stories. but the washington post is reporting that the former president asked one of his lawyers to tell the national archives earlier this year that he had returned everything that they had requested. that lawyers name is alex cannon, refused, because he wasn t so sure that it was true. more to come on this, a little bit later on in the broadcast. plus, 39 days until the midterms, can you believe it? and the former guy who is not on the ballot anywhere is attacking, this is the story, what do you think about this one? attacking senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, claiming that he has a, quote, death wish slamming his wife in a racial slur, not even spelling his name correctly. you see that, xiao xiao. there you go, that is racism. the casual mark about a death wish, not even two years after a blood thirsty mob attacked the united states capitol, hunting for lawmakers in the halls. well, there is no other way to put it, all right? it s despicable. it s disgusting. every s
kim kardashian shares a lot with her 331 million instagram followers. tonight, she is notably silent about her legal troubles. the reality tv star was charged by the mixture she was paid $250,000 for the post. she added a hashtag ad, but the fcc says that s not enough to comply with laws around touting investments. kardashian agreed to pay nearly one point $3 million to settle. she is also promoting she is also promising to cooperate with the sec s ongoing investigation, and can t promote any crypto securities for three years. it s a steep fine, but according to forbes, kardashians estimate and net worth is at 1.8 billion dollars. new developments in the mar-a-lago documents scandal, sources telling cnn that
former president trump asked one of his lawyers, back in february, to tell the national archives that the documents they requested had been returned. that lawyer, alex cannon, refused, because he did not believe the statement was true. it turns out, thousands of additional documents, including some marked top secret, were later discovered at mar-a-lago. i want to discuss now with cnn legal analyst, elie honig. he is here. elie, good evening. yet another twist and turn in these document saga, alex cannon, trump s attorney, pressed to say all the material were returned to the national archives. but then, refused. it turns out, there was still thousand more documents at mar-a-lago. trump knew that, and then, if that is the case, what does that mean? this is crucial evidence of donald trump s knowledge and intent. and these are key things that prosecutors look for. let s play this out. donald trump says to his lawyer, hey, i want you to tell the archives that we have now returned everyth
thing about, you know, wars, if you are losing territory, it s very hard to sugarcoat that. so, to add to the last question, he s been ratcheting up the sort of nuclear saber rattling, with these tactical nuclear weapons, and sources briefed on the most recent intelligence tine cnn they ve been developing contingency plans in the u.s.. the u.s. is taking this very seriously. oh, the u.s. has to take it very seriously. russia s 2000 tactically likelier weapons. putin has twice now said he will defend this land using any means possible. so the biden administration is taking it very seriously, and i m sure they are developing a specific responses. i haven t talked to them about the specific thing, so i don t want people to think, oh, this is some kind of looking at what the biden administration is going to do. but my sense, based on previous
imagine where we would all be right now if more republicans were just willing to tell the truth. alex burns is here, cnn political analyst, and coauthor of this will not pass. also, cnn political analyst and talk show author, and former republican congressman, charlie dent. good evening. charlie, shaking your head in agreement, shaking your head in agreement. here is my why. you know, this is why i don t ask you. republicans get so upset, right? and trump apologies when you say, this is the party right now, right? but no one defense it, loudly and clearly. the majority of the party does not defend it. if you don t, isn t that your party? i m afraid you may be right about this. look, for too long, too many had chosen silence they don t speak out about it. yeah, silence is a form of consent, and silence is not creating an alternative narrative.