desantis has been seen as former president trump s biggest challenger. he would enter the race with as much money if not more than anyone in the field who isn t trump but concerns remain amongst desantis donors and supporters over his willingness to take on the former president. meanwhile governor desantis has signed a bill defunding diversity, equity and inclusion programs at all state universities in florida. the new law also bans social or political activism programs at private universities and demands courses not include curriculum that teaches identity politics. he placed conservative political allies on the school board earlier this year. and the florida governor s cultural crew side is having ripple effects. a fifth grade teacher says she is under investigation.
investigation into connections between trump s 2016 campaign and russia. now durham is being invited by the republican house judiciary chairman to testify about the report. evan perez has the details from washington. reporter: special counsel john durham released his final report casting doubt about the fbi s decision to launch a full investigation into connections between donald trump s campaign and russia during the 2016 election. the 300 plus page report sharply criticized the fbi and justice department throughout but does not recommend any new charges against anyone. or any wholesale changes to the way politically sensitive investigations are being handled. the report falls well short of expectations that were set by former president trump and his allies who have long claimed that it would proves fo the fbi investigation was a political witch hunt. but donald trump posted that it
did it to the trump campaign. so with that information, actual information, we opened a full investigation. and everyone who has looked at what we did other than john durham determined that decision was absolutely appropriate. district attorney in fulton county, georgia is asking a judge to reject donald trump s latest effort to block her investigation. fani willis is looking into the former president s efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. trump wants the evidence and fints final report from the grand jury thrown out. sara murray has the details. reporter: the district attorney does not want to see the grand jury investigation and final report thrown out, she has told the judge that he should dismiss donald trump s motion, that he should not hold a hearing on the matter and he should not allow another judge to hear the trump team s arguments which is something the trump team has asked for. she basically said there is no evidence that the investigative special grand jur
was evidence of a scam. durham s report finds many mistakes by the fbi including what he calls confirmation bias and concludes that the fbi discounted or willfully ignored material information that did not support the narrative a collusive relationship between trump and russia. republicans in congress are calling for durham to come up to the capitol for a hearing to discuss more about his investigation. evan perez, cnn, washington. fbi director sent a note to the workforce which read while the failures occurred years ago, the report reminds us why we ve instituted so many reforms to solidify the importance of doing the right thing in the right way every time. and former deputy director andrew mccabe said he disagreed with the report s findings and called the probe a political errand on trump s behalf. we ve known for over a years
of misconduct on her behalf because they also wanted her removed as a prosecutor. and she took issue with the fact that the trump team is coming at this so late in the game. she says by his own estimation, mr. trump has been at the center of an investigation for over two years but only now is he moving for the prosecutor s disqualification. so a very sharp rebuttal from fani willis today against the trump team s argument. willis says she expects to make an announcement on possible charges between july and september. two staff members were injured when a man struck them with a metal baseball bat. representative gerry connolly ze said it happened at his district hospital in northern virginia. the suspected attacker was arrested. cnn has learned before the assault the man may have been involved in another incident that was caught on video. we warn you, the footage can be hard to watch.