In his third indictment. Then Police Identify another Murder Victim 27 years later in the Gilgo Beach Killings so why wasnt the Serial Killer charged in connection with her death. Plus back on the mat. Samone biles returns since the First Time Since the toke olympics. Could she be eyeing a comeback at next years games in paris . Welcome to the lead. Im Bianna Golodryga in for jake tapper. We start with the Law And Justice lead and the aftershocks of Donald Trumps third arraignment. Today the former president called on the Supreme Court to get involved in the case. It is not clear exactly what mr. Trump is asking the high court to do. But the former president claims that the charges against him are, quote, election interference. Trump pleading not guilty yesterday inside of a washington, d. C. Courtroom. And his next hearing is scheduled for august 28th. Lets get straight to cnn just justice correspondent Jessica Schneider with more on this. Lets start with the new trump request. Is thi
Of a global pandemic. Carrico and wiseman were both professors at the university of pennsylvania. Executive Vice President of U Penn School of medicine said it has charned the world and indeed it has. Thanks for being with us. Id love to. The lead with jake tapper starts right now. Today donald trump called the judge overseeing his fraud case a trump hater. Im not sure that was a smart move. The lead starts rielg now. With millions of dollars on the line, and his future businesses in new york at stake, donald trump shows up for day one of His Civil Fraud Trial Blasting not only prosecutors, but insulting the very judge who will decide how much trump must pay in a case where hes already been found liable for fraud. And as trump pleads his case, here comes some shocking comments and a new warning from one of his former longest serving white house officials. This official going on the record setting the record straight only on the lead. Exclusively confirming a number of very damning deta
Court all the way up to the supreme court. they ve never been successful. so it is unlikely we ll see cameras in the court. but at least democrats are trying. even if it involved a former president which is justice thank you. ed. well we just discussed the potential times for trump s trial in the january 6 investigation. but his current presidential bid is looming large over multiple criminal investigations into his political activities and business. trump s legal team is pushing to delay his trials as long as possible which ultimately will impact what you know or don t know before casting a vote for president. so we want to walk you through where each case stands right now and what comes next. the special counsel is leading another federal investigation into trump. this one related to his handling of sve government documents he took to mar-a-lago when he left office. noa federal grand jury in miami charged trump with 37 criminal counts in june including stction. on july 27th, thre
Let s get straight to cnn just justice correspondent jessica schneider with more on this. let s start with the new trump request. is this something that the supreme court could even get involved in? at this point it just does appear to be political bluster because we haven t seen any court filings, nothing before the supreme court. however, in the future here, it is possible and quite likely that will we will see challenges in either of the cases. the 2020 election case from yesterday or the classified documents case down in florida. challenges to those could make their way to the supreme court. also, of note here is the fact that trump s track record at the supreme court when it comes to the 2020 election case mrs. general, it is not good. the supreme court has either rejected or refused to even consider every election challenge that he or his allies brought around the 2020 election. and all of that, bianna, despite the fact that three of the nine justices are, in fact, trump nomine
Former principal attorney general under president george w. bush. gentlemen, thank you both for joining me today. tom, let s begin with you. it is clear that they re testing multiple strategies including pushing for a later trial. john laura renkss a massive amount of discovery in the case and said we ll have to go through information for us to properly address when a trial date should be set. so how does the judge weigh the need for trump s team to prepare with the prosecution s desire for a speedy trial? yeah, it is a difficult question. you have to balance those two interests and then you also have to take into account the rapidly approaching election date. so there is a whole multiplicity of considerations the judge will have to weigh and consider. and think the trump team, they have a decent argument that they do need time to prepare for this case. it is a very complicated case and the justice department has been conducting this investigation for several years and of course the