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can this little known former software executive break through and win over republican primary voters? did you ever do business with donald trump? i don t think so. i just think it s been important that you are judged by the company you keep. my exclusive interview from fargo. plus, biden s economy. bidenomics is just another way of saying restoring the american dream. president biden crafts his campaign economic message. bidenomics means you pay more for everything in life. i can t think of anything more un-american than what we are seeing in biden s economy. does biden even need an economic message to win in 2024 or do issues like abortion matter more? i m ask governor bill murphy. and civilian risk. the u.s. plans to send cluster munitions to ukraine despite concerns they could kill civilians. why is a weapon banned by over 100 countries the best option now for ukraine. it was a very difficult decision on my part. the ukrainians are running out of
the lead starts right now. this hour, hunter biden is going into court, donald trump is coming out of court, we are following it all. the lead starts right now. donald trump gets a second chance, he is allowed to speak at the closing arguments in his civil fraud trial. what you said and why a judge and then shut it down and one day after hunter biden s shop appearance on capitol hill, he is now back home in california facing federal charges. and now, the first lady, his mom, is weighing in. and a stunning rise in public officials targeted and dangerous swatting incidents, that s when hoax 911 calls report fake violent crimes to get a police response and possibly real police violence against innocent victims. i am going to speak with a republican who has faced threats and ask them what needs to happen for these cases to stop. [ music ] welcome to the lead, i am jake tapper. we start with the final moments of donald trump s civil fraud trial, playing out right now in a
plus, from total celebration to complete chaos, two people were shot, a police officer hit by a fire truck during a victory parade for nba champion denver nuggets. and the department of justice tees off an investigation, looking into that mega merger between the pga tour and saudi funded liv golf. our reporters are fouling all of the latest developments. we start, though, with the breaking news out of pittsburgh where nbc s george solis is covering the guilty verdict in the trial of the gunman who killed 11 people at that synagogue in 2018. george, i know it s been a few hours since the verdict. what are we hearing from the community? reporter: yeah, chris, some members of the congregation weighing in, saying they expected this guilty verdict. for them, this is some semblance of justice. in my conversation with them over the last several days, many of them say they will never be able to look at the accused shooter robert bowers directly in the eye. it was hard for them to
classified documents case. evidence that paints a potentially damning portrait of efforts by the expresident in the expresident s push to retrieve important and sensitive security documents from that washington post report, quote, two of donald trump s employees moved boxes of papers the day before fbi agents and a prosecutor visited the former president s florida home to retrieve classified documents in response to a subpoena. timing that investigators have come to view as suspicious, and an indication of possible obstruction. according to people familiar with the matter. trump and his aides allegedly carried out a dress rehearsal for moving sensitive papers, even before his office received the may 2022 subpoena. that is according to people familiar with the matter who spoke anonymously to describe a sensitive ongoing investigation. the washington post has new details on a question that has loomed over the entire investigation. what did donald trump do with his trove of