Welcome to the beat everyone. I am Ari Melber and there is more news out of the

Mideast tonight with two more hostages freed. We have that report later this hour.

Also Congress's 20th day, yes 20th day without a speaker.

Many more Republicans are now starting this new week by jumping into that chaotic and

messy race.

We have that report coming up later, while our top story is the prosecutors on offense in the Trump

coup cases. Jack Smith has already put pressure on defendant Trump after winning

that partial gag order. Now if you've been following the news at all here in

America you probably know that dia wellis has just one convictions on the eve of

her first RICO trial indeed that trial was supposed to start today but she won it so

decisively there is no trial I'll explain two Trump lawyers pled guilty two days

in a row to end just last week defendant Trump is showing new concern today that he is worried they will testify

against him and it will be damaging.

He's posted a new statement which asserts, referring to Sidney Powell, that she was, quote,

one of millions who thought the 2020 presidential election

was rigged and stolen.

That's his typo, by the way.

He goes on to say, quote quote miss Powell was not my attorney and

never was that claim is false but it is also telling and I'll show you exactly why but here was then lead Trump attorney Giuliani

introducing his co-council turned co-defendants, Powell and Ellis. This is representative of our legal team.

We're representing President Trump and we're representing the Trump campaign.

When I finish... Trump and then Jenna Ellis will follow me. Powell and then Jenna Ellis will follow me.

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