
"Our job is to do what we do best, which is to ask him questions, follow up, hold him accountable for his words and actions, and in this case, convene this conversation that he's going to have directly with voters as well. He's under investigation in several other cases, and then there's the insurrection – January 6th – and how Donald Trump left office," Chalian told NPR before Tuesday's verdict in the Carroll case. "Obviously, he is under indictment in one case. She is well-known to Trump, as a former White House correspondent for CNN.ĬNN political director David Chalian said the network approached the event as it would one for any candidate, but called Trump a "unique candidate" in that he's a former president - the first one to run for the White House in more than a century.Īnd Chalian acknowledged another distinction. It will be moderated by morning host Kaitlan Collins. The CNN town hall will feature Republican and non-committed New Hampshire voters at St. Media Tucker Carlson says he'll take his show to Twitter Ron DeSantis as a GOP presidential candidate before Fox audiences. A former prosecutor with an unparalleled record of success, she has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Dr. Now they are even higher.įor months, Trump has been furious at Fox News, which serves as a pillar of the Republican Party and its controlling owners Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, who have been auditioning Florida Gov. Little more than a day after being found liable for battery and defamation of a woman who says he raped her in the 1990s, former President Donald Trump is scheduled to take questions in a live town hall event on the news network whose journalists he called "the enemy of the people" while running for the presidency and serving in office.īefore the jury foreperson announced the verdict at a courtroom in lower Manhattan on Tuesday, the immediate stakes for Trump - and CNN - were already high.

Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CNN Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images/Getty/CNN On Tuesday, Trump was found liable for battery and defamation in E. CNN host Kaitlan Collins is shouldering added pressure for her network, as its town hall event with former President Donald Trump Wednesday evening takes on even greater stakes.
