a federal grand jury indicting former president donald trump for allegedly violaing the espionage act, conspiracy to obstruct and making false statements in connection to more than 100 classified documents he retained and did not turn over after leaving office. the former president facing criminal charges months after being indicted by manhattan s district attorney in connection to a hush money scandal. all while widening his lead in republican presidential primary polls in the race to face joe biden in 2024. a lot of developments in just the last few hours. at this hour, there are big changes to the trump legal team. the lawyer who spoke for mr. trump throughout last night and this morning is resigning, along with his fellow attorney, replaced by todd blanche as leader of the upcoming defense in federal court. breaking this hour, trump writing in a social media post that walt nauta, who worked at mar-a-lago, after working in the trump white house, is also under indictmen
actions he took as president to challenge the 2020 election results. how this impacts not just the federal election interference case, but also what it could mean for his prosecution and fulton county. and rudy giuliani, too little, too late. the former new york mayor filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy a day after he was ordered to immediately pay 100 and $48 million to ruby freeman and shaye moss, the election workers he vilified. see will they ever see a dime of that money? you are watching symone. we have a lot to get to. we begin this afternoon with more revelations on former president donald trump s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and crucial new developments on the efforts to hold him acuntable. the detroit news says it reviewed recordings of then president donald trump pressuring two republican members of the wayne county board of canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election. the outlet says that the recordings
woman who disappeared last year. a suspect pinned an officer to the ground and trapped him in a head lock. more on those stories throughout the hour. check that out. first the u.s. supreme court in session right now with major cases still on the docket and possible decisions today as the court prepares to issue new rulings. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: hello, how are you doing? here we go. halftime? here we go, bill hemmer. good morning at home. 35 cases yet to be decided as we await today s opinions. big ones we re looking for. two cases on affirmative actions challenging school policies using race in deciding admissions in order to achieve the diverse student body and the other is workplace speech and first amendment whether or not a public accommodation law can be used to compel an artist to speak or stay silent. wow. the justices examining an election redistricting battle out of north carolina. a state court through out the congr
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