headed to court. the personal aid accused of helping donald trump con sale classified documents and lie about it will face a judge this morning and the details unredacted about what the justice department knew before they searched trump s home. the social media smack down. facebook s founder takes on twitter head on or thread on as the case my ambay be. millions of influencers in hours, i m thread influencer john berman, with kate bolduan and sara sidner and this is cnn news central. this morning a stunning twist in the aftermath of the attempted a mutiny this russia. we re told wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin is in russia, not living in belarus. the belarussian president first said that prigozhin was in his country but when cnn s matt chance had an opportunity to ask him about that this morning, the story changed. reporter: i wornder if you cn provide us all with a bit of an update on the whereabouts of the wagner leader, yevgeny prigozhin is in he belarus or not
possible indictment. we are in uncharted waters, people, and a shifting hazard. if you don t have to be outside, then don t be outside. that s the mayor of washington, d.c. dangerous thick smoke from canadian wildfires is moving south. major cities in the u.s. are elevating their alert as air quality is getting worse. plus, new russian aggression on the battlefield. the significant losses for ukraine as ukrainian forces try to breach enemy lines. welcome to the load. i m jake tapper, and we ll start today with our law and justice lead. donald trump is gathering with his top aides reaching out to allies on capitol hill ahead of possible criminal charges, criminal charges, being filed against him. sources say the justice department recently told trump s legal team that the former president is a target in the federal investigation into the possible mishandling of classified documents after he left office and, of course, possible obstruction of justice charges related to
of the special counsel jack smith ongoing investigation into trump s mishandling of classified information and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this is a major development, and we are going to talk about it in just a minute with representative jamie raskin, who served on the january 6th committee. but we start with mar-a-lago. at this point you probably have seen a picture of trump s florida resort, once the winter getaway of areas mar-a-lago it is massive. it sits on about 20 acres of land, it has more than 50 bedrooms, and it has all the hallmarks of luxury. all the fancy stuff. italian stone, spanish tiles, a lot of marble, gold plated fixtures, expensive rugs, it also has a golf course and ballroom. a boutique, and not one, but two swimming pools. here they are. one is by the beach, in front, the other sits right in the middle of basically everything. now, i point these pulls out to you not just because pool envy is a real thing, especially in the summer month
in recent days. take a listen to how he has framed his positioning within some of those names we ve already seen jump into the race. whether it s ron desantis or nikki haley or mike pence or tim scott, no one wants to say it. they want to cuddle up next to him. not let him get mad at them, and hope people say all right i don t like him but i ll take one of those. let me tell you, everybody, if this choice in this primary is between trump and trump-like, trump wins. reporter: and christie has officially filed his paperwork to run for president according to an s.e.c. filing and we re expecting him to make that announcement in new hampshire here a little bit later. omar, thank you so much. we ll be watching. let s discuss. kristin, chris christie can be a colorful and brash character, even outrageous before we met donald trump as a politician. here s a little bit from his time as governor. after you graduate from law school you conduct like that in a courtroom your rea
chris christie on stage. somehow by hook or by crook. thanks, chris. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we start tonight with significant breaking news. the new york times is confirming that mark meadows, donald trump s former chief of staff, has testified to a federal grand jury as part of special counsel jack smith s ongoing investigations into trump s mishanding of classified information and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this is a major development, and we are going to talk about it in just a minute with representative jamie raskin who served on the january 6th committee, but we start with mar-a-lago. at this point you have probably seen a picture of trump s florida resort. now, mar-a-lago is massive. it sits on about 20 acres of land. it has more than 50 bedrooms, and has all the hallmarks of luxury, all the fancy stuff, italian stone and spanish tile, and lots of marble and gold plated fixtures and expense was rugs and also has a golf cour