Garland defends special counsel Smith and directs questions about Trump's federal indictment to court filings

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🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Attorney General Merrick Garland defended special counsel Jack Smith following the Justice Department’s indictment of former President Trump over his handling of classified documents. After his arraignment, Trump slammed the indictment and investigation calling it a “heinous abuse of power.” Former Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan joins AC360 to discuss his party’s reaction to the former President’s arrest and arraignment.

Plus, CNN National Correspondent Gary Tuchman gives AC360 an update on the four children who survived in the dense Amazon jungle for more than a month after their plane crashed on May 1.

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0:00.0	John King here in for Anderson tonight.
0:03.3	Thanks for your time.
0:04.3	The deal that might have been some breaking news, new reporting on the Trump attorney who
0:07.8	wanted to try to settle with the Justice Department and keep his client from facing charges.
0:12.4	The catch is client.
0:14.8	Also tonight CNN gets frontline access to Ukrainian special forces.
0:18.7	On the hunt for Russian commanders, the corner and kill.
0:22.4	And later, a father is speaking out about nearly losing his children and their remarkable,
0:27.1	remarkable story of surviving 40 days in the Colombian jungle.
0:31.2	But we begin with the new reporting on what you might call the exit ramp not taken by
0:36.2	the former president.
0:37.5	One that might have kept him off his current road to trial in the documents case.
0:41.6	It just hit the Washington Post, quoting from the lead of that story, quote,
0:44.7	one of Donald Trump's new attorneys proposed an idea in the fall of 2022.
0:49.4	The former president's team could try to arrange a settlement with the Justice Department.
0:54.0	Drossy of the post shares the byline on that story.
0:56.0	He joins us on the telephone now.
0:57.5	Josh, walk us through this reporting.
1:00.0	One of the president's attorney wanted to turn down the temperature, went to the former
1:03.5	president of the United States, wanted to make a case of the Justice Department.
1:06.3	Tell us more.
1:07.3	Right.
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