Sentence, no recorded vote, no dissent. Alabama has been ordered to come up with two majority black districts, or something quite close to, that better represent the states 27 black population. The map that republicans offered still only had one majority black district. But with this decision today, alabama will now have be on its way to having any map and have the 2024 election, something that could have national implications. Thank you so much for joining us for this busy news hour tonight. Cnn prime time with abby phillip starts right now. Tonight, we are going to play for you, jake tappers entire interview with Cassidy Hutchinson. She is the former trump aide, whose testimony may end up leading to his conviction. She discusses her tumultuous time in the white house, her biggest fear about the trumps second term, and her message to anyone who is still loyal to the former president. But first, we have two breaking stories that are unfolding right now. Good evening, everyone abby phil
division. charlie savage, take us through what you and your colleagues are reporting. sure. so as you said, hovering over this whole document thing has been trump s claim in public as part of his pr defense of himself that he declassified everything that he took with him to mar-a-lago. there is always something a little weird about that because the crimes that were cited in the search warrant affidavit as the basisst investigation, do not depend on those documents still being actively classified. the team investigating this matter is interested if there is any thaefdz trump declassified the documents before he left office. or whether this is just a lie to be saying on television. his lawyers are refusing to repeat it in court or offer any
one of trump s biggest defenders in the documents investigation. he is a trump loyalist who made a career out of pedaling deep conspiracy theories. he was considered toxic and unqualified to hold senior government positions that when donald trump considered naming cash patel deputy director of the fbi, it was trump s own attorney general, bill barr that said it would happen quote, over my dead body. the interest in questioning pa tell about the claim shows that prosecutors see it as potentially relevant to their investigation. into the handling of the documents. either trump or aides obstructed the government s efforts to reclaim them. the push for the testimony has also created friction between the justice department and mr. patel s lawyers who argued that the department could use his statements against him. patel reportedly pleaded the fifth before a grand jury
there is to know, to take night account. and mr. patel, a truthful testimony in the grand jury that in fact donald trump told him or present for a decision, even a verbal decision, that i m declassifying the documents. it would remain to be seen which documents he is talking about. the that will be something that the department will want to take into account. and that ultimate prudential exercise and prudential discretion here. david, if you look at that analysis from the other side, it will weaken the government s case. strengthen trump s defense. he is we all know, i think everyone has really reported out how stingy he is. he is paying a lot in legal fees. if he had a more robust defense, would we have seen it now? you know, i can t get inside donald trump s head. i think his lawyers one after the other and they have been one after the other have a very
declassify something and no one else knew about it except the people talking about it years later for public consumption is ludicrous. if he had, that has to be a process to memorialize. there is a process for which there is no evidence. let me cite the times they made that point. the plaintiff does not assert much less provide evidence that any of the seized records bearing classification markings were declassified. the applicant never represented in any of the multiple filings and courts that he declassified any documents. doj to the appeals court. the filings, plaintiff never represented or offered evidence he declassified any of the seized records. it seems that piercing this lie