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
joe biden is the president. did you hear that? of course he lost. it took years, and an exclusive interview with nbc s dasha burns but ron desantis stop sidestepping and finally admitted what the rest of us already knew. that cold hard truth. that donald trump lost the 2020 election. let s bring in jason johnson, a politics and journalism professor at morgan state university. and mark mckinnon, former advisor to both george gonna be bush, from cain. among the hosts of the circus on showtime. jason, i turned you first. on desantis admitting donald trump lost. is it too little too late? and what does that do to the mega voter that he needs? i ve been saying this for months. i ve said this all through last year stephanie. that literally this is going to be the first question any potential republican debate. who do you think when the presidential election? and here s the catch. you were always in a trap as a republican running against trump. because if you believe that joe biden treate
the election is what it is. you said those theories that were put out did not prove to be true. so can we just put this to bed so that you do not have to be asked about this 1 million more times? yes or no? did donald trump lose the 2020 election. whomever puts the hand on the bible january 20th every four years is the winner. but respectfully, you did not clearly answer the question. and if you cannot give a yes or no. if trump lost. of course he lost. trump lost the 2020 election. joe biden is the president. did you hear that? of course he lost. it took years, and an exclusive interview with nbc s dasha burns but ron desantis stop sidestepping and finally admitted what the rest of us already knew. that cold hard truth. that donald trump lost the 2020