office. what any of that portends is anyone s guess at this hour. we have eyes on entrances and exits of that courthouse. journalists there standing by and a few trained ears to the ground. as soon as we know something, anything at all, we will let you know. we should know today marks two weeks since donald trump announced that he had received a target letter in this case. it suggests he could be charged with conspiracy to defraud the united states, conspiracy to obstruct the january 6th session of congress, and depriving voters of their rights. here with me are my guests. first, let s bring in justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, who has been following all this for us today. ken, bring us up to speed for what we do know at this hour. reporter: greetings from the department of justice, where we are not so patiently waiting for news that explains the developments you just laid out. there are a lot of uncertainties around this process, because this is two we
change across the company, including here at cnn. and i m sad that i won t be here to cover it. but since this is our final episode, we re going to do something today. this is a special hour and it s about change. it s about change all across the media world. what s changing? what might change? and what must never change about the accountability function of journalism. i love this show. this small but mighty show punched above its weight for so many years. even a former president commented on the cancellation. reliable sources has been a one of a kind show, and a popular show. this is one of cnn s highest rated weekend shows. so i want to say thank you to all of you watching around the world. i was lucky to be a part of it for nine years. but it began 30 years ago after the gulf war. so here s what the iconic former cnn ceo tom johnson said on facebook when he heard the show was canceled. he said it was founded by ted turner and leaders of cnn who felt deeply that media org
Rudy giuliani. in terms of the plots involving john eastman, and some of those crazy lawyers who were there. but smith has a choice of maybe five or six different kinds of schemes to charge. i see him as doing three of them based on each of the three charges. they do have a different cast of characters. but i m going to be ripping through the indictment first thing to see about mark meadows, and then also from there rudy giuliani and john eastman. again, when you look at these conspear sis, that s one of the charges prosecutors used when you didn t pull it off. incompetence, failure is no defense. if you show up at the bank and wave your gun around but you don t get away, the crime doesn t have to be successful. if you have agreed with someone if you conspired. so you have attempted over here,
Inside some news organizations that make that more difficult. and i think that war is going to continue. continue. let s get to claire atkinson for 30 years of change. what would you say the biggest change you ve seen in 30 years of covering the media? i guess big tech has had an incredible impact on how we do our jobs. everybody is a journalist these case. you have a phone, you can record and share things. one of the negative consequences is everybody who has a social media account is a media critic. we talk about trust in the media. so many people have criticisms, conspear sis. it s fascinating to see what gets shared on social media. as we know, alex jones has been able to profit off of that. no consequences for lies. it is a crime to lie in a court. it is not a crime to lie in a political ad. in fact, there s no rules. facebook is able to share those