Saying this is politically motivated. Mr. Trump says this politically inspired indictment could have been brought close to three years ago was tailored for placement in the middle of my political campaign, where i am leading all republicans. The former president and various others face charges, including violation of oath and filing false documents, all have been charged with violating georgias racketeering law, which carries 20 years. Defendants include handwriting former white house chief of staff, mark meadows and former attorneys, including Rudy Giuliani and sydney powell, lists Scott Mccaffey to preside over the case and join the Fulton County superior Court Earlier this year. Hours before the indictment, incomplete document listing the same charges briefly appear said on the Fulton County Court Website before being taken down. My colleague bryan llenas pressed on what happened . I dont work that system, i will not speculate. Next question. Moved on to the next question there. Tru
Underway for donald trump and 18 allies to surrender any day in atlanta. Plus, the effort by his former Chief Of Staff to get this case moved. Also ahead, new reporting on why the Special Counsel wanted trumps tweets and a new warning from his former a. G. About trumps social media habits and the potential for more trouble. The latest on that legal labyrinth just ahead. And the death toll from the wildfires in hawaii, now over 100, 1,000 still missing and new reporting just in about when the president will visit the burn zone. Thanks so much for joining us. Its 10 00 eastern, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and this morning the countdown is on for donald trump and his allies to surrender to authorities in georgia. The former president and his 18 codefendants have until high noon next friday to voluntarily surrender, and we have some new details about where the booking will happen. Atlantas Rice Street Jail. This as trumps former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows is trying
With the investigation, cnn reports this, questions asked of two recent witnesses indicate smith is focusing on how money raised off those baseless claims of voter fraud was used to fund attempts to breach Voting Equipment in several states won by joe biden and squarely in jack smiths sights, unindicted coconspirator number three, thats trump codefendant attorney Sidney Powell. Cnn reports this, quote, according to sources, witnesses interviewed by jack smiths prosecutors in recent weeks were asked about powells role in the hunt for evidence of vote fraud after the 2020 election. Including how her Nonprofit Group defending the republic provided money to fund those efforts. If team trump was literally trying to break into the Voting Machines after the fact, then the truth spun by chris krebs about the security of the 2020 election was a real fly in the ointment. There is no foreign power that is flipping votes. There is no domestic actor flipping votes. I did it right. We did it right.
Of the Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden, the president with his first Public Comments on the new phase of the investigation. But she is dead. Yeah, just write a check. Just [ laughter ]. 11,000, she was 26 anyway. She had limited value. A Seattle Police officer caught on body camera laughing and joking about the death of a woman when he was hit and killed by a police car while crossing the street. Kate is on assignment today. Im sara snider with John Berberman this is cnn news central. All right, midnight tonight thats the deadline for the big three detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers union to h hand a contract. If they cant Reach Agreement the firstever simultaneous strike of the big three legacy automakers, ford, gm and the uaw president said the strike will be limited and targeted at first but then would expand over time, negotiations will continue until the deadline and so far they havent gone very well, pay hikes, job security and retiree he Healthcare Coverage
coordination with the federal agencies trying to respect the normal process as much as possible, but this jail, the rice street jail in fulton county that s used to book virtually everyone who s arrested in this county is a far cry from what the former president has experienced so far. as you mentioned ana, it s under investigation by doj, which uses a statute called crip pa, to look into the conditions that people who are confined in state prisons are held in. this has been a persistent problem in this area, and it will likely be a very rude awakening for some of these defendants who have never seen facility like this before, even if they re only there to go through booking. it may well be a real moment where they realize what they re now up against. katie, what do we know about the judge that will be overseeing this sprawling case? judge scott mccaffey. ana, it is a random