And deal . Or no deal . After seemingly coming to a bipartisan agreement earlier this week, the president s Infrastructure Agenda is in jeopardy after angering republicans. If only one comes to me, im not this if this is the only thing that comes to me, im not signing. Its in tandem. We are going to break down what comes next. Plus, the Derek Chauvin sentencing. Former minneapolis cop gets 22 1 2 years in prison, but is likely to serve less than that. George floyds cousin, tara brown, will join me later in the hour to talk about how the family is feeling following the sentencing. We are also going to look ahead to the charges chauvin is now facing. But first, i want to get to those breaking new developments in the Trump Organization probe. The New York Times reporting that the former president s company could be hit with criminal charges by the manhattan das office, as early as next week. The case is believed to be focused on gifts and fringe benefits, distributed to trumporganization
Fani willis is not disqualified from prosecuting donald trump and his codefendants. But the judge, he didnt just issue a ruling judge mcafee issued an ultimatum either. She goes or nathan wade goes nathan wade went. And if youd thought robert hurs one line throwing some shade at President Biden was savage while judge mcafee is order hardly had any sunlight when it came to willis and wade, although there were moments that he recognized that the burden had not been met to show that they in fact, had a Conflict Of Interests that made a fair trial impossible. Theres one particular quote, georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual conflict for simply making bad choices. In repeatedly all the scrutiny of fani willis and nathan wade and their relationship who live where when who paid for what how an all it went down. It all threatens to overshadow throat knee of what this case is actually about. Let me remind you for a second. Weve already been through the hearing and trial about th
We start with breaking news imran khan, pakistans former prime minister, has been arrested, after being sentenced to three years in prison. His team say they will file an appeal against the ruling. Thejudge found him guilty of failing to declare money he had earned from selling state gifts. As the decision was announced in islamabad a crowd, including some prosecuting lawyers, began chanting Imran Khan Is A Thief outside court. Multiple cases have been filed against mr khan in the last 16 months. In may, he was detained for not appearing at court as requested but was subsequently released after the arrest was declared illegal. Since then his party has been under intense pressure from the authorities with many senior officials leaving and thousands of supporters arrested, accused of being involved in the protests that followed imran khans arrest. The Pakistan Parliament will dissolve on 9th august and a Caretaker Government will take over in the run up to the elections. No election date
Omit . So i go back to the video, and i see that in the middle of that phrase, he had said, you know, we won in a landslide, everyone knows it. The election was stolen, you know, so even when hes recounting a moment when his own life was in danger and when President Trump wasnt helping him out, he is still covering for the boss. So that to me was very revelatory. The new book is entitled the Washington Book how to read politics and politicians with, and its on sale now. New york times opinion columnist carlos lozada. That does it for us this morning, have a great weekend, everybody. Ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. Right now on ana cabrera reports, donald trump in a courthouse in florida, high stakes hearing this hour in the classified documents case. What were learning about the time line for a trial. Plus, Closing Arguments today in the bid to disqualify the d. A. In the Georgia Election case. Could that entire prosecution now be in jeopardy . Also ahead, intense security
As we come on the air, the eyes of the world are upon us. With our allies around the Globe Waiting and watching to see how and when the United States will respond to two of the most Urgent International questions of our time. The murder of Vladimir Putins most powerful political opponent and the twoyear anniversary of russias anniversary of ukraine just days away. The Open Question of will the United States send ukraine the aid it needs to hold the line against russia. A common denominator here, one man. Russian president Vladimir Putin. The dictator who our expresident still has yet to condemn for the murder Alexei Navalny. The white house says they will impose new sanctions to hold poout skpn russia accountable for the murder. But on ukraine, aid that ukraine so urgently needs that our International Allies are waiting to see if the United States delivers, that the Biden Administration is willing to give that aid is being ham strung by mike johnson. Who it is worth noting spent his lo