Their case for them. New tension in Fulton County as Da Fani Willis Weighings the timing of a possible fourth donald trump against donald trump. Take a look at this House Collapsing into a river in alaska. Its just one result of recordbreaking b glacial flooding in juneau. The floodwaters forcing residents to flee and officials to declare a state of emergency. Thats one example of the Severe Weather hammering the country today. Well start with Donald Trumps legal team on the clock. They have just a few more hours to respond to the dojs request to restrict what the former president can publicly disclose about evidence. Special counsel jack smith made the request after trump wrote on social media, quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. Here is what trump attorney alina habba had to say about the request for the protective order. This is jack smith coming out as the victim here, saying its more him being afraid. The protective order in terms of witness testimony, exhibits, those
During his arraignment not to influence a jury or try to intimidate witnesses or anyone else involved in the case in any way. With this third indictment, donald trump now stands accused of numerous Crimes Involving his conduct from before, during, and after his presidency. Theres been a lot of legal activity surrounding the former president over the past few months. But, the historic nature of this moment should not be lost in any of us. We are seeing the rails of justice turning as they should to address the attempted coup that many of us watched unfold in realtime back on january 6th. The former president s coconspirators to move the sticks to this to the port. Hard to deceive and convince many people for many different walks of life to go along with their plan. The fake electors had to convince fake documents. Members of congress had to persuade to stand up and object to the certification of certain states votes. The supporters they called to gathering, washington d. C. , on january
President lyndon b. Johnson signed the Voting Rights act into law. Removing legal barriers for black voters, johnson not only made a quality at the ballot box of reality for everyone but he also ensured this nations laws matched its revered ideals. And yeah, its over the ensuing indicates protections under the act have been chipped away. Most notably after the 2013 Supreme Court decision in shelby v. Holder which made it easier for states to pass restrictive voting laws. Still, the outcome of our elections and our democracy held firm. Until january six 2020 line. An angry red violent mob stormed the capitol driven by one terrified goal. Overturn a free and Fair Election. They were motivated by the lives of one. Dan donald j trump. The new twice impeached thrice indicted for now former president of the United States. That dark day expose just how fragile american democracy, our democracy, really is. But, trump is now finally facing accountability for trying to illegally stated. Power th
Also ahead, an alleged Assassination Attempt against Volodymyr Zelenskyy thwarted. What were learning about the apparent informant accused of Sharing Intelligence with russia, and an unknown road ahead for americas trucking industry, as trucking giant, yellow, declares bankruptcy, after years of financial struggles and growing debt, how this Seismic Shift could impact you. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments, lets go ahead and start with Donald Trumps attorneys who have a 5 00 p. M. Deadline to respond to the Special Counsels concerns over trump disclosing evidence in the Election Interference Case. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is tracking it. So whats the latest . We are waiting for trumps Defense Counsel to put forward their own filing. Its important to note they had initially asked for an extension of time over the weekend, but the judge denied their motion, and so 5 00 p. M. Is this deadline. Lets be clear, this is not a gag order the department of justice i
And mississippi the former chair of the historic january Six Committee about the second indictment of donald trump. A second or a velshi begins right now. Good morning, and Sunday August the 6th, im ali velshi. Donald trumps legal team has until five pm tomorrow to respond to the governments request for a protective order before it agrees to turn over evidence in the Election Interference Case. The ruling came after a series of motions filed on saturday afternoon and quick succession. Trumps team asked to push the deadline back by three days and to hold a hearing on the matter, which is a sign of how the former president s attorneys are going to try to slow things down, much like the president s past attorneys have done in various other legal matters. Special counsels legal team quickly argued against it, calling that motion unnecessary. Ultimately, judge tanya, the judge appointed to oversee the Election Interference Case denied the trump teams motion for a delay. Her order came less