Threats and calls for violence. Fears today that jurors and judges tied to trump cases are at risk as the former president s legal battles grow. What were learning about those threats and whos behind them. And we have new details about when donald trump is planning to turn himself in to face those charges in georgia as we learn he is now plotting Counter Programming for the first gop primary debate. Plus, new focus on a Power Company facing lawsuits over mauis wild fires and anger growing over response to the tragedy as officials warn that 1,000 people or more could still be missing. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. The Fulton County, Georgia Sheriffs Office now says it is working with other agencies to track down where the threats to Georgia Grand Jury members are coming from. A Law Enforcement source tells cnn, quote, people are being threatened to be killed for doing their civic duty. This comes days after th
The Election Year . And hawaiis governor says more than 1,000 people are still potentially missing as fema is acknowledging challenges with the Relief Efforts there, well get an update from a top official and a new look at the harrowing scenes on the ground. Im kaitlan collins. This is the source. We begin with exclusive new reporting on the hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees that Rudy Giuliani is now staring down and the desperate attempts he has made to get former President Trump to cover them. With his attorney in tow, im told that Rudy Giuliani traveled to maralago in late april on a mission to make a personal appeal to trump to pay his legal bills. By going in person, giuliani and that lawyer, Robert Costello believed they could help explain face to it is if a why trump needled to assist his attorney with those ballooning legal bills. They argued that really, it was in trumps best interests to do so. But apparently, it fell on deaf ears. Trump is notoriously strict abo
Donald trump, now has ten days to surrender to authorities in georgia on charges tied to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. It will be his fourth time booked on criminal charges. He wont be alone. The 98page indictment names 18 codefendants, including his former chief of staff, mark meadows. The 41 charges include racketeering and conspiracy. The atlanta area District Attorney fani willis says those 19 defendants in total plotted against the constitution which trump swore to protect and defend and abused the office, trump is of Course Running for once again. Cnns paula reed is at the courthouse in atlanta. Paula, this case is wider both in terms of number of defendants but also took a different legal path for charging this. Reporter thats right. A lot of key differences here. Not only in how its constructed. Fani willis pursuing a racketeering or rico case here. Rico laws were passed to dismantle organized crime. So shes charging former President Trump but 18 allies.
State of the Union Address. Our Special Coverage begins two hours from right now. The beat with ari starts right now. Hi, nicolle. See you soon. See you soon. Welcome to a Special Edition of the beat on State Of The Union night. You know how it works. Were looking at the capitol where people will be gathering soon. This is the final State Of The Union of the president s first term. They could not be sure that these primaries would be over or what else would be happening in the country when they scheduled this, but the primaries did functionally end yesterday, as nikki haley dropped off republican race, so tonight, the president speaks to the a largest audience. As that reality sets in for many, you watch the news, but a lot of people dont follow this every day. Theyre hearing this week, we got a rematch, yep, trump has cleared the field, yeah, its going to be this, and at this Pivotal Moment that, like it or not weve seen on both sides not a ton of excitement, but its whats happening.
Next. Harris georgia District Attorney fani willis is back under the microscope. Look at this. This is live right now. The Georgia State Senate Special committee is investigating fani willis and is holding a hearing right now. This is what we are watching. Their star witness, you recognize. That is the attorney who exposed the Extramarital Affair that fani willis was having with her favorite prosecutor, nathan wade. They were working together on the Election Interference Case against former President Trump. Ashleigh merchant represents one of former President Trumps codefendants. And she again got this story. She accused willis and wade of Conflict Of Interest and ra trove Ofquestionable Cast Pas between the two. That to Senate Committee is digging deep. Fani claimed she hired wade before their relationship began. Witnesses have gone before a judge and contradicted what the two lovers have testified under oath about when they met, what they were doing, all of the money. We have watched