Central starts now a. Critical, day for former President Trump. Hes in a florida courtroom looking to delay his federal classified documents trial or get at tosca lately. And any moment, a judge in georgia could decide if Fulton County Da Fani Willis will be kicked off the election subversion case there plus vice. President Kamala Harris is making whats believed to be a historic first, visiting a clinic that provides abortions and a dangerous trend, more Election Officials, andrew their families are finding themselves the targets of a dangerous hoax. How criminals are weaponizing local Law Enforcement will have all those stories. Im sarah sidner with john berman and kate baldwin. This is Cnn News Central today is a big day on to legal fronts for donald trump as he continues to lean into his campaign, meets the courtroom strategy. Everyone one is standing by for the judge in georgia to drop his decision on District Attorney fani willis. His final word on whether she will continue leadin
Conflict of interest but did find an appearance of inproprietary as a result of their relationship. As the judge wrote, quote, whether this case ends in convictions, acquittals or something in between, the result should be one that instills confidence in the process. He went on to say any distractions that detract from these goals if remedial under law should be proportionately addressed. More to talk to us about this is blayne alexander, the first to report on the decision. Katy phang, tomorrow hallerman, Senior Reporter for the journal of constitution, and joyce vance former u. S. Attorney, who is now the cohost of the sisters in law podcast. Blayne you were the first one to break this and give us the details of the decision. What are some of the main points in this 23point ruling . Well, i think the judges tone stands out to me. You laid out the construction of this ruling which is that fani willis and her office can stay on the case but nathan wade has to go. In saying that, its im
A conflict because the big question here is whether there was an actual conflict. The defendants were alleging that fani willis and not only that she had this romantic relationship with a lead prosecutor on the trump case . Case, but then she also benefited financially and he had to decide the judge had to sort of do this analysis. Is it enough that its just looks bad, but theres an appearance of a conflict or did they need to prove to the defendants at trump and his codefendants need to prove that there was an actual conflict now, again, i say that day fani willis can stay on this case. It also appears that the judge is saying that this appearance issue needs to be addressed before this can go forward. So this appears to be a pretty nuanced a ruling, but the headline is that the District Attorney at her office can stay on this case, but we continue to read to learn more about exactly what the judge is saying, about how you need to address the appearance of impropriety right . Paula re
From new york. Today on the program, the knesset votes to take away a key power of the Supreme Court. And as Benjamin Netanyahu urges calm, the nations Political Center and left erupt in anger. Ill talk to the New York Times tom friedman and with Emily Bazelon about the legal issues. Then, the secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on the good news and the bad news from americas Southern Border. Finally, did President Putin or gain power after prigozhins failed mutiny . Ill ask russian journalist in exile mikhail zygar. But first, here is my take. The Mystery Disappearance of chinas Foreign Minister is a timely reminder that the future of u. S. China relations about be determined not just by american policy, and what is happening domestically in the United States, such as the president ial election campaign, it will also be shaped by developments in china. Which at this point are opaque but troubling. From what outsiders could tell, china is reverting to a mild era style of