He never said and no, that is wrong. That is wrong. A Technical Violation Of The Constitution is not a violation of criminal law. Later on this hour, im going to speak with congresswoman Elaine Elmore about trumps indictment, efforts by her house aop but i will talk to former Ohio Republican governor John Case Ick about the struggle trumps liables are having in taking on the front runner directly, including the just mentioned mike pence. You can say right here that you will rule out voting for donald trump again for president . I will tell you, i dont think we will have to make that decision. But you do. Im confident i will be able to support the republican omni, especially if it is me. We are also keeping an eye on that major flooding in juneau, alaska, that has produced scenes like this one. And then a story of triumph. Simone biles returning to competition in a very big way. That story is coming up later on this hour as. Well we begin, though, with an Election Interference Case agai
were convicted today of seditious conspiracy. it s a rarely used, often difficult to prove charge. a fifth member was acquitted of seditious conspiracy, but he has been convicted on other very serious charges, including obstruction of an official proceeding and assaulting an officer. but today s verdict means so far 14 people, including members of another far right group, the oath keepers, have either pleaded guilty or been found guilty of conspireing and plotting a violent overthrow of the united states government. this victory by the justice department, while it is a milestone and a massive and hugely consequential federal investigation into that plot to overturn an election and overturn democracy on january 6th, only underscores questions about holding accountable the man, who the vice chair so memorably puts it, quote, some in the mob, assemble the mob and lit the flame of this attack. we re talking about the disgraced ex-president himself. as the washington post report
ohio talking, right? so, they clearly there is no love lost between these two. this has been a testy campaign throughout. this is the second debate. the first debate was no less contentious. you know, one of the things that i think is important to see here is what they re each doing is trying to paint the other as extreme as possible. tim ryan was just trying to say jd vance equals marjorie taylor greene. that s his approach here as they re both trying to court the vast middle of ohio, which is how you would win an ohio election. and, of course, on the other side, vance does the same and tries to portray ryan as completely left wing extremism from his party. part of what the dynamic you re seeing here, you noted or john noted at the top, this is a state donald trump won twice by eight or nine points. pretty red place. keeps trending red, no doubt about it, a pretty red state. and there is such a spending disadvantage on the airwaves right now. since labor day, jd vance
debate stage. in georgia that was a lie, i m not backing down. my opponent as a problem with the truth. pennsylvania. we should have had a debate already. i actually have a record in fighting crime. and wisconsin. we have to keep violent criminals in jail. it s absurd when people say i m soft on crime. i ll speak with two independents, senator bernie sanders of vermont and utah s independent senate candidate evan mcmullin. plus, trump s testimony. he must accountable. the january 6th committee issues a subpoena for former president trump to testify about his role in the attack on the capitol. we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion. while new video reveals congressional leaders pleading for help why don t you get the president to tell them to leave the capitol. and new questions emerge on how the secret service handled advance warnings of the threat. i ll talk to democratic congresswoman stephanie m
stephanie ylim and los angeles and this is cnn good morning. welcome to cnn this morning, it is saturday, june 22. i m victor blackwell, a dime. amara walker. thank you so much for joining us. here s what we re watching for you this morning. there are new details about the suspect to open fire at a grocery store in arkansas police are saying about how this unfolded and the conditions of the victims and in just five days, president biden and former president trump will meet face-to-face for the cnn presidential debate. what both candidates are doing to prepare for their first base off of this election. since i can and lawyers for donald trump or back-end court yesterday as they tried to get special counsel, jack smith s case against trump in the classified documents case dismissed their arguments, and the judge s response alec baldwin was in court yesterday trying to get a judge to dismiss the manslaughter charges against him in connection with the shooting on the rust movie