paula reid is outside the courthouse today. paula, what is going to happen today? >> kate, any moment senator menendez, his wife, nadine and two of their co-defendants are expected to appear been a magistrate judge in federal court in new york. this is the first court hearing for them since these charges were filed last week and this hearing comes as more than half of senator menendez's democratic colleagues in the senate for calling on him to resign. now he remains defiant and points to the fact that he has previously faced federal corruption charges and he was not convicted and he points to the fact that the justice department has a pretty weak record of successfully prosecuting government officials in corruption cases and kate, all of that is accurate, but what makes this case different, different than menendez's previous case and different than those other corruption prosecutions is the fact that in this indictment, there is an allegation that he passed sensitive information to a foreign government. the allegation is that he passed along information about the u

georgia, pennsylvania, michigan, and arizona. >> our thanks to paula reid for that report.e're going to talk with her more in the next block about all that means. >>> in our politics lead, the senate is back with a task to pass a spending bill within the next 16 legislative days. or the u.s. government will shut down. and even though recess is over, republican hardliners are still willing to play a game of chicken as the deadline approached hoping to force the white house and the senate to accept a bundle of conservative priorities. this as one of the senates most powerful leaders just spoke moments ago after freezing up in front of tv cameras twice in just over a month. let's go to cnn's manu raju on capitol hill. so manu, we just heard from republican leader mcconnell on the senate floor. he seemed to speak fine just now. did he address in any meaningful way this latest freezing incident? >> he only addressed it very briefly, jake. he said that one moment got some considerable aettention over hi recess and he decided to pivot on to the business at hand in the senate. name

joining us with more, cnn's paula reid. paula, in the case of meadows, what more does the judge's ruling say? and what did it say about the testimony last month? >> it's interesting you asked about the testimony because his own words were used against him. meadows' lawyers are arguing that everything meadows did as part of this alleged conspiracy is part of his job as the white house chief of staff. in the indictment, they lay out eight overt acts meadows took in furtherance of this alleged conspiracy. his lawyers insist all eight of them, that was all part of being the white house chief of staff. but a judge here saw it differently, said, no, these were political activities. and then points to his testimony, noting that when he was asked to describe the limits of his power as chief of staff, he couldn't. and then they also note that in that infamous call with the secretary of state, brad raffensperger, he points to the fact that the lawyers in the call, those were campaign lawyers and the judge firmly rules that these were

cnn's paula reid and evan perez is standing by. paula, what is expected to hand today? >> well, kate, we are expecting to see who the grand jury recommended to be charged in the case, and what law the special grand jury believes was broken. now that we have of course seen the indictment, we are going to be looking for any light, any daylight between what the special grand jury recommended and what the district attorney ultimately ended up doing. because the special grand jury was used for about seven months to investigate this case and its recommendations are not binding. it is a little unusual in that way. so we will be looking to see if there were any differences, and it is pretty significant that we are getting to see this today, kate. there is no playbook. and this is very unusual to see a special grand jury report. most of them do not have the significant public interest that this one does have, but it is significant that the judge has allowed to us see parts of this today. >> yeah. and evan, what are the -- i'll say bigger legal implications from all of this? >> w

cnn's paula reid joins us with more on that. so, let's talk about trump's request for the judge in the federal case for us to recruit herself. >> anderson, judge tanya chutkan was randomly assigned oversee the trump election subversion case. she was appointed by former president obama, she's been on the bench for about a decade. she has made her opinions and her views on the capitol attack pretty clear, as she has overseen multiple trials of rioters. she's also really earned a reputation for being pretty harsh when it comes to sentencing. kendis filing, trump's lawyers argue that certain comments that she made during some of those sentenced things mean cheese to step aside. the first one she point to is said, quote, the people who mobb tt capital were there the constitution, it's a blind loyalty to one person who, by the way, remains freed to this day. now, trump lawyers argue that she is saying that trump should not be free. going to another quote, where she says, quote the issue of who has a war has not been charges not before

we've been busy post labor day, tonight's cnn's paula reid starts us off. what more do we know about this court filing from jack smith? >> anderson, we don't know very much at all. because this entire dispute, whatever it's about, is happening under seal. and this comment about the former presidents statements problems -- interference trial, this is one piece of a comment they made about this larger dispute. and there's currently a dispute about whether that dispute will become public. so it could be awhile before we get more context. but we are seeing this as we learn what exactly smith and his team have been up to in the weeks since they filed that indictment against former president trump, related to election interference. we learned that they've asked multiple witnesses, specifically about sydney powell. she is of course the trump aligned lawyer who pushed a lot of these election lies and was actively involved in efforts to overturn the election. now, of course, trump was the only person indicted so far by the special counsel, but in the federal indictm

