Defense lawyer in Ahmaud Arbery trial asks for Jesse Jackson to be removed from court

A defense lawyer for one of the three white men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, in their southern Georgia neighborhood unsuccessfully asked a Georgia judge to remove Rev. Jesse Jackson from the courtroom on Monday.

The request by Kevin Gough comes after his similarly unsuccessful attempt last week to get the court to prevent any more "Black pastors" attending the trial after Rev. Al Sharpton, another civil rights leader, was seen sitting with Arbery's parents in the court's public gallery.

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