The trump campaign. And this is cnn im Jake Tapper and we are following this Breaking News with the 2024 election just one month away. We now have the clearest picture yet of how federal prosecutors specifically special Counsel Jack Smith say that former President Trump tried to vertical law and undermine the 2020 election, its a 165 Page Court Filing that was just unsealed by a federal judge minutes ago. The office of special Counsel Smith lays out this case for a Trial Judge in a way that they think would overcome President Trumps president ial Immunity Protections as outlined by the Supreme Court earlier this year. Prosecutors say that trump was directly involved in the plot to nominate fake electors. They also tried to show that trump was aware that he lost flaccid, but told the staffer, quote, the details, dont matter unquote lets bring in our team of intrepid reporters who have been combing through this filing. Let me start with you, Paula Walk walk us through the major headlines
[cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] yes, all right! yes! let not your be troubled. It is friday so you know what that means, let s welcome tonight s guest. She has witnessed more fights than a cashier at a waffle house , charlie! [cheering and applause] greg: if it seems like he is judging you, that s his job, comedian vince august! [cheering and applause] greg: her husband tried to convince her that talking is bad for the baby. New york times bestselling author, cat! [cheering and applause] greg: and you need sir edmund hillary to see if he has dandruff. New york times bestselling author, comedian and former nwa world champion, tyrus! [cheering and applause] all right all right, all right. Before we get to some news stories, let s do this. greg leftovers! greg: it is leftovers where i read the jokes we didn t use this weekend is always it is my first time reading them so if they suck we will by joe a pager from one of our jewish friends in tel aviv. [laughter] greg: te
the garbage can as well. you have essentially a bunch of trump ex-trump officials who are seeded at many of the think tanks, heritage foundation, project 2025, america first policy institute as well. and when you speak to some of these republicans, they say that, hey, we want to hit the ground running with a second term. they ve got personnel already, spreadsheets with personnel already outlined, they have policies outlined as well. they re looking to really give trump essentially a men gu to choose from on day one. oun other point i like to make, trump is exploiting this met mother sis he accelerated with the republican party, one that favored small government but now is favoring distrust of government. and at core, there s nothing wrong with an incoming administration setting a policy agenda and having the people that it wants. i serve in government you should want that. we should want that because it s the smooth transfer of
nomination i think he would just etch-a-sketch it up, shake it and just be completely just say whatever he thought would work for that. well, there was a really stunning admission in my opinion that i got from the trump campaign while reporting this story, and michael cohen, trump s lawyer, long-time member of his inner circle, said he s the one coordinating this african-american outreach effort, and he said they know they have to move beyond trump s white christian southern base. and they turn to african-americans because in michael cohen s words, they ve given up on the latinos and they re not concerned about that they ve given up on the latinos i basically should say he s given up an latinos because all those people who are latino who don t like him are illegal and he wants to deport them. yeah-e said they can t vote anyway. which i have to say is untrue. he s polling way underwater among latino citizens of the united states. so they have targeted african-americans.
i think it s fair to say we ve entered the ted cruz era of the 2016 presidential race. that s largely due to positioning. cruz has stuck to a steady strategy from the very beginning which we ve described on this show as the equivalent of a pro cyclist drafting behind the leader. nice job, graphics department. he stayed close to trump while trump has not put enough separation between the two. and now that strategy seems to be paying off. a few days ago he took the top spot in an iowa poll released by monmouth university showing he has support of 24% of likely republican voters. today in a new york times /cbs poll cruz has jumped to second place directly behind trump quadrupling his support since the last time the poll was conducted in october. and now according to the new york times less than two months before the iowa caucuses cruz appears to be finally logue a little bit had at the gop front-runner. according to two people who attended a private fund-raiser for cruz yesterday here