Threatening the judge in the 2020 federal elections subversion case. Also, georgia d a fani willis, as a trial date for donald trump, it is alleged coconspirators. How will it fit with the other three criminal trials hes facing in the middle of a president ial campaign . Plus, a live report from maui, where the governor says the death toll has risen in probably over 1000 people could still be missing. Good evening, thanks for joining us. We begin with two pieces of Breaking News tonight. The first, weve just learned, of charges in texas connected with alleged threats against judge chutkan, obviously presiding over the 2020 Election Subversion Trial of the former president. According to the court filing, the woman who lives in alvin, texas left a threatening, racist, bigoted voice mail for judge chutkan on august 5th. Allegedly saying if trump doesnt get elected, quote, were coming to kill you, tread lightly. And then a curse. She allegedly continued, quote, youll be targeted personally
Significant, this evidence linking members of trumps legal team, to the breach of a Voting System there. Jessica, these Text Messages add to a growing body of evidence that links Donald Trumps legal team to this Voting System breach here in georgia that happened on january 7th, 2021. More specifically, it links them to this effort to secure written invitation from a local election official there, essentially allowing them, in their minds, to speenter the Election Office and no election official is allowed to let anyone have access to Voting Systems. But trumps team and lawyers were trying to convince this election official to provide a letter of invitation. And these Text Messages show us how they were involved in the planning, and how down from Rudy Giuliani to sidney powell, how they were kept in the loop on the state level as they worked to secure this Written Letter of invitation, and ultimately access to the Voting System there is in coffee county. This is 200 miles south of downt
Today on Inside Politics, what comes after three . Indictment number four, maybe. Today Fulton County prosecutors start presenting evidence as soon as tomorrow. They hope to secure a sweeping indictment against former President Donald Trump and those who aided and abetted the Conspiracy Theory to steal the 2020 election. Plus, this is what you will get, a biden president ial run dogged by hunter biden legal problems. Democrats fret as lawyers for the president s son insists an Election Year trial is not inevitable. And republicans get a close up with iowa voters. Who impress snd who disappointed . Did ron desantis do both . Iowas Republican Party chairman joins me live in just a few minutes. Im jessica dean in for dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines at Inside Politics. Up first today, the clock ticks toward another potential Trump Indictment and today action in georgia. That bus and the caravan of police surrounding it whisking grand jurors to work. The heightened security comes wi
First date and always a chance to escape reality of the crazy world we live in but apparently we forgot the rules of what it is to go to the movies the pandemic killed moviegoing and hot and we want to catch up with but instead of escaping, we walk into a karen and becky low rumble. People are fighting over seas because no one apparently can read anymore and every movie offend someone and they feel the need to let us all know how offended they are. You want to sit at home and complain about netflix while Binge Watching Serial Killer documentaries, its fine, thats your bag but just like a baby, is leave that in your bag as a home when you go to the movies. Some of the summers biggest movies brought out the woke and super maga mommy, weve got going on both side. I love going to the movies and always have and i like to bring my kids to the movies and most of the time i let my kids take the movies so i dont always love the selections that i am a dad and its not about me so whether you have
Staff, mark meadows, and his postelection attorney, Rudy Giuliani. They are accused of engaging in a conspiracy to commit crimes intended to reverse trumps loss in georgia in 2020. The 98page indictment lists 13 State Charges against trump himself including racketeering as well as false statements. Prosecutors claim trump and his codefendants, quote, refused to accept that trump lost and knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election. District attorney fani willis wants the trial to start within six months. And unlike in Federal Court that trial could be televised. Lets begin at the courthouse in atlanta with cnns sara murray. And sara, this is a much more sprawling case both in terms of the number of defendants but also the nature and scope of the charges than what we saw in the Special Counsels case. Help lay it out for us. Reporter yeah, i think thats absolutely right. In these other federal cases we have seen donald trump largely charge