it is now highly lookly the united states won t be able to pay its bills by early june. also tonight, trump accuser e. jean carroll is seeking further damages from the former president for disparaging comments he made about her during a cnn town hall. and in ukraine after months of brutal fighting, it now appears bakhmut has finally fallen to russia, but ukrainian forces say they still hold a small portion of the totally ruined city. i ll get reaction from the former ukrainian defense minister. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to our top story right now. the speaker mccarthy and president biden, they are diving into another round of debt limit negotiations as the treasury secretary issues her starkest warning yet, that default is now just a few days away. we re covering the story from every angle over at the white house up on capitol hill. let s begin over at the w
I don t think she wants to twist the knife as much as stop him from defaming her, and he has no respect for the law. caitlin, you re doing a lot of reports on this and what does e. jean carroll s process of seeking additional damages looking like? she s asking to amend the complaint right you in. that is making what she would have to bring to court or argue in court longer and adding in some of these things that happened after trump was president and after that jury verdict, but this is still an issue that is going through the courts on whether trump can even be held liable fish this and like jan mentioned where there is a situation in which the justice department can substitute for him as she was serving as visit what this main piece covers. so that s where it is really being look at right you in in the courts and whether or not donald trump has president get
Interesting to see if the verdict as well as these comments that are clearly not when he s president how that factors in to where the doj wants to maintain that position or not. nancy, erica smith is with us, as well. how notable is the timing that these comments came exactly a day after a jury found trump liable for sexual abuse and for defamation? it s really shocking the level of lawlessness and disregard for the rule of law, juries, judges. e. jean carroll and her lawyers may actually more to end trump lawlessness than the entire justice department and merrick garland together. it is important to note as was just mentioned that trump was saying that the taxpayers have to defend him. the department of justice which he impugns on a daily basis should defend him because he defamed somebody while he was the president. i agree that s a weak argument. i think it just got weaker because the law means nothing to him, and he keeps defaming her.
It is now highly lookly the united states won t be able to pay its bills by early june. also tonight, trump accuser e. jean carroll is seeking further damages from the former president for disparaging comments he made about her during a cnn town hall. and in ukraine after months of brutal fighting, it now appears bakhmut has finally fallen to russia, but ukrainian forces say they still hold a small portion of the totally ruined city. i ll get reaction from the former ukrainian defense minister. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to our top story right now. the speaker mccarthy and president biden, they are diving into another round of debt limit negotiations as the treasury secretary issues her starkest warning yet, that default is now
That he s demeaned her and he s denying abusing her still and that maybe it should be considered what he was saying after that jury verdict because maybe he should be punished even more if the jury finds in her favor, if the judge finds in her favor, wolf? caitlin, i want you to stay with us. i want to bring in our legal analysts. you heard the comments. how do you assess e. jean carroll s case here? i think those comments helps a lot and they were made when he s not the president anymore, and it really tees up a difficult issue for the justice department because they ve taken this position that this lawsuit involving comments he made when he was president that they feel they should be defending him because those may have been actions taken during his presidency. i think that s a very embarrassing position for them to be in. i think it s weak, but they still have that position at the moment and it will be