there are no cameras allowed in the courtrooms. >> paula reid, thanks. appreciate it. we're expecting to hear from elie honig and karen magniolo. we don't know about the filing by jack smith. but jack smith complaining about comments made by the former president that would prejudice a jury. he is a presidential candidate. there has to be kind of a wide latitude on this, doesn't there? >> there is certainly a lot he can talk about, but he doesn't have to talk about the facts of this particular case. and i think that's the concern. he's not just answering questions from reporters, which he could be allowed to do. he is engaging in this barrage of truth social videos that he is posting where he is going on and on and on, putting his side of the story out there. in one hand he is trying his case in the court of public opinion, but trying to seek delays because he doesn't seem to want to try the case in court in front of an actual jury. things that won't be admissible at trial are things that he is trying to get out there now to prejudice the jury pool in his favor. >> this

cnn's paula reid joins us to talk about the lawsuit. what's it about? here, hunter biden is suing rudy giuliani and giuliani's longtime former lawyer rob costello, alleging that these two hacked into hunter biden's data and disseminated in violation of state and federal law. now, giuliani and costello, they played a key role in publicizing data from a laptop that hunter biden is said to have left at a delaware repair shop. costello obtained the data and giuliani helped him publicize it, especially ahead of the last presidential election. giuliani today shot back in a statement saying he was surprised that hunter biden would accuse him among other things manipulating the data from this device. and he also suggested that there was evidence of crimes on this laptop. now, this is just part of a more aggressive strategy that hunter biden and his attorneys have adopted since earlier this year. but, boris, they took up that strategy when it appears that the long-running criminal investigation into the president's son was winding down. that, if anything, would

paula reid, cnn, washington. >>> the u.s. stdistrict judge h handed out the toughest sentence yet to a defendant for his role on the attack. >> and enrique tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for what the judge describes as his outsized role in the attack. evan perez has more from washington. >> reporter: enrique tarrio former top leader of the proud boys right wing extremist group was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for being leader of the group that helped lead the assault on the u.s. capitol on january 6. the u.s. district judge timothy kelly said tarrio has not shown any remorse and the 22 years is longer of any member of the proud boys that have been sentenced and longest for any january 6 case. tarrio wasn't at the capitol that day, he had been arrested days earlier and banned from being in the city. but prosecutors said he was in touch with members of the proud boys and he encouraged their attack. the judge said mr. tarrio was the ultimate leader, the ultimate person who organized, who was motivated by r

with cnn's paula reid. paula, walk us through how peter navarro got here. >> peter navarro, a former senior trump white house adviser, received a subpoena from the january 6th committee. one subpoena for documents and then also seeking his testimony. he refused to comply, which is how today he ended up being convicted of two counts of contempt of congress. now, he is going to be the second trump adviser who has been convicted of contempt of congress. today in closing arguments the justice department argued that it's not that hard to follow along with a subpoena and that navarro here made a choice not to comply. and they insist that the government only works if people follow the rules. there are of course some exceptions to having to comply with a subpoena. navarro previously argued in pretrial proceedings unsuccessfully that he didn't have to comply because former president trump had asserted a privilege. now, in court his lawyer made other arguments including insisting that the subpoena was actually not tha

cnn's paula reid is here. ula, a da does not have to indict all that a grand jury recommends to indict. by the way, some that were split votes in effect from the grand jurors, others were close to unanimous if not quite unanimous here. that were made headlines. >> incredibly rare for the public to have access to this information, these were the recommendations from the special grand jury. they are not binding on the district attorney but we know who was ultimately charged in this case. after looking at the recommendations we can see she passed on indicting 21 people. there were two groups raising eyebrows, the first are the lawmakers, senator lindsey graham and the former senators kelly loeffler and david perdue. we don't know why she declined to indict them, but if you look at the votes it's clear they did not have unanimous support from the members of the special grand jury. if you can't get a significant support in a grand jury room, it's going to be tougher rent you move to an actual courtroom. that was par

paula reid breaks down the latest developments. >> reporter: all of the 19 defendants charged in the georgia election interference case, including former president trump, have now entered pleas of not guilty. >> we did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. >> reporter: tuesday former white house chief of staff mark meadows along with six other defendants all pleaded not guilty and waived their right to an arraignment in fulton county, georgia. this as cnn has learned that special counsel jack smith is widening his federal investigation. >> our investigation of other individuals continues. >> reporter: focusing on fundraising and efforts to breach voting equipment raising the possibility of additional charges after the special counsel indicted trump last month. >> since the attack on our capitol, the department of justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. this case is brought consistent with that commitment. >> reporter: in recent weeks investigators have asked multiple witnesses about former trump 2020 electio

