his lawyer s latest moves and the battle of the special counsel s 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 tomorrow s political special election in ohio. what it could mean for the state s 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. trump s 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 counsel s office came back just hours later urging judge chutkan to forego and additional hearing an
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. trump s 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 counsel s office came back just hours later urging judge chutkan to forego and additional hearing and sign off on the government s proposed protective order. jack smith s 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 doesn t 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
alleged assassination plot against president zelenskyy. we begin this hour with a looming deadline for former president donald trump. his legal team has six hours to respond to special counsel jack smith s request to limit what trump can say about the ongoing 2020 election interference case. the request for a special order came after the doj said trump s social media posts could, quote, have a harmful, chilling effect on witnesses or adversely affect the fair administration of justice. the doj cited a post in which the former president wrote, quote, if you go after me, i m coming after you. campaign called the post-political speech and said it was meant for the former president s political adversaries, but just this morning, trump put out another set of posts attacking the special counsel calling on the judge presiding over the case to recuse yourself and accusing mike pence, former vp of disloyalty. joining us now nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilani
we are following the money. and republican candidates are getting ready to the debate stage, where the front-runner might not even show up. as if he 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. donald j trump is already facing serious legal trouble on multiple fronts, but he may soon be fighting a whole new battle, as other criminal investigations move closer to the possible indictment phase. there are signs that special counsel jack smith and georgia prosecutor fani willis could be closing in on charges relating to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. today, trump posted this about smith, quote, i assume that an indictment will be coming out any day now. and while campaigning this weekend, he escalated his false claim, also known as a lie, and that any potential charges against him would be politically motivated. they waited two and a half, almost three years, so that they could bring them right in the middle of my
show up. they re underway. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. donald j trump is already facing serious legal trouble on multiple fronts. but he may soon be fighting a whole battle, other criminal investigations move closer to the possible indictment face. there are signs special counsel they could be closing in on charges related to efforts of the 2020 election. they posted this about smith. quote, i assume an indictment will be coming out in the day now. and we ll campaigning this weekend, he estimated the false claim, also known as a lie that any potential charges against him we politically motivated. they waited two and a half almost three years it s right the middle my presidential election. its election interference. it s a great badge of honor. because i am being indicted for you. meanwhile, the classified documents case is moving forward. it is now been four days since that superseding indictment was filed. this morning they knows codefendant, the mar-