News. Jack smith is accusing the former president of making daily statements that could prejudice future jurors in the january 6th case. Also, new polling and Chris Christies reaction to it showing the frontrunner donald trump pulling away from the republican pack even farther, and the vast majority of Republican Voters seemingly okay with him, even if convicted of federal crimes. And later, stunning new claims about the Alex Murdaugh murder trial and whether they could lead to a retrial. Plus, exclusive video from inside a syrian Childrens Hospital that isis used as a torture center. Video thats now in the hands of War Crimes Investigators. Good evening. We begin tonight with Breaking News wrapped in a mystery. A lateday court filing from special counsel jack smith from the Subversion Case. In it, he accuses the former president of making, quote, daily extra president ial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury. Largely under seal at the moment, we dont know specifically what smith is referring to. We do know this isnt all he is focused on at the moment. There is also exclusive cnn reporting tonight from Paula Reid That Smith is a looking into Sidney Powell, her fundraising and its role on Voting Machine Breaches in four states. As you know, she is one of 19 defendants in georgia. All of whom have waived arraignment and are entering not guilty please. Tomorrow she and Kenneth Chesebro have a hearing to sever their cases from the other 1. Mark meadows is waiting for a judge to rule on his request to be tried in federal court. Now there is also a reminder of the high price to be paid for actions by some on january 6th tonight. Enrique tarrio, leader of the socalled proud boys drawing a 22year sentence for his role on the attack in congress. Thats the longest sentence so far. So we have a busy post labor day tonight. Cnns paula reid starts us off. What more do we know about this court filing from jack smith . Anderson, we dont know very much at all because this entire dispute, whatever its about, is happening under seal. And this comment about the former president s statements possibly prejudicing a jury for the Election Interference Trial is just one piece of a comment they made about this larger dispute. And there is currently a dispute about whether that dispute will become public. So it could be a while before we get more contacts. But were seeing this as weve learned what exactly smith and his team have been up to in the weeks they filed that indictment against former president trump, related to election interference. Weve learned that they have asked multiple witnesses specifically about Sidney Powell. She is, of course, the trump aligned lawyer who pushed a lot of these election lies and was actively involved in efforts to overturn the election. Now of course trump was the only person indicted so far by the special counsel. But in the federal indictment, they did list a description of six coconspirators. We learned that powell is one of those coconspirators. And anderson, specifically, theyve been asking witnesses about whether powell ever showed them evidence of her Conspiracy Theories and claims. Theyve been asking about her nonprofit, defending the republic and how it used money that it raised off of election lies to fund a Forensic Team that was able to breach Voting Machines in four state. Its unclear if powell or anyone else will be charged, but anderson, its the First Insight weve gotten into what exactly the special counsel has been looking at since they filed that indictment. We also just saw her mug shot in georgia. What are we expecting at the hearing tomorrow in Fulton County . Well, this is huge, anderson, because this is one of the first times that people are going to be able to watch this on tv. There are going to be cameras expected to be in the courtroom tomorrow because this is a state case. And youll have the opportunity to watch the judge weigh in on some really Critical Issues here, including scheduling and the larger question of whether this case should be broken up into smaller cases. The district attorney, fani willis, has been asked by the judge to come with a good faith estimate about just how long its going to take her to try a case with 19 defendants. We know several of these individuals have already asked to separate or sever their case from the herd in the hope of getting to trial faster. She is also going to have to explain to the judge what would happen if this was divided up into several smaller trials. So anderson, i think it is a fascinating opportunity for people to watch this process play out. As you know, not all Court Systems are this transparent, especially the federal system, where trump currently faces two trials. There are no cameras allowed in the courtrooms. Paula reid, thanks. Appreciate it. Were expecting to hear from elie honig and karen magniolo. We dont know about the filing by jack smith. But jack smith complaining about comments made by the former president that would prejudice a jury. He is a president ial candidate. There has to be kind of a wide latitude on this, doesnt there . There is certainly a lot he can talk