Racketeering indictment. The Clock Ticking before they turn themselves in to the Fulton County jail next friday, with Pressure Mounting for some or all of trumps 18 codefendants to cooperate, you might think trump would be bending over backwards to ingratiate himself with them, keeping them from freaking out and flipping. Doesnt look like it. Not so much. Take Rudy Giuliani, facing 13 charges in Fulton County. Cnn today reports that giuliani made a hail mary pilgrimage to maralago in april in what is described as a mission to make a personal and desperate appeal to former President Donald Trump to pay his legal bills. By going inperson a source familiar with the matter told cnn giuliani and his lawyer believed they could explain facetoface why trump needed to assist his former attorney with his ballooning legal bills. According to reporting trump verbally agreed to help with some of giulianis legal bills without committing to any specific amount or timeline. Nbc news has not independen
Donald trump is expected to head to washington, d. C. Where he will make his first appearance in Federal Court in connection with the january 6 riot and attempts to overthrow the 2020 election. How the nations capitol is preparing for his Possibility Appearance down the road from the site of the insurrection. And then who are trumps six coconspirators listed in the indictment and not named and how do they fit into trumps world . Cnn has identified five of them. Who is number six . Plus, she was Speaker Of The House when the mob of maga rioters stormed the capitol. We have got to get to proceed congresswoman nancy pelosi, democrat of california will join me life with her first interview since the january 6 indictment. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Just about 24 hours from right now donald trump is expected to appear in Federal Court here in washington, d. C. Where he will face unprecedented criminal charges for his unprecedented alleged attempts to overthrow the 2020 election or
New Security Concerns and potential threats just ahead of trumps expected Court Appearance here. Cnn is over at the courthouse with preparations by federal and local Law Enforcement officials are now under way. Ill speak with a vocal critic of trump and his actions, republican president ial candidate and former congressman will hurd. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with donald trump on the brink right now of being arrested and arraigned for a third time. The former president is set to respond to that grave new federal indictment accusing him of orchestrating a plot to try to overturn the 2020 president ial election. Lets go right to our Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid who is here with me in the situation room. Is it your understanding that trump will appear actually physically at the courthouse here in washington tomorrow . That is our expectations now, wolf. This is also what he
eyebrows. impartiality is bedrock. reporter: judge tanya chut canwas kwon termed in 2014 after being nominated by president barack obama. for nearly a decade, she served as one of about two dozen judges at the federal trial court in washington, d.c. the ideal judge has always been for me one who is open minded, fair, and prepared. reporter: but now that she s been selected to preside over the trial, her impartialality is being questioned. she worked for hunter biden s firnl of choice. in november 2021, she rejected trump s attempts to block the january 6 committee from accessing more than 700 pages of his white house records. writing, presidents are not kings and plaintiff is not president. her decision was slammed by trump but delighted democrats
obama. the nomination is confirmed. reporter: for nearly a decade, she served as one of about two dozen judges at the federal trial court in washington d.c. the ideal judge has always been for me one who is open-minded, fair, and prepared. reporter: but now that she s been selected at random to preside over donald trump s criminal case for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, her impartiality is being questioned. she worked for boyd schiller which, of course, is hunter biden s firm of choice. reporter: in november 2021, chutkan forcefully rejected trump s attempts to block the january 6th committee from accessing more than 700 pages of his white house records, writing, presidents are not kings, and plaintiff is not president. her decision was slammed by trump, but delighted democrats, leading the congressional investigation into the capitol attack. it s a big deal. we have a lot of information we ve requested. reporter: judge chutkan has also overseen dozens of cr