Fourth indictment of donald trump. The former president and 18 others are now facing Racketeering Charges in georgias 2020 election case. We will have indepth analysis on the sprawling indictment straight ahead. Meanwhile, donald trump is once again using his legal troubles to raise money from his supporters. Well have more on that and his response to the historic charges. Plus the reaction from both sides of the aisle here in washington. Not surprisingly the majority of the Republican Party is showing no signs of moving away from donald trump. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, august 15th, a historic morning. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We will get right to the extraordinary headline. For the fourth time in as many months donald j. Trump, the former president of the United States, is facing another criminal indictment. The latest charges came late last night from Fulton County, georgia, where trump is 18 others were named in a sw
the crime are owed that. they are not owed that. blatant racism and fear mongering that appears to be the end game strategy for republicans with the midterm elections now one month away. can you believe what we just heard? yes. we ll talk about it. explosive new allegations regarding herschel walker s senate campaign in georgia. the running back urged a woman to have a second abortion, she says, but chose to have their son instead. we ll explain how text messages are now at the center of the story. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, october 10th. we begin with major developments in the war in ukraine where overnight, multiple explosions rocked the capital city of kyiv. for the first time in four months, according to the mayor ever of kyiv, explosions went off in the historic old town, including several government offices. the number of casualties is not yet clear. ukrainian media is also reporting explosions in several other cities including lviv,
Allegations. Now, i wont even introduce myself by my name anymore. I get nervous when i bump into someone i know in the Grocery Store who says my name. Im worried about who is listening. I get nervous when i have to give my name for food orders. Im always concerned of who is around me. Ive lost my name, and ive lost my reputation. Ive lost my sense of security. A lot of threats, wishing death upon me. Telling me that, you know, im ill be in jail with my mother. Saying things like, be glad its 2020 and not 1920. Were a lot of these threats and vile comments racist in nature . A lot of them were racist. A lot of them were hateful. Giuliani conceded in a court filing last month hed made false statements about freeman and moss. He failed to produce any evidence in the Discovery Portion of the case, which led to the judges Defamation Ruling here. Freeman and moss said the ruling brings them one step closer to rebuilding their lives. Spokesperson for giuliani says he has been, quote, wrongly
Problem finding a georgia lawyer. sources tell nbc news that rudy giuliani is planning a trip to atlanta today in an effort to secure local counsel to help defend him against the 13 counts he faces in connection with trying to overturn inresults of the 2020 election. giuliani has reached out to associates like his long-term friend former nypd commissioner bernie carrick and former trump attorney tim parlatore to him find an atlanta based attorney. the former new york city mayor is still finalizing his representation plans and there is no set plan to surrender at this time. jewel yawpy is said to be struggling to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in mounting legal bills and has appealed to former president trump for a financial lifeline but has yet to receive any assistance. joining us now political reporter for the atlanta journal constitution greg bluestein and also contributor for nbc news.
Conversation to politic. you re in milwaukee ahead of the first gop primary debate. what do you expect to see? donald trump obviously won t be here, but he s going to be the constant specter in everything discussed. it s hard to see the other three charges against trump not be a focus of this debate. anything the candidates say about donald trump, most of them have tried to sidestep these indictments or play into donald trump s narrative. of course the exception there is former new jersey chris christie who said donald trump is a cowered, not fit for office. and former vice president mike pence has also gotten more aggressive in recent weeks of the charges. and we ll see if it is enough to change the way the polling is trending right now. it was great to see you, my friend. thank you. thank you. up next hours from now the 2024 republican hopefuls will hit that debate stage making their pitch to voters.