Everyone. Before 9 11 and, of course, before becoming trumps wing man, a man by the name of Rudy Giuliani made his name from putting mobsters behind bars. He did so, i might add, using the very same laws that are being used against him now. Two decades ago we he actually wrote in his book on leadership, and im quoting, here i dreamed up the tactic of using the federal racketeer influence and corruptions act to prosecute the mafia leadership. Unquote. Otherwise known as rico, for those following along. At the time, the law actually was relatively new. The giuliani, he popularized it making it the model for state and federal prosecutors for decades to come when it comes to large groups attempting a type of conspiracy, including, i might add, fani willis. The Fulton County d. A. Is now charging Rudy Giuliani with several crimes for his efforts to allegedly overturn the election, including racketeering. Now, the rico laws, something that he has, well, he has championed for years. The upper
hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. we re following the breaking news out of morocco where more than a thousand people were killed after a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck late friday. it was the strongest to hit the area in over a century. the epicenter was located in the high atlas mountains just southwes southwest. rescuers are struggling to access the areas after roads were damaged. hospitals were filling up, prompting patients to wait outside as hospital beds were moved onto the streets. more than 700 people are in critical condition. and with intense aftershocks expected in the area, officials believe the death toll will steadily rise. i heard people screaming. everyone went out of their houses. the street is full of people and women screaming. that s what happened. even now people can t go back home because they re still afraid. toi want to bring in ben wedeman for more. the destruction is devastating. looking at some of t
friend. i wanted to come hang out with you, on friday night. you need to take a train to do that, but we welcome you on amtrak, and we re here for you. i m always here for. you have a wonderful weekend. thank you. you too, alex. have a great. so thank you, and thank you to you at home for joining me this hour. today fulton county district attorney fani willis asked a judge to set the trial date for former president trump and his 14 remaining codefendants in the georgia election interference case. that date, august 5th, 2024. now that date would be stunning on its own or. it s just three months before election day. but d.a. willis asking for an august 4th trial date today is even more of a big deal when you consider that she just said this on tuesday. i believe in that case there will be a trial. i believe the trial will take many months. i don t expect that we will conclude until the winter or the very early part of 2025. trump s legal team promptly filed its own
interference case. that date, august 5th, 2024. now that date would be stunning on its own or. it s just three months before election day. but d. a. willis asking for an august 4th trial date today is even more of a big deal when you consider that she just said this on tuesday. i believe in that case there will be a trial. i believe the trial will take many months. i don t expect that we will conclude until the winter or the very early part of 2025. trump s legal team promptly filed its own motion opposing that august 5th trial date. we have no idea how the judge will rule here. but there is a very real chance that former prior president trump could be on trial during the closing weeks of the 2024 election, elected, itself through january six in the election certification process, and maybe even through inauguration. and we remember how that all went down last time, don t we, in 2020? well, this would add a new level of complexity to all of that. this is not the only key
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