Today on inside politics, more problems, more money. Donald trumps donors foot an enormous legal bill and the trump coconspirator accused of trying to destroy evidence for the boss sees the inside of a federal court. The polls. All of them. All for donald trump. Republican voters fall in line behind the frontrunner as ron desantis reasons for running appear to fall flat. And the president corrects how he counts. Joe biden acknowledges his Seventh Grandchild for the first time and now he hopes it returns to being a private matter. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Up first, Saving America or saving his skin. Today we see on paper how much money from donors donald trump spent on legal bills. Sources put that number north of 40 million for his own defense and the defense of those who are sticking with him. This morning, cnn cameras captured the glimpse of one of those individuals Carlos De Oliveira, the man federal prosecutors say schemed with mr. Trump and w
Voting machines. Bornean. Top of the hour this friday morning. So glad youre with us on ccnn this morning. What a week it has been. And so much more to come. Thats exactly right. This is going to be a very intense, very consequential months, years. Many years. Sawyer, dejected, defiant. Donald trumps mood, State Of Mind after his third arraignment in four months. Trump, for his part, proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. And indianas neartotal abortion ban appears to be underway. Some clinics in the state have already stopped taking appointments, forcing women to seek outofstate options. We will talk to illinois governor j. B. Pritzker. Also, the jops report, we will get an example of the economy in general after a pretty shaky week for u. S. Markets. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Heres where we begin this morning. Former President Trump back in new jersey after pleading not guilty to his arraignment in the past
Former President Trump now making his way back to his golf club in new jersey. Earlier pleading not guilty to four criminal counts tied to alleges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election. And that courthouse where he was is symbolically so crucial. Just blocks from where Trump Supporters stormed the capitol on january 6th. An insurrection fueled by what the indictment calls trumps pervasive lies and election fraud. Todays 27minute hearing marks his third arraignment in just four months. Our reporter in the courtroom said trump appeared angry, his hands collapsed as he stared straight ahead. Were also told he had what appeared to be some heated conversations with his attorney, todd blanch. The judge also sitting, setting the next hearing for august 28th. Which is just days after the first republican primary debate. And wolf, trump responding to todays hearing speaking briefly to reporters. He railed against the judge. In the hearing. When you look at whats happening, this is a p
Meeting at this moment, The Grand Jury investigating donald trump for the events surrounding january 6th. The former president says that he is assuming that he will be indicted again. Could we hear a decision from that grand jury today . We are getting new video from the front lines showing ukrainian counter offensive just as the russian officials are making changes to stop ukrainian drones after a new drone strike on moscow overnight. Photos showing the boxes piled up inside of the man accused of being the gilgo beach Serial Killer, and the look into the life of the man due in court today, and we are also hearing from the soontobe exwife. Im sara sidner with john berman, and all of that is coming up right now on cnn news central. It could be as soon as today, the twice impeached and twice arrested former president of the United States could be indicted for a third time. The federal grand jury investigating Donald Trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 Election Results is meeting right th
Investigation looked into the efforts by the former president and his allies to subvert Election Results in seven states in which President Biden won in 2020. One state is georgia, where biden had a win in 2020 british trump refused to accept the result and he and his allies engaged in a number of plots to overturn bidens win. Some of these actions were so aggressive they drew attention of the Fulton County District Attorney, who launched her own program 2021. A grand jury has been convened and the former president could face more indictments in the weeks to come. What exactly did trump and his allies do in georgia . What charges they face. We will lay out the entire investigation and piece together what we know about the campaigns, trumps private calls , a major data breach and the plot to subvert the electoral college. Reporter prosecutors in georgia have open a criminal investigation. Reporter investigation into former President Trump because it is generally phone call to the georgi