The georgia case is for a lot of these we need translators, former prosecutors. What fani willis charged was the clearest thing we all saw with our own eyes. And i had this conversation in the 8 00 hour. What trump told his voters his first year as president in 2017 from a podium was dont believe what you see, dont believe what you hear, only believe me. And what fani willis indicted yesterday just blows that out of the water. In state court we could see with our own eyes. And my understanding again, youre the lawyer in these conversations was that if this, then that. So if this criminal enterprise with us corrupt in nature and all in pursuance of a crime, then all of these acts were a part of it and all these people were a part of it. From the outside having worked in politics, thats what it looked like to me. So, to read that narrative is what made that indictment, the fourth in just a few short months, different from the others. I agree. I think you put that very well. Sometimes we
of the rico count, the prosecutor s able to bring that all together to paint a broader picture for the jury, for the court. but to show that they were acting in concert, that they were acting as part of the conspiracy, but with one ultimate goal. so i think that that makes it extremely powerful, and it certainly adds a lot of strengths to the case. professor? well, we ve always been talking about the idea of a speaking indictment. like, jack smith had a speaking indictment that really told a strong narrative. this rico charge gives fani willis the opportunity to have not just a speaking indictment, but a screeching indictment that tells a wide and sweeping story ability all the different acts that were in furtherance of what is essentially an alleged criminal syndicate with the former president of the united states at the top. and mr. tarver is right, some
whether you can lie to congress the try to steal an election, again, no. now, this case is in some ways different than all the other ones that have come before it, and it is by far the most sweeping. this is the first time we have seen anyone affiliated with donald trump s legal team or white house indicted for coup crimes, what they call racketeering. with that in mind we call in the district attorney for georgia edward tarver and melissa murray. welcome to both of you. edward, i walked through what i admitted was a small part of this thing, that we cannot in an hour or five hours go through what would be a multimonth set of trials for these 19 defendants. but based on the highlights we ve picked, would you say those involve strong evidence, for example the efforts to lie to georgia, to push georgia officials to potentially break the law to steal the georgia results? do you think those look like strong evidence to you if you were trying to this case?