The Special Counsel charges donald trump with conspireing to shatter the american experiment. The ha 45page indictment nar tat rates a plot to stay in power after losing an election. And it does so with some new evidence, including realtime notes from then Vice President mike pence. The politics, the third Trump Indictment slipped the field into familiar camps. The charges will also test joe bidens resolve to do what is sometimes unnatural. Stay quiet. The consequences, how the prosecution plays out in court may determine the future of both donald trump and american democracy. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Tomorrow a court date for the former president here in washington. Today the country gets a line by line look at The Plot Against America and the alleged crimes of donald trump. Central to the indictment is the Special Counsels assertion that trump knew that he lost the election and pushed lies to stay in office any way. Describe d in the indictment
We are following the money. And republican candidates are getting ready to the debate stage, where the frontrunner might not even show up. As if he 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. Good evening once again. I am stephanie ruhle. Donald j trump is already facing serious legal trouble on multiple fronts, but he may soon be fighting a whole new battle, as other criminal investigations move closer to the possible indictment phase. There are signs that special counsel jack smith and georgia Prosecutor Fani Willis could be closing in on charges relating to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Today, trump posted this about smith, quote, i assume that an indictment will be coming out any day now. And while campaigning this weekend, he escalated his false claim, also known as a lie, and that any potential charges against him would be politically motivated. They waited two and a half, almost three years, so that they could bring them right in the middle of my president ial electio
Investigation. Also tonight, dramatic video captures a Brazen Ukraine drone attack on a major Russian Naval base leaving a kremlin warship badly damaged as it was towed from the black sea. And olympic gold medallist simone biles returns to the spotlight. The gymnastics star attempting to make a comeback this weekend, two years after taking a Mental Health break. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. We begin with donald trump entering two not guilty pleas within 24 hours. The former president of the United States just filed his response to additional charges in the classified Documents Case aday after historic spectacle of his january 6 arraignment here in washington. Cnns senior crime and justice reporter Katelyn Polantz is following this for us. Remind us what the additional maralago charges are all about. Well, those are charges we do know about because donald trump was hit with them about a week ago.
Respond to the dojs request for protective order. D. C. Judge says, mondays deadline stands. Earlier today, trumps team had asked for three more days to respond. Again, the judge just denied that request. The doj, filing includes trumps ominous truth social post last night that read, quote, if you go after me, i am coming after you. Trump also called Special Counsel jack smith a, quote, Deranged Human Being and a gop dinner in alabama. If the judge does grant the protective order, trump wont be allowed to share testimony or any other Trial Materials with the public. This comes as one of the top witnesses against trump is already being harassed. Former Vice President , mike pence. In new hampshire, heckled with names like traitor, just days after the doj revealed he took careful notes on trumps coup attempt. You didnt uphold the constitution. You committed treason. You committed treason you committed treason hey pence on the fence. Rolling stone reports, the attacks on pence are even mo
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