Indictment for the first time were being told that News Conference will take place in about 19 minutes. Meantime lets get you live outside the courthouse to matt finn. He is in atlanta with the breaking allegations on this matter. What do we know . Hydrates we are looking through the Indictment Documents right now, but they do read that donald trump and some of his associates, including Rudy Giuliani and mark meadows, have been listed and charged in this indictment. Theres a long list of various charges, including racketeering, false statements and solicitation of violation of an oath by a public officer. Were reading through this right now will be able to update you much more throughout the coming hour or two. Throughout the day. There was a lot of anticipation or questions. About who might be named in this indictment. If any of Donald Trumps associates would be listed, we now know that many of them are theres a long list, including some of his former attorneys, including jenna ellis.
Georgia, he met Misty Hampton, and somehow got her number and went back to the white house with it. And that was someone that they were on the phone with very quickly after that, obviously trying to get access to the Voting Software and Coffee County. When meadows went on to georgia, the Misty Hampton Coffee County story is interesting, just to remind folks of that story. Which cnn broke yesterday. And caitlin, you will jump in if i get any of this wrong. But it seems as though Coffee County Election Officials invited Trump Campaign officials to basically have access to their Voting Machines. Which according to prosecutors who is not illegal, is that right . Yes, it is not illegal. And she is somebody who basically had written this statement in and all of our colleagues are people who broke this fascinating story. But she had basically written the invitation to come and view the software, which they are not allowed to do. Those are messages that were then transmitted to Trump Campaign
Are still talking. Nbc news has confirmed when former nypd commissioner will meet with prosecutors. What his lawyer told us. A whole lot of questions and a whole lot to talk about. Lets start with reporting. Ryan riley is outside District Courthouse in d. C. Ken dilanian is at the justice department. Here in new york, dasha burns and lisa ruben. Also with us is former prosecutor, david aaron. We know the grand jury broke for lunch. They came back. Now they appear to have left for the day. Bring us up to speed. Yeah. I think the critical takeaway from this is we did not see the grand jury foreperson actually leave the building. I think if you read the tea leaves there, you might be able to ascertain whats happening going forward. We dont have basically we do not have any indications that this grand juror, the foreperson, has been in any courtroom thus far. Were sort of going around checking out the courtrooms to see if theres a hearing going on. What has to happen is this has to be retu
doubt at trial. i would like to take a moment to think the superior court clerk shea alexander, and her staff, for staying late and making sure that this indictment was processed. i would also like to think the men and women of sheriff allots office for keeping the courthouse open, but most importantly for keeping us safe over the weeks and months that have led up to this indictment. and for what they will continue to do to keep us safe. we also want to thank the atlanta police department and other law enforcement departments who have worked with the sheriff to keep a status. i will now take in a very limited number of questions, prior to going to sleep. if you don t mind. seven elevens. could you clarify in georgia the mandatory minimum when it comes to rico charges, whether it is servile via probation or
indictment, as is the normal process in georgia law. the grand jury issued arrest warrants for those who are charged. i am giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily surrender no later than noon. on friday, the 25th day of august 2023. remind everyone here that an indictment is only a series of allegations based on a grand jury s determination of probable calls to support the charges. it is now the duty of my office to prove these charges in the indictment beyond a reasonable doubt at trial. i would like to take a moment to thank thank the superior court clerk shea alexander and her staff for staying late and making sure that this indictment was process. i would also like to thank the men and women of sheriff labatt s office for keeping the courthouse open,