chutkan reconsidered her decision and her new arguments from the special counsel and donald trump s criminal defense team. trump s attorneys wanted it removed on first amendment grounds, but judge chutkan reiterated in her ruling last night that, quote, as the court hasexained, the first amendment rights of participants and criminal proceedings must yield when necessary to the administration of justice. contrary to defend this argume, the right to a fair trial is not his alone, but belongs austin to the government and the public. defendants repeated appeals to broad first amendmentes, therefore ignore that the court pursuant to its obligations to protect the integrity of these proceedings recognize those values, but and balancing them against potential prejudiced from certain types of statements, found them outweighed. the gag order limits what trump says about potential witnesses in the case, as well as special counsel. it does not stop him from attacking president biden, th
attacking president biden, the justice department, or even judge chutkan herself. one of those potential witnesses is trump s former attorney, william barr, who trump slammed on social media last night a little more than an hour after the judge had filed her decision. at a 21 pm last night, trump posted, quote, i call bill barr dumb, weak, slow-moving, lethargic, got loose and lazy, a rhino who couldn t do the job. that s an all caps, if you re listening. bill barr is a loser, all caps. judge chutkan and special counsel s team have not yet responded to the social media attack on bill barr. the remarks are part of a pattern for the former president. while the gag order was on pause last week, trump lashed out at another potential key witness in the case. mark meadows. on tuesday last, week trump weighed in on a report from abc news that meadows, trump s former white house chief of staff had testified in the case under an immunity deal. and a social media post, trump insinuated
Finance laws. Bill barr leading the Justice Department saying, nothing to see here. Bill barr who pushed for this letter and transcript to be put out. Thank you, kaitlan. Great reporting. Thank you for being with me. Im poppy harlow in new york. Jim and i will see you in d. C. For special coverage tomorrow morning. My colleague, indicate bolduan continues coverage now. Hello, everyone. Im kait bolduan. As you can see, it has been a morning of Breaking News. The white house released its account of the july phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President zelensky. The first details we have of what led to the whistleblower complaint against the president , the call is only part of the allegations laid out in this complaint. The rest of it we have we do not know. The white house account though does reveal President Trump said the following to the Ukrainian President. If you could look into it, it
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Security secretary mayorkas the message he had for the people of cuba and haiti. the time is never right to tempt migration by sea. to those who risk their lives doing so, this risk is not worth taking. congresswoman, we have less than a minute left. your reaction to the homeland security secretary s message? i absolutely agree. it is extremely dangerous for families to try to pass and cross the florida straits. we have seen many people lose their lives, children losing their lives. but they re desperate and that s why i think it is absolutely necessary for the u.s. to look at the parole options for haitians, for cubans. let s remember they re trying to flee violence, famine, political persecution, it is extremely dangerous. it is really threatening the security of the region and that s why it should be and must
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