and disregard them, the jury, as subjected to them, may not. the court shall not permit the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which trump inject politics into this proceeding. jack smith then kicks off a highlight reel of trump s favorite spurious arguments, things like, trump, quotes complaints about the jury indictment and the trial date will interfere with his political activities. or trump s quote, false accusation was directed at the former president. jack smith also takes issue with some of the trump s favorite catch phrases like the injustice department or biden indictment. all of it, jack smith says, would taint a jury pool. quote, the in addition t being wrong, these allegations are irrelevant to the jury s determination of the defendant s guilt or innocence. it would be prejudicial if presented to the jury. put another way, the trump defense was, quote, repeatedly used rhetoric that made the acceptable on the campaign but not on the trial. make no mi
happening now, donald trump remains on the primary ballot in michigan after the supreme court rejected a bid to disqualify him under the insurrectionist ban. will this ruling have any impact on trump s legal fight in colorado? also this hour, we re standing by for a readout on critical talks that just ended between biden cabinet officials and the president of mexico. did they reach any new agreement on ways to ease the surge of migrants into the u.s. as the problem weighs not only on border cities, but also the white house. also, we re following these disturbing new images out of gaza. palestinian men and at least two boys apparently stripped down to their underwear while being detained by the israeli military. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m kaitlan collins and you re in the situation room. our top story this hour, a new ruling in the multistate effort that is underway to disqualify donald trump from running
a day after the six-week abortion ban went into effect, a judge has ordered the law to be put on hold. anyhow it s up to the all-male justices of the state supreme court. plus we re on standby for another member of the oath keepers to be sentenced for their role in the january 6th capitol insurrection, one defendant telling the judge she was just another idiot running around the hallway. then, 12 people are injured and the big question is, why did he do it? hello, everyone, and welcome to the lead, i m biana. a judge has blocked south carolina s new abortion restrictions from going into effect. yesterday, governor henry mcmaster signed a law banning most abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy before many women even know they re pregnant. it did allow for some exception b s but it s all on hold. dianne gallagher is following these developments for us. what happens now? zbl. reporter: so, at this point in south carolina, the limit on abortions returns to wha
group after the group s founder was given the steepest penalty yet among those charged in the insurrection. and stunning revelations from newly unearthed fbi documents revealing a plot to kill queen elizabeth back in the 80s while she was here in the u.s. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. two more sentences are being handed down today for members of the oath keepers, a far right extremist group for their role in the january 6th capitol attack. one of them is army veteran jessica watkins. she was just sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison. sentencing for the other member, kenneth hairalson, is happening this very hour. it all comes one day after the group s founder stewart rhodes was hit with the most severe sentence yet tied to the capitol insurrection, with the judge describing him as an ongoing threat to democracy, the unrepentant rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison. evan, starting with you h
fbi used everyday americans 28,000 times going into 2020 to 2021. section 02 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act also known as fisa. it gives the fbi and other agencies the ability to difficultily surveil.used the te civil unrest following the death of george floyd on the streets of the united states. those involved in the january 6th capitol attack. even political donors. according to the court a redacted name or names, quote: conducted a batch query for over 19,000 donors to a congressional campaign. the analyst who ran the query advised that the campaign was a target of foreign influence but the national security division determined that only 8 identifiers used in a query had sufficient ties to foreign influence activities to comply with the querying standard. the judge wrote that the problems were persistent and widespread and, quote: it may become necessary to consider other responses such as substantially limiting the number of fbi personnel with access to unmi