Correspondent bryan llenas is at the Fulton County courthouse in atlanta, tonight, with the latest. Good evening, bryan. Bret, good evening. The Fulton County sheriff says he intends to really treat former President Donald Trump just like any other criminal defendant and that includes a mugshot, unless he is told otherwise. Mr. Trump must turn himself in by next friday august 25th at noon. I make decisions in this office based on the facts and the law. The law is completely nonpartisan. Fulton County District attorney fani willis, a democrat defending her decision to prosecute former President Donald Trump and 18 others after they were indicted by a grand jury late monday night. It is now the duty of my office to prove these charges. Trump is facing 13 criminal counts, including violating georgias antiracketeering or ricco law. If convicted, the law carries a penalty of a minimum of five years in prison, a 25,000s fine, or both. Lawyers say georgias ricco law is unusually broad and in
Speedy trial as well. as a result, former president donald trump s new lawyer, he moved to sever donald trump s case from the other defendants. that may not be the only in fani willis s plan to try all dependents together. because on monday, a hearing will take place in mark meadows petition to move his case in georgia to federal course. jeffrey clark and david schaffer have filed similar petitions. then, also on monday, in washington d.c., a hearing in the federal election interference case against donald trump, judge catoctin is expected to set a trial date. no jack smith s team has proposed january 2nd 2024, donald trump s lawyer countered with april 2026, which is long after the 2024 election. joining me now, former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. greg bluestein it is also here. he s a reporter for the atlanta journal-constitution, and an msnbc contributor. greg, can i just say that this was what a week.
Try that on behalf of donald trump right now. bret: yeah. there is already a mark meadows petition to move the case to northern district in georgia already. but we will see, probably, jonathan, a number of other moves. let alone the fact that doesn t this open the pandora s box of district attorneys all over on the republican side, perhaps, going after a stacey abrams who doesn t accept the election? that s right. bret: or democrats who don t accept some election and did something in regards to that? this is creating a slippery slope for all elections across the country it. is the criminalization of election challenges. and i can name off the top of my head 10 democratic politicians that could be accused of similar conduct. challenging elections with very little evidence. the democrats challenged machines in new york as effectively flipping a congressional district. they weren t accused of a crime. they were seeking judicial review. and that s important.