Good evening everyone, and welcome back to our special breaking news coverage, im laura coates on this a stunning night in american history. As the 45th u. S. President s criminally indicted now for the fourth time. Donald trump now accused of leading a criminal enterprise to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. Im kaitlan collins, its not just trump. 18 others have been charged alongside him in this 41 count indictment tonight, including his former Chief Of Staff, mark meadows. His former attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and the onetime mayor of new york. All 19 defendants are facing racketeering charges. I mean, the indictment states all, quote, refused to accept that trump lost and they knowingly, and willfully, joined the conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of trump. Joining me now here in d. C. Is cnns evan perez, also the washington correspondent of the atlanta journalconstitution, tea mitchell and is back as well. Tour former house judiciary special co
Really that allows us to nail down who this individual coconspirator number 3 was. An attorney for one of the coconspirators also apparently confirmed their identity to cnn . Thats right, jake. Former nypd commissioner bernie kerik, his attorney confirming to us that he is coconspirator number 5 in this indictment. And there are similarly details that also help us identify kerik as the individual listed as number 5. We know that bernie kerik was deeply involved with Rudy Giulianis legal team trying to help find evidence of widespread voter fraud. And we know that bernie kerik was specifically at a white house meeting in November 2020 where trump was president and they were talking to a bunch of State Legislators from pennsylvania trying to pressure them to hold a special session in their bid to overturn the election. His presence at that meeting in addition to the confirmation from his lawyer made clear. We also know that another individual, coconspirator number 6, is also at that meet
So excited to indict the former president. They actually accidentally posted charges online this morning before the grand jury rendered a decision. Were not sure if the judge is going to read that decision. Were going to listen in as indicated. All indications are the leak came out this afternoon and could have been the d. A. Jumping the gun. Lets listen. If he tells what it says, it was to get a good look. So you all need to leave. I mean, politely and nicely. Youve had a long day, but these folks cant go until you all go. I know we had talked about leaving the equipment here. Dont leave the equipment here because youre not going to want to be here tomorrow. Youre welcome to be here if you dont have a rule 22 for whats going to happen tomorrow. Just get all that. So you find anything good happens, you have that stupid decision. You mind taking that . They can come to the election . You just want to put them down. The guy was right there on everything youre doing, okay . You have to wo
Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. Glad to be back. My thanks to million colleagues for working so hard in my absence. Now to bryan llenas in fulton county, georgia with more on the fallout from that indictment that is having reverberations across the country. Bryan . Neil, good afternoon. No doubt this is the most wide ranging of the four indictments that former President Trump is facing. Of course, the grand jury late last night voting to indict the former president. 18 of his associates. The d. A. Here in fulton county, georgia, foni willis saying that they were operating as a criminal enterprise. Heres a snippet from that indictment. Defendants refused to accept that trump lost and they knowingly and willfully joined a Conspiracy Top unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of trump. Trump faces 13 criminal charges including a racketeering rico charge, which if guilty carries a fiveyear sentence, 25,000 fine or both. The other 18 defendants include his former chief o
Donald trump. The way to do that is to actually go after donald trump. That would take some courage between now and then. Yeah, that is that wishful thinking, to expect these guys to show up with courage and nikki haley as. Well alicia menendez, great to see you as always. Enjoy the rest of your evening off. And we will see you tomorrow, my friend. Thanks, ayman mohyeldin. Good evening, and welcome to ayman. Tonight, new developments in the Georgia Election case. Our first indication of when trump might surrender to authorities. And as trump allies push to move that case to Federal Court, legal experts are actually saying that would be a huge mistake. One of them, former Deputy Attorney general donald ayer will join us live to explain why. And in a landmark victory, 16 young people sued The State Of Montana over the climate, and guess what . The planet won. I am ayman mohyeldin. Lets get started. But first, we want to begin with some Breaking News on Hurricane Hilary. The National Weat