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
cnn newsroom. we re grateful to you have this afternoon. i m boris sanchez. hi, everyone. it i m jessica dean. political lines deepening, law enforcement preparing for what would be a first in american history. the criminal indictment of a former president. the key witness in a case against donald trump is expected to be challenged today before a grand jury in new york. a former legal advisor to michael cohen telling cnn testifying at the request of donald trump s attorneys. look at video of costello arriving at the courthouse moments ago. robert costello saying he ll offer evidence that contradicts cohen. cohen, who once labeled himself trump s fixer said he paid adult film actress stormy daniels $130,000 in the weeks before the 2016 election for her silence on an alleged affair with donald trump. now, that was a campaign finance violation, as cohen lied on forms to cover up that payment. in 2018. you may recall. cohen cut a deal with federal prosecutors and adds mitte
Michael cohen. With the judge did was amazing actually. Everybody can say whatever they want. They can say whatever they want but im not allowed to say anything about anybody. Its a disgrace. Neil lets say noah kahan after the storm. Michael cohen gets ready to testify and take the stand come monday. Will Donald Trumps former fixer put the former president in the fix or the prosecution in a fixed . We are fixing to find out. The speed at which this trial is going has a lot of folks wondering what next. I am neil cavuto and this is your world. The legal world this past week. Lets go to nate foy outside the courthouse were a lot went down today. Setting up the fireworks no doubt for next monday. To you my friend. For sure. Theres a lot of excitement, a lot of eyes will be on the courthouse Monday Morning with Michael Cohen testified but today and back of Court Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked judge marchand to impose a gag order on cohen as he continues discussing this cas
yeah, i would agree with that statement. i believe this is the most challenging from the political standpoint of all of the indictments that have been brought against him. largely because the evidence is recorded. we hear donald trump actually making, putting the pressure, twisting the arm of brad raffensperger, who is the chief elections official in georgia looking for nearly 12,000 extra votes. if you can find them, that kind of thing. and the nature of the indictment will open some opportunities for the trump legal team, i think. because it is a racketeering indictment and, in the united states, often these were devised to go after mafia. the american organized crime syndicates. ironically, earlier in my career, way back when, i
Days, certainly. it could propel him. as we ve talked about and elie honig talked about, a case not many expected to be brought. originally it was a paperwork case and now perhaps a criminal felony. people say, why are you doing this? it s seven years old and political persecution. so put that aside, though. you have to look at what s coming down the road. coming down the road is a grand jury in georgia looking at potential election fraud. attempts to fix the 2020 election. you have the classified documents case at mar-a-lago. and those are potentially much more serious charges. so if you pile one on top of another on top of another, that s a very different situation, and politicians now who are saying, oh, you know, this is small potatoes. why are they doing it? it s just political, are going to have to answer questions in