We today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law. We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone their evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury of citizen sdpgs we look at the fact, we look at the law and we bring charges. For the fourth time in as many months donald trump, the former president of the United States, is facing a criminal indictment. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, august 15th. Lets dive right into the latest indictment for the former president. The charges are from Fulton County, georgia, where trump and 18 others were named in a sweeping 41count indictment targeting alleged attempts to overturn the states 2020 Election Results, Fulton County District Attorney fani willis announced the charges just before midnight. The states role in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. Georgia like every state has laws that allow those who believe that results
more sweeping than jack smith s january 6th indictment which you sensed he tried to make that as tight and narrowed and focused as possible. that is not the case in georgia. you get a sense that fani willis understands with so many co-defendants, this is going to be a long trial and she wanted to make sure that fulton county gets their arms around all of it. certainly a sweeping indictment. i will say, too, again, following up on what andy mccarthy wrote yesterday in the new york post, this georgia indictment is a bit different from jack smith s january 6th indictment, because in that indictment he got some existing statutes and did his best to make the fact pattern fit in to those charges. we ll see if a jury agrees with him that he did that in a way
katty kay, jonathan s point, this is georgia, he can t run, he can t hide, he can t pardon himself and he cannot avoid going to jail if convicted of these charges. yeah, which is why the georgia case has been the one that always worried people in trump world that i ve been in contact with over the last 24 hours. even if you wong the election potentially, he would still have this hanging over him, you know, the sequencing of all of this and would love to get joyce to weigh in will be fascinating. does the january 6th case go first, the federal case? it s simpler, one defendant. if that then were to push the georgia case to when, to after the campaign has all been concluded and election day and then if trump were to win in 2024, then what happens to the georgia case? does it wait until after the presidency or would fani willis be able to bring the georgia case to trial while he was