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Saying that he will talk about the criminal charges he faces just as the judge in the January 6th Case sets a new date for his lawyers and the Special Counsel to appear in court. Plus, a big win in ohio. Voters overwhelmingly reject efforts to make it harder to change the states constitution. What this now means for the upcoming November Ballot measure on abortion. And a major Leadership Shakeup in the president ial campaign of Florida Governor ron desantis. Well tell you who he just replaced as he tries to reboot his struggling 2024 bid. Good morning. Welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 9th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And weve got a busy show of news. Let ....
Reasons they didn t explain they also claim to have, quote, lost friday as an option. judge chutkan, however, was more than willing to make it an option once more. quickly scheduling a hearing on the protective order indeed for friday morning at 10:00. trump himself, however, is not required to attend. but he was staunchly defiant yesterday, lashing out at a campaign event in new mexico. trump vowed not to stop talking about the case despite any protective order that might be implemented claiming it was a violation of his first amendment rights. and during that tirade he blasted several of his perceived political enemies. they don t want me to speak about a rigged election. they don t want me to speak about it. where i have freedom of speech, first amendment. how can my corrupt political ....
White house bureau chief for the washington post. we d love to have you back soon. thanks for joining us this morning. turning to another headline now. the years long fulton county georgia investigation into potential election interference by donald trump and his allies will reportedly reach its end next week. according to the new york times district attorney fani willis is expected to present evidence to a grand jury and seek indictments. if granted it would be the fourth indictment of former president. earlier this week former georgia lieutenant governor jeff duncan, a vocal opponent of trump s election conspiracy theories, he spoke about his desire for republicans to move on from trump in an interview he did this week. as a republican i sit here just really, really worried, right. i sense this anxiety of time is going to run out. ....
His predecessor and himself. but because this is a case involving a political candidate, involving his predecessor and top rival for a 2024 race, he feels like his hands are tied. so there are a number of democrats saying at some point you re going have to comment on this. even if you re not commenting on the direct case involving former president trump, you need to talk about democracy and talk about the fact all these allegations about the former president trump, how this is sham trial and how he s trying to lock up his political enemies are not true, and this is how the legal system is supposed to work. if he doesn t say that, it does leave a void for trump and his alhighs to feel all kinds of conspiracy theories and attacks. you make a smart point in your piece titled the country lacks a unified voice in the aftermath of trump charges, reiterating we ve never been here before and previewing the sharply divided and bitter election on our horizon. great stuff as always. ....
Thanks for starting your day with us. and we ve got a busy show of news. let s get right to it. donald trump s lawyers have been called to appear in court later this week after a judge rejected their apparent attempt to delay what is normally a routine procedure in the 2020 elections case against their client. after days of back and forth regarding a protective order requested by prosecutors judge tanya chutkan put her foot down yesterday and scheduled a hearing on the matter for this friday. just one day earlier the judge asked trump s lawyers and the department of justice to submit dates for when they would be available this week to discuss the matter in person. in their responses yesterday special counsel jack smith wrote that he d be available, quote, at any time this week. trump s lawyers, on the other hand, gave dates when they would be available next week for ....