Indicted, highly classified documents in bathroom and the ballroom down at maralago. And federal judge aileen cannon, the Trump Appointed lawyer who came to this case with only three years on the bench and with very little experience in running criminal trials. Cannon whose rulings in the case so far have repeatedly drawn scrutiny and reversals and rebukes by higher courts. And now judge cannon is under fire once again for what the Washington Post diplomatically calls, quote, an unusual order regarding jury instruction. Quote, even though cannon has not yet ruled when the trial will be held or a host of other issues, shes skipping ahead to the very end, to Jury Instructions, asking prosecutors and Defense Attorneys to consider two different hypothetical situations. Writing in part, quote, in the first scenario the jury would be allowed today review a former president s possession of a record and make a factual finding, whether it is personal or president ial, using the Definition Set f
Rib. Well, its your reports. I think it actually is more fitting that you read those most notably after being given multiple chances to return classified documents and avoid prosecution, mr. Trump allegedly did the opposite you going according to the indictment, he not only refused to return the documents for many months, but he also obstructed justice by enlisting others to destroy evidence and then to lie about it. You may stop there. Thank you. You mentioned the indictment against mr. Trump for mishandling sensitive classified National Security information. That indictment says at the end of his presidency, mr. Trump, im looking for my indictment here. I have it here mr. Trump himself ordered that boxes containing classified materials go to maralago where he hosted Tens Of Thousands of guests. Then he kept these sensitive materials carelessly about the property as you can see here, classified documents ended up in a bathroom, a ballroom on a floor spoon about and when a grand jury s
report on inflation was better than ever expected, prices rose just 3% in june, which is the lowest increase we have seen since march of 2021. there is so uncertainty out there about what this means long term, we are gonna hash all of that out later in the hour. but inflation was not at the top of the agenda for some lawmakers on capitol hill today. the republican-led house judiciary committee spent about six long hours questioning fbi director chris wray. the house gop along with former president trump had been hammering ray and the bureau for months. the attacks of course have intensified and made the trump classified documents case and after hunter biden took a plea deal. keep in mind that christopher wray is not a democrat he is not a joe biden crony, he was appointed by donald trump to this post into thousand and 17. he is also a registered republican. but that did not matter to the gop members who used today s hearing to go after him personally. in the court, they say
today on inside politics, two minutes and a not guilty plea. the third attempt to bring an alleged trump co-conspirator before a judge went according to plan. that as new cnn reporting provides a window into what federal prosecutors knew before the mar-a-lago search. plus, ron desantis tries to have his cake and eat it, too, but he risks angering the trump base by attacking donald trump while defending a video that critics say crosses the line into outright homophobia. and putin, kim, trump. a new ad from team pence says the former president doesn t deserve a second term because he s soft on dictators. i m abby phillip in for dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. this morning important action inside the case against donald trump. the valet charged alongside the former president pleaded not guilty to six federal charges inside a courtroom after two failed previous attempts to arraign him. we start there in miami at that federal courthouse wher
against president biden s student loan bailout plan on friday but its allies are vowing that the fight is not over. rachel: that s right. defiant democrats are also face something tough questions. after the supreme court quoted nancy pelosi s own words in their decision. joey: our very own martin meredith is live at the white house and he s got more on this story. martin. reporter: joey, rachel and steve good morning to all three of you. president biden said he s disappointed in last week s supreme court ruling which nullified his efforts to cancel some student loan debt but the administration says it s working on a plan b. it s really important, first of all, borrowers hear loud and clearly we re not stopping the fight that we recognize how important this is. within hours of the supreme court decision, which we totally disagree with, i think is wrong, we announced that we are moving forward with another pathway to debt relief. reporter: that other pathway includes