knights on the border good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news request late today. today from the former president s legal team to lift the gag order. now that a jury has found him guilty in all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to keep word of his hush money payment to stormy daniels from reaching voters in the 2016 election. as you know, gag order or not, he s already said plenty about the judge. the judge s daughter, and witnesses in the case he s now his lawyers are seeking free rein, seen as keras canal is here with the tails also joining us bestselling author and former federal prosecutors, jeffrey thuban, and retired new york judge joel kahn visor, longtime friend of the trial judge in the case. so what does the trump team want so trump s team is saying now that the trial is over and the gag order that was put in place to protect the witnesses jury from trump s comments now that it s over there saying that the judge should lift t
like herself erin. all right. jeff zeleny. thank you very much from milwaukee tonight and thanks so much to all of you for being with us is always anderson starts now tonight on 360 breaking news, the former president wants his new york gag order lifted the latest on why and what impact greater freedom to speak out could have on a sentence he receives also tie attorney general garland under oath, facing republican allegations of weaponizing the justice system of those inflammatory claims stand up against the the full facts. and as the president takes executive action on gun on undocumented migrants, a store you ll only see here how one man has taken the issue into his own hands. what he encounters in his knights on the border good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news request late today from the former president s legal team to lift the gag order. now that a jury has found him guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to keep wo
largely been kept secret. i wouldn t be surprised if the judge kept the restrictions on the jury and effect, but witnesses, i do think trump has a good point, judge, viewgroup. i do. i agree that it is not entirely a crazy request, but it would not be crazy for him to continue the gag order either. let s remember, the defendant is convicted, but the case has not wrapped up that defendant is yet to be sentenced and a judgment of conviction, therefore, has not yet been entered. so i think it d be well within his rights to do it, but i agree completely that the judge that any judge we re much more concerned about jurors, than witnesses particularly public witnesses, who have been speaking out, would that geoff would that from a legal standpoint and even exist after whatever the sentencing is. i mean, if if can a judge have a permanent gag order protecting witnesses four, no. no. i mean, he his jurisdiction over the case continues as long as the case is in effect, is pending if
jeff would that from a legal standpoint and even exist after whatever the sentencing is. i mean, if if can a judge have a permanent gag order protecting witnesses four, no. no. i mean, he his jurisdiction over this case continues as long as the case is in effect, af is pending in this case is obviously going to be appealed? it would then be up to the court of appeals to decide if they want to issue a gag order. frankly, i ve never even heard maybe you have. i ve never heard of a court of appeals issuing a gag order. so i think this only applies until the sentencing, which is now june, july 11, which is just a little more than a month away. so care when will this be ruled on i mean, expectation is that the da s team will respond probably pretty quickly. and then i would think that the judge would make a decision. i mean, he he has he has complete control of this calendar so he could decide to just not rule on it until the sentencing or he could decide to do it more quickly. th