Kind of a preview of how shell run her court and this case. And in deciding whether to grant Special Counsel jack smiths request for protective order limiting what the disgraced expresident can and cannot say publicly about the case, judge chutkan cuts through Talking Points like a hot knife through butter. On the First Amendment protections, they are so fond of citing, mr. Trump, like every american, has a First Amendment right to free speech. But that right is not absolute. Adding that without a protective order, the disclosure of discovery materials could lead to witnesses being harassed or otherwise interfering with a fair trial. What about the fact that trump is running for president. And chutkan did not mince words on that eithe saying, this is a criminal trial and i will not take into consideration the impact will have for have for a political came on either side. He will have all of the rights hesen tieptled to. The existence is not going to have any bearing on my decision. I i
Jail for several years for counterfeiting one vote. If they try to vote illegally once, he tried to steal the entire election. And his lawyers out there are saying that its just a matter of him expressing his First Amendment rights. And that is deranged. That is a deranged argument. Trumps lawyers also making the case that mike pence will be the defenses, quote, best witness. Today on cnn, pence contradicted lauras take on the Pressure Campaign to block the certification of president bidens election victory. What President Trump did not do is direct Vice President pence to do anything. He asked him in an aspirational way, asking is covered by the First Amendment. In the days before the president was talking about us rejecting votes. And then late in the process, his lawyers suggested that we return votes to the states. But frankly, the day before january 6th, if memory serves, they came back, his lawyers did, and said we want you to reject votes outright. They were asking me to overtur
To book your free consultation. All right. Good morning, everyone. It is the top of the hour. Were so glad youre with us on this monday and a busy one already. New polling, new arraignment. Polls, polls, polls, and they all the same thing. Thats the most important. Theyre not focused on one poll. Ill die on this hill. Its a good hill to die on. To the law this morning, a second trump employee scheduled to be arraigned in the classified documents probe, as the former president says he did not direct anyone to delete Security Footage at maralago. And will thousands of smalldollar donors to trumps Political Action committee care all the that their donations are being spent on legal fees. Theyve already spent 40 million this year and thats double what they spent last year and its only july. And theres a giant x at twitters headquarters. San francisco are investigating whether the sign is a permit violation. This hour of cnn this morning starts now. This morning, the Property Manager who al
Known, these to always say to me, i made you. So we have cities each other about that. Like one, day im going to be teasing fabulous son. I came behind, you girl. I came behind you. He paved the way, rev. Thank, you ill be watching, take it away. Good evening and welcome to politicsnation. Tonights lead, grand juries and grand strategies. In the Trump Classified document case, they will meet this week. The procommittee took a firstever federal indictment of a former president. One who happens to be seeking to return to that office in 2024. Trump was one of the few republican president ial hopefuls not to appear at a Motorcycle Themed Campaign Event in iowa this weekend. He will be jumping into the race officially this week, along with former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie. The number of republicans running continues to grow, even as the rnc adopts rules aimed at narrowing access to the primary debate stage. Meantime on the democratic side, President Biden this weekend is signing a
desantis has dropped his bid for the gop presidential nomination. desantis made the announcement on social media, the social media platform, ex, hours ago, he since endorsed donald trump for the nomination over nikki haley, who says this is now, quote, a two-person race. we re going to dive deep tonight into what this departure really means for the race. the cultural wars gripping our country right now that desantis was a major figure in, standing by tonight we will talk with to florida former congressman, congresspeople, one democrat and one republican. and we ll hear from up bishop of one of the major churches in florida, who s been on the frontlines fighting desantis on the so-called war on woke, and what desantis coming home will mean to blacks in that state and the ramifications nationwide. we have a lot for you right on the ground to dig into what this means. but first, from manchester, new hampshire, is msnbc shaquille brewster, shaq, can you recap what happened to