Request to limit what the former president can say about the case against him. Now accusing federal prosecutors of trying to restrict trumps First Amendment rights. Do they have a case on this at all . Trumps former white house lawyer ty cobb will be with me. Plus, a deadly strike. Russia ramping up attacks on civilian targets. We are learning tonight of a russian plot to assassinate the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. And an alarming scene as a massive brawl breaks out between a black man and a group of white voters in montgomery, alabama. And tonight police are vowing to make arrests. Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, team trumps response. The former president s legal team just now responding to a request from the Special Counsel that came after trump posted if you go after me, im coming after you. All caps. Trumps team arguing that his ability to share information in the January 6th Case is covered by the First Amendment. They say in a trial
however, they want to count it. how worried are you that he may not make it out alive? i ve said this before. i think if it were left to putin himself, his ability to control the system of violence in the country has been somewhat challenged by prigozhin, i think it is important for him to show some more rules of violence. and he would go ahead if it were left to him and probably order the assassination of navalny in jail. but i still have a hope that people around putin have more brains and they would know that somebody like navalny and other political prisoners would be very handy bargaining capital for them when the war is lost or at least not won. and vladimir kara-murza, his wife speaks on his behalf. but he is suffering dearly in russian confinement right now. a final point, you mentioned
we will stand up, whether it is a republican or a democrat involved, when you have been involved in conduct that is inconsistent with our values, we will call you out. and that is what we have done here. and that is why i do still believe and i spoke with governor northam over the weekend, i still believe that he will in short order understand that he has lost the ability to govern. i know he cares about medicaid expansion and making sure that we could attack the key issues that are all about opportunity for everyone and he needs to put the commonwealth over himself and i m hopeful he ll do that. tom perez, chair of the dnc who will be at the speech. thanks for joining me. still to come, the president loses more bargaining capital. i ll talk with congress woman iona pressley is that. and thing one and thing two starts next. and thing two starts next. climbed the ladder in the hardware business.
involved in conduct that is inconsistent with our values, we will call you out. and that is what we have done here. and that is why i do still believe and i spoke with governor northam over the weekend, i still believe that he will in short order understand that he has lost the ability to govern. i know he cares about medicaid expansion and making sure that we could attack the key issues that are all about opportunity for everyone and he needs to put the commonwealth over himself and i m hopeful he ll do that. tom perez, chair of the dnc who will be at the speech. thanks for joining me. still to come, the president loses more bargaining capital. i ll talk with congress woman iona pressley is that. and thing one and thing two starts next.