Prepares to present her case to a grand jury. Joyce vance and, Greg Bluestein are here to break down the latest developments. And fair game. Nearly all of the gops 2024 candidates flock to the Iowa State Fair. But can any of them catch donald trump, who is dominating the polls and still defiant, despite his mounting legal troubles . All of this and much more coming up right now. Cote i and a good Sunday Morning to you all. I am katie phang. The devastating wildfires in maui are now officially the deadliest in modern u. S. History. As of this morning, officials confirmed the death toll has risen to 93. And the number is still expected to climb, with hundreds still missing. The active lahaina fire, and a second fire in kaanapali, have burned down many of the islands historic landmarks, in westmount, 2200 structures have been destroyed or damaged. Most of them residential. Why governor josh greenest of the losses have reached an estimated Six Billion Dollars so far. And as Search And Resc
Atlanta with metal barriers and bomb sniffing dogs. joining us now, is joyce vance, msnbc legal analyst. former u.s. attorney in alabama, professor of law university of alabama school of emma, and the co-host of the hashtag #sistersinlaw podcast. we have greg bluestein, msnbc political correspondent, political reporter at the atlanta constitution, and the author of the book flipped. thanks to both of you for getting us started. joyce, i would like to start with you. you just released an excellent substack piece on george s we go statue. there is been a lot of discussion about that. bring us through, very quickly, joyce, the top ideas of georgia s rico statue and how you in that gym it fitting in based upon the facts you know publicly. so george s rico statute, which is a little bit broader than the federal statue, but they operate the same way, permits prosecutors to go after everyone involved in a criminal
Enterprise. the origin was mafia. we are people at the top didn t touch the merchandise. infamously, people involved in trafficking knew or thought that if they didn t touch the drugs, they couldn t be charged. and but enter, oh told everyone involved in the illegal enterprising accountable. and the use of that law has expanded. fani willis was personally involved in a georgia prosecution that looked at education officials who were involved in a score rigging scandal. so there is this enhanced use of it for organizations. that is precisely how willis appears to be viewing the people who are around efforts in georgia to cheat in the election in 2020 and steal the election after trump lost. greg, i m glad that joyce brought up that prior prosecution by d.a. fani willis. that was a 2020 prosecution of 12 atlanta educators, as joyce explained, had to do with a
Complications start very early on. in a big case, we saw that trump s indictment involving mar-a-lago where there were delays as codefendants struggled to find local council. and the delays just magnify from that point on and outward. these stasis cases take a long time to try, the longest casey never went to trial in the history of the state of georgia was a r.i.c.o. case, lots of complexity baked into the cake with these charges. greg, you could forgive your reporting as well, as you said at the beginning of this segment, that at least two witnesses have confirmed what they have been subpoenaed to appear in front of the grand jury and give testimony on tuesday. but that doesn t necessarily mean that fani willis won t begin presenting her case with the use of witnesses as early as tomorrow, is that right? that s exactly right. we expected to begin presenting the case for the use of grand jury witnesses and other investigative testimony, beginning monday. and that means we have a
joyce, vance greg bluestein, thanks for getting us started. greg, i ll see you in atlanta in a few hours, basically. thanks, guys. for getting us started. still to come on the katie phang show, uncharted territory. my sunday morning power political panel on the republican presidential primary field and the very real possibility of defendant trump sharing a debate stage with a possible key witness in the january 6th case against him. that is next. (vo) ninety-two percent of students in high-needs schools can t afford essential school supplies. subaru and our retailers are there to help by giving millions of dollars in funding along with school supplies students need. we call it “the subaru love promise” and we are proud to be the largest corporate supporter of adoptaclassroom.org. it s just one of the reasons forbes ranked subaru the number one automotive brand for social impact. subaru. more than a car company. we re traveling all across america,