Storm with abby, phillip and bill so were only on cnn and the lead with jake tapper starts right now next up on the witness stand, the people plan to call Michael Dean Cohen. The lead starts right now Donald Trumps former lawyer, known as the fixer, The Next Star Witness in line, and the new york hush money cover up case. What is the impact of this trial on trump himself ill ask one of his attorneys from the 2021 impeachment, plus former Trump White House aide anthony scare, a mooc well be here for his perspective and old faithful is back in the news. Steve bannon, Aka Sloppy Steve for donald trump possibly one step closer to jail time hi, im Paul Manafort. Could be closer to working with his old boss. And one of the biggest competition shows in the world rocked by ugly protests, objecting to the mere participation of a contestant from israel. So what exactly is driving these moms prompting Security Concerns for the israeli contestant welcome to the lead on jake tapper, brace for impac
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper what were going to start today with our Law And Justice lead a stern warning for donald trump today from the bench. Keep violating your gag order and your Hush Money Cover of case, and you may well end up in jail. Judge juan merchan, Finding Today The Trump via lord, violated that gag order for the 10th time. He find a trump 1,000 which is the maximum penalty. But judge, where shine went on to tell the former president , quote, at the end of the de, i have a job to do and part of that job is to protect the dignity of the judicial system and compel respect as much as i do not want to impose a jail sanctioned and ive done everything i can to avoid doing so i want you to understand that i will if necessary, and appropriate, unquote. Today weve also heard testimony from two witnesses who went through check by check, the payments made by donald trump to his former attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen. Those payments are at the very heart of this case because
How soon the writers may return to work. With these stories and more, im sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan is off. This is cnn news central. And shortly, we will see new jersey senator bob menendez appear before the cameras, and his remarks in union city, new jersey, are the first since he was federally indicted on Bribery Charges late last week, and it should be noted that as a defendant, menendez has the right to remain silent, but minutes from now, he wont. He is going to speak, and we will bring you what he says live. Kara scannell is live at the location where this Press Conference is going to take place. And carkar kara, we can see the microphones set up behind you, and what is the expectation . Well, john, we expect the senator to give the first remarks since he was indicted on the Bribery Charges friday. They will begin in a half hour from now, and the senator has been defiant since he was indicted, and other democrats including senator phil murray said he should re
Well, good evening, im laura coates. A week that began with Merrick Garland being accused of weaponizing the Department Of Justice against republicans ends with one of the most powerful democrats in washington, d. C. Now indicted for corruption. The chairman of the Foreign Relations committee, new jersey senator bob menendez stands accused of conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. Essentially using his official position to force someone to give him something of value. Tonight, we are taking a deep dive into all of it from the investigation to the indictment and, of course, the political fallout and here are the Big Questions ive been asking all day, after seeing all the reports ive cut through all of it, here are the real questions, number one, did he do it . Right did he do it . Could a senator who left a hung jury in his last trial for conspiracy, bribery and Honest Services fraud, sound familiar, led to
Well, good evening everyone, im laura coast. A week that began with merrick garland, one of the most powerful democrats in washington, d. C. Now being charged with corruption. Conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. Essentially using his official position to force someone to give him something of value. Tonight we are taking a deep dive into all of it from the investigation to the indictment and of course the political fallout and here are the Big Questions ive been asking all day after seeing all the reports thats cut through all of it. Here are the real yes, sir, number one, did he do it . Did he do it . Could a senator who left a hung jury in his last trial, led to personal favors really have been so imraizenbrabrazen a a second sometime around . Is corruption at its very finest, could the rules force him to step down there his position as chairman oar from the senate or maybe will the better question is will he actually do that .