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Trump argues against more restrictive rules over evidence in 2020 election interference case

Anderson Cooper 360

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4.13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Former President Trump’s lawyers claim special counsel Jack Smith and his team are on a politically motivated campaign to restrict his First Amendment rights. Prosecutors have proposed a more restrictive protective order over evidence in the criminal election interference case, pointing to Trump’s public statements. The Trump team wants narrower rules over what he can do with evidence he is given. Republican presidential candidate and Trump critic Chris Christie joins AC360 to discuss the former president’s most recent indictment. Plus, CNN Senior National Correspondent Kyung Lah looks at the surging crime in Oakland, California and what local officials are doing to help stop it.

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0:00.0

Tonight on 360, security Titan for Judge Tonya Chutkin is the former President of the

0:05.9

United States, rants about her and others online.

0:08.7

This is yet another Trump ally talks to investigators, former governor of New Jersey and current

0:13.0

presidential Kenny Chris Christie joins me live.

0:15.9

Also tonight details on the plot Ukraine says it foiled to assassinate its president,

0:19.7

Volodymyr Zelensky.

0:21.5

And in Oakland, California, burglary, theft, assaults are rising so quickly some community

0:26.6

leaders are now pushing for a state of emergency.

0:29.9

And evening thanks for joining us when 360 signed off Friday night, the former president

0:33.3

had posted that day what appeared to be a veiled threat in his social network.

0:37.4

If you go after me, he wrote, I'm coming after you.

0:41.0

And in the past 72 hours, he's posted online attacks on the special counsel, his former

0:45.0

vice president and likely key witness against him, Mike Pence, and the judge overseeing the

0:49.5

election interference conspiracy trial.

0:51.6

Today, we observed additional security measures around Judge Tonya Chutkin and though the

0:55.9

U.S. Marshal's service is not commenting on it, we've also learned that deputies

0:59.5

spent part of the day discussing security plans for her.

1:03.1

As you know, the former president has said he wants her off the trial, which she is also

1:06.6

wants moved from Washington, no sign that either of that is happening.

1:11.0

Late today, Trump lawyers filed their reply to special counsel, Jack Smith's application

1:14.4

for protective order laying out certain rules for the evidence it turns over.

1:18.6

In it, Smith cited Friday's apparent threat, today's defense filing seeks fewer restrictions.

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