this as one former wagner group commander flees to norway, and his lawyer is outfront tonight to tell his story for the first time. plus, just in to outfront, new details about the investigation into biden s classified documents. we now know more about who federal investigators have been speaking with about the case. and ron desantis launching a new charm offensive. he s trying to shed the notion that he s dry and reserved, those are the quotes. why now? let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, convicts on the front line. new audio into outfront of the chief of the brutal private russian army fighting on the front lines in ukraine, the wagner group. the chief yevgeny prigozhin s influence with putin has been surging. this is what prigozhin is now telling convicted criminals who have finished their tours of duty with him about staying out of prison. listen for yourself. translator: don t drink a lot, don t use drugs, and don t
outfront. we are learning that federal investigators have interviewed president biden s personal attorney who initially discovered classified documents at biden s former office in washington. sources telling cnn that patrick moore who found the documents as the office was being packed up is one of multiple people interviewed by the u.s. attorney s office in chicago during its initial review of the matter. paula reid has broken this news. i know you re also reporting about how investigator have handled this case so far. moore is a central figure in how this document discovery played out. specifically when it comes to his interview, we ve learned this is not the kind of formal interview where they generate what is called a 302. that is the formal memorialization of an interview. so this suggests this was a more informal conversation. but of course this wasn t a full-blown investigation. the u.s. attorney was conducting an initial review of how these classified documents were found in
they are responsible for the utter failure for the kleptocracy, for the corruption within the military that has caused a lack of training, a lack of soldier skills, and a defeat on the battlefield. so that competition between sh shoigu and gerasimov with the wagner group commander on the other side is just a fascinating thing from a professional military guy like me to watch because it s just a comedy of errors, and it shows how corrupt not just the military is but the entire russian governmental system. and that s why soldiers won t fight for this kind of action. it s just very difficult for a professional to explain what we re seeing, how bad the russian military, the russian government is as exhibited on the battlefield. general hertling, thank you very much, as always, for your perspective. , and next, just into outfront, cnn learning federal investigators have now interviewed biden s personal attorney who first discovered
co-conspirators, photos that were sent by penna. those images show him with one of the four suspected shooters who when arrested had a gun police say was used in one of the shootings. despite getting walloped by 48 percentage points, peña maintained a state house election was rigged. and amplified by former president donald trump. peña is an outspoken trump supporter, and just days after his loss, he tweeted, trump just announced for 2024, i stand with him. i never conceded my hd-14 race, now researching my options. just this month, tweeting he d fight the election, quote, until the day i die. peña is a convicted felon. he served nearly seven years for burglary and larceny. cnn has reached out to peña s campaign for comment. county commissioner adriann barboa s home was one of those targeted just hours she says after she was playing with her grandchild. she says peña visited her home uninvited after the election. he was saying that the