Permission from Judge Chutkan Jack Smith released a filing with never before seen evidence he has compiled against Donald Trump in his investigation of the federal Election Interference Case. It begins with the defense of Jack Smiths entire case in light of the supreme courts immunity decision which divides official acts from private acts, giving president s immunity for official ones. It reads in part, quote, the defendant asserts that he is immune from prosecution for his criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 president ial election, because he claims it entailed official conduct. Not so. Although the defendant was the incumbent president during the charged conspiracies, his scheme was fundamentally a private one. This motion provides a comprehensive account of the defendants private criminal conduct. This quote comprehensive account of Donald Trumps criminal conduct is 165 pages long. Its here on our desk, we just got it a few minutes ago. Fortunately for us we have an entire team of
Every day in every state across the country, our political system is bankrolled by an army of fundraisers, pulling in millions of dollars a race. Sometimes it looks like you might imagine knocking on doors, calling every name in the phone book, and emailsso many emails. But for all those Little Fish throwing 100 to their local race, its the whales those campaign fundraisers really need powerful, rich individuals and companies. And when they donate 25,000, 100,000, A Million dollars, they want a Favor. Or 10. It should be obvious thats corrupt, but with a wink and a nod, political Deals Toe the Bribery Line every single day. And we may never have noticed that if a certain illinois Governor Hadnt flung back the curtain with an unrepentant ego, a political corruption crime spree, and a set of unprecedented Audio Recordings that shined a bright light on the inner workings of american political power. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Rod Blagojevich. It was early morning, cause i used to get up e
We will have more on all of those stories coming up. First, lets cross and catch up with the sport headlines. Sarah mulkerrins is there. Matthew, good evening. Lets start at the cricket at trent bridge, where australia are Chasing 316 to beat england in the first of five one day internationals. England won the toss and decided to bat with Ben Duckettjustifying his elevation to opener with 95 off 91 balls. He set up a good platform, didnt get to his century, with groans around the ground when he fell to marnus labuschange. England then failed to really capitalise on that platform they lost the last eight wickets for 102 runs, all out for 315. It is australia at the crease despite losing mitchell marsh, Travis Head is leading the Way And Hasjust reached his half century off 50 balls. Australia currently 96 2. Chasing 316. It might be thursday, but with the new Champions League format, there are games tonight, with arsenal in action. Good news for Theirfans Bukayo Saka is available to pla
Of Gen Z that could be a Boom for democrats. And hundreds of homes flooded. Hundreds of thousands without power after Hurricane Force winds and Record Rainfall Pound the gulf coast. The latest on what is now tropical Depression Francine still packing a bunch down south. But we start with Donald Trump. Set to speak in arizona this afternoon, a state where immigration is consistently top of mind for many voters. Its an issue key to his election strategy, but even allies now worry that his unsubstantiated claims about migrants eating peoples pets has weakened his cause. It is part of a pattern. Trump brings up what he calls migrant crime or the migrant invasion in almost every single rally he does, but his decision to embrace this particular Conspiracy Theory has taken on a life of its own. Even germanys foreign ministry, in a statement about renewable energy, included a ps, we dont eat cats and dogs. A headline in the british paper, the standard, calling him a laughingstock. Harris plan,
On patients, Healthcare Workers and the wider nhs. The hearings will also focus on issues such as the Diagnosis And Treatment of patients with long covid, protective equipment in hospitals, and the policy of shielding. More than 30,000 people in the uk have shared their personal stories from the pandemic 7 as part of a report called every story matters, which will be published today. At the worst point, i didnt want to live any longer. My lungs were white,. Id got covid pneumonia. Every single household across the country lived through covid in a different way. Everything in you has just drained, gone. The first person i met, mandy, was a community midwife, when reports showed a new virus emerged. Like everybody in Health Care, we were really struggling, trying to get equipment was absolutely horrendous. Mandy still finds it hard to breathe. Even after our short walk. She spent three weeks in hospital after Catching Covid at work at the height of the pandemic. A bit breathless. Coming