Pass a specific decided for ive been appointed by numerous Justice Departments to investigate cases and prosecute them if necessary, where there might be a conflict of interests, Molar Being also another recent one elie, i just want you to explain to our viewers when i started reporting from the White House many years ago, there were independent counsel now there are Special Counsels. Whats the difference . Exactly right. So we had a law on the books of federal law from 1978 to 1999, creating the position of independent counsel. And we had a good number of them. The most famous or infamous one of those was Ken Starr in 1999, that law lapsed. It had a legislative sunset that was such backlash over the Clinton Impeachment that congress just said, lets let it die in its place in 1999, arose the current set of Special Counsel regulations. Under those regulations, weve seen robert muller, Jack Smith, robert hurr, david weiss, as kara noted, who has prosecuting Hunter Biden right now. And th
Now on cnn this morning, donald trump just days away from potentially having his prized properties seized if you cant come up with nearly half 1 billion plus the man donald trump labeled little marco, may now be on the shortlist to be his vice president. And baseballs biggest superstar, swindled shoheiohtani, firing his interpreter for allegedly Stealing Millions all right. 05 00 a. M. Here in the east alive. Look at New York City on this thursday morning. It is thursday, which means its almost friday morning. Everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us this morning. Donald trump running short on time and options as he scrambles to put up a halfbilliondollar bond in the new york civil fraud case that he lost if you cant pay the 464 million by monday, he could lose some of his most prized assets, like trump tower, 40 Wall Street if he does not have funds to pay off the judgment then we will seek Judgment Enforcement mechanisms in court and we will ask the judge to seize h
Self gives you credit for credit growth, build your credit bills, credit built savings, built dreams hey guys, the story of sin city. Sunday on cnn cnn good morning, you are live in the scene and newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. This morning, a monumental ruling drops in the Criminal Case against donald trump down in georgia a short time ago. As weve been reporting on cnn, the judge announced that Fulton County District Attorney fani willis is allowed to continue Prosecuting Trump and his allies and the Georgia Election subversion case. But the judge added that the Special Prosecutor in the case, nathan wade, who has had a relationship with willis must be removed for the case to continue the removal of willis and her team would have almost certainly delay the trial until after the president ial election, that is something trump desperately wants in this case and as other legal cases, Nick Valencia has had a busy morning. It continues to be busy outside the Fulton County courthous
Joining us. Seeing a news night with abby. Phillip starts now how monopoly explains Donald Trumps legal and financial peril thats tonight on news nine good evening. Im abby phillip in new york and tonight, Reality Crashes into how donald trump views his lifes work and the way that the world works. Donald trumps lawyers are admitting that their client cant make bond at a selfprofessed billionaire is not liquid enough to cover a 500 million penalty, is probably surprising to a huge number of his voters but trump has long treated new york real estate, his empire like a game of monopoly. Hes long acted like real money, real dollars are well, monopoly money in trumps world, he lives on boardwalk and park place. He buys and buys, and buys and borrows and borrows more and hopes that the game goes on just long enough that he makes back some of that money but right now, Letitia James is quite literally trying to collect to make trump pay what he owes for perpetrating a decadeslong fraud on the
Taiwan roc by its strongest earthquake in people trapped in a Highway Tunnels as aftershocks shake the island. And rare apology from israel after it strikes a convoy of food trucks in gaza, killing humanitarian aid workers. The military says it was an accident, but cnn and analysis is raising some serious concerns. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn newsome the prosecution is now laying into the judge in the Trump Classified documents case Special Counsel jack smith is Questioning Judge Aileen Cannon Understanding of the case in a new filing suggesting that shes tilting the case in Donald Trumps favor. Now, this isnt the first time that smith has taken issue with the trump appointed judges handling of the case . But this is his most bluntly worded pushed back, yet lets break it down with cnn, chief Legal Correspondent paula reid. Paula essentially, jack smith is arguing that judge cannon is totally disconnected from the facts of