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>> if i if i were found if i were fani willis, of course, a bottle fani willis, i wouldn't have done any of the things she did to get myself in this situation. i would say the nathan, hey, it's been a good fight. you need to hand me your letter record, resignation now, so we i can get this case back on track. but then again, fani willis and my personal opinion has continued to display very bad judgment and just conduct on becoming a i'm an elected official. so what i would do is not necessarily what she would do. >> sure. but she gets to stay on this case. bottom line, a win for her. scott ghraieb, man. thank you so much for taking the time with cnn. important inside from a man who faced off against fani willis in the district attorney's office fani willis going to be allowed to stay on this case, guys. >> all right. thank you. nick valencia, you just heard it's gotten rubbing the attorney for kenneth chesebro, jesper or who has already put in a guilty plea. so that case is over, but he's talking about what the attorneys may do going forward. right. and was very clear, brought up you
>> if i if i were found if i were fani willis, of course, a bottle fani willis, i wouldn't have done any of the things she did to get myself in this situation. i would say the nathan, hey, it's been a good fight. you need to hand me your letter record, resignation now, so we i can get this case back on track. but then again, fani willis and my personal opinion has continued to display very bad judgment and just conduct on becoming a i'm an elected official. so what i would do is not...
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will we hear from fani willis? it really seems at this point only a matter of time before we get a resignation from nathan wade, even though we haven't heard from him in and also the big question right now at this hour is will the da try to get this case back on track before the november reelection? briana. >> yeah, that is the big question. nick valencia, live horse outside the fulton county courthouse in atlanta. and with us now we have cnn chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid, that the timelines the question here, because theoretically now this case can move forward. fani willis had been pushing for august. that seems increasingly unlikely. >> it seemed ambitious when she said it before these questions about possibly disqualifying her were even raised. this is a sprawling rico case with over a dozen a dozen defendants. and now we've lost time going through this process to analyze whether she should be be disqualified. now she's also likely going to have to find a new lead prosecutor. so it seems unreali
will we hear from fani willis? it really seems at this point only a matter of time before we get a resignation from nathan wade, even though we haven't heard from him in and also the big question right now at this hour is will the da try to get this case back on track before the november reelection? briana. >> yeah, that is the big question. nick valencia, live horse outside the fulton county courthouse in atlanta. and with us now we have cnn chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid,...
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allow fani willis to remain on the case. but look, today, we're going to hear oral arguments on a variety of different motions, including one filed by trump's lead attorney, steve sadow, in the georgia case. he's going to argue that, look, the whole indictment should be against trump should be thrown out because the actions described in there and in the criminal charges against trump are protected by the first amendment, by the political speech protections in the first amendment, i want to read what say it out, wrote in his in his motion submitted to the court before today's hearing, he wrote the first amendment and affording the broadest protection to political speech and discussion regarding governmental affairs. not only embraces, but encourages exactly the kind of behavior under attack in this indictment. as you mentioned, too, we've heard similar arguments that have been made in front of judge mcafee and in other cases that have not been successful. so it'll be interesting to see if mcafee, how he questions trump's atto
allow fani willis to remain on the case. but look, today, we're going to hear oral arguments on a variety of different motions, including one filed by trump's lead attorney, steve sadow, in the georgia case. he's going to argue that, look, the whole indictment should be against trump should be thrown out because the actions described in there and in the criminal charges against trump are protected by the first amendment, by the political speech protections in the first amendment, i want to read...
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he is going to turn this into something against fani willis. they also believe that taking nathan wade off the case could help them in the long run because they have to bring someone else who is that person going to be? do they have to get caught up? again, this goes to that delay, delay, delay tactic, boris, kristen holmes, thanks so much for the reporting. appreciate it. as always. >> still have this hour on cnn news central, daylight reveals complete devastation in parts of indiana and ohio. after reported tornadoes tear through those states. our next guest says that buildings in her town are completely gone plus diplomats have tried to prevent it and humanitarian groups have been fearing it israelis prime minister says he has just approved plans for action in rafah the intends to evacuate palestinian civilians first the big question now, how and we're following a developing story that could have a major impact on how much it costs to buy and sell a home. the national association of realtors just agreed to a deal that would mix the standard
he is going to turn this into something against fani willis. they also believe that taking nathan wade off the case could help them in the long run because they have to bring someone else who is that person going to be? do they have to get caught up? again, this goes to that delay, delay, delay tactic, boris, kristen holmes, thanks so much for the reporting. appreciate it. as always. >> still have this hour on cnn news central, daylight reveals complete devastation in parts of indiana and...
