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
of it? i don t see them coming across the line this would be the tipping point for those republican cop tenders to say, yeah, i m going to be upset about this one. at the end of the day they realize the trump base is essential to whoever their ultimate republican nominee is. it s really tricky because obviously they want to differentiate themselves from the president. the president has vulnerabilities as he s going through these indictments and prosecutions, but it s a tricky line between pushing yourself away from the president and pushing yourself away from that huge trove of republican voters he holds onto. so far none of them have effectively figured out the balance how to do that. let s talk about another group of republicans. and you mention as you sat down today those on the hill particularly in swing districts, those who won their seat in 2020 in a district joe biden also won, those moderates and they now have to spend the next year, plus, as they re running for
two cop tenders this evening have married each other. not tonight years ago. rachel campos-duffy regularly here on fox. her husband is a member of congress from wisconsin. congressman sean duffy and hopefully this will strengthen rather than divide their union. thank you. great to see you, too. tucker: plowing new ground here. excited to be part of that. tucker: we re excited too. you know the rules for the sake people watching at home. first contestant to buzz gets to answer the question. you must wait until finish asking it in order to answer. acknowledge by saying your name. each correct answer is worth one point. get it wrong we detract a point the cool math of final exam best of five wins. ready? ready. any chance to win it.
video statement online today saying she has to focus on her recovery. i don t remember much from that horrible day, but i will never forget the trust you placed in me to be your voice. thank you for your prayers and for giving me time to recover. i have more work to do on my recovery. so to do what is best for arizona, i will step down this week. i m getting better. let s bring in cnn s athena jones from washington. what kind of reaction are we receiving? the reaction has been swift here on capitol hill from both sides of the aisle. democratic leader nancy pelosi said i join all my colleagues in congress in thanking gabby for the honor of calling her colleague and wishing gabby and mark great success and happiness. and house speaker john boehner said in his statement, i salute congresswoman giffords for her service and for the courage and perseverance she s shown in the face of tragedy. she will be missed. we also saw a statement from representative steny hoyer saying i