Fake electors plot before the 2020 election was even decided. Well have more on that video which appears to undermine some claims from the former president s legal team also ahead, the latest developments in the Georgia Election case including the proposed trial date from Fulton County District Attorney fani willis. Plus an update on the Recovery Efforts in maui amid increasing scrutiny for hawaiis electricity provider. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, august 17th. Im johnnen lemere. Thanks for starting your day with us. Well begin this morning with a disturbing situation out of texas where a woman was arrested and charged with threatening the federal judge who is presiding over former president Donald Trumps federal election interference case here in washington, d. C. The 43yearold who was denied bail allegedly threatened to kill judge tanya chutkan. We want to warn you some of these details are down right disturbing. According to an affidavit filed last wee
Plus, hes the Infamous Trump hatchet man, caught plotting Fake Electors. We must be prepared to lobby our republican legislatures. How roger stone is responding tonight. And meet the judge who helped rollback your reproductive rights, because doctors love looking at babies. When all in starts, right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Fulton County District attorney fani willis was prosecuting donald trump and 18 other criminal criminals interacted tearing charges, announced her office is investigating threats against grand jurors who indicted the ex president. Nbc News Reporter Blayne Alexander and ryan reilly reported yesterday that Trump Supporters leaked reported addresses of grand jurors online, along with their names, which appeared in indictment. This is just the latest example of threatening behavior by Trump Supporters directed at the various people working to hold them accountable for the crimes he is accused of. We also learned yesterday that a texas woman was a
Capitol grounds during the day of the insurrection. Until now. Today photos and videos emerging that appear to place an architect of the fake elector plot, kenneth chesebro, in a restricted area outside the capital on january 6th. Cnn breaking this, New York Times reporting on it. Chesebro named an Unindicted Coconspirator by special counsel jack smith charged with seven counts of conspiracy. Here it is, everybody. This video from outside the Capitol On January 6th that appears to be chesebro on your screen in a red maga hat and dark jacket. Hes captured in several clips along with infowars host and fake tan enthusiast alex jones. Some of the photos and videos, quote, stop the steal organizer allie alexander. We have not seen any evidence to suggest he went inside the Capitol Building or that he committed any violent acts. Youre looking at a freeze frame of one of the clips. Chesebro in a grassy area in the red maga hat at the center of the frame. Hes holding a phone up and appears to
Caught plotting flake electors. We must be prepared. To lobby our republican legislatures. How roger stone is responding tonight. And meet the judge who helped rollback your reproductive rights. Because doctors love looking at babies. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes, today Fulton County District Attorney fani willis, who was prosecuting donald trump in 18 other criminals under Racketeering Charges announced her office is investigating threats against the grand jurors who indicted the ex president. Nbc News Reporter first reported yesterday that Trump Supporters leaked deported addresses of grand juries online. Along with their names which did appear in the indictment. And this is just the latest example of threatening behavior by Trump Supporters directed at the various people working to hold them accountable for the crimes he is accused of. We also learned yesterday that a texas woman was arrested. And charged with Making Threats towards judge
January 6th certification process. The electors plot is one of the schemes that spans from trumps early efforts in the states to Wider National efforts to create confusion about the results, and it went all the way up to mike pence, all the way up to an attempted, ultimately thwarted pretext that was going to be presented by pence to help stage a coup on jan 6th. In essence it involved Fraudulent Electors or getting states to appoint Trump Electors in the states that biden won or was winning and try to send those to congress. Unlike some of the other plots that weve covered, this ones already at the center of three different cases, including indictments by dojs jack smith, plus the probes in michigan and now georgia, where d. A. Fani willis just charged several Trump Lawyers and aides for these types of plots as part of the larger rico conspiracy. That is why tonights scoop, this video, may be of interest in the two big cases led by these tough prosecutors who mean business. The defend