Wavering on him ahead of next years elections. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, august 1st. We are in august already. I am jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this new month with a possible new indictment against former President Donald Trump for his alleged efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election. The grand jury Hearing Testimony in special counsel jack smiths investigation is expected to be back in session in washington today. Now its been two weeks since trump announced on social media that he received a Target Letter, which is an indication that charges could be brought in the very near future. That letter suggested that the former president could face charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, Depriving Voters of their rights, and witness tampering. Trump seems prepared to be preparing for another federal indictment against him, posting yesterday on truth social that he assumes one will be
Wasnt just showing up for court. Numerous january 6th cases have been heard. The judge overseeing trumps arraignment has also overseen the cases of people including dominic fox and Qanon Activist who live streamed the storming of the capitol, a jared wise, a former fbi agent charged with assaulting a Police Officer on january 6th. This is all very much a Trip Down Memory Lane for mr. Trump. Now, there were no Courtroom Cameras today, but thanks to courtroom sketch artist bill hennessy, we know what it looks like when a former president of the United States appeared in court to be formally and federally charged for trying to subvert american democracy. There were more than 110 people in the courtroom to hear this arraignment including several of the federal judges who have been presiding over other january 6th cases, judges who showed up today in plain clothes as spectators for trumps arraignment. The judge presiding over the arraignment was a New York State judge inasmuch he read the c
was threatened with prosecution in the classified documents case is now cooperating with the special counsel s office. and a murderer s daring escape caught on tape. wait until you see this video for the first time showing how that pennsylvania fugitive broke out of prison is still on the lam this morning. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. good morning. we have a lot to get to do this morning. numbers and interviews hours from now, also president biden will be heading off to meet with the world leaders at the g20 summit in india. he is facing a whirlwind of issues as he embarks on major foreign trip. here at home, fears of a government shutdown. a few weeks left to reach a deal with house republicans. meanwhile, the justice department says that the president s son will be indicted after his plea deal that collapsed. on chilly, house republicans are gearing up for a potential impeachment inquiry. this comes as biden is asking congress for more emergency fundi
who served as the director of information technology at mar-a-lago changed his testimony about efforts to delete security camera video after he switched his lawyer to a public defender. taveras was initially represented by stanley woodward who also represents walt nauta and other trump allies and whose tees were being paid for by trump s save america pac. according to the filing taveras decided to switch attorneys after he learned he was being investigated on suspicion of having made false statements in his previous grand jury testimony in washington, d.c. when testifying before the d.c. grand jury, taveras initially stated that he was unaware of any effort to erase the videos at mar-a-lago. but yesterday s filing reveals, quote, immediately after receiving new counsel, trump employee 4 identified as yucil taveras, retracted his prior false testimony and provided information that implicated walt