Oh, incredibly busy evening. Good morning to you, steve, ainsley and brian. And the former president is lashing out against the prosecution. He tells fox news digital, quote politically inspired indictment, which could have been brought close to three years ago, was tailored for placement right smack in the middle of my Political Campaign where i am leading all republicans. The former president and 18 others face various charges individually, including violation of oath by a public officer and filing spawls documents. All of the defendants have been charged with violating georgias racketeering law, which carries a maximum Prison Sentence of 20 years. In addition to the mr. Trump, the indicted defendants include his former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows and some of his former attorneys, including Rudy Giuliani and sidney powell. The 98page indictment lists scott mccafe as the judge who will be presiding over the judge. Appointed by republican Governor Brian Kemp and joined the
Accusing them of engaging in a criminal enterprise designed to overturn the will of georgia voter. The d. A. Wants to try all 19 defendants together at the same time. She wants to do it within six months and that puts this thing on a Collision Course with the primary schedule. Dana the president and legal team are seizing on that saying the charges are politically motivated. Chris christie is here with us. Jonathan turley on deck with legal analysis. In atlanta Jhonattan Seary is standing by for an update. Good morning to you, dana. Former President Trump is lashing out against prosecutors because of the timing of these indictments. Mr. Trump tells fox news digital quote, this politically inspired indictment which could have been brought close to three years ago was tail ored for placement with my Political Campaign where im leading all republicans. He has been indicted along with 18 others including former Chief Of Staff mark meadows and former trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and sidney
13 Felony Charges for trying to overturn his 2020 Election Loss in the state. Its worth noting he is not alone this time. 18 codefendants also charged in this indictment. Including Rudy Giuliani and mark meadows. Theyre all facing Rico Racketeering charges which are traditionally used to prosecute ma mafia bosses and gang leaders. Fani willis ordered them to turn themselves in by next friday. Overnight trump slammed the indictment and said it was politically inspired to disrupt his president ial run. This is trumps fourth criminal indictment. He is now facing a total of 91, 91 charges in georgia, florida, new york, and washington, d. C. We have a lot to get to. Cnn this morning special live coverage starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Live, Fulton County courthouse where a grand jury has indicted donald trump and 18 codefendants for their alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 Election Loss in georgia. A look at the newspaper headlines across the nation this morning. The Atlanta Jou
Stuart phil collins i love him. He kind of faded rapidly. His daughter lily is emily and paris. Stuart good morning, everyone. Whatever lauren says. 10 00 oclock eastern time or to get straight to the money. The nasdaq 1060, the dow up 30 not that Much Movement, everybodys waiting for the cpi tomorrow morning, watch out mips shock the ten year treasury yield where are we moving down a fraction to 4. 01 not Much Movement, you better check this out it implies gas prices are going to go up some more, you have created at 84 a barrel up a dollar and 20 cents. As for bitcoin and briefly hit 30000 back to 298 as we speak that is markets on wednesday morning. 24 hours ago on this program fox reporter bill melugin reported astonishing pictures from the border armed cartel walking to our country carrying rifles, some were wearing body armor, they were like shop troops, what on earth are they doing here. Last night migrants rushed aboard a icing under crossing and brownsville texas we are told it
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