Other. With the basic principles of the republic on the line. A name more famous for decades and decades than nikki haley, in republican circles, came out swinging directly at the Presumptive Republican nominee, donald trump, early this morning. In a post liz cheney saying this, quote, the gop has chosen. They will nominate a man who attempted to overturn an election and seize power. We we have eight months to save our republic, and ensure that donald trump is never anywhere near the oval office again. Then liz cheney sent people to this video originally released in may. Watch. Donald trump is the only president in American History who has refused to guarantee the peaceful transfer of power. Joe biden he lost the election and knew it. He betrayed millions of americans by telling them the election was stolen. We will stop the steal he ignored the rulings of dozens of courts. Rather than accept his defeat, he mobilized a mob to come to washington and march on the capitol. Then he watched
classified documents. the special counsel found evidence that president biden, quote, willfully retaineds classified materials found no reason to press criminal charges. drew distinction between the criminal probe of handling of documents and his findings regarding president biden. the long standing justice department priniple that you cannot indict a sitting president does not apply and would not bring charges even if joe biden were no longer president. we ll have more on that later in the program. we begin with a hearing at the nation s highest court. an historic hearing for some very big questions about the constitution. the future of our democracy and at the heart of the case, a request from voters for some accountability for an unprecedented insurrection. first up, jonathan mitchell, the attorney for donald trump, argued among other things, that january 6th was not an insurrection. it was a riot. he also argued that the president is not technically an officer of the unit
six conservative justices, three of whom trump appointed. from looking at the 100 or classified documents taken from his beach club, but they are attempting to get the review of classified documents back before the court-appointed special master which could potentially throw some fan into the gears of the investigation. despite reporting that trump s legal team is looking to soften its tone in this case, the filing today by trump s lawyers are filled with more angry screams against the department of justice. they accuse the department of, quote, feigned concern about purported classified records in order to pin some offense on trump. it is the latest in a series of aggressive and bellicose moves by trump which he s employed for a very long time to move away from scandal of legal quandaries. and it s more evidence of the mind-set of which he approaches the powers of the presidency and the keeping of the nation s secrets. in a media website, trump told his follower, i want my d
before the supreme court. plus, the gop rallies around henching walker, a day after a bombshell report that claims he paid for a girl s abortion. and there s a new home run team in at least the american league. yes, we ll show you the moment that aaron judge broke roger maris record. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, october 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with a new twist in the battle over the classified documents that former president donald trump kept as his mar-a-lago home and club, after he left office. the former president has filed an emergency request, asking the supreme court to now intervene by allowing the special master to review the roughly 100 classified records that federal agents seized from the florida state back in august. specifically, the trump team asked the highest court in the land to vacate part of the ruling issued by the 11th circuit court of appeals. that ruling all
in washington, d.c. are dealing with a very important question. trying to decide what price should be paid for telling lies that throwed a violent insurrection. eroing the fabric of america and through no fault of their own became subjects of a conspiracy theory. rudy giuliani s defamation trial sued by ruby freeman and her daughter shaye moss. the judge ruled giuliani defamed freeman and moss, now deciding how much giuliani will pay. started with the expectation he made himself that giuliani would testify on his own behalf. he vow yesterday to give the whole story in a bit of a dramatic press conference. once he conceded, the trial went to arguments. when that happened, the lawyer asked the jury to award them $24 million each. gottlieb said giuliani has no right to offer civil servants up to a mob to win a general election. very true. emotional testimony by ruby freeman yesterday. over the course of 90 minutes freeman recounted how she was hounded by death threats, messa