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but here the tables are sort of turns so that defendants are trying to disqualify fani willis. they have the burden of proof. >> all right. counselor, you can have a busy day. thank you very much for being with us. >> for sherling visits at the border. president biden, for and former president trump meeting with local officials as when they were there. and now the mayor of breath sounds bill texas, where president biden just was he joins us next. also, an emotional day of testimony as the assistant director for the movie rust recalls his final moments with the film's cinematographer halyna hutchins who was my recollection that i might have been the first person to her. she was on the ground what did you say >> are you all right? >> did she respond >> yes. she said i can't feel my legs at least one person has been arrested, 22 others detained for trying to attend the funeral of russian opposition leader alexei navalny. we have more for updates, how this is playing out in moscow today. thousands of people risking their lives and freedom to be there will be back eliot spitzer, cru
but here the tables are sort of turns so that defendants are trying to disqualify fani willis. they have the burden of proof. >> all right. counselor, you can have a busy day. thank you very much for being with us. >> for sherling visits at the border. president biden, for and former president trump meeting with local officials as when they were there. and now the mayor of breath sounds bill texas, where president biden just was he joins us next. also, an emotional day of testimony...
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they're not thinking about fani willis bradley mass. appreciate the analysis. thanks for joining us anytime >> brianna, former president trump is already fundraising off of judge mcafee is ruling to put things into perspective here, his campaign sending out this text to supporters not long after the decision was handed down here, trump's legal team also releasing this statement, slamming the ruling while respecting the court's decision, we believed that the court did not afford appropriate significance to the prosecutorial misconduct of willis and wade including the financial benefits testifying on truthfully about when their personal relationship began, as well as willis's extra judicial mlk church speech, where she played they'd the race card and falsely accused the defendants and their counsel of racism we will use all legal options available as we continue to fight to end this case, which should never have been brought in the first place. let's talk about this now. a cnn senior political analyst, ron brownstein and republican strategist matt gorman all righ
they're not thinking about fani willis bradley mass. appreciate the analysis. thanks for joining us anytime >> brianna, former president trump is already fundraising off of judge mcafee is ruling to put things into perspective here, his campaign sending out this text to supporters not long after the decision was handed down here, trump's legal team also releasing this statement, slamming the ruling while respecting the court's decision, we believed that the court did not afford...
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>> there are republican efforts to investigate fani willis. where do they stand >> yeah. >> it looks like one of the people that are trying to one of the people who are trying to slow down this case, that volume bowles was talking about is congressman jim jordan, the republican close ally of donald trump. he issued a subpoena to willis for documents from her office related to their financial records several months ago, fani willis responding yesterday, providing some documents, but also hitting back at jordan and accusing him of conducting a political investigation into her office. she wrote back in her letter yesterday saying nothing that you do will derail the efforts of my staff and i to bring the election interference prosecution to trial. my family, my staff, and i have been threatened repeatedly by people making violent, often racist attacks. neither those threads nor anything your colleagues and you say or do will deter us from fulfilling our duty to bring this case to trial. so obviously willis defiant, just on the heels of this effort
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if da fani willis is disqualified from this case in georgia is the case essentially over it's pretty close to that. if she is disqualified big f, we'll find out in a moment. here's what happens if she is disqualified under georgia law because she's the da the office essentially is her. it all acts under her authority. so the entire case would then be sent to this independent body of prosecutors. they would have to decide what to do it the case they could just let it die on the vine. they could reassign and it to another county in georgia. >> but the >> problem is that's going to take a long time and we know that because fani willis was disqualified off of a piece of this case, a couple of years ago where she had a political conflict of interests. that piece of the case is still sitting with that independent committee two years later so the entire office cannot try the case if like you can go to some other attorney indicate right. so if she is not disqualified, this just go ahead as planned. like nothing happened. it can go ahead as planned. also, the judge could say we want some over
if da fani willis is disqualified from this case in georgia is the case essentially over it's pretty close to that. if she is disqualified big f, we'll find out in a moment. here's what happens if she is disqualified under georgia law because she's the da the office essentially is her. it all acts under her authority. so the entire case would then be sent to this independent body of prosecutors. they would have to decide what to do it the case they could just let it die on the vine. they could...
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if fani willis is disqualified and that's a high burden to meet by the way. it is having to show that she had a conflict of interest that actually hurt the defendants, that they cannot have a fair trial, not just issues that are salacious and for the details that people are leaning into here about, but didn't actually impact the ability to have a fair trial bay. those who are moving for it have to connect those dots. it has to be be a financial benefit of some time. they've had trouble establishing that through threadbare and why? because her having an additional income or a separate income and going dutch, so to speak, cannot be enough to establish conflict of interests. it might surprise people to know that there are romantic endeavors that take place between police officers prosecutors, defense kearney, dredges. it is the real does it actually hurt the defendant is the case here. now today, this judge has had very little patience up till now about how to have this whole thing go down. it is there a burden to prove it? and we're going to see if they actuall
if fani willis is disqualified and that's a high burden to meet by the way. it is having to show that she had a conflict of interest that actually hurt the defendants, that they cannot have a fair trial, not just issues that are salacious and for the details that people are leaning into here about, but didn't actually impact the ability to have a fair trial bay. those who are moving for it have to connect those dots. it has to be be a financial benefit of some time. they've had trouble...
