conspiracy charges. he lived with rhodes for months and is expected to reveal how he capitalized on conspiracy theories to build membership and funding. he met with the committee for three hours and also met with the commit personally. steve bannon, with his criminal trial for contempt of congress approaching, bannon now says he is willing to testify. that s a pretty remarkable about face among those least wanting to testify. in a filing today, the department said that trump attorney justin clark confirmed the former president, quote, never invoked executive privilege over any particular information or materials in response to the subpoena bannon received. like pat cipollone s lengthy testimony on friday, panel member zoe lofgren says his testimony will be similar. would it be a public hearing or would it be behind closed doors? ordinarily, this goes on for hour after hour after hour. we want to get all our questions and answers and do that in the right format. joining
investigation. primary elections will soon be held in alaska and wyoming. why a republican trump critic, liz cheney, faces a difficult fight to hold onto her house he. and china has reportedly sanctioned officials in taiwan, claiming, the recent visit by u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi, is a sign of pro- independence activities. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary chance. good to have you with us. we begin this hour with a group of growing illegal troubles for trump and his closest allies and advisors. first, the u.s. justice department is opposing the release of the affidavit of used to get the search warrant for trump s for the home. the two apartments is, the ongoing investigation and vials highly-classified criminal materials, and making the details of could compromise their work and discourage cooperation from witnesses. in the meantime, prosecutors in georgia have notified trump s former attorney, rudy giuliani, that he is a target in th
the fbi. citing substantial public interest. the doj is keeping the affidavit under wraps, and that is a key document. it would give more details on the justification for the unprecedented and very controversial search. sandra: some are wondering if all of this trouble was even necessary because donald trump was issued a subpoena for documents back in june. the cover of the new york post this morning blaring you could have just asked! and denying a report that the feds were searching for a classified nuclear document. shannon bream and andy mccarthy are on deck with analysis, but we begin life at the justice department for the latest. hi, david. the question is what happened between when subpoena was issued. essentially calling the former presence plus, turning the tables, saying fine, we have no problem with releasing the content of the search warrant to the public. how do you feel about it? well, the former president said let s go ahead and do it. i want to redo you
former president donald trump was at the center of an attempted coup. plus, the president of uk ukraine pleads for a modern defense system as russia pummels the country. we are live with more. it is being called an important step in the right direction. a bipartisan group of u.s. senators say they have reached an agreement, in principle, on gun safety legislation. the deal includes more funding for things like mental health and school safety resources. a so-called red flag provision and enhanced review process for buyers under the age of 21, and penalties for so-called straw purchasing. the proposal has support from 10 republicans and would be critical to defeat a filibuster in the senate. if the deal becomes law, it would be the biggest gun reform legislation in decades, by far. that sneers, just 19 days after a gunman opened fire inside an elementary school involving in uvalde texas, killing 19 children and two teachers. listen to this. since that tragic day, there have
and, russia makes a push to take a key ukrainian city. we are allies in kyiv with details. their first hearing was a smash hit, of sorts, which drew some 20 million viewers. the genuine sixth committee is about to reconvene in front of tv cameras once again, just hours from now. the focus will be on what former president trump knew about the election results, and when he knew it, even as he kept pushing the big lie that he was the victim of massive voter fraud. here is the preview now from marshall cohen. reporter: the second public hearing from the january 6th select committee is shaping up to be a block buster event. the witness list includes donald trump 2020 campaign manager bill stepney and. that was a bit of a surprise. he is appearing under subpoena. we will find out soon how helpful he is going to be. it is notable he is even showing up. the panel also hear from bj pack, the u.s. attorney in atlanta who was pressured by the trump white house to backup trumps false