Destruction left by the wildfires in maui, what it is like on the ground for the people there needing most right now as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. Good evening, im Alicia Menendez in for stephanie ruhle. Weve reached the end of another week of high profile and historic legal troubles for former president , donald trump. He now faces 91 charges across four indictments. The latest in georgia, where he has yet to turn himself in. Law enforcement there is planning for trump to surrender no earlier than thursday of next week. Thats according to three sources familiar with the plan, they stress, nothings official just yet. Trump and the 18 codefendants in fani williss case have exactly one week to voluntary surrender in Fulton County. Earlier today, Georgia Republican governor, brian kemp, spoke a lot about what he thought the georgia case might go to trial. In my opinion, this trial, despite what theyre thinking for anybody else, it is not going to happen before the e
Or, alternatively, trump can take his phone with him but his Defense Counsel has to babysit him to make sure he does not copy anything onto his phone. And if the defendant takes notes, regarding sensitive materials, the Defense Council must inspect those notes. It is sort of like the sats, only its all part of a federal criminal indictment. As the prosecution argued for that provision, they noted dryly and pointedly, trump has shown a tendency, a desire to hold on to material which he should not have. Yes, that is correct, trump was caught having taken more than 300 classified documents with him to his Florida Beach house when he left the white house. The reason this all had to be ironed out today is because Special Counsel smiths team is going to start handing trumps Team Evidence to review before they all go to trial. Those rules are part of a much larger protective order that judge chutkan ordered today, outlying what evidence trump cannot share from this case outside court. And we
Regarding the election investigation, and that i would do that before September 1st of 2023. And im going to hold true to that commitment. Working for 2 1 2 years, were ready to go. That was Fulton County d. A. Fani willis last month, and tonight, there are indications that the fourth indictment of donald trump may be imminent. This time for Election Interference in georgia. Also tonight, judge Tanya Chutkan warned trump against making inflammatory statements, which he proceeded to ignore, so what if anything is going to be done about it . And despite all of that, trump still appears to be the Republican Partys inevitable nominee. His dominance over the rest of the republican field was on full displace this weekend in iowa. We begin tonight with Fulton County, georgia, where donald trump could face a fourth indictment, thats four, possibly any moment now. Im Jason Johnson in for joy reid. Fulton County District attorney fani willis appears poised to issue a Charging Decision on Donald
Trumps free speech. It is about his conduct. Plus, new revelations about the extent of trumps pressure campaign, and we are talking to the man who is in charge of running secure elections there in 2024, we are going to get into the lasting effects of voting in the political process. Then, we will take a timeout from donald trump so that our critics can weigh in against lizzo, and what the popstar has to say about it. I have something to say. We start with Breaking News this evening, in spite of being warned by a judge not to temper with witnesses or jurors, or interfere with the administration of justice, former President Donald Trump fired off a threat within the last 24 hours. If you go after me, i am coming after you. Now, this threat is the definition of political speech. As part of the prosecutions case against trump. If you hours go, the trial judge gave trumps negotiate deadline of five pm on monday, to respond to a protective order proposal submitted by the Special Counsel. Jac
Law professor. You have gone through this 45 page indictment now. What is your top line take away so far . Guest how much of it is very into with the january 6 committee careful work over many months. We saw the various Public Programs outlining the massive amount of evidence that the january 6 committee developed. Also, they had to report, of course. And we are seeing a Second Branch of government work in tandem with the United States congress to bring some accountability to the white house, frankly. I wrote a piece a while back in Politico Magazine shortly after january 6, in which i did a thought experiment with my students. We went through the various guardrails around the presidency, to make sure president s dont cross boundaries. Effectively, the only thing that was left was a criminal indictment. I see this as an important step in protecting how our democracy states accountable to the people. And too much power does not get out of hand in a way that could destroy the republic mo