story. i m anderson cooper. the indictment of former president donald trump mark the first time in history a former president has faced criminal charges. this is now the second indictment for the former president, who was criminally charged by a manhattan grand jury in march on more than 30 counts of business fraud. now he s facing 37 federal charges relating to classified documents from his time in office that were uncovered by federal agents. a special counsel has been investigating this case since november of last year. he s pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. what makes the situation, though, even more extraordinary is that mr. trump is also the current front-runner in the republican party for the 2024 election, which means he could be taking on president joe biden while a special counsel appointed by the attorney general is working to convict him. trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. over the next hour, our pamela brown lays out everything we kno
walk the trump case, kickstarts it in head. john berman in here for anderson. plans we 60, how federal judge aileen cannon just got the documents case moving, and how one veteran prosecutor argues against casting judgment on her ability to be impartial for the man who appointed her. also another federal judge in another case against the president makes it official. e. jean carroll s defamation lawsuit goes to court just as primary season begins. plus, a cnn exclusive. we ll meet you queens drawn warriors as a 3d print machinery to send russian shells back where they came from with a bang. we begin with what came as a surprise to some. judge aileen cannon s first order in her new position overseen the documents case, a surprise because during her first encounter with it shortly after the search of mar-a-lago, she issued a ruling so untethered in case law and so favorable to the former president, a federal peels plan will panel overturned her in a decision that read more like a
hoberg, the tenth for bowin which ties him for the most spacewalks by an american astronaut. thank you so much for joining us. ac 360 starts now. a judge some feared might slow-walk the trump case kick starts it instead. john berman here in for anderson. tonight on 360, how federal judge aileen cannon just got the documents case moving, and why one veteran prosecutor now argues against casting judgment on her ability to be impartial toward the man who appointed her. also tonight, another federal judge in another case against the former president makes it official. e. jean carroll s defamation lawsuit goes to court just as primary season begins. plus, the cnn exclusive. you will meet ukraine s drone warriors as a 3-d print machinery to send russian shells where they came from with a bang. we begin with what came as a surprise to some, judge aileen cannon s first order in her new position overseeing the documents case. a surprise because during her first encounter w
in february, of 2021, joe biden had been president for less than a month. the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that, trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense, and let s understand, a high crime is a felony and misdemeanor is a misdemeanor. the words haven t changed that much overtime. after he s out of office, you go and arrest him. so there is no opportunity where the president of the united states can run rampant in january at the end of his term and just go away scot-free. the department of just
potentially multiple federal indictments. it s not a sure thing. i m like, oh, really, you really think biden can beat him? nothing s a sure thing. but it s also like if you re trying to get the least popular figure as your nominee, donald trump is definitely that. that s just what the data say. that is what the data says. all right, my friend, have a wonderful evening. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. if you are a republican running for president in 2024, there is one question that you know you are going to have to answer. what do you think of donald trump being indicted on federal criminal charges? and you would think at this point that anyone entering the race with the republican nomination would be prepared to answer that question, and you would be wrong. today miami mayor francis suarez announced he is joining the pack of candidates running for the republican nomination. he gave his first interview to good morning america, and that inter