CNN Exclusive: New evidence shows TX State Police officer giving order to police to not enter Uvalde classroom

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🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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New police transmissions obtained exclusively by CNN show Texas Department of Public Safety Capt. Joel Betancourt giving an order to stop other police officers from entering the classroom in Uvalde, Texas. The gunman sat with dead, dying and traumatized children and teachers for 77 minutes before law enforcement entered. 19 students and two teachers were murdered that day in Uvalde, Texas. CNN Crime and Justice Correspondent Shimon Prokupecz has been covering the investigation into the police response and continues to search for answers. He tells Anderson Cooper if Capt. Betancourt is responding to the new reporting. Plus, White House chief-of-staff Ron Klain joins AC360 to discuss the midterm elections and why President Biden hasn’t had a large campaign rally in more than a month with Election Day less than three weeks away.Guests: Shimon Prokupecz, Ron Klain.Airdate: October 20, 2022 To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening. Thanks so much for joining us. We are learning the names of some of the top
0:08.9	Republicans who have testified in multiple investigations involving the former president
0:12.8	both in the federal case involving the misuse of classified documents and also the investigation
0:17.5	in Georgia into the former president's attempt to overturn the election results there.
0:21.5	CNN sir Murray joins us now with the tale. So Sarah let's start with the Fulton County
0:25.1	Georgia investigation. Who's testified? Well Anderson we have learned that there are two
0:29.9	prominent witnesses who have testified before the Fulton County grand jury. One of them is
0:33.8	former Georgia Senator Kelly Leffler. The other one is former White House lawyer Pat
0:39.2	Sepaloni. So both of these are big gets for the district attorney down in Georgia, Fawni
0:43.5	Willis. And it kind of gives you an indication of just how wide ranging our investigation is.
0:50.0	What about the testimony to the federal grand jury investigating the Mar-a-Lago documents?
0:54.6	That's right. So we are learning this evening my colleagues are learning the cash Patel
0:57.9	who is one of a top advisor to former president Donald Trump has appeared before a federal
1:03.7	grand jury who is investigating the Mar-a-Lago documents. The miss handling of sensitive documents
1:11.0	there. Now what we don't know is whether cash Patel actually answered questions before
1:15.6	the grand jury or whether he invoked his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination.
1:20.3	But this is an important person. You know he's been deeply involved in this Mar-a-Lago
1:23.5	documents dispute Anderson.
1:25.7	Sarah Murray, appreciate it. Thanks. I want to talk to Ellie Honing, former assistant
1:29.0	US attorney for the Southern District of New York. He joins me now. So Ellie the testimony
1:33.3	from White House counsel Pat Sepaloni and former Senator Law Flore. How significant could
1:39.4	it be in the Fulton County, Georgia investigation? Again, we don't know what they actually said.
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