Joining us tonight. We have new developments in the georgia case involving Donald Trumps alleged efforts to overturn the election. Today, as chris was talking, about the former trump lawyer, Sydney Powell, asked the court to separate her case from the 19 other defendants in the trial. Their lawyers claim that Sydney Powell, quote, has no substantive connection with any other defendant regarding the charges in the indictment, and quote. Therefore, should be tried alone. That is to put it mildly, a difficult case to make. Powell, seen here standing alongside Rudy Giuliani in front of a Campaign Sign for the codefendant, on all trump, has many substantive connections to the other defendants. She attended a meeting with several other defendants at the white house where they discussed ways to overturn the election. At that meeting, they considered making Sydney Powell a Special Counsel so that she could investigate the election. But now her lawyers say that she doesnt really know any of tho
Stand. And we will bring you the rest of the major legal developments of the day including federal judges official finding that rudolph truly giuliani did lie about two Election Workers in georgia, an innocent mother and daughter, who were attacked by not just giuliani but the biden president of the United States, donald trump. And there is more we have to get to tonight because it happened again. In tennessee. You would think that the Republican Legislature learned their lesson. When they suffered worldwide condemnation for expelling representative justin jones and representative justin pearson, who were then immediately reappointed to their positions by local officials, and then went on to win their reelections to the legislature. But this week, the tennessee speaker of the house, formally ordered the silencing of representative justin jones. And once again, the republicans in the Tennessee House of representatives were widely condemned for that silencing. Representative justin jones
Destruction it has left behind. Plus another unsettling moment for Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell while he answered questions from reporters. How his team is responding to growing concerns about the republicans health. And also ahead Rudy Giulianis lies about the 2020 election are starting to catch up with him legally and financially. Well have much more on that just ahead. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, august 31st. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us, and we will begin this morning with Tropical Storm idalia. The storm weakened overnight but is still making its way through the carolinas and dropping a massive amount of rain, flooding streets and causing widespread Power Outages. Charleston, South Carolina, recorded its fifth highest tide ever as the storm surge there exceeded forecasts and reached over 9 feet. The city is also experiencing significant flooding as peak tides swelled over the sea wall for quite some time. The Na
That georgia case involving Donald Trumps alleged efforts to overturn the election. Sydney powell, this woman, asked the court to separate her case from the other 19 defendants in the trial. Their lawyers claimed Sydney Powell, quote, has no substantive connection to any other defendant regarding the incharges in the indictment, end quote, and therefore should be tried alone. That is to put it mildly a difficult case to make. Powell seen here standing alongside Rudy Giuliani in front of a Campaign Sign for the codefendant for donald trump, at that meeting they considered making Sydney Powell a Special Counsel so that she could investigate the election. But now her lawyers say she doesnt really know any of those folks. Another codefendant in the georgia case, this man Kenneth Chesebro has also filed a motion to sever his file from the others. Mr. Chesebro would like the court to release the names of 30 coconspirators in the indictment. There are 30 of them not named. Fani willis told th