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if there is any georgia law, state law that fani willis broke. now, let's be clear. there's no allegations at all whatsoever that fani willis broke any state laws, but that's what the committee here it says that they're investigating and they have the power to make fani willis is life a lot more complicated and difficult? they do not have the power to remove her, but they do have subpoena power to get people to testify under oath, and that's what we saw today. defense attorney ashleigh merchant testifying basically reiterating her argument as to why she believes fani willis should be qualified from this case, and those claims largely went unchallenged by the majority republican committee. we did catch up with one of the democrats on the committee who called this hearing today, silly and said that the republicans are continuing on with political theater and that they just want to keep this story in the news. we should mention also, not only does this committee not have the power to remove fani willis, but the recommendation of what to do next will come long after judg
if there is any georgia law, state law that fani willis broke. now, let's be clear. there's no allegations at all whatsoever that fani willis broke any state laws, but that's what the committee here it says that they're investigating and they have the power to make fani willis is life a lot more complicated and difficult? they do not have the power to remove her, but they do have subpoena power to get people to testify under oath, and that's what we saw today. defense attorney ashleigh merchant...
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this comes as fani willis is really trying to re, focus people's attention on the case itself, on the criminal charges against donald trump and his remaining co-defendants. we actually caught up with bonnie willis last weekend at an unrelated event. in atlanta. take a listen to what she said when asked about the state of the case in georgia >> that's not something that i might embarrassing in any way and i know that i have not done anything that's illegally. there are efforts to slow down its train, but the train is coming so one of those efforts and willis's opinion seems to also be coming from trump's allies in congress republican congressman jim jordan. did, did subpoena willis a few weeks ago. she responded to that subpoena yesterday in a letter that also hit back at jordan for trying to wage which she calls a political investigation against her. she wrote interlinear jordan, nothing that you do will derail the efforts of my staff and i bring the election interference, prosecution to trial. my family and my staff and i have been threatened repeatedly by people making violent, ofte
this comes as fani willis is really trying to re, focus people's attention on the case itself, on the criminal charges against donald trump and his remaining co-defendants. we actually caught up with bonnie willis last weekend at an unrelated event. in atlanta. take a listen to what she said when asked about the state of the case in georgia >> that's not something that i might embarrassing in any way and i know that i have not done anything that's illegally. there are efforts to slow down...
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and what fani willis is team will say, look, not all words are protected by the first amendment. for example, you can't walk into a bank and say, i have a gun in my pocket, give me all your money. get the money and walk out and turn around and say, oh, they were just words obviously, you're not allowed to certain conduct, certain words turn into criminal conduct and that's the line that gets crossed and that's what they're going to argue. donald trump was doing here by trying to pressure the georgia the georgia officials to to throw the election. so you're going to hear arguments like that. you're going to hear arguments that certain terminologies to prejudicial and shouldn't be shouldn't be allowed to be said in front of the jury. that's very common in standard. and you might see some sort of compromise there. so that, so that it's more factual unless unless suggestive so those are the types of legal arguments i suspect we're going to see today in terms of the free speech argument, karen, it hasn't worked here are anywhere so to what extent is this performance art? and to what e
and what fani willis is team will say, look, not all words are protected by the first amendment. for example, you can't walk into a bank and say, i have a gun in my pocket, give me all your money. get the money and walk out and turn around and say, oh, they were just words obviously, you're not allowed to certain conduct, certain words turn into criminal conduct and that's the line that gets crossed and that's what they're going to argue. donald trump was doing here by trying to pressure the...
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they can recommend fani willis he removed. they can draft new legislation and tried to turn that into law. but what they can do in the immediate is they have the power to subpoena and they've done exactly that and they've subpoenaed defense attorney ashleigh merchant, the attorney for trump co-defendant, mike roman, who was the first to launch. these are level, these bombshell allegations. i talked to her last night and she says she expects to be asked about the money surrounding this case, the money that changed hand documents that she was able well, to obtained invoices contracts. the invoices that show that discrepancy of the payment between nathan wade and his other special prosecutors on this case, john floyd and anna cross. he was paid about $100 more than those individuals but we're not expecting to hear anything that we haven't heard in court already. i ashleigh merchant was sworn in about 30 minutes ago. she's currently being questioned right now by this bipartisan committee six republicans three democrats, and they a
they can recommend fani willis he removed. they can draft new legislation and tried to turn that into law. but what they can do in the immediate is they have the power to subpoena and they've done exactly that and they've subpoenaed defense attorney ashleigh merchant, the attorney for trump co-defendant, mike roman, who was the first to launch. these are level, these bombshell allegations. i talked to her last night and she says she expects to be asked about the money surrounding this case, the...
