Qualification window for CNN debate to close Thursday
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The stage will soon be set for CNN’s presidential debate, as the network’s eligibility window for the first in-person showdown of the 2024 cycle draws to a close.
The stage will soon be set for CNN’s presidential debate, as the network’s eligibility window for the first in-person showdown of the 2024 cycle draws to a close. Candidates have until 12:00:01 a.m. ET on Thursday to meet the qualifications for participation in the debate, according to the network. So far, two candidates – President Joe Biden and his predecessor, former President Donald Trump – have qualified. CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will host the 90-minute debate set for June 27 in Atlanta. The Trump and Biden campaigns have accepted the network’s invitation and agreed to accept the rules and format of the debate, while others on non-major-party tickets have yet to meet CNN’s qualifications. In order to qualify for participation, candidates must satisfy the requirements outlined in Article II, Section 1 of the US Constitution to serve as president, as well as file a formal statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission. Biden and Trump meet those requirements, as do Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West and Jill Stein. According to parameters set by CNN in May, all participating debaters must appear on a sufficient number of state ballots to reach the 270 electoral vote threshold to win the presidency and receive at least 15% in four separate national polls of registered or likely voters that meet CNN’s standards for reporting. Polls that meet those standards are those sponsored by CNN, ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, Marquette University Law School, Monmouth University, NBC News, The New York Times/Siena College, NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist College, Quinnipiac University, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.
Filings from special counsel Jack Smith laying out never-before-seen evidence in the election subversion case against Donald Trump – including interview transcripts and notes from an investigation that counted among its witnesses former Vice President Mike Pence, Ivanka Trump and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows – are now in the hands of a federal court.
The House task force charged with investigating the near assassination of Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, will hold its first hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill, probing local law enforcement and a medical examiner over what happened on July 13, when the former president was shot and one rallygoer was killed.