that proof in the form of 16 different records, which undercuts a major trump defense. trump s former white house lawyer ty cobb will be outfront. plus, putin s crackdown tonight, issuing an arrest warrant for an oscar-nominated film producer who has spoken out against russia s unprovoked invasion. that russian producer is outfront. and elon musk tonight ripping into people who work from home, calling it morally wrong. so what does kevin o leary from the hit television show shark tank think? we ll find out. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, trump knew. cnn reporting exclusively tonight that the national archives is set to turn over 16 records to the special counsel and that these 16 records show trump and his advisers were well aware of the proper process to declassify documents. and as we know from the results of the raid on trump s mar-a-lago, that process was not followed. the national archives records directly contradict
republican primary voters. i have a sense that people are looking for a new brand of leadership, at least one that has the potential of elevating the public debate back up to a threshold of civility that we had in public life not that long ago. reporter: john sanu new toying with a presidential run of his own said it s a complicated balance with pence. his association with trump, does it help or hurt? yes, it certainly does. both? it really is both. if he does get in, he s got a much stronger base than people realize, i think, in the evangelical community. if he has a negative, i think a lot of people perceive him as too nice a guy. reporter: pence is becoming less shy, challenging trump, including on abortion. trump has side stepped questions about supporting national restrictions and has been critical of florida s six-week abortion ban. for my part, i disagree with
coming. they all say the one way it might come, will there be somebody credible in the republican race who consistently makes the argument against donald trump? not he s a distraction, not we need to win, but who actually raises the specifics, and no republican yet has shown the courage to do that consistently. all right. so, i just want to reference because you said his poll numbers kept going up. reuters ipsos. mid-march trump s at 44%. he s 14 points ahead of his next closest competitor ron desantis. it s reported he ll be indicted by alvin bragg, the lead doubles to 29 percentage points. goes to court, turns himself in. and we don t know what the impact of further things will be. that certainly shows the nomination. it makes the point ty was making. what about this independence point that ty was making about in the general? well, again, these conversations play out almost in
that proof in the form of 16 different records, which undercuts a major trump defense. trump s former white house lawyer ty cobb will be outfront. plus, putin s crackdown tonight, issuing an arrest warrant for an oscar-nominated film producer who has spoken out against russia s unprovoked invasion. that russian producer is outfront. and elon musk tonight ripping into people who work from home, calling it morally wrong. so what does kevin o leary from the hit television show shark tank think? we ll find out. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, trump knew. cnn reporting exclusively tonight that the national archives is set to turn over 16 records to the special counsel and that these 16 records show trump and his advisers were well aware of the proper process to declassify documents. and as we know from the results of the raid on trump s mar-a-lago, that process was not followed. the national archives records directly contradict trump s ma
reporting. this is a significant event, particularly zigive the fact th trump did not go to court initially to prevent this and that the archives turned it over merely on the request of the justice department. this is all governed by a case called united states versus sb. but the sb criteria are set out in the letter that transmitted these documents, whistle they re important to the grand jury, and they are not easily found elsewhere. so, it will be not much of a legal hurdle for the special prosecutor to prevail if trump does indeed take this to court. on the timing, i think this is i-dotting and t-crossing. i think that this case is ready to go. i think there is a possibility that the obstruction case may be