Interference with us. Now, cnns kara scannell, cnn chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid. Cnn Pol Director david chalian, cnn legal analyst Jennifer Rodgers Cnn senior political analyst. Ron brownstein a Full House yes cnn, folks. Thanks so much for all of you being with us, kara first to you, how to Judge Marshawn explain this decision to delay sentencing until november 26, Jennifer Shahade issued a four Page Decision here and he goes to great lengths to explain his reasoning behind it, saying that hes doing this in part to avoid any appearance that he is trying to influence the election to affect one party or the other and he also notes in this decision that the prosecutors did not oppose delaying the sentencing and he said some of their arguments and their papers actually led him to think that they agreed with delaying the sentencing. He says specifically he doing this to avoid any appearance, however, unwarranted that the proceeding has been affected by or seeks to affect t
Pass a specific decided for ive been appointed by numerous Justice Departments to investigate cases and prosecute them if necessary, where there might be a conflict of interests, Molar Being also another recent one elie, i just want you to explain to our viewers when i started reporting from the White House many years ago, there were independent counsel now there are Special Counsels. Whats the difference . Exactly right. So we had a law on the books of federal law from 1978 to 1999, creating the position of independent counsel. And we had a good number of them. The most famous or infamous one of those was Ken Starr in 1999, that law lapsed. It had a legislative sunset that was such backlash over the Clinton Impeachment that congress just said, lets let it die in its place in 1999, arose the current set of Special Counsel regulations. Under those regulations, weve seen robert muller, Jack Smith, robert hurr, david weiss, as kara noted, who has prosecuting Hunter Biden right now. And th
Has the details from Los Angeles. Evan, what do we now . Well, this was a bit of a Surprise Gambit that we had in court here, just about 20 minutes ago here in Los Angeles Dana Hunter bidens attorneys asked for him to enter an unusual plea. Its called an Alford Plea where Hunter Biden would accept whatever punishment that judge doles out, but he maintains his innocence and instead of Pleading Guilty, hes maintaining his or is attempting to maintain his innocence. Of course, as expected the Justice Department does not does not agree with this and they objected in court to this request from Hunter Bidens attorneys and now the judge has called for break for a couple of hours while he considers what steps to take next. Now this is unusual as you pointed out as i pointed out, today, obviously was the first day of Jury Selection and this trial this is a Hunter Bidens second time going on trial earlier this year, he was found guilty on gun charges in delaware. And these charges have to do wit
Now and ask about the Bosley Guarantee Tv On The Edge premieres sunday, september 22, did nine on Cnn Welcome to. The lead. Im jake tapper. We start this hour with Breaking News in the Elections Subversion okay, against Donald Trump, the judge in the case just set a schedule that could result in the release of some of the evidence against mr. Trump before for the november election. Lets get right to cnns Katelyn Polantz and cnn senior legal analyst, elie honig. Kaitlan. What could this never before seen evidence consistent . Well, this was what the prosecutors were quite explicit in describing in court today. They want to file their whats called the Opening Brief on Precedent President ial immunity. And theyve got lots of exhibits. They said this Tom Windom said, we want to set forth the facts of this case both in and outside of the indictment of Donald Trump, things like Grand Jury transcripts three o2s, which are fbi memos of interviews they conduct with people, Interview Transcripts
Grounded the u. S. Seizing the president Ial Plane of another foreign leader. That plane now in florida why . And could it lead to an escalation between the two countries . Lets go outfront now im Brianna Keilar in for Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. The Home Stretch, Vice President Kamala Harris, On The Road as the 2024 president ial campaign enters the final push. And just a short time ago, harris and Joe Biden traveled to the president s Home State to rally the democratic base we know the true measure of the strength of a leader is based on who you lift uP Workers and he said this woman knows what shes doing i promise you if you elect Kamala Harris has president will be the best as you will havE Ever made the Harris Campaign knows how important pennsylvania will be in the November Election of all the Swing States. It has the most electoral votes, 19 and biden bested trump there by less than 2 of the vote before arriving in the keystone state, harris was in detroit, michigan speaking