Lays out trumps defense, claiming trump was just following orders from a trusted attorney, john eastman. Eastmans attorney is outfront, along with famed constitutional scholar lawrence tribe. Plus, um in flames. Putins military Recruitment Centers are being attacked against russia. Who is behind it, and we have new details tonight on why russian priests are telling fighters that their mission is to die. Just into cnn tonight, we have new reporting on what finally convinced President Biden to publicly acknowledge his Seventh Grandchild, Hunter Bidens 4yearold daughter navy. Lets go outfront. And good evening. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, trump headed to court. In less than 24 hours, former President Donald Trump will make his Court Appearance in washington. Now, his appearance right now is scheduled for 4 00 eastern. Trump will have his fingerprints taken digitally. A mugshot lwill not be taken. But at this hour, security at the d. C. Courthouse is extremely tight. Police are moni
dogs helping families and survivors of the parkland school shooting. you don t want to mess. it all of that and more is coming up. and the good sunday morning to you. i am katie fang. this morning, waiting to see if trump s legal team finally gets around to filing a motion calling for a special master to review the evidence that was seized from his mar-a-lago estate. trump s attorney said friday the neutral person is needed to help, quote, vindicate the fourth amendment rights of the president. this comes as and bc learned that trump is also considering releasing the surveillance footage of the fbi search. so far, though, none of that has happened. meanwhile, the doj has until thursday to propose redactions for the affidavit supporting the document seizure. for more on all of this, we turn to nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly. ryan, good to see you this morning. thanks for being here. give us the latest of what is going on. there is a call for the special master. and i
does not list him as a co-conspirator where he has as much legal jeopardy as, say, giuliani. and then everything that paints him in terms of what his role is does not paint him in a picture of somebody who s doing wrong but rather somebody who d be a cooperating witness. then there s also some nuggets where there s one particular conversation between meadows and trump directly when meadows is down in georgia, and he reports back to trump that the people there conducting the investigation say it s being exemplary fashion. it sounds like it s coming either directly from him, in all likelihood, or that they know that he will could be rroborate information. his lawyers had no contact with meadows or his team. and team trump is in the dark on what meadows was doing with their role. that s may, june, july. that s at least three months. is that i mean, could it be that?
fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding. and according to the new york times, boris epshteyn, may be the individual. to rudy giuliani in december of 2020, which is referenced in the indictment. that email, according to the times reads, in part, quote dear mayor, as discussed, below are the attorneys i would recommend for the memo on choosing electors. so far, his attorney is refusing to comment on this report. but there is so much to get to tonight. i want to begin with evan perez because he is outside the federal courthouse where trump will appear to tomorrow in washington. what are you learning about what is going to happen tomorrow? reporter: there s a lot of security preparation. so what is really going to be a very, very short hearing with this magistrate judge tomorrow here at the courthouse behind me. we expect that the former president is going to be brought in very quickly into the
year was affectionately called america s mayor. and even received an honorary knighthood from queen elizabeth. which ended up so and mashed in scandal. for more on all of this, we are joined by former federal prosecutor, the host of the justice mother s podcast, and msnbc legal analyst glenn kershner. of course, glenn, the most important title s friend of katie fang. thank you for being here this morning. i appreciate it. glenn, let s clear up any confusion. even if rudy had received a pardon from trump, that would not have helped him with the skate investigation in georgia, right? no. bingo, katie. presidential pardons only apply to federal crimes. there really is some kind of instructing synergy between the fact that da fati will, as this returning in fulton county in georgia, investigating donald trump s georgia state election crimes, has told rudy giuliani, you are the target.