been talking to the special counsel, and jack smith responds to trump team s efforts to delay the documents trial. also tonight, how conservative republicans managed to attach restrictions on abortion access to a key defense bill, and what that could do to the chances of getting it through congress. later, without being able the say who left a pact of cocaine in the west wing, the secret service still says case closed. why? good evening. jack smith decides to charge the former president for his role in trying to overturn the election, being able to show his intent will be critical. and showing a ten could hinge on whether or not he believed he had won. tonight there is new evidence that smith is thinking along those lines, and is looking for evidence for people who know or heard him indicate he d lost. jared kushner and hope hicks have both gone before the grand jury, and some of the questions asked was whether the former president was told he lost the election. other mem
With these motions is that they telegraphed right from the beginning that they want to push this out indefinitely. that to me was odd. why? it is kind of surprising because essentially they re saying it s not just we want this date. it s we don t even want you to decide when there should be a date. right. see, in federal criminal cases, the judge will set a date, and everybody knows that it s a fake date, because they have the set the data based on the ayclk. and then the parties can consent to pushing it out. but also, that clock stops for any number of reasons. any time you file a motion, that stops the clock. so to at this stage kind of ask for the judge to hey, just throw away the clock is weird because a federal case of this magnitude will take a couple years generally, even if it s not donald trump. even if it s not a politically sensitive case. it will take a couple of years. but it will get pushed out in increments. you ll push it out two years in