their fake news allies have unveiled their newest hoax that donald j. trump and the republican party are a threat to the democracy. donald trump won t take the stand, the witness stand today. he had plenty to say from the bully pulpit as you just saw. what brand-new cnn battleground polling tells us about the state of the race ron desantis goes on offense, finally, against donald trump. why his the former president s behavior is an example of, quote, coward sness. what president zelenskyy will say to senators to secure funding for the war with russia. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. welcome, this morning, we have brand-new cnn polling showing president biden trailing president trump in two crucial battleground states that biden won in the last election. georgia, trump leading biden 49 to 44%. in michigan, trump is up ten points, biden won that state, remember, by nearly 3 points in 2020. over the weekend, trump s dismissed biden s warnin
immune from prosecution for things that happened while he was in office, and secondly, whether he essentially is barred from being tried in this case because of double jeopardy, because he was obviously impeached by the congress, but he was not convicted. that is one of the central questions that jack smith and his team is now asking. the filing says in part of that principle, is that a zenith here, whereas here a grand jury has accused a former president of committing federal crimes to subvert the peaceful transfer of power to his lawfully elected successor. nothing could be more vital to our democracy than a president who abuses the electoral system to remain in office, is held accountable for criminal conduct. jake, this is obviously now the goal here is to try to expedite this. they re asking for the court to do this, to get the briefs going by december 18th. the goal is to try to get this going before that march trial date comes near. evan, special counsel jack smi