he is the first former us president to have that his mugshot taken that s then been made public. the president delivered remarks to the press before leaving georgia. here s what he had to say. it s a very sad day for america. this should never have happened. if you challenge an election, you should be able to challenge an election. i thought the election was a rigged election, a stolen election, and i should have every right to do that. as you know, you have many people that you ve been watching over the years do the same thing whether it s hillary clinton or stacey abrams or many others. when you have that great freedom to challenge, you have to be able to, otherwise you re going to have very dishonest elections. what has taken place here is a travesty ofjustice. we did nothing wrong i did nothing wrong and everybody knows it. i ve never had such support and that goes with the other ones, too. what they re doing is election interference. they re trying to interfere w
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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 georgia s 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 georgia s ricco law is u
it evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. live from 30 rock, we begin this evening with the drama in d.c. as donald trump s legal team starts with the department of justice yet again. the judge overseeing the trump 2020 election case, tanya chutkan, has responded to the latest filings around the government s request for a protective order by scheduling a hearing for friday morning at 10 am sharp that is not what the former president s attorneys were hoping for after judge chutkan s initial order to set a hearing by the end of the week trump lawyers responded by complaining about their obligations in their other federal case, and then offering availability next monday or tuesday. while the former president is not planning to appear in friday s hearing, he doubled down on the very behavior at the center of it all in new hampshire earlier today. how can my corrupt political opponent, crooked joe biden, put me on trial during an election campaign that i am winning by a lot?
welcome to the lead, aim jake tapper. and we start with breaking news, violent and explosive wildfires in hawaii. fueled by strong winds from a hurricane, 800 miles away. it is a situation so sudden and so catastrophic on maui, local officials say a dozen people ran into the ocean to try to escape the flames. and they went out so far they then had to be rescued. hawaii s governor said hundreds of families have been displaced and some loss of life is expected, unquote. cell towers and 911 are out of service on the the hard-hit west side compounding the difficulty for many. we re expecting a press conference and we ll bring you that when it starts but derek van damme looked at where this erratic disaster may be headed next. reporter: hellish scenes of wildfires engulfing normally picturesque maui. powerful winds, associated with hurricane dora helping fuel the flames. fact that we have wildfire in multiple areas as a result of indirectly from a hurricane is unprecedented.