This is a moment in American History, the president of the United States is effectively being called in official court, as the head of a criminal enterprise. Theres been a lot of speculation about white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows who had not been previously indicted. And there was a lot of drama about his testimony, the various investigatory bodies and grand juries. And i think a lot of people thought that mark meadows is getting charged, that he is cooperating, its the president. Mark meadows is charged here as a number of Trump Lawyers. We saw Trump Lawyers named, or not named, but indicated as Unindicted Coconspirators in the federal indictment, the most recent federal indictment about trying to overturn the election results. Questions as to them not being charged but named as coconspirators. Here, they are charged. Giuliani, charged. Eastman, charged. Shes parole, shards. Clark, charged. , charged Sydney Powell, charge. Andrew weizmann has some interesting things to say. Can
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
Election interference case. And we know that multiple witnesses are likely inside. What we do not know yet is when we will know. Indictments arent usually sealed in georgia, so we would likely find out the moment it is filed. Who exactly is going to be charged, if they are charged . Is it one person or multiple . The initial grand jury investigating the case recommended charging 12 people. What will be charged . Is it racketeering, conspiracy, false statements, solicitation, and how would those charges apply . Looking ahead to if and when a trial date is set, what will that trial look like . Emphasis on look. Unlike federal trials, court cases can be televised. We could get answers to all of these questions and more very soon. So lets get into both the reporting and the legal analysis. Starting us off with the reporting is nbc news correspondent blayne alexander. Nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and the Atlanta Journalconstitution Senior Editor of trump gr
Headquarters in new york city. The grand shakeup. A stunning move in the Georgia Elections case against donald trump. But its not about whether d. A. Fani willis stays or goes. The judge dismissing six counts in the sweeping racketeering indictment including three against the former president. What led to the decision . And what it means for trump and his codefendants. Plus The Last Time America pitted the same pair of president ial nominees against each other two elections in a row, gas was a quarter, a burger was less, and donald trump and joe biden were just kids. Now americans have the rematch most say they never wanted but voted for anyway. And it ramps up the veepstakes for trump. What the price of admission could be. And one storm washes away more than half a Million Dollars worth of investment. What an Oceanfront Community is now asking for after watching its brand new protective sand dune disintegrate. A lot to get to, but we start with that Breaking News out of georgia. Judge
camp that israel calls a safe haven the latest on israel s biggest strike on the west bank in two decades. also tonight, is ron desantis openly advertising intolerance. his campaign puts out a video which it literally says is to wrap up pride month, slamming donald trump for being too accepting of lgbtq americans. later, the little salvadoran girl who was torn from her mother at the southern border. how she and her mom are doing now and the american life they are trying to build now. we begin the israel s combined air and ground attack on jenin and the west bank, specifically the refugee camp there. according to israel, the camp is known to be a haven for militants. that said, it s densely populated in the middle of a crowded city, packed with civilians n a conflict that is once again dangerously flaring up. cnn s hadas gold is there tonight. reporter: i was in jenin yesterday. but today it s a different story. residents saying they haven t seen scenes like they re