The indictment follows a yearlong investigation, 75 witnesses and 98 pages. The Fulton County District Attorney. 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. Harris so in those 98 pages the indictment targets 19 defendants with a total of 41 charges. The former president faces 13 of those 41 charges himself. Prosecutors say they have various emails, texts, phone calls as evidence against all 19 plaintiffs. Trumps codefendants, the 18 others include some of his attorneys at the time and his former white house Chief Of Staff. The District Attorney says she hopes to go to trial in six months and try all 19 at the same time. Fox news contributor and legal expert Jonathan Turley says the two tiers of justice as plain as day. The contrast is extraordinary. Trump is being indicted for everything short of ripping a Mattress Label off. And
Just ruled that Fulton County District Attorney fani willis can stay in charge of the sweeping election interexperience case into donald trump and more than a dozen others if and only if top prosecutor nathan wade, the man she had a relationship with, goes. Covering all of the angles of this major decision with msnbcs katie phang, and lisa rubin, danny cevallos, and dave aaronberg, State Attorney from palm beach county, florida, thank you all for joining us, katy, walk us through this 20plus page decision and the choice willis has to make now. So, ana, msnbc first to report this 2346 page ruling that came from judge scott mcafee. The process has taken a few months, and so to that extent, if there was a win, the win would be for the defense for the delay. However, ultimately judge mcafee saying no actual Conflict Of Interest was proven by the defense. It was their burden to have to show it through competent evidence during the course of the hearing. The judge reporting there was an appe
our calendars. yes ought to use a pencil, not a pen. it s monday, august 14th, it s a little less than two months from right now, and that is the day that judge aileen cannon has set for the trial of donald j. trump in the case having to do with classified documents, the legally and dangerously illegally and dangerously kept by him at a mar-a-lago. relatively speaking, that s soon, perhaps surprising given judge cannon s history of rulings considering to be favor to believe the disgraced ex-president who apointed her. but things get murky. the date august 14th is subject to delay, maybe delay after delay. in addition to what one would normally expect, illegal tactics, on one side to drag things out, there is another complicating factor, and that is complexities having to do with the classified material itself and something called the classified information procedures act. as we said, we re using pencils at this point, not pens. our experts will explain all of it in greater
we expect trump to enter a not guilty plea as he has repeatedly maintained his innocence. he will be electronically processed like any other defendant. coming up, we will talk with somebody with plenty of experience investigating trump, and miami is bracing for any security concerns, and law enforcement out in force as trump supporter protesters make their voices heard. we are learning what comes after trump s court appearance. we are told trump will head back to new jersey to deliver remarks to supporters tonight. let s get right to it with our reporters on the ground joining us now, darsha burns, outside a golf club, and also a reporter outside the federal courthouse. yasmin, let s start with you. we understand there s a greater presence picking up there. what are you seeing and what security preps are there right now? reporter: as i mentioned earlier, as we get closer and closer to the 3:00 p.m. deadline, where the president will likely show up behind me at the cou
jansing reports. healed, emotional comments from secretary of state antony blinken as he pushes israel for humanitarian pause in gaza saying he can t help but think of his own kids, as palestinian children are pulled from the rubble. a trip to grieve, president biden heading to maine after a gunman s rampage killed 18 people in a year that has already seen 588 mass shootings. plus, the former president s son erik, back on the stand and things get testy, the lacest from the new york civil fraud trial. a jobs report that came in below expectations, and why that may not be a bad thing. our nbc news reporters are following the latest developments. we begin with secretary blinken s visit to israel and a push for humanitarian pause in israel s fight against hamas. raf sanchez is reporting once again from ashdod, israel. i understand blinken has left israel. he s in jordan now. there were comments made about the need to protect civilian lives. tell us more about what he said. r