ruling after another. appeal upon appeal. and even a trip to the knighted state supreme court. but today the american public finally has its hands on something donald trump as so doggedly sought to conceal. his tax returns. six years worth. and an unprecedented window and steube s financial picture. this public release, which, among other things, shows the don trump paid relatively little in taxes in the years before and during his presidency, is the end product of an effort undertaken by the house ways and needs committee. after securing their returns, which cover the years 2015 to 2020, that panel voted along party lengths to hand redacted versions of the returns to the public. before we get into what these thousands of pages reveal, in a way those who are who are not accountants can understand, it s worth noting how the committee got its hands on these returns in the first place. is the end result of its investigation into an irs policy that mandates audits of returns file
that they ve been restricted from using, in their ongoing criminal probe into these classified documents, that were seized from mar-a-lago last month. the appeals court is saying here, they are really agreeing with the justice department, saying that yes, in fact, national security could be harmed if the justice department can t continue its probe here. they set the doj has argued that the criminal investigation, and then national security investment is inextricably linked. the appeals court saying, yes, in fact, if we don t let the doj continue to use these classified documents, there will be real and significant harm on the united states and the public. notably, in this opinion as well, anderson, the 11th circuit is really faulting trump s lawyers, for not better explaining what seems to be their argument, the trump may be declassified [inaudible] his lawyers, his allies, but they ve not offered any proof in court filings or in-person. so the 11 circuit tonight criticizin
detained across russia for protesting president putin s partial mobilization of reservists to reinforce his troops fighting in ukraine. also a sharp rise in the demand for flights out of moscow. prices have doubled and tripled for one way fares, direct flights to places that do not require russian visas are sold out through friday at least. joining us now with this new reporting on russia s internal military strife, katy bowe, this is fascinating what you revealed from your sources. tell us about this division inside the russian military. yeah. so over the last ten days we have seen the ukrainians exceed all expectations with the counter offensive and put the russians on the defense in the northeast and south. there hasn t been a lot that russia has been able to do to counter these ukrainian advances. and part of the reason, my sources are telling me, is that the russian military is really divided internally over what the strategy should be here to push back on ukraine, w
tax officials for more than a decade. now the new york attorney general wants the business dissolved. trump is also running out of options into the ongoing investigation of classified documents seized from his mar-a-lago estate. they ruled the doj can resume looking over those classified records. it no longer needs to submit items to the special master, rejecting arguments from trump s legal team. two of the judges on the panel were appoint bid trump. let s begin with kaitlyn polantz following the story. kaitlyn, it s a big win for the doj. what does this mean specific lip for their on going investigation of those classified documents, how they were held, why they were held and any criminal consequences? jim and poppy, the justice department now gets to do exactly what they wanted to be doing all along which is reviewing those 100 or so records taken out of mar-a-lago that have classified markings on them, and the federal appeals court that ruled last night, the major thi
It is the top of hour on cnn newsroom. Im alisyn camerota. And im victor blackwell. Today two Border State Republicans are taking their immigration battle up north. But families are stuck in the middle. Greg abbott ordered more than 1 100 migrants but bused and dropped off at Kamala Harriss home at the conservatory. They have already bused thousands of migrants to other states in recent weeks and they are said to be used as political pawns. The fact that fox news and not the department of homeland security, the city or local ngos were alerted about a plan to leave migrants, including children on the side of a busy d. C. Street makes clear this is just a cruel premeditated political stunt. And then there is Florida Governor ron desantis and hes gloating that he chartered two flights to carry migrants to Marthas Vineyard. Including Young Children who were arriving without any warning to local officials who scrambled to set them up in a nearby church. But here is how Governor Desantis see