about, but he doesnt have to talk about the facts of this particular case. And i think thats the concern. Hes not just answering questions from reporters, which he could be allowed to do. He is engaging in this barrage of truth social videos that he is posting where he is going on and on and on, putting his side of the story out there. In one hand he is trying his case in the court of public opinion, but trying to seek delays because he doesnt seem to want to try the case in court in front of an actual jury. Things that wont be admissible at trial are things that he is trying to get out there now to prejudice the jury pool in his favor. This is a dilemma for prosecutors. Im trying to picture what i would do in their scenario. On the one hand, youre right there. Is no realistic way prosecutors are going to say to the judge lock up this president ial candidate because of a bail violation. On the other hand, in a normal case, if you had somebody committing every day violations as the prosecutors have said here, you would immediately go to the judge and say we need to lock this person up. So it sounds to me there is a lot we dont know. It sounds like theyre looking for some workable middle ground to get some handle on his public statements. A lot of this is under seal. Any idea what it could be about . Im speculating here, but based on my own experience, that theyre asking the judge to either bring donald trump in and give him a talking to, what good that will do, who knows, or perhaps to impose some other bail restrictions short of locking him up. Perhaps in some cases, you could put restrictions on a persons movements. Why have to report in to a precile services officer. Look, he is running for president. I know. This is such uncharted territory. Exactly. Thats why this is a difficult spot for prosecutors. You cant let it go and do nothing, but you cant lock them up realistically. Theyre looking for some middle ground. Lets talk about the hearing in georgia. Were going to get a glimpse for the first time. A lot of questions about his level of experience, his ability to wrangle 19 defendants, some of whom are now pushing for a speedy trial. What are you expecting . I think he wants to get a realistic view from fani willis, just from her perspective, her case, how many witnesses she has, how long she thinks it will take to put her case in. The big wild card we dont know about, though, with 19 defendants and 19 lawyers, there is an opportunity for 19 crossexaminations, 19 opening statements, 19 summations. It will drag the case out much longer, but i think he really wants to know realistically how long is her case. I mean, it is a 98page indictment with many dozens of charges and over 160 overt acts in the conspiracy. So its a big case. Its a big monster of a case. So right now you have theyre not all united still. You have Sidney Powell and chesebro looking to break off. Yeah, and you have mark meadows trying to get over into federal court. Look, fani willis took a big bite here, and now she has to deal with it. We are not going to have one trial of 19 defendants that is physically impossible. The Supreme Court does not look fondly on what they call mega trials like that because everyone does have some right to an individualized finding of their guilt or nonguilt. So the judge is going to have to decide how to break this up. Judges have very wide discretion. This judge could put in for 19 separate trials. I dont think thats going happen. The judge is going have to to look for groups. One thing we know, there is going to be an early group, and a much, much later second. Those invoking a speedy trial, that is kind of throwing the gauntlet down to fani willis, Put Up Or Shut up, can you do this . Absolutely. And the Georgia Speedy Trial Act is much, much stricter than new york or other states. She has to be ready before she has to have a jury sat, a full jury sat before the end of the second court term, which is early november for her. So she asked for october 23rd, giving herself enough time to get 12 jurors in the box and alternates. They were doing a big rico case with some rappers and were having a hard time. Eight months thats been going on. Why does it take eight months to get a jury . It can take a long time. And this one is going to take i think a significant amount of time to get a jury, because you have to have the whole point is fair and impartial jurors. Thats why there is such concern about poisoning a jury pool, because youre going ask each person how much do you know . How much have you seen . Are you can you be fair and impartial . And the more that its talked about, the more information thats out there, the harder its going to be to find people who can just look at the evidence thats right in front of them, who havent made up their mind already, who arent antitrump or protrump. You know, you really need somebody who is just going to look at the evidence. Does it seem already that mark meadows is pointing the finger at the former president . Oh, for sure. He had a hearing in which his attorney was pointing out the limited role mark meadows had in the phone call with raffensperger. A