county which will be more blue for him, and federal court would be a greater jury pool that would include people of all different shades of red and blue. so absolutely favorable to him to say this should not be prosecuted, it should be dismissed as a matter of law but if it does have to go forward, it should be in federal court. i know you are a former manhattan prosecutor, but put this hat on for a moment. if you were part of trump s legal team, where would you even begin with a defense strategy? well, one of the things that he could do is say listen, i can t be indicted in the first place, i m the president or former president of the united states. i was acting in a manner consistent with my role as president of the united states. and furthering my objective and goals as president. the problem is for that defense, you are assuming that he is doing things that he should be doing as president. and we know that president s job is not to certify an election, to tabulate and count the
once a terrorrump ally fired ba twitter that the election was not stolen and the former lieutenant governor who testified against trump monday says that it is time to let the judicial process play out. if donald trump and the co-conspirators did nothing wrong, they will have their opportunity to share their story. reporter: raffensperger saying the most basic principles of a strong democracy are accountability and respect for the constitution and rule of law. you either have it or you don t. fulton county sheriff says he hopes to keep the surrender process consistent with what local defendants usually face. unless someone tells me differently, we re following our normal practices. and so doesn t matter your status, we ll have mug shots ready for you. reporter: the district attorney indicating that trial could be massive. do you intend to try all of these defendants together? do i intend to try 19 defendants in this indictment
if convicted of racketeering the defendants could face a 5 to 20 year sentence. rico charges has time that you have to serve. reporter: and it covers trump s infamous january 2021 call to georgia secretary of state raffensperger. i just want to find 11,780 votes. reporter: the harassment campaign by trump supporters against ruby freeman. i cannot say specifically what will take place. i just know reporter: as well as the trump campaign s fake electors plot and breach of a voting system in rural coffey county. trump posting that all charges should be dropped and there will be complete exoneration. as he clings to baseless claims of voter fraud and vows to hold a press conference about it monday. republican governor brian kemp
to pressure state and local officials to change their election results. in detroit, trump allegedly claimed that there had been a suspicious dump of votes after polls closed. the whole city was totally corrupt, he said. in philadelphia trump publicly maligned city commissioner for saying there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud in philadelphia. in atlanta, trump and coconspirator 1, we giuliani, pointed to the state farm arena is the locus of voter fraud in georgia. giuliani publicly smeared ruby freeman and shaye moss, accusing them of passing around usb ports as if they were vials of heroin or cocaine. no evidence to support that. what do all three of those places have in common? most voters in those places are black and brown. at the heart of trump s alleged plot over turn the 2020 election is an unrelenting effort to disenfranchise black
corrupt, he said. in philadelphia trump publicly maligned a city commissioner for saying there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud in philadelphia. in atlanta, trump and coconspirator 1, rudy giuliani, repeatedly. pointed to the state farm arena as the locus of voter fraud in georgia. giuliani publicly smeared ruby freeman and shaye moss, accusing them of passing around usb ports as if they were vials of heroin or cocaine. no evidence to support that. what do all three of those places have in common? most voters in those places are black and brown. at the heart of trump s alleged plot over turn the 2020 election is an unrelenting effort to disenfranchise black and brown voters specifically. and as it turns out, that is a felony. yesterday s special counsel smith charge trump under