Ex-DOJ official seeks to move Georgia case to federal court

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Jeffrey Clark’s lawyers argued he was following Trump’s direction to draft a letter to Georgia state officials falsely stating the DOJ had concerns of 2020 election. It comes as new reporting found Trump wrote to-do lists on White House documents. Meantime, Texas AG Ken Paxton is acquitted in his impeachment trial. Plus, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy prepares to address U.N. General Assembly. And an inside look at the largest criminal hospice fraud case ever prosecuted. Amna Nawaz, Luke Broadwater, Charles Coleman, Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, Stuart Stevens and Ben Rhodes join.

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0:00.0	Tonight, the push for a federal trial from another defendant in Georgia, Jeffrey Clark
0:06.4	arguing that he was acting in his official role at the DOJ, as Donald Trump lashes out
0:12.2	at a request for a gag order.
0:14.4	And Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton acquitted in his impeachment trial, but will his return
0:20.2	to office be business as usual.
0:23.0	Then the largest criminal hospice fraud case ever prosecuted, doctors accepting kickbacks
0:29.1	for referring care that wasn't needed, all at the expense of the American taxpayer.
0:34.8	As the 11th hour gets underway on this Monday night.
0:43.0	Good evening.
0:44.0	Once again, I'm Stephanie Rule, live at MSNBC headquarters here in New York City.
0:48.8	A key Trump co-defendant today in the Georgia election case is pointing the finger at Guess
0:54.3	Who?
0:55.3	Donald Trump.
0:56.3	Lawyers for one time, Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark went before a judge
1:01.5	to try to get the charges against him move to federal court.
1:04.9	They told the court that Trump himself directed Clark to draft a letter to Georgia state officials
1:10.8	falsely stating that the DOJ had concerns about the 2020 election.
1:15.8	Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani, also a Trump co-defendant in the Georgia case, is being sued by his own
1:21.7	lawyers for over $1.3 million in unpaid legal fees.
1:27.2	The suit says the fees stemmed from multiple 2020 election interference investigations.
1:33.1	Also this evening, Judge Tonya Chutkin has yet to rule on Jack Smith's request for a narrow
1:38.4	gag order on Donald Trump.
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