time when prosecutors for jack smith were really, really active in interviewing witnesses around trump s mindset, appeared to be trying to get at just that. they were trying to determine whether trump knowingly based his actions on a lie in claiming widespread fraud that impacted the outcome of the november 2020 election. now, as we understand it, kushner has insisted that it was his impression that trump genuinely believed the election was stolen, according to a person familiar with what took place. this is a line of questioning the prosecutors have asked several witnesses, who are trying to figure out as they try to figure out exactly what trump s intent was because one of the things necessary depending on the charges the prosecutors might bring would be to establish corrupt intent. maggie, how does this information fit into the larger investigation by jack smith, the special counsel, into the efforts of trump and others to overturn the free and fair 2020 election? a
by hamas. the lead starts right now. three hostages shot and killed today. tragic news, plus, verdict watch at a dc courthouse that any moment we expect the jury will return a verdict, one that could cost and cnn exclusive. the case of the missing classified binder. once in the hands of donald trump, how did this notebook with top secret material on russia just vanish? poof. in the final hours of the trump presidency, and could the information now be in the wrong hands? welcome to the lead. we start this hour with an exclusive from a team of cnn journalists that report a binder containing highly classified intelligence on russia s attempts to in the election, disappeared in the final days of donald trump s presidency. there s many theories of where it might be. and who may have taken it. one theory is from cassidy hutchison. who wrote about mark meadows taking the file in her book. i watched him climb into the limo, noticing the binder tucked under his arm. it s a
$787.5 million. that s how much the fox corporation will pay. it s half of what dominion says they were seeking, but a historic amount on the less the fox corporation. clearly deciding was better to pay the money than have their star anchors try to explain under oath, the election denialism and disinformation. they either spread themselves or help spread by giving others who are lying a platform night after night after night in a statement after the settlement was announced, fox said, and i quote we acknowledge the court s rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false. the settlement reflects foxes continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. i just want to repeat that the first part of it said. we acknowledge the court s rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false. that might sound sort of maybe like an apology, but it s not. they acknowledge the court ruling doesn t really mean anything and their description that certain claims about
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threat today. that faction is seeking to overturn the will of voters in future elections should they prevail in 2022. they made that point abundantly clear as if it was not already at back-to-back rallies over the weekend, headlined by the ex-president in two key battleground states. this election in 2024 they pledge to do that in arizona and nevada. here is what the republican nominee for secretary of state in nevada had to say. jim marchand. president trump and i lost an election in 2020 because of a rigged election. i ve been working since november 4th, 2020 to expose what happened, and what i found out is horrifying. when i m secretary of state of nevada we re going to fix it. when my coalition of secretary of state candidates around the country get elected, we re going to fix the whole country and president trump is going to be president again in 2024. so that really happened. just a little fact-check here along the way, he lost because the voters weren t into either