town of soledar. why the major shakeup? plus, resign. more republicans tonight calling for congressman george santos to step down after he lied about his resume. but mccarthy won t show him the door. republican governor chris sununu is outfront. is trump about to get back on facebook? how the company is making this decision. it is a story you ll see first here tonight outfront. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, putin s mysterious shakeup. the russian president suddenly putting in a new general to oversee his war in ukraine. and there is a huge question tonight which is why what is this all about? because it comes as russia claims its forces are on the verge of seizing the town of soledar. cnn is there, has heard the heavy artillery fire. we re going to show you in just a moment. it is artillery fire that has decimated an entire town. these are new before and after pictures just into our field team on the ground. here you ca
leaders now in his own district in his own party are trying to. they want him out. so does the new york state party chairman. we re talking about george santos from new york who lied about nearly all aspects of his life to help get himself el elected. late today brandon williams joined the call for him to quit. as for santos he says he s not going anywhere. will you resign? i will not. i need a little space here. new york republicans are calling you a disgrace. you will not resign? now, of course, who knows if that s true. almost nothing he has said about his life and career has been so far. this is the same george santos who said he worked at goldman sachs which was a lie who said he worked at citigroup which he didn t meaning that too was a lie, same george santos who lied about the high school he went to in new york and the college he said he graduated from. he said he got a degree in economics and finance, he didn t. he said he had been a star athlete. told me,
and nail gun who tried to break into an fbi field office today. investigators now looking into whether the suspect had ties to right wing extremism. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. tonight, countdown. there is a deadline on the table, 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. that s when a judge says he needs a response from president trump to the doj, so he can make a formal ruling on whether to make that search warrant of mar-a-lago public. it comes as attorney general merrick garland took the step today of speaking out. breaking his silence, saying that he signed off on the warrant to search trump s mar-a-lago home personally, and he s doing it by the book. now formally requesting a judge to make the search warrant and supporting documents used in the search of trump s mar-a-lago public. just now, the justice department filed a motion in the southern district of florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt, relating to a court approved search that the fbi condu
arizona. so who has the upper hand? let s go out front. and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, a victory for the rule of law. that s the words from the top two members of the january 6th select committee. after trump s long-time ally steve bannon was found guilty of contempt for refusing to appear before the committee. congressman bennie thompson and congresswoman liz cheney came out with a warning, for anyone else who tries to on strubt or stone wall their investigation, just as there must be accountability for all those responsible for the events of january 6th, anyone who obstructs our investigation into these matters should face consequences. no one is above the law. now bannon, i should note, is the first close aide to trump to be convicted as a result of investigations into the insurrection. he could face months if not a year in jail. after the verdict trump s former chief strategist lashed out at the committee. i only have one disappointment, and that
it is heavily redacted to protect sources, potential witnesses, as well as the ongoing investigation of not just the president but also, quoting the document now, all potential criminal confederates. that said, there is much it does reveal, starting with what investigators believe they would find beyond the 15 boxes that were returned to the government in january. quoting again, there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified ndi or that are presidential records subject to record retention requirements currently remain at the premises. we should note ndi stands for national defense information. the affidavit goes on to provide a preliminary assessment of what was in the january material. quoting again, 184 unique documents bearing classification markings, including 67 documents marked as confidential, 92 documents marked as secret, 25 documents marked as top secret. 25 top secret documents. just to put that in perspective, i want to read y