Good evening everyone, and welcome back to our special breaking news coverage, im laura coates on this a stunning night in american history. As the 45th u. S. President s criminally indicted now for the fourth time. Donald trump now accused of leading a criminal enterprise to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. Im kaitlan collins, its not just trump. 18 others have been charged alongside him in this 41 count indictment tonight, including his former Chief Of Staff, mark meadows. His former attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and the onetime mayor of new york. All 19 defendants are facing racketeering charges. I mean, the indictment states all, quote, refused to accept that trump lost and they knowingly, and willfully, joined the conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of trump. Joining me now here in d. C. Is cnns evan perez, also the washington correspondent of the atlanta journalconstitution, tea mitchell and is back as well. Tour former house judiciary special co
happening for quite some time. i wonder, what sticks out to you? because, this is now the fourth indictment that we re talking about, 91 accumulative charges over four cases. and this is a significant one. it really is. on the one hand, laura, it s a reit of picked aleutian up everything that we have seen dating back to the january six committee. the hundred 61 overt acts, and most of them are not new. there is a few little snippets but their panoramic an encyclopedic in what they chronicle on the one hand. on the, other a really is something new. first, and i d say for the 18 other defendants, so this is the first time that all the president, men and women, including giuliani, mark meadows, i ll say that, twice mark meadows, eastman, chesbrough et cetera are all charged. and when you think sort of in a