Trump lawyers wage secret court fight to block Jan. 6 testimony

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 23 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Sources say the attorneys for former President Trump are fighting to keep witnesses from testifying before a federal grand jury about Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Also, big Wall Street banks are warning the worst may yet be to come. Plus, Hurricane Fiona takes aim at Canada while another storm takes form and could be headed for the United States. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Recession alarm bells are sounding off a lot louder these days, the lead starts right
0:08.1	now.
0:09.1	The New York Stock Exchange closing this hour and dropping to levels not seen in months
0:13.9	as big Wall Street things warn the worst may yet be to come.
0:18.5	Plus, connecting the dots after three Trump lawyers popped up at a federal courthouse unexpectedly,
0:24.8	now when a scene in exclusive their secret steps to block certain witnesses from a criminal
0:29.8	grand jury.
0:32.3	And Hurricane Fiona gained strength and takes aim at Canada while another storm takes
0:37.1	form and could be headed for the United States.
0:44.8	Welcome to the lead I'm Pamela Brown and for Jake Tapper on this Friday and we start
0:49.0	today with our politics lead and a secret court battle being waged by Donald Trump's
0:54.5	lawyers.
0:55.5	Sources are telling CNN that attorneys for the former president are fighting to keep
0:59.3	witnesses from testifying before federal grand jury about Trump's attempts to overturn
1:04.6	the 2020 election.
1:06.2	Now the legal fight has been secret up to this point, but it's spilled into public view
1:10.5	yesterday when CNN crews spotted three lawyers for Donald Trump at the federal courthouse
1:15.3	here in Washington, D.C. and our entrepid reporter CNN's Evan Perez and Caitlin Pollant broke
1:22.7	this exclusive reporting today.
1:25.3	All right, so let's get right to it Caitlin, tell us a little bit more about this legal
1:28.6	fight.
1:29.6	What exactly are Trump's lawyers arguing here?
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