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Lot of the arguments have been made and rejected by individuals, lawmakers, on both sides of the aisle as well as in courts of law. so there s no reason for anyone to believe, in my view, after the certification process and the challenges have been dismissed, that the results of michigan s elections were anything but an accurate reflection of the will of the people. but notably, as more evidence built, showing that those results were accurate, the attempts to overturn those results escalated and became more vitriolic and more potentially violent, of course leading into the tragedy january 6th. so that was what was also compounding at the time. secretary benson, thank you for your time this evening. appreciate it. kaitlan? great to get her perspective on this. obviously she s been at the center of it. i m joined by cnn legal affairs consultant paula reid. paulo, we ve been tracking this all day in the question is what does thursday look like? trump s attorneys leaving open the possi ....
Me a master musician with an unparalleled career spanning more than 70 years and music fans everywhere mourning the loss of tony bennett this morning. we look back at his music and legacy. that and more stories coming in right now into cnn news central. cnn legal affairs correspondent paula reid joining with us the latest on the trial date of donald trump. this is not the trial date that the special counsel was hoping for, and what more can you tell us? well, at least it is a trial date, because the defense attorneys argued it is too soon to put a date on the calendar. ....
A flight to pick up passengers stranded in the russia far east. tuesday a flight had to be diverted due to technical issues with one of its engines. the plane thankfully landed safely with 216 passengers and 16 crew on board. u.s. state department says they are likely manners on the flight since it was headed to california. a federal grand jury in southern florida is set to hear from its next witness today in the investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. sources first revealed the panel s existence to cnn on tuesday. the another grand jury is already weighing evidence in the documents investigation in washington. the special counsel could file charges in either of those jurisdictions. meanwhile another source says former trump white house chief staff mark meadows has testified before a grand jury investigating his former boss. cnn legal affairs correspondent paula reid has that story. reporter: former trump white house chief of staff mark ....
Because it was on mute and his lawyer did not express or relay to the court any of the concerns trump may have been expressing to him. jake? kara scannell outside the new york courthouse, thanks. joining us to discuss, cnn legal affairs correspondent paula reid. paula, the judge had issued this order saying to mr. trump and his team you can t talk about the evidence, you can t publicly discuss it. so why force trump to appear by video conference to read him this rule? prosecutors insisted it was necessary because they said if the former president violates this order they may proceed trying to prosecute him for contempt. if they do that, they would need to establish that he had knowledge of what was exactly in this order. they didn t want him to be able to turn around be, like, i didn t exactly understand what i was supposed to do according to this order. so it feels like a bit of courtroom theater, but it is necessary to lay the groundwork for potential consequences if he violate ....