investigating an accusation against him, he has maintained his innocence and has not yet been charged. let s go to cnn s carlos suarez in tallahassee with the latest. carlos, what can you tell us? reporter: christian ziegler has had few if any allies, in the end, the vote to remove him wasn t even close. 199 to 3 said that christian ziegler had to go as chair of the florida republican party, party officials across the state of florida from governor ron desantis to florida s two senators as well as florida congressman, including matt gates all wanted to see him go. since the details of the sexual scandal first broke back in october. these allegations that christian ziegler sexually assaulted a woman that he had had in previous consensual sexual encounters along with his wife, bridget ziegler, the former cofounder of the moms
for liberty group, it is important to note that christian ziegler has not been charged criminally, he was not in attendance at today s meeting and so far he has not commented on his ouster, now, we are told from party officials, that they are really just trying to get past this sexual scandal, they said that you are now in a presidential year, there is also the start of the florida legislative session that gets underway tomorrow, so they really want to put all of this behind them, and here is the new chairman of the florida republican party, as well as other top republicans here in florida, talking about today s move. i think it is a blip on the radar, we will pick up today fundraising wise and move the party forward, i don t think it will be a long-term impact. we elected him to represent us. and, you know he didn t do the best that he could. so, he had to go, it s all about accountability. carlos, how does this affect florida republicans, what does it mean for them?
the georgia case, the immunity argument was not the only thing that we saw from trump s attorneys, they are also trying to get this case thrown out, by saying that trump is facing double jeopardy, for example, if a trial is to happen in georgia, because he was tried and impeached and tried and acquitted by the senate. for his acts on january 6th. they argue that his due process was violated, because he was not informed, in an appropriate amount of time, that is worth about the 2020 election to be criminalized, and there is a flurry of activity, and a deadline for trump s attorneys to file these pretrial motions in georgia but obviously a lot of parallels with what is going on in the federal case in a big day tomorrow as arguments will happen on this question of immunity. zach:, keep us updated with the latest. let s expand the conversation with senior contributor kevin zarrella, and washington correspondent for the ian mitchell, thank you both for being with us. so, kevin, trump
and you can see a conflict. and the israelis have been very clear for us, and when you want to find a diplomatic there will and also allows lebanese to return. when you look at the areas of concern, boris, outside of gaza, u.s. officials have told us repeatedly that there is the potential for a second front with has blood that keeps them up at night. we have secretary blinken in israel and he has meetings tomorrow. he will be talking about what he calls the absolute imperative to protect civilians and he will be ramping up the pressure for israel, for their military campaign to shift from these high-intensity operations to lower intensity operations.
and what is going to be happening in the next few hours, is that the door plug will be making its way, from bob s, backyard, to the tarmac, to write in front of that hanger. and the go team from the ntsb will be comparing what they see in terms of signs of wear and tear, i do want to say wear and tear but any signs that could be helpful further investigation comparing to what they see on the door. to the door that is still in place, facing us, the whole is on the side of the aircraft facing away from our point of view. so when we talk about who has made discoveries before bob, there were two people, one of the front yard and one person walking along the street, in the search area about a 15 minute drive away from where we are standing. we have confirmation that at least one of them is in amazing