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he thinks would be sent if they were not disqualified, they being the district attorney, fani willis, and the entire team, nathan wade, included. let's bring in cnn's laura coates, who has been watching and taking notes alongside us this entire time, learning from laura echevarria, you have to do so. >> initially a big part of the discussion that we heard from the defense team had to do with the question of whether there was an actual conflict of interest or the appearance of conflict of interests, that offense there at one point, john merchant, part of the defense team for mike roman seemed to argue that they didn't need to prove actual conflict, but rather just the appearance of conflict of interests. what did you make of those arguments? of the arguments overall? >> well, first, on the arguments overall, qualitatively, what a different experience this afternoon has been compared to the sort of meandering, trying to figure out what the theory of the case was going to be earlier. a lot of testimony, a lot of back-and-forth. this was a streamlined approach based on what they would lik
he thinks would be sent if they were not disqualified, they being the district attorney, fani willis, and the entire team, nathan wade, included. let's bring in cnn's laura coates, who has been watching and taking notes alongside us this entire time, learning from laura echevarria, you have to do so. >> initially a big part of the discussion that we heard from the defense team had to do with the question of whether there was an actual conflict of interest or the appearance of conflict of...
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whether judge mcafee is going to disqualify fani willis. he gave an indication as to the timing of that decision, right? >> yeah. he appears to be sticking to his original timeline, which is by the end of this week, he will issue that decision. it's incredibly significant because what he's trying to decide is whether fani willis and her entire office should be disqualified from the trump case. now, this is a sprawling rico case and involves not only former president trump, but over a dozen other defendants. they've already gotten some plea deals. the case won't die, boris, if fani willis is disqualified, it will be handed off to another their office. but all of that will result in delays and fani willis already said she wanted to start this case in august. clearly, his efforts to disqualify her if pushback that timeline, it gets handed off, gets pushed back even further. and as we know, the crux of the trump defense strategy right now in all of these criminal cases is to delay, delay, delay, delay, delay until after november. it's a complic
whether judge mcafee is going to disqualify fani willis. he gave an indication as to the timing of that decision, right? >> yeah. he appears to be sticking to his original timeline, which is by the end of this week, he will issue that decision. it's incredibly significant because what he's trying to decide is whether fani willis and her entire office should be disqualified from the trump case. now, this is a sprawling rico case and involves not only former president trump, but over a...
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will fani willis be allowed to continue on with the case? case that she's investigated for the last three years. it all started january 2, 2021 with that infamous phone call from the former president to georgia secretary of state to ask him to find hi and more votes. and now it's gotten this here to this 0.19 indictments by the fulton county district attorney's office for guilty pleas. but a big question mark remains will find he willis be able to continue and prosecute this case or will should be thrown off, throwing this case into uncertainty. judge scott mcafee has granted more interviews in the last week than he has as he took on this case late last year. and it was yesterday that wsp or affiliate here in atlanta caught up with mcafee at the rotary club. he was there at an event speaking and this is what he had had to say to one of the local news reporters here on the decision, he says should be out tomorrow. i made a promise to everybody these kinds of orders take time to write. i need to make sure i say exactly what i want to and plan
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they would like to see fani willis pulled off the case. they would like to see a way for them to get out of that case altogether. now, when you look at the broader picture we have seen donald trump now wanting to participate in these various legal trials. one, today, go into fort pierce keep in mind there there are no cameras, there are no speaking engagements. there is no opportunity to see the former president yet he is still going. this is obviously not one of his traditional campaign stops in the courtroom. instead, we are told that he wants to participate, that he has told people he wants to be there for every single day, every single hearing up until this potential controlled trial, partly because this is kaitlan, poland's was just reporting this. that they want the judge to see him and he wants the judge to see him to show him as a willing participant in this trial that actually extends to the trial that we know is going to happen later this month in new york. i am told that donald trump is still planning and his team for how exactl
they would like to see fani willis pulled off the case. they would like to see a way for them to get out of that case altogether. now, when you look at the broader picture we have seen donald trump now wanting to participate in these various legal trials. one, today, go into fort pierce keep in mind there there are no cameras, there are no speaking engagements. there is no opportunity to see the former president yet he is still going. this is obviously not one of his traditional campaign stops...
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he spent pages questioning fani willis is credibility and ultimately i'm like giving her a choice. she could have nathan wade, her top prosecutor, the one who she was alleged of an improper romantic relationship with step aside from the case or and she could stay or the we'll office could be disqualified. obviously, wade resigns shortly after that order came in. so it'll be interesting to see what the appeals court decides if they decide to take this up and ultimately do they overturn maccabees? decision to let willis stay on the case. >> all right. we'll be watching zach cohen. thank you. as always for your reporting on this and coming up, boeing is now predicting a major cash loss but is the cost of building safer planes >> my fellow citizens need to be better >> renewal, not normal. it makes me want you to be dead be better at being normal >> good regime streaming exclusively on macs >> and dr. michael strasberg and the dentist. i've been practicing for 44 years in my practice, we talked patients about their health, their nutrition, people think of the mouth as something separat
he spent pages questioning fani willis is credibility and ultimately i'm like giving her a choice. she could have nathan wade, her top prosecutor, the one who she was alleged of an improper romantic relationship with step aside from the case or and she could stay or the we'll office could be disqualified. obviously, wade resigns shortly after that order came in. so it'll be interesting to see what the appeals court decides if they decide to take this up and ultimately do they overturn...
