giuliani in late 2019 that he was the target of a russian influence operation aimed at circulating falsehoods intended to damage president biden politically ahead of last year s elections, according to people familiar with the matter. the post adds that it was a defensive briefing, and then explains the significance of that. quote, defensive briefings are given to people to alert them that they are being targeted by foreign governments for maligned purposes. but they re also used to see how they respond to that, said frank figliuzzi. quote, they re now on notice, they said. so rudy giuliani is placed on notice that he s aiding russia, a u.s. adversary, and then he proceeds anyway. it s a vexing national security question that throws the door wide open to questions about donald trump s role in laundering russian disinformation from his perch in the oval office. more critically, these questions are adjacent to questions into the scope of the investigation into rudy giuliani f
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i m paula reid. welcome to cnn s special coverage of the 2024 election. the first debate and the surrender of former president trump in georgia. we are on the cusp of a historic week for the nation and a pivotal week for the 2024 race. first, the former president and the latest indictment. donald trump faces a friday deadline at noon to turn himself in to authorities in fulton county, georgia. the result of his fourth criminal indictment. a senior law enforcement official tells cnn trump is expected to turn himself in thursday at the earliest. that would be just one day after the first debate of the 2024 presidential race which will take place without trump, who is the front-runner for the repuican nomination. just hours ago, he made it official, he won t attend. now, the eht candidates who will attend all trail trump by double-digit margins, and all of them are running out of time if they hope to catch him. let me turn now to cnn senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn po
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