Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world, i am rosemary church. We begin this hour here in the u. S. State of georgia where a grand jury has indicted donald trump for a historic fourth time for allegedly trying to overturn the States Election results in 2020. The grand jury approved every indictment presented by Fulton County district attorney, fani willis, on monday. The former u. S. President has been charged with 13 counts in the indictment, including a Racketeering Charge, 18 others have also been charged under the states racketeering laws for allegedly joining, quote, a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome in favor of donald trump. Now, those names include several highprofile individuals from trumps time in office including former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows, Former Trump Attorneys Drew Giuliani and john eastman, and Top Justice Department official jeffrey clark, among others. Here is what Fulton Countys dist
Will totally be at the discretion of the judge. i want to try him and respectful for our sovereign states. we do want to move this case along, and so we will be asking for a proposed order that occurs, a trial date within the next six months. i want to bring in michael moran, a lecturer in political risk at the core val school of international studies at the university of denver. we appreciate you joining us. thank you, it s nice to be here, rosemary. earlier this hour we focused on donald trump s legal jeopardy with this historic fourth indictment, but let s turn now to the political ramifications of all of this. we know, of course, that if trump is reelected in 2024 he will not be able to pardon himself or his allies on these estate charges. he can on federal charges. how do you expect it legal and political teams to deal with this, perhaps most challenging indictment of all four of them?