With more than a dozen of his closest allies. That is according to some news accounts. An it this come though thafternoon. The grand jury had heard from half of ten witnesses expected to testify in this case at this stage. Among those witnesses, former Georgia State representative bee wen. Present for the 2020 hearing where Rudy Giuliani pedalled false election claims an urged legislators to appoint a slate of fake trump electors. Two other witnesses who were expected to testify tomorrow have been called in as well. They include journalist george chidi, who stumbled upon a december 14th, 2020 meeting of Fake Electors, as well as Former Georgia Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan, hes a republican who has been openly critical of trumps baseless claims of fraud in the state of georgia. Signs a potential end game in fani williss Criminal Investigation into the expresident and his allies is where we begin today with our favorite reporters and friends. Former Top Justice Department official, ou
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it s been a long time coming. a manhattan grand jury votes to indict donald trump, making him the first former president ever charged with a crime. there is no crime it s a bad act. i ll speak to cy vance who first opened this litigation this is legal voodoo. the gop, rallies to his defense before knowing the specifics of the actual criminal charges he s facing. this is nothing short of a political prosecution. will the twice-impeached former president continue to be seen as a positive force inside the gop? politically it s a it s going to be damaging, i think, to the republican party. and what will this indictment do to our already divided politics i ll talk to leading as the march madness tournament comes to a close i ll talk centrist joe manchin of west virginia and pay to play. as the march madness tournament comes to a close, i ll talk to ncaa president of former republican governor of massachusetts charlie baker on the challenge of how to pay c
good evening, jeff. yeah, bret. after days of growing frustration within this community here in uvalde, texas, law enforcement now says mistakes were made. for the first time on the record, texas dps investigators admitting that there were kids inside the classroom with the shooter as the clock was ticking that might have been helped. people hindsight now that of course it was not the right decision. a wrong decision. there is no excuse for that. but, again, i wasn t there. i m just telling you from what we know we believe this should have been an entry as soon as you can. hey, when there is an active shooter the rules change. it s no longer, okay, it s no longer a barricaded. you don t have time. you don t worry about outer perimeters. we are also learning today the shooter entered through open door that had been propped open by a teacher. investigators also say most of the shots being fired in the first few minutes the local incident commander at the time of the shoot