issue, only this time her answer was different. she said that she had been asked the question a million times and the answer, quote, remains the same. but, in fact, the first time, instead of saying the president had never spoken to hunter about his business dealings, she said this. the president was never in business with his son. so on wednesday, phil wegman from real clear politics pointed out the inconsistency, but john pierr pierre insisted it was the same. i just want to clear this up once for all. the president has said he s never discussed overseas business dealings with his son, but the white house now says that the president has never been in business with his son. so why the updated language? which statement is true? or is it semantics and they are both true? as i stated on monday, when i was asked this question multiple times, nothing has changed. nothing has changed. nothing has changed on this. and so you can ask me a million different ways on this quest
documents case, prosecutors allege that trump obstructed two of his employees, walt nauta and carlos, to delete security camera footage to page 29 of the superseding indictment out tonight reads, quote, the oliveira than insisted to trump employee number for that, quote, the boss wanted the server to lead it and asked what are we going to do? and, you will remember that audiotape that cnn obtained that captured donald trump apparently showing secret documents to a group of people who did not have security clearances. we now know that the special counsel knows exactly what was on that secret document. just to remind, you here is how donald trump described it then. these are bad, sick people. that was your coup. against you. when millions talking about they were trying to do that before you are even sworn in. you re trying to overthrow. with milley, let me see that, also you need to ample. he said i wanted to attack iran, isn t that amazing how. this was a. they pre
new counts against him in the classified documents case. at the same time, law enforcement officials in atlanta, as well as here in washington, d.c., they are ramping up security as grand juries in both cities may be on the brink of indicting the former president. also tonight, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is attempting to clarify what he said in our one-on-one interview here in the situation room yesterday. critics alarmed that he would not commit to abide by the israeli supreme court if it were to knock down his controversial judicial overhaul. we re going to tell you what netanyahu is now saying. and a russian missile strike hits a base for ukraine s security services as kyiv s forces are ramping up their counteroffensive and claiming new gains. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story this hour, the avalanche of charges against donald j. trump. the former presi
to delete surveillance footage. what we are learning about that new co-defendant at the center of these new charges and trumps added legal exposure. also, more than one dozen hopefuls are in one room in iowa, right now. one was just boot on stage for explicitly criticizing trump. the former president will take the stage at any moment. also, ron desantis clashing with two black members of his own party over how his estate teaches savory. the florida governor is not backing down. i am caitlin collins, this is the source. this is something you do not really see every night. donald trump and a dozen of the people hoping to take his place as the republican nominee and potentially the republican president are all in one room in iowa, just right now. the former president is about to speak any moment now. this is his first major speech since he was charged, again, in the classified documents probe. so far tonight, only one candidate at that dinner has been willing to go on stage an
And dealing with. with the documents investigation they are facing major charges, there is a new co-defendant. what is it like to be a trump attorney waiting on one indictment and then you get this put in your lap? another addition in this case. that document, that 32nd document is a real problem for the defense. in that meeting, there were discussions going on about that document and they are able to now go to witnesses and say was that document presented to you? if the president classifies it as classified or declassified, whatever it is, that is going to get sorted out. the bottom line is, if it wasn t declassified and he cannot show that it wasn t declassified and he was showing it to someone he shouldn t have and that person cooperates that testimony, that is a problem for the former president. and when he acknowledges on that audiotape that it wasn t declassified. he is the one that is saying