DOJ, Trump face off with special master; Jan. 6 special report ahead of ninth hearing

The Beat with Ari Melber

MSNBC

Government, Daily News, Politics, News

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, September 20 and reports on Donald Trump's legal team meeting with the DOJ in court before the newly appointed special master. Plus, MSNBC's Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber previews a forthcoming key January 6 report featuring a new forward by Melber. John Flannery, Chai Komanduri and Dave Aronberg join.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to the beat on R.I. Melbourne.
0:01.2	We begin with the Trump team and the Justice Department
0:04.6	in court today with the special master
0:06.7	actually pressing on Donald Trump's lawyers for evidence
0:10.5	NBC reporting that the judge was basically skeptical
0:14.9	of the thrust of the Trump argument.
0:17.5	Pressing Trump's lawyers for refusing
0:20.4	to substantiate Trump's claim that the declassified
0:24.1	Mar-a-Lago documents somehow that there were declassification
0:27.6	claims that could be supported.
0:30.0	Indeed, the judge seemed doubtful of this entire defense
0:34.8	telling Trump's lawyers you can't have your cake and eat it too.
0:40.0	So there may be a bit of a rude awakening now
0:41.9	that the special master is on the job.
0:43.9	Again, you might have heard me say this
0:45.8	if you follow our coverage.
0:47.2	There was a procedural step that the Trump folks got,
0:51.8	which did slow things down, and they wanted that.
0:54.7	But procedure is not how you win.
0:56.2	It's not how you get out of the clear.
0:58.2	It just is a step, a process.
1:00.7	And now that they have to deal with this actual judge
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from MSNBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of MSNBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.