Results in the state. Hes facing thirteen new charges, including racketeering and conspiracy. That brings his total charges to 91 and adding to a list that includes election interference, hush money paid to a porn star, and mishandling classified documents. Mr trump is hoping to be re elected president next year, and denies all charges against him. Our North America editor sarah smith has more. The courthouse in downtown atlanta, where donald trump and his allies will be tried for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, on charges usually brought against mobsters that carry a minimum of five years injail. He has successfully made all the charges against him part of his campaign to be re elected president , claiming as usual this is a witchhunt against him, accusing the prosecutor of political motives. I make decisions in this office based on the facts and the law. The law is completely nonpartisan. Thats how decisions are made in every case. The 13 charges against donald trump includ
Significant, this evidence linking members of trumps legal team, to the breach of a Voting System there. Jessica, these Text Messages add to a growing body of evidence that links Donald Trumps legal team to this Voting System breach here in georgia that happened on january 7th, 2021. More specifically, it links them to this effort to secure written invitation from a local election official there, essentially allowing them, in their minds, to speenter the Election Office and no election official is allowed to let anyone have access to Voting Systems. But trumps team and lawyers were trying to convince this election official to provide a letter of invitation. And these Text Messages show us how they were involved in the planning, and how down from Rudy Giuliani to sidney powell, how they were kept in the loop on the state level as they worked to secure this Written Letter of invitation, and ultimately access to the Voting System there is in coffee county. This is 200 miles south of downt
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. We are grateful. The beat with katie phang in for ari starts right now. Hi, katie. Hi, nicolle. Thank you so much. Welcome to the beat for the rest offuous. I am katie phang in for ari melber. We start with flashing Warning Signs for american democracy at a Pivotal Moment in the American Campaign season. As of tonight President Biden and former President Trump have clenched the threshold for meeting they primaries. Its the earliest matchup in nearly a quarter of a century. In 2000 al gore and george w. Bush clenched their nominations just four days earlier than joe biden and donald trump. Of course, that election ended at the United States Supreme Court. And this election starts there. Trump set to make the unprecedented argument for total president ial immunity in his coup case next month, as accountability for january 6th rioters dpriends forward. Just today a federal judge ordering that a trump
And thank you to you at home for joining us this evening. Donald trumps fourth criminal indictment, number four appears to be buffets away. Nbc news is now reporting that Fulton County District Attorney fani willis is expected to present her case to the grand jury next week. We know the d. A. Willis has been investigating trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. Her investigation appears to have quite a bit in common with the federal case being brought by Special Counsel jack smith in washington, d. C. The case in georgia may prove to be different than dak smiths case in one very meaningful way. To understand that, we have to go back to 1979. The City Of Atlanta was experiencing an unprecedented wave of crimes. It wasnt Nbc Nightly News in august of that year. During the First Six Months of the year, crime and atlanta was up 30 . Robbery and aggravated assault were upset many percent. Murder was up to. Atlanta has had 140 homicides the, highest total since 1973. That wa
Donald trumps legal team can show him the sensitive materials in the case, but trump cannot take notes on any information that would identify witnesses and, according to the Protective Order, quote, during any time that the defendant reviews sensitive materials outside of Defense Councils presents, the defendant must not have access to any device capable of photocopying, recording, or otherwise replicating the sensitive materials, including a smart cellular device. This Protective Order was a partial win for jack smiths team, who originally sought to prevent the public release of all evidence given to donald trump. Lets not forget these rules for sensitive materials are being enforced on the twice impeached former president who was comfortable with leaving classified documents in a bathroom at his florida residence. Donald trumps legal team has stuck to a very obvious strategy in this case. We naked about First Amendment rights, delay, and then make it some more and then try the case i