Violent mob against the u. S. Capitol and his own Vice President on january 6th. The Justice Department won the battle and politico reports Special Counsel jack smith obtained an extraordinary array from twitter about trumps account. While it remained unclear what sorts of information the messages contained and who exactly may have written them, it was a revelation that there were private messages associated with the twitter count of mr. Trump, who has famously been cautious about using written forms of consideration with his aides and allies. Hes reportedly sent over direct messages that were sent, received and stored in draft. Politico reports this, quote, u. S. District judge Barrel Howard held twitter, now known as x, in Contempt Of Court in february be fining that company 350,000 for missing a deadline. And he lit into twitter for taking extraordinary and apparently unprecedented steps to give trump an advantage. At one point the judge asking being quote, is it because the new ceo
Were some of the greatest attacks on democracy in u. S. History, yet it can be easy to forget that all the horror, reaction, discussion, and coverage, for all the trials of people that stormed the capitol and the convictions of seditionists there was no coup probe of indictment for years. The man who led the january 6th rally, impeached for inciting an insurrection, that man, two years after those events, the person at the center of it all was not facing a serious coup probe let alone charges. Reporting shows quite the opposite. Not only was he not facing that, but the fbi and doj avoiding investigating trump for optics and review of the evidence. We all know that. That was the status quo for years. So, in our Special Report tonight, lets begin with the very simple question what changed . One thing, and its the kind of change in Law Enforcement that can change everything as so memorably put in 48 hours. Theres a new sheriff in town. And his name is reggie hamlin. A new sheriff came to
along with joe, willie and me, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and president emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass, back with us this morning. he somehow becomes even more distinguished. he does. amazing. erudite is the word that come comes to mind. yes. willie, we ll get to the whistleblower that comer couldn t find, and then must be humiliated, as they found him in the southern district of new york. oh boy. oh no. a spy or something like that. we ll get to the details in a little bit. seriously, the gang that couldn t shoot straight, they keep getting the political gun, aiming it right at their foot, right? it s absolutely crazy. willie, last night, of course, midsummer, one of the most fun annual traditions, not joey chestnut eating nathan s hot dog eating contest for the 16th time. 16th time, you have to love the guy. the home run derby last night, how exciting?
under normal circumstances, i would be testifying before congress about my experience with cfc. e sadly, due to circumstances, i shall here in this video i and us to tell you this story via video. there are no normal circumstances in this. missi that was the missing witness from the biden corruption. invet his name is israelihe professor dr. gal luft. he laid out his briberygall allegations against the president s family in an extraordinary video filmed in an undisclosedy location. while he is at this moment on the run, in the 14 minute recording obtained exclusivelyod by new york post, the fugitive former israeli armhe new yy officer claims he was arrested in cyprus to stop him from testifyingto sto to the house oversight committee that recebiden family receiveed payments from individuals with alleged ties to chinese military intelligence. the self-proclaimed fall guy says he providedided the incriminating evidence to six officials from the fbix and the department of
right now, students and staff at uc-davis are on high alert after three stabbing attacks near the campus and two of the victims have died, and search for suspect. more than 11,000 hollywood writers are on strike after their union and studios could not make a deal. what it means for your favorite show. and the u.s. could default on the debt if a deal is not struck by june 1st, will the president and house leader kevin mccarthy make a deal? those stories and more are all coming in right here to cnn news central. police have now lifted a shelter in place notice for the uc-davis community, but the danger is still streaming for the dangers on the campus, it happened late last night, and woman is in critical condition after being stabbed and this is after a 50-year-old man was found dead in a park a mile and a half from campus. then on saturday, a uc-davis student was stabbed to death at another park. the police have made no arrests or named suspects. nick watt is joining