Meet the Press NOW — August 7

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🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Former President Donald Trump’s legal team faces a looming deadline to respond to a Department of Justice request for a protective order. NBC News Correspondent Dasha Burns discusses her exclusive interview with Gov. Ron Desantis (R-Fla.) on his presidential campaign. Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) discusses the economy and President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) and former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable.

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0:00.0	If it's Monday, former President Trump doubling and tripling down on his attacks on special counsel, Jack Smith,
0:08.1	even as prosecutors are expressing new concerns about Trump's rhetoric and what he could do with evidence that's shared with his team.
0:16.5	And in NBC News exclusive with Mr. Trump's closest Republican rival, Ron DeSantis,
0:21.9	the Florida governor taking on Trump in the most significant ways yet, suggesting he failed
0:26.8	at handling the pandemic, the 2020 election, immigration, and more.
0:32.3	Plus, Ukraine says it's thwarted a plot to assassinate President Zelensky as officials for more
0:38.3	than 40 countries meet to discuss ways to end the war.
0:55.9	Welcome to meet the press now.
0:57.6	I'm Kristen Welker in Los Angeles.
1:02.6	Former President Trump today not letting up on his attacks on special counsel Jack Smith.
1:11.5	It comes as we are now just one hour away from a 5 p.m. deadline for Mr. Trump's legal team to respond to the Justice Department's request for a protective order. That order would bar the former president from publicizing sensitive documents in the 2020
1:17.7	election interference case. Prosecutors warned Mr. Trump could use that evidence in a way that
1:22.9	could have a, quote, chilling effect on witnesses. Citing the social media post where he writes, quote, if you go after me, I'm coming after you. Here's part of what former President Trump said over the weekend in South Carolina. Deranged Jack Smith. He's a deranged human being. You take a look at that face. You say, that guy is a sick man. There's something wrong with him. I withdrew. Somebody said, why don't you be nice to him? I said, yeah, wouldn't matter.
1:47.9	Wouldn't matter. This guy's a maniac. They gave me a maniac.
1:53.0	Now, we are expecting many court motions in the coming days, including a change of venue request.
1:58.9	It comes as Mr. Trump's legal team is using a First Amendment
2:01.6	argument to push back on allegations that the former president and properly pressured former
2:06.4	vice president Mike Pence and others to overturn the 2020 election results. Yesterday on Meet the
2:11.5	press, Chuck pressed Trump's lawyer about pressuring Pence and whether Pence believes the former
2:15.9	president broke the law. Look at that exchange.
2:18.7	One thing that Mr. Pence has never said is that he thought President Trump was acting criminally.
2:24.6	Indeed, Vice President Pence is an attorney. If he had any point said or thought that Mr. Trump,
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