In the trump administration. Some of the accusations against mr trump include violating georgias racketeering act. Racketeering is a type of organised crime where someone profits through dishonest or illegal activities. And the ex president s also accused of soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer. Also, Making False Statements and filing false documents. A reminder that these charges are all in connection to accusations of Election Meddling by trump. The bbc s Kayla Epstein has been following the events in georgia and has more on the legal view of the charges. Ive been speaking to legal experts about this all day and theyve told me they are not surprised that a Racketeering Charge was brought by fani wills. Its a Signature Charge brought in the past and we expected to see this, but weve still got indictment, which is nearly 100 pages, it names 19 defendants, including donald trump, i think a lot of people were struck by the breadth of the evidence she lays out. Almost 70
In the trump administration. Some of the accusations against Mrtrump Trump include violating georgias racketeering act racketeering is a type of organised crime where someone profits through dishonest or illegal activities. Athhe ex president s also accused of soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer. And making false statements and filing false documents. Reminder that these charges are all in connection to accusations of Election Meddling by trump. Earlier, i spoke with bbc reporter Kayla Epstein who has been following the events from the courthouse in georgia. Thanks forjoining us. We saw last night the District Attorney has given the 19 defendants until mate august 25 to surrender. Hes been outside the court all day. Have any of them turned up yet . We the court all day. Have any of them turned up yet . We have not seen anyone them turned up yet . We have not seen anyone appear them turned up yet . We have not seen anyone appear to them turned up yet . We have not seen
Today on inside politics, law and disorder. Donald trump faces a 5 00 p. M. Deadline to fight a Justice Department request. The former president claims its an attempt to shut him up. Prosecutors say its to stop the defense from Bullying Witnesses into silence. Plus, seeing is believing. Joe biden heads west to literally point to progress. Its part of his plan to make americans feel and see how bidenomics is changing their lives for the better. And a woke up call . New polling suggests a red meat term is now overcooked, even among republicans with plenty of appetite for owning the left. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Up first, a looming legal deadline, the Trump Legal Team has until the close of Business Today to respond to a Justice Department demand for a protective order. The order would restrict what mr. Trump can say about what evidence prosecutors turn over. Lets start with cnns katelyn polantz. What are you hearing . Dana, this is a typical provis
By former lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Paula reid has more. Reporter Special Counsel jack smith is now in possession of thousands of documents that were created by Rudy Giulianis team in the days and weeks following the 2020 election. This team was tasked with trying to find some evidence of fraud. One of the people on this team is the former new York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerrik. He is a close associate of Rudy Giuliani and he has been in possession of a lot of these documents, the january 6 committee was trying to get all these materials, but he would not hand them over even though he is not a lawyer, he claimed that he was working for the legal team and therefore they were privileged. But in recent weeks, the Special Counsel investigators have reached out to kerrik to schedule an interview and also to collect evidence and after they reached out, kerrik went to the Trump Campaign, had them review the materials and Trump Campaign were told said look, they were not going to argue privile