paula reid, cnn, washington. >>> so we could use? legal perspective on this and for that, we're joined by joey jackson. there is so much to this case. i want to start though with the time line. as we heard, judge mcafee seemingly skeptical of the ability to hold a joint trial with all 19 defendants as soon as next month. prosecutors also said that they plan to call at least 150 witnesses and they are expecting this trial to last four months. what do you think is reality when it comes to the timing? >> yeah, good morning. great question. and so there are so many variables here that i do not believe that that is realistic beginning on that time table. here is why. think about the practical considerations as we look at all 19 defendants. so we have two defendants that we know with respect to chesebro, with regard to powell who will be tried together. their severance motions that been denied. but then you have the other issues, will there be any of those defendants that turn state's evidence, that means that they say hey, you know, what

paula reid, cnn, washington. >>> uaw strike is in its second week. if you need car repairs, you could soon be out of luck. the strike has been expanded to include 38 parts and distribution centers in 20 states belonging to general motors and stellantis. it will hit dealerships hard. it won't expand the strike at ford facilities noting significant improvements in the negotiations. president biden, who has been criticized for not showing enough support, said he will go to michigan on tuesday and join picket lines. >>> chuck schumer tells cnn his cham can better may try to push through a bill to fund the government as chaos rules in the republican-led house. now if the u.s. a little over a week away from a government shutdown, schumer says he's trying to cut a spending deal with mitch mcconnell. in the house, kevin mccarthy says he will try to pass a series of year-long funding bills next week, but he sent representatives home for the weekend on thursday, still issuing a warning to hard hadliners. here he is. >> i just believe if you're not funding the

cnn's paula reid, who broke this story for us. paula, it sounds like the special counsel is in the follow the money stage of this part of the probe. >> that's exactly right. because the indictment that the special counsel filed in january 6, it focused solely on former president trump. it was narrowly tailored and designed so they could bring it to trial possibly before the 2024 election. but it specifically mentions co-conspirators. and our colleague zach cohen and i have done some reporting to look at whether any of those co-conspirators could be charged. what we've learned is that in recent weeks investigators have been asking a lot of questions about one of those co-conspirators especially, and that is sidney powell. the trump-aligned lawyer who helped purn v push a lot of those bogus claims of voter fraud and worked to try to overturn the outcome of the election. now, they focused their questions on three specific things. first of all, they've asked if these witnesses ever saw any evidence of the false claims powell was making

. >> paula reid has more from washington. >> based on what has been presented today, i'm not finding the severance from mr. chesebro or powell is necessary to receive a fair determination of the guilt or innocence for either different in this case. >> reporter: judge scott mcafee in court wednesday giving the first glimpse into how he plans to handle the sweeping election subversion case in georgia. all in front of cameras allowed in the courtroom. mcafee ruling wednesday that defendants kenneth chesebro and sydney powell, who both filed for a speedy trial, cannot be separated and will stand trial together in a matter of weeks. >> obviously we're a little disappointed. we filed a motion and it was denied. however, we respect the court's ruling. >> reporter: now the issue before the court will be whether it is realistic that all 19 defendants including former president trump be tried together. >> to say that all 19 defendants should be tried together including ones that don't want to avail themselves of the speedy trial demand is really just nonsensical. >> reporter: fulton county dis

with us now cnn's paula reid who has been following all this. a, what are we going to see in just a few hours? >> reporter: well, it's significant. we're going to be able to see this entire hearing, and while it's about scheduling and logistics, not necessarily the most exciting topics, here in this case they take on a true significance because we know that the central tension in all of the trump-related criminal cases is timing. he wants to try to push all of these cases back until after the 2024 election, but prosecutors are keen to move these things along as quickly as possible. now, today they're focused not only on scheduling but also the possibility of breaking this case up into smaller cases. they've asked the district attorney to come with a good faith estimate of just how long it's going to take for her to put on a trial with 19 defendants. already several people charged in this case have asked to separate or sever their case from the rest of the group in hopes of getting a faster trial. the district attorney insists she wants to try eve

