this is a state case and won t involve federal charges. last hour when i was talking to election attorney ben ginsberg, he reminded us that state cases, if trump were to be re-elected, he would be unable to pardon himself. what else is significant about the types of charges the fulton county prosecutor is considering? a few things. not only would he not be able to pardon himself, but the pardon process in georgia means that governor kemp would not be able to pardon him either. there s a pardon board, so it s a more complicated process. he also would not be able to shut down the investigation in the same way. in other words, trump could try to make some argument to courts in georgia that as president he can t be subject to a state indictment. but if he was president of the united states, he could order the attorney general, install an attorney general, someone like jeffrey clark, who would literally shut down jack smith s investigation. he can t do that to fani willis.
road closures starting monday around the fulton county courthouse. they re expected to last in the two weeks. more security barriers going up, as well. trump and his allies facing a possible state indictment for trying to overturn the election results in georgia. fulton county d.a., fani willis, vowing to stick by her plan to make an announcement by september 1st. are you ready for what is to come in the next couple weeks? we are day greg bluestein, a political reporter from the atlantic political constitution. the author of flipped, of georgia turned purple and broke the republican monopoly. we talked yesterday when the indictment came down. i do not lie. here we are, yet again, talk to me about the timing your hearing on this thing? it feels like georgia is on the clock right now. we ve been preparing for this indictment for months. right now we are at the point where, in the next two weeks, likely, in mid august. we will see. you heard fani willis say she
here. gillian: it is a total joy. take a look at this the closed-door interview with lawmakers. which was released on the same date that form a president trump face to state indictment, at that time enough putting creams of double standards into pretty stark relief. case in point, the former police commissioner to commit a crime similar to hunter biden, but rather than a plea deal, ended up getting sentence and surveying ten months and praise and listen. i went through that some of my life, and this is the way the criminal justice system the serfs to be and i wanted to take accountability for what i did. this is the where the justice system this must be designed. and it should be everyone should be held accountable across the board, i m sure that millions and millions of americans across the world they want fairness in the justice system. lucas jones is from capitol hill with more details. hello lucas.