Have a live report. From the bay station. Youre watching kron. And news. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im justine waldman. Were going follow some breaking news now and begin with that here. First at noon, the fbi raiding the womens correctional facility dublin this morning. Federal investigators have seized computers and documents from that prison. The prison has recently been at the center of a yearslong abuse investigation. The lead to previous charges against a former warden and other employees. An associate warden at a captain removed from the facility this morning. While that raid was underway, Ap Investigation in 2021. Found a culture of abuse and coverups that had persisted for years at the prison and that report led to increased scrutiny from congress and pledges from the federal bureau of prisons to fix the problems. At least 8 employees, including a former warden ray garcia, have been charged with sexually abusing inmates. Garcia was convicted in 2022
Your friday night. You too, buddy. All right. Today, the federal judge overseeing Special Counsel jack smiths case into Donald Trumps attempt to overturn the 2020 election and shoot a Protective Order. Judge Tanya Chutkan establish limits on what evidence in the case trump cant discuss publicly. Judge chutkan ordered that donald trump cannot disclose sensitive materials, including recordings, transcripts, interview reports, and related exhibits of witness interviews and materials obtained from other governmental entities. Donald trumps legal team can show him the sensitive materials in the case, but trump cannot take notes on any information that would identify witnesses and, according to the Protective Order, quote, during any time that the defendant reviews sensitive materials outside of Defense Councils presents, the defendant must not have access to any device capable of photocopying, recording, or otherwise replicating the sensitive materials, including a smart cellular device. Th
Welcome back. Our top story this halfhour, Scott Peterson is back in court again. And this time it could lead to a bombshell moment. Las angeles Innocence Project is stepping into this infamous case requesting a mountain of evidence. To see if theres any truth to petersons claim that he is innocent of killing his wife and unborn son conferece recess to joining us now in studio with more on the big hearing tomorrow, teresa noel. And can one item of particular interest is a van that reportedly had blood stains found inside a day after laci went missing. And whats key is that now the Innocence Project brings technology in dna and other forensic evidence. Thats 20 years down the road from the time. Of laci and conners murder. And i think thats also going to be what they look at is that dna evidence available to be tested . Heres a closeup look at that burned van with a mattress inside with apparent blood stains. The las angeles Innocence Project wants to review all of the report to the van
Public. Station. Hes calling for news 2. Thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 2. Im justine waldman. Our top story this afternoon is that computers and documents have been seized during an fbi raid at the all womens prison in the east bay. More than a dozen federal agents reportedly conducting this operation earlier today at the federal Corrections Institute at dublin kron. 4 suitable joins us now live outside the facility with what we know right now. Thanks for joining us. Philippe. Youve got to justine in. This is a troubled facility and we have seen several unmarked cars driving in and out of this facility for several hours in the several hours that weve been here. We cannot make out who is coming in and out. But obviously we assume several of them are fbi agents. We do know that there has been an ongoing years long federal abuse investigation going on here eventually led to charges against the former warden and captain both allegedly removed from the premises. Today. Weve
Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. Youre watching cnn newsroom. And im rosemary church. Just ahead, Donald Trumps legal battles picking up steam. As his lawyers push back on a request to limit what the former u. S. President can say about the election interference case against him. Severe storms roll across the eastern u. S. , tearing down trees and toppling power lines, leaving hundreds of thousands in the dark. And police in montgomery, alabama, are promising to make arrests after a massive brawl broke out along the citys riverfront. Good to have you with us. The drug in dumps election subversion case is moving quickly. She wants to have a hearing on how to handle evidence and what trump can say about the case. Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys are facing a 3 00 p. M. Eastern deadline today to come up with options. The Justice Department wants restrictions on trump, fearing he could disclose Sensitive Information or intimid