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
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes on this monday. We are grateful. The beat with katie phang and ari starts now. If i havent said it before, its really good to have you back. Thanks for being here. Thank you, my friend. Have a great show. Thanks. And to all of you welcome to the beat. Im katie phang in for ari melber. We begin with donald trump doing what he does best, trying to delay justice by claiming, wait for it, president ial immunity yet again. Today trumps legal team filing a motion to delay his new york criminal hush money trial, which is currently set to begin march 25th, just two weeks away. Trump argues the trial should wait for the United States Supreme Court to weigh in on his president ial immunity claim. Those arguments are scheduled for april 25th. Trumps legal team writing, the court must preclude the people from Offering Evidence at trial of President Trumps official acts as the commander in chief. Trump claiming that even though Stormy Daniels was pai
Deadline in the 2020 election interference case. Hes got until 5 00 p. M. This afternoon to respond to special counsel jack smiths request for a protective order. Smith is trying to block trump from disclosing evidence and making Public Comments that could intimidate witnesses or undermine the case. Smith asked the judge to step in after trump issued a vague threat on social media on friday. He wrote in all caps, quote f you go after me, im coming after you. This morning, were also keeping a close watch on Fulton County, georgia, where trump is facing another potential indictment for trying to overturn the election. The streets around the courthouse are being shut down as the grand jury considers charges. Trumps lawyer went on a media blitz and appeared on all five networks sunday morning. He floated a new defense for trump, alleged will pressuring mike pence and georgia officials to overturn the election results. Youre saying that asking is action. No, asking is aspirational. Asking i
thank you so much for joining us. us. ac 360 starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com he has the right to remain silent. he s also donald trump. tonight on 360 the former president s eruption over the documents case, and is special counsel s latest move aimed at keeping potential evidence public. also tonight a live report from the texas panhandle, how people are coping in the wake of a sedevastating and deadly tornado. plus to ukraine. first up tonight, the trump documents case in a new sign of how serious jack smith is about keeping the defense and the defendant reined in. also a reminder today, this defendant has no desire to be reined in. virtually everyone is saying that the fake indictment is about election interference and should not have been brought. except bill barr, a disgruntled former employee and very weak person. he knows the indictment is total bull [ bleep ]. a very stupid person named john bolton, mick mulvaney who s got nothing going, a
special counsel s latest move aimed at keeping the defense from made the king potential evidence public. also tonight a live report from the texas panhandle how people are coping in the wake of a devastating tornado. plus, it s not just ukraine, you re reporting on russia s notorious wagner mercenaries spreading brutality to horrific warfare elsewhere. first up tonight the trump documents case in the new sign of how serious special counsel jack smith is about keeping the defense and the defendant rained in. also reminder today, this defendant has no desire to be reigned in. virtually everyone is saying that the fake indictment is about election interference and should not have been brought, except bill barr a disgruntled former employee, and very weak person, he knows the indictment is total [bleep], a stupid person named john bolton, mick mulvaney who has nothing going for him, absolutely nothing. two things to note about what you saw, first, all three people he is talki