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subpoenaed by the doj. meadows one of the highest ranking trump aids to be subpoenaed. this is the trumps counsel we are learning is locked in mortal court battles. the details next. in a battle brewing in texas tonight after university professors were asked to give a statement on their commitment to diversity before they re hired. the story you ll see first up front. plus, russia adopting thousands of ukrainian children in a massive re-education effort. it s a damning new report, saying some of them are up for adoption, others being trained now to join the military. let s go out front. and good evening. welcome to a special edition of out front. i m erin burnett, and we begin with the breaking news tonight. trumps former chief of staff, mark meadows, subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the former president s attempt to cling to power. now, of course, remember, meadows helped lay the groundwork for from s election life, which ultimately fueled the violen ....
see first here on out front. massive reeducation effort. it s a damning report, saying some of them are up for adoption, others being trained now to join the military. let s go out front. good evening, welcome to a special edition of out front. i m erin burnett. we begin with breaking news, tonight for trump s former chief of staff mark meadows subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the former presidents attempt to cling to power. of course, remember, meadows helped lay the groundwork for trump s election lies, which ultimately feel the outrage and violence that we all saw on january 6th. he was literally by trump side during the insurrection itself. much more on that in just a moment because there is so much breaking developments here tonight. we also have other breaking news this hour from the justice department. we are learning that the special counsel investigating trump s locked now in at least eight secret court battles. the special counsel jack smith ....
president biden is about to honor of hero of bloody sunday. it was 58 years ago that white deputies and state troopers violently turned on peaceful demonstrators. they were beginning a 54-mile march to montgomery, the state capital to call for equal voting rights for african-americans. this is obviously an important trip for the president. what can you tell us? reporter: well, jim, president biden s purpose here in selma, alabama today is two-fold. the white house has said he wants to commemorate the day, the events of bloody sunday 58 years ago so that they will not be erased from america s memory. the president will be speaking in just a short while with a backdrop of the edmund pettis bridge right behind him, where african-americans were severely beaten by white officers. the president in his remarks today is once again expected to put the spotlight on the need for vote being rights legislation. in the 2020 campaign, that was one of the central tenets, one of main ....
These lawsuits. to put it simply, mike, you want to see him pay. oh, absolutely. listen, i ll be honest with you. i m not a litigious person. i don t plan on suing the former president or anyone surrounding the january 6th sinsurrection. i don t have the patience for the legal process. honestly, i m looking for criminal accountability for donald trump. that being said, i would encourage any officer, any individual who feels as though they suffered at the hands of the former president or his supporters to file those lawsuits and sue him into submission. one of those rioters pled guilty this past week to assaulting you on that day. his sentencing is scheduled for january 28th. it s been more than two years since january 6th. has justice moved quickly enough in your view? ....
So that is an important appear, and it certainly shows, you know, sort of the intensity and the pace of what we re seeing here with the special counsel. also, though, the eight secret court battles, or at least eight, as you ve been reporting, evan, that the special counsel is engaged in. that s a lot. obviously, all of those things matter. what more do you know about them? right, and meadows is likely to become another one of those, erin, because the special counsel is fighting these battles with donald trump, and his allies, who are fighting tooth and nail over everyone of these subpoenas, trying to figure out ways to shield some of their testimonies, some of the documents that the special counsel is trying to get. and the unusual thing is, you know, this is not how it normally works when an investigation is still ongoing, but you re talking about a notoriously litigious person, donald trump. and we know of at least eight of these court battles that are going on under seal before t ....