And rallying against the abuse the forceful message from 0. 05 of women in chile is capital. 3 legal experts cold by us democrats have testified president dont want trump commits impeachable offenses a 4th scholar invited by republicans says the evidence is insufficient trump is accused of abusing his power to push a crane into investigating his political rival Joe Biden Joe cashel begins our coverage from washington d. C. You swear or affirm and to penalty of perjury some of us constitutional scholars have weighed in the President Trumps ukraine scandal is an impeachable then nothing is and professor gary hart did President Trump commit the impeachable high crime in my. I mean or of abuse of power we 3 are unanimous yes the 3 law professors call by democrats running in unison alarm bells that the countrys democracy is under threat by the president s actions what has happened in the case today is something that i do not think we have ever seen before a president who has doubled down on
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
As the public defense. John got eat never even had for indictments at once. Theyre worried they cant beat him in the ballot box. Tonight sweeping rico charges for the ex president and his foot soldiers. No laws were written for any organization that turns itself into a criminal ongoing organization. Involving legal strategies for the maga inner circle. Great a get a great criminal defense lead lawyer. Youre gonna. Get late filing for mark meadows to move the Fulton County charges to Federal Court and which of the four criminal trials of Donald Trumps most important. Which will go to trial first . I did everything right and they indicted me. When all in starts, right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Tonight we are processing the aftermath of the latest sweeping indictment of donald trump, delivered by a Georgia Grand Jury less than 24 hours ago, announced last evening. Fulton County District attorney fani willis accuses the ex president of being involved in a criminal en
And it might eventually and in a jail. In Fulton County the Sheriffs Office announced today the donald trump and all his 18 accused coconspirators will first be booked at the Rice Street Jail in Fulton County. A sheriff from Fulton County has said that dom trump will be fingerprinted and that he will be photographed and end up with a mugshot when he is booked at the Rice Street Jail. The sheriff noted that the deal was open 24 7 and all of the people indicted in what the indictment called Donald Trumps Criminal Enterprise Are welcome to show up to their bookings at anytime. No appointment necessary. To varying degrees, donald trump has been given special treatment in each one of his previous arrests and arraignments. So far there has been no suggestion from the Fulton County sheriff, fani willis, that donald trump will receive special treatment this time in the booking and arraignment procedure. This is the one. This is the case that tells a story more clearly than any other Criminal C
Dozens of lavish vacations. The new reporting raising new ethical questions for the Supreme Court justice. Im Jonathan Capehart this is the Saturday Show. Republican president ial hopefuls are facing a Digital Campaign test this week. The Iowa State Fair. The fair, home of the Famous Butter Cow Sculpture is a right of passage for candidates to make their pitch directly to voters. Florida Governor Ron Desantis and former South Carolina governor nikki haley are set to make an appearance this morning. But they have a lot of ground to cover to catch up to the parties front runner. A recent poll by the New York Times and Siena College shows donald trump leading desantis by 24 points in the state. Trump plans to attend the fair later today, despite facing fresh new legal troubles, including a trial that could take place before the Iowa Caucuses on january 15th. Special counsel jack smith has proposed a trial date of january 2nd for the 2020 Election Interference Case. But we will have to wai