scheme, as he tries to avoid more jailtime. and also today, walmart, walgreen s, and cvs, all ordered to pay up in a multimillion dollar opioid settlement. where will that money go, as prosecutors claim they helped fuel a silent epidemic that left so many americans hooked and hundreds of thousands dead. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we ll start with our politics lead. major developments when it comes to learning more details behind the mar-a-lago raid. this afternoon, u.s. magistrate judge bruce rhinehart ruled he will unseal additional documents surrounding the search and left the door open for releasing parts of the actual affidavit, which lays out in detail why the justice department felt the need to take the unprecedented step of searching the home of a former president. the doj is against revealing that affidavit. they say it would provide a road map for their criminal investigation to possible future defendants. and they say it could chill future cooperation b
are fighting the right-wing culture war. but is it what parents want or students need? plus, the cdc admits a lot went wrong it in its response to the coronavirus pandemic. no surprise there. with the monkeypox outbreak happening now, the big question is, are the changes coming too late? big questions as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i stephanie am ruhle. there is breaking news tonight from the new york times, concerning the justice department s investigation into the role of donald trump and his allies played in the days ahead of the capital riot. the times says prosecutors are focusing on critical trump white house records, and quote, have issued a grand jury subpoena to the national archives, for all the documents the agency provided to a parallel house select committee inquiry. according to a copy of the subpoena pained by the new york times, those materials included records from the files of mr. trump s top aides, his daily
coronavirus pandemic. no surprise there. with the monkeypox outbreak happening now, the big question is, are the changes coming too late? big questions as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i them stephanie ruhle. , and his allies played in the days ahead of the capitol riot. even trump white house records, and quote, have issued a grand jury subpoena to the national archives, for all the documents the agency provided to a parallel house select committee inquiry. according to a copy of the subpoena obtained by the new york times, those materials included records from the files of mr. trump s top aides, his daily schedule and phone logs, and a draft text of the presidents speech that proceeded the riot. the times says the subpoena is not related to the fbi s search of trump s florida home. so, that means, the department of justice is running a separate probe into the trump white house, and what the former guy was doing on january 6t
mcconnell. why his prediction for the midterms now catching some attention with our new reporting on where republicans are and are not spending campaign cash. plus, the new strategy from the white house on the monkeypox emergency, planning to roll out more vaccines asap, but is it too little too late? and the man accused of attacking rushdie in court. we ve got a lot to get to over the next 60 minutes. with us now is cal perry outside that courthouse in west palm beach. our justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian is joining us. danny, and former federal prosecutor and former judge, carol lam. if you ve been watching our coverage, you know there have been a lot of development. there s a lot going on. right? so here s where things stand as of 3:01 eastern time. the judge in charge of this case is ordering a redacted version of the affidavit to be released, but he s asking for input from the government on what those redactions should entail no later than a week
and criminal investigation, the filing argsing the disclosure would likely chill future cooperation by witnesses whose tennessee assistance may be sought as this investigation progresses as well as in other high profile investigations. in other words, this may not just be about retrooefg docu documents. separately, the department of justice unsealed charges against a pennsylvania man accused of threatening to kill fbi agents after the search. and the former president speaking to fox promised to help cool the climate of violence even while inciting it some more, calling it, quote, a very dangerous time, he said, quote, i will do whatever i can to help the country. he also said this, quote, and then they break into a president s house, a sneak attack where it was totally no one ever thought a thing like this would happen. he went on to again suggest the fbi planted evident and said, quote the people of this country are not going to stand for another scam, fire meet gasoline. al