what do you think are the chances you can get an acquittal? i would not comment. reporter: she was detained on february 17th. prosecutors claiming she was carrying two vaping cartridges with about .07 oil a crime in russia that can carry a sentence of up to ten years in praise colony. the u.s. considers her being rong wrongfully detained. wrongful detention is unacceptable where ever it occurs. the united states government, at the very high e est levels is working hard to bring mi miss griner as well as all wrongfully detained u.s. citizens safely home. reporter: her trial starts as tensions between the u.s. and russia have reached a boiling point. not just over rusrussia s invas of ukraine. the u.s. is calling for immediate release of former marine paul whelan who was sentenced to sf years. they also said the trial was not political. the facts say a prominent athlete was detained in possession of prohibits substances that contained drugs. reporter: after about
over to cnn tonight. everyone now hates this whole thing. is there a caramel burrito coming at some point? if the push pop goes, i m out of here. thank you so much, everyone. that just ruined our day. thank you, anderson cooper. we appreciate it. i am laura coates and this is cnn tonight. so, for everyone out there wondering which came first, the chicken or the egg? or maybe the doj or the committee investigation. it might become more clear. the committee maybe flexing its legislative and oversight powers to illuminate what led up to and what really happened on january 6th. but the doj isn t waiting for the torch to be passed. it appears to be investigating the actions of donald trump himself. that s according to the washington post tonight. cnn can confirm the key aide to mike pence, his former chief of staff, mike short, and his lead counsel, greg jacob have already testified before a federal grand jury. pretty high up! the prosecutors asked hours and asked questions of m
Become a reality among democrats. Up first, a tale of two felons. President trump praises Paul Manafort, his former Campaign Chairman, now convicted on eight federal counts of tax and bank fraud. The president tweeted this, i feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family. Justice, and he puts the word justice in quotes took a 12yearold tax case among other things applied tremendous pressure on him and unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to break. Make up stories in order to get a deal. Such respect for a brave man. The president took another swipe at Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and personal fixer for more than a decade who pleaded guilty to eight charges and implicated the president of the United States in a hush money scheme. The president tweeted this. Quote, if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest that you dont retain the services of Michael Cohen. Lets bring in our white house
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name and said to everybody on the call. they need our support now, were that both hunter and mr. archer landed plumb jobs on the board of burisma even though hunter s energy experience seemed to be limited to how he felt as a person when he was doing lines of coke are random hookers also recall hunter s other partner tony bobulinski confirmed the big guy s conversations when hunter was trying to impress clients. i have heard joe biden say he has never discussed business with hunter. that is false. i have firsthand knowledge about this because i directly dealt with the biden family including joe biden. on may 2nd, 2017, the night before joe biden was to appear at the mill kin conference, i was introduced to joe biden by jim biden and hunter biden. at my approximately hour long meeting with joe that night, we
people will never know how far kindness can go, on may 2nd, 1998, this will be my last year, lord, have gotten what i can. she lost her life less than a year later, she traced her heft land and said one day my hands will touch the world. you have changed mine. thanks to everyone. america reports. really dangerous. maga republican congressmen threatening to default on the national debt unless i agree to the whacko notion they have. default, it would be worse than totally irresponsible. clear to speaker mccarthy how we should proceed to settle our differences. no one should jeopardize the full faith and credit of the united states of america. john: president biden wrapping up rhetoric against kevin mccarthy proposal, claiming they are not looking out for american s interests,