evidence emerging today in the guardian that in the crucial time between doj s subpoena and may of last year and the meeting between investigators and trump s legal team the following month, trump or his aides might have hidden classified documents from donald trump s own defense attorney from that stunning new reporting. quote, donald trump s lawyer told associates he was waved off from searching the former president s office where the fbi later found the most sensitive materials anywhere on the property. that lawyer, evan corcoran, recounted that several trump aides told him to search the storage room because that was where all the materials that had been brought from the white house at the end of trump s presidency ended up being deposited. corcoran found 38 classified documents in the storage room. he then asked whether he should search anywhere else but was steered away, he told associates. according to an inventory unsealed by a federal judge last year, the fbi found 27
welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing this businbusy news day with us. the president called the latest debt ceil ing meeting productiv and a sign of good progress. but kevin mccarthy s morning after update is rather bleak. nowhere near a deal. this as the treasury begins checking how long agencies can pay their bills. plus legal quick sand for donald trump. his words at a cnn town hall push e. jean carroll to seek more damages and his instructions about how to handle classified documents end up in the hands of the special counsel. and swing voters dread the idea of a biden/trump rematch, but their focus group on what happened if there is one is quite revealing. the biden team arriving last yhour. they are now with the team behind closed doors. both sides say there s mgood faith, yet both sides also say there is little progress. this morning the speaker telling fellow house republicans the two sides are nowhere near agr agreement,
good evening everyone. i m john king. welcome to cnn tonight. debt ceiling drama. we are closer to a deal but not there yet. the fact that janet yellen essentially gave them four more days means, well, we have a ways to go. even if they make a deal tomorrow morning can they get it done in time? plus can a trump-like candidate beat donald trump? that is the question as ron desantis gets his campaign in high gear. the florida governor not shy at all about taking on the former president, ripping him on the border of all things, calling him a big spender, and blasting his covid policies. i don t know what happened to donald trump. this is a different guy today than when he was running in 2015 and 2016. i think the direction that he is going with his campaign is the wrong direction. no other republican in the trump era has been able to walk that tight rope. the question is can ron desantis? and here is a sobering thought this memorial day weekend. whenever you go in the wate
campaign to perpetuate the brush hoax. the daily mail is reporting that in 2016 just as a bureau ramped up crossfire hurricane, the fbi shut down for separate criminal investigations into bill and hillary clinton and the clinton foundation. in response, the clinton foundation laughable he claimed there has never been any evidence of wrongdoing. not only to the fbi and department of justice abuse their power and buying to the public. they seem to be proud of it. there were no apologies after the durum report. no resignations. no admission of wrongdoing whatsoever. as they pointed out an op-ed i wrote for foxnews.com, the justice department cannot and will not police itself. the latest example, the fbi is still refusing to turn over an unclassified record alleging a criminal bribery scheme against joe biden. despite a legally binding subpoena from congress. today, german comber demanded access to the subpoenaed material. director ray is not budging. of course, this isn t just a
the russia hoax. the daily mail is reporting that in 2016, just as theramped bureau ramped up crossfire, hurricane, the fbi shut downn fe four separate criminal investigatiocriminn into bill ao hillary clinton and the clinton foundation . in response, the clinton foundation laughably claimed there has never been anylinton evidence of wrongdoing . not only did the fbi and department of justice abuse their power and lie to thee public, they seem to be proude u of it.d there are no apologies afterapog the durham report, no resignationsiethe duru, no admif wrongdoing whatsoever. as i pointed out in an op ed as tote for fox news .com, the justice department cannotic and will not police itself. in the latest example, the fbi is still refusing to turn oversd an unclassified record alleging a criminal bribery scheme against joe biden despite a legally binding subpoena from congress today. chairman colmer once again demanded access to this subpoenaed material. but director wray is n