Alleged coconspirators, but how will it fit in. Plus a live report from maui, where the governor says the death toll has risen and probably over 1,000 people could still be missing. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin with two pieces of Breaking News tonight. The first, weve just learned of charges in texas connected with alleged threats against judge Tanya Chutkan, who has presided over the Subversion Trial of the former president. According to the court filing, the woman, who lives in alvin, texas, left a threatening, racist, and bigoted vase mail for judge chutkan on august 5th, saying, if trump doesnt get elected, were coming to kill you. You will be targeted personally, publicly, all of it. Authorities visited the woman on the 8th and according to the filing, she admitted to making the call from her home telephone. Breaking news as well in the georgia racketeering trial. A Federal District judge setting mark meadows request to move charges to Federal Court. This will be
Threatening the judge in the 2020 federal elections subversion case. Also, georgia d a fani willis, as a trial date for donald trump, it is alleged coconspirators. How will it fit with the other three criminal trials hes facing in the middle of a president ial campaign . Plus, a live report from maui, where the governor says the death toll has risen in probably over 1000 people could still be missing. Good evening, thanks for joining us. We begin with two pieces of Breaking News tonight. The first, weve just learned, of charges in texas connected with alleged threats against judge chutkan, obviously presiding over the 2020 Election Subversion Trial of the former president. According to the court filing, the woman who lives in alvin, texas left a threatening, racist, bigoted voice mail for judge chutkan on august 5th. Allegedly saying if trump doesnt get elected, quote, were coming to kill you, tread lightly. And then a curse. She allegedly continued, quote, youll be targeted personally
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Russia hitting back after new Ukrainian Drone strikes tarting moscow. Ill get a new assessment from key white house official john kirby. Donald trumps new defendant in the classified documents investigation appears in court for the first time. This as trump could face new charges in other cases very soon. The top prosecutor in the Georgia Election Interference Probe says shes ready to go. In haiti, an american nurse and her child have been abducted. Well have the latest on their fate as the u. S. Orders all u. S. Citizens to leave haiti immediately. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the wo world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. We begin with the escalating attacks and counterattacks in russias war against ukraine. Kremlin forces attempting to hit president Volodymyr Zelenskyy Close To Home as ukraine ramps up strikes inside russian territory. Cnns Nick Paton Walsh is on the ground in ukraine. Crews have been digging
Any ever before. the prosecutor credited for using rico to take on the mob was a young, ambitious u.s. attorney, for the southern district of new york. rudy giuliani. this is a great day for law enforcement. this is a bad day, probably the worst, for the mafia. now, in an ironic twist, giuliani is among those charged in the georgia case, now having to defend himself against a charge he once prosecuted. this is a ridiculous application. the racketeering statute. this is not meant for election disputes. it s not just for people who are an organized crime. also for people whose colors are white, and you may have ivy league degrees. so, that s what we ve seen in a variety of cases. rico sent shudders throughout wall street, after jurors sent american financier, michael milken, to prison in 1990, for fraud, related to insider trading in tax evasion. well rico is a federal law, many states, including the state of georgia, have developed their own versions. prosecutors have used
Will come in three categories. you have the fake electoral certificates. georgia was one of the worst alleged examples of that. that s like counterfeit money, wolf. you can t have electors say i m the elector of the genuinely elected president, donald trump. no. second, the pressure campaign against state officials. in particular, brad raffensperger, january 2nd, 2021 trump said to him, just find 11,780 votes. so fake certificates, fake votes. number three, a very intense focus on computer hacking in coffee county, georgia. that s to derive information for fake conspiracy theories. each of those has a very strong corollary under georgia law including georgia state rico which allows racketeering conspiracies, alleged, of the kind we find here. when do you anticipate the