new reporting shows jack smith is relying on the facts, and not the fury. also this hour, departed trump or not, a new litmus test in the republican class for the nomination. we ve heard the president before, but doing so again presents a further danger to democracy. we re gonna ask the story of michael beschloss. and i sit down with actress, eva longoria, making her flaming diva debut. this is american voices. we begin this hour with donald trump and his allies, trying to deflect attention away from his decision to keep government secrets after his presidency. we have heard these excuses before, trump is relying on the same old script, distract with baseless claims of a witch hunt to stop the movement. it was today, again, on his knockoff version of twitter. following special counsel jack smith quote, the range, saying the indictment is fake. make no mistake trump s sex is social media grants are a sideshow. on the other hand, this he is relying on the evidence. with a 37 co
menendez. as we begin this hour, action in the face of distraction. the bluster and bombast of donald trump s new reporting shows jack smith is relying on the facts, not the fury. also this hour, departed to pardon trump or not. a new witness tests in the republican quest for the nomination. we ve pardoned a president before, but doing so again presents a further danger to democracy. we are going to ask historian, michael beschloss. and my sit down with actress eva longoria, making her flamin hot directorial debut. this is american voices. we begin this hour with donald trump and his allies, trying to deflect attention away from his decision to keep government secrets after his presidency. we ve heard these excuses before. trump is relying on the same old script, distract with baseless claims of a witch hunt, to stopped stop his political witch hunt. on his knockoff version of twitter, calling special counsel jack smith, quote deranged, saying the indictment is fake.
or not. a new witness tests in the republican quest for the nomination. we ve pardoned a president before, but doing so again presents a further danger to democracy. we are going to ask historian, michael beschloss. and i sit down with actress eva longoria, making her flamin hot directorial debut. this is american voices. oices. to keep government secrets after his presidency. you ve heard these excuses before, trump is relying on the same old script, distract, with baseless claims of a witch hunt. to stop his political movement. he was at it again today on his knockoff version of twitter, calling special counsel, jack smith, quote, deranged. stating that the indictment is fake. make no mistake, trump s social media ramps, there is sideshow. on the other hand, smith is relying on the evidence. letting the 37 count federal indictments tell the story of how trump refused to head over classified information, and even went to great lengths to hide the documents from the governm
welcome to a special edition of cnn tonight. we begin with the arch of the deal that never was. tonight, the washington post reports that donald trump projected efforts by his lawyers to cut a deal with the justice department to avoid his second arrest in just ten weeks. the post reports that one of his attorneys, chris skies, floated the idea of quietly approaching the feds last fall to take the temperature down on the classified documents case. to try to find a way to avoid charging the former president. but that another materialized because trump listen to other advisers and pundits pushing him to take a much more aggressive approach. cnn reported last fall that trump had conservative activists tom in his ear telling him that returning records to the archives was a mistake, and so now as a result of all of that, trump faces 37 criminal counts for allegedly keeping and hiding those documents and of course obstructing the investigation. behind the scenes, cnn is also learnin
Corrupt local government. and sometimes people would run for mayor on things like that. whoever thought that we would have that in the presidency? we americans only get great presidential leadership if presidents are afraid, if they cross certain lines, if they will one day go to jail. if you take away that fear, we are going to see other presidents, and maybe trump if he comes back to office do things that make the period of 2017 to 2021 and all of the offenses against democracy that donald trump committed they will make that look like a picnic. michael beschloss i, i have about 30 seconds left, but i want to ask you about juneteenth, 2021. it became our first federal holiday since the 19 80s. the significance of that especially in light of the conservative efforts in this country to limit what kids can learn about our nation s countries history. african american history is american history. it took this country two centuries plus to learn that.