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cnn's evan perez was right there listening to hunter biden and let's start with him, evan. that is more than what we've heard to date from hunter on this subject. >> absolutely, john. look, it was an extraordinary thing to come to the steps here on the senate side of the capitol, and not on the house side where the house republicans have been waiting for him at 9:30 to do the closed-door testimony. here he spoke more forcefully and confrontationally really about these allegations that republicans have been making. a lot of this stuff has been done on paper and by republican members of congress who are essentially twisting some of the things that huntser says were in some of the evidence that they've obtained and some of the documents they've obtained and here he confronts a lot of that saying that they were mocking his addiction, his struggles with addiction. his -- problems he had with his finances and also trying to use this, really, to try to take down his father. he said the same committee chairmen have engaged in political interference in what has already been a five-y
cnn's evan perez was right there listening to hunter biden and let's start with him, evan. that is more than what we've heard to date from hunter on this subject. >> absolutely, john. look, it was an extraordinary thing to come to the steps here on the senate side of the capitol, and not on the house side where the house republicans have been waiting for him at 9:30 to do the closed-door testimony. here he spoke more forcefully and confrontationally really about these allegations that...
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we saw our evan perez pop up there as soon as hunter biden walked away. evan, what did you hear?reporter: well, john, look, i mean, hunter biden is here, obviously, on the capitol grounds and he could just walk right across the street there to where the house republicans say they want to depose him behind closed doors. what he's saying is he's only willing to do is to do a public hearing, which he says is something that the republicans were once open to, but are no longer offering. of course, this means that the republicans who are sitting there at 9:30 they were expecting him to show up there for this closed-door deposition, what this means is that they will move forward. we expect them to move forward with their threat to hold him in contempt of congress. that's a process obviously that's going to be drawn out and in the end really this is -- this was all part of a show. hunter biden kept them guessing whether he was going to show up, whether he was going to show up over on the house side. he's over here on the senate side in an area, by the way, that' colloquially known as the
we saw our evan perez pop up there as soon as hunter biden walked away. evan, what did you hear?reporter: well, john, look, i mean, hunter biden is here, obviously, on the capitol grounds and he could just walk right across the street there to where the house republicans say they want to depose him behind closed doors. what he's saying is he's only willing to do is to do a public hearing, which he says is something that the republicans were once open to, but are no longer offering. of course,...
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>> evan perez for us on capitol hill. evan, thanks so much. >> let's now go to manu raju on capitol hill as usual chasing after reaction, in this case from republicans. what are you hearing? i know we heard from james comer who was trying to explain why this was happening in the first place. what are you hearing there? >> yeah. james comer, the house oversight committee chairman making clear that he wants a private deposition with hunter biden that eventually they'd be willing to have in public, but the way the investigation is going, people need to be deposed first and then there could be a public hearing and they are threatening to hold him in contempt of the house for not appearing behind closed doors. we expect that process to play out in a matter of several weeks and this could be expected for years, and i also caught up with a number of republicans on the senate side of the capitol including some of them who were involve in the hunter biden battle. some of them over his father and the business dealings and the like.
>> evan perez for us on capitol hill. evan, thanks so much. >> let's now go to manu raju on capitol hill as usual chasing after reaction, in this case from republicans. what are you hearing? i know we heard from james comer who was trying to explain why this was happening in the first place. what are you hearing there? >> yeah. james comer, the house oversight committee chairman making clear that he wants a private deposition with hunter biden that eventually they'd be willing...
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senior law enforcement analyst and former fe fbi director andrew mccabe, and cnn correspondent evan perez. evan, first walk us through this reporting. what investigators? find they >> reporter: found that this is a campaign that is been going on since 2016 through 2022. in the case of the united kingdom, they were trying to interfere with the election there, the election in the uk. as a result of that, the prime minister there of the foreign office actually cement the russian ambassador today to protest obviously the interference in the uk election system, but obviously, this is a broader story for the uk because we are coming up on elections and the u.s. and the uk have an interest in making sure that the russians know that they are aware of what they have been up to. in the case of these two people, one of them is an intelligence official in russia. both of them were working basically for the fsb and they are accused of trying to hack current, former officials, intelligence officials, department of defense officials, and all of this in the service of trying to mess with the political sy
senior law enforcement analyst and former fe fbi director andrew mccabe, and cnn correspondent evan perez. evan, first walk us through this reporting. what investigators? find they >> reporter: found that this is a campaign that is been going on since 2016 through 2022. in the case of the united kingdom, they were trying to interfere with the election there, the election in the uk. as a result of that, the prime minister there of the foreign office actually cement the russian ambassador...
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. >> let's bring in cnn's evan perez to keep track of it for us. talk specifically about today's special counsel filing here, evan pretty aggressive attempt to cut through trump's delayed tactics. take us through this. >> brianna, the special counsel is saying that voters essentially need to know as soon as possible, it is in the public interest they say, and already just part of the filing. urging the supreme court to skip over the process and take on this case because of the urgency and importance of this matter. i will read you just a part of the filing in which they say that the public interest in the resolution in this case favors an immediate end definitive decision by this court. the churches here are of the utmost gravity. they cite the 1974 nixon case in which the supreme court similarly skips over the appellate courts and took on -- the question of whether nixon had immunity from a subpoena for the nixon tapes. of course the president at that time lost that case. the case was considered in just under two months and a decision was made 16 d
. >> let's bring in cnn's evan perez to keep track of it for us. talk specifically about today's special counsel filing here, evan pretty aggressive attempt to cut through trump's delayed tactics. take us through this. >> brianna, the special counsel is saying that voters essentially need to know as soon as possible, it is in the public interest they say, and already just part of the filing. urging the supreme court to skip over the process and take on this case because of the...
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evan perez is with us this morning, and what else are we hearing from the fbi director, evan? >> well, john, a lot of the fbi's concern is certainly surrounding the events of october 7th and sort of the aftereffects of it. and of course, that includes the threats to jewish people of course and institutions in the united states as well as some of the threats that you are seeing in the muslim and arab communities here in the united states. the big concern for the fbi though is the idea that after, after octoberp 7th, you have groups like hamas who have sort of put out a global call for people to put out attacks against the united states and other countries, and that is what is keeping him busy with over 2,700 domestic terrorism cases in the united states that they are investigating, and a number of people are anti-government and now there are people who may be trying to heed the call by those terrorist groups to carry out possible attacks here in the united states. but a big portion of his testimony today is trying to urge members of congress to renew a surveillance law 702 whic
evan perez is with us this morning, and what else are we hearing from the fbi director, evan? >> well, john, a lot of the fbi's concern is certainly surrounding the events of october 7th and sort of the aftereffects of it. and of course, that includes the threats to jewish people of course and institutions in the united states as well as some of the threats that you are seeing in the muslim and arab communities here in the united states. the big concern for the fbi though is the idea that...
