Bret former President Donald Trump will not have to appear in person for the next hearing hes facing following this weeks indictment regarding alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The trial judge making that ruling today. This comes amid growing questions about the Justice System in the midst of dozens of criminal charges against the former president and multiple investigations involving the family of President Biden. Congressional republicans are vowing a strong response to what they feel is a twotiered application of the law. Senior Congressional Correspondent chad pergram starts us off tonight live from capitol hill. Good evening, chad. Bret, good evening. The g. O. P. Says there are two sets of rules. One for the bidens, another for former President Trump. The right intends to level the playing field. You cant beat them, you persecute them. Republicans believe there is something nefarious going on. It seems as though every time trump goals higher in the poll he gets a new
Were ready to go. Thats the quote from the Fulton County d. A. , saying the work is done in the investigation. An Indictment Decision could be announced at any time. It also comes as the classified Documents Case against the former president moves forward. Were on top of all those moving details. A lifeline for student borrowers. The white house outlining a new plan that could lower monthly payments,ing reduce the total amount borrowers must pay back. Well break down exactly how it works. Plus an american nurse and her child kidnapped in haiti. How u. S. Officials are working to get them home. Were following these major developing stories, all coming in right here to Cnn News Central. This is maralago property manager, now codefendant, in former President Trumps Documents Case, Carlos De Oliveira. De oliveira was indicted last week on four charges. He did not enter a formal plea during this brief hearing, and was released on a 100,000 bond. He will be formally arraigned next week. He,
Television and any fact pleaded donald trump guilty to the charge of attempting to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Everyone except donald trump no is that criminal defendants should not speak publicly about their cases. The same is almost always true for Criminal Defense Lawyers. The most common response from Criminal Defense Lawyers to requests for interviews about their pending cases is one word, no. Most successful Criminal Defense Lawyers never grant Television Interviews, never. Too many of Donald Trumps lawyers are too eager to talk on trump supporting television about their client. And so tonight trump Criminal Defense Lawyer john lauro, in his first interview after donald trump pleaded not guilty to conspiring to trying to get Vice President mike pence to break the law, Donald Trumps Criminal Defense Lawyer actually said this. Professor eastman laid out a series of options that we were discussed with Vice President pence. Vice presid
Ultimately, what President Trump said is, lets go with option d. Lets just halt, lets pause the voting and allow the State Legislatures to take one last look and make a determination as to the as to whether or not the elections were handled fairly. Thats constitutional law. Thats not an issue of criminal activity. I will be joined by nancy pelosi on the charges against the former president. The republican support for him, which is increasing, plus the challenges for congressional democrats. Reaction from the officers who defended capitol hill on january 6th. They were in the courthouse yesterday to watch it unfold. It was refreshing, if you will, so to speak, to see the president the former president treated like any other criminal who violates the law sitting in that courtroom going through the judicial process. It isnt closure. I wish it would have happened. I said he should have been arrest order chared or charged 7. Its not closure, but its not a necessary step to get that closure.
Youve been waiting all week to get to the weekend, and now we have arrived. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. Its saturday, july 15th. Im Victor Blackwell. And im rahel solomon in for amara walker. Victor, good to be with you, my friend, even if remotely. Even if theres distance between us, its good to have you on the show. Coming up, scorching hot temperatures and dangerous conditions, now 45 Million People are under heat alerts this weekend. Well tell you whos going to see the worst of it. A pizza box and Burner Phones. A cold case gets cracked over after decades. How authorities track down a string of killings in new york that went unsolved for years. I worry that its going to go on for a long time. I hope that its not. Right now we cannot make a liveable wave on what were living. And hollywood grinds to a halt as actors join writers on the picket line. How long it could go on and what it could mean for your favorite shows. And the Mega Millions jackpot soars again. We tell