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
Accusing them of engaging in a criminal enterprise designed to overturn the will of georgia voter. The d. A. Wants to try all 19 defendants together at the same time. She wants to do it within six months and that puts this thing on a Collision Course with the primary schedule. Dana the president and legal team are seizing on that saying the charges are politically motivated. Chris christie is here with us. Jonathan turley on deck with legal analysis. In atlanta Jhonattan Seary is standing by for an update. Good morning to you, dana. Former President Trump is lashing out against prosecutors because of the timing of these indictments. Mr. Trump tells fox news digital quote, this politically inspired indictment which could have been brought close to three years ago was tail ored for placement with my Political Campaign where im leading all republicans. He has been indicted along with 18 others including former Chief Of Staff mark meadows and former trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and sidney
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High popularity, she sort of the face of the royals. Will these scandals really dragged down . All right, harry enten, thank you. Before we go, we wanted to take a moment to say goodbye to a member of our team. Here are aligned producer Christina Callahan is in the control room for us right now for the last time, unless of course she ever wants to come back christina has been at 360 for nine years and over the years has become vital member of the team. Shes incredibly calm incredibly calm under pressure, incredibly professional, which are two really important traits for Line Producer most importantly, shes an all around great human being, and we are truly going to ms her. So thank you, christina. And we wish you the best of luck moving forward. News continues right here on cnn outfront. Next Breaking News on this friday, trumps Hush Money Criminal Trial has a new date. This is the lead prosecutor in the Fulton County the Election Case has just resigned. Will trump face a criminal trial
And also tell us is it going to happen before the election. Could i Say Something . I think the fact we have to make a Television Show every night gives us a weird perspective on this. Were like what is everyone waiting for . You got to wait. We went through the indictment. Were ready. Were familiar with the evidence. Lets do it. Lets go. Lets get it onair. 11. 6 million pages of discovery. Lets go. Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. The article starts with this, the woman cannot believe it, she is in the same elevator as Rudolf Giuliani. Oh, this is a thrill. Its a random new yorker in the year 1985. 1985 was the year Rudolf Giuliani made a name for himself. It was the year giuliani pioneered the same prosecutorial tactics that now very much look like they could be his downfall. But let me back up just a little bit. This is carmine the cigar gallante. And in the late 70s he flew a little too close to the sun. He was shot at pointblank range in an Italian Restaurant in bro