To all of you for being with us. Ac360 starts now tonight on 360 the 91 Felony Counts against the former president are now 88 with the judges ruling in georgia, how he came to that conclusion . I know where it leaves a case already deep in turmoil over the da who brought it. Also tonight, the Trump Takeover, the Republican National committee now the person just hired to protect Election Integrity is one of the biggest Election Deniers out there, or keeping them honest. Plus what comes next after the house overwhelmingly approves a bill that could shut down or forced the sale of tiktok and also divide the Republican Party. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin tonight with Fulton County Da Fani Willis is shrinking case against the former president and his allies. Today, the Presiding Judge throughout dixon, the 41 charges including three, naming trump, one of which related to this now infamous phone call with Georgia Election officials so look, all i want to do is this. I just w
Overnight former President Trump was indicted accused of trying to turn over the 2020 president ial elections. Not only trump, but 18 others are indicted. Each defendant is facing racketeering. In the indictment, he tried to convince one to change the election. Former President Trump calls is a witch hunt and trying to derail his campaign. Trump facing a charges of 91 charges in georgia, florida, new york and washington d. C. We have a ton to get to. Cnn this morning starts right now. If youre just waking up, this is significant. Donald trump and 18 codefendants are facing a slew of charges. They include Rico Racketeering charges that were meant to take down mob basses bosses and gangs. They say that he created fake electors and Ellie Breeching voting systems to try and find evidence of voter fraud. We have Team Coverage all morning. Well start live outside the Fulton County courthouse. Trump has been ordered to surrendered by next friday. Reporter Fani Willis Giving donald trump, jr.
So excited to indict the former president. They actually accidentally posted charges online this morning before the grand jury rendered a decision. Were not sure if the judge is going to read that decision. Were going to listen in as indicated. All indications are the leak came out this afternoon and could have been the d. A. Jumping the gun. Lets listen. If he tells what it says, it was to get a good look. So you all need to leave. I mean, politely and nicely. Youve had a long day, but these folks cant go until you all go. I know we had talked about leaving the equipment here. Dont leave the equipment here because youre not going to want to be here tomorrow. Youre welcome to be here if you dont have a rule 22 for whats going to happen tomorrow. Just get all that. So you find anything good happens, you have that stupid decision. You mind taking that . They can come to the election . You just want to put them down. The guy was right there on everything youre doing, okay . You have to wo
Oh, incredibly busy evening. Good morning to you, steve, ainsley and brian. And the former president is lashing out against the prosecution. He tells fox news digital, quote politically inspired indictment, which could have been brought close to three years ago, was tailored for placement right smack in the middle of my Political Campaign where i am leading all republicans. The former president and 18 others face various charges individually, including violation of oath by a public officer and filing spawls documents. All of the defendants have been charged with violating georgias racketeering law, which carries a maximum Prison Sentence of 20 years. In addition to the mr. Trump, the indicted defendants include his former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows and some of his former attorneys, including Rudy Giuliani and sidney powell. The 98page indictment lists scott mccafe as the judge who will be presiding over the judge. Appointed by republican Governor Brian Kemp and joined the
Here. She is not an expert in . And refused to answer the questions. Reporter yeah, trace, beginning very early this morning, our team has been here outside of the courthouse alongside numerous other members of the media and everyone was basically anticipating or awaiting for a potential indictment against the former president today and much earlier today All Of A Sudden there was this post or information circulating that he had been indicted and that reuters had published basically a screenshot of the indictment. We are talking about earlier today. Around lunchtime hour it. Not that generated a lot of buzz. All of a sudden, the Fulton County . Office said, those are not correct documents. They are not legitimate. They are fictitious. There is no indictment. Now fast forward six to 12 hours, here we are midnight and the indictment finally came down tonight. It is remarkably similar if not identical to the document that surfaced earlier today on the County Website that was supposed to b