Donald trump during the campaign vowed again and again never to settle. Today, his lawyers settled. And while they did not admit any wrongdoing and he still does not admit any wrongdoing, they did pay and pay big league. Cnns Phil Mattingly has the late details and joins us now. Phil, what are you learn tonight . Reporter big league to the tune of 25 million. Thats the tune of the settlement, as you noted, that will go out to about 6,000 students of the forprofit education institution, i guess we can with call it. Look, an interesting element here is this. Donald trump in the trial that was in this case was facing the very real probability that as president elect, he would have to take the stand. What this does, what this settlement does is take that off the table. It puts to bed an issue that not only had been plaguing his campaign for much of the last 18 months, but plaguing his personal Business Operation for the last couple of years. That is now gone. As you noted, the trump organi
T alan de al alan dershowitz. The president is watching and listen. Today he lashed out at three federal court judges, deciding the case, accusing them of acting politically. Listen to this. I listened to a bunch of stuff last night on television that was disgraceful. I dont ever want to call a court biased, so i wont call it biased. And we havent had a decision yet, but courts seem to be so political. And it would be so great for our Justice System if they would be able to read a statement and do whats right. Crossed the line . Is he helping his case, hurting . Does it matter . Probably doesnt matter much. Of course he makes a point. Courts are political. He appointed gorsuch instead of merrick garland. And that was a political decision. Even in yesterdays argument, the two judges that seemed more sympathetic to Washington State were two democratic appointees, and the one judge more sympathetic to the position of the white house was a republican. But he should have been angry more at
Yesterday. When pain happens, aleve it. Right now we go to the west coast. Brian we saw a fox news all day strong. Alert. Arrested overnight and charged with running a drug den. Turns out thats illegal. Carley i dont think he wants to be on camera. This after a third man overdoses and nearly dies inside his california house. Steve Griff Jenkins is inside . Washington with the breaking developments. This man a very prominent democratic donor in los angeles, right . Griff thats right, steve, ainsley, and brian. And good afternoon newsroom of california. Thergavinnewsom. Handcuffed millionaire, prominent donor, crouching down in an officers car and clearly not wanting to be seen. He is accused of injecting a man with so much meth he overdosed and nearly died. The man calling 911 after buck allegedly refused to help him. He survived after being treated at a hospital. In a motion against buck prosecutors say he has quote no regard for human life and praised on men struggling with addiction