Known, these to always say to me, i made you. So we have cities each other about that. Like one, day im going to be teasing fabulous son. I came behind, you girl. I came behind you. He paved the way, rev. Thank, you ill be watching, take it away. Good evening and welcome to politicsnation. Tonights lead, grand juries and grand strategies. In the Trump Classified document case, they will meet this week. The procommittee took a firstever federal indictment of a former president. One who happens to be seeking to return to that office in 2024. Trump was one of the few republican president ial hopefuls not to appear at a Motorcycle Themed Campaign Event in iowa this weekend. He will be jumping into the race officially this week, along with former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie. The number of republicans running continues to grow, even as the rnc adopts rules aimed at narrowing access to the primary debate stage. Meantime on the democratic side, President Biden this weekend is signing a
you are watching the beat with ari melber. we re covering this conclusion of donald trump fraud trial. there he was in court, the second time he s been in the courtroom this week, instead of campaigning in iowa. it s a telling sign of how personal this all is to trump, as you can see him there. he basically has opted out of the traditional campaign activities. he was not required to attend, but that s what it looked like in the courtroom today. we also heard from the attorney general who has been on something of a streak here. she already won the fraud finding portion of this. now they re fighting over potentially penalties. the judge also gave donald trump a chance to speak today, but required he had to comments only on facts and law if he did so. trump didn t stick to that, went into a ran, speaking for about five minutes, arguing this is wrong and a fraud, and he actually tried to attack the judge in the courtroom, making a reference to his own agenda. that was about eno
known, these to always say to me, i made you. so we have cities each other about that. like one, day i m going to be teasing fabulous son. i came behind, you girl. i came behind you. he paved the way, rev. thank, you i ll be watching, take it away. good evening and welcome to politicsnation. tonight s lead, grand juries and grand strategies. in the trump classified document case, they will meet this week. the pro-committee took a first-ever federal indictment of a former president. one who happens to be seeking to return to that office in 2024. trump was one of the few republican presidential hopefuls not to appear at a motorcycle themed campaign event in iowa this weekend. he will be jumping into the race officially this week, along with former new jersey governor chris christie. the number of republicans running continues to grow, even as the rnc adopts rules aimed at narrowing access to the primary debate stage. meantime on the democratic side, president biden this wee
welcome back to the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. just minutes from now former president donald trump will be less than ten miles from the u.s. capitol, addressing a crowd of his adoring supporters as for all intents and purposes the front-runner for the 2024 gop nomination. despite his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, trump has been loading in several polls of republican voters as he delivers the keynote address at the annual cpac gathering later on this afternoon, even though other gop contenders are warning the party to move on from trump. his maga faithful have come to dominate the republicans long-time event. at any moment they will release the results of their straw poll. trump has won the last two with florida governor ron desantis coming in second. both times desantis has not formally announced for 2024 and is skipping this gathering. kristen holmes joins us from cpac where they re gathering in maryland just outside the nation s capital. kristen,
desantis was at 12. in the last few weeks they ve been tied, and a lot of times desantis was up. meanwhile, ron desantis is almost ignoring her. james, you ve got to remember, when desantis has a polls finish, let s just say a 10, you have to then remember it s on top of the lifted boots, right? so it s really it s a desantis shoe joke. oh, i see, yes. there it is. i know. you almost tripped over me yesterday. i was running about chris christie, and all my colleagues wanted to know, what shoes does he wear. we deal with such serious stuff, we had fun.