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You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good evening. We are inching closer to i deadline in the governments case against former President Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Trumps lars now have about 22 hours to respond to a legal filing from special counsel jack smith. He requested a protective order after trump posted this on social media on friday. If you go after me, im coming after you. Smith wants the judge to limit trump and his legal team...

Fraudster asking a victim or attempted victim whether or not theyd like to invest in a fraudulent investment. the mere fact that its a question does not transform that into first amendment protected speech. its very well settled by the courts that lots of crimes involve talking to people. the mere fact that youre doing that doesnt mean that youre entitled to first amendment protection. >> yeah, and the former attorney general bill barr undermined that first amendment case defense. he told cnn tr...

Thats whats important, and that is what she remembers. she remembers a lot of detail. it is worth noting that what theyre trying to pick party here is inconsequential. >> theyve tried to turn it into an i.d. case. shes made it very clear, i absolutely know who it was, and so the i.d. case defense is now gone. >> she just said 100%. >> 100%. 100%. and shes also explained in a very credible and interesting way about how when youre the victim, you remember certain the most traumatic parts. i though...

Personally authorize this. they may liken it to the irs allegations. when the irs made some mistakes, that doesnt mean the president is responsible for all of it. how does that play in that line? >> youre now dealing with a situation where the best case defense for chris christie is there is somebody in my office who had knowledge of this and i just didnt know about it. sure, okay. well give you the benefit of the doubt. this is a guy whose brand is hes the tough leader, he takes ultimate respon...