Correspondent bryan llenas is at the Fulton County courthouse in atlanta, tonight, with the latest. Good evening, bryan. Bret, good evening. The Fulton County sheriff says he intends to really treat former President Donald Trump just like any other criminal defendant and that includes a mugshot, unless he is told otherwise. Mr. Trump must turn himself in by next friday august 25th at noon. I make decisions in this office based on the facts and the law. The law is completely nonpartisan. Fulton County District attorney fani willis, a democrat defending her decision to prosecute former President Donald Trump and 18 others after they were indicted by a grand jury late monday night. It is now the duty of my office to prove these charges. Trump is facing 13 criminal counts, including violating georgias antiracketeering or ricco law. If convicted, the law carries a penalty of a minimum of five years in prison, a 25,000s fine, or both. Lawyers say georgias ricco law is unusually broad and in
Trump documents case. Former president expected to be there like he was several weeks ago and we shall, too. Here we go. Bill hemmer, welcome to thursday. Dana im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. Great to be here with you. We have a big show for you. Some experts believe that robert hurs testimony sports President Trumps argument that he did not mishandle classified documents. Well see if the judge feels the same. Bill you have the former president celebrating a victory of sorts in a different legal battle in atlanta, georgia. Fulton county. A judge there dismissing half a dozen charges in the Election Interference Case in georgia. Dana that same judge is also weighing a decision on whether to disqualify the prosecutor who brought the case. Fulton county d. A. Fani willis in response to allegations she was dating her lead prosecutor when she hired him. Bill that could come at any moments. The judge expected to rule any day, could be today after williss ex blows ivor testimony
Donald trump is put on notice by a judge about what he can post on social media about his upcoming trial. The uk economy grew ever so slightly in the Second Quarter of the year but is it a sign that things are turning around, or was itjust a consequence of some Summer Sunshine . And to fly or not to fly . A bbc investigation has revealed that rishi sunak has been using raf jets and helicopters as much as once a week during his first seven months in office. More than the uks previous three prime ministers. First, lets focus in on the situation in hawaii. The death toll from wildfires there has risen to 55. But hundreds more are stll missing on the island of maui, and its feared that the number of dead could still rise significantly. The historic seaside town of lahaina has been almost completely burned to the ground. Officials say it will take years to recover from the fires, which were fanned by the winds of a hurricane. My colleague Mishal Husain has more on the scale of the disaster
conference. one of the issues the president s team has been dealing with this week the determination by his own energy department and the scientists there that the covid pandemic likely began with a leak in a chinese laboratory. last night, fbi director chris wray told me in the most straightforward way of any public official so far that the bureau has reached the same conclusion. the biden administration are still not on board. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is with the president tonight in baltimore with the latest, good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. white house sources say they are not fully embracing any single agency s findings because there isn t consensus yet about origin. leaving questions unanswered about when or even if that will happen and what it will mean for china. with two federal agencies declaring its most likely covid originated in a wuhan lab, the white house is facing questions about why there haven t yet been consequences. the pres
two sources confirm to fox news biden s attorneys are scheduled to meet next week with the prosecutors investigating the president s son. the sources say biden s lawyers reached out weeks ago request requesting an update to the investigation which started in 2018. hunter biden s attorneys are set to meet next week with justice department officials, including delaware u.s. attorney david weiss. the trump appointed prosecutor investigating the son of president joe biden. fox news has been told prosecutors are looking into two possible misdemeanor tax filing charges. a felony tax evasion charge, and a false statement charge over a gun purchase. the sources say the meeting is not an indication charges are imminent nor will it involve issues around the irs official now claiming political interference in that investigation. my client wrestled with whether or not to come forward. he had a lot of sleepless nights about coming forward with this. an attorney for an irs agent wh