stone cited several trump legal and political advisers who claim that the former president is demanding that they incorporate fringe conspiracies into his legal defense, quote, here s a list of ideas have included inserting that there is evidence that anti trump elements in the fbi framed him and a maga protesters by using undercover agents and to instigate the january 6th riot. and there the left wing anti-fascist played a role in attacking the capitol that day, and that trump s lieutenants have gathered real evidence showing, quote, massive amounts of voter and election fraud, and quote, in 2020, in swing states. and heavily democratic urban areas, as his long basically claimed, and quote. if trump s team as we ve been discussed calling witnesses, like nancy pelosi and other political foes to the stand, in an effort to pay them as the true violence of january six. that new reporting helps explain why just last week, the special counsel jack smith asked the judge overseein
that s how one person familiar with the january 6th trial preparations described the strategy according to rolling stone magazine. in new reporting tonight, rolling stone cites several of trump s legal and political advisers who claim the former president is demanding they incorporate fringe conspiracies into his legal defense. quote, his list of ideas has included asserting that there s evidence of anti-trump elements in the fbi framed him and maga protesters by using undercover agents and informants to instigate the deadly january 6th riot. the anarchists and left wing anti-fascists played a role in attacking the capitol that day and they gathered real evidence showing, quote, massive amount of voter and election fraud, end quote, in 2020 in swing states and heavily democratic urban areas as he has long baselessly claimed, end quote. trump s team has even discussed calling witnesses like nancy pelosi and other political foes to the stand in an effort to paint them as the tr
before president trump is facing a 37-count indictment. griff jenkins is live for us in miami. reporter: good evening. the former president is at his doral state this evening. sources tell fox news that he was meeting with his legal team ahead of tomorrow s historic court appearance. he s not made any public comments or didn t speak to the press when he landed. in social media posts and campaign stops over the weekend, he continues to rail over this indictment and paint himself of traces of victim and promise on truce social. i will appoint a prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the usa, joe biden and the entire biden family. chris christie had this to say in a town hall earlier tonight. listen. he s shown himself and most particularly in his post presidency to be self-centered and consumed. he does not give a damn about the american people in my view. #. reporter: but other rivals are coming to the former president s defense. it reeks o
i m dana perino. bill: i hope you had a good weekend. quite relaxing. bill hemmer, good morning. the biden campaign getting off to a slow public roll-out and republicans are busy courting support coast to coast focusing on important primary states. desantis telling voters why he wants to send biden back to the basement in delaware. you have to recognize our country is in decline right now. i don t think decline is inevitable and i m running for president to reverse that decline and to put us on a path to american renewal. we can do it and we ll get it done. i know it can be done because we did it in florida. dana: bret baier joining us in a moment. first rich edson live in washington. you have an update. good morning, rich. good morning. republicans are courting primary voters across the country. governor desantis campaigned in oklahoma where he picked up the governor s endorsement. his first from a sitting governor. we have an opportunity to get a big coalition tog
room where john kirby is set to headline that briefing just moments from now. john: the big question, what will he have to say today about beijing setting up a spy base in america s back yard. kirby now admitting what the national security spokesperson said just days ago that china has a spy base in cuba, yes, it s real. sandra: biden administration they have ports on both sides of the panama canal already that can restrict that shipping. they have a space monitoring station in the mountains of argentina, to track our satellites, buying up farmland left and right. john: congressman mike waltz sounding the alarm about the chinese spy base in cuba about 100 miles from u.s. soil. that on top of several other ways china is trying to steal our nation s top-secret. sandra: ukraine s counteroffensive against russia is well underway. the test to see if billions of american dollars to the country is put to good use but it s happening as putin cozy up to russia, and iran sa