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The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 8 August 2023
⏱️ 81 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Donald Trump today predicting he will be stuck in court over some quote, bullshit, his |
| 0:07.5 | word, not mine, the lead starts right now. |
| 0:11.5 | Donald defiant, back on the campaign trail this afternoon, pushing back on prosecutors, |
| 0:16.8 | who want to restrict what he can say publicly about the federal indictment, plus that hideous |
| 0:21.8 | riverboat brawl, new charges just announced after a black employee was rushed on an Alabama |
| 0:26.9 | boating dock by a group of white men. |
| 0:29.7 | And Americans in debt for the first time ever, credit card debts are passed $1 trillion |
| 0:35.2 | as more Americans pull from their own retirement savings for help. |
| 0:45.3 | Welcome to the lead-up, Jake Tapper. |
| 0:46.3 | We're going to start today with our law and justice lead. |
| 0:48.9 | The federal grand jury here in Washington, D.C., the same one that indicted Donald Trump |
| 0:53.2 | last week, is back behind closed doors today. |
| 0:57.3 | For the first time since, handing down those unprecedented charges for Donald Trump's |
| 1:02.0 | unprecedented actions. |
| 1:03.9 | It's a clear sign that the investigation into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election |
| 1:08.8 | is not over. |
| 1:09.8 | And it raises questions about six co-conspirators listed in the indictment and whether they could |
| 1:16.0 | soon also face federal charges for their actions. |
| 1:20.1 | We also just got some new court filings from both Trump's lawyers and special counsel, |
| 1:24.2 | Jack Smith's team, U.S. District Judge, Tonya Chutkin, asked both sides to propose a |
| 1:29.2 | day this week where they could discuss what restrictions, if any, should be placed on |
| 1:34.0 | Mr. Trump's ability to publicly share evidence. |
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