today on inside politics, follow the leader. the trump wing of the republican congress goes after the justice department. and new reporting on how the biden campaign plans to generate campaign cash without mentioning the trump indictment. plus mayor francis swau resident is running. he debuts in the 2024 race with long odds and video of him, yes, running. and by ducking the question every single candidate will have to answer. and cornel west changes his game plan. he s running for president and he s now switching parties. he calls donald trump a criminal, but is his campaign an inkind donation to the gop front runner. he will join the show in minutes. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. pencil in a post indictment first. donald trump s campaign choosing south carolina as the stage for the former president s first rattle ily following his arraignment. there are plenty of ways to measure the indictments political impact. 7 million of them
democratic primary challenger marianne williamson is back. will i 10% in the.m i know. i m not kidding. in the democrati kiddc primary.y s and robert f kennedy is at 21%. we re going to ask. why biden and the dnc are so afraid ofe so a little competition. but first tonight, the oh so pious journalists in the mobas b and the media and, of course, their close friends. they are the willing allieses and press secretaries of the democratic party. they are living in an alternate reality. let s give you exhibit a. hillary clinton. we all know james comey admitted it. she mishandledjames coy admitt f top secret classified material. she attempted cover it up. that s the 30,000 emails they had. she destroye0 e-maild 33,000 ot emails that were subpoenaedinvet during an ongoing investigation. hillary, a democraigt. she was never raided. she was never charged with a crime. and now, of coursed north , lact and all self-awareness, which is typical of all things,d bill clinton and hillary
his ton aides here in bedminster, new jersey. we learned today he is facing 37 felony charges for his handling of classified documents after leaving the white house and in some cases prosecutors say he showed those documents to people who should not have seen them and in one case he is accused of showing a plan of attack put together for him by the department of defense. our laws that protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the united states and they must be enforced. violations of those laws put our country at risk. special counsel jack smith announced the first federal criminal case ever against a former u.s. president. the federal felony charges trump faces include willfully retaining national defense information, withholding and concealing documents. making false statements, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. the former president calls the indictment the box hoax and smith a deranged lunatic. they can t stop because it s elec
hello, everybody, welcome to inside politics, i m john king in washington. up first, some important breaking and exclusive new cnn reporting about the special counsel investigation, and that audio recording of the former president donald trump. sources now telling cnn that trump attorneys turned over material in mid-march, two and a half months ago, in mid-march, connected to a classified military document. the one prosecutors hear mr. trump describe on that audio recording now in their possession. that tape prompting a fresh subpoena from special counsel jack smith s investigators for any and all documents relate to general mark milley, the joint chiefs chair, or iran, sources telling cnn there s also a big unknown, whether that document in question, an iran attack plan, was ever actually returned to the government. let s break down this important reporting. it s beginning with the team behind it. cnn s kaitlan collins joins us from new york. paula reid is here with me in wa
hi, everyone. merry christmas eve to you and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m danny freeman in for victor blackwell. thanks for being here. here s what we re watching for you. new overnight, attorneys for donald trump with a late-night court filing urging a federal appeals court to throw out the fed federal election subversion case against him. could the former president s claim of absolute immunity work? and what does it mean for the 2024 campaign and piresiden biden? we ll ask an expert who say democrats need a healthy dose of realism. and israel s war with hamas rages. we ll speak with a pastor in bethlehem on how the birthplace of jesus is marking the holiday without the usual celebrations. new this morning, president trump s legal team, the former president trump s laelegal team arguing presidential immunity should clear him of wrongdoing in his federal election subversion case in washington, d.c. they say he was merely working in his offici