and if we re wrong, we will be made fools of. but if we re right, a lot of them will go to jail. [cheers and applause] so let s have trial by combat. [crowd clamoring] - when giuliani appeared alongside donald trump on january 6th, what came to my mind was the riot at city hall. [crowd yelling] - [whistling] - they marched around city hall park in a peaceful and orderly fashion, but then, minutes later, thousands of cops stormed through the barricades and ran on top of cars as they charged the stairs of city hall. [crowd cheering and yelling] - people called it at the time the riot of the oppressors. [crowd yelling] a riot of policemen. [crowd yelling] - you have a bunch of off-duty cops. [crowd yelling] - took over the roadway of the brooklyn bridge. jumped on cars. stormed city hall. - saying that their jobs had become too difficult and that they didn t have the support that they needed and they wanted a much tougher hand. crowd: dinkins must go! dinkins must go! -
and liz cheney is vowing to prevent trump from returning to power after her landslide gop primary defeat that will oust her from congress. she says she s considering a 2024 run for the white house in a potential showdown with the former president. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with rudy giuliani facing the georgia grand jury knowing he s the target of a criminal investigation. the former trump lawyer questioned under oath about the ex-president s potentially illegal attempts to stay in power. cnn political correspondent sara murray has more from atlanta. we will not talk about this until it s over. it s a grand jury and grand juries, as i recall are secret. rudy giuliani keeping a tight lid on six hours of testimony that just wrapped here. just days after prosecutors told him he is now a target in the criminal investigation into efforts to subvert the 2020 e
Formally recognized a palestinian state. Deadline white house starts right now. Hi there, everyone. 22 witnesses, 21 days of court, 80 hours of Witness Testimony later, the firstever criminal trail of an expresident is coming to a close. The prosecution has one last chance to hammer home its case in close answer on tuesday, given that the defense put up just two witnesses, lasting four times longer than their entire presentation, only the manhattan d. A. Is wrestling with the about the Testimony Bombshell after bombshell over four weeks. Jurors listens intendly, as they testified about the confidential arrangement made with trump in 2015. Hope hick telling the about the infame owls Access Hollywood tape. Jurors also saw the handwritten notes that worked out the monthly reimbursements. Stormy daniels was questioned in detail about an rattled Sexual Encounter . Michael cohen it was, mr. Trumps former fixer turned foe Michael Cohen taken the stand. So, all the testimony and all of the evi
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