Donald trump lashing out today after the latest indictment against him, this one in Fulton County, georgia. Why this case could be so consequential. Plus, the actions of mark meadows, charged for the first time in one of these cases. A chief trump critic and rival is here, former governor chris christie. Why he says hes uncomfortable with how the georgia indictment went down. One week after the first evacuations in hawaii, new questions about warning systems. Did the wildfire make them inoperable or did no one ever sound the alarm . Im jake tapper. We start today with our Law And Justice lead. 91 charges, thats what donald trump is now facing after he was indicted in Fulton County, georgia last night. This was the fourth time hes been indicted since leaving office. Hes one of 19 people charged in georgia for his and their attempts to overturn the 2020 Election Results in that state. Trump joined by his former attorneys, as well as former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows. All of
call now 800-710-0020. today on inside politics, a plea deal and a firestorm near the white house wants to put the hunter biden criminal saga behind them. republicans say, there is no chance biden will get off that easy. , so much for that fog. the president said, xi jinping is a dictator. china calls it an absurd provocation. new reporting reveals justice samuel alito took an elaborate free trade with a billionaire who later had business with the supreme court. i am dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. first, justice and a partisan divide over whether it has been served or severed. yesterday, doj revealed that hunter biden struck a plea deal . today, that deal is at the center of a big fight over justice department fairness and what should happen now. mr. biden s attorney calls the end result five years of diligent, fair work. this morning, the attorney general waiting for the first time saying, he left the biden matter entirely in the h
republican presidential candidate, former new jersey governor chris christie. thank you so much. and best of luck at the debate next week. jake, thank you very much. coming up, the other 18 co-conspirators also charged in fulton county from former trump attorneys to fake electors, and one who was a publy sis for ye. plus, the actions of mark meadows. what led him to be charged in this case and not in any of the others against trump? activity today in another case with the special county investigating hunter biden, the president s son. stay with us.
counsel might have? let me clarify one thing on tampering. that s the title of the statute but it is a obstruction statute that they are referring to. there allegation being that trump tried to stop their investigation. in some ways. so i think these are pretty expected. the only twist, given the january 6th committee they are expecting, the only twist is the deprivation of rights, the conspiracy to deprive one of voting rights and that makes perfect sense. it has been here since the reconstruconnd it not to be discriminated against but voting rights is when of our most fundamental rights. i want to redo this report from the new york times. subpoenas issued by mr. smith, that s a special county, suggest that he has been scrutinizing mr. trump s portable action committee. it raised $250 millionelling donors the mey is needed to fight election fraud, even as repeatedly that there was no evidence to back uthose claims
and anything short of being held accountable for it proves some sort of conspiracy. that actually becomes a real issue in terms of voting. but, i know there is that new cnn polling today that shows the split where the republican base is one place, and independent voters, as far as democratic voters, are really in a different space. i don t know where the rubber meets the road or the general election, but you can understand, this is a motivating factor for the base right now. everybody standby. it is very busy on capitol hill today. i want to go there. testimony from the special county who investigated the russia probe, john durham, sarah murray is following that. sarah, mr. durum is calling his findings sobering. he is talking a lot about crossfire hurricane, hillary clinton, what are we learning from this testimony from john durham? that is right. we have heard a lot from john