rnc dropping a plan to pronounce donald trump the nominee. and also president biden s campaign reportedly closely watching the bitter feud and many even enjoying it. will it help the incumbent president come november. good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is friday, january 26. happy friday. we made it. it is 5:00 a.m. here in washington. and it is also 5:00 a.m. in new york. that is where donald trump is expected back in federal court this morning for closing a arguments in the civil defamation case brought against him by writer e. jean carroll. he closed out the trial with just three minutes of testimony thursday. he was admonished several times by the judge. his comments stricken from the record after he repeated the original defamation against carroll. trump s lawyer asked, quote, did you deny the allegation because ms. carroll made an accusation trump responded yes, she said something i considered a false accusation. totally false. that is when the judge interrupted and sai
Tuberville is still blocking hundreds of Military Confirmations. And military families are still caught in the middle. Plus Merrick Garland firing back at some of his fiercest republican critics today, declaring he is not the president lawyers. And a new fight for number two in the republican president ial race, and it is not governor ron desantis. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. The Attorney General grilled on capitol hill today. For republicans on the hugouse Judiciary Committee, it was a preview of whats to come next week. The fix is in. Even with the facesaving indictment last week of hunter biden, everyone knows the fix is in. He originally offered hunter biden a sweetheart deal. Has anyone at the department told President Biden to knock it off . With hunter. During that combative hearing, the Attorney General pushed back forcefully on republican accusations, while also defending what he says is the independence of the investigation into President Bidens son. No one th
With drug addiction, alcohol abuse, and in and out of rehab, which he wrote about openly in his book. Hunter biden, his legal team, and really the whole white house had hoped this would be in the Rearview Mirror by now, but his plea deal collapsed over the summer in stunning fashion. Now tonight his legal team is vowing to fight these new charges. This charge brought today violates the agreement the government made with hunter biden. That was a standalone agreement different than this plea. Second, the constitutionality of these charges are very much in doubt. And third, if it got past those two and we dont think it would if there were ever a trial on the facts, we dont think the facts are as your experts thinks them to be. Hunter owned an unloaded gun for 11 days. There will never have been a charge like this brought in the United States. Well see how those arguments end up and if it works out in court. But what all of this means is that we could be in a pretty remarkable place, where
lamborghini. that s what prosecutors say the president s son spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on instead of paying his taxes. his lawyers and his father s campaign say this is all about politics. taking the stand donald trump is prepared to testify in his civil fraud trial. why does he keep choosing the courthouse over the campaign trail? and, i m sorry, the president of harvard is apologizing for saying calling the genocide of jews harassment. why is it so hard for so many to call out jew hate? i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with hunter biden facing nine new charges in a federal tax case that, if convicted, could put the first son in prison. the 56-page indictment filed in california alleges that he schemed to av eevade at least $ in federal taxes. he s facing federal gun charges and is at the heart of a republican-led impeachment inquiry into his father, the president. this morning, we heard from hunter biden himself
Why are so many people outraged about it now . Were going to talk to a man who says that outrage comes straight from the Clinton Campaign. And remember this, youll hear trumps explanation for this clinton bashing tweet. Lets get right to cnns sunlen serfa serfaty. We heard a vintage donald trump this evening. What is he saying . He said a little bit of everything. This was somewhat of a stream of consciousness. This is exactly the sort of offthecuff and speech that gives republicans still so much heartburn about donald trump. He covered the gamut of so many topics, but there was a lighter moment, an odd moment when a mosquito flew in front of him. The democrats ooh, there was a mosquito. I dont want mosquitos around me. I dont like mosquitos. I dont like those mosquitos, i never did. Okay, speaking of mosquitoes, hello, hillary, how are you doing . Certainly an impromptu moment for donald trump, waste nothing opportunity to turn it into a moment about Hillary Clinton. Did Hillary Clint