Fourth indictment of donald trump. The former president and 18 others are now facing Racketeering Charges in georgias 2020 election case. We will have indepth analysis on the sprawling indictment straight ahead. Meanwhile, donald trump is once again using his legal troubles to raise money from his supporters. Well have more on that and his response to the historic charges. Plus the reaction from both sides of the aisle here in washington. Not surprisingly the majority of the Republican Party is showing no signs of moving away from donald trump. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, august 15th, a historic morning. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We will get right to the extraordinary headline. For the fourth time in as many months donald j. Trump, the former president of the United States, is facing another criminal indictment. The latest charges came late last night from Fulton County, georgia, where trump is 18 others were named in a sw
Glimpse into the defenses lawyers will make on the stand. Here is jonna lauro on meet the press. The defense is quite simple. Donald trump, president trump, believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. And as any american citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had a right to petition governments around the country, state governments. Based on his grievances that Election Irregularities had occurred. He had every right to speak about the important issues that were taking place after the election. A technical violation of the constitution is not a violation of criminal law. That is just plain wrong. Except a technical violation of the constitution by definition is still a violation of the constitution. The constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections, and trying to overthrow the government. Moments later, democratic congressman jamie raskin respo
Lawyers will make on the stand. Here is jonna lauro on meet the press. The defense is quite simple. Donald trump, president trump, believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. And as any american citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had a right to petition governments around the country, state governments. Based on his grievances that Election Irregularities had occurred. He had every right to speak about the important issues that were taking place after the election. A technical violation of the constitution is not a violation of criminal law. That is just plain wrong. Except a technical violation of the constitution by definition is still a violation of the constitution. The constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections, and trying to overthrow the government. Moments later, democratic congressman jamie raskin responded to lauro by making th
we now have the crucial evidence that is at the center of the special counsel s criminal prosecution of donald trump. president i can declassify it. now i can t. this is why tapes are gold to prosecutors. it bolsters the government s claim under the espionage act. one interesting quote is not included in the indictment is that the former president said these are papers. you probably almost didn t believe me, but now you believe me. no, i believed you. it s incredible, right? no other american that does something like this that gets away with it. the president can t be any different. russian president speaking out three days after the armed rebellion led by his former ally. this is a weakened russian president and a very angry one indeed. we made clear that we were not involved. this was part of a struggle within russian system. russian officials say they re dropping charges against the wagner group for armed insurrection. also putin tried to get
houthis in yemen. now, this comes after the houthis defied the u.s. and fired yet another missile into those red sea shipping lanes. we are getting a defense expert to give us analysis and should have him up, ready, and on camera in moments. meantime, just three days until iowa voters decide who they think the republican nominee for president should be. aishah hasnie is live in des moines iowa where voter turnout could be affected by extremely icy and cold conditions. aishah, good evening. reporter: trace good evening to you. the campaign trail has already been impacted by the severe weather. tonight, former president trump had to cancel two of his rallies tomorrow on saturday and a third on sunday leaving just one rally left. he said on truth social tonight that he is going to try to get to iowa by tomorrow night, possibly sunday morning. we ll see if that happens. meanwhile florida governor ron desantis, his schedule is also changing not due to the weather, though. he s n