His lawyers latest moves and the battle of the Special Counsels request for a Protective Order. While jack smith fires back with his own response. Then ron desantis about face on his biggest 2020 election lies, as he attempts to revamp his 2024 campaign. And a look ahead to tomorrows political special election in ohio. What it could mean for the states constitution and the fight for abortion access. As the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. Good evening once again. I am stephanie ruhle. We begin this evening in washington, d. C. Where lawyers for former president Donald J Trump have responded to Special Counsel jack smith request for a Protective Order in the 2020 election case. Trumps team countered with a narrower Protective Order that would allow him to publicly discuss some of the evidence collected by the government ahead of the trial. The Special Counsels office came back just hours later urging judge chutkan to forego and additional hearing and sign off on the governm
I am stephanie ruhle. We begin this evening in washington, d. C. Where lawyers for former president Donald J Trump have responded to Special Counsel jack smith request for a Protective Order in the 2020 election case. Trumps team countered with a narrower Protective Order that would allow him to publicly discuss some of the evidence collected by the government ahead of the trial. The Special Counsels office came back just hours later urging judge chutkan to forego and additional hearing and sign off on the governments proposed Protective Order. Jack smiths team said donald trump once to try this case in the media rather than in the courtroom. And our friend Glenn Kushner Glenn Kirschner said it best last week, judge tanya chutkan, she doesnt play. And we saw that tonight when she wasted no time responding at nine pm on monday night, ordering to see both sides and getting them to agree on a time for a hearing on this Protective Order, on or before this friday. All this after the former
point oh about a republican path forward beyond donald trump. even refused to endorse his successor, lieutenant governor robert jones. going to give these grand jurors a different perspective then he democratic lawmakers could. about the impact of donald trump s lies. and efforts to overturn georgia s election. we hear over and over in general terms that if you wait long enough, if trump were to be the elected, he would just make all of these cases go away. if there were republicans controlling these states, they will fix it for him. but in georgia, if trump was convicted in your state, georgia is one of only six states where the governor currently, republican brian kemp does not have pardon power. how would a pardon work in georgia? exactly. the governor does not have direct authority to issue the pardon. instead he points a board of pardons. five members of the board, some
then he democratic lawmakers could. about the impact of donald trump s lies. and efforts to overturn georgia s election. we hear over and over in general terms that if you wait long enough, if trump were to be the elected, he would just make all of these cases go away. if there were republicans controlling these states, they will fix it for him. but in georgia, if trump was convicted in your state, georgia is one of only six states where the governor currently, republican brian kemp does not have pardon power. how would a pardon work in georgia? exactly. the governor does not have direct authority to issue the pardon. instead he points a board of pardons. five members of the board, some of them were appointed by his predecessor. so he has no direct control. that board of pardon its behind closed doors. i ve covered them for years. it is shrouded in secrecy.