For the prosecution shows and tells how donald trump operates like a mob boss. Thats tonight on newsnight good evening. Im abby phillip in new york and tonight, cnn puts a voice and a face to the key facts that you could read on paper in that case against donald trump. Meet brian butler. Hes also known as employee number five in the criminal indictment from special counsel jack smith. Butler is not a random person who trump can suddenly claim. He doesnt know he knows trump and it has known him for 21 years since he took a job as a seasonal valet at maralago. He has years of pictures and messages with everyone important in the trump orbit. He worked for he worked hundreds of p. Stance feet away from carlos de oliviera, the other maralago employee . He was indicted alongside trump, and they took lightly walks together. They were friends, but their paths now look very different. They oliviera is alleged to have lied to investigators. Meanwhile, butler has cooperated and he is helping pros
Calendar. Trumps new reality from the courtroom to the campaign trail back and forth. A perfect example he keynoted that g. O. P. Dinner in alabama a day after pleading not guilty to four Felony Charges in d. C. That stemmed from alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 president ial election results. Here he was railing against that last night. So this ridiculous indictment against us, its not a legal case, its an act of desperation by a failed and disgraced Crooked Joe Biden and radical left thugs to preserve their grip on power. They want to do anything they can to preserve it. In the 24 hours between arraignment in d. C. And that fiery speech last night, special counsel jack smith filing a protective order against trump seeking to prevent him from publicly disclosing details related to the d. C. Case for fear of compromising witnesses after trump posted that ominous warning on social media. Well show you again, he simply said if you go after me, im coming after you. Now, trumps indictm
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joey jackson, he says, do it close to being this is vindication, according talking about alec baldwin being adamant, as you just heard that he did not pull the tree. bigger and just hours from now. a prosecutor is set to drop charges against him for the deadly shooting on the rust movie set coming up the new evidence that came to light plus plus, we are now learning that the mass shooter who killed five workers at a bank in louisville apparently wanted to show how easy it was for a mentally ill person to buy an assault rifle in america. and the legal nightmare is not over from fox news. smartmatic is demanding an even bigger payout. dominions historic $787 million settlement for spreading election lies coming up smart maddox lawyer joins us live but let s begin with president biden. he was getting ready to officially announced he s running for reelection. sources tell cnn his team is planning to release a campaign style video announcement on tuesday. tuesday is the four year
this morning a new round of air strikes lighting up the sky in gaza. this as idf is saying it is stepping up operations on the ground. the united nations says that the situation in gaza is growing more desperate by the hour. today, dozens of trucks waiting to cross in as tens of thousands of people have been displaced. donald trump s run for the white house is being challenged in court today. what the 14th amendment has to do with it, and why colorado is taking the lead. i m kate bolduan with john berman in new york, and sara sidner is in israel. this is cnn news central. we are just hours away from an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council as israel is expanding the assault on hamas. on ground in gaza, israeli military officials say now more troops are and the ground than just 24 hours ago. the troops are pushing deeper into gaza as they are hunting for hamas, and what is believed to be the more than 200 hostages that are in that underground tunnel system com