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evan perez, cnn, washington. >> david axelrod is senior fellow at the university of chicago's institutef politics and host of the ax files. and he weighed in on what hunter biden's charges could mean for the upcoming presidential campaign. >> house republicans have been trying for two years to link the president to his son's activities. and that hasn't really panned out. there have been no financial gain shown for biden and so in that sense this is about his son, not about him, but no doubt that supporters of president trump will try to conflate the two ane waters to try to take some of the pressure off of himself. this will be a log on the file, the fire may not actually reach the door of the white house, but the republicans will try to depict it as such. >> trump wants his supporters for believe that the many serious legal problems are politically motivated. here he is on thursday in o. a br break from the fraud trial. >> this is a political witch hunt, this is meant to influence an election. this is third world country stuff. this is banana republic stuff. i should be right now in io
evan perez, cnn, washington. >> david axelrod is senior fellow at the university of chicago's institutef politics and host of the ax files. and he weighed in on what hunter biden's charges could mean for the upcoming presidential campaign. >> house republicans have been trying for two years to link the president to his son's activities. and that hasn't really panned out. there have been no financial gain shown for biden and so in that sense this is about his son, not about him, but...
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cnn's evan perez has more. >> a new york state appeals court reinstated an order prohibiting donald trumpm making certain public statements about court staff in his ongoing fraud trial. the order was initially put in place several weeks ago, and temporarily suspended by the court while trump filed a legal challenge. in a ruling thursday, the appeals court ruled, quote, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and into deliberation having been had later on, it is ordered that the motion is denied. trump's attorney calling it a tragic day for the rule of law. the order means that trump and his family members and others in the case can't make comments about it the court clerk, who works with judge arthur engoron who has been subjected to threats after trump claimed she was biased against him. trump lately has been posting angry social media claims about the wife of the judge, claiming that she posted anti trump comments on the site known as x, formerly called twitter. but it appears the social media account that trump and his supporters have been focused on does not eve
cnn's evan perez has more. >> a new york state appeals court reinstated an order prohibiting donald trumpm making certain public statements about court staff in his ongoing fraud trial. the order was initially put in place several weeks ago, and temporarily suspended by the court while trump filed a legal challenge. in a ruling thursday, the appeals court ruled, quote, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and into deliberation having been had later on, it is...
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cnn's evan perez has more. >> reporter: the u.s. supreme court rejected a request by federal prosecutors to skip the appellate court and have the high court decide whether donald trump has immunity on subversion charges. it deals a blow to jack smith's effort to keep a march 4th trial date on track. that's harder now that prosecutors have to wait several weeks while the d.c. circuit court of appeals weighs the same questions. trump is arguing he has immunity for actions he took while in office to pursue his claims of election frauds he also said because he was impeached by the house of representatives, prosecuting him would violate the double jeopardy charge. the justice department had argued that the case deals with an unprecedented criminal trial of a former president and required taking the unusual step of bypassing the appeals court. the special counsel said that public interest in a prompt resolution of this case favors an immediate definitive decision by this court. the one sentence rejection by the supreme court on friday did
cnn's evan perez has more. >> reporter: the u.s. supreme court rejected a request by federal prosecutors to skip the appellate court and have the high court decide whether donald trump has immunity on subversion charges. it deals a blow to jack smith's effort to keep a march 4th trial date on track. that's harder now that prosecutors have to wait several weeks while the d.c. circuit court of appeals weighs the same questions. trump is arguing he has immunity for actions he took while in...
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>> evan perez, thank you very much for that. >> joining us now for more on all of of this is republicanessman mike mccall, chairman of the house committee. thanks for coming in. >> appreciate it. >> these charges that we vuft he just heard about homeland security and they highlight the brutal war against ukraine. what does it mean to what you all are facing right now which includes a funding fight, putting u.s. support for ukraine on the brink of collapse? >> well, i think it's very significant as a former federal prosecutor myself that department of justice that they're going forward with this first war crimes case dealing with an american citizen which gives them jurisdiction, and i would like to see more of this in the future. you know that i was at the hague, the international tribunal indicted mr. putin for basically taking 25,000 children hostage and then putting them in these indoctrination camps in russia which really goes to the heart of genocide itself, and i think the stronger case we can make for ukraine against these war crime atrocities that we've seen come out of the krem
>> evan perez, thank you very much for that. >> joining us now for more on all of of this is republicanessman mike mccall, chairman of the house committee. thanks for coming in. >> appreciate it. >> these charges that we vuft he just heard about homeland security and they highlight the brutal war against ukraine. what does it mean to what you all are facing right now which includes a funding fight, putting u.s. support for ukraine on the brink of collapse? >> well,...
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evan perez is here. he's got details for us. evan, how sensitive was the intelligence in this binder and how did it go missing? >> well, wolf, this is a very sensitive piece of negligence. this is some of the law intelligence that really underpinned the finding by the intelligence community that vladimir putin wanted donald trump to win the 2016 election. and it is something that donald trump and some of his allies were absolutely obsessed with. they wanted to try to get some of this information out because president trump believed that the russia investigation was a hoax and he believed putting that information out would help prove his case. one of the problems was, wolf, that some of this intelligence was so sensitive that it threatened to expose the sources and methods, the ways that the u.s. intelligence community and some of the nato allies collected some of its most sensitive information from -- on russia. and so that's one reason why there was so much push back on trying to get some of this information out. we know that th
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evan perez, cnn, washington. >>> we expect to see the former president take the stand again on monday. he'll be the final defense witness in the civil fraud trial against him. his adult sons and his company. the new york attorney general is suing trump for $250 million. seeking to bar him from doing business in the state. this will be his tenth appearance in court for this trial which began in october. >>> lawmakers in washington are reacting to news that the son of the u.s. president has been hit with new federal charges. the chairman of the house oversight committee told cnn that hunter biden may have been indicted to protect him from having to face questioning by the committee next week. biden is accused of scheming to avoid paying more than $1 million in taxes. prosecutors say he instead will -- he instead spent lavishly on things like escorts and drugs. paula reid has more. >> reporter: president biden ignored questions friday about the latest criminal charges filed against his son. >> any comment on the new charges against your son? >> reporter: those new charges laid out in a 5
evan perez, cnn, washington. >>> we expect to see the former president take the stand again on monday. he'll be the final defense witness in the civil fraud trial against him. his adult sons and his company. the new york attorney general is suing trump for $250 million. seeking to bar him from doing business in the state. this will be his tenth appearance in court for this trial which began in october. >>> lawmakers in washington are reacting to news that the son of the u.s....
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evan perez broke this story. evan, walk us through what we are seeing in these nine charges. >> this is a 56-page indictment that has been returned by a grand jury in los angeles, which is where hunter biden lives, just outside of los angeles. we're talking about three felony counts, felony tax counts. six of these counts are misdemeanor tax counts. and what prosecutors say is that hunter biden engaged in a four-year scheme to evade taxes, not paying his taxes from 2016 to 2019. there were about $1.4 million he was supposed to pay and failed to pay during that period. he was spending all this money on luxury goods, on his personal expenses. he was using a company that he owned to essentially take money out and pay for things, including a very healthy habit, apparently, on adult entertainment. he was spending more than $188,000, according to prosecutors, on adult entertainment during this period. there are things here listed, tax deductions, that he attempted to claim for things like wages, which ended up going to
evan perez broke this story. evan, walk us through what we are seeing in these nine charges. >> this is a 56-page indictment that has been returned by a grand jury in los angeles, which is where hunter biden lives, just outside of los angeles. we're talking about three felony counts, felony tax counts. six of these counts are misdemeanor tax counts. and what prosecutors say is that hunter biden engaged in a four-year scheme to evade taxes, not paying his taxes from 2016 to 2019. there...
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cnn's evan perez with this report. >> reporter: the u.s. supreme court rejected a request by federal prosecutors to skip the appellate court and have the high court decide whether donald trump has immunity from prosecution on election subversion charges. the decision deals a significant blow to the special counsel jack smith's effort to keep a march 4th trial date on track. that's a lot harder now that prosecutors will have to wait several weeks while the d.c. circuit courts of appeals weighs the same consequential questions. trump is arguing that he has immunity for actions that he took while in office to pursue his claims of election fraud. he also claims that because he was impeached by the house of representatives and acquitted by the senate prosecuting him would violate the constitution's double "jeopen jeopardy clause. his attorneys urged the supreme court to stay out of it saying the special counsel was trying to rush the issues with reckless abandon. the justice department had argued that the case deals with an unprecedented crimina
cnn's evan perez with this report. >> reporter: the u.s. supreme court rejected a request by federal prosecutors to skip the appellate court and have the high court decide whether donald trump has immunity from prosecution on election subversion charges. the decision deals a significant blow to the special counsel jack smith's effort to keep a march 4th trial date on track. that's a lot harder now that prosecutors will have to wait several weeks while the d.c. circuit courts of appeals...
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evan perez is following this story for us from washington.se days, when the fbi testifies, there are usually fireworks. back in july, we saw republicans calling for defunding of the fbi. what are we expecting to hear this time? >> sara, this is before the senate judiciary committee, so we're probably going to see a little less of that, but there are still some members who have tough questions for the fbi director, a lot of it related to the fact that the fbi investigated former president donald trump, and a lot of them don't like what the fbi has done. but a lot of what the fbi director wray is going to focus on today is trying to usual members of congress, members to have senate, to renew this authority called 702. it's a law that allows the collection for surveillance, international surveillance, by the fbi, collection of data from people around the world, including sometimes pieces -- data that belongs to americans. so, that's part of the controversy that's been hanging over this law that is due to expire and that wray says needs to be ren
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let's get right to cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez. this trial was set to start in march. how does this u.s. supreme court request impact that? >> reporter: jake, that's exactly what the special counsel is trying to do. they're trying to make sure this trial remains on track to get started in march because they know that eventually this case was going to come to the supreme court. they know that donald trump was going to -- and his lawyers were going to use the next couple months to make filings to the courts to try to delay this trial. that's been the game all along. so what they're asking for is for the court to take on head on the question of whether trump is immune from prosecution for things that happened while he was in office, and secondly, whether he essentially is barred from being tried in this case because of double jeopardy, because he was obviously impeached by the congress, but he was not convicted. that is one of the central questions that jack smith and his team is now asking. the filing says in part -- of that principl
let's get right to cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez. this trial was set to start in march. how does this u.s. supreme court request impact that? >> reporter: jake, that's exactly what the special counsel is trying to do. they're trying to make sure this trial remains on track to get started in march because they know that eventually this case was going to come to the supreme court. they know that donald trump was going to -- and his lawyers were going to use the next couple...
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evan perez, thank you very much for that update. right now the legendary journalists bob woodward and carl bernstein to get their perspective on the impact of trump's criminal cases. bob, the supreme court rule on whether or not trump is immune from federal prosecution using nixon's case as a precedent. you both, of course, broke watergate, as all of us remember. are the stakes even higher right now? >> well, they are. because it's so complicated. i don't want to sound like a lawyer, but in the nixon case, the subpoena for the tapes was a trial subpoena for nixon's aides who were going to go on trial. and in the case now of jack smith, it's not about trump aides, it's about trump himself. and the important ingredient is, i remember when i saw this yesterday, why is he doing that? for 50 years there have been office of legal counsel position papers that go to the white house about whether a president can be indicted. and the justice department for 50 years has said, no, the president cannot be indicted because it would undermine the
evan perez, thank you very much for that update. right now the legendary journalists bob woodward and carl bernstein to get their perspective on the impact of trump's criminal cases. bob, the supreme court rule on whether or not trump is immune from federal prosecution using nixon's case as a precedent. you both, of course, broke watergate, as all of us remember. are the stakes even higher right now? >> well, they are. because it's so complicated. i don't want to sound like a lawyer, but...
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evan perez, thank you. and as we talked about a good deal of the precedent on this case in both sides involves u.s. v. nixon and another case, nixon v. fitzgerald. we're joined now by former watergate whis blower john dean. who better to give us perspective than you, john. this latest filing from the special council once again cites u.s. v. nixon as precedent for a swift decision. as evan pointed out saying, quote, here the stakes are high if not higher. do you agree with that assessment? >> i think they are higher actually than u.s. vuvs. nixon. what we're seeking in the nixon case were 64 secretly recorded conversations with aides. there were about a half a dozen defendants who were about ready to go to trial, and the prosecutor wanted that set of tapes, 64 tapes to use in the trial. he had no knowledge that, for example, it would force nixon to resign when the information was released in those tapes. but he was just preparing for trial and went directly to supreme court as evan mentioned, and got a rulin
evan perez, thank you. and as we talked about a good deal of the precedent on this case in both sides involves u.s. v. nixon and another case, nixon v. fitzgerald. we're joined now by former watergate whis blower john dean. who better to give us perspective than you, john. this latest filing from the special council once again cites u.s. v. nixon as precedent for a swift decision. as evan pointed out saying, quote, here the stakes are high if not higher. do you agree with that assessment?...
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evan perez joins us now with more information. walk us through your reporting. what was in this binder? >> and rson, this was information that the intelligence committee gathered to bolster or to back up their assessment they had that vladimir putin wanted donald trump to win the 2016 election. that's the basis for making that finding. and it contained some of the most sensitive intelligence information in possession of the intelligence community. this is sources and methods. this is stuff not only from the u.s. intelligence agencies but also from some of our closest nato allies. so, there was a lot of concern when donald trump and his allies and certainly mark meadows, the chief of staff, wanted to gather all of this stuff. because the intent of the former president was to release it. he viewed obviously the entire investigation to be a hoax, and he wanted to put it out there. and of course there was a lot of concern in the intelligence community that people would get killed if some of this information actually got out. sources and methods, again, needed to be
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cnn's evan perez is here with the details. >> john, this is an extraordinary case that's been unsealednorthern district of virginia. according to prosecutors they're bringing charges against four member of the russian military, a couple of commanders and two lower ranking officers in the russian military. these people were serving either in the russian military or in the donetsk people's republic's military and they were operating in the eastern part of ukraine. they are accused of -- of detaining and torturing an american citizen, someone who lived in a village down there in the area of kherson. the kherson area of ukraine and interrogating and torturing this person repeatedly. we don't know the name of the victim, but it is identified as someone who lived in that area after the russian invasion and was treated this way according to prosecutors. now what makes this remarkable, obviously is the fact that the justice department and the homeland security department have been helping ukrainians gather evidence of war crimes. they've been doing this work since the -- shortly after the russ
cnn's evan perez is here with the details. >> john, this is an extraordinary case that's been unsealednorthern district of virginia. according to prosecutors they're bringing charges against four member of the russian military, a couple of commanders and two lower ranking officers in the russian military. these people were serving either in the russian military or in the donetsk people's republic's military and they were operating in the eastern part of ukraine. they are accused of -- of...
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cnn's evan perez breaks it down for you. >> an appeals court has largely upheld the gag order against former president donald trump in the federal election subversion case saying he can be barred from making certain comments about witnesses as well as prosecutors, the court staff, and their family members. trump immediately vowed to appeal the ruling all the way to the supreme court, calling it a violation of his first amendment rights. now, in this ruling the three-judge panel from the d.c. appeals court said that they didn't take this step lightly, recognizing his status as former president and as candidate for president, but they said mr. trump's documented pattern of speech, and has demonstrated realtime, real-world consequences pose a significant and imminent threat to the functioning of the criminal trial process in this case. the judges went on to say that trump is a criminal defendant like any other, and, quote, he must stand trial in a courtroom under the same procedures that govern all other criminal defendants, that's -- that is what the rule of law means. the ruling friday
cnn's evan perez breaks it down for you. >> an appeals court has largely upheld the gag order against former president donald trump in the federal election subversion case saying he can be barred from making certain comments about witnesses as well as prosecutors, the court staff, and their family members. trump immediately vowed to appeal the ruling all the way to the supreme court, calling it a violation of his first amendment rights. now, in this ruling the three-judge panel from the...
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evan perez, court documents are sealed, what do they review?> according to prosecutors, victor munro was 75 years old was working for the cuban government according to the justice department. working for the cuban government since 1981. in november of 2022, the fbi received a tip that he was working for a foreign government and they introduced him to the undercover agent. someone call them and reach out to him on what's app, the encrypted messaging service. they set up three covert meetings in miami. the first one happening in public. and they began having these conversations. these conversations were recorded. they have admissions from him during this period and according to them, he talked about his outreach to his co- patriots in cuba, i appreciate and i am very thankful for this alert. talking to an undercover agent. he says the cuban intelligence service asked me to lead a normal life. i have created the legend of a right-wing person. he goes to talk about how the number one concern or priority was the action on the part of washington that
evan perez, court documents are sealed, what do they review?> according to prosecutors, victor munro was 75 years old was working for the cuban government according to the justice department. working for the cuban government since 1981. in november of 2022, the fbi received a tip that he was working for a foreign government and they introduced him to the undercover agent. someone call them and reach out to him on what's app, the encrypted messaging service. they set up three covert meetings...
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. >> evan perez is here with more details. evan appearing in federal court in miami, what are we anticipating? >> the hearing just wrapped up in miami a few moments ago and prosecutors asked for his detention pending trial. to keep him in jail until trial. his attorney is asking for bond to be sent and they will have another hearing later this week. one of the interesting things that the prosecutors said in the hearing is that they anticipate bringing additional charges and look, the facts as laid out by prosecutors, they are backed up by recording that he made with an undercover agent, the fbi essentially getting tipped off that he had been acting as an agent since 1981 and one of the recordings is going back to 1973 when he lived in chile. during this time according to prosecutors, he was working in various capacities in the u.s. government including working at the u.s. intersection which was de facto embassy of the united states in 1986, you remember from the shoot down on the unarmed planes for the rescue happened in intern
. >> evan perez is here with more details. evan appearing in federal court in miami, what are we anticipating? >> the hearing just wrapped up in miami a few moments ago and prosecutors asked for his detention pending trial. to keep him in jail until trial. his attorney is asking for bond to be sent and they will have another hearing later this week. one of the interesting things that the prosecutors said in the hearing is that they anticipate bringing additional charges and look,...
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evan perez has more details. evan, what is going on here? >> yeah, look. kate, this is very extraordinary case. we are told that this is, the highest ranking u.s. government official who has been infiltrated by a foreign government. it represents a major case for the fbi which has been investigating victor manuel rochas when he was a agent for the government, and specifically the cuban government. he served 1999 to 2002 ambassador the bolivia, and you can see the resume there. he is retired, and more recently working at a law firm in miami, but according to prosecutors here in this court document, rochas, and they did a government reach-out to him where this investigation picks up. according to prosecutors, he had a meeting with this person who he believed was working for the cuban government, and agreed to help provide information to the cuban government according to prosecutors. again, right now, he is charged with acting as an agent of a foreign government, and a couple of other legal violations that we expect that he is going to be appearing in a feder
evan perez has more details. evan, what is going on here? >> yeah, look. kate, this is very extraordinary case. we are told that this is, the highest ranking u.s. government official who has been infiltrated by a foreign government. it represents a major case for the fbi which has been investigating victor manuel rochas when he was a agent for the government, and specifically the cuban government. he served 1999 to 2002 ambassador the bolivia, and you can see the resume there. he is...
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let's get right over to cnn's evan perez. you broke the story that this was coming down the pipe. walk us through what this lengthy indictment says about where all of this money went. >> abby, what prosecutors do over the course of 56 pages is that they detail what they say was an extravagant lifestyle. hunter biden was using a company that he owns and making deductions for some of the expenses that he was using on his personal life. a lot of it is obviously a very messy personal life, but he has detailed during the time he said he was addicted to drugs. he was paying for escorts, he was paying for luxury clothing, he was paying for, you pointed out that lamborghini, he had used or he had claimed a deduction for 10,000 dollar membership to a sex club. he also, according to prosecutors, spent $188, 000, more than $108,000 on adult entertainment. money that he was paid for women that he was romantically involved with, including one woman who was pregnant with his child. so, all of this, they say, was during a time he should've b
let's get right over to cnn's evan perez. you broke the story that this was coming down the pipe. walk us through what this lengthy indictment says about where all of this money went. >> abby, what prosecutors do over the course of 56 pages is that they detail what they say was an extravagant lifestyle. hunter biden was using a company that he owns and making deductions for some of the expenses that he was using on his personal life. a lot of it is obviously a very messy personal life,...
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cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez is here. evan, what else did jack smith argue here? >> breonna, the prosecutors here are arguing the supreme court can simply look at 1974 and the nixon case, where the supreme court similarly jumped over, leapt over the appeals court and we directly took on the question of the former spur -- then president of the united states. the question was, do you resolve these questions, these important constitutional questions about whether a former president could be prosecuted or not? in this case, the bottom line is, do voters have a right when they cast their ballot in 2024? to have a right to know whether donald trump is a convicted criminal or do they deserve to wait until after the election to find that out? with the special counsel is saying in their filing today, here's what he says. the stakes are at least as high, referring to nixon, if not higher. the resolution of the question presented is pivotal to whether the former president himself will stand trial, which is scheduled to begin in less than three months in the future. enforcing
cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez is here. evan, what else did jack smith argue here? >> breonna, the prosecutors here are arguing the supreme court can simply look at 1974 and the nixon case, where the supreme court similarly jumped over, leapt over the appeals court and we directly took on the question of the former spur -- then president of the united states. the question was, do you resolve these questions, these important constitutional questions about whether a former...
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cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez has more. >> victor and amara, an appeal's court has largely uphead the gag order on trump saying he can be barred from making certain comments about court staff and family members. he called it a violation of his first amendment right. in the ruling, the three-pudge panel from the d.c. court said they did take the step lightly, recognizing trump as the former president and as the candidate for president, and they said mr. trump's documented pattern of speech and its demonstrated real-time real-world consequences pose a significant imminent threat. the judge went on to say he's a criminal defendant like any other and must stand under the same court procedures like all other criminal defendants. that's what the ruling means. friday the court push bed backe on trump's trying to push back the trial date. the judge said to allow trump to delay the case would be counter productive, and burden the judicial process. >>> president biden is trying to keep the focus on his campaign and his economic record and not his son's legal troubles. >> speaking in
cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez has more. >> victor and amara, an appeal's court has largely uphead the gag order on trump saying he can be barred from making certain comments about court staff and family members. he called it a violation of his first amendment right. in the ruling, the three-pudge panel from the d.c. court said they did take the step lightly, recognizing trump as the former president and as the candidate for president, and they said mr. trump's documented...
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evan perez is with us as well as elliot williams. thapg yo thank you both for coming on. evan, i want to start with you with the hunter biden situation. you heard in the last block we were talking about the indictment, how lengthy it is, and the fact that we do hear hunter biden's legal team saying it's a big indictment but, like, nothing has changed with regard to either the charges or the tax law that he is alleged to have broken. the only thing that's different is that the plea deal went away and now there's a special counsel. what are you hearing from your sources? >> well, look, dana, this is a big legal problem for hunter biden. the justice department says that he could face up to 17 years in prison. no one really thinks that that's what is going to happen here. but that's what the general guidelines are. but, you know, the critics are right, that the facts really haven't changed. they haven't changed since we first broke the story back in december of 2020 that this investigation was ongoing and that it was a real thing, that it was a real problem. so one of the ques
evan perez is with us as well as elliot williams. thapg yo thank you both for coming on. evan, i want to start with you with the hunter biden situation. you heard in the last block we were talking about the indictment, how lengthy it is, and the fact that we do hear hunter biden's legal team saying it's a big indictment but, like, nothing has changed with regard to either the charges or the tax law that he is alleged to have broken. the only thing that's different is that the plea deal went...
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. >> let's get the latest from evan perez. the attorney general stressed that this wasn't someone aligned with the military, this was just a civilian. >> this is somebody who happened to be living in this small village in ukraine. what the justice department alleges in these charges is that this man was taken away by these russian military office, two of them commanding officers and they were taken and for 10 days, he was subjected to multiple question things. he was taken outside and put through a mock execution, they fired a gun right next to his head, missing his skull just by mere inches. and again, trying to terrorize this person because he wasn't providing the answers that they believed he had, and so, that is where these charges come from and this is something obviously the justice department, they have an entire team that's been working on this, since the russian invasion, you know, those stories emerged of the torture that people were subjected to there in this region and for the united states, they've also been tryin
. >> let's get the latest from evan perez. the attorney general stressed that this wasn't someone aligned with the military, this was just a civilian. >> this is somebody who happened to be living in this small village in ukraine. what the justice department alleges in these charges is that this man was taken away by these russian military office, two of them commanding officers and they were taken and for 10 days, he was subjected to multiple question things. he was taken outside...
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let's begin with cnn's, evan perez, as part of the team that broke the story. walk us through what you have learned. >> you know, we know that this binder was brought to the white house and it contained raw intelligence that the u.s. and its nato allies collected on russian -- the medal in the 2016 election. including sources of the most sensitive information in the intelligence world. what we're talking about here is the underlying intelligence that formed the basis for the u.s. government assessment that vladimir putin sought to help trump win the 2016 election. the disappearance of this binder was so alarming to intelligence officials that they briefed the senate intelligence committee leadership about the situation last year. we are told by one u.s. official that this was not among the classified items found in last year's search of mar-a-lago. more than two years later it appears that this binder is still missing. >> so how did the intelligence and up at the white house? >> well, trump was spending years trying to declassify material that he said would prov
let's begin with cnn's, evan perez, as part of the team that broke the story. walk us through what you have learned. >> you know, we know that this binder was brought to the white house and it contained raw intelligence that the u.s. and its nato allies collected on russian -- the medal in the 2016 election. including sources of the most sensitive information in the intelligence world. what we're talking about here is the underlying intelligence that formed the basis for the u.s....
