The Justice Department to help him get even with his political enemies, pushing extensively, we are learning tonight, for the acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen, to name two special counsels. And cnn also learning that the president is now asking those around him if he, himself, can appoint the special counsels. The answer is, no, no, he cannot, according to Justice Department rules, so he needs to have a plan with attorney general to do so. Facts and laws, of course, dont seem to matter to trump. He wants one special counsel to investigate joe bidens son hunter, and the other to investigate the president s baseless claims of Election Fraud. In the case of hunter biden, theres already an investigation. In the case of the election, the Justice Department, the department of Homeland Security, the supreme court, courts across this country, all the states, the list goes on and on theres no there there. Trump doesnt care about the truth. We all know that this is now about one thing and
Of chris cuomo because this is cnn tonight. And imhe in for don lemon and we begin with breaking news. Because on this eve of Christmas Eve the ghosts of criminals past have their slates wiped clean with president ial pardons. That smell you smell, that wafting, its not Holiday Cheer and evergreen boughs. It is the stren. Of the swamp. Rotten to the core. Another blizzard of pardons tonight. 26 in total. And the big names on tonights list . A rogues gallery of convicted criminals. Paul manafort trumps former Campaign Manager convicted of bank and tax fraud and witness tampering and Robert Muellers russia investigation. He admitted his crimes and he initially agreed to cooperate with mueller then lied to prosecutors. Manafort was serving a sentence in home confinement. Roger stone a long time trump ally and selfdescribed political trickster convicted of lying to congress and threatening a witness. Trump had already commuted his sentence. And keeping it in the family. Trump pardons Charl
Whats the latest youre hearing . Reporter you mentioned the human remains. Thats being looked at by the medical examiners office. When we asked last night at a press conference, the police chief did confirm that tissue was found, believed to be human remains. He wouldnt tell us exactly where in the blast site those were found, whether it had anything to do with potentially someone inside the rv. He said theyre still looking into all of that. And to keep in mind that the debris was really scattered across a large distance, and so its still difficult as theyre parsing through a lot of that. And we also have heard now of, of course, about the three people who were hospitalized. Those are three civilians, luckily with nonlifethreatening injuries. The city also reallytalked abou efforts of the First Police Officers that came to the scene. The six officers came to the scene, they heard that ominous recorded message coming from the rv telling people they had 15 minutes before a bomb would go
January 20th. Hes pitting himself directly against Congressional Republicans up ending the covid relief bill that his administration negotiated with congress. One republican lawmaker even saying the president is throwing the party under the bus with his last minute demands. On the same private call that was said with house republicans, the New York Times reports republican virginia fox went as far to say, quote, i dont know we can recover from this. The president also vetoed a major defense bill that was passed with bipartisan majorities in both chambers of congress. All of this as the president issues another wave of pardons to loyalists, friends and allies. Over two dozen last night. Another move that isnt sitting well with some republicans. Put bluntly by republican senator ben sasse this wave of pardons is, quote, rotten to the core. So washington is a mess. And donald trump, he just left town, leaving the chaos behind him to spend his holiday in palm beach. And as of now, there is
14 Million People may miss very vital aid, the unemployment checks that would have been on their way if not for trumps delay. As you can see, Speaker Pelosi has called a vote on the extended expanded payments. Well let you know what happens. Meerbl, as people were facing reallife problems here, donald trump spent the time that he was delaying this very bill by golfing in florida. Vice president pence on vacation in vale. The backlash to all of that has been bipartisan. I understand he wants to be remembered for advocating for big checks, but the danger is hell be remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior. What the president is doing right now is unbelievably cruel. To play thissole switch a roogame which is like i dont get the point, unless its just to create chaos and show power and be upset because he lost the election. Chaos and punishing regular innocent americans for losing the election. That was a republican saying that. Heres a conservative outlet, im sure you know it