Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im Fredricka Whitfield in washington, d. C. We begin this hour with exclusive new reporting on the investigation into Donald Trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Sources tell cnn that georgia prosecutors now have Text Messages and emails directly connecting trumps legal team to a Voting System breach in Coffey County georgia in january 2021. This comes as the District Attorney investigating trump in georgia appears to be close to an indictment. Fani willis is expected to bring charges against a dozen people. If she brings charges against the former president , it will be his 12th since leaving officers. Zach, tell us all that you know. Reporter yeah, fred. Its a south georgia county, heavily republican, trump carried the vote by 70 there. But prosecutors do have Text Messages that Connect Members of trumps legal team to the breach that happened in the Election Office where operatives hired by lawyers like Sidney Powell a
now. thanks, chris. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we start with breaking news out of the new york times. special counsel jack smith has interviewed donald trump s son-in-law and former top white house aide jared kushner. the times reports in an interview last month the special counsel focused on whether trump had privately acknowledged that he had lost the 2020 election. in other words, when trump claimed the election was rigged, did he know he was lying? did trump have corrupt intent when he allegedly tried to subvert the election? also today jack smith s senior assistant special counsel, a lawyer named tom wyndham, was spotted leaving the d.c. federal courthouse for a second time this week. mr. wyndham is one of the top prosecutors working on special counsel january 6th s probe, a role he played before jack smith was appointed special council. and this afternoon he was back in court indicating the grand jury is meeting. so with all these new deta
former president s reaction and what it means for his campaign good day i m andrea mitchell in washington with what we are learning about the historic indictment of a former president and frontrunner for the 2024 presidential nomination. the indictment is currently under seal a source with direct knowledge of the court proceedings says prosecutors are not expected to ask a judge to unseal it today two sources familiar with the matter say the indictment has approximately 30 counts of charges related to document fraud. one of trump s lawyers told savannah guthrie that the former president is expecting to travel to new york tuesday to surrender to authorities and be arraigned. do you expect the president to voluntarily surrender will he come for his arraignment? we are working out those logistics right now. absolutely he is not going to stay in mar-a-lago we will face it. we will be successful, i m sure. he is currently expected to appear before a judge sometime tuesday
savagely attacked by an assailant who intended to hold and harm her, house speaker nancy pelosi has spoken on camera about the ordeal. paul came home yesterday, that enables me to be at home with all of you. thank you, thank you, thank you for your kind words, your prayers, and your good wishes for paul. it s going to be a long haul, but he will be well, and it s just so tragic how it happened, but nonetheless, we have to be optimist you can. he s surrounded by family, so that s a wonderful thing. she sent out the video in a tweet which reads in part with a grateful heart i thank all who sent kind words and prayers for paul. it s a long road but he will be well. our security, our democracy, our planet, our values are on the ballot. we re in something of a unique moment in american history it seems. there s much that is familiar and normal in a midterm election, and at the same time there is so much that is not normal. normal is candidates criss-crossing their stauts state
optimistic. he s surrounded by family, so that s a wonderful thing. she sent out the video in a tweet which reads in part with a grateful heart i thank all who sent kind words and prayers for paul. it s a long road but he will be well. our security, our democracy, our planet, our values are on the ballot. we re in something of a unique moment in american history it seems. there s much that is familiar and normal in a midterm election, and at the same time there is so much that is not normal. normal is candidates criss-crossing their states in districts making closing arguments with control of congress for the next two years at stake. normal is big name surrogates campaigning with the interest they bring and the questions about the difference they might make. normal is having economic issues front and center with republicans focusing on high inflation hoping that will work against democrats. democrats pushing back today on new strong job numbers hoping that will give them a