For the prosecution shows and tells how donald trump operates like a mob boss. Thats tonight on newsnight good evening. Im abby phillip in new york and tonight, cnn puts a voice and a face to the key facts that you could read on paper in that case against donald trump. Meet brian butler. Hes also known as employee number five in the criminal indictment from special counsel jack smith. Butler is not a random person who trump can suddenly claim. He doesnt know he knows trump and it has known him for 21 years since he took a job as a seasonal valet at maralago. He has years of pictures and messages with everyone important in the trump orbit. He worked for he worked hundreds of p. Stance feet away from carlos de oliviera, the other maralago employee . He was indicted alongside trump, and they took lightly walks together. They were friends, but their paths now look very different. They oliviera is alleged to have lied to investigators. Meanwhile, butler has cooperated and he is helping pros
we start with the bombshell new details in the justice department s investigation into the capitol attack. nbc news confirming with an administration official that the doj has been asking questions about former president trump s actions leading up to january 6. the official adds there is not a criminal investigation of mr. trump himself. nbc news reached out to a trump spokesperson for comment. the doj is not officially commenting on the story but in an exclusive interview with lester holt attorney general garland states that no one is above the law. we will hold accountable anyone criminally responsible attempting to block the peaceful transfer of power. that conversation between merrick garland and lester holt. we want to bring in pete williams, charlie savage, chuck rosenberg. we have a great group to get us started. pete, confirming the questions asked related to donald trump s actions on that day and leading up to that day. what specifically do we know? what is the f
right now on ana cabrera reports, breaking news at a courthouse in washington, rudy giuliani no longer set to testify today in his own defense in the defamation case brought by two election workers. why did the man once known as america s mayor decide not to take the stand? plus, donald trump s fed in pause. will this force the judge to change the trial date? also ahead, the house voting to launch an impeachment inquiry, so why now after a year of investigation resulting in no evidence of wrongdoing by president biden? and later, the return of vladimir putin s hours long year-end news conference, the first since the invasion of ukraine. his new admissions about the war and what he said about a potential prisoner swap with the u.s. good morning, thanks for being here. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with breaking news from washington. in major reversal, rudy giuliani will not take the stand in his defamation trial. he wa
That standing at or zero of pivoting that standing at or zero of pivoting was the right thing to do because it would have communicated that there is something more wrong with the economy, something more wrong with the economy, especially with inflation still at elevated levels inflation still at elevated levels so it was actually a very levels so it was actually a very good statement from the fed, very good statement from the fed, jerome powell said the right fed, jerome powell said the right things in his first conference and really a lot of the late conference and really a lot of the late day sell off that we saw the late day sell off that we saw in the late day sell off that we saw in the states was people who saw in the states was people who were pretty hopeful that the fed who were pretty hopeful that the fed wouldn t raise rates despite the fed wouldn t raise rates despite the fact that all of the inflation and labour market indicators the inflation and l
Let out of jail and because congressman lee zeldin is a congressman, he s going to face federal charges but lists listen to lee is alvin s response, he talked to neil this morning. when something happens to me, my family, other people like we saw yesterday, it s a reminder this can happen to anybody. the fellow who attacked you on stage in the summer, he s to be released from custody in a few days into an alcohol treatment program. within hours, he was released because of new york s cashless bail law. the fed have to get involved a day and a half later and charge him because i m a member of congress but if i wasn t, he would never have been detained at all, the fed wouldn t get involved with the church. joey, what you think people think when they look at this?