overnight former president trump was indicted accused of trying to turn over the 2020 presidential elections. not only trump, but 18 others are indicted. each defendant is facing racketeering. in the indictment, he tried to convince one to change the election. former president trump calls is a witch hunt and trying to derail his campaign. trump facing a charges of 91 charges in georgia, florida, new york and washington d.c. we have a ton to get to. cnn this morning starts right now. if you re just waking up, this is significant. donald trump and 18 codefendants are facing a slew of charges. they include rico racketeering charges that were meant to take down mob basses bosses and gangs. they say that he created fake electors and ellie breeching voting systems to try and find evidence of voter fraud. we have team coverage all morning. we ll start live outside the fulton county courthouse. trump has been ordered to surrendered by next friday. reporter: fani willis gi
up because of what the russians and saudis just did. i ll speak with don bacon and elizabeth slot kin. plus presidential portrait. maggie haberman has an in-depth look at his rise to power, including changing views on abortion, reversing the position he once made right here on this program. i m very pro-choice. yamiche alcindor and brendan buck. welcome to sunday, it s meet the press. announcer: this is meet the press with chuck todd. good sunday morning. i m kristin welker in for chuck to do. election day is just 30 days away. ronald reagan worried jimmy carter would engineer a last-minute release of u.s. hostages. carter, of course, did not, but the term stuck. there s at least three stories unfolding. first the nuclear threat from russia. then there are rising gas prices, now averaging just under $4 a gallon, which democrats worry there will be a sign to voters that there is a true. but the october surprise of the week, it could determine control of senat
Seeking severance, for sure. rico charge carries mandatory minimums. you must spend time in jail. it is a five-year mandatory minimum, maximum of 20 years. so with a mandatory minimum, what will be tricky for fani willis, the district attorney, let them plead out of the case and let it get skinnied down to the top tier departments so you have a much more manageable trial. like the state, you make a great point, if he becomes president again, he cannot get rid of a state conviction. and in georgia neither can the governor on their own. it has to go to a pardon door? yes. that is significant. we have the two federal documents and there will be an open question, if he becomes president. does he pardon himself? does he have the ability to
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