Washington, d. C. Today and covering the news wherever it happens. Right now its happening on the East Coast as well. Breaking news, democratic mayor Eric Adams is expected to speak at any moment after federal officials have just unsealed indictment charges against him. He is now charged with those federal counts, five of them, including wire fraud, bribery, solicitation of contributions from a foreign source. We are told a federal prosecutor will give an Update And News conference. Dont know if theyll take any questions but certainly have a statement to read, were told. That will also happen in the next few minutes. Were on it. All over this. Eric adams is already making history at this moment as the first new York Mayor to ever be charged with a federal crime while in office. Phil holloway, former Assistant District Attorney and legal Advisor And Marc thiessen, Fox News contributor. Im harris faulkner. This is the Faulkner Focus live from d. C. And are you there focus with me. Lets s
The grand jury handling Donald Trumps Election Subversion Case is meeting right now, with indictment number 4 possible in the coming days. Why this case in georgia could create some of his most complicated legal problems yet. The death toll on maui keeps climbing. 96 confirmed fatalities now, with that number sadly expected to rise as Search And Rescue forge ahead. And the power companys now facing a lawsuit for not cutting electricity when forecasters were warning about powerful wind gusts. And almost two years after the chaotic u. S. Exit from afghanistan allies who fled the taliban and were promised a home in the United States say theyre now being sent back. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Potential indictment number 4 of former President Donald Trump could be days if not hours away. Today a grand jury in atlanta is hearing the culmination of a yearslong probe into efforts to overturn georgias 2020 election
Laura not just unquestionably fair minded, he does cardio, and weights. His personal health and exercise correlates to how he approaches prosecution and strategy. Jack smith will Donald Trumps head as he sits in a prison cell. Laura the real jack smith is just another attack dog in the kennel of antitrump prosecutors trying to make a name for himself. One person who counts most now is saying, hold your horses, judge cannon slapped down the doj absurd request to file motions under seal. Cant have the people knowing anything, right . Judge cannon is putting smith team on the spot about use of a Dc Grand Jury to gather evidence after it indicted trump in florida using a grand jury in miami. The case was brought in the miami Federal District court, so it makes a lot of sense. Dc grand jury is what smith, mr. Unassailable prefers. The get trump media, who has tried to discredit conon, went bon customers. Judge cannon will make the prosecutors work. We have a judge who may be a loose cannon
the comments made by the prosecutor, gratuitous, inaccurate and inappropriate. the way the presidents demeanor in that report was characterized could not be more wrong on the facts and clearly politically motivated. gratuitouspo. harris rushing to the defense of her boss after hehi nsgot called a man with a brain made of swiss cheese by the special counsel the white house doing some damage control after the president melted down in front of the entire nation so they print dominic sent out a spokesman. some of the cases close the facts and evidence refute the theories that are floated the public is smart and they can rysee what is going on. i think they can see and understand when people are gratuitous and make comments that they should make. i don t know how many folks have read all 400 pages of the special counsel said president biden has significant limitations on his memory, who is w i helping him run the coun. the commander-in-chief runs the country that part of t
the comments made by that prosecutor, inacaccurate and inappropriate. the way the president s demeanor was characterized could not be more wrong on the facts and clearly politically motivating, gra tuittous. kamala harris rushing to defense of her boss after what was said by the special counsel. the president melted down in front of the nation, they sent out ian samms and of course, binder. facts and evidence refute the theory they explored. the public is smart and can see what is going on. they can see and understand when people are gratuitous and make comments they should not make. peter: significant limitations on memory, who is helping him run the country? the president and commander-in-chief runs the counter. that part of the report does not live in reality. jesse: special counsel hur skipped charges and portrayed joe as elderly man with a poor memory. biden went laballistic saying h the f could i forget the day my son died. you are a well-meaning elderly m