Brought into our system, explicitly by this Maga Movement is of course not accepting the. So trumps first impeachment was about trying to cheat, what he ultimately failed to do. Beat Joe Biden Fair and square. He was abusing, according to all the evidence we heard, he was abusing his power as a commander in chief, and his power in foreign policy, to try to cheat, because he was worried he would lose to joe biden. He had reason to worry that he would lose in a free and Fair Election he did and it predates the primary. Hes so freaked out by biden that well out of the primary is trying to take him out. Thats reasonable one. We know reasonable to was the very Fast Reaction to this horrific instruction which mcconnell in that brief moment, they said this was an insurrection, this was a crime. Mcconnell said the Justice System can hold him into account. And here we are tonight, with a grand jury returning every Request Indictment in georgia, and in a journalistic caution, we dont have the na
Thank you, sherif. Good luck the rest of the evening. Thats it. Was it all you hoped it would be . [ laughter ] didnt get a good look. You want me to leave . You have had a long day. These folks cant go until you all go. I know we have talked about leaving the equipment here. Dont leave it here, because you wont want to be her tomorrow. You are welcome to be here if you dont have a role 22 for whats going on tomorrow. Did we find anything . It has to be a group decision. They can come and collect. You are watching a feed from the courthouse in Fulton County, georgia. That is judge Robert Mcburney on the bench who just told all of the reporters in that room that, quote, you need to leave. He said he meant it in a nice way. What has just happened and we will get some Expert Advice on this in just a moment, but under Georgia State law, when a grand jury handsdown an indictment, it goes immediately to the Presiding Judge who has been overseeing the work of The Grand Jury. In this case, tha
Yes, you too. All right, you guys, make way. So, elie honig, she is now bringing that document, which the judge has now looked at, to the clerk. Correct, anderson. And what we just saw was the judge reviewing that indictment. And to be clear, that is not a substantive review. That indictment appeared to be quite long. The judge does not read through it and have to sign off on it. Thats The Grand Jurys province. Thats already happened. The judge is just making sure that there is no procedural irregularities. Thats why you heard that quick questioning, did Everything Go as expected in the jury room. The individual said no problems. Its being sent to the Clerks Office where the next step is it will be docketed. It will become part of the official record. It will be available to all of us in the public and the media, assuming that its not under seal. All indications are that its not going to be under seal. If thats the case, we will have access to that document momentarily. And michael moo
Investigating efforts by former President Trump and his top allies to try to overturn the 2020 election, that grand jury has finished meeting for the day. The big question, will we learn in the next few minutes or hours if the grand jury here in washington, d. C. Has, in fact, indicted donald trump or anyone else involved in the plot to overturn the election. This is the third criminal indictment against the twice impeached former president of the United States and current frontrunner by far for the republican president ial nomination. There is quite a bit that we just dont know and it is unclear when or if the Federal Grand Jury here in d. C. Has even voted. But based upon what we have reported over the last three years, Potential Chargesn Special Counsel jack smiths his allies efforts to pressure state Election Officials and their disinformation about the election creating fake slates of State Electors and potentially inciting the deadly capitol insurrection among other potential cha
The opportunity to enter a plea. Throughout our special coverage, we will dig deep into this latest indictment. This latest push, claiming the indictment violates his right to free speech. They are suggesting moving it to west virginia. Lets bring in our reporters and our panel. Ken dilanian and garrett haake, outside the Courthouse Blocks from here. Former fbi General Counsel andrew weissmann. Former u. S. Attorney joyce vance. Jen psaki. Take us through what we will see this afternoon. Reporter this is both a surrender and an arraignment. We expect mr. Trump will enter the courthouse through a tunnel. He will be processed, we are told, because he has to be booked for each one of these. He will be fingerprinted through a digital machine. His mugshot wont be taken. They will use an existing photo. He may be asked some questions, including his age. Then at some point he will make his way to the Magistrate Judges courtroom. Shes not the judge presiding over the case. She will hear the ar