receives also tie attorney general garland under oath, facing republican allegations of weaponizing the justice system of those inflammatory claims stand up against the actual facts. and as the president takes executive action on god documented migrants. a story 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. 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 word of its 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. now his lawyers are seeking free rein. cnn s kara canal is here with the tails also join his best-selling author and former federal prosecutors, je
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
in court again today, paula reid has more in their opening, prosecutors told the jury, we re here because of the defendants lives and choices. no one is above the law. it doesn t matter who you are or what your name is. prosecutors also had to address the sensitive and ubiquitous topic of addiction, an issue central to this case. and one that the majority of potential jurors said they had experience with either directly or with a loved one addiction may not be a choice, but buying a gun is defense attorneys tried to shift the focus to hunter state of mind. they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that hunter knowingly violated the law inferring that a hunter was going through periods of sobriety amid his addiction? it could be reasonable for him, did not know he was breaking the law by indicating on a federal real gun buying form that he was not using or addicted to drugs. his defense
defense attorneys tried to shift the focus to hunter state of mind. they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that hunter knowingly violated the law inferring that have hunter was going through periods of sobriety amid his addiction? it could be reasonable for him, did not know he was breaking the law, but indicating on a federal gun buying form that he was not using or addicted to drugs. his defense attorney said hunter didn t have much interest in buying a gun and the salesmen lead hunter two guns while he was browsing other items at least one juror was seen dabbing her eyes during the defense opening and during the testimony of the first witness, an fbi agent the jury heard long portions of hunter biden s memoir, which he narrated detailing his addiction to drugs. i possessed a new superpower the ability to find crack and anytown at anytime, no matter how familiar with the terrain it was easy prosecutors also