Staff member. Speaker kevin mccarthy. And the time to george santos. And pleaded not guilty, and the indictment says he asked for more than a dozen contributors to fund santoss campaign. He also got a 15 commission from it. Prosecutors allege hero a letter to santos back in 2022 saying quote, thinking my identity to big donor. You also wrote, highrisk reward. In everything i do. Something he said that in turn out to be true. Thank you so much for joining us tonight, cnn prime time with wolf blitzer starts right now. Excellent show, caitlin, thank you very much. To our viewers, good evening. Im wolf blitzer here in washington. We want to welcome you to cnn prime time. Theres Breaking News were following right now. A texas woman has been charged with threatening in a voice mail to kill the federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former president donald trump. Over his attempts to try to overturn the 2020 president ial election. The suspect, allegedly called the chambers a fede
Over his attempts to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election. the suspect, allegedly called the chambers a federal judge tanya chutkan on august 5th, and left a voice mail message, threatening to, quote, kill anyone who went after former president trump. we ll have more on the story, it s breaking, news that coming up in just a few moments. it comes as we are on the verge right now of a truly unprecedented calendar collision, leading to a presidential campaign like nothing we ve ever seen before. the 45th president of the united states, facing courtroom dates in the coming weeks and months here in washington d. c.. in south florida. in new york. and in georgia. all while he s running for a second term. fulton county d. a., fani willis, says she wants to rein donald trump in his 18 codefendants, the week of september 5th. she wants to start his trial on march 4th, 2024. the day before super tuesday, when more than a dozen states hold the presidential primary elections. that, as l
Makes his mid-term year debut. he still leads the republican party, and he is still all about the big lie. we begin the hour though with a calendar collision. this year s martin luther king holiday and the teetering democratic push for voting rights. right now the house speaker and others from congress, members of the king family as well, at union station here in washington, d.c., about to demand action on voting rights. just moments ago the vice president of the united states adding her voice. we must not be complacent or complicit. we must not give up, and we must not give in. to truly honor the legacy of the man we celebrate today, we must continue to fight for the freedom to vote for freedom for all. the outlook though is beyond bleak. the top senate democrat chuck schumer plans an up or down vote on voting rights legislation tomorrow, and the math seems certain, certain that it will fail.