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that it was all a lie and never happened. let's go to cnn's drew griffin, who has been found a trough in the start. drew, first break down the verdict for us. how exactly did the jury get to the figure of four point $1 million. >> the jury was asked a series of questions. keep in mind, they came in only for the punishment phase or money face. alex jones was fined liable by the fault in this case. one of the cases was for the father of -- he claimed definition. that defamation is what the jury awarded at least for them. that was $110,000. but for both parents, scarlett lewis and neil ...

cnn exclusive reporting tonight. the trump legal team, engaging in direct communication with the department of justice about the january 6th criminal investigation. the news comes after we learn the justice department is getting ready for a court battle, which officials might try to keep the conversations with the former president out of reach of investigators. join me now with kim whaley, a visiting professor of law at american university, and the author of the upcoming book "how to think like a lawyer," as well as cnn's senior political and terrorism analyst, philip mudd. good even...

him and he deserves it. he put these people through hell. >> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. >> it is friday, august 5, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where we're getting more revelations in the january 6 investigation including this cnn exclusive. donald trump's lawyers are now in direct talks with the justice department for the very first time. sources tell cnn that they are discussing the claims of executive privilege which he hopes will stop members of his inner circle from testifying about their conversations. we know that the federal...

white house officials zeroing in on efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and with us now, state attorney from palm beach county, dave air renburg. as we learn that the talks are happening, executive privilege featuring prominently here, remind us what would not be covered protected by executive privilege? >> executive privilege is designed to protect the republic, not the president. and so it should not apply to a former president, but there is it some ambiguity. but it is not to cover up a crime. especially a crime involving the attempted overthrow of the united states government....

avlon in for john berman this morning. it is the clearest sign yet that the criminal investigation into january 6th zeroing in on former president donald trump himself. our exclusive new cnn reporting reveals that trump's lawyers are talking directly with the justice department about the events of january 6th. the talks are said to be focused on whether conversations the former president had while in office can be kept from investigators due to executive privilege. >> now, in an interview with cnn's kasie hunt, liz cheney, the vice chair of the january 6th committee, weighed in on a ...