The Election Year . And hawaiis governor says more than 1,000 people are still potentially missing as fema is acknowledging challenges with the Relief Efforts there, well get an update from a top official and a new look at the harrowing scenes on the ground. Im kaitlan collins. This is the source. We begin with exclusive new reporting on the hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees that Rudy Giuliani is now staring down and the desperate attempts he has made to get former President Trump to cover them. With his attorney in tow, im told that Rudy Giuliani traveled to maralago in late april on a mission to make a personal appeal to trump to pay his legal bills. By going in person, giuliani and that lawyer, Robert Costello believed they could help explain face to it is if a why trump needled to assist his attorney with those ballooning legal bills. They argued that really, it was in trumps best interests to do so. But apparently, it fell on deaf ears. Trump is notoriously strict abo
Threatening the judge in the 2020 federal elections subversion case. Also, georgia d a fani willis, as a trial date for donald trump, it is alleged coconspirators. How will it fit with the other three criminal trials hes facing in the middle of a president ial campaign . Plus, a live report from maui, where the governor says the death toll has risen in probably over 1000 people could still be missing. Good evening, thanks for joining us. We begin with two pieces of Breaking News tonight. The first, weve just learned, of charges in texas connected with alleged threats against judge chutkan, obviously presiding over the 2020 Election Subversion Trial of the former president. According to the court filing, the woman who lives in alvin, texas left a threatening, racist, bigoted voice mail for judge chutkan on august 5th. Allegedly saying if trump doesnt get elected, quote, were coming to kill you, tread lightly. And then a curse. She allegedly continued, quote, youll be targeted personally
Staff member. Speaker kevin mccarthy. And the time to george santos. And pleaded not guilty, and the indictment says he asked for more than a dozen contributors to fund santoss campaign. He also got a 15 commission from it. Prosecutors allege hero a letter to santos back in 2022 saying quote, thinking my identity to big donor. You also wrote, highrisk reward. In everything i do. Something he said that in turn out to be true. Thank you so much for joining us tonight, cnn prime time with wolf blitzer starts right now. Excellent show, caitlin, thank you very much. To our viewers, good evening. Im wolf blitzer here in washington. We want to welcome you to cnn prime time. Theres Breaking News were following right now. A texas woman has been charged with threatening in a voice mail to kill the federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former president donald trump. Over his attempts to try to overturn the 2020 president ial election. The suspect, allegedly called the chambers a fede
On this new hour, blood bath at the rnc. With his sisterinlaw in charge, trump solidifies his grip on the Republican National committee with massive layoffs. Could the hostile takeover backfire . And how his team is plotting to campaign from the courtroom. And my thoughts on this weeks speech from Senator Schumer sending shock waves to israel and why i believe it came 30,000 lives too late. Im ayman mohyeldin. Lets do it. This week it was extremely maga makeover rnc edition. After locking in the republican president ial nomination, donald trump has now set his sights on remaking the Republican National committee in his own image. On monday, the disgraced expresident timed his grip on the party further, using his newly installed rnc leadership team, which includes his daughterinlaw, to push out dozens of officials at the committee. More than 60 employees got the pink slip, including five members of the senior staff. Trumps rnc also began implementing a complete overhaul of the committee
For the prosecution shows and tells how donald trump operates like a mob boss. Thats tonight on newsnight good evening. Im abby phillip in new york and tonight, cnn puts a voice and a face to the key facts that you could read on paper in that case against donald trump. Meet brian butler. Hes also known as employee number five in the criminal indictment from special counsel jack smith. Butler is not a random person who trump can suddenly claim. He doesnt know he knows trump and it has known him for 21 years since he took a job as a seasonal valet at maralago. He has years of pictures and messages with everyone important in the trump orbit. He worked for he worked hundreds of p. Stance feet away from carlos de oliviera, the other maralago employee . He was indicted alongside trump, and they took lightly walks together. They were friends, but their paths now look very different. They oliviera is alleged to have lied to investigators. Meanwhile, butler has cooperated and he is helping pros