One of the most important criminal cases on donald trump has been on life support for weeks now, but it appears the case will live. And the former president will likely have to face trial. For the past two months, we have watched as the Georgia Election interference case against donald trump and 14 codefendants devolved into a high stakes side show. Several of the defendants in this case accused fani willis of having a relationship with the Special Prosecutor on her team. Nathan wade. A relationship that created a coofinterest. They argued that because of that relationship, willis needed to be thrown off the case, a move that would have effectively killed any chance of this case ever getting to trial. Last month, da willis admitted that she and mr. Wade did engage in a romantic relationship for a period of time, but maintained it had no bearing on this case. The judge overseeing the Case Heard Hows and hours of testimony to determine when the relationship began and what, if any financi
Significant, this evidence linking members of trumps legal team, to the breach of a Voting System there. Jessica, these Text Messages add to a growing body of evidence that links Donald Trumps legal team to this Voting System breach here in georgia that happened on january 7th, 2021. More specifically, it links them to this effort to secure written invitation from a local election official there, essentially allowing them, in their minds, to speenter the Election Office and no election official is allowed to let anyone have access to Voting Systems. But trumps team and lawyers were trying to convince this election official to provide a letter of invitation. And these Text Messages show us how they were involved in the planning, and how down from Rudy Giuliani to sidney powell, how they were kept in the loop on the state level as they worked to secure this Written Letter of invitation, and ultimately access to the Voting System there is in coffee county. This is 200 miles south of downt
as the fight goes on in ukraine, the result is already decided. there is no possibility of him winning the war in ukraine. he s already lost that war. and putin getting sharp new criticism from inside his own military ranks. i ll talk to former defense secretary william cohen whether all of this gets us any closer to a possible end game. and a third secretary of state says she s been interviewed by jack smith s investigators about donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. that official, michigan s jocelyn benson joining her counterparts in arizona and georgia as key figures in the federal probe. so what s next? but we begin with the brutal weather scorching the earth right now, records shattering across the globe with temperatures hotter than we have ever seen, and forecasts say there s no end in sight. as the washington post put it, it s as if every alarm bell on earth is ringing for a planet on the brink. in the u.s., more than 82 million people are cu
advanced knowledge of yevgeny prigozhin s plans to revolt. he is suspected of helping plan the events of last weekend. officials say there are also signs of other russian generals may have supported the rebellion which raises questions about putin s support inside the top ranks. meanwhile vladimir putin is attempting to portray himself as retaining popular support. you can see him there greeting crowds in a rare public appearance wednesday. he flew to the majority muslim city to mark the holiday where he took a tour, kissed fans and posed for selfies. he is also expected to deliver remarks in about an hour. clare sebastian is live in london with more for us. reporter: this is sort of a pr tour. kremlin trying to reassert his authority. he made public remarks, he commemorated the air force pilots killed in prigozhin s armed rebellion. and today speaking at a tech digital conference. but the visit really unusual. this is un-putin-like behavior. having actual human contact, a
russia. another hour of christiansen reports starts right now. ight now good morning, it is sunday june 25th. i am chris jansing. velshi is in he s making his way to ukraine to report on the events of the last few days. that s where we begin this hour. an extraordinary, tell, and potentially game changing 24 hours. this morning, this leads the u.s. and the world with questions in the aftermath of the greatest threat in vladimir putin s 23 year rule. it s weakened his authority? but does it tell us about his country s defense. what might be the impact on the war in ukraine? we ve got some thoughts from today s meet the press. now what we ve seen is russia having to defend moscow, its capital, against mercenaries of its own making. this is a challenge coming from within to putin, and that s where his focus has been. our focus is resolutely and resolutely on ukraine. we saw a demonstrable crack and uproot and strength. the only real answer here is that putin is going to st