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
instead of finding something specific that was limited to that one phone call, they found this ongoing pattern of conduct reaching across the country and what it comes down to when you read this indictment carefully which none of us have done yet, we ve been through it but as you begin to look at the allegations, it becomes very clear that donald trump used fake claims of fraud to try to perpetrate election fraud on the country. that s the heart of the charges here. someday one hopes that people in the republican party will take a deep breath and the fever dream will break and they will begin to see this for what this is, because continuing to defend this conduct, it s past the point where it s consciousable. she said the statements are just allegations. donald trump remains cloaked in a presumption of innocence as do his co-defendants.