Indicted, highly classified documents in bathroom and the ballroom down at maralago. And federal judge aileen cannon, the Trump Appointed lawyer who came to this case with only three years on the bench and with very little experience in running criminal trials. Cannon whose rulings in the case so far have repeatedly drawn scrutiny and reversals and rebukes by higher courts. And now judge cannon is under fire once again for what the Washington Post diplomatically calls, quote, an unusual order regarding jury instruction. Quote, even though cannon has not yet ruled when the trial will be held or a host of other issues, shes skipping ahead to the very end, to Jury Instructions, asking prosecutors and Defense Attorneys to consider two different hypothetical situations. Writing in part, quote, in the first scenario the jury would be allowed today review a former president s possession of a record and make a factual finding, whether it is personal or president ial, using the Definition Set f
And Demolition Man . Our reporters are following the latest developments. Lets begin with nbcs katie phang who has more. What happened and where does it all go from here . Reporter yeah, so now that the dust has settled a bit and weve had a chance to look at the order that judge mcafee ordered this morning, i want to start by saying to viewers this is not a ruling on the disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney fani willis. What it is is something that happens in common course in any type of case, civil or criminal. In this particular instance, when the District Attorney gets an indictment, the defense can seek to dismiss certain counts on legal grounds. What judge mcafee has done in Fulton County has said that because the state says in its indictment that certain of the defendants including donald trump relied upon violations of the United States constitution and the georgia constitution, because theres so many different clauses and so many different amendments that are con
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
Vice president Kamala Harris of asserts the theory behind new Education Standards in florida. Specifically about teaching that some enslaved people actually benefited from their bondage. She says that replacing black history with lies. We will unpack the settling unsettling response from desantis. I am symone sanderstownsend, i know you missed me and i have something to say. History moves fast, just 109 days, ago a u. S. President current or former had never been indicted. Now, we may see it happen for a third time to the same person. Former president donald trump. And that has unprecedented implications for the 2024 president ial election. On sunday, the former president received a matter from national jacks mitt. Informing trump that he is the target of the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Nbc news reports that the letter mentioned three statutes related to the defamation of rights. Conspiracy to defraud the United States, and tampering with a witness
Vice president Kamala Harris of asserts the theory behind new Education Standards in florida. Specifically about teaching that some enslaved people actually benefited from their bondage. She says that replacing black history with lies. We will unpack the settling unsettling response from desantis. I am symone sanderstownsend, i know you missed me and i have something to say. History moves fast, just 109 days, ago a u. S. President current or former had never been indicted. Now, we may see it happen for a third time to the same person. Former president donald trump. And that has unprecedented implications for the 2024 president ial election. On sunday, the former president received a matter from national jacks mitt. Informing trump that he is the target of the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Nbc news reports that the letter mentioned three statutes related to the defamation of rights. Conspiracy to defraud the United States, and tampering with a witness