Welcome to prime time weekend. I am nicolle wallace. Lets get right to top stories. In a Perfect World we would not actually start the show where we are going to start it today, opening our broadcast with the results of what amounts to a legal circus, a spectacle and diversion. The ruling from Fulton County Superior Court judge scott macv was actually a victory for rule of law in the matter of the d. A. S relationship with special prosecutor nathan wade the judges ultimatum amounted to this. Either leave wade behind her help the prosecution of this case altogether. Turned out to be an easy choice for d. A. Willis to make. Remember what she said when she announced the indictment. The states role in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. Georgia, like every state, has laws that allow those who believe that results of an election are wrong, whether because of intentional wrongdoing or unintentional error, to challenge those results in our state courts. The indictme
, within six months and she said was to try all 19 defendants together. Barb mcquade joins us once again barbed one of the things that weve been going through this and doing this live on television, its always dangerous, i feel like im finally getting a bit of closure on this indictment and some of the real human drama that we saw later particularly in the january six investigation in congress. Im thinking critically about Ruby Freedom Freeman and shaye moss, two Election Workers in georgia who work and i mean specifically who were terrorize, including having people storm into her home, people caused her neighbors, they had to go into hiding at one point before people want to make a Citizens Arrest of her all while donald trump and his allies have demonized these women, portraying them as having headed up some effort to defraud the electorate. Weve got multiple charges now, multiple felony criminal charges against people will actually try to intimidate ruby freeman, who went to her hom
To face allegations he and 18 other people were behind a Criminal Racketeering Enterprise to reverse the 2020 Election Results in the State Of Georgia. I am giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily surrender no later than noon on friday, the 25th day of august, 2023. Tonight, georgia officials said its expected that trump and his codefendants will be booked at the Fulton County jail. The 41 count indictment, unsealed late, late last night, describes a wide ranging plot that went beyond the infamous find me 11,000 votes phone call. According to da fani willis, it also included the appointment of fake electors, efforts to access voting machines, harassment of an election worker, and attempts to try to reverse the results in other battleground states. Tonight, a former Trump White House lawyer commented on the indictment. I think it was important to georgia and, certainly important to her, to have trump as a defendant. The core of this against trump and the significant defenda
Results of what amounts to a side show. A legal circus, a spectacle and a deliberate diversion but here we are. But first we should make clear that todays ruling from john mcafee was actually a victory for the rule of law and for fani willis herself. In matter of the d. A. s relationship where naman wade, the judges ultimatum amounted to this. Leave wade behind or halt prosecution of this case. It turns out to be a easy choice for d. A. Willis to make. Remember what she said when she announced the indictment. The states roll in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. Georgia, like every state, has laws that allow those that believe that results of an election are wrong, whether, because of intentional wrongdoing, or unintentional error, to challenge those results in our state courts. The indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a Criminal Racketeering Enterprise to over turn georgias pr
Love, its what makes subaru subaru. Tonight on 306, 360, so much for lazy summer days. The first big moment of the election case, the judge warns donald trump to watch what he says and says to her he is just another defendant. And a Special Counsel appointed to investigate hunter biden and others. Who are those others . Plus, we are live in maui where the Death Toll Rose sharply. Some especially powerful new video is coming in which we will bring to you along with exclusive reporting on how hawaiian officials may have underestimated the risk of a tragedy like this and missed key opportunity to prevent it. Good evening everyone. John burrman here for anderson. And how the judge will be handling the most important trial this country has ever seen and the most singular Criminal Defendant ever. Someone who is running to reclaim the highest offense in the land. On top of that, he is donald trump. The venue outside a hearing on how he may have handled evidence that prosecutors will be turnin