Significant, this evidence linking members of trumps legal team, to the breach of a Voting System there. Jessica, these Text Messages add to a growing body of evidence that links Donald Trumps legal team to this Voting System breach here in georgia that happened on january 7th, 2021. More specifically, it links them to this effort to secure written invitation from a local election official there, essentially allowing them, in their minds, to speenter the Election Office and no election official is allowed to let anyone have access to Voting Systems. But trumps team and lawyers were trying to convince this election official to provide a letter of invitation. And these Text Messages show us how they were involved in the planning, and how down from Rudy Giuliani to sidney powell, how they were kept in the loop on the state level as they worked to secure this Written Letter of invitation, and ultimately access to the Voting System there is in coffee county. This is 200 miles south of downt
and the pope offers an apology. the pontiff in canada with a message of contrition to indigenous people who suffered abuse. his historic words just ahead. we start with some breaking news, though. one of the biggest investigations into former president trump s 2020 election fraud scheme. district attorney fani willis in fulton county, georgia, is leading an investigation into trump s efforts to reverse that state s 2020 result. a judge has just ruled that willis cannot question one of the so-called fake electors who took part in the scheme. the reason? willis recently hosted a fundraiser for that republican s political opponent. let s get to kara. walk us through the ruling here. that s right. the judge disqualifying fani willis from investigating this one fake elector, georgia state senator burt jones. he was one of the fake electors. he is also running for lieutenant governor. the judge saying that fanni created an untenable conflict by hosting a fundraiser for the riva
To after to brad a this is an illegal action. you can t argue first amendment defense to illegal actions. so they can make their case much more action based and they have a way of proceeding. that s worth reminding everyone, we believe the reporting is that fani willis wants to go after conspiracy charges, racketeering charges, not just for trump, but for his allies as well, tying them together, the so-called rico cases, which i m sure you re familiar with. how does this fit into that, and what will make that unique about how she s put thing case together? under the georgia rico statute, which is conspiracy plus, it allows you to bring in related criminal actions into one sort of overarching conspiracy theory. lets the jury hear a story, on day one, this is what happened
Now? the new york times suggests that the fulton county d.a. is, quote, building the framework for a broad case that could target multiple defendants can charges of conspiracy to conduct election fraud, or racketeering charges for engaging in a coordinated scheme to undermine the election. end quote. michael, you have handled a lot of racketeering races in the doj. is that what this looks like to you? well, we have to understand, ana, that the racketeering statute in georgia is really nothing like the statute you think of prosecuting organized crime, figures in new york under rudy giuliani. what this statute is is really a conspiracy plus, meaning two or more people have to engage in a pattern of behavior, which usually means more than one crime. two or more crimes. that equals we go into georgia state law.