Impeachment trial of donald j. Trump. A new brief says the former president holds unmistakable responsibility for the capitol riot, and that it was obvious and foreseeable that his remarks on january 6th would lead to that riot and disaster. The president s new legal team faces a noon deadline to file a response. These are two developing story lines in the biden reset. Today he will form a new White House Task force to reunite children separated from their parents during the Trump Administration. President biden would like major Congressional Action on this topic, but primary number one is covid relief. The monday night meeting between the president and ten republicans was cordial but did little to fill the gap between what the republicans want and what the president is necessary. Today this new data point in the republican fracture over the direction of the gop. Loony lies and Conspiracy Theories are a cancer. Those are the stern words of the Senate Republican leader, Mitch Mcconnell
Front runner for the 2024 nomination, is accused and facing a slew of new charges for allegedly master minding a plot in georgia to stay in power. He and all the other defendants now have ten days to surrender. Late last night, an atlantabased grand jury voted to Indictment Trump and 18 other people, including mark meadows and rudy giuliani, on state criminal charges across 41 counts. All of them stemming from their alleged efforts to overturn trumps 2020 defeat. The indictment arguing that all of them, quote, refused to accept trump lost and know ingl and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election. So this is a racketeering case, charges brought against mobsters, alleging a widespread conspiracy to commit multiple criminal acts. Trump is accused of 13 new crimes. Hes now charged with 91 crimes from the four indictments. Trump calls the new charges politically inspired. The defendants face an august 25th deadline to turn themselves in. Fulton County
Hard questions on maui. How did this wildfire start . How did it grow so fast . Destroy lives all with so little warning . Now a top official in charge of the response to that crisis has quit even as he stands up for how his agency handled the disaster. Plus a historic hurricane. Hilary is now a huge category four storm. It could be the first storm of its kind to hit california in some 84 years. Some areas could get a years worth of rain in just one day. And justice deferred. Donald trumps legal team trying to push one trial years into the future. While the former president backtracks his plans to hold an explosive News Conference monday. Were following these developing stories and more right here all coming in to cnn news central. The origin and the response to the deadly maui wildfires are both under growing scrutiny. Just a couple of hours, residents of the devastated town of lahaina are set to hold a News Conference to address how officials responded to the disaster. It comes after
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Donald trump lashing out today after the latest indictment against him, this one in Fulton County, georgia. Why this case could be so consequential. Plus, the actions of mark meadows, charged for the first time in one of these cases. A chief trump critic and rival is here, former governor chris christie. Why he says hes uncomfortable with how the georgia indictment went down. One week after the first evacuations in hawaii, new questions about warning systems. Did the wildfire make them inoperable or did no one ever sound the alarm . Im jake tapper. We start today with our Law And Justice lead. 91 charges, thats what donald trump is now facing after he was indicted in Fulton County, georgia last night. This was the fourth time hes been indicted since leaving office. Hes one of 19 people charged in georgia for his and their attempts to overturn the 2020 Election Results in that state. Trump joined by his former attorneys, as well as former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows. All of