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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 from publicly discussing sensitive evidence in the election interference case. Today on cnn we hear...

Fraudster asking a victim or attempted victim whether or not they'd like to invest in a fraudulent investment. the mere fact that it's a question does not transform that into first amendment protected speech. it's very well settled by the courts that lots of crimes involve talking to people. the mere fact that you're doing that doesn't mean that you're entitled to first amendment protection. >> yeah, and the former attorney general bill barr undermined that first amendment case defense. he told cnn trump knew he lost the election. we've heard that from other sources. i heard that from sources ...

That's what's important, and that is what she remembers. she remembers a lot of detail. it is worth noting that what they're trying to pick party here is inconsequential. >> they've tried to turn it into an i.d. case. she's 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 she's also explained in a very credible and interesting way about how when you're the victim, you remember certain the most traumatic parts. i thought when she said in her testimony that was most searing was the laughter. i thought, i mean ha...

Personally authorize this. they may liken it to the irs allegations. when the irs made some mistakes, that doesn't mean the president is responsible for all of it. how does that play in that line? >> you're 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 didn't know about it. sure, okay. we'll give you the benefit of the doubt. this is a guy whose brand is he's the tough leader, he takes ultimate responsibility for things. he had no idea this was going on? it's completely possible that he didn't ...