Trump says Supreme Court should intervene in his cases

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Former President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to help fight his legal battles. He claims the cases against him are quote “election interference” which is the same thing he’s accused of in his third indictment. Plus, police have identified another murder victim 27 years later in the Giglo Beach killings. So, why wasn’t the suspected serial killer charged in connection with her death? 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	Calling on the Supreme Court.
0:04.6	The lead starts right now.
0:08.3	Former President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to help fight his legal battles.
0:12.6	He claims the cases against him are, quote, election interference.
0:16.0	The same thing he's accused of in his third indictment.
0:19.4	Then police identify another murder victim 27 years later in the Gilgaw police beach killings.
0:25.3	So why wasn't the suspected serial killer charged in connection with her death?
0:30.0	Plus, back on the map, Simone Biles returns to gymnastics for the first time since the Tokyo
0:34.7	Olympics.
0:35.7	Could she be eyeing a comeback at next year's Olympic Games in Paris?
0:44.6	Welcome to the lead everyone.
0:45.6	I'm Bionicle LaDriga in for Jake Tapper.
0:47.7	We start today with our law and justice lead and the aftershocks of Donald Trump's
0:51.9	third arrest and arrangement.
0:54.0	Today the former president who was facing charges for his attempts to overturn the 2020
0:58.3	election called on the Supreme Court to get involved in the case.
1:02.3	It's not clear exactly what Mr. Trump is asking the high court to do, but the former president
1:06.7	claims the charges against him are, quote, election interference.
1:10.9	Trump pleaded not guilty yesterday inside a Washington, D.C. courtroom, and his next hearing
1:15.3	is scheduled for August 28th.
1:17.8	Let's get great to his CNN Justice Corresponding Jessica Schneider with more on this.
1:21.5	So Jessica, let's start with this new Trump request.
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