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. >> plus >> new cnn reporting, fulton county district attorney fani willis pushing forward with her goal of starting donald trump's georgia election interference trial this summer before the election. how likely is that timeline? and what potential obstacles standard away? >> and the department of justice is suing apple sandi, an iphone monopoly. what we're learning about the quote, damning internal pro communications, and how the fed say apple undermines products that would make users less reliant on iphones were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in, right? here to cnn new set >> new york attorney general, letitia james is ready to collect. donald trump has until monday to pay nearly half 1 billion. >> he >> owes the state after being found liable for civil fraud. and james is taking steps indicating she is going to try to seize trump's assets if he fails to post that massive bond. and if that's not enough pressure, trump's campaign fundraising is now lagging behind president biden's to the tune of tens of millions of dollars sources tell cnn the for
. >> plus >> new cnn reporting, fulton county district attorney fani willis pushing forward with her goal of starting donald trump's georgia election interference trial this summer before the election. how likely is that timeline? and what potential obstacles standard away? >> and the department of justice is suing apple sandi, an iphone monopoly. what we're learning about the quote, damning internal pro communications, and how the fed say apple undermines products that would...
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so it comes down to if it's an actual conflict of this financial interest issue, did fani willis financially benefit from nathan wade having the job and this goes back to the trips that they took together that he paid for and her testimony that she paid him back and whether or not the judge credits that if you're at home, not following this all the time. i continue to try to get back to it as well. what does a fight even if financially benefited relationship between two people? given they're, given their titles and status what does it have to do with the criminal case? >> well, it doesn't have to do with the facts of the criminal case, but the issue is if a lawyer is conflicted from his or her participation on the case, they have to step away. so sometimes it has nothing to do with the case at all. it can be nothing that's your fall. let's say you own stock in company or the core of a conflict of your brother-in-law? he was a witness. i mean, those sorts of things here it is. you know, if she benefiting by having hired him to work on this case in a way that makes it improper for her to conti
so it comes down to if it's an actual conflict of this financial interest issue, did fani willis financially benefit from nathan wade having the job and this goes back to the trips that they took together that he paid for and her testimony that she paid him back and whether or not the judge credits that if you're at home, not following this all the time. i continue to try to get back to it as well. what does a fight even if financially benefited relationship between two people? given they're,...
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starting and fulton county district attorney fani willis is pushing forward with her goal of starting donald trump's election interference trial this summer. >> sources telling us she plans to ask judge scott mcafee to put that case on the calendar after a two-month detour. of course i'll willis fend off an effort to be removed from the case siemens, that cohen joining us now with the very latest. so bring us up to speed. once it on the calendar this summer, what are the chances? >> yeah. boris and erica, multiple sources telling me that look, fani willis is going to once again asked judge scott mcafee to set a trial date for donald trump and his remaining co-defendants in the georgia case and set one for as soon as this summer that would obviously be before set one for august 5th is that put one on the calendar for trump to stand trial in georgia, and it's this second request, but by all means be a boolean move from fani willis considering what we've been talking about for the last two months, we've been talking about allegations of an improper romantic relationship that willis had w
starting and fulton county district attorney fani willis is pushing forward with her goal of starting donald trump's election interference trial this summer. >> sources telling us she plans to ask judge scott mcafee to put that case on the calendar after a two-month detour. of course i'll willis fend off an effort to be removed from the case siemens, that cohen joining us now with the very latest. so bring us up to speed. once it on the calendar this summer, what are the chances? >>...
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kate >> nick, what happens if the district attorney if da fani willis is disqualified, if that's his decision well, you know, it'd be devastating. it goes without saying would be devastating for the district attorney's office for this case, for the prosecution of this case, but would happen and immediate would be would handed it would be handed over to the prosecuting attorneys council. it's a nine-member panel, a by partisan group made up of solicitors general, former district attorneys and it would be up to them to find a new prosecution team. but that comes with very unique challenges, not just the politics surrounding this case, but also the safety issues. so finding somebody you know, could prove very difficult >> neck great to see you. thanks for bringing that to us this morning. john. all right. fresh fallout this morning from former special counsel, robert hur's testimony on capitol hill. this was an exchange she had with congressman eric swalwell you said to president biden you have appear to >> have a photographic understanding and recall the house. did you say that's presi
kate >> nick, what happens if the district attorney if da fani willis is disqualified, if that's his decision well, you know, it'd be devastating. it goes without saying would be devastating for the district attorney's office for this case, for the prosecution of this case, but would happen and immediate would be would handed it would be handed over to the prosecuting attorneys council. it's a nine-member panel, a by partisan group made up of solicitors general, former district attorneys...
