We know theyre still in there. Its after 5 00 right now. Paula, walk us through what happens if the grand jury decides to indict donald trump and or any of his allies. Reporter we expect the indictment also be for over a dozen people. The former president s lawyers say they do expect he will be among those indicted. We would expect the District Attorney would seek an indictment from the grand jury and it would go to the Clerks Office where we will most likely get our copy. Then it will be made public and well be able to read about the charges. One of the things thats unclear, jake, is when the former president would appear for his initial appearance and a potential arraignment. In the federal cases that happened quickly. Down in georgia, sources telling cnn that the former president s team expects it may take a little longer to have his first appearance down in georgia if hes indicted. Paula reid, thanks so much. As those witnesses continue to testify before the grand jury in atlanta,
Im Bianca Nobilo live from london. Max foster has the day off but hell be back monday. Just ahead former President Trump reacting to his georgia indictment for the first time on camera and calling for his party to come to his defense. President biden prepares to host the leaders of japan and south korea on friday at camp david. China and north korea high on the agenda. Emergency alert. To you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. That is what he said before suddenly resigning a day later. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and Bianca Nobilo. It is friday, august 18, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington, d. C. Where Donald Trumps legal team is proposing a new date for the trial in his federal election sub version case. The date . April 2026. Which is years away. Of course special counsel jack smith is pushing for the trial to start in the january of 1202. This comes on the heels of Trump Calling off the News Conference where he was going to provid
Legal experts tonight. Were discussing rico is a powerful charge because it is so broad. It is one of the broadest laws in the nation, the way georgia uses it, as the Washington Post explains, because prosecutors can weave together alleged crimes, violations of state and federal laws, activities in other states, the law as this d. A. Knows well, does not require a defendant to set foot in georgia to be charged. Why . Because rico is that broad, you do need, of course, something to happen in the state, in georgia, but you could be a person who stayed out of state. Maybe youre a busy coconspirator. Maybe youre a coward and send other people to do things for you. Under the Georgia State rico statute, a long as some people have committed these crimes of some kind inside the state, other people can be looped in. Thats one of the ways d. A. Willis came out with this strong, broad set of charges last night rounding up these 19 defendants. Theyre not all Household Names. I want to show you def
times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts rights now. hi, ari. thanks so much. i m ari melber, and yes, this is another busy news night. we have one of the special reports we have been working on this is brand new, and i m going to share with you tonight. it is about how donald trump as a client has been likened to a mob boss by his own lawyers. how the lawyers who have gotten in trouble have been the biggest assistants, factual, evidentiary and otherwise to the prosecutors pursuing trump, and how there s a lawyer we ve heardless about but i m going to get into details tonight, who can be a key, a lynch pin in any federal indictment. as we come on the air as well as the news we brought you tonight. we brought you a reporter who broke it last night, and now it s everywhere, not being disputed that the doj formally targeted donald trump for indictment. i ll walk you through what that means. number one, it s the clearest signal that charges at this time are p
i m here. asking for help. it was like hearing a ghost, a voice from beyond the grave. there is no way i can go back. can she help solve her own murder? so surreal. this is something that happens to other people, not to you. she was a dancer who married a dashing photographer. they seemed a perfect family until the bone chilling night she went missing. you could see the body underneath the snow. where was her husband that night? my attorney said you don t know the it seems like it s always the husband, right? isn t that what police usually say? except this time, they were not so sure. it s a who done it? i had three viable suspects. three possible suspects. the victim also had a boyfriend and he had a wife. everyone starts getting question. husband, boyfriend, jealous spouse. i said something like, i hope she rocks in hell. so what did happen that snowy white knight? see what you think. because the most important clue of all may be the victim