grand jury has been given the green light? well, you know, this investigation has gotten as much attention as january 6th in washington or the manhattan district attorney, but this is a very serious criminal investigation, and the fact that the district a grand jury has been impanelled means there will be subpoenas and possibly search warrants, and this is a big problem for the former president because it all starts with that highly incriminating tape where he appears to be trying to coerce the secretary of state of georgia to commit the crime of election fraud. part of the initial investigation was centered on that phone call, which took place january 2nd. now that a special grand jury has been granted, i mean, do they go wider than that? do they still focus on that? are there other investigative avenues they go down? well, there it has to be broader. because there have to be other people who have talked about the effort that the president made to corrupt the elect
violence. we re erasing generations of traumatized americans. that concerns me as a faith leader. good morning. top of the hour. so glad you re with us here on cnn this morning. another historic day, a really important day for our democracy in court today. not just about an arraignment it s much bigger than that. down in washington. just hours from now, former president donald trump set to appear in a courtroom in washington, d.c. on charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election and hold on to power. night.ty barriers went upover secret service has done walk-through of the d.c. courthouse. trump is expected to plead not guilty to four counts including conspiracy to defraud the united states. his fingerprints will be taken digitally. a preview of trump s lawyers will argue, among those his claims of election fraud are protected by the first amendment s free speech. he truly believed that the debunked fraud claims. our kaitlin collins spoke with bill barr with these m
at first, i wasn t sure. but i have come to believe that he knew well he had lost the election. and now, what i think is important is the government assumed the burden of proving that. the government, in the indictment, takes the position that he had actual knowledge that he had lost the election and the election wasn t stolen through fraud. they have to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. that s a high bar. that leads me to believe that we re only seeing the tip of the iceberg. you believe jack smith has more? i believe he has a lot more. let s bring in michael cohen, donald trump s former fixer and attorney. he s a principal of crisis. he s the author of the new york times best seller, revenge: how donald trump weaponized the department of justice against his critics. michael, great to have you here tonight. you heard the former attorney general, he believes that donald trump knew he lost the election. and what do you think about that being a defense, that
tonight, donald trump is lashing out at key figures that he put in the highest levels of his administration, including one who said he is, quote, toast, if even half of what is in the latest indictment proves to be true. doing it because he hates trump. i fired him. it s very simple. he knows the indictment is total bull [ bleep ]. i watched him sitting there pontificating, sometimes with other rinos who are almost as bad, like a very stupid person named john bolton, mick mulvaney who s got nothing going, absolutely nothing. you can t have people like that in our party. a reminder that bill barr was his attorney general. john bolton was his national security adviser. and mick mulvaney, his acting chief of staff. these are the people that trump picked to be in his white house, all as he is asking for four more years to do it all again. meanwhile, as trump s legal troubles are multiplying, so are his 2024 rivals. another new entry over the last 24 hours, bringing this gop f
captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening. i m catlin collins. and tonight we begin with exclusive cnn reporting. we have learned that prosecutors in the classified documents case are now zeroing in on a flood that happened on the grounds of mar-a-lago. this was last october, when an employee there drained the club s swimming pool and as a result, a room that stores computer servers, which contain surveillance video logs, flooded. the big question now, was it an accident or was it intentional? this is reporting that katelyn polantz and i broke on the special counsel s investigation. here s what we ve learned about the situation. federal prosecutors who are investigating trump s handling of classified documents are now asking about this incident that happened at mar-a-lago last october. a maintenance worker at the club drained a pool, which ended up flooding a nearby room with a computer room storing computer servers are kept. two months before the fbi searched the