just maybe things in this country would snap back into something resembling a pre-trump normal. dangerous elements of the far right would crawl back into their dark caves and corners that want harm done to the foundations of our most prized institutions, relentlessly maligned for years under donald trump would repair themselves. maybe even overnight. simply because trump is no longer the person sitting behind the resolute desk. sadly it appears that any of those hopes were in vain. more proof this afternoon that the destruction he left in his unhinged wake, the moral wrought he spread quietly continues to spread to this day inside some of our most important and revered institutions. considering chilling new reporting in today s the new york times, cataloging attacks on the fbi. the piece centers in part on a somewhat dishonest effort by a group of former agents calling themselves the suspendables. they wrote a letter earlier this month of accusing the fbi from discriminatin
documents found by the fbi at trump s private residence and golf club. they dismissed the criminal investigation as a document storage dispute that has sfie ruld out of control. most notable aspect of their filing, trump s lawyers tip-toeing around trump s claim that he declassified any or all of the documents. it s a claim for which they can t and don t provide a single shred of evidence. instead, saying this. quote, the government has not proven these records remain classified. that issue is to be determined later. the washington post notes, a section of their 21 page filing does not say that trump declassified the material before he left office. while trump s lawyers would like us to think this is what they say, document storage dispute, it s worth remembering in the court filing last week doj made clear that the country s national security may very well be in jeopardy if the government loses access and time, even temporarily, to the documents that were seized. from the
counsel pat cipollone has firsthand knoll of key events before and during the insurrection. let s go to ryan nobody else. he s up on capitol hill. ryan, more than seven hours, certainly one of the longer witness interviews the committee has conducted. tell our viewers what you re learn. that s right. pat cipollone was with the committee for more than eight hours when you take into account the breaks he took. he sat for more than seven hours of testimony. it does compare to some of the more lengthy testimony that we have seen bear fruit for the committee, such as ivanka trump, jared kushner, those were long depositions, then later used in hearings. also jeffrey rosen, richard donahue, members of the department of justice, they also sat for lengthy interviews that the committee was able to use. this would indicate that cipollone was, at least on some level cooperative. there was some concern he may not answer certain questions because of privilege issues. that may be the kay.
congress at a hearing yesterday. he said agents are recording an average of 6,500 apprehensions per day of people illegally coming into the united states. here is republican senator ron johnson. we cannot get secretary mayokas to say that s a crisis. won t even say it s a problem. he calls it a challenge. i noted in the number of your testimonies you kept talking about efficiency. sitting here in this sedate hearing setting you almost seem like we ve got this under control. this is completely out of control, isn t it? harris: just when the border state of texas was finding ways to stem the crushing tide of humanity and illegal drugs, a federal judge has ordered governor greg abbott to remove the floating barriers in the rio grande. a headline, judge orders texas to weaken border security per the biden administration s request. another headline. blue state migrant crisis sparks political disaster for biden. democrat strongholds like massachusetts, chicago, washington, d.c.
on select stearns and foster mattresses cardenas rnas i and use capitol hill. and this two candidates, one historic moment we are now just two days away from the first presidential debate. the voter issue that president biden s team is now advising him to lean in on ahead of his match up with former president trump, plus could boeing soon face criminal charges? why federal prosecutors are urging the justice department to take action against the airplane giant and a big step by a major social media app to safeguard its teenage users were following these major developing stores and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central hello there i m briana cuellar alongside boris sanchez and we are on the count countdown to thursday night s cnn presidential debate, where we are now learning some new details about how several top democrats or war burning the biden campaign to shift strategy and to spend more time targeting former president trump and less time touting what th