his lawyer s latest moves and the battle of the special counsel s request for a protective order. while jack smith fires back with his own response. then ron desantis about face on his biggest 2020 election lies, as he attempts to revamp his 2024 campaign. and a look ahead to tomorrow s political special election in ohio. what it could mean for the state s constitution and the fight for abortion access. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening in washington, d.c. where lawyers for former president donald j trump have responded to special counsel jack smith request for a protective order in the 2020 election case. trump s team countered with a narrower protective order that would allow him to publicly discuss some of the evidence collected by the government ahead of the trial. the special counsel s office came back just hours later urging judge chutkan to forego and additional hearing an
twisties, simone biles is back where she belongs on the mat. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. right now the clock is ticking for former president donald trump and his legal team. they have until 5:00 p.m. eastern today to respond to a motion from the special counsel s office asking for a privilege order. jack smith s team wants the judge to forbid trump from making public the evidence they are turning over to his defense. they point to a series of alarming posts made by the former president over the last few days including one which said if you go after me, i m coming after you. let s get the latest on this and more from nbc s vaughn hillyard. blayne alexander is standing by in atlanta where we re expecting developments in the georgia election probe. vaughn, tell us more about why the special counsel is asking for this protective order and how trump world is reacting. they submitted the file on friday. in the filing they made it clear they r
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