The 2020 election. 18 others charged as well, including big names. Rudy giuliani, measuring meadows, with that many people, does it make it more likely that someone could flip. Prosecutors call it a Criminal Enterprise and they are leaning hard on Racketeering Laws to make their case. Im kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. This is cnn news central. Donald trump and 18 codefendants have 10 days to turn themselves in and surrender in georgia. In a 98page indictment, the former president , who is also the current front runner for the 2024 republican nomination is accused of plotting against the Very Constitution he swore to protect. And the office he hopes to hold again. Fulton County District attorney fani willis argues all 19 defendants refuseed to accept that trump lost and knowingly joined a conspiracy to change the outcome of the election. I make decisions base d on te facts and the law. The law is completely nonpartisan. Thats how decisions are made in every cay case. We
United states indicted on State Charges stemming from his and others efforts to overturn joe bidens election win in the State Of Georgia. I make decisions based on the facts and the law. We look at the facts and look at the law and bring charges. Having another indictment for him questioning the integrity of this countrys elections is what we are doing to a president that served this country. The governor of georgia i guess cant pardon. I dont know how you get out of this. Do i intend to try the 19 defendant in indictment together . Yes. The calendar is getting crowded. All the possible trials that the former president is facing. This case has a couple of twists on advice of counsel. You see some of the lawyers on whod advice they relied indicted. An abuse of power by angry democrats who decide the rule of law doesnt matter to them anymore. Its bigger than watergate. It goes to the foundation of democracy. This is very different and much more serious and much more troubling. Good morni
I dont even know how to explain 2020. It was a crazy, crazy year bad things happened in philadelphia. Former Vice President joe biden to become the 46th president of the united states. I had no idea what we would be in for. I thought my friends were messing with me. A philadelphia Landscaping Company has been thrust into the national spotlight. The entire thing was supposed to be anonymous. It put me in shock to see my name on the president s twitter. We probably got thousands of calls. You have 950 new messages. We had a lot of haters. I remember asking, did we make a mistake . There were just way too many trees. Heres the other thing, and i think well discuss this with the board when we have zoom. My name is marie ziravo, im 65. Im the president at four seasons total landscaping in northeast philadelphia. We do Grounds Maintenance and irrigation, seeding, flowers, snow removal. Its kind of boring. I think the most challenging part of starting the business and being in business was be
but i want to start by looking at the bigger picture and ask why we absolutely need to hold everyone involved in this gargantuan anti-democratic efforts to account. it s bad enough that it happened. and but for a few good people doing the right thing at the right time, it could have succeeded. but this is not a past tense discussion. this crime against democracy remains in progress. donald trump is still lying about the election results. he is now attacking, on a daily and sometimes hourly basis, jack smith, prosecutors across the country, the men and women of the fbi, and the justice department. federal judges, the whole united states government, and the rule of law and the republicans in congress who could have washed their hands of trump, after he lost, we ll, take kevin mccarthy, who, in the immediate aftermath of january 6th, laid the blame squarely and accurately with donald trump. that same guy, in order to win over trump s insurrectionist supporters in congress, agr
on the reidout i m proud to be a pro-life governor and i ll be a pro-life president. of course, i want to sign pro-life legislation. i think it s something that we need to develop a culture of life in this country. the republican presidential candidates except for trump flock to iowa to embrace wildly unpopular issues like an extreme abortion ban. it s surely no way to win a presidential election. plus, desantis in damage control mode after failing to launch without extreme awkwardness and glitchy failures. he s looking to reassure right wing donors and activist said that he s not scott walker or jeb bush. also tonight, new reporting on a target letter sent to the special counsel sent by the special counsel to a trump staffer, which could be an indicator of how jack smith plans to prosecute the classified documents case. but we begin tonight with some advice for the republican party. to win elections you got to read the room. you listen to the american people.