The lead starts right now. Donald defiant. Back on the campaign trail this afternoon, pushing back on prosecutors who want to restrict what he can say publicly about the federal indictment. Plus, that hideous river boat drbrawl, after a man was rushed by a group of wight men. And americans in Credit Card Debt, surpassing 1 trillion as more americans pull from their own Retirement Savings for help. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. Were going to start with our Law And Justice lead. The Federal Grand Jury here in washington, d. C. , the same one that indicted donald trump last week, is back Behind Closed Doors today. For the First Time Since handing down those unprecedented charges for Donald Trumps unprecedented actions. It is a clear sign that the investigation into the efforts to over turn the 2020 election is not over. And it raises questions about six coconspirators listed in the indictment and whether they could soon also face federal charges for their actions. We also just got
Allow a citizen initiated constitutional amendment. The political rhetoric from the no side is going to be what it is going to be. This is a common sense thing for ohioans to say we own our constitution and it shouldnt be for sale to out of state special interests. So jake, this is also about more than Abortion Rights. Its also about minimum wage. There is a proposed constitutional amendment next year that could have ohio Voters Decide minimum wage. So the proponents of this are trying to change the rules if you will to make it harder to amend the states constitution. Jeff, how much money has been spent in this special election . Outside money, jake, has been flooding in this summer. This has been a pretty short campaign. And more than 26 million has been coming in. Again, this is crossing more than just normal party lines. But democrats, if you look at it that way, are spending more on Television Ads than republican aligned groups. There has been an ad war in Television Campaigns as w
over the majority. in other words, if 59% of ohioans say no, they want abortion rights in the state constitution, that s still not going to be enough under these new rules if they pass. that s right. it would take 60%. and jake, this is coming in the context of what happened last summer in the wake of the supreme court decision. just about a year ago we saw the amendment in kansas pass to enshrine abortion rights there. just shy of 60%. in kentucky, another red state, just shy of 60% as well. so we ask the republican secretary of state franklin rose a pro poet of issue 1 why something like this is constitutional or even appropriate. this is what he said. i think that that s a silly idea. i mean, it s a this is democracy at work. asking the people, do they want to have the same kind of common sense protections in place that many other states have. many other states around the country, many states don t even