Seal the deal for the nomination. Any time they file an indictment, we go up in the polls. We need one more indictment to close out this election, one more indictment and this election is closed out. Nobody has even a chance. Bill correspondent in washington is mike emanuel and has more in d. C. Now. Good morning. Good morning. Former President Trump did not stop talking about the latest indictment all weekend. Fake charges put forth by the biden sham. We call it a sham indictment, and the man that is doing it. I really believe hes mentally ill. But this is outrageous and it is an outrageous criminalization of political speech. Theyre trying to make it illegal to question the results of an election. His former Vice President mike pence said he would testify against mr. Trump if asked. Pence insists he honor his Oath Of Office Including On January 6th while jabbing at his former boss. Anyone who puts themselves over the constitution should never be president of the United States. I mean
Pair of legal bombshells here in washington today that could have huge ramifications for the 2024 election. Last hour, attorney general Merrick Garland announced a federal prosecutor who is raiding hunter biden has been Special Counsel, at his question. David weiss requested the status change. Garland did grant that. This comes just a few hour after trumps lawyers and Special Counsel prosecutors appeared for the first hearing in the election interference indictment. A key ruling could come down at any moment. Were on top of this. Lets star with the hunter biden news. Kara, tell us about this special appointment. Merrick garland announced this a little less than an hour ago, that david weiss, overseeing the investigation into hunter biden, requested Special Counsel on tuesday. Garland said he agreed to grant that. What this Special Counsel status means is david weiss, the u. S. Attorney for delaware, will have authority to investigate this case anywhere in the u. S. Thats been an issue,
A russian woman is in custody in ukraine accused of plotting to assassinate the ukrainian president. We have the latest. Former President Trump says he cannot get a fair trial and files for an extension and the important deadline they are facing today. A dramatic rescue at sea after a 25yearold went missing for days. Sara is off today. Im john berman with kate bolduan and omar jimenez, and this is cnn news this morning we are learning of an alleged plot to assassinate president zelenskyy, and it was thwarted. They have her in custody now. They were gathering intelligence around a visit that president zelenskyy was making to greece. What are you hearing, Nic Robertson . Reporter it was surrounding an air strike around president zelenskyy, and this unnamed woman was working on the Southern Coast of ukraine and working in a small store, and she had been tasked with trying to get information about the timing and presence of president zelenskyy during the visit to mykolaiv. And since then,
Podcast, so good and host of ben ferguson podcast, ben ferguson himself. Begin with biden family corruption, becoming increasingly difficult for democrats to ignore what is happening and just yesterday newly released bank record surrounding overseas Business Dealings that stem from hunter biden time on the board of that Ukrainian Energy Company Burisma and joe bidens time as vice president. The details are really shocking. According to the records, hunter biden and his dad and Family Business associates received more than 20 million from foreign clients, 6. 5 million from ukraine and a kazakhstan business man bought Hunter A Porsche and millions more. What in the world was that money being spent on. New york post thinks access to joe biden was for sale. The biden brand. President biden is offering first reaction to Devon Archer Bombshell Testimony from last week, the former bestie and business colleague on the board of hunter biden and the president snapped at peter doocy instead of an
Atlanta with the new indictment against donald trump possibly coming out of georgia at any minute. Is a the deadline approaches in the January 6th Federal Case against the former president. It could give us a signal of where exactly that case is headed. The foiled Assassination Attempt on ukraines president. Had, but we learned about the plot and the russian woman allegedly at the center of it all. The ntsb investigating after two Firefighting Helicopters collided in california, killing three people. What went wrong here . Were following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. Its legal deadline day here in d. C. Former president trumps Defense Lawyers have a few more hours to respond to a Special Counsel filing. Prosecutors asked the court to place restrictions on what trump can do with aunt say about certain evidence in the election interference case. Trumps lawyer suppose it could have until 5 00 p. M. Eastern time to respond, but