Hello, everyone. Im sandra smith along with judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jr. Is here, pete hegseth, greg gutfeld. Its 5 00 in New York City and this is the five. All right, some big news, process, special prosecutor nathan wade falling on his sword to protect his former flame. Fani willis. And dramatically stepping down from the trump Georgia Election case. Judge scott mcafee had given the Fulton County d. A. And explosive ultimatum. What happened earlier, that she must cut ties with wade or step aside herself. While the judge did not outright disqualify her, he did not let willis escape completely, mcafee calling the conduct a tremendous lapse of judgment. But he says they are bad choices do not constitute a direct conflict of interest. The judge also admonishing fanis various Courtroom Appearance saying shed behaved in an unprofessional manner when she testified. Right here. No, no, no, this is the truth, judge, it is a lie. It is a lie. And i dont really like wine, to be honest
Legal experts tonight. Were discussing rico is a powerful charge because it is so broad. It is one of the broadest laws in the nation, the way georgia uses it, as the Washington Post explains, because prosecutors can weave together alleged crimes, violations of state and federal laws, activities in other states, the law as this d. A. Knows well, does not require a defendant to set foot in georgia to be charged. Why . Because rico is that broad, you do need, of course, something to happen in the state, in georgia, but you could be a person who stayed out of state. Maybe youre a busy coconspirator. Maybe youre a coward and send other people to do things for you. Under the Georgia State rico statute, a long as some people have committed these crimes of some kind inside the state, other people can be looped in. Thats one of the ways d. A. Willis came out with this strong, broad set of charges last night rounding up these 19 defendants. Theyre not all Household Names. I want to show you def
A conflict because the big question here is whether there was an actual conflict. The defendants were alleging that fani willis and not only that she had this romantic relationship with a lead prosecutor on the trump case . Case, but then she also benefited financially and he had to decide the judge had to sort of do this analysis. Is it enough that its just looks bad, but theres an appearance of a conflict or did they need to prove to the defendants at trump and his codefendants need to prove that there was an actual conflict now, again, i say that day fani willis can stay on this case. It also appears that the judge is saying that this appearance issue needs to be addressed before this can go forward. So this appears to be a pretty nuanced a ruling, but the headline is that the District Attorney at her office can stay on this case, but we continue to read to learn more about exactly what the judge is saying, about how you need to address the appearance of impropriety right . Paula re
Happens now in the classified documents case, just eight months from the election. Then, the Top Senate Democrat calling out israels Prime Minister. He says Benjamin Netanyahu is an obstacle to peace. No president e no Vice President have ever visited an Abortion Clinic until today. Vp harriss history making tour of The 11th Hour gets underway on this thursday night. Greetings, everyone, i am Simone Sanders townsend in for stephanie ruhle. We are now 236 days away from the election again today, donald trump failed in one of his attempts to have his classified documents case dismissed. The Presumptive Republican nominee spent his day in a florida courtroom to watch his attorneys argue two motions to have the case tossed out. The judge Eileen Cannon appeared skeptical and denied one of the requests just hours later. There is still another motion that she plans to rule on promptly. Here is Laura Jarrett with moore. Reporter tonight in a new legal blow of federal judge denying former Presi
Once again, im stephanie ruhle. We are now 239 days away from the election and we could be just one day away from donald trump and President Joe Biden locking up in a delegate to win their partys nomination for president. Though is up for grabs for both parties tomorrow in georgia, mississippi, and washington state, republicans will also caucus in hawaii. Over the weekend, donald trump rented about his increasingly apocalyptic vision of our country, attacking migrants and mocking President Joe Bidens stutter. My colleague, garrett haig has a closer look at both candidates on the campaign trail. President Biden Ramping up his Reelection Campaign tonight. Talking donald trump in underground New Hampshire. Donald trump said cut Social Security and medicare are on the table again. I will never allow that to happen. Reporter in the former president after he responded to a reporter who suggested something needed to be done about entitlements. Please there is a lot you can do in terms of enti