Now in a usual case, an indictment would be returned to a Magistrate Judge in a sealed hearing. It would remain under seal until arrest. But jake, again, we dont know if there is an indictment here. But if there is, its unclear if theyre going to follow the usual script, because this case is of course completely unprecedented. We got a little preview, though, in the maralago indictment. What happened there is the former president , youll probably remember, he broke the news On Truth Social, and then there was several days before we got the details of the case. The Special Counsel got a lot of feedback on handling it that way, allowing the former president to fill the void, not giving people information and the facts in an indictment, particularly in a case of this kind of historic significance. So it will be interesting to see today if, if there is an indictment, how they handle it. If it will be unsealed immediately when the former president will be notified. As you noted, it appears
at contra costa college. start today at contracosta.edu the plan would have made donald trump the presumptive nominee for the gop. tonight, on laura coates live. news, sorry. good now? great. news today has been stunning. that republican national committee was considering, i mean, seriously considering a resolution that would declare donald trump the presumptive nominee. and just like that, after we ve only heard from, remember, it s only been two states. we do have 50, and territories of course. in essence, that would be in iowa, new hampshire would get to decide who is nominee. leaving everybody else, even those who plotted to vote, totally out of luck. the whole thing blew up in their faces. trump ally and rnc committee member david rossi withdrawing the resolution tonight. but here s the thing. a source tells cnn the trump campaign had initially backed the idea. and the former president himself was, well, on board. not surprisingly. all of us often, he changed his
tonight on laura coates live. news today has been stunning. the republican national committee was considering, i mean seriously considering a resolution that would declare donald trump the presumptive nominee. and just like that, after we have only heard from, remember, it has only been two states. we do have 50. and territories of course. so in essence, that would mean that iowa, new hampshire, would get to decide who is the nominee. leaving everybody else, even those who wanted to vote, totally out of luck. until the whole thing blew up in their faces. trump ally david bosse withdrawing the resolution tonight. a source tells cnn the trump campaign had initially backed the idea. and the former president himself was, well, on board. not surprisingly. then all of a sudden he changed his tune when the backlash began. posting on social media tonight they should quote do it old fashioned way and finish the process off at the ballot box. all caps of course. even captain obvious wo
called a january 6th rioter. plus, what new text messages from mark meadows reveal, and why a former congressman pressed the january 6th committee to press the wife of a supreme court justice. ten straight days of protest in iran for a woman killed over a hijab. now the regime is out with its own crowds pushing a different narrative. welcome to the lead i m kasie hunt in for jake tapper. we start with politics lead, we are less than 48 hours away from the next public january 6th committee hearing. cnn is learning about text messages from then trump chaief of staff mark meadows linking the white house with a pro trump operative who was trying to seize voting machines. we re going to have more on this exchange in just a moment. we re also learning about new links between the white house and a rioter on january 6th. denver riggleman who was an adviser to the january 6th committee is telling cbs 60 minutes. riggleman will join us on the lead in a moment. cnn s sara murr
category two hurricane, quicklyin tensefying as it gets closer to florida. residents of tampa area are preparing for the worst as warnings about ian grow more dire. and nasa will deliberately slam a spacecraft into an asteroid soon in a historic test of earth s defensing. we re getting the first live image this is lauer. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off tonight, i m alex marquardt in the situation room. we begin with all of krvn exclusive new reporting on the january 6 investigation including the new revelations about mark meadow s communications. cnn political correspondent sara murray has our report. reporter: as donald trump and his allies made a final push to overturn the 2020 election. there is still plenty of time to certify the correct winner. reporter: retired army colonel phil wald ron. the core of these voefting systems are rife with vulnerables. reporter: communicated with then white house chief o