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this has been a busy day in this part of the news. you will see what i mean here. today, the judge overseeing the hush money criminal case in new york city against donald trump has now banned the former president from posting any evidence from the trial on social media. the judge's new order today also limits trump to viewing any sensitive evidence in the trial, only in the presence of his lawyers. he's not allowed to look at it alone. he must have chaperones. meanwhile, in the state of georgia, where fulton county prosecutor fani willis has been considering potential criminal charges, relating to trump's efforts to overturn the results of the last election, where fani willis has told law enforcement in georgia to be ready for, quote, significant public reaction to her anticipated future actions in the case. in georgia, they're republican governor of that state has now signed into law a bill that would allow republican
part of the news. you will see what i mean here. today the judge overseeing the hush money criminal case in new york city against donald trump has now banned the former president from posting any evidence from the trial on social media. the judge's new order today also limits trump to viewing any sensitive evidence in the trial only in the presence of his lawyers. he's not allowed to look at it alone. he must have chaperones. meanwhile in the state of georgia, where the fulton county prosecutor is considering possible criminal charges relating to trump's efforts to overturn the last collection, she has told law enforcement in georgia to be ready for, quote, significant public reaction to her anticipated future actions in the case. in georgia, the republican governor of that state has now signed into law a bill that will allow republican legislators in georgia to remove prosecutors
visit findahandspecialist.com today to get started. i've got some updates for you. this has been a busy day in this part of the news. you will see what i mean here. today the judge overseeing the hush money criminal case in new york city against donald trump has now banned the former president from posting any evidence from the trial on social media. the judge's new order today also limits trump to viewing any sensitive evidence in the trial only in the presence of his lawyers. he's not allowed to look at it alone. he must have chaperones. meanwhile, in the state of georgia where fulton county prosecutor fani willis has been considering potential criminal charges related to trump's efforts to overturn the results of the last election where fani willis has told law enforcement in georgia to be ready for,
trump himself for those actions. now, the reason we are learning this is because district attorney fani willis sent letters to several members of local law enforcement in georgia, essentially alerting them that they may have a security concern. this coming in what is called the courts fourth quarter in fulton county, georgia, that would be specifically july 11th to september 1st of this year. so, that's when those indictments could be announced. willis writes in her letter, i am providing this letter to bring to your attention the need for heightened security and preparedness in the coming months due to this pending announcement. she specifically talked about the criminal investigation into interference in the georgia 2020 general election. she also writes open source intelligence has indicated the announcement of decisions in this case may provoke a significant public reaction, and then she signals that there are acts of violence that have taken place that would be outside first amendment protests that would be
"the atlanta journal constitution" says, "the developments in new york could serve as a dry run for what may unfold in atlanta potentially later this spring, and they might take some heat off d.a. bonny willis in the short term in assembling what could be a conspiracy case." greg and glen are both msnbc contributors. greg, take us through your reporting. >> well, look, fulton county d.a.'s office, willis, and law enforcement in georgia are closely watching the developments out of manhattan, potential protests, political fallout, political leaders facing fallout. this could be a dry run for what could happen in georgia if bonnie willis goes forward, what could be more expansive charges against donald trump and his inner circle and could also
playing with right now. i mean, right now we have republicans in the state legislature in georgia passing themselves a new law by which they empower themselves to remove prosecutors in the middle of cases that the republicans don't like. georgia republicans have passed legislation to undo the independence of law enforcement in georgia. if that's what it takes to prevent the law being enforced against their leader. today trump's lawyers in georgia filed a motion to have the prosecutor who is leading the investigation into trump, they filed a motion to have her removed from that case while the bill that will allow republicans in the state legislature to remove her from the case is on the way to that republican governor's desk. i mean, what do they think is going to be the outcome there in georgia if they do, this right? they want to set a new standard. as long as there are republicans controlling the state legislature there, prosecutors in georgia can only bring
independence of law enforcement in georgia, if that's what it takes to prevent the law being enforced against their leader. today trump's lawyers in georgia filed a motion to have the prosecutor who is leading the investigation into trump, they filed a motion to have her at removed from that case while the bill that will allow republicans in the state legislature to remove her from the case is on its way to that republican governor's desk.to i mean, what do they think is going to be the outcome there ih georgia if they do this, right? they want to set a new standard. as long as there are republicans controlling the state legislature there, prosecutors in georgia can only bring e criminal charges against democrats and not republicans, because if you bring them against republicans, the republicans in the state legislature will take you out of your job.s is that what they're trying to set up? is that how they think things ought to work in georgia in?