High-stakes gag order hearing in Trump’s federal election interference case

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🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Jack Smith’s prosecutors and Donald Trump’s layers face off in federal court over Trump’s partial gag order in the election case. In a recent speech, Donald Trump called his political opponents “vermin,” echoing the language of dictators like Hitler & Mussolini. As the nation mourns the loss of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, we look at her remarkable legacy. Hugo Lowell, Melissa Murray, Barbara McQuade, Jen Psaki, Michael Steele, Rachel Maddow, and Jake Ward join.

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0:00.0	Tonight the battle over Donald Trump's gag order in the federal election
0:05.6	interference case, what went down in court today and the historical
0:10.0	significance of the dangerous rhetoric the former president used during a campaign
0:14.7	rally. Rachel Maddow is here to break it all down. Then the leadership shake up
0:19.8	rocking Silicon Valley, the latest on the whirlwind weekend at Open AI. Rocky Silicon
0:23.6	at Open AI, as the 11th hour gets underway on this Monday night.
0:32.0	Good evening once again, I'm Stephanie Rule live from Washington DC.
0:36.0	Donald Trump's lawyers and Jack Smith prosecutors squared off in a federal appeals
0:41.0	court today over the limited gag order in the case accusing
0:44.4	him of plotting to overthrow the 2020 election. That order stops Trump from
0:49.3	publicly attacking prosecutors, potential witnesses, or court employees involved in the case.
0:55.2	In court this morning, Jack Smith's team argued, the order is needed to protect the jury pool
1:00.9	and to keep people physically safe.
1:03.4	Trump-seem argued that it violates his free speech and ability to campaign for president.
1:08.8	The order is unprecedented and it sets a terrible precedent for future restrictions on core political
1:16.2	speech.
1:17.2	As this trial approaches, the atmosphere is going to be increasingly tense.
1:21.5	Why does the district court have to wait and see and wait for the threats to come rather than
1:25.7	taking a reasonable action in advance?
1:28.2	He's a high profile public figure who posts, lots and lots and lots of followers. He's expressing his
1:36.0	views as the First Amendment allows. This is the sheer number of occurrences.
1:40.4	It's not the role of the government to dictate what is what topics are appropriate or
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