Days leading up to the maga invasion at the capital. The basis of the president s second Impeachment Trial starting next week. The genesis of the siege, revealing it wasnt an up rising but a coordinated campaign by the former president and his allies. That was rooted in a lie that was so convincing to some of his most devoted followers it made the assault on the capitol almost inevitable. And a growing list of people and organizations involved in planning, promoting and financing the rallies that precipitated the insurrection. Alex jones, ali alexander, the pilly gee, mike lindell, and people who have been in the Republican Party, and establishment groups like the republican attorneys general association. The heiress to the publix supermarket fortune. Her money paid for the lions share of the 500,000 at the ellipse where the former president spoke. Before they converged on washington, all the forces rallied around a single goal of stopping the socalled steal. And the times reveal, some
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
we are live in the cnn newsroom, i m jim acosta in washington. it s the final days before the midterm elections, today is down to 16 if you are counting. president joe biden is planning a rare stop to stump for democrats in florida. the president has kept a relatively low profile on the campaign trail this season as his party fights to win a few crucial races in several swing states, a prominent senator was on cnn earlier this morning warning that democrats need a messaging shift. is the abortion issue important? yes. but we have also got to focus on the struggles of working people to put food on their table. i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting democratic. and i think, again, what democrats have got to do is contrast their economic plan with the republicans. and cnn s joe johns joins me now from delaware where the president is spending his weekend. joe, you ve covered these stretches many times before, w
law. and now this is how it s going. it is the sound of the police, the home of the 45th president of the united states has been rated by the fbi. nothing like this happen, before we don t know how this ends. they even broke into my safe, exclamation point. busy news week on, monday the fbi spent more than nine hours searching donald trump s mar-a-lago home and now, we actually know what they found after judge publicly released a search warrant. according to the list of items, agents removed 11 sets of classified documents, including some that were labored either secret and top secret. the documents are a part of the investigation, and a possible violations of the espionage act. another loss of course. it is not clear if trump himself is under investigation for those charges were not. earlier this, week the washington post reported that fbi agents were searching for documents related to nuclear weapons. we are down gonna talk more about that later. the paper cited sou
On this, the most endangered democrat in america. Congressman joe baum, bowman on the lobby group is spending millions to oust him and other democrats across the country. He will join me on said in a few minutes. Gop senator mitt romney makes a Surprise Argument for why pardoning donald trump is actually good for all of us. Really . We will tell you about raga, one of the scariest Republican Groups youve never heard of. Im Ayman Mohyeldin, lets do it. Why has a primary race in one of the countrys safest congressional districts garnered National Attention All Of A Sudden . For decades, oregons Third District, which includes much of portland has been represented by this man, democratic congressman earl blumenauer. Last year, he announced his plans to retire, setting up a race for his replacement. Oregons Third District is in solidly democratic territory, meaning whoever wins next weeks primary will certainly cruise to victory in november. For much of the race, the former Multnomah County