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
Overturn the results of the election here in georgia. And to support this, shes offered up a nearly 100page indictment that detail 61 acts that were part of this conspiracy across these 19 defendants. There were also 30 Unindicted Coconspirators and these allegations span 7 states and the district of columbia. While this is the fourth criminal indictment trump faces this year, this is by far the most sweeping. Rico cases are challenging. They tend to get drawn out. When you have 19 defendants and their attorneys, its easy to see how things could get drawn out for months or even years, but the District Attorney said she wants to try everyone together, and shes hoping to ask for a trial in the next six months. So former President Trump and the 18 others who have been indicted have 10 days to voluntarily surrender. How might this booking look different from the other arraignments trump has gone through . Reporter its going to look different than what we have seen at the federal level. We
Trump indictment. Also this hour, the urgent search for the missing in the charred ruins of mauis wildfire catastrophe. The Hawaii Governor will join us live with an update on the Disaster Response as the death toll could surpass 100 at any moment. Cnn has Exclusive New Reporting on former republican legal officials siding with the Special Counsel Prosecuting Trump in the january 6th case. Ill ask a retired judge turned trump critic why he and others believe its critical for the former president to get a speedy trial. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and the United States and around the world. Im woman bliwolf blitzer, you in the situation room. Lets go right to georgia to the grand jury who may be poised to indictment donald trump. Sarah murray is just outside the courthouse where grand jurors have been hearing new testimony today. What do we know about the proceedings this hour . Reporter well, wolf, it has been a very busy day here at the Fulton County courthouse. We
We today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law. We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone their evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury of citizen sdpgs we look at the fact, we look at the law and we bring charges. For the fourth time in as many months donald trump, the former president of the United States, is facing a criminal indictment. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, august 15th. Lets dive right into the latest indictment for the former president. The charges are from Fulton County, georgia, where trump and 18 others were named in a sweeping 41count indictment targeting alleged attempts to overturn the states 2020 Election Results, Fulton County District Attorney fani willis announced the charges just before midnight. The states role in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. Georgia like every state has laws that allow those who believe that results
District attorney as well as Making Threats against Law Enforcement officials according to Court Documents filed a day earlier in u. S. District court in Salt Lake City. He owned numerous firearms including a sniper rifle. The complaint laid out his history of threats on social media. Other subjects of mr. Robertsons threats, Attorney General merrick garland, governor gavin newsom of california, letitia james, the new York Attorney general. This at a time donald trump is directly going after prosecutors who either indicted him like jack smith or alvin bragg or maybe on the verge of doing so. Like fani willis. Donald trump airing a Tellvision Add in atlanta and other tv markets attacking the Fulton County District Attorney charging him with his fourth criminal indictment. The new ads released Sunday Accuses Willis of previous wrongdoing. Also names attorneys who already brought charges against trump including manhattan District Attorney alvin bragg and Special Counsel jack smith. Now, n