It evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. Live from 30 rock, we begin this evening with the drama in d. C. As Donald Trumps legal team starts with the Department Of Justice yet again. The judge overseeing the trump 2020 election case, tanya chutkan, has responded to the latest filings around the governments request for a protective order by scheduling a hearing for friday morning at 10 am sharp that is not what the former president s attorneys were hoping for after judge chutkans initial order to set a hearing by the end of the week Trump Lawyers responded by complaining about their obligations in their other federal case, and then offering availability next Monday Or Tuesday. While the former president is not planning to appear in fridays hearing, he doubled down on the very behavior at the center of it all in New Hampshire earlier today. How can my corrupt political opponent, crooked joe biden, put me on trial during an Election Campaign that i am winning by a lot . And forced amy
inflation to a. i. and the impact on the economy. and bidenomics. we will break it all down as if he 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. a very big breakthrough for special counsel jack smith s investigation into the plot to keep joe biden out of the white house. smith prosecutors have now met with trump s former lawyer and dear, dear friend rudy giuliani. as of the 2020 election, of course, giuliani led the effort to push voter fraud conspiracy to state legislatures in an attempt to get them to send false electors to congress. here is what he told georgia lawmakers back in december of 2020. you are the final arbiter of who the elector should be, and whether the process is fair or not. and the other way to look at it is your responsibility if a false and fraudulent count is submitted to the united states government. today, giuliani s political advisor described the interview with jack smith s team as, quo
colbert. good evening, reverend sharpton. always good to see. i ve been keeping abreast of your activities this week, and want to applaud you for your protest with respect to the pushback that we are facing around d.c. and i efforts across the country. but i do have a quick question for you. for a policy measure, what s it gonna take for us to actually move the needle and finally keep dni from having the attacks that it s currently facing? i think we must make cities, municipalities, states and others, say that the a.i. must be enacted if people are gonna get state city contracts are funds. these businessmen, when we picketed on thursday, i ll do business in the public space. they cannot do public space business with taxpayer dollars if they re not trying to make it an equal place for all. so we need to have politicians putting legislation and policy in place to protect dei. well, that protection doesn t start without any pressure. and so with that, reverend sharpton, t
instigators of the january 6th attack. for members of the proud boys, including their former leader found guilty of seditious conspiracy. what today s verdict could mean for the investigations into donald trump. then, new ethics questions about supreme court justice, clarence thomas. and a billionaire donor. and, with just one week until title 42 expires, a look at the humanitarian crisis at the southern border as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. i m symone sanders-townsend in four stephanie ruhle. tonight, there s brand-new reporting that special counsel jack smith is ramping up efforts to find out former president trump hid classified documents. the new york times writes, prosecutors have, quote, obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for trump at mar-a-lago. the report continues, quote, the existence of an insider witness, whose identity has not been disclosed could be a significant step in the investigation. this news comes jus
stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, the chaotic start to this new congress. republicans ran on inflation, immigration, and crime but they are focused on fights, internal vaccinations, and stunts. today removing the presented of a lot and when mark from a committee assignment. then the former president feeling the pressure. a potential new charges for his already jailed money man. and the gun country. the fresh push for more people to legally carry just as we get results of the first federal gun crimes reported in decades. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. house republicans have set off a new fire storm on capitol hill today. minnesota democrat, elon omar, has been officially removed from the foreign affairs committee after a party line vote. republican cited her past eight months criticizing israel, with some democrats saying, it is just political revenge for the removal of marjorie taylor greene and paul