asking about was deeply dist disturbing. we had an individual wearing a tactic call vest and gun and nail gun who tried to attack the cincinnati field office. a subsequent review of the subject s devices and online postings identified a pretty striking anti-f.b.i., anti-federal law enforcement hostility. he was calling on others to kill federal law enforcement claiming he felt he was fighting in his words a civil war. it is unfortunately part of a broader phenomenon that we have seen not just against the f.b.i. this is important to add, but against law enforcement all across the country. not just against law enforcement professionals themselves, which is appalling enough, but calling for attacks against their families, which is truly despicable. that man was captured and eliminated, was he not? yes. a few days later was the arizona f.b.i. department subject of armed violence armed protestors? well, i know that our phoenix field office has had a number of very concer
it s sunday june 4th. i m ali velshi. after we can revelations regarding the special counsel jack smith classified documents investigation we got more news this morning about the future of that case. and we see news has exclusively learned that the federal grand jury that has been hearing evidence in that case will reconvene this week after a recent lol in proceeding. the purpose of the grand jury s upcoming meeting is unclear. it s not necessarily an indication that smith and his team are prepared to seek an indictment just yet. the justice department would not comment on the investigations status but previous reporting from out what s like the wall street journal has indicated that smith is wrapping up that part of his investigation that quote in recent weeks prosecutors working for smith have completed interviews with nearly every employee at donald trump s florida home. from top political aides to maintain staff. as the head of a large organization that s been one of the
and disregard them, the jury, as subjected to them, may not. the court shall not permit the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which trump inject politics into this proceeding. jack smith then kicks off a highlight reel of trump s favorite spurious arguments, things like, trump, quotes complaints about the jury indictment and the trial date will interfere with his political activities. or trump s quote, false accusation was directed at the former president. jack smith also takes issue with some of the trump s favorite catch phrases like the injustice department or biden indictment. all of it, jack smith says, would taint a jury pool. quote, the in addition t being wrong, these allegations are irrelevant to the jury s determination of the defendant s guilt or innocence. it would be prejudicial if presented to the jury. put another way, the trump defense was, quote, repeatedly used rhetoric that made the acceptable on the campaign but not on the trial. make no mi
members of congress were still dodging the disgraced ex-president s phone calls on the floor of the house. kevin mccarthy was still cutting back room deals, negotiating with his hostage-takers, trading away everything but the gavel so he could ascend finally, at long last, to the speakership. now less than one week into republican rule of the house of representatives, here we are, one newly minted republican of the house, george santos, is facing multiple open investigations and mounting evidence that he is both a pathological liar and a potential campaign finance violator among other things. speaker mccarthy is dangling the possibility of expuning one of the disgraced ex-president s impeachments. republicans are unleashing a so-called weaponization with mccarthy. democrats of the house are now receiving death threats like this one against congressman eric swalwell. getting your kicked off the committee is the least of your problems. the american people aren t going to be
Sixweek abortion ban to take effect in the state. But the court also is greenlighting a vote on a proposed state constitutional amendment protecting Abortion Rights for women and a new flashpoint in The Middle East right now is around threatens retaliation for a deadly attack on its Consulate Building In Syria, blaming israel for the airstrike. Were getting new reaction from a key member of congress this hour. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, a urine the Situation Room the skis, cnn, breaking new a very busy night of Breaking News. We begin this hour with the new request to expand Donald Trumps gag order in the hushmoney criminal case. Exactly two weeks before the trial is set to begin. Thats going to see cnns chief Legal Affairs correspondent, paula reid. Paula give us the latest on this request by the Manhattan District Attorney and the trump teams response. So wolfe here, prosecutors are asking the judge to expand the gag order