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any moment we could learn if da fani willis will be removed from the election subversion case against donald trump and others in georgia. and any moment now the former president will arrive at a federal courthouse in florida trying to get the classified documents case thrown out or delayed this morning. the judge in the classified documents case will hear arguments from trump's team trying to do just that. the trial was initially scheduled for may prosecutors. now, when it moved to july hi, but if trump wins his delay, which has been a winning strategy so far, the trial might not start until after the election. cnn's kaitlan polantz is outside the courthouse in florida. give us some sense of what happens in the coming hours and how that could really change the trajectory of donald trump's political calendar. >> well, sara, i just received word that the motorcade for donald trump is on its way from mar-a-lago here to the federal courthouse house in fort pierce, florida. >> this >> isn't a hearing just about delay. we are still waiting for a trial date to be set in this case, but today'
any moment we could learn if da fani willis will be removed from the election subversion case against donald trump and others in georgia. and any moment now the former president will arrive at a federal courthouse in florida trying to get the classified documents case thrown out or delayed this morning. the judge in the classified documents case will hear arguments from trump's team trying to do just that. the trial was initially scheduled for may prosecutors. now, when it moved to july hi, but...
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. >> as a major your decision about whether fani willis can stay on as prosecutors still looms over all of it. and time might be up for tiktok, the house voting to ban the app if it's chinese parent company, doesn't spin it off within six months. a huge bipartisan showing in the vote, but will it pass the senate? and what will president biden do? >> plus americans deployed to haiti, the pentagon sending marines to the embassy in a borne by violence. a nation on the edge of anarchy as politicians and gangs fight for power, we're following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central >> one day after winning enough delegates to become the presumptive republican nominee for president. donald trump. just receiving another win this time in court, a georgia judge has thrown out six of the 41 counts that trump and some of his co-defendants were facing in the state, the former president and more than a dozen others have been accused of racketeering and conspiracy in an attempt to overthrow joe biden's 2020tory in georgia. cnn's nick valencia is outsi
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da fani willis's the hearing to potentially disqualify her the judge overseeing the georgia election subversion case will then after this make a ruling that could significantly shake up proceedings moving forward against donald trump? cnn legal analyst, and former us attorney michael moore joins us now for more on this. what do you do you think after all of this? and we'll listen for closing arguments today, michael, that fani willis isn't a better or worse position. now than when this hearing when this holding began? >> well, good morning. i'm glad to be with you. i think she's probably in a worst position then she was before and while she received some praise for taking the stand and having a very active role in testimony. there. i think at the end of the de watch, the testimony was questioned but phone records and cell tower data, and that type of thing. >> it is >> cast her in a little bit different light. and so the court is going to do what judges always do. and that is looking credibility of witnesses make that determination, that assessment and we'll see remember that the def
da fani willis's the hearing to potentially disqualify her the judge overseeing the georgia election subversion case will then after this make a ruling that could significantly shake up proceedings moving forward against donald trump? cnn legal analyst, and former us attorney michael moore joins us now for more on this. what do you do you think after all of this? and we'll listen for closing arguments today, michael, that fani willis isn't a better or worse position. now than when this hearing...
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willis, but with that in the rearview mirror today was back on the facts of this case hey, it's in a very important day, indeed, we saw trump's attorney steve sadow, argue that the charges against trump should be dismissed and the indictment thrown out because of the first amendment protections saying that the former president's conspiracy theories in lies about the 2020 election were at their core political speech and therefore protected by the first amendment. but the da's office you're saying not so fast, not only were they lies, but they realize told what the intention of inciting a crime under georgia state law. listen to the exchange between steve sadow, trump's attorney and i'm awake vered for the fulton county da's office >> i don't think there's any question that statements comments, speech expressive conduct that deals with campaigning or elections has always been found to be at the zenith. of protected speech. >> it's almost saying that because these statements are false, that these charges, you should be dismissed it's like, well, you can't punish falsity on its own and y
willis, but with that in the rearview mirror today was back on the facts of this case hey, it's in a very important day, indeed, we saw trump's attorney steve sadow, argue that the charges against trump should be dismissed and the indictment thrown out because of the first amendment protections saying that the former president's conspiracy theories in lies about the 2020 election were at their core political speech and therefore protected by the first amendment. but the da's office you're...
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i would wonder if for instance how he decides on fani willis continuing to prosecute this case, if that's something that could ultimately impact an appeal i mean, this outweighing on his decision. >> no, i think it's always an, uh, judges interest to look ahead to the future and make sure that he's creating a record on appeal that can stand up. and so for instance, he's not going to decide this with a one-sentence order. it'll probably be dozens, if not hundreds, of pages, substantiating the reasons for why he's ruling the way he is. >> but i think we have no >> reason to believe that the judge isn't going to behave in an unfair manner. it's just a very fraught emotional case. and so it remains to be seen how he's going to rule. he has been pretty fair. i think a lot of folks have said that up to this point, turning to the classified documents hearing here is we look at what judge aileen cannon has been saying in court, she had been questioning trump's lawyers, asking if their argument was perhaps premature, if it was something that really they should have been dealt with later. maybe in
i would wonder if for instance how he decides on fani willis continuing to prosecute this case, if that's something that could ultimately impact an appeal i mean, this outweighing on his decision. >> no, i think it's always an, uh, judges interest to look ahead to the future and make sure that he's creating a record on appeal that can stand up. and so for instance, he's not going to decide this with a one-sentence order. it'll probably be dozens, if not hundreds, of pages, substantiating...