paula reid, cnn, washington. >>> rudy giuliani, one of the defendants in the georgia election case, has filed a new legal challenge against the criminal charges he faces. the former attorney of donald trump has asked a judge to dismiss his indictment or at least set a hearing on the matter. prosecutors charged giuliani with 13 crimes, accusing him of peddling false claims about voter fraud to state legislators. but he argues there are day efficiencies in the -- deficiencies in the indictment that render it invalid. >>> body cam video of a deadly shooting involved in philadelphia has been released, and the officer who pulled the trigger faces murder charges. that's ahead. >>> and in london, a manhunt is still under way for an escaped inmate accused of terrorism. still will to come, latest on the search and a possible sighting. choose dove? the dove beauty bar, is gentle. it not only cleans, it hydrates my skin. as a dermatologist, i want what's best for our skin. with 1/4 moisturizing crcream, dove is the #1 barar dermatologists use at home. introducing the limited edition disney collect

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here with me to talk more about this is cary cardro, evan perez and paula reid. and former district attorney tom morgan. i want to start with you down in georgia. what are you looking for as this court proceeding starts with the cameras fully on? >> that's how this case should be tried is where the american public can see what's going on. as the justice said, sunshine is the best form of disinfectant. i think the public should be able to see each and every motion, and this particular one, as she said. chesebro and powell are trying to get a speedy trial. they are excited to a speedy trial, but i they don't want to be tried together. the argument will not hold legal water here. because this is a rics co case, in many different direction, many schemes for one purpose to overturn the 2020 election. i doubt the judge will sever the cases, but it will be severed from everybody else. >> so interesting. and evan perez, for people who are tuning in and hearing words like sever and saying this is a pretrial hearing, what does it matter, we just heard from j. tom about the

♪ >>> i'm paula reid in washington and jim acosta has the day off. you are in the "cnn newsroom."nd we begin with breaking news in the world of sports. spanish soccer federation president is resigning. it follows weeks of fierce criticism from the unwanted kiss he gave to a star player during the women's world cup celebration. on friday, the spanish national prosecutor filed a complaint against him paving the way for the national court to launch a formal investigation and begin gathering evidence which could lead to possible charges. we've got team coverage with don radell and christine brennen. don, what else do we know? >> it's been three weeks now since the spanish football team won the women's world cup in australia but the story shall be dominated by the male president of the spanish football federation. he's now finally resigning. ever since he was criticized for planting an unsolicited kiss on a player, he's remained in his position but he's changed his tune. he revealed his intentions during an interview with piers morgan. >> because i can't continue my work. >> what was t

paula reid joins us now with more on that. let's talk about the judge in the federal case first to recuse herself. >> anderson, judge tanya chutkan was randomly koez hadden to oversee the case. she's made her opinions and her views on the capitol attack pretty clear, as she's overseen multiple trials of rioters. and she has also really earned a reputation for being pretty harsh when it comes to sentencing. but in this filing, trump's lawyers argue that certain comments that she made during some of those sentencings mean that she needs to step aside. the first one they point to is from october 2022, where she said, quote, the people who mobbed that capitol where there in fealty, in loyalty to one man, not to the constitution. it's a blind litoyalty to one person, who, by the way, remains free to this. the lawyers argue she's saying trump should not be free. quote, the issue who has or has not been charged is not before me. i don't have any influence on that. i have my opinions, but they are not relevant. trump's lawyers argue t

cnn senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid is here.tical fani willis could pull this off. take a listen. >> i don't know how many hearings we're going to need to have to sort through all those, but if we compress our time line to 40 something days, our ability to even weigh those and think through these issues, again, it just seems a bit unrealistic to think we can handle all 19 in 40-something days. >> so what happens if the judge is still not convinced after he reads willis' plan? >> it appears he is poised and ready to divide this up into subgroups. the question is how many groups? he's not willing to do a trial as we saw for just pun person. this is trial expected to take four months. they want to follow 150 witnesses, and talked about judicial economy. that will tie up his court, the prosecutors. it's a lot for witnesses to go through too for multiple trials. he's likely to divide this up into subgroups. how many, and which group will former president trump be in? because if the first trial which is october 23rd goes for the estim

cnn's paula reid has the latest. >> reporter: senator robert menendez, facing corruption charges, forobtained a three count indictment, charging senator robert menendez, his wife nadine menendez, and three new jersey businessmen. >> reporter: federal prosecutors allege menendez and his wife accepted bribes, including crash, gold bars, and a mercedes, to wield his influence for allege lies in the u.s. and egypt. >> among other actions, senator menendez allegedly provided sensitive, nonpublic, u.s. government information to egyptian officials, and otherwise took steps to secretly aid the government of egypt. >> reporter: the senator, seen here, traveled to egypt just last month. the powerful senator, who chaired the foreign relations committee, until he stepped down, also allegedly attempted to influence criminal investigations of two new jersey businessmen, one of whom was a long time fundraiser for the lawmaker. and allegedly pressured the department of agriculture to help an associate maintain a moan pole mon poly on the imporn of meat in the united states. his home was searched in j

