Case, they have pleaded not guilty to racketeering and other criminal charges. So, unity, i guess. Beyond that though, these 19 defendants are not exactly marching in lockstep. Five of trumps codefendants have filed to have their cases removed to federal court. They argument they are trying to make to ensure that that happens, those arguments do not look good for the former president. Take, for example, three of georgias alleged Fake Electors. David schaffer and kathy latham in sean still. They have all said in their court filings, their cases belong in federal court, because they were just, quote, acting to assist the president , or acting at the direction of the president. Now, those arguments might help these three folks in claiming they were defective federal employees, which weird, if true. And then maybe that will help them argue that they should be tried at the state level, but wow, does that argument not help their codefendant in all of this, mr. Donald trump. It is essentially
Lost. And there was that rose garden moment after the Supreme Court decision. And he said to you, i dont want people to know i lost, right . He said that to mark meadows. I was standing catty corner to mark meadows. We were leaving the residence. We were at a christmas reception. The president was going back to the residence from the oval office. I was with mark steps behind mark. And this was a conversation between the president and mark meadows. That was part of our interview with former white house aide Cassidy Hutchinson almost exactly a month ago. Now her former boss mark meadows may have flipped on the former president. Meanwhile, another attorney from Donald Trumps elite Strike Force Legal team takes a plea deal in the Georgia Election interference case. We have a lot to cover this morning on the legal cases tied to donald trump. Plus, well go through the on going republicanled chaos on capitol hill. Still no speaker . Mike johnson of louisiana is now the partys fourth nominee f
Deal. This is former trump lawyer jenna ellis in court this hour. Is it your decision to waive these rights and enter a guilty plea because you are in fact guilty . It is. So she is the fourth codefendant and the third in just a week to take a plea deal. Joining us is nbc news Laura Jarrett and katie phang by phone. Laura, this just happened moments ago. What more do you have on it . Unexpected. Another significant plea deal. We see in court, jenna ellis, getting emotional, apologizing to the people of georgia, telling the judge she was led by others down this wrong path and saying she regretted her representation of the former president and all of the things that she did, along with others including Rudy Giuliani, which she is now pleading guilty to essentially making false statements in front of the Georgia Senate, around december of 2020, she goes forward, you might remember, one of those Infamous Press conferences, they were standing before the Georgia Senate talking about dead vot
Good evening. House republicans thought they had a new nominee for speaker till about an hour and a half ago. Take you to capitol hill and show you what happened. Also tonight, israels bombardment of Terror Targets in gaza is inten intensifying and e criticism of statementings by Theouted Nation Secretary General about the war here in the u. S. And concerns of Mass Evacuation of americans in the region. Jacqui heinrich at the white house on t teherans role in the attacks and new comments from the israeli hostages released yesterday. A short time ago the House Speaker race imploded again. Reporter good evening. Another day, another Speaker Nominee drops out. Tom emmer was the Speaker Nominee for only four hours and gop burned through three Speaker Nominees in less than two weeks. Tom is a great guy, but the voter base wants somebody not in leadership. Mr. Emmer agrees with me that the election was not stolen. He voted to certify. Reporter mr. Trump said voting for emmer would be a big m
Same thing for the brain. And what did i find . Ill just say it sanjay gupta is full documentary. The lats alzheimers patient for mirrors tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on the whole story. Another hour of cnn this morning starts right now good morning and welcome to see it in this morning. It is sunday, may 19, and backtoback. Well, here with everybody. Isabel rosales said urologist, at least coy wire got a lot going on for you this morning. Heres what were working on for your president. Biden is just hours away from delivering a Commencement Address its dividing one of the oldest hbcu campuses in the country, the live at Morehouse College where the schools president is vowing to shut down the ceremony. If protesters go too far today and another round of Fiery Cross Examination is expected when former President Trumps former fixer, Michael Cohen, takes a stand in the new york Hush Money Trial Tomorrow Is The Star witnesses testimony enough to sway the jurors . We will talk to the legal