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the call to brad raffensperger, voting machine alleged tampering, the slate of false electors. the other thing is more recent conduct by president trump or advisers to tamper with witnesses or otherwise obstruct justice. that would be something that was a little different in time, separated in time from the 2020 election. nonetheless, it could form a part of the charges she s about to bring. you talk about tampering with witnesses. our cnn colleague and former lieutenant governor geoff duncan who is a witness and testifying today, donald trump posted something on the social media site saying he shouldn t testify. is that witness tampering? well, a prosecutor can make a strong case that s witness tampering. if you have someone you know or reasonably expect is testifying either before the grand jury or before trial and you threaten or cajole or attempt to obstruct that testimony, sure, a prosecutor can make out a case for witness tampering. that seems to me at least a little too rece
it wouldn t surprise me if fani willis found other examples where people on the trump team used what she deems to be improper pressure to get witnesses not to testify. paula, there s a key difference in this case and the fed federal case. in georgia, trump cannot pardon himself even if he is elected president next november. reporter: that s right, jake. this is one of the reasons that the former president s legal team has been most concerned about georgia. not only the evidence that many of us are familiar with like that call with the secretary of state, many other key pieces of evidence that fani willis has gathered. once this case is brought, if he s indicted, he can t make it go away. if he s re-elected to the white house, most legal experts agree he would likely have his
in our earth matters series now, as we continue to see more devastating and deadly extreme weather events such as the fires in maui, a major legal victory. a judge has ruled montana s continued use and mining of fossil fuels violates the state s constitution s guarantee of a clean and healthful environment for current and future generations. 16 young people from montana sued the state in an unprecedented case. i m joined now by the lead plaintiff, ricky helt. julia olson is the chief legal counsel for our children s trust, the organization young people in pending climate cases in four other states. ricky, congratulations. i have a 13-year-old and 15-year-old, and i often think about how are they and that generation, including you, going to judge my generation when it comes to climate change,
joining us on the phone now is kakoa lansford, a resident of lahaina. a few days ago you said people were still finding bodies floating in the water. is that still the case? tell us what you re seeing there. - - there was bodies in the water. kakoa, thank you. i know there s a real problem with cell phone connectivity on maui. we re going to check back with you when we get a better connection so people can hear what you re saying, kakoa
envision the scenario we find ourselves in today. we see trump attacking d.a. fani willis on his truth social page, even as she s in that building possibly preparing an indictment against him. reporter: that s right. this is nothing new. he s repeatedly attacked fani willis, calling her a marxist, a racist, today pointing out the crime issues in the city of atlanta, suggesting she should be focusing on that instead of this indictment. similar to the attacks he launched against the mann district attorney who also indicted him in a second case. lawyers who have worked for the former president have made the argument to me that there are legitimate questions about whether elected district attorneys, in this case, a democratic prosecutor, should be able to file charges against a former president of the united states, or if that s something that should be reserved for the justice department and for special counsel. the former president not making that nuanced argument, instead