they had to be on board and agreed to do this. >> all right, paula reid, thank you so much.ysts, gary. and joining us former georgia state senator who gave jury evidence in the case. karen, how significant is the former president that it will be officially severed how important? >> i think it was expected. i don't know anyone who did not expect it. you cannot force at the 17 to go to trial as quickly as the ones who were elected to have a speedy trial. but it does give him a preview of what the evidence will be. i think even more interesting will be his january six trial with a lot of the same witnesses will likely be going on at the same time as this 4 to 8 month trial in georgia. you can have witnesses testifying in georgia and then flying to washington, so that will be an interesting thing about this happening the way is. >> probably not flying on trump 's plane, i would imagine. jen, how much advantage will the former presidents codefendants have by watching the powell and chesbrough trial? >> i mean, there could be an advantage, but at the end of the day, the judge had

paula reid is with us now on this story.people are judging is the gold bars, the was of cash and also very importantly this e-mail traffic that aligns with some policy decisions that the senator was involved in as the chairman of the very powerful senate foreign relations committee. walk us through some of what he is alleged to have done here. we should also mention he's temporarily stepping down from that position according to leader schumer. >> incredibly serious accusations here. they allege that he was advocating on behalf of egypt. for example, he allegedly ghost-wrote a letter to other senators advocating for more aid for egypt. he also and perhaps most seriously allegedly shared sensitive information with egypt about u.s. embassy personnel. now, in exchange for this his wife allegedly received a no-show job. but the fact he may have been advocating on behalf of a foreign government perhaps against u.s. interests is an incredibly serious charge to be levied against a u.s. lawmaker. >> what else stood out to you in what

cnn's paula reid starts off our coverage. >> based on what has been presented today, i am not finding the severance from mr. chesbrough it is necessary for other defendant in this case. >> fulton county superior court judge, scott mcafee, in court wednesday, giving the first glimpse into how he plans to handle the sweeping election subversion case in georgia. all in front of cameras allowed in the courtroom. mcafee, ruling wednesday, but defendant kenneth chesebro and sidney powell, who both filed for a speedy trial, cannot be separated and will stand trial together in a matter of weeks. >> obviously we are a little disappointed. we filed a motion and it was denied, however, we respect the courts ruling. >> now, the issue before the court will be whether it is realistic that all 19 defendants, including former president donald trump, be tried together. >> to say that all 19 defendant should be tried together, including ones that do not want to avail themselves of the speedy trial demand is really just nonsensical. >> fulton county district attorney, fani willis, has said from the begi

we have cnn's paula reid tracking this.eady, pretty explosive claims in his lawsuit. >> yeah, this is one of the more aggressive you what suits that he's been suing against. here he's suing rudy giuliani and giuliani's longtime attorney robert costello, alleging that these men hacked his personal data and disseminated it and a violation of state and federal law according to the allegations. costello and giuliani have played a very public role in sharing data in a laptop that h hunter biden was said to have left in a repair shop. hunter's lawyers have described this as annihilation of hunter biden's digital privacy. even though hunter biden is facing a case of his own in delaware, a lawyer on his team told me earlier today anyone involved in sharing his data should be hearing, quote, foot steps. now giuliani shot back in a statement today by his spokesman that he'd be surprised he's accused of manipulating any data on this laptop and also suggested there are elements of crime on that laptop. it's clear even though hunter bid

cnn's paula reid joins us now live. ula, bring us up to speed with what you're learning about the investigation. >> reporter: boris, this is the second time the senator has faced corruption charges in just the past ten years. here prosecutors allege that the senator and his wife accepted bribes in the form of a mercedes, some gold bars which you just referenced and stacks of cash in exchange for the senator using his influence to help certain associates. he is indeed very influence, he is the chairman of the foreign relations committee. he has a lot of power to wield. prosecutors allege that among the things that he did to try to help his associates, trying to influence the selection of the u.s. attorney in new jersey to help one of his associates, they also allege that he tried to influence the department of agriculture to protect an associate's monopoly on the importation of halal meat. they also allege and perhaps most significantly that he tried to help the government of egypt by steering aid to that country and also

