So, right now, at this very moment, former President Donald Trump is giving his first extended extended public remarks since he was indicted on tuesday for trying to overturn the 2020 election. At this event tonight, trump has been railing against the Department Of Justice and multiple federal in the multiple federal criminal indictment that have been brought against him by that department. He has called out marxist prosecutors for what he referred to as racist in reverse racist in reverse, just making sure you get, that racist in reverse enforcement of the law which presumably means racism against white people. According to his prepared remarks, theres also some room in there for five remarks about the deep state, and crooked joe biden, and you get the picture. Now, because mr. Trump is currently running for president , Conventional Wisdom might suggest that he would make these remarks on the campaign trail, maybe in an early primary state, like iowa, or new hampshire, or south caroli
Referred to as racist in reverse racists in reverse, just making sure you get, that racist in reverse presumably means racism white people. According to his prepared remarks, theres also some room in there for five remarks about the deep state, and crooked joe biden, and you get the picture. Now, because mr. Trump is currently running for president , Conventional Wisdom might suggest that he would make these remarks on the campaign trail, maybe in an early primary state, like iowa, or new hampshire, or south carolina. But mr. Trump decided that his first major post indictment Public Address would take place in the state of alabama. And that is notable for a couple of reasons. To begin with, one of the most important and, honestly, under discussed parts of the Trump Indictment is that Special Counsel jack smith chose to charge mr. Trump under section 241 of title 18 of the u. S. Criminal code. If you dont know what that is, just often, that statute is part of a group of us called the en
is a u.s. president above the law? the lead starts right now. donald trump s day in court, as his legal team argues by the former president cannot be prosecuted, even if his actions were criminal. site i have skepticism from the judges will not decide how this case proceeds. six days before the crucial contest in iowa. a new cnn poll from another key primary state, chose a candidate gaining ground on the gop front runner. the defense secretary, treated for prostate cancer. the pentagon has been pressed on his hospital status. or the president didn t know one of his top cabinet members was in the hospital, and couldn t do his job. welcome to the lead. on pamela brown, in for jake tapper. getting ready for tomorrow s cnn republican presidential debate. we start today with our law and justice lead. donald trump, in a federal courtroom. lawyers say that he should be immune from facing charges for any alleged crimes that he committed while in office. the three appeals court
he s there at a pivotal moment. today, a senior commander with the islamist hezbollah movement was reportedly killed in an apparent israeli drone strike in southern lebanon. and israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu was on the northern border today, where he signalled that he is prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon, with 80,000 israeli s now displaced from their homes. with 80,000 israelis now displaced from their homes. to the south, the death toll in gaza stands at 23,000, according to the hamas run health ministry. and so intense is the fighting that several aid agencies have now begun withdrawing medics from the only functioning hospital in central gaza. on his visit to qatar, secretary blinken said washington has an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading and a warning to some members of the israeli government. well, first in with regard to the lebanon. it s clearly not in the interest of anyone israel, lebanon, hez
the 2020 federal election interference case. emphasis on voluntary. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it s wednesday, january 10th. it s 5:00 a.m. in washington. it s 4:00 a.m. in des moines, where ron desantis and nikki haley will be one-on-one for the first time a at tonight s cnn debate. that debate is the candidate s last chance to face-off before the iowa caucuses in just five days. it remains part of the race for second place, and we ll be missing the front runner, donald trump, who is skipping the event to be part of a fox news town hall. trump also skipped a day on the campaign trail yesterday choosing, his choice to appear in a d.c. courtroom to hear arguments in his federal election subversion case over the claim he has presidential immunity barring him from criminal prosecution for his role leading up to the january 6th capitol attack. trump, who again was not required to be there, had this to say after the hea