million dollars a day for at least two days following the fbi search. and he s continue to send out dozens of emails and text to supporters. and then there s our cnn exclusive tonight. 18 top trump administration officials saying, the claim from the former president and his allies that he had a so-called standing order to declassify any order he took from the oval office. they say, this is nonsense. he had a standing order, there s the would ve been looking for. that the documents removed from the oval office and taken to the residence were deemed to be declassified the moment he removed them. donald trump issued sweeping declassification orders on multiple occasions. 18 former top trump officials several one senior official calls it, and i am quoting here, bs. that is not my word. another senior official called it total nonsense. former chief of staff john kelly said, another quote, nothing approaching in order that foolish was ever given. look, you cannot just decla
information, which suggests officials believe trump knew he had classified documents and released allegedly intentionally did not return them. justice department prosecutors made the case for secrecy warning, quote, evidence might be destroyed. even saying the affidavit would provide a road map as well to the investigation. that does not appear to be resonating with the judge, who set in motion the possibility at least of releasing a redacted version of that affidavit, something that could happen as early as next week. and in a cnn exclusive report, some former trump allies are calling the president s claims that he had a standing order to declassify documents, quote, i ll paraphrase, bs. cnn watched out to 18 former top administration officials from the trump years and all of them told us they never heard of any such order, issued during their time, in the trump administration. but, first, a critical deadline for fulton county, georgia, prosecutors, just expired. they had un
companies whose platforms these extremists are using. sending letters to meta, tiktok, donald trump s true social. the deadline is september 2nd. lawmakers give examples of what law enforcement agents are facing, including this from a pennsylvania man who was arrested for posting online quote if you work for the fbi, then you deserve to die. let s turn now to cnn washington correspondent sunlen serfaty. what exactly does the house oversight committee want these firms to do. reporter: they essentially want data and details in how they re responding to online threats, and very interesting, they certainly use very specific examples that they ve seen on social media recently. that s certainly a powerful effect here of making the point that this has become a problem, and certainly this is in response to the fbi search at trump s mar-a-lago saying that there has been an uptick in violent social media threats against law enforcement. now, this was sent to the eight executives of
investigation as the testimony, of course, of them, themselves, as well, giving evidence about the coordination of trump s plans leading up to and on the day of the riot, about who spoke to the president that day, who also was in the when things were happening and what the president may have told them. maybe communications about what exactly was happening inside of the white house over those nearly 187 minutes. well over three hours. filling in the gaps. gaps between when donald trump told his supporters to go to the capitol and when he tweeted a video to the rioters telling them that he loved them and to go home. now, we know that s the very focus of thursday s primetime hearing and we have someone tonight who knows the people who were in the white house with then-president trump during those three hours and he knows them quite well. trump s former active chief of staff nick mulvaney, he knows matthew pottinger, one of trump s deputy national security advisors scheduled to t
my cholesterol is borderline. so i take garlique to help maintain healthy cholesterol safely and naturally. and it s odor free. i m taking charge of my cholesterol with garlique. it has been a big night, however you look at it, and they re still more to come, with that in mind, i will hand it over to don lemon. this is don lemon tonight. and we have two big stories to tell you about. president joe biden in a major primetime speech, did you see it? saying he s battling for the soul of america. that is the former president is battling americas institutions in court. we just heard from president biden speaking in philadelphia in a fiery 24-minute speech, calling out donald trump by name and warning that what he calls maga republicans are a threat to america, while making it clear that when he says maga republicans, he does not mean all republicans. too much of what is happening in our country today is not normal. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism t