A very good day to all of you from the Tom Brokaw News Center here in los angeles. Welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. Developing this hour, donald trump and his 18 codefendants now have six days to surrender at the Fulton County courthouse in georgia, on racketeering and conspiracy charges. Three senior Law Enforcement officials tell nbc news, they are anticipating the former president will turn himself in at the atlanta jail, no earlier than thursday, but they stressed nothing is yet officially it. Democratic what congressman, eric swalwell, gave msnbc his assessment of what happens next for the former president. Here it is. Donald trump is going to get a Justice System that hes never been willing to afford to others. He always wants to try and convict people in the public square, without giving them any due process. Hes gonna get all the due process, hes gonna get every protection under law, and whatever happens to donald trump, it is going to come from his peers. And thats why
Behavior and the stakes. It was a bracing message. He will be treated like any other defendant. Trump did not attend the hearing in washington today, and thats fine. You can have these kind of hearings among lawyers. His defense team entered this morning. We saw that, tracked that. Hearing about what, in other cases, might be a more routine matter. What are the rules of evidence before you go to trial . How can it be discussed . So this is basically the framework, ground rules, you may have heard the reference to a protective order. Now judge chutkan rejected Donald Trumps request to speak in broader general terms about some of that evidence. Hell be restricted from publicly discussing the sensitive materials. The ruling came out late today. The judge says if Defendant Trump receives sensitive materials has part of this case, meaning stuff he might not otherwise get but for being a criminal defendant, his lawyers may not allow Defendant Trump to write down any personally identifying in
The legal tapper starts right now donald trump might get yet another delay in yet another one of his many criminal trials, the lead starts right now moments ago, the prosecutor in the new york Hush Money Case said hed be okay with it. 30 day delay. This as the former president spent the day in the florida courtroom, his lawyers arguing broad leeway under the president ial records act as a reason to throw out the case. The judge in that case expressing skepticism will explain all of it to you coming up in rodgers response, nfl quarterback Aaron Rodgers with a new post on twitter today. Kind of alluding to the Exclusive Reporting we broke here on the lead yesterday, that he had privately shared with the least two people we know of deranged Conspiracy Theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting not being real plus space success with a major mishap, the massive Spacex Starship rocket. Thats part of nasas plans to get back to the moon. While that goes farther and faster than ever bef
Stephanie ruhle. As Donald Trumps legal problems continue to grow, democrats are making a big push for transparency. More than three dozen House Democrats called for cameras in the courtroom during the doj cases against trump. Its something that trumps own attorney was asking for just a few weeks ago. The first thing we would ask for is lets have cameras in the courtroom, so all americans can see what is happening in our Criminal Justice system. And i would hope the department of justice would join in that effort so that we take the curtain away and all americans get to see what is happening. Earlier today, our friend near called deal laid out the importance of having those cameras in the air is. Why dont underestimate dawns ability to try tostay stuff outside of court to his party, lawyers, and so many others, all of which can undermine decorum anyway. The best check on that, and this is something that one of our greatest justices sunlight is the best disinfectant. Let the American Pe
Effort so that we take the curtain away and all americans get to see what is happening. Earlier today, our friend near called deal laid out the importance of having those cameras in the air is. Why dont underestimate dawns ability to try to stay stuff outside of court to his party, lawyers, and so many others, all of which can undermine decorum anyway. The best check on that, and this is something that one of our greatest justices sunlight is the best disinfectant. Let the American People see this trial for themselves, day in and day out, and make their own determinations. We shouldnt be relegated to secondhand descriptions of some Courtroom Sketches of what is going on in that courtroom. Meanwhile, the former president launched a threatening post on his social media site earlier today, writing this. If you go after me, im coming after you just a few hours later, prosecutors proposed a Detective Order citing that very truth social post. They are asking the judge to stop trump from just