Vote count angre that day, despite the fact that President Trump said he hopes Vice President pence, quote, comes through for us on the morning of the electoral vote confirmation. And the day before the count tweeted, quote, the Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors, which is not true, but he did tweet that. The House Democratic Impeachment Managers argue that President Trump over months and months filled a powder keg and then lit a match. Joint session of congress after losing an election is not an Impeachable Offense. It is hard to imagine what would be, unquote, as cnns chief domestic correspondent jim acosta reports for us. The arguments set the stage for the kickoff of the trial one week from today. Reporter Donald Trumps Impeachment Lawyers are trying to build a wall of their own, separating the bloody siege at the Capitol On January 6th and the then president s words before the riot. We will stop the steal. Reporter in its response to the Impeachmen
Weve learned that house gop leader Kevin Mccarthy is expected to meet tonight, very soon were told, with congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene, who is under a lot of fire for spreading Conspiracy Theories and extremist social media lies and posts. Among those criticizing her, Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell, who slammed what he called her looney lies saying theyre, quote, a cancer on the party. Meanwhile, both sides have filed pretrial briefings just ahead of former President Trumps upcoming Impeachment Trial next week on the floor of the u. S. Senate. They say trumps blame for the attack on capitol hill is, quote, unmistakable. Trump says the senate has absolutely no authority to try an expresident. Lots going on. Lets given with our coverage on capitol hill. Manu raju is joining us now. Republicans are piling on Marjorie Taylor greene ahead of her meeting thats coming up, were told, fairly soon with the house g op leader. Yes, Senate Republicans are piling on Marjorie Taylor gr
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blitzer in the situation room. happening now, a judge in manhattan just scheduled donald trump s criminal trial for next year right in the middle of the republican primary season. we ll share all the latest details from the former president s court appearance earlier this afternoon. also tonight, governor ron desantis is about to official. the florida republican is poised to launch his white house campaign tomorrow during a conversation with elon musk on twitter. we have new details on the announcement and how his gop rivals plan to respond. plus, we re learning new information right now about the driver who slammed a u haul truck into a white house barricade, what a court filing is revealing about the threats he allegedly made about president biden and his praise for adolph hitler. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. . let s get straight to the news on former president trump s criminal trial
out of the gate. so what we know is he will sit down with elon musk tomorrow and talk through some of this. elon musk confirming that today, but stopping short of endorsing him in any way or saying that he has plans to endorse. so all eyes will turn to that, also here to miami, where he is going to gather his donors to talk to them about his presidential bid and really try to maximize this moment. again, going back to what his team wants. they want to go on the offensive. they want a big blitz coming out of this announcement. they want a lot of media attention and also money. they want to really have a strong showing with millions and millions of dollars right out of the gate so that s what you can bet they ll be leaning on their d donors to do then move toward the next phase of the campaign. jessica, so the event in twitter spaces is 6:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow, i believe. what is desantis going to do after that? right. so after that, we look ahead to next weekend. you me