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
Caught plotting flake electors. We must be prepared. To lobby our republican legislatures. How roger stone is responding tonight. And meet the judge who helped rollback your reproductive rights. Because doctors love looking at babies. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes, today Fulton County District Attorney fani willis, who was prosecuting donald trump in 18 other criminals under Racketeering Charges announced her office is investigating threats against the grand jurors who indicted the ex president. Nbc News Reporter first reported yesterday that Trump Supporters leaked deported addresses of grand juries online. Along with their names which did appear in the indictment. And this is just the latest example of threatening behavior by Trump Supporters directed at the various people working to hold them accountable for the crimes he is accused of. We also learned yesterday that a texas woman was arrested. And charged with Making Threats towards judge
Legal experts tonight. Were discussing rico is a powerful charge because it is so broad. It is one of the broadest laws in the nation, the way georgia uses it, as the Washington Post explains, because prosecutors can weave together alleged crimes, violations of state and federal laws, activities in other states, the law as this d. A. Knows well, does not require a defendant to set foot in georgia to be charged. Why . Because rico is that broad, you do need, of course, something to happen in the state, in georgia, but you could be a person who stayed out of state. Maybe youre a busy coconspirator. Maybe youre a coward and send other people to do things for you. Under the Georgia State rico statute, a long as some people have committed these crimes of some kind inside the state, other people can be looped in. Thats one of the ways d. A. Willis came out with this strong, broad set of charges last night rounding up these 19 defendants. Theyre not all Household Names. I want to show you def
Just moments ago, the key question about the politics of all of this. Watch. How can the white house assure people that the case involving the president s son is being handled fairly . Anything that has been stated or said by hunters representative, ill have to refer you to his representatives. Thats not something that i will respond to. What i can say and i said it at the top, the Department Of Justice is independent. That is what the president believes. He believes this white house will not politicize the Department Of Justice. This was done under the leadership of a trumpappointed u. S. Attorney as you know. So im not going to add anything else to that. Martha id imagine well hear more along those lines. Carl rowe and general Tom Dupree Standing by with their analysis of this. First to david spunt live at Justice Department with the new developments here. Hi, david. Hi, martha. This is david weisss first full week as Special Counsel. Hes got quite a task ahead of him. Hes had a majo
Collins starts now. Straight from the source, a first move by one of trumps codefendants in georgia. His former Chief Of Staff, mark meadows, now seeking to move the prosecution against him to a Federal Court in hopes of getting it dismissed. Will it work in well see. As for trumps next move, its a lot like his previous ones. He is now claiming finally he has the evidence to prove the election was stolen when he has filed to do so for nearly three years. Also tonight there is growing desperation and frustration being felt throughout hawaii a week after the Deadly Wildfires broke out. People are still missing. Fires are still burning. And families are still waiting for word on their missing loved ones. Im Kaitlan Collins and this is the source. Tonight we are learning new details following last nights indictment including on where donald trump will likely be surrendering. The Fulton County Sheriffs Office says that he is expected to be booked at the Fulton County jail. The big question