Have arranged getting killed so that his son could get a 10 Million Insurance Policy. Sounds bizarre. A lot of doubts. But for now the focus in this hamilton county, south Carolina Courtroom is just to get an arraignment on the committing insurance Fraud Charge. Then it could expand from there. Lets get the latest from Steve Harrigan in Hampton County with more. Steve . Were keeping an eye on the first Court Appearance of Alex Murdaugh who stands in front of insurance Fraud Charges. He hired a former client to shoot him in the head by the side of a rural road in South Carolina. The alleged gunman, Curtis Smith was released on 55,000 bond. Murdaugh surrendered himself to police. He arrived in a tshirt and fluorescent sneakers. His hands were cuffed. Murdaugh gained notoriety when his Wife And Son were brutal religioned down this summer outside the familys large Hunting Lodge in rural South Carolina. It was murdaugh that discovered the bodies, murdaugh that called 911. Still no publicly
with fired fox tv host tucker carlson. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the countdown is on. donald trump, after announcing on social media, he will surrender to the fulton county jail on thursday to be booked on charges including conspiracy and felony racketeering over alleged efforts to overturn georgia s 2020 election results. and there s breaking news now, this hour, in atlanta where john eastman, the legal mastermind of a plan to get vice president mike pence to stop the election count on january 6th, has it turned himself in at the jail to be booked. nbc news has confirmed another co-defendant scott hall, a bail bondsman charged in the coffee county, georgia, data breach was booked in jail with a bond set at $10,000. joining me blayne alexander in atlanta, justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, former u.s. attorney barbara mcquade and former dekalb county district attorney gwen fleming. take us through what we can expect over the ne
do we have any idea what they might be doing? well, logic tells us if they re working on behalf of their biggest and most important client, donald trump, they were on the same floor as the d.a. s office, likely working out the details of what we have seen already from some of these other defendants, bond consent agreements, which is essentially getting the process of, you know, fulton county, it s not an arraignment, but post booking release details worked out. in the case of the other folks whose consent agreements have been posted, it s something like a monetary bond, an agreement not to break the law elsewhere or to talk to or try to intimidate witnesses. the same kinds of things we saw in the special counsel case in washington and in florida. likely with donald trump, as we have seen in all of these other cases, there are other elements to this. there are secret service elements, protections, how he goes to the courthouse or county jail in fulton county. all of these ne
happening now, breaking news, donald trump lawyers just negotiated a $200,000 bond for the former president just ahead of his expected criminal arrest this week in the georgia election interference case. we are following all the new legal maneuvers by trump and his codefendants. also tonight, trumps republican primary rivals are preparing to debate without him. we are setting the stage for the first gop face-off on wednesday and how it will be safe by trump s confirmed the snub of the event. we are live on maui this hour for president biden s tour of the fire ravaged island amid the ongoing search too hundreds of missing people and questions about the administration s emergency response. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i am well floats are here in the situation room. these are live pictures of the fulton county courthouse in atlanta, georgia, where donald trump s $200,000 bond agreement was hammered out just a short while ago
convicted in a court of law, would you still support him as your party s choice? please raise your hand if you would. [ cheers and applause ] putin s revenge? u.s. officials, starting with the president, saying they are not surprised the man who challenged vladimir putin s leadership is presumed dead in a mysterious plane crash in russian airspace. good day. i m andrea mitchell in new york. fulton county officials are bracing for donald trump s expected surrender tonight. as the former president arrived at the jail to be arrested for his alleged efforts to overturn georgia s 2020 election results. mr. trump is facing 13 separate criminal counts in atlanta, including conspiracy and racketeering charges. he has been ordered by the presiding judge against interfering in the legal process. we expect the former president to depart his new jersey resort later, arriving in atlanta this evening to turn himself in for a primetime booking. joining me now, blayne alexander, rober