Acting United States Attorney General, before we get into the weeds on legal issues, we will make it interesting. I want to discuss history with you. History is lost on prosecutors, on the debate shows. It is lost among lawyers, talk about january 6. It was an insurrection. No, it wasnt. We had contentious president ial elections in the past, i mean really contentious, some almost lead to civil wars, one did in 1800, Thomas Jefferson and his chosen president ial pick aaron burr tied for first place. Back then ballots were separate. It was 73 to 73 electors. Due to a communication error, or aaron burr lead conspiracy, he was disloyal to jefferson, jefferson was running against adams at the time but he got 65 eloc Electoral College on votes, they had over 30 votes back and forth, house was to choose the next president , hamilton had great power, he disliked jefferson. But he hated aaron burr. So finally what happens is hamilton, he was the first treasury he turned tide by lobbying his fe
Months, the former president of the United States has been indicted, arrested, and a range. And lets face it, weve become oddly familiar with how this all goes. Theres the release of the indictment itself, helicopters following black suvs, and of course, the court sketches, all followed by a barrage of deranged posts on truth social. Theres a bit of a rinse and repeat feeling that starting to set in. But this one did feel different, because it is different. It felt bigger, because it is bigger. The indictment filed by Special Counsel jack smith this week detailed the ways in which an american president engaged in a criminal conspiracy from the oval office to subvert the will of the people. Of course, like any criminal defendant, trump is innocent until proven guilty. There will be a trial, and his legal team will mount a defense. But no matter how it ends, this is the one that historians will be talking about 100 years from now. Trump is now facing four criminal counts in this case, in
Fabulous, who was expelled from congress after a series of lies and federal indictments that George Santos, he was actually in the House Chamber last night for the State Of The Union because hes still has floor privileges. Go figure. He announced he is running for congress in new yorks first congressional district. Lauren fox in washington, with the details, i guess my question, lauren is really yeah, it seems that George Santos has not gotten the hint from his republican colleagues that they are not interested in him coming back more than 100 republicans voted to expel him from the house. Just a few months ago, but he announced last night he is running a primary challenge against one of the new york republicans who lead the charge to get him out of the house that person nick lalota of new yorks First District in a tweet. Lynda made clear hes not afraid of challenging George Santos. George santos responding, pathetic little man, since you refused to move to the district, im coming in h
Blitzer thanks for joining us. Cnn breaking, news and you are in the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington and we begin with the Breaking News this morning. The United States Supreme Court ruling that former President Donald Trump cannot be removed from any states ballot for his actions on january 6. The nine justices affirming that he can run in a General Election. And once again, serve as the United States Commander In Chief in the Majority Opinion, the court writes that only congress can enforce the 14th Amendments ban on insurrectionists holding federal Public Office trump is responding to the decision calling it, and im quoting him now, a big win for america. But the court did not directly speak to whether or not his actions on january 6 equate to insurrection. Lets get straight to cnn anchor and chief legal analyst, laura coats. Shes outside the Supreme Court for us. Laura, what more, first of all, can you tell us . About this very historic and consequential decision . It i
An historic day in washington. The former president and current g portion front runner will be arraigned for eallegedly orchestrating a a plot to overturn the free and Fair Election that he lost. Were keeping watch as donald trump gets ready to leave new jersey, board his private jet and make his way to a federal courthouse just steps away from where democracy was under siege during the january 6th insurrection. Hundreds of Protrump Rioters already face justice inside that very same courthouse. And thats where we begin this hour with paula reid and evan perez. What can we expect to unfold in that courthouse out of the publics view . Once the former president gets into washington, he will be brought into the federal courthouse. Were probably not going to see much of him before he finally gets into the courthouse. He will be processed by the u. S. Marshals as they do with everyone who is arraigned. He will be under arrest. And then he will be brought in at 4 00. The we expect the judge i