bases tat island of cuba. now the white house is saying that the chinese have been in cuba for years, quote, china conducted an upgrade of its intelligence collection facilities in cuba in 2019. this is well documented in the intelligence record. this is an issue that this administration inherited. of course, the u.s. has been spying on china for years. remember rc135 in south china sea that got buzzed by the fighter jet, mike, that wasn t exactly sightseeing as used to spy in china. now back to our shores. the gop-led house oversight committee say they have fbi document that the biden family took bribe up to $10 million. the top democrat saying he found no doing. the investigation of the allegations made in that document were not closed down. as i repeatedly said, i set up a process at the beginning in 2020 to vet evidence before it went to the open-pending investigations. lucas: president biden remains under federal investigation under his handling of classified materials
states nuclear programs, potential vulnerabilities of the united states and its allies to plan military attacks, to military attack, and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack, end quote. according to the indictment, this is what donald trump did with those state secrets. for the first few months, some boxes to on the stage of an event space known as the white and gold ballroom before they were moved to the business center. then, some boxes were stored in a bathroom, stacked high above the marble floors, surrounding the toilet and blocking access to the bum, shower, not blocking access to the toilet. they were finally moved to a storage room in 2021, piled high along the walls of the room, but this case isn t just about mishandling the highly sensitive documents. the government also alleges the former presidents quote, endeavored to obstruct the fbi and grand darien vista geishas end quote. for a period of time, trump repeatedly ignored the fbi s order
mr. wolf blitzer in the situation room. i ll see you tomorrow. happening now, republican presidential candidates ron desantis and nikki haley are preparing to take questions from iowa voters live here on cnn. we re setting the stage for our back-to-back town halls with donald trump s top gop rivals. i ll speak with chris christie this hour. also tonight, newly released documents reveal that they spent millions of various trump-owned property while he was president. we re following the money trail. isis is now claiming responsibility for a pair of deadly explosion. how this attack could impact wartime tensions in the middle east. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. behind me are live pictures in des moines as they will soon appear in back-to-tack town hall events. let s go to kristin holmes, live from sioux city in iowa. with the caucuses only is 1 days away, what are we hearing from the c
a bedrock principle of the department of justice and our nation s commitment to the rule of law sets a an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone. applying those laws, collecting facts, that s what determines the outcome of an investigation. nothing more, nothing less. the words of rachel math maddow, stunningly simple words in both the indictment and from behind the podium. it was the first time we as an american public have ever heard from the special counsel notably he praised the fbi and the prosecutors on his team. rachel pointed out they have already come under vicious attack by the indicted ex-president. he encouraged all of us to read the indictment itself, an endeavor we re taking seriously. it s known as a speaking indictment, meaning it is straight forward and, frankly, gripping and dramatic. it lays out the alleged crimes trump faces. 31 counts have to do with the espionage act. we re going to unpack all of them.
hello and welcome. donald trump has spoken publicly for the first time since he was charged with 3a counts of falsifying business records saying the legal action is an insult to america. the former us president earlier pleaded not guilty to hiding damaging information during the 2016 election. speaking to his supporters, mr trump said his only crime was to fearlessly defend the nation from those who would destroy it. in a campaign style speech, he lambasted the biden administration and repeated the false claims that he d been cheated out of office in 2020 by voting fraud. nada tawfik reports from new york. a show of defiance just hours after his arrest. back at his mar a lago club in florida, donald trump slowly made his way through a ballroom packed with crowds of supporters, shaking hands and relishing their attention. in his first public remarks since being indicted, he said the justice system had become lawless. and i never thought anything like this could happen in a