big part of the argument is i was doing what chief of staffs do, which is they carry out the will and instructions of the president. His attorney they did admit that a number of his activities were not were political in nature. Yes. Thats why it was such a risk for him i think to take the stand. Were in sort of unknown legal territory here. If what youre doing is within your job as a federal official, you are entitled to go federal court. If its outside, you are not. But the scenario we have here, it looks like the judge based on his request for more briefing, what if some is inside and some is outside . The answer is we dont know. Were going to find out any day now. Yes, mark meadows did make some really damaging admissions when he took the stand the other day. If mark meadows cant get his case moved to federal court, does anyone else have a better shot . I think he probably has the best shot. Trump also i think has a decent shot. But i think of all the other defendants, he probably has the best shot. And the Open Question is lets say he gets removed. Does the whole case get removed . And the law is unclear there. Would he just be removed or would the rest of the defendants be removed . It will be interesting to see how the judge rules on that and whether it gets removed. When mark meadows took the stand, he admitted to other crime him saying i want to be removed, saying i was just doing my job, i think inadvertently admitted to other crimes known as the hatch act. Because youre not allowed to mix your day job with politics and political activities. So it was a big risk, but he is hoping to get immunity. There is a lot of that mixing, though, during the administration. A lot of gray area. Appreciate it. 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Schedule a free consultation. In light of thes Breaking News in connection with jack smiths election Subversion Case against the former president , there is new cnn polling on how little impact even a conviction would have on Republican Voters. They and republicanleaning voters were asked if the charges were true, would it disqualify the former president for them from becoming president again. 68 say no, they are not relevant to his fitness for job, which presents a real challenge as our polling also shows any challenge on any basis the former president leads his closest rival ron desantis nationally by 52 to 18 . All the others in Single Digits or less. This of course a National Poll and the primarys run state by state. Joining me now former new jersey governor chris christie. How do you reconcile that 68 of republicans say two in three say yeah, even if he is convicted, that doesnt disqualify him from being president . I think the distinction a lot of these voters are making, and ive heard this on the Campaign Trail is that they believe that the charges were politically motivated. Right. But a lot of those 68 i suspect dont approve of the conduct. And i think thats where the difference is ultimately going to be made here, is that people have differing opinions about whether the Justice Department has approached this in a way that is fair or unfair to donald trump. And the Hunter Biden Case plays into that as well. But when i ask people to pull back the underlying conduct, is that what they want from the president of the United States, a goo majority of those people say no. So i think thats where the distinction will be. Maybe they can start to ask the question a little differently. In this cnn poll national, the president has gained since june in this poll, youve lost support since then. I know you say these National Polls are essentially useless at this point. They are. You look at New Hampshire. What do you see when youre in New Hampshire . What do you see . The latest poll in New Hampshire has trump at 34, not at 52. Has me at 14, not at 2. And that means 66 of the people polled in New Hampshire dont want to support donald trump. Your argument when we talked last time was that if a dam breaks in iowa or New Hampshire, then thats it. If somebody else wins in either of those states, then the dam will break elsewhere. What evidence do you have that thats the case, that somebody . South carolina is going to Pay Attention to what somebody in iowa and New Hampshire think . A lot of people say theyre for trump now because he is winning. Well, okay, if its inevitable, ill be with him because i dont like biden. The minute someone else is feasible, is plausible, and by winning, either the caucuses in iowa or the primary in New Hampshire, youre more than feasible or possible. Youre now someone who has defeated donald trump. That becomes a whole different story. And i would say to you too, remember that in a place like New Hampshire, and i saw jeff zelenys setup piece for this. You know, at the end, these folks are looking at this, and there is a big divide between men and women on this issue too. And im seeing a large number, probably twothirds to onethird at my town Hall Meetings women to men. I think women in much larger numbers have abandoned him. And if you look at that poll that came out, the wall street journal poll, 62 of independents