Development linking trumps legal team to a Voting System breach in a rural georgia county. Zach, what can you tell us . Reporter fred, coffee county, georgia is heavily republican where trump won over 70 of the vote there. But after the 2020 election, allies of donald trump and his attorneys tried to get access to a Voting System there and ultimately were successful in that. And these new Text Messages are in the possession of prosecutors now lay out that plan and connect trumps attorneys like sydney powell, Rudy Giuliani to this Planning Process and effort to get access to Voting Systems. It lays out how in the days before the breach, even before 2021, the attorneys were trying to get written information from a local official there. Connecting some of the dots showing this was more of a topdown effort to get access from machines rather than just a sporadic random oneoff. Trumps attorneys now more connected to this breach than we knew previously. So how are spinks expected to play out
a deadline for new lawyers on both sides. also tonight breaking news, the pentagon leak suspect was just indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly disclosing classified information, intelligence information. standby for new details. and jurors have just wrapped up their first day of deliberations in the federal trial of the gunman in the deadly 2018 attack on a pittsburgh synagogue. how soon might they deliver verdicts on dozens of charges including capital offenses that could lead to the death penalty? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. we begin with a new order from judge aileen cannon, her every move in the classified documents case under if tense scrutiny right now as the federal prosecution of donald trump moves forward following his arrest and arraignment. cnn s senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid is working the story for us. so paula, what is judge cannon saying.
all captive birds in england will have to be kept indoors from next monday, because of the country s largest ever outbreak of bird flu. a victorious comeback brazil s former president lula da silva beats his far right opponentjair bolsanaro to win his old job back. nine people have been arrested after a deadly bridge collapse in the indian state of gujurat. 1m people are known to have died. ukrainian rockets attack russian positions as the pushback continues despite russia targeting more of the country s infrastructure. we have a special report from the frontline. look at it. desolation. this is what months of attritional warfare does to a town. the home secretary is due to stand up in the commons shortly to make a statement over worsening conditions at a migrant processing centre in kent. the facility, at manston, is said to be dangerously overcrowded, with reports of an outbreak of diptheria. some 4,000 migrants are being housed there even though it s meant for only up to
Politicsnation. Tonights lead, stormy days. Tonight more than half a million homes and businesses in and around houston, texas, are still without power after punishing storms slammed into the region yesterday, leaving at least seven people dead and putting intense strain on the infrastructure and power grid. The Lone Star State is weathering political storms as well tonight. Outrage is growing over Governor Greg Abbotts pardon of a white Army Sergeant found guilty of murder found guilty of murdering a black lives matter demonstrator in 2020. Critics are calling the pardon politically motivated. Well be talking about it all with the democrat challenging ted cruz for the senate, congressman cro little allred. Meantime, the white house is hoping to avoid political tempest tomorrow as the president delivers the Commencement Speech at Historically Black Morehouse College. Students and faculty have been divided over bidens support of the war and his presence on their campus. Weve got another
public that they can t trust the law enforcement professionals who are just trying to do their jobs, that has ripple effects across the country and makes all of us less safe. and so i, again, really believe that republicans and democrats can unite on making sure that the rule of law is protected in this election. okay. and the legal landscape is pretty busy right now. it s not just trump tangled up in these legal troubles but president biden s son, hunter is also in legal jeopardy after attorney general merrick garland just appointed a special counsel after plea talks with hunter biden s lawyers to resolve tax and gun charges fell apart. so as someone who is also running for office in 2024, do you worry that all of these legal controversies for these two possible, you know, these presidential candidates could