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and any moment, a judge in georgia could decide if fulton county da fani willis will be kicked off the election subversion case there plus vice. president kamala harris is making what's believed to be a historic first, visiting a clinic that provides abortions and a dangerous trend, more election officials, andrew their families are finding themselves the targets of a dangerous hoax. how criminals are weaponizing local law enforcement will have all those stories. i'm sarah sidner with john berman and kate baldwin. >> this is cnn news central >> today is a big day on to legal fronts for donald trump as he continues to lean into his campaign, meets the courtroom strategy. everyone one is standing by for the judge in georgia to drop his decision on district attorney fani willis. his final word on whether she will continue leading the case or if he will disqualify her. also, any moment we could see donald trump heading out of mar-a-lago and headed to federal court where he and his legal team will be arguing against special counsel jack smith on two questions. basically we now before the fe
and any moment, a judge in georgia could decide if fulton county da fani willis will be kicked off the election subversion case there plus vice. president kamala harris is making what's believed to be a historic first, visiting a clinic that provides abortions and a dangerous trend, more election officials, andrew their families are finding themselves the targets of a dangerous hoax. how criminals are weaponizing local law enforcement will have all those stories. i'm sarah sidner with john...
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but the war against top prosecutor fani willis is yet to be decided. but it for the former president, after the presiding judge throws out some of the charges against trump, a bigger decision still looms over the case for judge scott mcafee, his office own self-imposed deadline. now, just two days away. plus one of the most popular social media apps in the world. one step closer to being banned in the united states. the house passing a bill that could ban tiktok from app stores. so what's next for tiktok? n house, the senate going to handle this moving forward and wait until you see how easy it is for artificial intelligence to get people to question your integrity and potentially ruin your career. we're going to talk to the journalists who ask ai to do just that. we're following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central >> donald trump is facing fewer criminal charges today than he did yesterday. georgia judge just dropped three counts counts against him in the sprawling racketeering and conspiracy case
but the war against top prosecutor fani willis is yet to be decided. but it for the former president, after the presiding judge throws out some of the charges against trump, a bigger decision still looms over the case for judge scott mcafee, his office own self-imposed deadline. now, just two days away. plus one of the most popular social media apps in the world. one step closer to being banned in the united states. the house passing a bill that could ban tiktok from app stores. so what's next...
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the judge there we know, ruled that the district attorney, fani willis, can stay on the case. we learned that right here on the show. she is now pushing forward with a goal of getting trump on trial before the november election. we have reporting that she intends to ask the judge for trial start. maybe the summer. do you think that's possible? >> no. that's not going to happen. and the da has to know that the da's most recent asc of the judge was to start trial in august even if that happens, even if the judge says sure, we'll start in august, they're going to still be picking a jury come november caused me election day so i think the de herself has acknowledged that if we start in august, as i'm asking, this trial is going to carry into 2025. that is just not a realistic ask. i think it's posturing by the da. she wants to put out this perception of i'm ready to go. she knows darn well, there's no way this case this is going to start in august. there's no way this case results in a verdict before the election. >> you mentioned the jury, john's book to ashleigh merchant, the de
the judge there we know, ruled that the district attorney, fani willis, can stay on the case. we learned that right here on the show. she is now pushing forward with a goal of getting trump on trial before the november election. we have reporting that she intends to ask the judge for trial start. maybe the summer. do you think that's possible? >> no. that's not going to happen. and the da has to know that the da's most recent asc of the judge was to start trial in august even if that...
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fulton county da fani willis, similarly as well. and so if you're going to argue that it's slowed down, the process well why wasn't this brought sooner against him? and all the cases that's a huge question as well. yeah. >> laura coates carry cordero. appreciate the perspective, ladies. thank you so much. >> let's discuss trump paying this bond now with an attorney who specializes in enforcing judgments for nor do razo bernard is the principal attorney at bernardo razo and associates. thanks so much for being with us. you say that new york attorney general, letitia, james has many options but now that she knows that former president donald trump has another ten days to put up a fraction of the bond he was originally set to. what do you think she's doing today with the case? >> well, the effect of the court order is to stop her and trax stay that precludes you from enforcing the judgment. so as of today, that she can take no action if trump and the other defendants failed to post the bond with ten days, then stay with blacks and shub
fulton county da fani willis, similarly as well. and so if you're going to argue that it's slowed down, the process well why wasn't this brought sooner against him? and all the cases that's a huge question as well. yeah. >> laura coates carry cordero. appreciate the perspective, ladies. thank you so much. >> let's discuss trump paying this bond now with an attorney who specializes in enforcing judgments for nor do razo bernard is the principal attorney at bernardo razo and...
