Law. A grand jury handed up an indictment outlining how 11 republican supporters of the former president lied to congress, allegedly acting as part of a conspiracy to commit fraud and forgery. Now, the lie is that donald trump won the 2020 election. That lie was memorialized on video, a video posted by the Arizona Republican party itself you can see here the Fake Electors put pen to paper and swore to fraud. The name defendants included the states former Republican Party chair to sitting legislators, and a former United States senate candidate. The defendants whose names are obscured by black ink, pierce trumps most inner circle. Its Rudy Giuliani. Its mark meadows, mike roman, jenna ellis, john eastman, or its epstein and its the 1927 yankees of bogus Election Fraud essentially at the center is one man Unindicted Coconspirator number one, also known as donald trump, the former president of the United States. Now, the arizona indictment is yet another blockbuster moment in a postpresid
Manhattan courtroom and get a readout of the Oral Argument in washington, dc, it may be over a lunch break, over a courthouse, deli sandwich. The question before the Supreme Court does a former president have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for anything related to his actions while in the white house lets put it in plainer language here is a former president Above The Law. No make no mistake with the Supreme Court decides may very welldefined this election and dont think donald trump does not know it for a single second. Thats why hes been on a tear about immunity for months now. If a president doesnt have full immunity, you really dont have a president , a president of the United States has to have immunity. If you dont have immunity, you can be black, then you have to have a guaranteed immunity for president , president has seven immunity as a president , you have to have immunity immunity seems to be the operative word here. But the fact is, no matter what the court does
More coverage of this coming up. Thank you for joining tonight and thank you all so much for joining us tonight. Seen a news night with abby. Phillip starts right now the trucks show makes its main character bystander. Thats tonight on new sign good. Evening im abby phillip in new york tonight, donald trump becomes savoy year in his own story. Today, the country her the beginnings of a story about donald trump. But this time, he no longer controls that narrative instead, its new york prosecutors who are painting a picture of an alleged hush money coverup scheme where the victims were the american public. Now in 20 own version of events, he says hes innocent, a victim of Michael Cohens vendetta and Stormy Daniels opportunism. But hes not a control of that narrative either. Trump, who believes he is his own best spokesman and defender, will now have to leave it to his lawyers. Now, as you can imagine, this is why weve seen trump letting loose outside of the court. Hes trying to take back
Almost every day in the United States senate giving a floor speech in his opening, where he would talk about the importance of this issue. So its a very big de for minority leader get our Mitch Mcconnell as well thats a really good point. All right, lets see what happens. Its good to see you, lauren. Thank you very much a new our of Cnn News Central and our special Live Coverage of Donald Trumps trial back in court starts right . Now cnn breaking news coverage. Of the criminal trial of donald trump here in New York City. I am not too far from the courthouse right now where trump is about to face a Hearing Being on a gag order that is before testimony resumes the first witness who will be there is david. He was on the Stand Briefly Yesterday he will get right back on that stand at 11 00 a. M. Today. But first very shortly, we can see donald trump walk through these halls, enter the courtroom, and then a hearing im going to if he has violated a gag order over the last several days with a
The United States, donald trump. The prosecutions main message that donald trump and his allies were involved in a criminal conspiracy and cover up. Cnns paula reid is outside the courthouse paula, how did the prosecution and the defense leg out their cases today before the jury . Well dig we heard doing interpretations of events roughly eight years ago. Prosecutors said, look, this is Election Interference, plain and simple they alleged that these payments to Stormy Daniels were part of a conspiracy to influence the 2016 election then they walked through stepbystep, how they allege trump cohen and then publisher the National Enquirer, david worked to suppress negative stories. And then in the Opening Statement, they briefly referenced the paper trail that will be at the heart of this case. But when it was time for Defense Attorneys to get up, they insisted their client is innocent. They said, look, there is no crime here because trump wasnt involved in this kind of paperwork. He is no