as trump s lawyers are arguing? or is that claim not just constitutionally wrong, but also say license for future presidents to commit crimes while in office, as the justice department argues? and on the eve of a hearing on the question of whether trump can be prosecuted for his actions while in office, we are learning incredible new details about what donald trump said on january 6 and what h did and did not do. thanks t testimony, to the special l closest aides, the deputy chief of staff dan scavino. from that reporting, quote, sources say scavino told smith s investigators as the violence began to escalate that day, trump was just not interested in doing more to stop it sources also say that the former trump aidk luna told federal investigators that when trump wa informed that then-vice president mike pence had to be ush rushed to a secure location, trump responded so what. luna saw an unexpected willingness by trump to let potential harm come to a long time loyalist. and
Switch sold for less than 20, go to deal dash. Com and see how much you can save im lauren fox on capitol hill, and this is cnn thank you thank you thank you you. Thank your irish grandparents if youre wondering my great great grandparents, you get here and 18, 46 and one, What The Hells going on thank you for. The warm welcome please. Not so loud donald was listening sleepy. Don a car like. That. I may use that again Kelly Odonnell present in the white house Correspondents Association. Thank you for having me kelly lets be honest your weight too young to be president its. Been a year since ive delivered the speech, and my wife chills has been tonight, was worried how i do i told her, no worry just like riding the bike. Shes thats what im worried about of course the 2024 elections in full swing and yes. Age is an issue im a grown man running it against the sixyearold well, i feel great i really feel great im campaigning all over the country pennsylvania, georgia, north carolina. I have
funeral that he wanted. which as president i had to approve. i wasn t a fan of john mccain. i figured there would be a chance that i would catch it. sometimes i d be in groups of for instance gold star families. they come within an inch of my face sometimes. they want to hug me and they want to kiss me. what sacrifice have you made for your country? i think i ve made a lot of sacrifices. i worked very, very hard. i ve created thousands and thousands of jobs. tens of thousands of jobs. a man came up to me and he handed me his purple heart. and i said, man, that s like that s like big stuff. i always wanted to get the purple heart. this was much easier. as frequent viewers of this program know, that s just a snippet of the very long history of the ex-president s disparaging comments about military heroes and veterans. much of which wasn t even on camera. like the reporting that donald trump called fallen troops, quote, suckers and losers. or his instruction to mark
but ali, i want to hone in to what you pointed to in that interview. the comments she made about not certifying the election or not quitting to certify is the tremor of an earthquake that could cause a tsunami after the election. they are already laying the groundwork maybe they don t have to certify a joe biden win if biden wins, that s extremely dangerous for democracy and we re not ready for it. claire, you remember in the 2020 election when friendly reporters would ask donald trump if he would accept the results of the election. he started laying the groundwork months ahead that he would not and now, elise stefanik is doing this. what do you make of why? elise stefanik actually was an important person in the republican party, till is but there are a lot of important people in the republican party who either remained republicans or who have left. who have said we will be conservatives and republicans in the future, but this man is
mccain who tweeted this about her father. my dad was an american hero, an icon, a patriot that will be remembered through history. i cannot buy a bagel without someone approaching me about how much they loved and miss him. trump is a blank election denying huckster whose own wife won t campaign with him. joining our conversation is the retired united states marine corps lieutenant colonel and co-founder of operation saving democracy, amy mcgrath. mara gay is also back with us. thanks to both of you for being with us. colonel mcgrath, i just want to get your reaction first of all. i was saying to mara in the commercial break i don t know who asks donald trump to do this, what he thinks he gets from these random musings about military people and john mccain. but he does it a lot. he does. i think he has a personal vendetta against john mccain. i mean, even in death. why? well, john mccain is a thousand times the man that donald trump is in terms of honor, character