hard evidence that shows donald trump and his top advisors knew of the correct declassification process while donald trump was president which flies in the face of what trump has claimed in the past. tonight the documents could be in the hands of the special counsel as we speak in a criminal probe. now, in just a moment we will try to get answers from trump s lawyer who will be joining me live. first, a look at the brand-new information gathered by our cnn team. their sources say there are 16 records that the national archives is handing over to jack smith. the records apparently indicate trump and his top advisors were made aware of the correct process to declassify material while trump was president undercutting claims like this one. i took what i took and gets declassified. they become automatically declassified when i took them. and also this claim. it doesn t have to be a process. you re the president of the united states, you can declassify just by saying it s dec
counsel as we speak in a criminal probe. now, in just a moment, we will try to get some answers from trump s lawyer who will be joining me live. but first, a look at the brand-new information gathered by our cnn team. their sources say that there are 16 records of the national archives and what they are handing over to jack smith. they apparently indicate trump and his top advisors were made aware of the correct process to declassify material while trump was president, undercutting claims like this one. i took what i took against declassified. they become automatically declassified when i took them. and also this claim. it doesn t have to be a process. you are the president of the united states, you can declassified just by saying it is declassified, even by thinking about it. we are told the archives informed trump about its discovery yesterday in a letter. cnn has obtained a copy. it says, i am quoting, the 16 records and questionable reflect communication involving
How much their Accident Case is worth. H barnes. T ouour juryry aorneneys hehelpou. Im scott mclean in kiev and this is cnn closed captioning brought to you by meso book. Com. You by meso book. Com. Tonight nor classified documents from bidens time as president found at a second lesion, his legal team discovered this batch during a search conducted after the Over Clad Docks were found back in november. Adding to the chaos and maybe the delight of some in washington, dc tonight. If you look down pennsylvania avenue, from the white house to congress, investigations are brewing. You can argue that some are absolutely warranted. You can argue some are absolutely not. But this is President Biden of new reality as he navigates the next two years with republicans controlling the house. I want to bring in former republican congressman joe walsh, cnn political commentator, and the Atlanta Journal constitution, look, biden does not have the smoothest of paths ahead of him, we can say that with a
Next. Tonight, a celebration of the First Amendment and the importance of a free press in the United States. Also, jokes, lots of jokes. All the most powerful people in washington except us all in the same room and about to be roasted by the president and a comedian. The white house Correspondents Dinner starts now. Members of the White House Correspondents association, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, here i am. F announcer fora time honore tradition bringing togethers washingtons people and powerful laughs. I invited luther, my anger translator, to join me here tonight. I mean, really. What is he saying . Tonight, roy wood jr. Takes aim at the politicians and President Biden himself will get in on the fun. I told my grandkids and Pete Buttigieg they could stay up late and watch this show tonight. From roasts. Donald trump has been saying he will run for president as a republican. I just assumed he was running as a joke. To jokes. Reality has a wellknown liberal bias. To mi
top of the hour here in the cnn newsroom. thanks for joining us. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. happening now, attorney general merrick garland on capitol hill to testify before the jen at judiciary committee for the first time here. you see senators cruz and holly. he is expected to be hit with a wide range of questions including allegations from republicans as they said that the justice department is being weaponized against conservatives as well as updates into investigations into trump and biden and we ll take you there live as it happens. the annual cpac conference happens today as we get new cnn reporting about what trump s allies are doing to get house republicans in his corner. for 2024, not all of them are there. sdwloo also ahead, closing arguments are expected to begin today in the double murder trial of disgraced former lawyer alex murdaugh. jurors in that case at the crime scene at this hour. we will take you live to south carolina. let s begin this hour with