WH cocaine investigation, Giuliani text trouble, go your own way?

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🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

How did a dime-sized bag of cocaine end up in the White House? The Secret Service has been looking into it and will brief the House Oversight Committee in a few hours. Former Secret Service agent Jonathan Wackrow joins to discuss what we know about the investigation so far. Plus, the text about false election fraud claims that has landed Rudy Giuliani in trouble. And, our panel discusses Trump avoiding traditional campaigning and how that is playing out in the polls. Also tonight: the FBI Director fights back against GOP attacks, the extreme weather across the country, and will cooling inflation help sell ‘Bidenomics’?

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0:00.0	Rudy Giuliani texting his way into trouble.
0:10.4	Donald Trump singing no, no, no, like Destiny's Child and the Secret Service, driving that
0:16.3	train will brief on cocaine.
0:19.4	I'm John Berman and this is CNN Tonight or as I like to call it, CNN very nearly tomorrow
0:24.9	because there is news tonight on New Legal Jeopardy for Rudy Giuliani and new campaign
0:29.2	drama surrounding Donald Trump.
0:31.4	But before what just happened, what will happen?
0:34.8	Tomorrow, pretty early in fact, the Secret Service is expected to say what it knows about
0:39.2	the cocaine found in the White House.
0:42.2	Not since Willie Nelson smoked a joint on the White House roof, have drugs inside 1600
0:46.8	Pennsylvania Avenue raised so many questions.
0:49.5	By the way, the Willie Nelson thing really happened, Jimmy Carter confirmed it.
0:52.8	The cocaine situation has been way more mysterious, been the source of way more wild
0:58.1	and baseless speculation and led to way too many bad puns, many of which crossed the line.
1:04.5	Sorry.
1:05.5	This is what we know.
1:06.5	About 10 days ago, what law enforcement described as a dime sized bag of cocaine was found
1:13.6	in the West Wing.
1:14.6	Perhaps they meant to say dime bag.
1:16.2	It was found in a cubby near the ground floor entrance where staff guided tours pass through.
1:21.1	Users are asked to leave their phones in those cubbies, but they can also be used by
1:24.4	staff who could not bring their phones into a skiff where classified materials are handled.
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