This is really an attack or a political opponent thats all it is. Jessica dean, cnn washington thanks for joining us. The news continues here on cnn its tuesday, april 20. Right now on cnn this morning, a hearing to determine whether donald trump violated his gag order yes. Hush money trial set to begin in just hours the senate preparing to take up a foreign aid bill that could save ukraine and potentially sink tiktok and tensions rising on College Campuses as propalestinian protests erupted across the country all right 5 00 a. M. Here in washington alive. Look at New York City on this Tuesday Morning, the sight of all todays political news. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us in just a few hours. The judge in Donald Trumps hush money trial will hear arguments to determine whether the former president violated his gag order in the case prosecutors argue that trump has failed to comply with it at least ten times and just hours before the hearing, tru
knights on the border good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news request late today. today from the former president s legal team to lift the gag order. now that a jury has found him guilty in all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to keep word of his hush money payment to stormy daniels from reaching voters in the 2016 election. as you know, gag order or not, he s already said plenty about the judge. the judge s daughter, and witnesses in the case he s now his lawyers are seeking free rein, seen as keras canal is here with the tails also joining us bestselling author and former federal prosecutors, jeffrey thuban, and retired new york judge joel kahn visor, longtime friend of the trial judge in the case. so what does the trump team want so trump s team is saying now that the trial is over and the gag order that was put in place to protect the witnesses jury from trump s comments now that it s over there saying that the judge should lift t
like herself erin. all right. jeff zeleny. thank you very much from milwaukee tonight and thanks so much to all of you for being with us is always anderson starts now tonight on 360 breaking news, the former president wants his new york gag order lifted the latest on why and what impact greater freedom to speak out could have on a sentence he receives also tie attorney general garland under oath, facing republican allegations of weaponizing the justice system of those inflammatory claims stand up against the the full facts. and as the president takes executive action on gun on undocumented migrants, a store you ll only see here how one man has taken the issue into his own hands. what he encounters in his knights on the border good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news request late today from the former president s legal team to lift the gag order. now that a jury has found him guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to keep wo
felon. that conspiracy theory is an attack on the judicial process itself. republicans firing back, we ll the department of justice provides to the committee all documents, all correspondence between the department and alvin bragg s office and fani willis, those office and letitia james office. the offices you re referring to are independent offices of state. i get that. i get that. de the question is one that you will provide all of your document minton correspondence that s the question. it s i don t need a history lesson well i m going to say again, we do not control those offices. they make their questions indicate with them not whether you control them, do you? indicate with them and we provide those qut make a request. we will refer it to our office of legislative, but there s the thing they come in here and you lodge this attack that it s a conspiracy theory, that there is coordinated lawfare against trump and then when we say fine, just give us the documents, give us
hill. i will not be intimidated and the justice department will not be intimidated and calling out gop attacks that his department is behind the new york hush money case. that may donald trump, the first ever x president to become a convicted felon. that conspiracy theory is an attack on the judicial process itself republicans firing back, we ll the department of justice provide to the committee all documents, all correspondence between the department and alvin bragg s office and fani willis also office and letitia james, office. the offices you re referring to, our independent offices of state. i get that. i get that. de the question is, why that you will provide all of your documents in correspondence. that s the question. it s i don t need a history lesson well, i m going to say again, we do not control those offices. they make their the questions indicate with them not whether you control them. dk communicate with them and we provide this committee make