ex-president for charges, and a judge saying that words do indeed have consequences. donald trump is now under a gag order in the criminal case brought by the manhattan d.a. alleging a cover-up. the young barring trump from attacking or directing others to attack potential witnesses, jurors, prosecutors and court staff. and the ex-president is allowed to make statements about district attorney alvin bragg. if his ruling, the judge said that the need to protect the integrity of the process from the defendant with one of the biggest platforms in the world. as trial neared it pushed him to issue the cord. quote, given the eve of trial is upon us, it is without question that the imminency of the risk of harm is paramount. the rules was issued hours after trump made two statements that would arguably have violated the gag order. times records in a rambling and angry post on his social media site on tuesday, he made a reference to michael cohen, claiming without explanation that
emerge from that alliance from the ex-president and mark meadows. mark meadows told jack smith special investigators that he could not call trump ever ordering or even discussing declassifying broad sets of classified material before leaving the white house nor was he aware of any standing order from trump authorizing the automatic declassification of materials taken out of the oval office. that reporting according to sources close to the matter. so far mark meadows has remained very quiet about jack smith s classified docs investigation. we do know that mark meadows has testified before a federal grand jury and that happened earlier this year. abc s new reporting sheds light on meadow s ties to this case regarding a central criminal charge in smith s superseding indictment. the willful retention of a classified document that showed a military plan to attack iran. and one that showed multiple people at his bedminister club, referenced in meadow s book. according to an earl
hi, ari. thanks so much. welcome to the beat. we are living through this ongoing and intense backlash to that early supreme court decision you may remember early in the political calendar if you go back about two years to overturn roe v. wade. that was a 50-year precedent that had always provided women in the united states to right to choose. for the entire duration of those 50 years. it was the first time a supreme court ever retracted a human right in american history. in this historic decision, the supreme court has now overturned roe v. wade. this is a devastating day. the radical supreme court is eviscerating americans rights. this is insane. i m worried for the young women who are on opposition who don t understand how at risk their lives may be. my number one is pro-life and i m going to vote pro-life. i m absolutely concerned about voting for reproductive rights. the first ballot test for abortion rights and the answer was clear and decisive. i th
office just ahead of trump s surrender at the fulton county jail on thursday. are law enforcement officials there prepared? trump s republican rivals are little over 24 hours away from their first debate on the eve of the former president s arrest. gop candidate asa hutchinson joins us live this hour to discuss his debate strategy and trump s decision to snub the event. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re keeping a close eye on fulton county jail and the courthouse where multiple trump codefendants were arrested or involved in new legal maneuvers today. we re also following breaking news on two of the famous trump allies indicted with the former president in georgia. cnn s paula reid is outside the courthouse in atlanta. she s got details. paula, you have new reporting on mark meadows bid to get the georgia election subversion case tossed, what are you learning? reporter: that s right
the prosecutors with the manhattan d.a. s office gathered in court on the very same day that the trial over concealing hush money payments to porn star stormy daniels was originally supposed to begin. but instead of what was supposed to be the first day of jury selection, team trump and the manhattan d.a. tangled over a sudden twist in the case that led to the trial being delayed. that last minute release of nearly 100,000 pages of evidence provided by the justice department in its investigation of witness michael cohen. at stake in today s hearing, whether trump would be able to delay accountability in this case as well as he hassaged to do in the federal documents case, but the judge did not buy what team trump was selling. the judge accusing trump s defense lawyers in bringing up the issue of delay in getting documents only to derail the trial. the judge asking why the attorneys didn t mention the issue in february. the judge said this, quote, why didn t you bring any of