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evan perez is here with us. can you explain the process and the calendar that is so impactful of not just whether or not he will be convict ed, but whether or not if he is the nominee how voters will see him? >> this complicates the calendar, which was already a tight calendar for the courts and the justice department and for donald trump. what this means is that the march 4th trial date, which the judge has been desperately trying to hold on to is absolutely in danger. this is what the judge finally acknowledged in a filing yesterday. we have all been behind the scenes and been doubtful that march 4th was going to be able to be the date. the court would be able to stick to that because of the appeals process that we knew was going to happen. we knew donald trump was going to go to the supreme court and that he is playing a delay game. so even with the most generous and the tightest of deadlines by the supreme court and court of appeals, we're looking at probably a decision from the supreme court justices maybe
evan perez is here with us. can you explain the process and the calendar that is so impactful of not just whether or not he will be convict ed, but whether or not if he is the nominee how voters will see him? >> this complicates the calendar, which was already a tight calendar for the courts and the justice department and for donald trump. what this means is that the march 4th trial date, which the judge has been desperately trying to hold on to is absolutely in danger. this is what the...
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>> evan perez, thank you so much. >>> joining us now is former prosecutor jeremy solange. >> good morning. >> your reaction. i'm hearing varying reactions to whether this is actually a major victory for trump, at least a limited and temporary one. how do you see it? >> well, define victory. certainly for trump it is a victory. i would argue it's a sizeable one because this looming case which could not only impact potentially his free thom and a criminal record now gets pushed off. really it's not likely to see the light of a courtroom on march 4th. that's his goal. delay, delay, delay. his attorneys are doing the right thing. whether or not you believe in what they're saying, that they want the supreme court to pause because the circuit court should do its job and due diligence. whether it's true or not, they get what they want, which is a delay in the process and delay in the procedure, which could easily bump this out. january 9th. >> we have the hearing, oral arguments, and then it's weeks after that before a decision is rendered, which pushes his whole calendar back. >
>> evan perez, thank you so much. >>> joining us now is former prosecutor jeremy solange. >> good morning. >> your reaction. i'm hearing varying reactions to whether this is actually a major victory for trump, at least a limited and temporary one. how do you see it? >> well, define victory. certainly for trump it is a victory. i would argue it's a sizeable one because this looming case which could not only impact potentially his free thom and a criminal record...
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evan perez is out of my. evan, so, what exactly happens now in this case? and how quick is it? >> will, what this means is that the january 9 scheduled oral arguments before the d.c. circuit is a lot more consequential, a lot more important. keep in mind that after jack smith went to get the supreme court to ask for this step, the appeals court came back and put pretty aggressive timelines on, very tight deadlines for the truck team and jack smith, to get ready for oral arguments. that is, we don't know, we don't know whether this influenced the supreme court's decision, but it could have played a role. what this means is that by the time this comes back to the supreme court and almost certainly it will come back before the court, there will be a fuller record, a record not only from the district court, which said that donald trump does not have immunity, simply because he was acting as president when he was trying to subvert the election or allegedly trying to subvert the election, and the other big question he raises as part of this is because he was impeached by the house an
evan perez is out of my. evan, so, what exactly happens now in this case? and how quick is it? >> will, what this means is that the january 9 scheduled oral arguments before the d.c. circuit is a lot more consequential, a lot more important. keep in mind that after jack smith went to get the supreme court to ask for this step, the appeals court came back and put pretty aggressive timelines on, very tight deadlines for the truck team and jack smith, to get ready for oral arguments. that...
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evan perez breaks it down. >> reporter: the u.s. supreme court rejected a request by federal prosecutors to skip the appellate court and have the high court decide whether donald trump has immunity from prosecution in the election subversion charges. the decision deals a significant blow to special counsel jack smith's effort to keep a march 4th trial date on track. that's a lot harder now that prosecutors will have to wait several weeks while the d.c. court of appeals weighs the same questions. trump argues he has immunity. he also claims because he was impeached by the house of representatives and acquitted by the senate, prosecuting him would violate the constitution's double jeopardy clause. trump's attorneys urged the supreme court to stay out of the dispute for now, saying that the special counsel was, quote, trying to rush to decide the issues with reckless abandon. the justice department argued that the fact that this case teams with an unprecedented criminal trial of a former president required taking the unusual step of by
evan perez breaks it down. >> reporter: the u.s. supreme court rejected a request by federal prosecutors to skip the appellate court and have the high court decide whether donald trump has immunity from prosecution in the election subversion charges. the decision deals a significant blow to special counsel jack smith's effort to keep a march 4th trial date on track. that's a lot harder now that prosecutors will have to wait several weeks while the d.c. court of appeals weighs the same...
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for more i want to bring in justice correspondent evan perez and legal analyst joey jackson. joey, for people who woke up to this this morning or read it online, they probably thought that sounds really familiar. and if you thought that, here's another call that happened. >> so look, all i want to do is you want to find 11,780 votes, which is 1 more than we have, because we won the state. >> that's one piece of a very long call with the secretary of state. and that call has been mentioned and is central to two legal cases the president is now facing. is this going to play a role in the january 6th investigation and the indictment that the special counsel brought? >> let me tell you why. big picture, it depends on whether or not the president has immunity from prosecution. in which case t will not play any role because the supreme court, if they take the case, will opine the president is acting in official capacity and there will be no prosecution. however, should that not be the case and the president goes on trial, there's two ways to spin this. prosecutors will use this as
for more i want to bring in justice correspondent evan perez and legal analyst joey jackson. joey, for people who woke up to this this morning or read it online, they probably thought that sounds really familiar. and if you thought that, here's another call that happened. >> so look, all i want to do is you want to find 11,780 votes, which is 1 more than we have, because we won the state. >> that's one piece of a very long call with the secretary of state. and that call has been...
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let's go to evan perez. republicans are set to initiate contempt proceeding for hunter biden. what are they saying and what happens next? >> the republicans are upset because hunter biden did not show up for the deposition that they said he was supposed to show up for at 9:30 this morning. instead, what we had was he kept them guessing right up to the minute he was supposed to appear and instead appeared over on the senate side just outside the capitol where he had the very extraordinary public statement he made it to the cameras where he really squarely took on the allegations . we have not heard from him much but we are now hearing from him a little more recently on more personal terms he talked about how republicans are essentially appetizing, marking his struggles with addictions but he also addressed the big question that republicans have been making. he says there is no evidence to support the allegations that my father was financially involved in my business because it did not happen. that is of course, what republicans say they are still investigating, they are demandi
let's go to evan perez. republicans are set to initiate contempt proceeding for hunter biden. what are they saying and what happens next? >> the republicans are upset because hunter biden did not show up for the deposition that they said he was supposed to show up for at 9:30 this morning. instead, what we had was he kept them guessing right up to the minute he was supposed to appear and instead appeared over on the senate side just outside the capitol where he had the very extraordinary...
