State of michigan saying, quote, make them riot. The Question Today beyond the Damming Narrative is whos listening. Joining us now, nbc News Correspondent Garrett haake whos in university center, michigan, for us, and nbc News Justice Reporter ryan reilly. I know the former president will be where you are, garrett, in a moment. Im going to start with ryan. As i said, ryan, the story here is not new. We know what Donald Trump tried to do around the 2020 election. We saw it happen in realtime. We had the January 6th hearings. There have been filings up until this point, a lot of them. But this new 165 Court Filing from Jack Smith gives us some more detail, more color, more insight into Donald Trumps State Of Mind in particular. What stood out to you, was there anything that was particularly damming . Personally, i think the volume of evidence of spreading lies stood out to me. That was going to be the challenge of this case. In 2020, i jokingly referred to this as the question of bad Fai
Go that far. It prevents trump from publicly sharing materials that quote, the government designates as sensitive. That includes things like personal information of possible witnesses, recordings, and testimony. The defense argued a protective order would infringe on trumps First Amendment rights. But chechen noted quote, the need for the criminal case to proceed in no order, and to protect the integrity of the process means theyre gonna have to be limits on the defendant speech. And later in the hearing, she emphasized that trump is quote a criminal defendant. He is going to have restrictions like every single other defended. It was the first time both sides met in a courtroom with trusted, this Federal Judge assigned oversee the case. Well meet with her again in a few weeks, on august 28th to disrupt the, discuss the trial date. The Special Counsel Team that is proposed starting that trial on january 2nd 2024. That is a sign of how fast the government wants this case to move forward.
Person arraignment in the maralago documents case. Well tell you what happened when his two codefendants showed up in court. Plus new reporting from propublica about Clarence Thomas and his wealthy network of friends who allegedly financed his luxurious gifts and travel. And we begin this morning with a devastating wildfires in hawaii. At least 36 people have died as the flames rip through the island with crews in the skies and on the ground urgently battling three active fires. The flames have destroyed homes, wreaked havoc on businesses and forced thousands to evacuate. Residents seeking safety are flocking to airports and shelters. My family is thinking of just leaving the island completely. We have nothing but the clothes on our backs right now. Everything is gone. Some had to jump into the ocean to escape dangerous flames, swallowed more 2,000 acres of land. Want you to see Satellite Image that captures what the town of lahaina looked like, a Historic Town before and after the bla
Place this week. So what changed . And playing out in the last few hours, a preview of what will be one of the biggest cases in our nations history, the United States versus donald j. Trump. The former president s lawyers, jack smiths team, and u. S. District judge chutkan all facetoface in court for the first time. Its high stakes going head to head over the parameters of a protective order dictating who, including trump and under what circumstances should be trusted with government evidence. The dramatic new details from Behind Closed Doors and what it all could mean for the judges first ruling in the case. And Paradise Lost in hawaii, a birds eye view of whats left of lahaina, after wildfires ripped through the island. This apocalyptic scene wont be the last with other fires still burning and hundreds still missing in what has now become the second deadliest fire in modern u. S. History. One local now grieving the loss of his home and his fathers ashes. Thats the one thing i wanted
And now it is a legal term. Ask anybody. Theyll tell you. Thank you, ari. See you later, joy. And we do continue to follow the breaking news tonight that donald trump has received indictment number three, courtesy of the d. C. Grand jury investigating his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. And let us just be clear, this is an historic moment in this country. Never has a president of the United States refused to relinquish power until trump. Never has a former president come up with a conspiracy that involves having their Vice President overturn the will of the people through the use of fake electors until trump. Never has a former president incited an insurrection with armed extremists to storm the u. S. Capitol until trump. And no u. S. President has ever been indicted before trump. And again for trump, this is indictment number three. And in many ways, it is the most historically significant one because its not just about his personal conduct. It is about us, our democracy. And n