Fourth indictment of donald trump. The former president and 18 others are now facing Racketeering Charges in georgias 2020 election case. We will have indepth analysis on the sprawling indictment straight ahead. Meanwhile, donald trump is once again using his legal troubles to raise money from his supporters. Well have more on that and his response to the historic charges. Plus the reaction from both sides of the aisle here in washington. Not surprisingly the majority of the Republican Party is showing no signs of moving away from donald trump. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, august 15th, a historic morning. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We will get right to the extraordinary headline. For the fourth time in as many months donald j. Trump, the former president of the United States, is facing another criminal indictment. The latest charges came late last night from Fulton County, georgia, where trump is 18 others were named in a sw
Here. She is not an expert in . And refused to answer the questions. Reporter yeah, trace, beginning very early this morning, our team has been here outside of the courthouse alongside numerous other members of the media and everyone was basically anticipating or awaiting for a potential indictment against the former president today and much earlier today All Of A Sudden there was this post or information circulating that he had been indicted and that reuters had published basically a screenshot of the indictment. We are talking about earlier today. Around lunchtime hour it. Not that generated a lot of buzz. All of a sudden, the Fulton County . Office said, those are not correct documents. They are not legitimate. They are fictitious. There is no indictment. Now fast forward six to 12 hours, here we are midnight and the indictment finally came down tonight. It is remarkably similar if not identical to the document that surfaced earlier today on the County Website that was supposed to b
, good evening im mehdi hasan. Donald trump is facing multiple indictments, and another indictment of the former president is expected as early as next week in Fulton County, georgia. Several witnesses including the states former Lieutenant Governor now indicated theyve been called to investigate and a grand jury on tuesday. In washington, d. C. , jack smith, the doj Special Counsel prosecutor, has called for a new case to start on january 2nd loss in five months from now. So what happens if trump is convicted and sentenced to prison especially the side of an election . What will his supporters do . My nbc news colleague asked one of them at a rally in New Hampshire on tuesday. If donald trump were to be found guilty by a jury, where do you see this going . Civil war. Because we cant live together obviously. Now you might just dismiss that as the rantings of occultists trump superfan. This country is nowhere near civil war. Thats hyperbole. Have a listen to florida congressman matt gae
Of course, stay on this breaking news and keep you updated as soon as we can get new information. Also developing news tonight, were learning that another United Airlines flight had to divert to lax after taking off from bound for mexico city. It as about 1 oclock this afternoon and landed at lax at 4. 30 this afternoon after the crew reported an issue with the hydraulic system that united says the plane was an airbus 3. 20, with 105 passengers and 5 crew members on board. The airline also says that the plane has 3 hydraulic systems and that there was an issue with just one of them. Again, we will be updating this story on air and online as we learn more information. Now, this is comes, of course, a day after a united flight, a boeing triple 7 leaving sfo for japan, lost a tire. Well see it fall right . It was captured on camera. Authorities say one of the 6 tires on the left side of the plane. The main landing gear fall off. Just seconds after takeoff. That plane also yesterday had to
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