man. today after being called a gutless paid, bill barr went on cbs with a damning assessment of his former boss. saying trump s look at a fight nine-year-old. that trump is all but a victim. that the indictment against him is not government overreach. do you believe he lied to the justice department? and personally, do i believe. it yes. the legal theory by which he gets to have battle plans, and sensitive national security information as his personal papers is absurd. it s just as wacky as the legal doctrine that came up with for having the vice president unilaterally determine who won the election. obviously, these documents are really private. it s obvious. it s obvious. and yet, whatever obviously maybe it will put our court system to the test in the months to come. for numerous reasons. it s classified documents case highlights the danger of partisan judicial appointments. a judge, trump appointed, helped him delay the doj s investigation now oversees this trial.
president. we re getting new information right now on the multiple fronts in this trump investigation. tonight, the u.s. justice department details systemic violations by the minneapolis police department, saying the problems of excessive force and racial discrimination led to the murder of george floyd. dozens of guilty verdicts against the gunman behind the 2018 massacre at a pittsburgh synagogue. now that a federal jury had its say, will the killer be sentenced to death? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. we begin this hour with a new request by the special counsel in the classified documents probe. the filing reflects prosecutpro fears donald trump might go public with information about the investigation. paula reed is joining us now. walk us through this protective order as it is called, this request. reporter: wolf, this is a request from prosecutors that we would expect in a ca
time for choosing. the trump indictment forces republican candidates to make a choice. tiptoe around the former president or take their best shot at the fruont-runner. he s saying, i m more important than the country. this is vanity run amok. chris christie joins me nokes. what do experts charged with our national defense say about the classified documents stored at mar-a-lago. house intelligence committee mark turner and mark esper will be here exclusively. plus, a way forward? america s cities confront challenges on crime and justice. in los angeles, the new mayor says she s delivering on a promise to end homelessness, but now her city faces a new test. this did not catch us offguard nor did it intimidate us. l.a. mayor karen bass joins us exclusively. hello, i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is thanking dad. happy father s day, as we mark the beginning of summer, and with it, campaign season. president biden kicked off his re-electio
experienced in the department of justice. they have investigated this case to the highest ethical standards and they will continue to do so as this case proceeds. the case jack smith is referring to could proceed in new jersey, according to legal experts, which could explain some of the things trump was not charged with in the indictment filed in the southern district of florida. also tonight, what to expect when president biden attends a major gun control summit tomorrow in connecticut. senator chris murphy joins me. plus, i have a big announcement about a blockbuster reidout special next week with a very special guest. they don t get much bigger. i will spill the beans a little later. but we begin tonight with the wild card in the mishandling of classified documents case against the twice impeached, twice indicted former president, donald trump. the wild card is the judge, who is set to oversee the case, u.s. district judge aileen cannon. you may remember her as the t
guidebook that is currently number 10 on the american library list of most banned books. velshi starts now. it s saturday june, 16th ali velshi former president and donald trump is alleged to have absconded with top secret classified documents belonging to the united states government. his defenders are debasing themselves and their preclinical party to defend their dear donald, but first things first, trump did not mishandled with documents. mishandling is careless, a mistake perhaps, not having state secrets at your golf club. not taking u.s. battle plans from the white house, keeping them in violation of the law and the subsequent corridor, and then waving them around in a meeting with a writer and a publisher, neither of whom have security clearances or the need to know any of that information. but perhaps most damning is trump s public defense against the indictments. the fact is he is not really denying the key points, the fact has alleged in the 37 accounts. tr