it s not even the only pending case involving trump in th state of new york. at some point this coming week donald trump is expected t travel back to new york from florida to be deposed in relation to a civil lawsui filed by the new york attorney general, letitia james last september, james filed 250 million dollar lawsuit against trump, his three eldes children, and the trum organization, accusing them of fraudulent business practices. in an earlier deposition for james s investigation last summer, trump refused to answe most questions, pleading the fifth more than 400 times. then, on april 25th of thi year, just 16 days from now, a trial is scheduled to begin in one of the two civil lawsuit that been filed against trum by the author and columnist, e jean carroll a few years ago, carol published a book in which sh accused the former president o raping her in the dressing roo of a luxury manhatta department store in the mi 1990s. trump denied careles accusations, saying they
what is going on? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, will merrick garland indict donald trump? tonight, a major clue into what investigators are focusing on, that is the fake electors, those fake electors from contested states. bennie thompson, the chairman of the january 6th committee, saying his committee is providing the doj with witness transcripts to put up the fraj la fraudulentelectors. they ve included testimony from the chairwoman of the republican national committee, describing a call that she received from the former president and his attorney, john eastman. he turned the call over to mr. eastman, who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the rnc helping the campaign gather these contingent electors in case any of the legal challenges that were ongoing changed the result did you receive a call from andy y biggs of arizona on the morning of january 6th? i did. he asked if i would sign on both to a letter that
ahead in a moment. but we re going to begin in buffalo. where in the wake of saturday s supermarket terrorist attack, president biden has just finished delivering remarks about the rise of ideologies in america. the president renewed calls for stricter gun laws and urged americans to reject racism. white supremacy is a poison. it s a poison. [ applause ] it really is. running through our body politic. it s been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes. no more. i mean, no more. we need to say as clearly as we can that the ideology of white supremacy has no place in america. those remarks the president didn t just condemn americans spreading hate, he called those silent complicit. and he also issued this warning about the threat white supremacy posed to our country and the democracy. the american experiment in democracy is in a danger like it hasn t been in my lifetime. it s in danger this hour. hate and fear are being given too much oxygen by those who pr
my first question for you, sir, is who do you believe? they think it s russia. i have president putin, he just said it s not russia. i will say this, i don t see any reason why it would be. i will tell you that president putin waswi extremely strong an powerful inro his denial today. president of the united states of america, donald trump, standing alongside russian president vladimir putin, aligning himself with russian claims over u.s. intelligence. and denying what everyone at that point knew to be true. russia interfered in the 2016 election. throughout his time in office, trump denied and down-played and excused russian interference in america s elections. he called the investigation into thatd interference a hoax and witch hunt over and over and over again. and now mr. trump is set to be on trial for his own efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his baseless claims that the election was stolen. in trump s new defense in that case appears to be the court should b
former president with a mug shot. our sources are saying he wanted to appear defined in his photo, that he put a lot of thought into this. he chose not to smile. obviously, that was very purposeful here. jail records listed him as 6 3 and 215 pounds. those are numbers that were self- reported. what is your reaction? well, i notice he didn t include his 40-not dash time in the 4.3 range. i m glad he could hole on that. 215? no way. what do you think about, though? does that have any material value if you believe he is not telling the truth? no. not really. it s just another insight into trump s psyche, you know, and how driven he is by whatever facts that he can get out that he thinks will make it make