Alleged coconspirators be in the works . Also tonight, were learning that western hopes for ukraines counteroffensive are fading right now as officials receive very sobering updates on the fight to retake territory from russia. Ill get reaction from key white house official john kirby. And in the president ial race, Florida Governor ron desantis boots his Campaign Manager in an ongoing shakeup, replacing her with a trusted adviser as his bid for the gop nomination keeps on struggling. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get right to the Breaking News on a key hearing in the January 6th Criminal Prosecution of donald trump. Were joined by our Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid. So what are we hearing tonight from the judge whos overseeing this critically important case . Wolf, the Rocket Docket continues here in d. C. The judge who will oversee the January
Warrant for donald trump. An Appeals Court opinion states, quote, the District Court found probable cause to search the twitter account for evidence of criminal offenses. Turns out that twitter and jack smith Squared Off On Whether Trump should be told about the Search Warrant, with the Federal Court ultimately ruling to keep the warrant a secret from trump. It says that, quote, the District Court found there was reasonable grounds to believe that disclosing the warrant to former President Trump would seriously jeopardize the Ongoing Investigation by giving him an opportunity to destroy evidence, change patterns of behavior or notify confederates. Its hard to remember now given that the expresident was banned for twitter for years and has not posted since his return, but his twitter account was one of the most powerful weapons in the aftermath of the 2020 election. He used it to spread baseless Conspiracy Theories to his millions of followers and urged his supporters to go to washingto
To jove turn the election. this is an e-mail that i got from keith on january 6th and the evening of january 6th in which he said the president is up in the residence, i recommend you stay up on the hill and finish the electoral college issue tonight. i responded that s our plan. he said that s not a good plan, that s great plan. he knew. i don t know whether you call this hypocrisy, cowardice, self-preservation to choose to endorse trump despite all of those receipts. it was also reported at the time that kellogg told pence to stay in place, not to leave the capitol and he argued with the secret service because he thought they were going to
I don t want to denigrate anybody who has served our country in uniform, in combat, like keith has. but at the same time, i think keith has recently bowlesed that he nominated mike pence for the presidential medal of freedom. which i don t think is consistent with his comments of him lacking leadership skills. i also know there are a lot of young men and women on our staff who stood at their posts on january 6th. unfortunately, keith was not one of them. keith was at the rally at the time the united states secret service had evacuated the vice president. the vice president s national security adviser was encouraging people to march on the capitol. so he did not stand his post. i did bring a receipt tonight because this is an email that i got from keith on january 6th. the evening of january 6th. in which he said, the president is up in the residence, i recommend you stay on the hill and finish the electoral college issue tonight. i responded, that s our plan. and he said, that s not a