Mmm the more you know. How important is it that so many people who were speaking so strongly to the grand jury and presumably will to a jury, are republicans . I think it matters quite a bit, chris. I think in the world of politics and media it may matter because it suggests that it isnt just the Democratic Party that is out to get donald trump, but i think in court it also matters. Their Defense Attorneys will always be looking for an example to crossexamine witnesses. If they say you are a member of a different party, that can be used to undermine credibility in the eyes of the jury. When they are aligned with them in the same political party, this really takes away the opportunity to suggest that they are just making this up. So i think it bolsters their credibility in the eyes of the jury. Speaking of the eyes of the jury, lets go to what you witnessed today, the comings and goings of the courthouse. Clearly fani willis said we did this by the book and we are going to prosecute thi
Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world, i am rosemary church. We begin this hour here in the u. S. State of georgia where a grand jury has indicted donald trump for a historic fourth time for allegedly trying to overturn the States Election results in 2020. The grand jury approved every indictment presented by Fulton County district attorney, fani willis, on monday. The former u. S. President has been charged with 13 counts in the indictment, including a Racketeering Charge, 18 others have also been charged under the states racketeering laws for allegedly joining, quote, a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome in favor of donald trump. Now, those names include several highprofile individuals from trumps time in office including former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows, Former Trump Attorneys Drew Giuliani and john eastman, and Top Justice Department official jeffrey clark, among others. Here is what Fulton Countys dist
Stephen cliff guardedly, harrison william prescott floyd, treveyon c kuti, sydney kathrin powell, kathleen austin latham, scott graham hole, and misty hampton, also known as emily s steven mays. every individual charged in the indictment is charged with one count of violating georgia s racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act through participation in a criminal enterprise in folding county georgia and elsewhere to accomplish the illegal goal of allowing donald j trump to seize the presidential term of office beginning on january
Law, and that you could be somebody like the storied former new york mayor rudy giuliani, a former president of the united states, but you could also be somebody like stephen cliff guardedly, who was involved in these intimidation tactics, and that you will be held criminally responsible for what you have done. the idea that there will be an aggressive pursuit of justice is ultimately the message that is going to be sent to everyone. no one is above the law and if you commit a crime here it hurts your jurisdiction and fani willis will come after you. if a crime was committed against you, no one may have ever heard of you before, but if a crime is committed against you she has made the statement very clearly that we are going to come after you. katie phang, barbara mcquaid, you are going to stay with us. we will be right back on