Deadline white house starts right now. Hi there, everyone, its 4 00 in new york. The disgraced twiceinimpeached quite indicted president with Delusions Of Grandeur and thin skin is proving that Birds Of A Feather do indeed flock together. While President Joe Biden was on the road pitching an agenda nor the second term, the expresident was meeting with the proputin antidemocratic leader of hungary singing his praises, watch that. Theres nobody better, smarter, or better than viktor orban, hes fantastic. Does a good job. Noncontroversial, because he said this is the way its going to be. Hes the boss. Hes a greater leader. Fantastic leader in europe and All Over The World. They respect him. Never mind the fact that orban is anything but, noncontroversial, even in his own country. And death by a thousand cuts approach to ending democracy in his own nation has been universally condemned. The meeting between the hungarian Strongman Leader and the wannabe american strong man, also yielded an
cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. i m phil mattingly with erika hill in new york. poppy is off today. there s a lot of news on this thursday, december 21st. starting with a new delay tactic from donald trump and his legal team. trump asking the supreme court to stay out of a key case for now as the justices face several issues that could reshape the entire race. and the political fallout continues from colorado s top court banning trump from the ballot. and hamas growing worldwide influence since the brutal attack on israel. u.s. intelligence warning hamas credibility has expanded dramatically not just in the middle east but beyond. and ten americans freed from venezuela, six who were wrongfully detained, what they had to say after arriving back on u.s. soil. cnn this morning starts right now. the u.s. supreme court could soon decide the fate of donald trump and the fate of the 2024 election. but the former president is turning to a favorite
dishonesty. and key exception. to ascend to the halls of congress. in essence doj alleges officially now what many have been alleging for months now george santos is a complete fraud. prosecutors claim that santos cheated his own supporters from that indictment, quote, in and about and between september and october 2022, the defendant george anthony santos devised and executed a scheme to defraud supporters of his candidacy for the house and that the false pretenses that the money would be used to for his candidacy. and doj also accuses santos of applying for and receiving unemployment benefits and ten different people who had lost their jobs during the pandemic, all while keeping a job. prosecutors also say santos lied on the financial disclosure forms required of every house candidate. despite these damning allegations that relate directly to how santos ended up in congress in the first place, house gop leadership is as of this house refusing to call for his resignation. ke
out front next, russians say they re being shot at with machine guns by fellow russians. disturbing claims emerging of what s happened inside putin s army tonight as putin s reputed girlfriend breaks her silence. you ll hear what she s comparing to kalashnikov assault rivals. china vows to fight act after their balloon is shot down. live with a report from the ground in beijing. and congressman george santos addressing today the long list of campaign expenses that don t add up, like spending $22,000 in an eye tall van restaurant. that s almost 1,000 orders of the rigatoni bollignasie there. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, russians shooting russians with machine guns. allegations surfacing in this new video tonight. these are russian soldiers detailing the threats and torture they suffered at the hands of other russian soldiers. you see them there. according to the regional government of tuva, which is where they are, part of russia bore dooring monday dole i can t, a s
it was dismissed in less than six months. practically actually laughed out of court. now the ruling by u.s. district judge donald middlebrooks ordering trump and his attorney to cover the legal costs of the defendants in that suit is one for the ages. it is a stinging rebuke of donald trump the man and of donald trump s lies and his tried and true now legal strategy of jamming and gumming up the courts with lawsuits. it starts off like this, quote, this case never should have been brought. its inadequacy there is that word again as a legal claim was evident from the start. no reasonable lawyer would have filed it. the judge then makes it crystal clear that the ex-president himself bears responsibility for the suit. he goes on, quote, trump is a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries. he is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process, and he cannot be seen as a litigant blindly following