cnn's paula reid is live there at the federal courthouse in new york city. paula, what do we know? >> reporter: as you can see right behind me, media assembled waiting to see if the senator will make remarks following this hearing. the senator and his wife entered pleas of not guilty during this arraign the. they did so through their attorneys. then the magistrate judge took a few moments to lay out the terms of their release. the senator is being released on a $100,000 personal recognizance bond. he has to surrender his personal passport and travel documents, but he can keep his official passport, and he does have permission to travel as part of his official role as senator. now his wife was relowsed on a $250,000 personal recognizance bond. that's being secured by her personal home in new jersey. she has far more limitations on her ability to travel. she can travel to certain districts in new york, new jersey, washington, d.c. and florida. she can potentially travel other places, but she will have to get permission from the government. now we're waiting to see if the senator will

cnn's paula reid is joining us outside of court. normally an arraignment and something that is a natural progression as the case goes forward, but what is unprecedented this is a sitting senator going through it. what are you expecting today? >> the senator and his wife arrived in federal court new york a short time ago and any minute they're expected to appear been are before a magistrate judge for the first hearing since these charges have been filed, but this hearing comes as over half of senator menendez's democratic colleagues in the senate are calling on him to resign. let's take a listen to how he has responded to those calls. >> will you run for reelection? will you run for reelection, sir? >> i am here to do the work for the people of new jersey. >> why won't you resign, sir? >> because i'm innocent. >> as he remains defiant, he often points to the fact that he's previously been charged with corruption and he was not convicted and the justice department has had a pretty weak record on successfully trying government official

paula reid, thank you for the reporting and laying it out for us. now, with us is former federal prosecutor renaldo mariotti, and et seems that sidney powell and others not named donald trump, and how much is the special counsel going to want to keep this separate from the indictment against trump and trial date that is set for march in this case? >> there is no question in my mind that he is going to indict that as a separate indictment. in fact, it is pretty apparent at this point that he was doing what he did, in other words, drew a narrow indictment and one defendant, donald trump, with the intention to have that trial as quickly as possible. typically a prosecutor would want to charge everyone together like fani willis did in georgia, but jack smith deliberately took that approach to get that trial done as soon as possible. >> but renaldo, is there a case that the two have to be linked and cannot be tried separately, and is there something to be coming down the road, down the pike on that? >> well, nobody is going to raise that, because they al

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paula reid is joining us and has more on this. what is smith looking find here? >> we have been learning that smith's investigators are hard at work, and specifically focused on efforts to raise money off of these baseless claims of voter fraud and how that money was used to breach voting systems in states that biden won. now, my colleague zach cohen and i have learned that since the special counsel handed down the january 6th indictment which only charges former president trump, they have continued to speak with witnesses asking questions about sidney powell if she was aebl to give any evidence of the voter fraud that she has put forward and the witnesses have said to investigators that, no, they never saw evidence. now they are also interested in her nonprofit called defending the republic. according to the invoice obtained by cnn defending the republic used some of the funds that it raised off of the claims of voter fraud to hire forensic experts who then breached voting systems in four states. that is unclear, kate, if foufpowell or anyone else is going to be

paula reid has more details on this exclusive for us. she's joining us now. tell us more. >> when the january 6th indictment was filed, there was some surprise that only former president trump was charged. and it appears that this case was tailored with the hope they could bring it to trial before the 2024 election. but it included these specific descriptions of six co-defendants, and the question that's loomed over this case for the past month has been will any those people will charged. that's what zach cohen and i sought to uncover in this reporting. s and we learned special counsel investigators have been speaking to witnesses and have been asking about the coconspirators, they have been asking a lot of questions about zsidney powell. she's the attorney who is involved in pushing some of these claims of fraud and we have learned they have asked a lot of questions, starting with whether powell was able to present any evidence in the claims of fraud. we're told the witnesses told investigators absolutely not. but then they were also interested in how these

