good evening. i m kaitlan collins. there s so much news to talk about tonight when it comes to the former president s legal troubles, it s almost hard to know where to begin. there s brand new cnn exclusive reporting that his former personal attorney rudy giuliani has recently been interviewed in the special counsel s january 6th investigation. there s also fresh details coming from the new york times tonight on the documents case and how investigators zeroed in on another one of his properties, not mar-a-lago. there s also a new defense coming from the former president himself tonight, who is reacting to the blockbuster audio that you heard here last night first. this is the defense that donald trump is now offering today. i had a whole desk full of lots of papers and mostly newspaper articles, copies of magazines, copies of different plans, copies of stories having to do with many, many subjects. and what was said was absolutely fine and very perfectly. we did nothing w
the january 6th case that could be approaching its end game. plus, in the classified documents investigation, previously unreported details on a subpoena for surveillance footage, not from mar-a-lago this time, but from donald trump s bedminster golf club. first, though, something exciting to share that s a little closer to home. tomorrow on this very program at this very time, president joe biden will join us in what will be his first live sit-down interview since becoming president. we don t have to tell you there is a ton to ask him about and talk to him about. you won t want to miss it right here at 4:00 tomorrow. but after i pick my job off the floor that i just actually read that, we ll go back to our top story, rudy giuliani, mr. four seasons total landscaping himself met with special counsel prosecutors in recent weeks. nbc news confirmed that he did that with his own political adviser, ted goodman after earlier reporting in the day from cnn. crucially, goodman insi
i m kaitlan collins. there s so much news to talk about tonight, when it comes to the former presidents legal troubles. it s almost hard to know where to begin. there is brand new, cnn exclusive reporting, that is from the personal attorney rudy giuliani, he s recently been interviewed in the special counsel january six investigation. there s also fresh details coming from the new york times tonight, on the documents case, and how investigators zeroed in on another one of his properties, not mar-a-lago. there is also a new defense coming from the former president himself tonight, who is reacting to the blockbuster audio that you heard here last night first. this is the defense, that donald trump is now offering. today i had a whole desk full of lots of papers, and mostly newspaper articles, copies of magazines, copies are different plans, copies of stories. i meet with many many subjects. and, what was said was absolutely fine, and worked very perfectly. we did nothing wron
What is happening within the former president s inner circle. kristen, you have some new reporting on that. reporter: yeah, that s right. we know that they are waiting, dana, for this indictment. they anticipate it. they believe it s coming, and they believe it s coming sooner rather than later, but right now, they are acting as though it is business as usual. last night, at his bedminster club, trump held a movie screening for a controversial movie, and it s steve bannon attended. he actually aired his show from bedminster all day yesterday for several hours, so it gives you insight into the fact that trump is not isolating himself in any way or even stopping campaigning. they had long announced this movie screening, something a lot of conservative commentators on social media had been pushing. they really want this movie to gain attention, and here trump is putting it forward as part of his campaign, inviting hundreds of people to watch it at his club, and as we continue to report,
Already turned it back in, so no further search was required. did anyone ever suggest to you that this document may have been destroyed? no. i ve never heard that before. the new york times is reporting tonight that jack smith s team also subpoenaed surveillance footage from bedminster. we know they did so when it comes to mar-a-lago. can you confirm that they did, and when did they subpoena that footage? i m not aware of any subpoenas of footage from bedminster. so you were on the legal team you never received a request or never heard that the trump organization was getting a request for surveillance footage of his bedminster club? it s not something i have any recollection of, no. why do you think prosecutors according to the new york times were interested in this surveillance footage? because you yourself were part of the searches for additional classified documents at additional properties. sure. part of the problem is that when we were trying to work with the d