The trump campaign. And this is cnn im Jake Tapper and we are following this Breaking News with the 2024 election just one month away. We now have the clearest picture yet of how federal prosecutors specifically special Counsel Jack Smith say that former President Trump tried to vertical law and undermine the 2020 election, its a 165 Page Court Filing that was just unsealed by a federal judge minutes ago. The office of special Counsel Smith lays out this case for a Trial Judge in a way that they think would overcome President Trumps president ial Immunity Protections as outlined by the Supreme Court earlier this year. Prosecutors say that trump was directly involved in the plot to nominate fake electors. They also tried to show that trump was aware that he lost flaccid, but told the staffer, quote, the details, dont matter unquote lets bring in our team of intrepid reporters who have been combing through this filing. Let me start with you, Paula Walk walk us through the major headlines
Interference with us. Now, cnns kara scannell, cnn chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid. Cnn Pol Director david chalian, cnn legal analyst Jennifer Rodgers Cnn senior political analyst. Ron brownstein a Full House yes cnn, folks. Thanks so much for all of you being with us, kara first to you, how to Judge Marshawn explain this decision to delay sentencing until november 26, Jennifer Shahade issued a four Page Decision here and he goes to great lengths to explain his reasoning behind it, saying that hes doing this in part to avoid any appearance that he is trying to influence the election to affect one party or the other and he also notes in this decision that the prosecutors did not oppose delaying the sentencing and he said some of their arguments and their papers actually led him to think that they agreed with delaying the sentencing. He says specifically he doing this to avoid any appearance, however, unwarranted that the proceeding has been affected by or seeks to affect t
stormy daniels. according to multiple sources, trump will turn himself in next tuesday, appearing in a new york courtroom for his arraignment. ahead of that the nypd is making major security preps. all officers are being told to report to work in uniform prepared for deployment. today we want to show you live pictures now of supporters who have gathered in mar-a-lago. let s get straight to paula reid now live in new york for the latest on the indictment. paula walk us through what s going to happen next. at this point. even former president trump s lawyers don t know exactly what he has been charged with. now that is standard operating procedure in a state court charges remain under seal until the arraignment , which as of right now is expected to happen on tuesday. and i m also told that trump s lawyers do not intend to try to push or even ask for the unsealing of that indictment any sooner. but on tuesday, they said he will fully cooperate. he will go through the standard p
Jake tapper starts right now cnn Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and the prosecution has rested its case and now its Donald Trumps term his defense team has called a witness, Robert Costello and attorney. What one point advised Michael Cohen that stella has claimed in that cohens lied about him under oath during this trial. This comes after a shocking revelation on the stand earlier today, threatened to rock the prosecutions entire case under intense questioning. And by the defense, trumps former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, the star witness for the prosecution, admitted that he stole from the Trump Organization organization and were not its not talking lunch, money or funds taken from some transaction that has nothing to do with the charges against trump were talking we had 60,000, technically larceny that was part of the 420,000 payment made to cohen. That was allegedly falsified to reimbursement for Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels that payment are those p
thanks very much for joining us this morning. very busy morning. i m jim acosta, our next our newsroom with wolf blitzer starts right now, have a great weekend i m wolf blitzer in washington, were following breaking news here are the cnn newsroom, the us supreme court is up holding a federal law that bans domestic abusers from owning a firearm. the major second amendment ruling was nearly unanimous 8-to-1 decision only justice clarence thomas dissented in the majority opinion. the chief justice, john roberts said, the court had no trouble upholding the law. arguing and once again, according our tradition of firearm regulation allows the government to disarm individuals who present a credible threat to the physical safety of others. close glug our chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid is here with me in the z then newsroom. paula walk us through. this is a major decision by the supreme court. it is. it s one of the key decisions that we re watching in for this term