. >> we have with us paula reid and jessica schneider. paula, first.to hunter biden, their legal team, what are they saying? >> as with someone suddenly facing federal indictment, he's not doing well. he's been under investigation for five years. they thought this case was going to be resolved by a plea deal. that, of course, fell apart, but there was still a lot of optimism in his team that it would ultimately be approved by the judge t.clearly didn't happen. now there's a full-blown special counsel, and he has been indicted here. this has been a very costly ordeal for him. he faces millions of dollars in legal fees. he's having trouble raising additional money to pay his legal bills and to fight federal charges it costs a lot of money. at this point i'm told there is no initial appearance scheduled for him. they are still trying to work out logistics. usual lit way this works is you arrange a time to surrender at the local fbi field office and then have you an initial appearance, but i'm told at this point there is nothing scheduled. that will have t

cnn's senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid is following all the new moves in the case. paula, i understand you have exclusive new reporting. first, tell us more about this hearing tomorrow. >> reporter: wolf, it will be interesting. anyone can tune in to see how this judge handles critical questions, including scheduling and possibly breaking up this case. the district attorney has been asked to come with a good faith estimate for just how long it's going to take to hold a joint trial for 19 defendants. several of those individuals, they've already asked to separate or sever their cases to get to trial faster. the district attorney will also be asked to address what would happen if this massive case is broken up into smaller groups? tonight, all 19 defendants in the fulton county election interference case have now entered pleas of not guilty. >> we did nothing wrong, i did nothing wrong. >> reporter: tuesday, former white house chief of staff mark meadows, along with six other defendants, all pleaded not guilty and waived their right to an arraignment in fulton county,

cnn's senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid is here with me. walk us through these developments, paula, in the georgia case. >> wolf, the biggest question right now is what the judge is going to do with the district attorney's desire to try all 19 defendants at once. we know two of them will go to trial on october 23rd, but what about the other 17? based on comments the judge made last week it appears that he is poised to divide this trial up into sub groups and the big question is who is going to be in those groups? how do you divide this up? it is clear that he has some concerns about doing a trial at this points for people who have appealed to move their case to federal court. we know mark meadows and at least four other people have done that. meadows lost, but he's going to appeal that. you expect the other people if they lose they'll appeal this, too. the judge said, look, we can't have a situation where we start a trial and we select a jury and then in the middle of the trial a federal court comes down and says actually, this will be a fed

paula reid joins me now. it was your skop.cial counsel filed their indictment, there was some surprise that only former president trump was charged. now we have learned that this case was narrowly tailor ed. they were trying to design this to bring it to trial before the 2024 election, but we haven't forgot there were six coconspirators referenced in that indictment. zach cohen and i set to try to find out if it's likely any of them will be charged. what we learned is even over the past few weeks, the special counsel investigators have been asking witnesses a lot of questions about sidney powell, one of the co-conspirators who is a trump-aligned lawyer, who was heavily involved in pushing the claims of voter fraud and the efforts to overturn the election. the questions about powell focused on three specific things. the first is asking witnesses if powell ever presented them evidence or proof of these claims of voter fraud that she was making. so far, the witnesses have said no. they are also interested in paul's nonprofit, def

cnn's zach cohen and paula reid. >> jack smith has expanded this probe and it does include some of thosee references, unindicted co-conspirators in his indictment of donald trump which came out a couple of weeks ago. one in particular has come into focus and multiple witnesses and that's sydney powell, the former trump lawyer and prosecutors want to know about money raised by powell's non-profit defending in the republic and they want to know if that money was found to find evidence of voter fraught he gets increases that show their defending republic, to show thing things like michigan and places, and it's after donald trump is fating chris nal charges, prosecutors are asking questions about the people around him and how the money was spent and house it was raised. >> zach, there is a grand jury deadline. how does that speak to this? >> we are bumping up to september 15th, next week? that can be extended if prosecutors want to. so really not a hard deadline there, but if it is extended that might be a sign there's more to uncover and more to investigate from the prosecutor's side. >> re

cnn's paula reid has more. >> reporter: well, good morning, amara and victor.t's interesting, in this opinion, the judge notes, this is a low standard, but still meadows was not able to meet it. meadows' attorneys have insisted that everything he did in furtherance of this alleged conspiracy, it was all part of this job as the chief of staff at the white house. and they insist this should be moved to federal court where they hoped they could use federal laws that offer protections and some immunity for federal employees to get the whole thing dismissed. but here, a judge concluded that what meadows was doing, these eight alleged acts in furtherance of the conspiracy that are included in that indictment, that they were political activities. interestingly, the judge even uses meadows' own testimony against him, citing the testimony that he couldn't even define the limitsch his authority as of chief of staff. also noting that the lawyers on that infamous call with the secretary of state brad raffensperger those weren't government lawyers, those were campaign lawye

