and whether his client wants to see the former president indicted. mr trump has been seeking donations. as you know, from his supporters fundraising off his claims he was going to be arrested this past tuesday and in a new series of statements on the social network is calling the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, quote, danger to our country and to quote animal he s also linked to an article with a photo of bragg next to a photo of himself with a baseball bat looking like he s ready to take a swing. brags office, meantime, sent a letter to house republicans who are seeking to investigate the investigators. the letter says. house republicans only got involved quote after donald trump created a false expectation that he would be arrested the next day, and his lawyers reportedly urged you to intervene. neither fact the letter continues is a legitimate basis for congressional inquiry. here s how speaker mccarthy s reply. impossible. i don t understand why he only just poli
political ones development as well on the federal side. lawyers for the former vice president were in court today behind closed doors, trying to block a grand jury subpoena for his testimony in the january 6th case, and in the classified documents case. tomorrow is the day the former prisons attorney , evan corcoran, is expected to give additional testimony and turned over documents after the d. c district appeals court. upheld. the judge is incredibly rare decision to set aside attorney client privilege under the crime fraud exception. now we have reporting tonight on all of the above cnn s kara scannell on them and hadn t case and kaylen poland s on the federal action caress canal starts us off. so any idea why things have slowed down with the grand jury in new york. this grand jury has been hearing evidence in this case since january. we ve seen a number of the witnesses close to this david pecker at the national enquirer. um michael cohen, who is trump s fixed or the man
hello and welcome to the cnn newsroom. boris sanchez, everyone boris great to be with you. i m jessica dean and we begin with breaking details another major legal blow to former president donald trump. on the day his attorney had to testify before a federal grand jury. in one case. we re learning. in a separate case, his former top administration aides have now been ordered to testify, and that includes his past white house chief of staff mark meadows. this specific investigation is the federal criminal. probe into donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election loss. cnn senior crime and justice reporter caitlin poland s is with us live standing outside of the department of justice on a rainy day. caitlin tell us so much about this development, the claim of executive privilege by the former president thrown out by this judge. right so this is another attempt where donald trump was coming into court secretly behind closed doors and trying to say that people around him sh
whether former president trump has fully complied with a subpoena issued back in may to hand over all classified documents he took with him when he left office. sources telling cnn federal investigators want to talk to two people hired to search trump s properties back in november for any additional records that have not been turned over. and now president biden faces his own special counsel investigation after his lawyers discovered obama era documents in his garage and a personal office in his wilmington home and also in a washington, d.c. office. mr. biden used it during the trump presidency. there are important distinctions between the two investigations. the trump reviews involve way more classified records and questions of obstruction. once the government demanded their return. team biden says it immediately notified the appropriate agencies when the first documents were found and that it worked with the justice department on the search that turned up additional classif
the missouri center defending himself after being mocked over the now infamous video of him fleeing from the trump mob, and the roundup himself on january 6th. you will not believe his trusted voice for democrats yeah good saturday morning to, you i am katie fang. breaking overnight, former president donald trump attacking the work of the january six committee. and finally responding to those explosive accusations from former white house aide, cassidy hutchinson. speaking at a rally in arizona, trump denied that he tried to grab the steering wheel. of the presidential vehicle and launch of the senate security after he was told that he could not go to the capitol on january six. trump also saying that his opponents up weaponized law enforcement against him. that is amid new fallout from thursday summer finale of the 16 hearings with the committee accusing donald trump of duty for failing to call off the attack on the capitol. for more on, this return to nbc news corresponden