was using his presidential run as an excuse. but in a court filing this, week assistant special counsel david harbuck did not mince words saying, quote, many indicted defendants are demanding jobs that require a considerable amount of their time and energy, or a significant amount of travel. the speedy trial act contemplates no such factor as a basis for a continuance and the court should not indulge it here. in
yeah. 50 if you canjust start off just introducing yourself and, you know.- my name is enrique tarrio, and i am the international chairman of the proud boys. chanting: whose streets? our streets! whose streets? our streets! onjanuary 6th, 2021, a mob of protesters stormed the us capitol. more than 1,000 people are facing charges. the most notorious is enrique tarrio. he s banned from everything. he s the most banned person in the world. tarrio was the leader of a right wing extremist group. he stands accused of trying to overthrow the us government. well, the proud boys were central because they were ready and willing to fight. whose streets? our streets! so was tarrio the puppet master, or something else? i think he was kind of nerdy when he was younger. all of a sudden with proud boys, he was the fonz. i think he s very interested in his image. i think he might be a charlatan, to be perfectly honest. tarrio is loved and loathed in equal measure. can you hear it? can you h
i think he might be a charlatan, to be perfectly honest. tarrio is loved and loathed in equal measure. can you hear it? can you hear this? shouting their entire stupid message has become about me and i could not be any happier. shouting news: opening statements got under way in the trial of five men tied to the extremist group the proud boys. that includes long time leader enrique tarrio. the trial comes just weeks after two leaders of - another extremist group, the 0ath keepers, - were convicted of. seditious conspiracy. tarrio is perhaps the - highest profile defendant to face jurors yet, in the attack. - tarrio had nothing to do with the events ofjanuary 6th. he was not there. he was not present. he did not incite or orchestrate any attack on the capitol and i think the evidence is going to be clear. all we want is the truth to come out during this trial. it s obvious that the government has thrown all the resources possible prosecuting the people onjanuary 6th. it s a
news: opening statements got under way in the trial of five men tied to the extremist group the proud boys. that includes long time leader enrique tarrio. the trial comes just weeks. after two leaders of another extremist group, the oath keepers, were convicted l of seditious conspiracy. tarrio is perhaps the - highest profile defendant to face jurors yet, in the attack. - tarrio had nothing to do with the events ofjanuary 6th. he was not there. he was not present. he did not incite or orchestrate any attack on the capitol and i think the evidence is going to be clear. all we want is the truth to come out during this trial. it s obvious that the government has thrown all the resources possible prosecuting the people onjanuary 6th. it s an issue of finding - a scapegoat for what transpired onjanuary 6th. enrique tarrio to me is such an interesting character. you know, he s the national ringleaderfor the proud boys and he sits at the top of theirfood chain. he considers himse