birds. the lead starts right now. the rioter who smashed in that capital window, and another who helped organize the violent attack new quite lengthy prison sentences for the so-called proud boys and we begin to see the u.s. justice system come down on those who played lead leadership roles in trying to over turn the 2020 election. plus two years has gone by and where are we? to be frank, we re knee deep in bullshit. a demand for answers from grieving parents. 13 u.s. service members were killed in that chaotic withdraw from afghanistan. gold star families this week were asking their leaders pointed questions today, where we re going to try to begin to start to get some answers. but first, the judge s decision expected at any moment that could change the trajectory of the fulton county case, including donald trump. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. and we begin with our law and justice lead. at any moment, a u.s. district judge could decide if former trump
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