Thing, nonsense all right . All right. Kara swisher. Thank you so much. Great to see you. Thanks for joining us. The news continues here on cnn i welcome to viewers joining us from the united states, canada, and all around the world. Im Christina Macfarlane, Max Foster, just ahead. Donald trump hit with a revamped indictment the Department Of Justice tries to work around a controversial immunity ruling by the Supreme Court ahead. And israeli operation in the West Bank leaves multiple palestinians dead. What the idf says they were targeting following a highly contested election venezuelan opposition supporters escape persecution at home to build a new life abroad from london this is Cnn Newsroom with Max Foster and Christina Macfarlane and we begin with that new indictment against Donald Trump for his involvement in the January 6 insurrection. He is not off the hook for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election. The Justice Department special counsel, Jack Smith betting the new
Its about being seen and been heard live. From london. This is Cnn Newsroom with Max Foster and christina macfarlane. Hello, a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the u. S. And around the world. Im Max Foster and im christina macfarlane. Its wednesday, august 28, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington, where the u. S. Justice department is keeping the Election Subversion Case five, against Donald Trump, special Counsel Jack Smith filed a Slimmer Indictment against the former president for his involvement in the January 6 insurrection that hes betting will hold up to the supreme courts divisive ruling on president ial immunity last month, which granted trump sweeping protections. Trump is by no means off the hook for allegedly attempting to so overturn the 2020 election. The shorter documents still charges him with the same four Felony Counts that he faced before, which include conspiracy to defraud the united states and obstruction. But removes key parts of the origi
Prosecute gangs or mafia crime families sums up the entire coup plot. Here is how District Attorney willis puts it last night. The indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a Criminal Racketeering Enterprise to overturn georgias president ial election results. Now, her indictment of this Criminal Racketeering Enterprise begins with a very simple and clear statement, it goes like this. Quote, depth donald trump lost the United States president ial election held on november 3rd, 2020. Prosecutors allege that the entire coup plot was in service of reversing that one single, simple fact. They say that trump and his 18 codefendants along with 30 unindicted coconspirators, quote, constituted a criminal organization, whose members and associates engaged in various related criminal activities, including and not limited to false statements and writings, impersonating public officers, forgery, filing false documents, in
Kind Martha Maccallum and this is the story. Today, how weaker to interview the former president over the weekend and hugh hewitt who is interviewed President Trump recently as well join me to martha react to a number of things regarding the 2024 Campaign Including this trump bloodbath comment and the spin that has dominated the story. Not a whole lot of retractions or apologies around this and we will break it down for you as well as President Bidens reported angry west wing grants. What thats all about with some gentlemen who know the background on it vary well. So first, the former president s attorneys say he cannot secure the 454 milliondollar bond at the new york civil fraud case after being turned down reportedly by roughly 30 different underwriters to cover the normas unprecedented judgement. So that means the attorney general Letitia James could potentially seize his assets days from now. She said she kept looking up at 40 wall street 2, you know, put a number on it and figure
Veteran Former Mueller prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, seem right there back at work Andrew Weissmann. We are teeing off his expertise and legal analysis in his msnbc podcast with mary mccord who is also with us tonight. That is right here on your screen prosecuting donald trump. Before we get in any further, i want to begin with an open question to you that i think is on a lot of peoples minds in all fairness, can defended trump get a fair trial with these primaries approaching . Great question. I would broaden that question out. I would say can the government and the defendant get a fair trial . The answer to that is yes, that is going to put a lot of pressure on the judge in the d. C. Case, in the florida case, in the manhattan case. Its remarkable that were talking about three separate criminal cases and maybe even another one. But its important to know that both sides are need her entitle to a fair trump affair trial. And ultimately what the judge needs to do make sure that a