this legal pressure that is engulfing donald trump to a degree he s clearly aware of. his former white house lawyer made waves and concerned people by ricking trump will go to jail over white house documents. now we have this short but unusual letter from donald trump s lawyers, signed by them, publicized by donald trump that reads like a cry for help or some sort of freakout. i can tell you straight up it s not a normal legal proceeding. it s addressed to attorney general merrick garland. the wall street journal made waves that the quays may be nearing the intend although no one can say what happened, it clearly had bad news in there at a minimum for trump with insiders bracing for a possible indictment. again, that s not news you can go to the bank with, but it s wall street journal, which is own by the murdoch empire, and that may among other things may have led trump to write this letter. it basically tries to shake down the attorney general of the united states, whic
do you still have any classified documents in your possession? no, i don t. i don t have anything. i have no classified documents. and by the way, they become automatically declassified when i took them. a source close to trump s legal team says the former president may go to court to prevent the presidential records from being handed over, . he whether only have about a week before the national archives says they re giving if records to the special counsel. paula reed joins us right now. what does this letter mean, this letter from the national archives mean for the criminal investigation into trump s handling of classified documents? we know the special counsel is looking at several potential crimes, including the pos mishandling of classified records. this will answer the question whether the former president knowingly removed classified documents without authorization. because according to this letter obtained by our colleague, the archives says that these 16 reco
his property. the lead starts right now. i have no classified documents. by the way, they become automatically declassified when i took them. it does not quite work that way, though. sources say trump was aware of the declassification process before he left office. the new evidence that could soon be in the hands of the special counsel. paparazzi following prince harry and meghan markle in new york in a scene described as near catastrophic. plus, tonight a vote on taking action against republican congressman george santos after his many lies and a federal indictment and he pled guilty to a crime in another country. is there enough bipartisan animous to kick santos out of congress. we begin with a cnn exclusive. major developments today in the special counsel s investigation into donald trump s handling of classified materials taken from the white house to mar-a-lago and then taken from mar-a-lago by the fbi last year. multiple sources tell cnn that the national ar
Hes out, wont do it because its virtual debate. Lets go outfront. Good evening to all. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, we begin with the breaking news, an alleged front to storm the capitol and kidnap michigans governor. The alleged attack thwarted by the fbi. In a moment, im going to talk to the governor of michigan for her First National interview since the plot became public today. Well give you the details as we have them now. They are alarming. According to the fbi, the Group Planned to storm the State Capitol with molotov cocktails, taking whitmer hostage and overthrowing the government. That attack was set to take place before the 2020 president ial election. And were now learning just how involved the fbi was in uncovering this operation. At least seven fbi field offices from across the country involved in thwarting the attack, and just a short time ago, whitmer held a press conference and put some of the blame on President Trump. Just last week, the president of the United
Thank you so much for your time. All the best. Thank you, fredricka. Thank you so much for being with me. We begin this hour with President Trump still refusing to concede an election. Even members of his own family are privately telling him to admit the defeat. A source to cnn says that Melania Trump have advised the president to concede the loss. Instead, the president pushily rema remains. Mean time they are faing saturday said another devastating record. Its the third strait day globally in his victory speech joe biden pledged to by tomorrow, comprised the leading scientists and experts, biden making it clear the pandemic will be his top priority when he takes off january 20th. Our work begins with getting covid under control. We cannot repair the economy or relish lifes most precious moments, all moments that matter most to us, until we get it under control. Our correspondents are kate, you first what do we know . Behind the scenes, a source telling cnn shes been having conversati