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
Dana hello everybody, here with judging per euro. 5 00 in new york city, and this is the five. [ ] real blood bath for the medias court ability, team biden, the democrats in the liberal press all teaming up to take donald trump completely out of context, the common side of the former president made about the bloodbath in the auto industry. Heres what he actually said. We will put a tariff on everything a car over the line and he will not be able to sell those cars. If i get elected if i dont get elected itll be a bloodbath for the whole that a be the least of it, at Obe Bloodbath for the country, not be the least of it. But they wont sell those cars. Dana is a media foot leaving out the full context instead of pumping out of these headlines, promoting the miscellaneous bloodbath interpretation. Implying the former president was calling for particle violence. Their narrative also finding a place on rival networks. What i heard was a continuation over the same rhetoric, the same endorsem
Politics the former president s pardon play. Donald trumps lawyers make a hail mary request for an april 2026 start to the 2020 Election Trial and try to make sure the case never sees the inside of a courtroom. Plus a game of risk. New reporting outlines how republicans plan to conquer a trumpless debate. How another republican warns his party appears poised to fulfill the textbook definition of insanity. President biden invokes the whole enemy of my enemy is a Friend Theory of Foreign Policy today pushing two neighbors to put aside a generation of bad blood and send a message to the country a couple blocks away, china. Im Phil Mattingly in for dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Were going to start with this up first. Two questions. Do you know what youre doing on monday . Do you know what youre doing in april, 2026 . The answer is no for me on both of them. Donald trump, though, has plans for both. More specifically mr. Trump knows where he wont be on monday
There was also a lot of news, as there has been all week. Theres more today. Lets get started this friday, august 18. This breaking overnight, Hurricane Hillary Intensifying in the pacific. It is now a major category 4 hurricane thats expected to bring flooding and rain to california and the southwest over the weekend. More Breaking News, mauis Emergency Management administrator quit abruptly a day after he defended not sounding the islands sirens as Deadly Wildfires tore through la hadhaina citing health reasons. And also this just in, femas Disaster Fund is slipping into the red and Hurricane Season hasnt even peaked yet. Now pressure is on for congress to pass a spending bill. Former President Trump wants to push back the trial date in the federal election subversion case by a lot. The Special Counsel wants january, months from now. Trumps team wants april of 2026, about three years from now. And federal prosecutors are recommending the toughest january 6 sentence yet for two leader
Criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 president ial election in this state. The indictment brings Felony Charges against donald john trump. It was so important we had to wait until midnight. Among the 19 included in the indictment is trump ozzie for me former attorney Rudy Giuliani and former Chief Of Staff mark meadows. Trump is facing 13 counts in georgia now bringing his grand total, look at that number, to 91 criminal charges across four indictments. Never in American History has there been one. They have now brought 90 plus 1. 91 against there most feared political opponent. The former president has been charged with the racketeering influenced and corrupt organizations act which is what prosecutors used to go after gangsters and mob bosses. It carries with it a 20 year penalty. We know the left will not stop until they put them behind bars. The grand jury issued Arrest Warrants for those who are charged. I am giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily