Today on Inside Politics, what comes after three . Indictment number four, maybe. Today Fulton County prosecutors start presenting evidence as soon as tomorrow. They hope to secure a sweeping indictment against former President Donald Trump and those who aided and abetted the Conspiracy Theory to steal the 2020 election. Plus, this is what you will get, a biden president ial run dogged by hunter biden legal problems. Democrats fret as lawyers for the president s son insists an Election Year trial is not inevitable. And republicans get a close up with iowa voters. Who impress snd who disappointed . Did ron desantis do both . Iowas Republican Party chairman joins me live in just a few minutes. Im jessica dean in for dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines at Inside Politics. Up first today, the clock ticks toward another potential Trump Indictment and today action in georgia. That bus and the caravan of police surrounding it whisking grand jurors to work. The heightened security comes wi
Staff, mark meadows, and his postelection attorney, Rudy Giuliani. They are accused of engaging in a conspiracy to commit crimes intended to reverse trumps loss in georgia in 2020. The 98page indictment lists 13 State Charges against trump himself including racketeering as well as false statements. Prosecutors claim trump and his codefendants, quote, refused to accept that trump lost and knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election. District attorney fani willis wants the trial to start within six months. And unlike in Federal Court that trial could be televised. Lets begin at the courthouse in atlanta with cnns sara murray. And sara, this is a much more sprawling case both in terms of the number of defendants but also the nature and scope of the charges than what we saw in the Special Counsels case. Help lay it out for us. Reporter yeah, i think thats absolutely right. In these other federal cases we have seen donald trump largely charge
Former georgia Lieutenant Governor and cnn contributor jeff duncan revealing to cnn today he will testify before a grand jury in just a few days. I did just receive notification to appear on Tuesday Morning at the Fulton County grand jury, and i certainly will be there to do my part in recounting the facts. I have no expectations as to the questions, and ill certainly answer whatever questions put in front of me and dont want to go any deeper than that to jeopardize or compromise the investigation. This is a story that is important for republicans to hear and americans to hear. Lets hear the whole truth and nothing but the truth in Donald Trumps actions and the surrounding cast of characters around him. Fulton County District attorney fani willis is expected to seek multiple charges against trump and his allays in the years long investigation into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. We have Defense Attorney and former federal prosecutor shan wu for some legal analysis
Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me from washington, d. C. Im fredericka witfield. We begin with the apocalyptic destruction from the deadliest Natural Disaster in hawaiis history. Almost 80 people are dead and thousands displaced. At any moment, lahaina residents could return to assess what might be left. Crews are working to fully contain three major fires and prevent flareups on maui. The devastation costing an estimated 5. 5 billion. Governor josh green has ordered a comprehensive review of the states response. Lets go to cnns mike valerio. Last hour you were approached by a woman who was very frustrated about the road closures. Whats been happening there . Reporter good morning. The sun is now up over maui. This is the moment, fred, that people have been waiting for for more than 14 hours. Hundreds of car s queued up in the background, now able to move through the main route that goes into the Disaster Zone o f la h these are people who have been waiting after
Go that far. It prevents trump from publicly sharing materials that quote, the government designates as sensitive. That includes things like personal information of possible witnesses, recordings, and testimony. The defense argued a protective order would infringe on trumps First Amendment rights. But chechen noted quote, the need for the criminal case to proceed in no order, and to protect the integrity of the process means theyre gonna have to be limits on the defendant speech. And later in the hearing, she emphasized that trump is quote a criminal defendant. He is going to have restrictions like every single other defended. It was the first time both sides met in a courtroom with trusted, this Federal Judge assigned oversee the case. Well meet with her again in a few weeks, on august 28th to disrupt the, discuss the trial date. The Special Counsel Team that is proposed starting that trial on january 2nd 2024. That is a sign of how fast the government wants this case to move forward.