trump s disgusting lies about january 6th, which really looked like this, with death and destruction in the halls of the u.s. capitol. it was all part of a disastrous and embarrassing maga town hall hosted by cnn. which made only a half hearted effort to fact check him. and trump quite likely dug himself a deeper hole in the investigations he s facing. plus, breaking news. with the announcement late today of criminal charges in the choke hold death of jordan neely on the floor of a new york city subway train earlier this month. but we begin with donald trump, who by now you know was handed an opportunity to speak to his fans at a national audience last night on cnn. and it went about as well as you would expect because trump was who we already know he is, a liar, a narcissist, and a fascist. so it was an unmitigated disast in every way and a reckless insult to our democracy. it s completely fair to say we didn t need a town hall to find out what candidate trump thinks,
the lead starts right now. allen, texas, joining the ranks of columbine, aurora, parkland, new town, another town whose name is synonymous with a mass shooting. two young sisters were just identified as victims as we re learning more about the gunman s extremist background into which authorities are looking. and new video obtained exclutively by cnn. bystanders trying to hold down the man accused of plowing his range rovers into a group of migrants. plus, just in time for summer travel, the new proposed rule to give you a refund if you re bumped from your next flight. welcome to lead. i m jake tapper. another day. another deadly mass shooting in america. over the weekend a man gunned down several people at a mall in allen, texas. police are investigating whether a gunman killed by the cop at the scene was motivated by right wing extremism. this is not a monthly occurrence in the united states. it is not a weekly occurrence in the united states. this is now happening
Performance last night, it did appear that the twice impeached liable for sexual abuse and defamation former president may have provided prosecutors with new evident that could be used against him in the multiple investigations that he s face. what you just heard from trump is likely to become the newest exhibit for fulton county d.a. fani willis if she chooses to indict trump over his efforts to overturn georgia s election results. this example, it was trump demanding that georgia s secretary of state brad raffensperger, find him the votes he needed to be named the winner, even though there was no evidence of widespread irregularities in the state. last night, trump also weighed in on both of the special counsel s investigations, pertaining to the january 6th insurrection and trump s mishandling of classified documents. he may have also opened himself up to further legal jeopardy in the battery and defamation civil trial that just ended where a jury found trump liable to the tune of $
Some say it s what they were born to do. it s what they live to do. trinet serves small and medium sized businesses. so they can do more of what matters. benefits. payroll. compliance. trinet. people matter. as expected, former president trump didn t take the stand to defend himself. so today, closing arguments wrapped up in the battery and defamation civil trial brought by e. jean carroll who accuses former president trump of raping her in a new york department in the mid 930s and defaming her more recently by denying the attack took place. after listening to various witness testimonies for two weeks, the jury will decide