good evening, i am kaitlan collins, and tonight we are learning more about what the special counsel, jack smith, is zooming in on and what is believed to be the closing stretch of his january 6th investigation. this is exclusive reporting tonight, new reporting on cnn. our sources are telling us that jack smith and his team have signaled a continued and seemingly renewed interest in what was one of the most chaotic meetings to ever happen inside the oval office. this was december 18th, in 2020, six weeks after trump has lost that election, as the lawyer, sydney powell, trump s former national security adviser, mike flynn, and the former ceo of overstocked.com floated some of the most desperate suggestions to keep trump in power. marshall law was brought up, so is the proposal that have the u. s military seize voting machines, you may remember hearing about it from the people who were there and later testified before the january 6th congressional committee. i was not happy
good evening. i m kaitlan calollins and tonig we re learning more about what the special counsel jack smith is zooming in on in what is believed to be the closing stretch of his january 6th investigation. this is exclusive reporting tonight, new reporting, on cnn. our sources are telling us that jack smith and his team have signaled a continued and seemingly renewed interest in what was one of the most chaotic meetings to ever happen inside the oval office. this was december 18th in 2020, six weeks after trump had lost this election, as the lawyer, sidney powell, trump s former national security adviser, mike flynn, and the former ceo of overstock.com floated some of the most desperate suggestions to keep trump in power. martial law was brought up. so was the proposal to have the u.s. military seize voting machines. you may remember hearing about it from the people who were there and later testified before the january 6th congressional committee. i was not happy to see the
Fixer. Back with us, yasmin vossoughian, Danny Cevallos, Criminal Defense Attorney and msnbc legal analyst. Joining us this hour, maya wiley, former assistant u. S. Attorney who is now president of the Leadership Conference on civil and human right. And misty merits, a Defense Attorney. Good to see you. Welcome to the show. Yasmin, start us off. Whats happening now inside that courtroom . Reporter so this is all about the leadup to august 2018 in which Michael Cohen pleads guilty and then in a court of law, essentially points the finger at donald trump, the president at the time, and says he made me do it. Hence launching the inquiry by the manhattan d. A. s office, shifting to alvin bragg when cy vance retired. There was a conversation that happened. There was concern from david pecker, inquiries from the Wall Street Journal, specifically, when it came to involvements of ami, david pecker, dylan howard, Michael Cohen, and donald trump in the Stormy Daniels payoff. In addition to the i
Another legal setback for hunter biden as the judge rules his federal Gun Crimes Trial will proceed as scheduled. A big primary for voters in maryland and West Virginia as republicans speak gain control of the u. S. Senate and Secretary Of State Antony Blinken visits ukraine as the u. S. Sends in more weapons. Rain showers for donald trump start the crossexamination of the key witness in the former president s criminal case. That trial of course centers on 34 case against counts on falsifying Business Records for a payment to an Adult Film Actress who alleged a sexual encounter with mr. Trump ahead of the 2016 election. This is the first ever criminal prosecution of an expresident. Former Trump Attorney and selfdescribed fixer Michael Cohen was immediately grilled on crossexamination about his often profane social media posts. Concerning his former boss after prosecutors on direct tried to link the former president to that payment and the record of it. Correspondent nate foy is outside
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