And thank you to you at home for joining us this evening. Donald trumps fourth criminal indictment, number four appears to be buffets away. Nbc news is now reporting that Fulton County District Attorney fani willis is expected to present her case to the grand jury next week. We know the d. A. Willis has been investigating trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. Her investigation appears to have quite a bit in common with the federal case being brought by Special Counsel jack smith in washington, d. C. The case in georgia may prove to be different than dak smiths case in one very meaningful way. To understand that, we have to go back to 1979. The City Of Atlanta was experiencing an unprecedented wave of crimes. It wasnt Nbc Nightly News in august of that year. During the First Six Months of the year, crime and atlanta was up 30 . Robbery and aggravated assault were upset many percent. Murder was up to. Atlanta has had 140 homicides the, highest total since 1973. That wa
Ill see at the end of Donald Trumps fourth criminal indictment, number four appears to be days away. Nbc news is now reporting that Voting Congress returning fani willis is expected to present her case to the grand jury next week. We know the d. A. Willis has been investigating trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. Her investigation appears to have quite a bit in common with the federal case being brought by Special Counsel jack smith in washington, d. C. The case in georgia may prove to be different than dak smith s case in one very meaningful way. To understand that, we have to go back to 1979. The City Of Atlanta was experiencing an unprecedented wave of crimes. It wasnt Nbc Nightly News in august of that year. During the First Six Months of the year, crime and atlanta was up 30 . Robbery and aggravated assault were upset many percent. Murder was up to. Atlanta has had 140 homicides the, highest total since 1973. That was the way that the National Media was talkin
It fired him up at times, i think he s just energize that. it also causes sometimes courts and other things to circle around and protect folks as well. i just think there is a dumb move, and that s about the kindest word that i can think to say better right now. i wouldn t be surprised to see if there is some effort for a gag order. i think that he s shown a pattern, his team has shown a pattern of trying to intimidate witnesses. that might very well be an added provision on the rico statute if he continued that kind of conduct. he might see a follow-up indictment. certainly some proof about it. we are balancing here the rights of a defendant, a punitive defendant at this point, but a criminal defendant, to have access to information. making a criminal discovery, criminal documents against him in court, see what the witnesses say the, identity of those witnesses, what they re expected to testify to, what they have testified to in the past. a defendant does have those rights. you couple
And other things to circle around and protect folks as well. i just think there is a dumb move, and that s about the kindest word that i can think to say better right now. i wouldn t be surprised to see if there is some effort for a gag order. i think that he s shown a pattern, his team has shown a pattern of trying to intimidate witnesses. that might very well be an added provision on the rico statute if he continued that kind of conduct. he might see a follow-up indictment. certainly some proof about it. we are balancing here the rights of a defendant, a punitive defendant at this point, but a criminal defendant, to have access to information. making a criminal discovery, criminal documents against him in court, see what the witnesses say the, identity of those witnesses, what they re expected to testify to, what they have testified to in the past. a defendant does have those rights. you couple that with a unique posture that we are in a political season, the same time