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
Can pardon people of federal crimes. that means wipe them off their records altogether. or expunge their sentence in some way. in the states the abc loougs would have to come from the state. either the government as in the case of new york or state pardon board which would be the case in georgia. needless to say no matter who s president no, matter who it is democrat, republican, they can t touch either of those two, new york state hush money case or georgia meddling. listen, the various scenarios going into 2024 are remarkable. we re going to be covering them. elliot williams, thanks for helping break it down. jessica, back to you. just ahead, trump s legal battles are adding up and the campaign calendar is filling up. how the former president is fighting for votes on the trail while he juggles upcoming trials. and what other gop contenders are saying about all of it. yoyou re in my shot! .be sure t to get my good side! get two pairs of celebrity frames f for $89.95 for a limited
I don t even need to respond to the lazy comment. i laid it all out in the thing. we can have this conversation and we don t need someone who s going to make excuses for racism. so charles, go on. what do you think of this? i think that it is impossible to live your life under the microscope of the presidency and not have your true nature revealed. and what we are seeing is that he continuously over and over reveals the true nature of himself. what makes me doubly sure that it is who he is is that he has never once apologized for it. he has never repented. he has never asked for abc loougs. and in fact the exact opposite is true, which is he has doubled down and defended it. that means this is who he is and not only does he believe he is right in what he s saying, he believes he has the right to say it even as the leader of this country. and i think that once we establish that fact you don t have to argue about this is not an ambiguous fact.