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3 PM ET: Trump’s hush money case latest, Laken Riley’s killer sentenced, fatal Ohio explosion & more

CNN 5 Things

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Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee want the FBI’s records from its investigation into Matt Gaetz. Lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump say the New York hush money case against him should be thrown out. A judge handed down a sentence for the man convicted of killing a Georgia nursing student. We’ll catch you up on the developments in Sean “Diddy” Combs’s trial. Plus, we'll tell you the latest on a fatal explosion in an Ohio neighborhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.3

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are asking the FBI to turn over records from its investigation into Matt Gates, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Attorney General.

0:48.3

The Justice Department opted not to charge the Florida Republican on allegations of sexual misconduct and other

0:55.3

alleged crimes. Gates denies all of the allegations against him. Last week, Senate Democrats requested

1:02.0

that the House Ethics Committee turn over its report on the evidence it assembled. The panel's

1:07.0

meeting to discuss the report is underway, but it's unclear what action, if any,

1:11.2

it would take towards releasing it.

1:13.2

Today, Gates and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance are meeting with Republican senators on Capitol

1:17.8

Hill to build support for his confirmation.

1:20.7

But some Republicans CNN spoke with Arnaud Committal on Gates, says AG, or did not answer questions.

1:28.1

Lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump are asking Judge Juan Mershan to dismiss the New York

1:32.3

Hushmoney case now that Trump has been re-elected.

1:35.8

CNN's Paula Reid has the latest.

1:38.5

In this two-page letter, Trump's lawyers lay out their arguments for why they believe this

1:42.7

case should be tossed.

1:50.5

Just yesterday, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said they're okay with delaying sentencing in this case until after Trump is out of the White House, but they said they're going to fight any attempt to dismiss this case,

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