john king here in for anderson tonight. thanks for your time. the deal that might have been. some breaking news, new reporting of a trump attorney who wanted to try to settle with the justice department, and keep his client from facing charges. the catch, his client. also tonight, cnn gets frontline access to ukrainian special forces. on the hunt for russian commanders, to corner and kill. and later, a father a speaking out about nearly using his children and their remarkable story of surviving 40 days in the colombian jungle. but we begin with the new reporting on what you might call the exit ramp not taken by the former president. one that might have kept him off his current road to trial in the documents case. it just hits the washington post, quoting one of donald trump s new attorney s proposed an idea in the fall of 2022. the former presidents team could try to arrange a settlement with the justice department. just aussie of the post shares the byline on that story. h
now. idout. all tonight on all in. epstein hung out with some of the most well connected people on earth. the republican front runner and the jeffrey epstein docks. she said she was once flying on epstein s plane and a maiden and planned stock in atlantic city because jeffrey said, great, we re gonna call up trump. tonight, new unsealed documents and what we already know about donald trump and jeffrey epstein. i do not think it is right and fair for this administration s labor department to have epstein as the focus. then, move over hunter biden. ever been any occupations that trump got paid by china? brand-new accusations that trump got paid by china while he was president. congressman jamie raskin joins me live with his new bombshell report. plus, the biden campaign drops their first app. all of us are being asked right now, what will we do to maintain our democracy? can the call to save democracy breakthrough margaret propaganda? when all in starts,
tuesday. we ve got all the details and what to expect and what to watch for this week. plus we will dive deep into the question of why, why was donald trump so hell-bent on holding on to these documents? alaska former deputy national security adviser been rose that question. also tonight, how concerned is the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee about trump s reckless handling of our national security secrets? congressman jim hines joins me in just a few minutes. and later, a dividing line is forming between trump s republican opponents when it comes to the messaging around this indictment. a couple are calling him out but most sound more like his defense team than his rivals for the nomination. we on tuesday donald trump will be arraigned for the second time in three months. this time at a federal courthouse in miami you will be facing 37 federal criminal counts then include willful retention of national defense information and conspiracy to obstruct justic
on social media and exactly the way you might expect. i warn you, some of this stuff would make even the grinch blush. hello little girl. on christmas day, the former president posting a message that was just a big old lump of coal and americas stalking, writing, merry christmas to all. but going on to call special counsel jack smith and out of control lunatic, calling his opponents dogs, and wrapping it all up but wish, and i m quoting here, might they brought in merry christmas. unquote. there are lots of ways to wish america merry christmas. phillies nevada, seasons greetings, happy holidays, merry christmas. but might they brought in is not exactly a phrase you want to see on a card, not that i ve got my cards out yet, but here is to february. it s obvious what s gotten thought former president so worked up. he s got 91 felony counts and any one of them could potentially lend him behind bars. at this point, it s anybody s guess which of all those legal cases will
. howard: two weeks before the iowa caucuses in the republican primary has a new opponent from the ranks of those who say their defending democracy a single main democrat, secretary of state sh shanna bellows has knod donald trump off the ballot, one person a lifelong liberal a joe biden supporter following the lead of colorado supreme court in invoking the 14th amendment in declaring the former president and eligible. that would take the decision out of the voters hands and is an absolute media bombshell. when we look at iowa it s worth noting that very conservative republicans have one the complicated caucuses in the past, mike huckabee in 2008, rick santorum, 2012, takers 2016 and gone on to lose, the media s intense focus on iowa always gives the winner a boost, we ve never seen numbers like this with the fox business pull pain donald trump of 52%, ron desantis the 18%, nikki haley at 16% in iowa that s what we call a blowout, truck made a video urging iowa supporters to