6 PM ET: Trump’s election subversion case, Israel’s response to Iran, Bank of America outage & more

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🗓️ 2 October 2024

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In a new court filing, Special Counsel Jack Smith provided his fullest picture yet on the evidence against former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election subversion case. President Joe Biden says he doesn’t support a potential Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites in response to the country's missile attack. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris surveyed damage left behind from Hurricane Helene. Authorities arrested dozens of suspected White supremacist gang members in a large-scale takedown in Los Angeles. Plus, we’ll tell you about the problems Bank of America customers are facing due to a widespread outage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From CNN, I'm Afoma D.K. with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, October 2nd.
0:08.0	Special Counsel Jack Smith laid out his 2020 election conspiracy case against Donald Trump on paper.
0:14.4	released by a federal judge, the 165 page document is the most comprehensive
0:19.3	narrative on the evidence in the case to bolster their charges against him.
0:23.2	It follows the Supreme Court's decision in July that granted the former president
0:27.1	sweeping immunity for official acts, but left the door open for prosecutors to go after
0:31.5	Trump for unofficial steps he took in office to overturn the election.
0:35.0	Smith argues those actions were personal or political, not official.
0:40.0	CNN Legal analyst Eli Honegg has more.
0:42.0	There's a quote in here from Jack Smith that I think sums up his approach very well.
0:46.2	He says, quote, the through line of Trump's efforts was deceit.
0:50.0	The through line of these efforts was not doing his job as president he was
0:53.6	acting deceitfully so jacksmith here this is his brief and he's saying to
0:57.1	judge chukin all the stuff that's in our new slim down indictment it's all
1:00.9	okay it none of it is entitled to immunity and we should be able to proceed to trial
1:05.1	on it.
1:06.1	The Trump campaign slammed the special counsel's brief and accused him of trying to interfere
1:10.6	in the election. Iran vows to carry out a, quote,
1:15.0	stronger response if Israel retaliates for its missile attack Tuesday.
1:19.2	Hours after the attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said, quote,
1:24.0	Iran made a big mistake tonight, and it will pay for it.
1:27.4	Iran fired about 200 ballistic missiles in Tuesday's barrage, which it said was in response
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