Today on inside politics, more problems, more money. Donald trumps donors foot an enormous legal bill and the trump coconspirator accused of trying to destroy evidence for the boss sees the inside of a federal court. The polls. All of them. All for donald trump. Republican voters fall in line behind the frontrunner as ron desantis reasons for running appear to fall flat. And the president corrects how he counts. Joe biden acknowledges his Seventh Grandchild for the first time and now he hopes it returns to being a private matter. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Up first, Saving America or saving his skin. Today we see on paper how much money from donors donald trump spent on legal bills. Sources put that number north of 40 million for his own defense and the defense of those who are sticking with him. This morning, cnn cameras captured the glimpse of one of those individuals Carlos De Oliveira, the man federal prosecutors say schemed with mr. Trump and w
Voting machines. Bornean. Top of the hour this friday morning. So glad youre with us on ccnn this morning. What a week it has been. And so much more to come. Thats exactly right. This is going to be a very intense, very consequential months, years. Many years. Sawyer, dejected, defiant. Donald trumps mood, State Of Mind after his third arraignment in four months. Trump, for his part, proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. And indianas neartotal abortion ban appears to be underway. Some clinics in the state have already stopped taking appointments, forcing women to seek outofstate options. We will talk to illinois governor j. B. Pritzker. Also, the jops report, we will get an example of the economy in general after a pretty shaky week for u. S. Markets. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Heres where we begin this morning. Former President Trump back in new jersey after pleading not guilty to his arraignment in the past
Foreign deals while joe biden was Vice President. He was selling out america and his father was helping him. Hunter biden allegedly called his father dozens of times trying to woo investors. Every day this Bribery Scandal because its more credible. Joe bastardi pritzker signed more than 130 bills. One of those will allow noncitizens to apply to be a police officer. The standard is to bring as many people in this country as you possibly can and next thing you know everyone is just going to vote democrat. High school boys aapparently trending more conservative. Nearly twice as likely to identify as conservative vs. Liberal. These boys are looking at the liberal girls. That doesnt seem like a lifelong choice. Those girls are pretty tough on boys. Rapper carley b. Throwing a microphone in the crowd after some jerk threw a drink at her. Carley b. Is being investigated for battery. Free cardi b. Assault charges for a microphone. Got hit with a paper cup of water you are going to have nightma
Good evening from washington. I am mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. Donald trump could end up behind bars next year for conspiracy to obstruct justice. And if he does, it may very well be because of a new testimony by someone identified by the justice department, only as Trump Employee 4. Now that we have had all weekend to digest the new Superseding Indictment for donald trump from doj special counsel jack smith and the classified documents case, employee number fours involvement seems particularly notable. According to the indictment, he played a key role in what appears to be a Pressure Campaign from trump and his co defendant, Valet Walt Nauta and maralago property manager carlos de oliveira, to delete Security Footage from the club after it was subpoenaed by prosecutors. And now, it sure seems like employee 4 could be talking, it turns out, he is an i. T. Worker for maralago named yuscil taveras. According to one new report, taveras himself received a Target Letter from the departm
Meeting at this moment, The Grand Jury investigating donald trump for the events surrounding january 6th. The former president says that he is assuming that he will be indicted again. Could we hear a decision from that grand jury today . We are getting new video from the front lines showing ukrainian counter offensive just as the russian officials are making changes to stop ukrainian drones after a new drone strike on moscow overnight. Photos showing the boxes piled up inside of the man accused of being the gilgo beach Serial Killer, and the look into the life of the man due in court today, and we are also hearing from the soontobe exwife. Im sara sidner with john berman, and all of that is coming up right now on cnn news central. It could be as soon as today, the twice impeached and twice arrested former president of the United States could be indicted for a third time. The federal grand jury investigating Donald Trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 Election Results is meeting right th