Special counsel zeroes in on Trump’s legal circle

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 4 March 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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New reporting shows special counsel Jack Smith is focusing on Trump’s lawyers as 2024 nears. Meantime, the former president gets ready to hit the CPAC stage this weekend while his potential GOP rivals skip the big conference. Plus, Alex Murdaugh is sentenced to life in prison for the murders of his wife and younger son. And our Friday nightcap breaks down all the headlines from this week. Jon Allen, Charles Coleman, David Jolly, Steve Liesman, Melissa Murray, John Della Volpe and Paula Poundstone join.

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0:00.0	Tonight's special counsel Jack Smith has his eye on Trump's legal circle, the new reporting
0:06.7	on the investigation and the hard to ignore political clock.
0:11.4	And as the former president gets ready to hit the big stage at CPAC this weekend, we'll
0:15.8	look at what some of his 2024 rivals are doing instead and even in his own backyard.
0:22.4	Then you're in luck.
0:23.4	Our Friday night cat brings their MVP's and we break down all the major headlines of
0:28.2	the week.
0:29.2	And we're just getting underway right now.
0:39.8	Good evening once again.
0:41.0	It is Friday night on Stephanie rule and you know what that means.
0:44.6	Our Friday night cat is standing by to weigh in on all that went down this week.
0:49.5	So do not move because they will be here in just a few minutes.
0:52.9	But first let's break down today's news.
0:54.9	New signs, the special counsel investigating Donald Trump.
0:58.2	Now focusing on the former president's attorneys, including the one and only Rudy Giuliani.
1:03.7	According to the Washington Post, Jack Smith's team is asking witnesses about Giuliani's actions
1:09.2	before Jan 6th.
1:11.0	And the post says investigators are ramping up the pressure on Trump's lawyers involved
1:15.3	in the classified documents case.
1:17.4	Our friend Jackie Alamani is one of the reporters who broke that story.
1:21.0	And here's what she said about it earlier today.
1:23.8	The way that we see it, he's sort of sprinting to reach a charging decision before the 2024
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