investigations have poked hole after hole in the case against glossip revealing the state s intentional destruction of evidence unquote. and inadequate police investigation, letters from snead in prison asking about whether he could recant his testimony. now, with the u.s. supreme court s temporary stay of execution today, glossip has endured nine execution dates, and three last meals, leaving his advocates wondering how many chances does he have left? cnn s brynn gingrass, do you know if he knows his execution has been at least temporarily stayed. last i heard, jake, he didn t know. i know you re going to talk to his attorney don knight. he was actually in the last visitation he was allowed before heading to death row, the death watch as they call it in the state of oklahoma, visiting with his wife, and also some of the lawmakers, those republican lawmakers, who hreally stood by him and supported him through all of this. last i heard he didn t yet. we will get the updates.
finally been released. quote, unfortunately or fortunately, unquote. you ll know what that means in a second. the lead starts right now. she s accusing me of rape, of raping her. the worst thing you can do, the worst charge. rather interesting comments revealed today from the former president of the united states as the world finally gets to see what mr. trump had to say about e. jean carroll s rape allegations. then a fake warning? the russian mercenary group wagner says they will leave the war-torn city of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. this as a top russian official says relations with the u.s. are so bad right now, the two countries have never been closer to war. plus we re talking to that 16-year-old who was accepted to more than 185 colleges and offered more than $10 million in scholarships. he s made his decision. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin today in our politics lead with newly released footage of donald trump s videoio taped deposition in
temporarily the execution date of oklahoma death row inmate richard glosser, just for now, they re going to consider whether to take up his case. his conviction, soleilly flimsy, that even oklahoma s current attorney general says he can no longer support it. ask republican or democratic lawmakers in oklahoma it doesn t matter, they list multiple reasons why glossip should in the be executed. he has maintained his innocence all 26 years he has spent in prison, accused of hiring someone to murder his boss, barry van trees, the person who actually murdered van trees by beating him with a baseball bat. nobody questions that, that s justin snead, he s in prison too, not an death row, because snead secured a deal to avoid the death penalty. plead guilty, testify against glossip and you won t be put to death. since then two independent