operation from rescue to recovery. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is on assignment. you re in the situation room. cnn reporting on the special counsel s investigation into donald trump. the former president s attorneys subpoenaed for a classified document that trump discussed on an audiotape but are unable to find. our correspondent paula reed is joining with us the details. tell us what you are learning. reporter: we have learned back in march, trump s lawyers received this subpoena from the special counsel. this was the first time the legal team learned about that meeting in 2021 was trump referenced that classified document in that tape. lawyers were not able to find the document trump describes in that reporting. it s unclear at this point if the government has it at all. mr. president, why did you take classified documents concerning general milley? reporter: cnn reporting that donald trump served with a subp
several democratic officials. then a new discovery about a revolutionary weight loss drug. patients say it actually helps curb other addictions such as smoking or drinking. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our law and justice lead. the first public reaction from former president donald trump in response to cnn s blockbuster reor thing, since matched by the new york times and washington post, in his classified documents case. mr. trump refused to directly answer questions about a recording now in the hands of federal prosecutors where trump is said to be talking about classified materials he kept in his possession after leaving the white house. but the former president did go after those investigators with his usual complaints of being a victim of a witch hunt. in moments i ll be joined by trump s former lawyer, tim parm tory who left the legal team a few weeks ago and played a key role in the classified documents investigation. first, we ll start
hello, everybody, welcome to inside politics, i m john king in washington. up first, some important breaking and exclusive new cnn reporting about the special counsel investigation, and that audio recording of the former president donald trump. sources now telling cnn that trump attorneys turned over material in mid-march, two and a half months ago, in mid-march, connected to a classified military document. the one prosecutors hear mr. trump describe on that audio recording now in their possession. that tape prompting a fresh subpoena from special counsel jack smith s investigators for any and all documents relate to general mark milley, the joint chiefs chair, or iran, sources telling cnn there s also a big unknown, whether that document in question, an iran attack plan, was ever actually returned to the government. let s break down this important reporting. it s beginning with the team behind it. cnn s kaitlan collins joins us from new york. paula reid is here with me in wa
through these early states, we were in iowa, now we re in new hampshire, jake, and what we re seeing emerge is when he s on the stump he s talking indirectly about former president trump. he s never naming him. it s when he gets off the stump and talks to media that we get those more direct hits that he s taking at him. and that seems to be kind of the needle he s trying to thread right now because remember, a lot of these voters he s talking to may have potentially voted, or most likely voted for former president trump in the past. so he has to kind of walk a fine line here. and what we re also seeing is how he is pitching himself to voters. and that s really starting to come into focus. and what we re seeing, the lane they re really carving out for him and that he s carving out for himself is that of a sitting executive. he s not a former anything. he is a sitting governor in florida. and when he talks to voters he s really going through and outlining what he and his team h
trump also on tape undermining his own defense. so, is it a smoking gun for prosecutors or not? the former white house lawyer for trump ty cobb will be outfront. plus, a new message from the head of the russian private army, the wagner group. we are learning new details about just how paranoid putin has become about other russians. we ve got that for you this hour. plus, a court clearing the way for a manson family member to be granted parole. will the manson follower now in her 70s go free? let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, trump on tape. federal prosecutors now have trump s own words as key evidence in its classified documents investigation. according to sources, trump is heard on tape acknowledging that he held onto a classified document about plans for a potential attack in iran. so that is significant in and of itself, admitting that he held onto that. and then, secondarily admitting there are limits to his actual abilit