Counts against mr. Trump, handed up last night by a grand jury after a 2 1 2 year investigation conducted by District Attorney willis in georgia. Willis writes, quote, defendant donald trump lost the election. One of the states he lost was georgia. Trump and the other defendants charged in this Indictment Refuse to accept that trump lost. They knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of trump. Among those codefendants, some of the most wellknown people in the former president s orbit during his final days in office. Including his white house chief of staff, mark meadows, personal attorney and former new york city mayor, rudy giuliani, jeffrey clark, who tried to assert significant election concerns had been identified, and a string of lawyers, including john eastman, Sidney Powell and speaking to the press just before midnight, she rejected trumps accusation on social media that she was persecuting him for political reasons.
defend him against grave allegations of mishandling classified documents and concealing him from investigators. also this hour, authorities are raising new concerns about security right now at the miami courthouse as trump and his allies are encouraging supporters to protest there tomorrow. the mayor says the city is prepared but are federal and local law enforcement officials doing enough to keep everyone safe? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in t the situation room. let s get to the new developments just ahead of a federal criminal arraignment. donald trump is holed up at his golf club outside of miami with his high stakes court appearance less than 24 hours away. paula is on the ground in miami just outside the federal courthouse. how is the former president preparing for his arrest and arraignment tomorrow? the former president is expected to meet with his team this afternoon to discuss legal strategy. r
counts against mr. trump, handed up last night by a grand jury after a 2 1/2 year investigation conducted by district attorney willis in georgia. willis writes, quote, defendant donald trump lost the election. one of the states he lost was georgia. trump and the other defendants charged in this indictment refuse to accept that trump lost. they knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of trump. among those co-defendants, some of the most well-known people in the former president s orbit during his final days in office. including his white house chief of staff, mark meadows, personal attorney and former new york city mayor, rudy giuliani,
influence and interferns and we re in a situation now where our country is so polarized that people who haven t even bothered to read the indictment refuse to even think about what he s done as a which will to national security. and i think that that s hugely problematic. you look at where we are now in terms of the active efforts of our adversaries to influence our elections. plus, you add in ai. we re going probably half a million deep fakes on our system this is year and you have the desantis campaign using deep fa fakes as part of campaign literature. how on earth is our system not vulnerable to misunderstanding manipulation. stand by. this note to our viewers. stay with cnn tonight for the town hall with chris christie.