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let's go o evan perez. there's a new filing from jack smith on this matter.ow is he pushing back on the trump team's arguments? >> well, wolf, jack smith is saying that this is an urgent matter. this is something that the public has an interest in finding out what the resolution is. and obviously, the election is ahead. he doesn't directly say that, but that is obvious what is behind this. i'll read you part of the filing where he says, quote, the public interest in a prompt resolution f this case favors an immediate decision by the court. the charges here are of the utmost gravity. one of the things the special council does is site the 1974 united states versus nixon case. a case that had to do with the then president's claim of executive privilege over the white house recordings, the nixon tapes. that case was heard just like the way jack smith is trying to get this one done. skipped over the appellate process and went straight to the supreme court. it was handle in about two months an about 16 days after oral arguments the supreme court rendered a decision
let's go o evan perez. there's a new filing from jack smith on this matter.ow is he pushing back on the trump team's arguments? >> well, wolf, jack smith is saying that this is an urgent matter. this is something that the public has an interest in finding out what the resolution is. and obviously, the election is ahead. he doesn't directly say that, but that is obvious what is behind this. i'll read you part of the filing where he says, quote, the public interest in a prompt resolution f...
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our senior justice correspondent evan perez is following this for us. this indictment lays out some pretty stunning allegations. >> right, wolf. these allegations read like a spy novel and according to prosecutors manuel rocha was spying for cuba for at least four decades and he served as u.s. ambassador to bolivia from 1999 to 2022, but his career spanned many, many decades over many, many countries from argentina to cuba, dominican republic and he even worked on the national security council at the white house, and according to prosecutors, he -- while he was working for the cuban government and while he was working for the state department he was trying to recruit people to help gather intelligence for the cubans. the attorney general merrick garland spoke about these allegations at an unrelated event today. listen to what he had to say. >> this action exposes one of the highest reaching and longest lasting infill trations of the u.s. government by a foreign agent. those who have the privilege of working for the government of the united states are gi
our senior justice correspondent evan perez is following this for us. this indictment lays out some pretty stunning allegations. >> right, wolf. these allegations read like a spy novel and according to prosecutors manuel rocha was spying for cuba for at least four decades and he served as u.s. ambassador to bolivia from 1999 to 2022, but his career spanned many, many decades over many, many countries from argentina to cuba, dominican republic and he even worked on the national security...
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let's get right to cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez. this trial was set to start in march. how does this u.s. supreme court request impact that? >> reporter: jake, that's exactly what the special counsel is trying to do. they're trying to make sure this trial remains on track to get started in march because they know that eventually this case was going to come to the supreme court. they know that donald trump was going to -- and his lawyers were going to use the next couple months to make filings to the courts to try to delay this trial. that's been the game all along. so what they're asking for is for the court to take on head on the question
let's get right to cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez. this trial was set to start in march. how does this u.s. supreme court request impact that? >> reporter: jake, that's exactly what the special counsel is trying to do. they're trying to make sure this trial remains on track to get started in march because they know that eventually this case was going to come to the supreme court. they know that donald trump was going to -- and his lawyers were going to use the next couple...
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. >> cnn's evan perez is with me. carry, what's your take on all of this? >> obviously, this is a really, really historic case by the colorado supreme court. it absolutely is going to go to the u.s. supreme court as soon as the former president files his appeal. and the supreme court of colorado teed up a number of really weighty constitutional issues of first impression for the supreme court. one being whether or not the office of the presidency is an officer. that sounds like it might be straight forward, but under constitutional analysis, it's not. and second, whether or not the district court was correct to find that the former president engaged in an insurrection and is whether that means just by the record created by the district court that the former president can be disqualified under the 14th amendment. so huge constitutional issues, important matters of constitutional analysis and we'll see how this plays out with the supreme court. >> it is huge. and evan, i want to read from the colorado supreme court ruling. it says, president trump did not inc
. >> cnn's evan perez is with me. carry, what's your take on all of this? >> obviously, this is a really, really historic case by the colorado supreme court. it absolutely is going to go to the u.s. supreme court as soon as the former president files his appeal. and the supreme court of colorado teed up a number of really weighty constitutional issues of first impression for the supreme court. one being whether or not the office of the presidency is an officer. that sounds like it...
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. >> senior justice correspondent evan perez joins me along with national correspondent kristen holmes. it's "inside politics." let's start with the politics. you have been reporting for some time along with our team, about the collision between donald trump, the defendant, and donald trump the candidate. >> it's certainly getting more and more closely knit. what we're seeing now is donald trump did not have to be in court today. he. ed to sit through some of the testimony. part of that is because these are his witnesses. the people are going to say what he wants to hear. but the other part of that is that we have seen him really use these court appearances as campaign events. he had nothing on his schedule. and now we are taking sound from him at a courtroom because he's talking to cameras, talking about his legal cases. they are really trying to seek to amp up these events, as campaign rallies. as we know, donald trump is anded to testify on monday. you can expect he's going to try to take control of the narrative then as well 37. >> today, he had a witness in there who is an expert
. >> senior justice correspondent evan perez joins me along with national correspondent kristen holmes. it's "inside politics." let's start with the politics. you have been reporting for some time along with our team, about the collision between donald trump, the defendant, and donald trump the candidate. >> it's certainly getting more and more closely knit. what we're seeing now is donald trump did not have to be in court today. he. ed to sit through some of the...
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evan perez has more from washington. >> reporter: jack smith is saying that this is an urgent matter, this is something that the public has an interest in finding out what the resolution is. and obviously the election is ahead. he doesn't directly say that, but that is obvious what is behind all of this. he says "the public interest in a prompt resolution of this case favors an immediate definitive decision by this court, the charges here are of the utmost gravity." one thing the special counsel does is cite the 1974 united states versus nixon case, the case that had to do with the then president's claim of executive privilege over the white house recordings that the th ni nixon tapes. and that case was heard like the way jack smith is trying to get this done, went straight to the streak. it was handled in about two months and 16 days after oral arguments the supreme court rendered a decision. that is exactly what jack smith wants to happen in this case pointing out of course that this trial is supposed to start in march. and obviously the election is later next year. >>> southern cal
evan perez has more from washington. >> reporter: jack smith is saying that this is an urgent matter, this is something that the public has an interest in finding out what the resolution is. and obviously the election is ahead. he doesn't directly say that, but that is obvious what is behind all of this. he says "the public interest in a prompt resolution of this case favors an immediate definitive decision by this court, the charges here are of the utmost gravity." one thing...
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cnn's evan perez is more with both stories, also with us just rock, former federal prosecutor and professor at -- the school of law. evan, specifically what are ruby freeman and shaye moss asking for in this latest suit? >> it's exactly what the judge warned rudy giuliani and his lawyers about. she told the legal team and rudy giuliani that he was opening him up to more defamation claims and more lawsuits. that is exactly what has happened. these two women have now gone to the judge and they want the court to enter an injunction, essentially, against giuliani, preventing him from making the statements, defaming her, both of them again, and from going on his media, as you know he has a podcast and other ways that he gets his word out, to not only making those statements because dozens of things he said on the steps of the court. he went out and said he stood by his claims, saying he wants to show proof even the rbc for two years he hasn't shown that proof. he said his claims were support-able. all those things they're asking the judge to basically prevent him from being able to stay again br
cnn's evan perez is more with both stories, also with us just rock, former federal prosecutor and professor at -- the school of law. evan, specifically what are ruby freeman and shaye moss asking for in this latest suit? >> it's exactly what the judge warned rudy giuliani and his lawyers about. she told the legal team and rudy giuliani that he was opening him up to more defamation claims and more lawsuits. that is exactly what has happened. these two women have now gone to the judge and...
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first on cnn our evan perez is learning federal prosecutors have filed a new criminal case against hunter biden. we're just getting this news in now. i want to get straight to evan. evan, obviously a significant development here from what you're learning. can you tell us more? >> erin, right now we're waiting for the court documents to be unsealed. they're still under seal in federal court. we know prosecutors have now filed this new criminal case against the son of the president. we know that david weiss, the special counsel, had been using a grand jury in los angeles to gather evidence, to get testimony over the last several weeks and the anticipation certainly from the questions that those witnesses were getting when they did testify was that a case was imminent, that they were going to bring federal tax charges against hunter biden. we, of course, know that prosecutors have been investigating the president's son for now more than five years and a lot of it has centered on his failure to file his taxes on time. we know that there was an effort to try to put this entire issue to bed wit
first on cnn our evan perez is learning federal prosecutors have filed a new criminal case against hunter biden. we're just getting this news in now. i want to get straight to evan. evan, obviously a significant development here from what you're learning. can you tell us more? >> erin, right now we're waiting for the court documents to be unsealed. they're still under seal in federal court. we know prosecutors have now filed this new criminal case against the son of the president. we know...
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evan perez is here with more on both stories. also with us, jessica roth, former federal prosecutor and currently professor at new york's cardoza school of law. evan, specifically, what are ruby freeman and shaye moss asking for in this latest suit. >> it's exactly what the judge warned giuliani and his lawyers about. she told the legal team and giuliani that he was opening himself up to more defamation claims and lawsuits and that's exactly what's mahappened is th these two women have now gone to the judge and they want the court to enter an injunction essentially against giuliani, preventing him from making these statements, defaming her. defaming both of them again. and you know, from going on his media, you know as you know, he has a podcast, other ways that he gets his word out. to not only making those statements because those are the things he said on the steps of the court. he went out and said he stood by his claims. he said he had proof that he was going to show proof at some point although obviously for two years he has
evan perez is here with more on both stories. also with us, jessica roth, former federal prosecutor and currently professor at new york's cardoza school of law. evan, specifically, what are ruby freeman and shaye moss asking for in this latest suit. >> it's exactly what the judge warned giuliani and his lawyers about. she told the legal team and giuliani that he was opening himself up to more defamation claims and lawsuits and that's exactly what's mahappened is th these two women have...
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cnn senior justice correspondent, evan perez, here following this for us. this indictment goes into pretty spectacular detail. >> right. there are some very salacious details in this indictment. 56 pages. the government makes the case, look, hunter biden had the money. he was making millions of dollars in his business dealings in ukraine and china. because of his own personal issues, he did not pay these taxes. we are talking about 20 $700 paid in pornography. $188,000 that they counted used on adult entertainment. things that, they say, instead he could've been doing to have his business be, pay its taxes that were due. we heard from the hunter biden's attorney who says that this is all a political indictment. i will read you part of what he said. hunter's last name was anything other than biden the charges in delaware, the gun charges, and now in california, would not have been brought. of course, the politics of this we cannot escape, obviously. we know the campaign is now in full swing. the president's son makes clear what he believes republicans are tr
cnn senior justice correspondent, evan perez, here following this for us. this indictment goes into pretty spectacular detail. >> right. there are some very salacious details in this indictment. 56 pages. the government makes the case, look, hunter biden had the money. he was making millions of dollars in his business dealings in ukraine and china. because of his own personal issues, he did not pay these taxes. we are talking about 20 $700 paid in pornography. $188,000 that they counted...
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presidential republican primaries kick up in january and talk about the speed with which this has to move, evan pereze outside in washington. evan, this is not what most people expected and i don't know what they expected, but this was not it. here we are. you have a chance, a 133-page ruling and it was 4 pf 3. this was not unanimous and there are dissents here. what else do the colorado supreme court's decision say? >> erin, i'll read you just from the first page of this opinion, and it's an extraordinary opinion. it's very long, and it's clear that the justices or the judges here went through all of the record in this case with the district court of opinion. a majority of the court holds that president trump is disqualified from holding the office of president under section 3 of the 14th amendment to the united states constitution. as you pointed out, that's the section that says that you cannot be senator or representative of congress or president or vice president or hold office in the united states if you supported or took an oath to support the cob snstitution then engaged in an insurrection. t
presidential republican primaries kick up in january and talk about the speed with which this has to move, evan pereze outside in washington. evan, this is not what most people expected and i don't know what they expected, but this was not it. here we are. you have a chance, a 133-page ruling and it was 4 pf 3. this was not unanimous and there are dissents here. what else do the colorado supreme court's decision say? >> erin, i'll read you just from the first page of this opinion, and...
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>> evan perez was part of the team that broke this reporting. and, evan, from what you're saying, the binder was last seen at the white house in trump's final days in office. the president had ordered it brought there so he could declassify documents related to the fbi russia investigation. it's a binder that wasn't in any normal situation was supposed to leave cia headquarters. so what more can you tell us about the actual binder itself? >> we know, erin, that this was some of the most sensitive intelligence material that the united states has, right? this is material that is related to sources and methods. it's information that is very prized not only by the united states but by nato allies and the real concern is that if it gets into the wrong hands and certainly if the former president were to just release it all, that it would be damaging not only to our relationships with our allies, but it also could get people killed, right? you get sources and methods out there and it could show russia and other countries who was providing information to
>> evan perez was part of the team that broke this reporting. and, evan, from what you're saying, the binder was last seen at the white house in trump's final days in office. the president had ordered it brought there so he could declassify documents related to the fbi russia investigation. it's a binder that wasn't in any normal situation was supposed to leave cia headquarters. so what more can you tell us about the actual binder itself? >> we know, erin, that this was some of the...