welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. this hour, the white house is lamb basting members of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu s cabinet. specifically two right wing extremists who are calling for the ethnic cleansing of tony bl some are wondering if the netanyahu administration will have to choose between extremists and the biden administration. and a federal appeals court, a closer look at abortion since roe v. wade was overturned. we have a brand new court filing from donald trump. this time he s going to the u.s. supreme court to try to appeal the decision made by the colorado supreme court to remove him from its 2024 ballot for engaging in insurrection. let s get right to cnn s paula reed who is here with me. paula, i know you have a big stack of papers that you just printed out, but what can you tell us about this appeal? two weeks ago, the colorado supreme court removed trump from the ballot. that decision is on hold, because previously, the republican p
them. we are looking, refreshing this court docket, waiting for these documents to be unsealed. this is all from a lawsuit by someone who sued jeffrey epstein s long-time girlfriend who was convicted in helping him with running a sex trafficking operation involving minors. so this lawsuit against maxwell has resulted in numerous depositions taken by other accusers of epstein over time, as well as, you know, subpoenas for documents, reports and things from other people. roberts has been one of the most outspoken accusers, saying she was his sex slave and forced to have sex with several famous politicians, as well as prince andrew. she reached a settlement with the prince and agreed to pay money to a charity. so a lot of this information has already been in the public domain, either because people have gone public with their stories or it came out during maxwell s criminal trial. that s one of the reasons the