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willis. we don't have a full-screen for this statement just yet as we've got it, but i haven't here in front of me. and this is what they're saying in part saying while the trial court factually found da willis is out of court statements were improved copper and defendants proved an apparent conflict of interests. the trial court erred as a matter of law by not requiring dismissal and de willis's disqualification. this legal error requires the courts immediate review again, they're asking the georgia court of appeals to take up their appeal. we should expect the fulton county district attorney's office to file their own legal motion saying why they believe that at the georgia court of appeals should not take this case after the court of appeals gets both those statements. they'll have 45 days to decide what they're going to do. in the meantime, we're also hearing from the former attorney for the former president, and this is what he's saying. basically saying that the georgia court of appeals
willis. we don't have a full-screen for this statement just yet as we've got it, but i haven't here in front of me. and this is what they're saying in part saying while the trial court factually found da willis is out of court statements were improved copper and defendants proved an apparent conflict of interests. the trial court erred as a matter of law by not requiring dismissal and de willis's disqualification. this legal error requires the courts immediate review again, they're asking the...
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when will we see fani willis? she was not in court today and will she be able to get this case back on track for that august trial date. she wants we recently spoke to her last weekend and she did say the train is coming, but briana, that remains to be seemed rionda >> all nick valencia, live horse in atlanta and i thank you, jessica. >> all right. let's talk more about this with cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, elliott williams. eliot. were trying we were just saying there's a lot to take in with all of these different cases, but really zeroing in on this particular one. former trump co-defendants in this case tried to make a similar argument and it didn't work. did trump's attorneys make any headway there? i really don't >> think they did. now, again, pulling back back a little bit, this is fulton county, georgia, the local district attorney, bringing election subversion charges against the former president. now the argument here is that the first amendment, which protects all of our free speech,
when will we see fani willis? she was not in court today and will she be able to get this case back on track for that august trial date. she wants we recently spoke to her last weekend and she did say the train is coming, but briana, that remains to be seemed rionda >> all nick valencia, live horse in atlanta and i thank you, jessica. >> all right. let's talk more about this with cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, elliott williams. eliot. were trying we were just...
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willis in the georgia rico case, which really put forth in those indictments that this was a scheme to overturn the election through in part the of fake electors can chesebro had been saying to prosecutors, investigators who he said he was cooperating with, that he was really just an attorney providing legal theories and that the theory about using alternate slates of electors was in his view, just there in case some of the litigation challenging the election results in certain states went trump's it's way this new information really puts the lie to that argument and shows that there was a plan to use these alternate electors even if there was no litigation pending challenging the election results in an effort to overturn the legitimate results of the election. >> it's really stark seeing the evidence in front of you talking about it as one thing, seeing the evidence a whole different story. jessica roth. thank you so much for coming on. appreciate niger >> today is a huge de for voters 16 states, one territory holding contests, a game changing number of delegates at stake for repub
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willis should be disqualified. we will cover that live. there were cameras in the court for that, so you will see it take place. >> that's exactly right. >> furious. and to find the released transcripts from hunter biden's closed-door deposition on capitol hill reveals that he was ready to fight back the president's son admitted that he was drunk and probably high when he name-dropped his father to a chinese associate in a whatsapp message that has become one of the focuses of the republican investigation into the family's foreign business dealings the transcript also revealed the true hostility that was evidenced between hunter biden and house republican qin's investigating his father throughout the hours of contentious testimony, hunter biden remained adamant of one thing for sure that his father never financially benefited or helped in any of hunter biden's business deals. cnn's marshall cohen has more on this. i mean, what is this the transcript of there's back-and-forth was what, nearly 230 pages. marshall. te
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willis, not in court, noticeably absent today. when will we see her next? and perhaps most importantly, we'll she be able to get that august trial date that she's seeking brianna nick valencia, live force from atlanta. thank you. let's discuss this more now with michael gerhardt, a law professor at the university of north carolina, chapel hill. michael, this isn't the first time we should mention that the judge is considered a first amendment argument for anyone when who isn't following every nook and cranny of this. judge mcafee had previously denied chesebro and sidney powell similar first amendment dismissal attempts. so i wonder if you think that means it's probably denied this one. >> i think he will probably denied this for the very same ground what trump is trying to argue is that speech that facilitates a crime is somehow protected but there is substantial supreme court decision and federal case law that all holds to the contrary speech if it's used let's do facilitated crime is part of that crime and it may serve as a bas
willis, not in court, noticeably absent today. when will we see her next? and perhaps most importantly, we'll she be able to get that august trial date that she's seeking brianna nick valencia, live force from atlanta. thank you. let's discuss this more now with michael gerhardt, a law professor at the university of north carolina, chapel hill. michael, this isn't the first time we should mention that the judge is considered a first amendment argument for anyone when who isn't following every...