here to try to explain and read the legal tea leaves is paula reid, elliot williams and professor kateand all. i will start with the professor down in georgia, where this is all taking place. what do you make of the fact that this special grand jury recommended 39 indictments and that fani willis said for 20 of t them, no thanks. >> i i think there's two things that viewers should pay attention to. prosecutors always have the choice. they first ask, do i have all the legal requirements been met. and should i go forward with the prosecution. the first is can i. the second is should i. so there's nothing unusual about a prosecutor's office looking at the range of evidence in deciding even if we think the evidence is there, it might not be worth the balance of interest. it might not be worth pursuing this person. the second thing viewers should keep in mind is all these crimes have been charged is not to have intent requirements that are pretty specific. i suspect that for lindsey graham and david perdue and some of the others, the office may have been concern ed about not being able to p

cnn's paula reid has details. >> reporter: good morning, amara and victor.n, the judge notes, this is a low standard, but still, meadows was not able to meet it. meadows' attorneys have insisted that everything he did in furtherance of this alleged conspiracy, it was all part of his job as the chief of staff at the white house. and they insist that this should be removed to federal court where they hoped they could use federal laws that offer protections and some immunity for federal employees, to get the whole thing dismissed. but here, a judge concluded that what meadows was doing is eight alleged acts and in furtherance of a conspiracy that are included in that indictment, that they were political activities, and interestingly, the judge uses meadows own testimony against him citing his testimony where he couldn't define the limits of his authority as a chief of staff and noted that the lawyers on that infamous call with the secretary of state brad raffensperger, those weren't government lawyers, those were campaign lawyers. so again, his lawyers hoping t

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. >> paula reid is "outfront" to begin our coverage. just some of the pictures here, what's alleged. i mean, it's like if you were writing in a novel people would think it's just too on the face, it's too obvious. these are stunning and serious allegations against the sitting senator. >> reporter: stunning is exactly the right word. this would be brazen alleged behavior for any lawmaker, but especially for one who just a few years ago was acquitted on similar accusations of corruption. but the biggest difference in this case is that they are alleging that he used his influence not only allegedly for associates here in the united states, but also on behalf of a foreign government. senator robert menendez facing corruption charges for the second time in just ten years. >> i am announcing that my office has obtained a three-count indictment charging senator robert menendez, his wife and three new jersey businessmen. >> reporter: federal prosecutors allege menendez and his wife accepted bribes including cash, gold bars, and a mercedes to wi

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. >> and paula reid joins us now. mcafee may be a young judge, but he is a former prosecutor. and he was very skeptical about the prosecution's timeline for the rest of the case. >> reporter: that's exactly right. for the first time, the district attorney said that she wanted to try all 19 defendants together. there have been so many questions about whether that is logistically possible. and the judge really brought that to the forefront today saying, look, i don't know if it's possible to do all at one time. and the timeline right now is october 23rd. sidney powell, kenneth chesebro will go to trial. and the judge needs to decide officially whether the other 19 defendants, including trump, will be there alongside him. he's asked for additional briefings, but we know other defendants have asked to sever their cases. anderson, it appears highly unlikely that we're going to see all 19 defendants do to trial on october 23rd. but one significant development we saw late today, the district attorney, fani willis, asked the court to issue protections for any prospective jurors. this

our coverage today starts with cnn's paula reid who's been diving into the details in this brand new release. you just walked me through what you knew but there were other big names in this report. >> in addition to senator graham i think the two big surprises were david lefler and kelly perdue. we know they both helped to push election lies after the 2020 presidential race. they were both allies. lefler tried to call on the secretary of state to resign. perdue was pressing the governor kemp to try to call a special election to try to overturn the results and also had a lot of conversations with georgia officials around that time that had been the subject of this investigation. i want to read a statement, though, that loeffler released earlier. she said, quote, trying to jail your party's political opponent ahead of the 2020 election is election interference, speaking out in defense of election integrity is not. now, to get some insight into why these two may not have been charged one of the footnotes in the grand jury report reveals that at least one of the jurors who voted against

paula reid is back with me along with cnn special correspondent jamie gangel.ing is this do you think to joe biden's re-election campaign? >> fair or unfair, hunter biden's problems are his father's problems. that's just the way it's going to work. look, if you think about our recent cnn poll 61% say they think biden had at least some involvement in hunter biden's business dealings. there is no evidence of that, and these are completely different charges. this has nothing to do with that. but there is, you know, a problem of perception. and despite the fact there is no -- it does hurt politically. >> are we going to see hunter biden arrested and arraigned, mug shot. >> i think he'll be treated like any other defendant. you turn yourself in, the process, there is a mug shot. but the federal mug shots are not released to the public. then he'll have initial appearance and arraignment. there doesn't appear to be any of this on the calender yet. that is something that's going to have to be negotiated between the two sides. again, if it's like any other case, i expec