In the latest developments surrounding former US President Donald Trump's legal battles, a judge has rejected Trump's request to access records from the congressional investigation into the US Capitol attack. In a decision on Monday, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington denied Donald Trump's request to obtain records from the Democratic-led House of Representatives probe into the January 6th attack. The former president argued that these records could be crucial for his defence against charges related to election interference. However, Judge Chutkan found Trump's justifications lacking.
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00:00 In the latest development surrounding former US President Donald Trump's legal battles,
00:05 a judge has rejected Trump's request to access records from the congressional investigation
00:10 into the US Capitol attack.
00:13 In a decision on Monday, US District Judge Tanya Chutkin in Washington denied Donald
00:18 Trump's request to obtain records from the Democratic-led House of Representatives probe
00:23 into the January 6 attack.
00:25 The former president argued that these records could be crucial for his defense against charges
00:30 related to election interference.
00:32 However, Judge Chutkin found Trump's justifications lacking.
00:36 Trump had sought to subpoena materials that his legal team claimed were missing from the
00:41 House investigation, including transcripts and video recordings of interviews with law
00:46 enforcement officials.
00:48 The judge ruled that prosecutors had already provided Trump with written transcripts and
00:53 that his attorneys failed to demonstrate how video footage of the same conversations would
00:58 be relevant to his defense.
01:00 Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges of illegally attempting to overturn his defeat
01:05 in the 2020 election.
01:07 This case, led by special counsel Jack Smith, is one of four criminal cases facing the former
01:12 president, who is considered the front-runner for the Republican nomination in 2024.
01:17 Meanwhile, in a separate legal development, special counsel Jack Smith's team has made
01:23 public new information about a January search warrant issued to Twitter, now known as X,
01:28 for information on Trump's account.
01:30 Following a separate court ruling, prosecutors revealed details about the warrant issued
01:34 to Twitter seeking information on all electronic devices that accessed Trump's account between
01:40 October 2020 and January 2021.
01:44 The warrant also aimed to uncover the content of direct messages sent and received from
01:49 the account.
01:50 Trump's Twitter account was suspended after the 2021 Capitol riot by his supporters, but
01:55 the suspension was lifted in November 2022 after the platform was taken over by CEO Elon
02:01 Musk.
02:02 Prosecutors successfully convinced a judge to prevent Twitter from informing Trump about
02:06 the warrant, a move that the social media company opposed.
02:10 In another development, Trump is set to testify for a second time in his ongoing civil fraud
02:15 trial in New York on December 11.
02:18 On Monday, Trump's lawyers announced that he is scheduled to testify for the second
02:22 time in his civil fraud trial in New York.
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