Special counsel jack smith announcing the third indictment of donald j. Trump after months of investigating the former president and his allies and their efforts to overturn the 2020 president ial election. This hour well have indepth coverage of the accusations against trump and the new information were learning about his attempt to stay in power from that sweeping federal investigation. And well also look at how this latest legal issue could impact the president ial campaign as he has used previous indictments to boost fundraising. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, august 2nd, a historic day. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting it with us. And well begin this morning with history once again. Former President Donald Trump who took an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the United States constitution has been indicted for allegedly trying to subvert that very same document. In washington, d. C. Yesterday a federal grand jury of trumps own peers convene
Were ready to go. Thats the quote from the Fulton County d. A. , saying the work is done in the investigation. An Indictment Decision could be announced at any time. It also comes as the classified Documents Case against the former president moves forward. Were on top of all those moving details. A lifeline for student borrowers. The white house outlining a new plan that could lower monthly payments,ing reduce the total amount borrowers must pay back. Well break down exactly how it works. Plus an american nurse and her child kidnapped in haiti. How u. S. Officials are working to get them home. Were following these major developing stories, all coming in right here to Cnn News Central. This is maralago property manager, now codefendant, in former President Trumps Documents Case, Carlos De Oliveira. De oliveira was indicted last week on four charges. He did not enter a formal plea during this brief hearing, and was released on a 100,000 bond. He will be formally arraigned next week. He,
trump s intent. the new york times reports that prosecutors have questioned multiple witnesses over the past few weeks, including jared kushner, and questioned them about whether trump had privately acknowledged in the days after the 2020 election that he had actually lost. the line of questioning suggests that prosecutors are trying to establish whether trump was acting with corrupt intent. remember, kushner also spoke to the january 6th committee last year. jared, are you aware of instances where pat cipollone threatened to resign? i kind of like i said, my interest at that time was on trying to get as many pardons done, and i know that, you know, he was always him and the team were always saying, oh, we re going to resign. we re not going to be here if this happens, as that happens. so i took it up to just be whining, to be honest with you. we also just learned moments ago special counsel jack smith requested a reply memo by trump and nauta to delay the documen
plus, he s already shaking up the 2024 race, hoping to be a third party nominee. but democrats are growing worried tonight about cornell west and whether or not he could tip the election in donald trump s favor. he s here to respond. and drug bust? the secret service has given up trying to find a suspect in the cocaine case that the white house has now closed. but questions still remain. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. tonight, my sources have confirmed that jared kushner testified last month in the special counsel s january 6th probe. questioned before a federal grand jury that is investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election by donald trump and his allies. kushner, of course, is trump s son-in-law and was trump s senior adviser in the white house. according to one source, the grand jury is asking whether or not trump had been told he had lost the election. back in 2020 in december, after trump had lost that election, i reported that kushner was one of
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